The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-05 00:00:00

THE ITALIAN LEGION.

TURIN Sept. I.—The Times, in a second edition,
says :—Despite the opposition of despots and re-
publicans the Anglo-Italian Legion promises to
succeed, and perhaps none the worse for the oppo-
sition offered by parties which moderate men have
learned to distrust. The Reds pretend to fear the
Legion may be turned against the interests of
liberty. The Blacks share Mr. Bowyer's appre-
hensions of the countrj being overrun by a licen-
tious soldiery at the end of the war. Both make
it a hardship that on attestation the men should
engage to serve in any part of the world, without
designating the particular enemy they are to
be employed against ;_ and, as an instance of

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what should be done in such cases,. it has been
quoted that the Swiss in the King of Naples ser-
vice invariably stipulate that they shall not bear
arms against Switzerland or its allies. Such objec-
tions, on the part of the Retrogrades, can be easily
understood ; and it would he perfectly natural for
the Pcedniontese to stipulate that they should not
be called upon to serve against their own country;
but in no other State of Italy is there the slightest
regard for the present form of Government or
reigning dynasty, and it would be strange indeed
if the It,-publicans should knowingly try to save
the despots from retribution by the hands of those
they have most offended, although it is by no
means the first time they have proved their best
allies.

The Board of Officers, under the presidence of
General Percy, for organising the Legion, consists
of Colonel 'Cavana, of Ferarra, who in the Papal
service was distinguished for suppressing brigandage
in the southern parts of the Roman States, and has
been employed in the Sardinian Government in
forming a Gi tardia Civile ; and Colonel Ribotti, a
Piedmontese by birth, and originally in the Guardia
Nohile of this country, but a political emigree in
1834, and who since then has served in Spain and
Portugal, and spent upwards of four years in a
Neapolitan prist m for assisting in the Sicilian re-
volution in 1818,

This Board has now nearly brought its prelimi-
nary labours to a close. There were at first some
doubts as to the leoality of a foreign Government
exercising its own military law in this country,
without a special corr-vention to that effect, so that
it was neceAsary to hi tve legal opinions on the sub-
ject, and the result i 4, it has been decided that
the British Governme lit, in accordance with inter-
national law, may act upon its own military
laws and system in al 1 cases where the punish-
ments correspond with those inflicted in this
country, and that for ()flier special cases, as the re-
claiming of deserters or in-. dealings with civil courts,
a commissioner sho.tild be appointed by the
Sardinian Government, who will fulfil the duties
of prosecutor or bail as the laws of Sardinia may
require.

There has also been some delay in enrolling
caused by the want of barrack accommodation.
The barrack at Novara, which had originally been
lent to our Government for the use of the Swiss
Legion, but which was never taken advantage of, is
now under repair, and there are so few disposable
quarters in eligible positions throughout the king-
dom, that there has been much difficulty in fixing
on a place as central depot-
Chiavasso, a town about an hour from hence, on
the Turin and Novara Railway, has at length been
chosen ; and as it possesses some large buildings,
and is within short distance of the Plain of San
Maurizio, where the Sardinian Government usually
has a camp of instruction every year, and where
there are perma.uent hut barracks, though not in
very good repair at present, it appears in every
respect well adapted for the purpose, and there-
fore it may be expected that recruiting will com-
mence actively forthwith.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa remarks that
all the clerical journals of Piedmont, such as the
Patria, the Arnioria, and the Catholico, display
their opposition to the existing Government by
either magnifying the losses of the Piedmontese in
the battle of the Tchernaya, or speaking disparag-
ingly of their valour in the field.

TI ie Giornale di Roma states that Prince Palavi-
cini has sent 1,000 scudi (G,ooofr.) to the Marquis
Da Via, senator of Bolog-na, for the relief of the
widows and orphans of the victims of cholera.

sChe King of the Belgians came to Brussels on
Stu aday, from Laeken, and gave an audience to
Vic ;count de Kerchove, who delivered his letters
ace. rediting him as resident Minister of the Sultan
to i;lie Court of Belgium. The Minister of Foreign
Affitirs was present.

Ti ie Cardinal Archbishop of Prague,
Prince
Schi varzenberg, is at present at Enghein, in Bel-
g 1, on a visit to the Duke d'Arenberg.
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TE E AUSTRALIAN. MAILS,---The royal mail ship
Ugh tning, Captain Enright, sails to-day from the Mer-
sey for Melbourne, with mails for the Australian
cob 'cies, 450 passengers, and a full cargo.
• 3 6ETROPOLITAN REGISTRATIONS. Mr. J. F. Mac-
que cn, the Revising Barrister, has appointed the follow-
ing times and nieces for holding his courts to revise the
-,ropolitan Lists of Voters :—Westminster —On Fri-
day, Sept. 21, at eleven o'clock, at the Lord Justices'
Cou rt , Westminster. Marylebone—On Tuesday, Sept.
18, at eleven o'clock, at the Court-house, Marylebone,
for th e parishes of Paddington and St. Marylebone ;
and o: a Wednesday, Sept. 19, by adjournment, at the
board -room of the Workhouse of St. Pancras, for that
parish . Tower Hamlets—On Monday, Sept. 24, at
eleveno'clock, at the Court-house, Wellclose-square.
Finst ury---On Wednesday, Sept. 26, at eleven o'clock,
in thf ) Lords Justices' Court, Lincoln's Inn.
TE .E PROBABLE COMMANDER OP THE MAMMOTH
STE I.l4Ell.—We have heard upon good authority that
Car Itain William Harrison, of the Cunard royal mail
ute Amer Africa, bas been offered the command of the
g leviathan" steam-ship, now building by John
Sc ott Russell and Co., of London, for the Eastern Steam
N avi. gatior Company. The rumoured amount of remu-
n'D'al ion to be paid is 1.2001., with other advantages.
T bia , although apparently a large stn, is not more than
a. dec 'nate to the amount of responsibility incurred in
tp,ic 'log charge of such an enormous property; and there
c A,7 I be no question of Captain Harrison's fitness for the
(41 ice.—Liverpool Randard.