The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Piedmontese• Senate, in its sitting of the
25th, voted the •bill for the fortifications of
Alessandria by a majority of 45 to 8.
A serious misunderstanding has arisen between
the - Sardinian Cabinet and-- the Municipality of
Genoa touching the portion of entrance dues
which are to be paid into the Royal treasury. The
law fixes the the sum at 800,000 f. ; the Commui►al
Council in its last sitting virtually refused to pay
the tax by voting only 90,000 f.; after which the
whole Council resigned. It is believed that the
Government will send a Royal Commissioner to
take charge -of the.lnunicipal affairs of the city
until the Council be re-organised.
From art official report published by the
Monitore Toscano, it appears that the net produce
orthe Tuscan Customs in 1856 was 16,446.691 lire
(13,705,575 francs), being 556,851 lire more than
the sum fixed in the budget for that year.
A letter from Florence, of the 19th inst, tells us
that such is the difficulty to find competent persons
to fill public offices in Tuscany, that the director of
the government snuff manufactory has been ap-
pointed AdMinistrator of the Hospital of Florence-
Some time since a subaltern Custom-house officer
was named superintendent, of public buildings and
chief architect, and subsequently . postmaster-
general. All the distinguished men in the
country hold constitutional opinions, and are con-
sequently excluded from office. The Advocate
Galeoti, an eminent Roman lawyer, who was ex-
cluded from the Papal amnesty published in 1849,
has been at length permitted to return to the
Roman States, but on condition that he shall con-
fine himself to his native place, a small village on
the borders of Tuscany. This generous amnesty
has been granted at the intercession► of some influ-
ential personages who were clients of the illustrious
advocate, who himself holds very moderate opinions,
and who was appointed Minister of Justice in the
year 1849, to prevent the administration of justice
fulling into the hands of the Radical party, Such
an amnesty is more injurious than beneficial to
Signor Galeoti for the present, inasmuch as his
professional practice-is more lucrative in a capital
like Florence than in a country village.
A letter from Venice, of the 20th inst., observes
that the Court of the Archduke Maximilian, Gover-
nor General, is established on a most luxurious
scale. During hip stay at 'Venire he visited tha
public establishments. At his visit to the Beaux
Arts his Imperial Highness was received by the
Secretary, the Marquis Selvatico, and by all the
professors, including M. Blaas, a German, sent
from Vienna to replace the Professor Lippariini..
The German is not well viewed by the Italians,
who think it strange that a German should be
appointed to teach in an Italian school of painting
particularly as he is endeavouring to change
the course of instruction hitherto followed. A
report was current at Venice that the Bishopric
of that city is to be given to Monsignor Trevisa-
nato, at present Bishop of Udina This prelate
is a native of Venice, and is remarkable for hiP,
anti Liberal opinions.

A letter from Naples, of the 17th instp7it, informs
us that, on the preceding day, al
manoeuvres
took place at Falciano. Tho,;se manoeuvres were
commanded for more than, three hours by the King,
who rode there on, horseback, with the Duke of
Calabria, and the Counts Trani and..Caserta. Count
Trapani was likewise on the ground. The troops
reviewed were the 2nd -and 3rd Swiss regiments
from Naples, the. let Swiss regiment and the 2nd
regiment of grenadiers from Maddaleni, the batta-
lion of riflemen of the guard, the Ist grenadiers, a
battalion of marines, and the 3rd regiment of chas-
seurs from Caserta.