The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-19 00:00:00

ITALY.

TURIN, JAN. 11.

The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies sat again
yesterday, and named the following Commissions:
—for reporting on the Ecclesiastical Fund; for the
Fund of Deposits and Loans; to enquire into the
Budget ; and for the Library of the House. On
the vote for the first of the above-named Commis-
sions, the Deputies Ponziglione, Costa della. Torre,
Solaro della Margherita, Francesco Pallavicini,
Della Motta, Deviry, and Arnulfo, declared that
they would not vote.

The President then read a letter from Deputy
Gallenga, resigning his seat in the Chamber, upon
which M. Solaro della Margherita rose in a very
excited manner, as if he expected somebody to
contradict him, and said that, after the sad thoughts
and recollections which this demand had awakened
in him, he could not give a silent vote on it. No
owe having gain said the hon. member, the resigna-
tion was accepted by the rest of the-house with
profound silence. _ _

Deputy Duffa having been asked by the Pre-
sident to read the reply to the King's speech,
which he had been commissioned to draw up,
proceeded to do so from the tribune. It was as
follows :

Sire,—Never was it so dear to the deputies of your
people to present you their homage. their loyalty, and
their affection, as now, and when they salute you sur-
rounded by the glories of the army and of its valour, and
they see you bold incontestibly in our peninsula, and
before Europe, that high position which had been already
assigned you in the heart of all.
The splendour of your House thus increased and re-
invigorated the hopes of a better fate for the commoh
country, we feel that we can with more tranquil spirit
continue the difficult work of internal reforms, in which
there will be no little comfort in thinking that the grave
sacrifices supported with serene constancy by your people
commence at last to attain'the desired result.

And now, preceded by your Majesty, we advance
securely towards the future. and more than ever corfilent
that in developing with studious assiduity in the new laws
the vital principles contained in the Constitution, the more
rapid will be the amelioration of the economical condition
of the country, and that the internal prosperity will fully
correspond with its outward glory.
On the motion of Deputy Sineo, seconded by
Deputy Valerio, the reply was ordered to be printed,
and it will be brought before the HouEo for dis
cussion on Monday.

As the date of the Emperor of Austria's arrival
at Milan draws near the stricter has become the
vigilance of the police there. At present he is at
Verona, where, according to the official Gazette of
that place, he was " enthusiastically" received, and
on Thursday next he is expected to enter the capital
of Lombardy. The pains at which the authorities
are to prepare for this propitious arrival are rather
amusing, after all the flowery descriptions of irre-
pressible joy, &c., shown everywhere on the
approach of the Imperial cortege, as described by
the prose and poetical writers of the Austrian
journals, and they are really very instructive for
those who wish to understand the true state of
the country.

I mentioned the other day the case of a Count
Dandolo, who was sent away from Milan because
he tried to persuade ladies from going to Court;
but I was wrong in saying he had been ordered to
retire to his " terres," according to the good old
system of the good old days, when banishment from
the light of his Sovereign's countenance was gene-
rally considered sufficient punishment for the most
incorrigible nobleman. Why a different course has
been adopted now does not appear, though it is
quite possible that there is some stronger
reason than the one alleged for sending him
from Milan ; but the fact is, that Count Dandolo,
in company with the Marquis Soucino, and Signors
Fadini, Carcano, Mancini, and several other young
men of their class, were summoned about a week
ago before the Director of Police, who lectured them
severely on the impropriety of their conduct in
aiding an anti-Court Propaganda, and concluded
by telling them they must leave Milan within
twenty-four hours of that time, and remain
away until things were more settled. The
Director then named several localities as places of

banishment, from among which they were at liberty
to choose. Ho warned them to be more cautious
in future if they valued their liberty, and he con-
soled them by saying that when the country was
quieter they might petition to be allowed to return
to Milan.

The police, it is said, has enrolled a great num•
ber of soldiers who are on furjough for the last
years of their service as special constables.
-These men are engaged at the rate of 2 francs 75
cents a day during his Majesty's stay, and their
duty is to go into all the crowded places and report
to the regular police (to whom they are dis-
tinguishable by a medal or token of some
kind) what they see and hear. A duel took
place the other day somewhere near the banks of
the Ticino between au Austrian officer and a young
Milanese of the name of Viola. The cause occurred
in the Scala a night or two before. M. Viola, not
being pleased with some part of the performance,
considered himself entitled to express his disappro-
bation, and did so, whereupon an Austrian officer
walked up to where he was in the pit and ordered
him to desist, as I am told, in such an overbearing
tone that the Milanese thought himself bound tore-
sent it. The consequence was a meeting, when they
fought with sabres, and M. Viola was so severely
wounded in the arm that is feared he must lose
it. Its has been rather more difficult than usual
lately to obtain reliable information from Lom-
bardy in consequence of the rigorous measures of
the police to impede correspondence of a political
nature between Lombardy and Piedmont. There
is good reason to believe, however, that the feelings
of the country with regard to this Imperial visit
remain unchanged, both in the capital and in the
provinces. The facts above narrated, of the banish-
ment of a number of young men in the arbitrary
manner_ described, and the unfortunate affair of
another7with an Austrian officer, will certainly not
tend to soothe the irritation at Milan.

'lt is reported to be the intention of Govern-
ment that when the Emperor reaches the triumphal
arch erected near the gate of the town, a gun shall
be fired as a signal to persons stationed in various
parts of the city, who shall thereupon stick upon
the walls the proclamation of pardons, &c , granted
by His Majesty, and it is expected that this will
act as at least to draw people into the streets, so
as to give them a less inhospitable appearance
during the Emperor's passage to the Royal Palace.
Letters received from Parma say that no doubt
is now entertained there of the approaching removal
of the Austrian garrison, as the General command_
ing—General Baumgarten—had received orders of
readiness, and towards the middle of next month it is
expected they will at last be withdrawn, after having
been constantly quartered there since 1849, and in
cases of state of siege held military possession of the
country for six or eight months at a time. The joy
of the inhabitants at this anticipated relief from
seeing foreign soldiers continually in their streets
is said to be intense, but in a military point of view
the change is of small importance, once the civil
Government of the country was restored to its
supremacy, as the Power which holds the fortresses
of Mantua and Piacenza must always strategically
command Central Italy. The Emperor Francis
Joseph, it was expected, would pay a flying visit
to the Duchess Regent nn his way to visit his
kinsfolk at Modena and Florence.