The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1867.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

ITALY.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN FLORENCE.

The Italia of Florence, of the 28th, says :

A numerous assemblage formed about 11 to-day on the
Piazza de la Signori*. Soon afterwards it commenced its
march to the square of the Duomo, by the Via Calzajoli.
On its arrival between the baptistry and the church it
changed its frost and returned to its starting point.
Cries of "Long live Garibaldi !" "We will have Rome !"
" Down with French intervention !" were repeated at
every instant and received with cheers. It was
noon when the demonstration got back and then
appeared a flag which was hoisted over the steps
of the Palazzo Vecchio. Some members of the Par-
liament entered the building at about 12, and in about
twenty minutes afterwards it was announced th►t two
deputies, MM. de Sanctis and Ferrari, had gone to the
Palazzo Pitti to ask the King to make known the inten-
tions of the government. The persons outside resolved
to await the return of this deputation ; an hour and a
quarter passed in the most perfect calm ; only occa-
sionally cries of " Rome and Garibaldi !" were heard.
Countess Cbioggi presented herself to the people and
read to them an address sent to the King by the popu-
lation of Milan. The counter accompanied her reading
with a few patriotic words, which were recei►ed with great
applause. About forty minutes past 1 the royal reply ar-
rived, the substance of it being:—" 1. If France inter-
venes, Italy will do so also, and the troops will pass the
frontier; 2. The government will invite Garibaldi to join
his volunteers to the regular troops so as to act in concert ;
3. The government will make known this evening its de-
cision on the subject of the Menabrea tz7." The two first
propositions were received by cries& thousand times repeated
of " Down with foreign intervention ! Garibaldi for ever !
Hurrah for the Italian army !" But the third did not ob-
tain the same success. On various sides were heard, "We
do not want Menabrea, nor a reactionary ministry !" Cries
were also uttered of "We want Criapi !" A demand was
made that the deputation should return to the Bing to
protest against the new cabinet. An individual, leaving
the crowd, ascended the steps of the palace, and spoke
against a Menabrea ministry. He said that not being a
member he could not join the deputation, but he asked,
in the name of the people, for a decisive and
categorical answer. These words were received
with unanimous acclamations, and the speaker was re-
quested to go with the deputies. He assented, declaring
that he would protest with all his strength against a reac-
tionary ministry. At 2 o'clock the deputation left for the
Palazzo Pitti. The crowd remained for sonic time on the
square, and then dispersed on all sides. At the commence-
ment of the manifestation a detachment of troops had
occupied the Loggia del'Orgagna and t►e portiere of the
Uffizi. The Ministry of the Interior was also held by the
troops, as well as the approaches to the Pitti Palace.
The Riforma says :

Florence may be coosidered uin a state of siege. The
troops occupy the squares and the streets. All circula-
tion is forbidden. No one is allowed to approach the
Piazza Pitti. A military cordon occupies all the avenues
of the place.
The Patria of Naples says :

The expeditionary force to the Papal States is com-
posed of 30 battalions, three regiments of cavalry, and six
batteries. General Ricotti has appointed Colonel Judea
head of his staff. Two divisions will be oommanded by
General Piols and General Ferrero.

The Riforma publishes the following bulletin,
emanating from the Central Committee :

Florence, October 27.

The following news has arrived from the camp :—" The
battle of Monte Rotondo was victoriously concluded by
the taking of the strong positions of Montetorre and
Toretta. The number of prisoners was 400. Garibaldi
has seat them into the kingdom. Garibaldi is at
the gates of Rome, and preparing to penetrate
into the city. We are happy to be able to state
that the honourable and brave Salomon is safe,
contrary to what by mistake, was communicated to us
yesterday. Garibaldi intends to enter Rome before the
French have disembarked. He saves Italian honour and
gives Rome to Italy. Italy for ever ! Rome for ever !

Tlts Commtrrir.

The Diritto says that Garibaldi made himself
master of the Villa Piombino almost at the very
gates of Rome, and that the Pontifical army was
encamped under the walls.

The Opinion, a government journal in Florence,
assorts that the programme of the new cabinet is
resumed in this formula—intervention of Italian
troops at Rome if the French troops intervene. This
the honour of the country and the national unity
demanded. The Siitle, commenting upon this, asks
what instructions the commander of the French
expeditionary corps has received. "Our igno-
rance," it says, "of all these things is heartrend-
ing. It is not only a collision with the volunteers
we have to dread, but a collision with the regular
Italian army."

THE CONDITION OF ROME.-A STATE OF
SIEGE PROCLAIMED.

