Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

ITALY.

TURIN, June 9.

This day the P,,pe is expected to arrive at
Bologna, t.nd it is to ho hoped that he has better
weather for the o...easion than :we have in Turin to-
day, for it is raining here now hat d enough to de-
stroy all the pleasure of travelling, and completely
ruin the eine of any concerted pageant, arid the
thermometer, Ivhioh marked about 80 deg of Faren-
heit yesterday morning in the shade, is 20 deg.
lower this morning The preparations for the offi-
cial decoration of the city of B )logni. will east, it is
said, about 150,000 scudi, and this outlay, as I men-
tioned an a. fortn,nr occasion, his been male solely
on the responsibility of the Mayor or Senators of
the town, and it appears that the Senatore assumed

the responsibility of expending largely the mania.
pal fun:fs without consuhing the Council at t.h© ex-
press desire of Cardinal Antonelii, who hearing that
the Municipal Councils Of the Romagna intended
taking steps for addressing the Pope during his so-
journ among them, gave particular instructions that

tit'y should on no account be assembled at this time
of year. His Eminence might possibly have thought
it better the proprietory of the Romagna should
not be disturbed in their agricultural pursuits at
this season, and that they would be better employed
among their silkworms than appearing prematurely
in the chrysalis state of holiday attire ; but more
probably he hoped, by thus preventing the assem-
bly of those bodies which are supposed to represent
the inhabitants of the various communes, he should
be able to nip in the bud the preparatives for a
legal remonstrance to the Pontiff in person. There
is no doubt that several membei•s- of the Municipal
Council of Bologna had intended taking advantage
of this visit to present to his Holiness such aremon-
stranee against tia! misgovernment of the country
as the last year forwarded to Rome on the same
subjeat,and it is more than Fobable that the example
of the capital of the Legations would have been
followed by mAny other towns. As it is, finding their
Municipal Ciuu2il was prevented from formally
meeting and passing resolutions, as intended,
and that the Senatore will be the only civie officer
who will be allowed the privilege of approaching
the Sovereign on any matters of more serious
business than to kiss hio toe, the Bolognese, includ-

jug the wealthiest inhabitants of the town, the
largest proprietors of the province, the principal
merchants and bankers, have signed an
address to His Holiness which is to be con-
signed" to the Senatore for presentation. This
address, as far as I have been able to learn,
is of course couched in the mos', respectful
language towards His Holiness himself, but
while guardedly moderate in tone and demands, it
boldly exposes the sores for which it solicits im-
mediate remedy. It sets forth the evils of mal-
administration, peculation, and corruption in the
Government, and the non-execution of laws,
and without going so far as to ',suggest, as the
President of the French Republic did, "seoularil
sation and the Code Napoleon," it humbly begs
the Sovereign Pontiff to cause strict inquiry
and the necessary reforms in all departments
of Government, and that ha will be pleased
to enforce the execution of those laws which now
exist in his dominions (laws which, moreover,
have elicited the admiration of the Count de Ray-
neval), and it points to the absolute necessity for
organizing a 'leave army, and dispensing with
foreign intervention, in fact, it has been drawn
up with so mueh moderation, and is so reason-
able in its denaancl,ahat it has bean signed—by
men who are notorious for their attachment to
the Papacy as a temporal power, and it is to be
hoped for his own sake as for that of his order,
his Holiness may be able to profit. by this appeal
to his justice.
King Victor Ernat muel, having received official
communication of the death of the 'Duchess of
Gloucester. has ordered that the Sard'nian Court
should go into mourning for fourteen days.
The King and Queen of Saxony have left Stressa
for Genoa and Florence.

The news of the silk crop has been tolerably
favourat le the last few days, but at present it is im •
possible to anticipate what may be the effect of this
suddn change of temperature, or whether it is
general or only partial.