The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-22 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY

ITALY.

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FLORESCS, JAN. 18.
Last Sunday morning the recently married
couple, his Royal Highness the Duke and the
Duchess of Aosta, arrived in Florence, attended
by a numerous suite. The same evening they were
present at the opera of the Pergola, where they
were enthusiastically received by all the aristo-
cracy and fashion of the capital. On Monday they
received the felicitations of the ministers of the
crown and of the municipality. On Tuesday, at
2 o'clock, the ministers, secretaries, and attach& of
the foreign embassies presented their felicitations ;
at4o'clock of the same day all the ladiesof the corps
diplomatique were received by the youthful couple.
On Thursday morning they visited some of the
chief monuments of the city, and, amongst other
studios, that of Duprd, where they had an opportu-
nity of admiring his statue of Count Cavour, in-
tended for the city of Turin ; the same evening
they honoured by their presence a splendid ball, got
up with great speed, but in the most perfect order
and good taste, by his Excellency Rustem Bey, the
Turkish minister, and then, after their six days'
stay, they left yesterday afternoon for Naples. The
Crown Prince Humbert, who had also come to
Florence, and remained during their stay, left at
I the same time for Milan.
I will not reproduce from the journal which
Ildiacharges in Florence the social functions of the
Morning Post the detailed record of the silks,
and laces, and velvets, the diamonds and the pearls,
which Lady Paget and the Countess d'Usedom, the
Countess Kimeleff, or the Baroness Bills Brake,
I wore in honour of this young Princess of Cisterns,
I now a member of the royal house of Italy. But I
cannot pass over in equal silence the social event
of the week—the ball at the Turkish embassy.
When one recollects that it was for the purpose
of promoting the dismemberment of the Turkish
empire, for no special advantage of this Prince
Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, that the Garibaldian
movement of 1882 was originally set a-foot, it is
certainly rather curious that the only representa-
tive of a foreign power, who has just given elite
in honour of the Prince's marriage, should be his
Excellency Rustem Bey, the Turkish minister,
and he did it in right good style. Nothing could
exceed the taste with which, at a very short notice
—indeed the ball might almost have been said
to have been improvised—everything was got up.
Of course the " observed of all observers "
was the young Duchess of Aorta, who
has a singularly intellectual countenance,
which is not belied by her conversation, which, I
was assured by several persons who have had the
honour of conversing with her since her arrival in
Florence, is replete with judgment, tact, and infor-
mation. The royal guests took their departure
about three o'clock in the morning, but a great part
of the general company remained until almost day-
break. The fete given by the Turkish minister
was perhaps the more enjoyed in consequence of
rumours most distressing to young ladies who are
coining, or have but recently come out—that there
will not be many balls given this season. How-
ever, the comae of charity does not want its.
customary tried supporters ; a committee, presided
over by the Prince and Princess Poniatowsky,
being actively engaged in getting up a concert, a
ball, and an amateur dramatic entertainment, of
which the proceeds are to be applied in aid of the
three most practical and popular Florentine
charities—the infant schools, the seaside hospital
for the convalescent poor, and the funds of the
city workhouse.
The Chamber of Deputies has found it necessary
to suspend its labours on the law of the goldsmiths'
mark, in consequence of one of those sudden turns
I of parliamentary fortune which will happen in the
I best regulated assemblies. After accepting the
I law en blur, it was induced—owing to a most effec•
tive speech of the Commendatore Corsi—to
vote an amendment by which the effect of the
law will become precisely the reverse of that in-
tended by its framers and supporters, and, instead
of the obligatory mark required in the rest of
Italy being extended to Tuscany, the Tuscan
right of having the mark optional will be extended
to the rest of Italy. This will, of course, render
necessary a recasting of the whole law, and for
that purpose the government, the committee of the
chamber, and the leading members who have taken
part in the debate, will hold private conferences
before proceeding any further.
To-day and yesterday the chamber has been
engaged in voting the several items of taxation in
the budget for 1868, which as yet have been
granted only provisionally, and which—if the Left
had yesterday carried the house with it—would be
still remaining in a provisional condition. An
attempt to adjourn the discussion until Count
Digny had made his general financial statement
didnot prove successful—though on general grounds
it seemed by no means illogical that the expected
review of the entire financial position, and its
bearings on the national policy, should precede the
voting on this or that individual item.

REPRESENTATION OF THE lINIVIRSITY Or CAN-
BIUDGIL—A good deal of excitement prevails, it is said,
amongst the members of the University of Cambridge in
consequence of a rumour which prevails that there is •
probability of as immediate election of a representative in
parliament by the retirement of Sir C. J. Selwyn, wko is
thought to be likely to obtain a seat on the judicial bench.
The friends of Ur. A. J. Bamford Hope, of Trinity
College, have already commenced an active canvass on his
behalf, and Mr. Hope is understood to have written a
letter to the leading members of the university, informing
them of his desire to represent the university is parlia-
ment. Other names are freely mentioned as possible
candidates.
THE REPRESENTATION or Brirstor..—The friends
of Messrs. Robinson and Bowling bad another meeting on
Monday to receive the answers of these gentlemen to the
resolution passed en Thursday last. Both gentlemen have
withdrawn, and the liberal party owe more united am
look about for a fresh candidate. As usual when •
vacancy is expected, the names of several persons have
been mentioned as probable candidates, but no name
is yet beton the committee of the Libenl /mods-
lion, and it is premature to UIDOIIIICO anyone. Mr.
John Walter, late hl P. for Berkshire, was thought of.
He would, in some respects, have been an admirable
candidate ; but it is no secret that be i• the choice of
the liberals for the next election for Berkshire, and being
certain of the seat there, he could not essopt any
Son to Bristol. Mr. Frederick Peel and Sir Henry A.
Hoare, Bert., have also been named, and so has Mr.
Samuel Morky, of London. There is some doubt if t
In.
he
latter being aoilm to stand for Middlesex, maid be
dueed to relinquish that eagagement ; but there as Mno question of his 'knew, and that he would bean able
and popular candidate. For many yeas" be Du been shale-
man of the liberal committee of the City of Leaden, and
all over Begland he is well known for his muniAsent set
tributions to religions and charitable object, and op.
dolly for the warm interest be has ehown in the mad
sad materiel intends of the industrial ebases.—Waters

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