The correspondent of the Debuts in Rome smite'
as follows :

There were two notices posted yesterday (Friday) after-
noon on the walls of Rome. One of them declares Rome
and its dependencies to be in a state of siege ; the other
orders a general disarmament within twenty•four hours.
If, after these measures, Rome is not tranquil it will cer-
tainly not be the fault of the government. Both of thefts
documents have the date (October 25) in manuscript,
which shows that they were prepared several days
since. The national committee were therefore right when
they announced in their proclamation of the 16th
that a general disarmament was about to be effected.
Yesterday morning a general report circulated to the effect
that the Pope had consented, under certain conditions,
to disband the Zouaves, to send back the French legion,
and to receive in Rome an Italian garrison. This report
seemed to be confirmed by the liberty given to citizens to
leave Rome. The population were overjoyed at this happy
termination ; the people proceeded in crowds to see the
formidable fortifications,which were it was said to be demo-
lished. The Corso bore its usual aspect,tlie shops were opened
once more,promenaders were to be seen, and the patrol, were
withdrawn. It was in the midst of this general joy that
the two documents above referred to appeared. The Official
Journal of yesterday evening did not publish them, and the
Oswrratore Romano mentions them only very briefly. The
government and its organs persist in stating that the out-
break on the 22nd was directed and carried out by strangers,
and this u assigned as the motive for the proclamation
of the state of seine. Now, I cannot insist too much on
this point that the movement was exclusively and
essentially Roman, and that no foreigner took part in
it. It is clear, even from the reports of the police,
that if the people had been sufficiently armed the outbreak
would have succeeded in the first instance. There has
been no second attempt at insurrection, but there are
bloody collisions almost every night. The day before
' yesterday the Cimarra barracks, occupied 4 the Antibes
Legion, were attacked, bat without success. Several per-
sons were killed.

The Roman correspondent of the Morning Post
says :

last night the city was disturbed again by the explosion
of bomb-shells thrown down in several streets. A woman
was killed by one of these, and another proved fatal to the
very individual who was carrying it towards the Sant'
Agostino Barracks, the match being too short. I visited
the Serristori Barracks this morning. Whilst I was there •
corpse was dug out from the ruins. He was in his shirt
only ; the head and arms were much crushed, but he was
recognised by his companions as the Baron de Dichtfort.
an Alsatian, who for some breach of discipline was •
prisoner at the moment of the catastrophe. Twenty-five
victims have been extracted as yet from the ruins.
Sentries pace round all aides of the barracks and military
establishments in Rome night and day to prevent a
similar attempt. I have heard of an English Boluses,
named Selby, as having been either killed or wounded,
but I do not know whether it was on his account, or some
other wounded English Zouave, that Mrs. Stonor and
Monsignor. Stonor got into a scrape at Monte
Libretti, where they went to take care of him,
and were arrested by the Italian authorities at Comae.
The immediate result of the throwing of Orsini shells is
to produce • panic among the citizens, who take care to
retire to their homes before dark, and at 7 o'clock Rome

is a desert, only paced by patrols of Zouaves and police,
who rush with their kid bayonets at everybody they
meet. The select band et citizens who have volunteered
to aid in the maintenance of order, as announced by the
Omerrature Romano, consists of 23 scions of noble
houses, who last night commenced their patrolling
duties, prudently flanked by a party of Zouavea.
I No accounts have yet been obtained of the number of
I killed and wounded in yesterday's encounters outside of
Rome, but it must have been very considerable, judg-
ing by the heavily laden cars of the former
which were brought in soon after nightfall, and the
carriages full of the latter, chiefly Zouaves, which
thronged the entrances to the hospitals all day.
The Garibaldiths now round Rome are badly drilled,
badly armed, badly fed, and not housed at all, which
will render it hard work for them to carry on siege
operations, especially without artillery, for any long time ;
but the arrival of Garibaldi himself, with a few
thousand men of " sterner stuff," is looked for
imp►tiently by his partisans as the beginning of the end.
Much apprehension prevails in ecclesiastical circles as to
the result of this struggle, in proof of which I may mention
that the British Consul is going to have the honour of
lodging a cardinal in his residence, that he has been re-
quested to receive valuable property belonging to someßoman
princes, and especially one who is also a British peer ; and
that the directors of the French college, who also have
their establishment in the Poli Palace, have requested
him to hoist the British flag for the protection of
the palace, as they had not obtained permission
from their own embassy to hoist the French flag.
The Pope has explicitly declined the offers of aid brought
him by General Durando—the French troops are not
coming—rrgo, there is nothing left for the long-desired
solution of the Roman question but a fair stand-up fight
between those who have come to upset the Pope's tem-
poral power and those who are here to uphold it.

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