The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-08 00:00:00

ITALY.

KING VICTOR EMMANUEL'S JOURNEY
TO FLORENCE.

PARIS, Feb. 8.

The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes the fol-
lowing letter from a person in the suite of the King
of Italy, upon his Majesty's journey from Turin to
Florence.

FLORENCE, Feb. 4.

The King left Turin yesterday morning at nine
o'clock, accompanied by the President of the Coun-
cil, the Minister of his household, and all his aide-
de-camps and orderly officers on service.
His Majesty intended to travel incognito, and the
special train which conveyed him was only to stop
where absolutely necessary. The news of the
King's departure, however, spread with the rapidity
of lightning over the whole route, and at Asti,
Alexandria, Voghera, Piacenza, Parma, Reggio,
Modena, and Bologna all the authorities, and an
immense number of people, were at the railway
station to salute his Majesty and afford him those
marks of devotion and enthusiasm which, under
present circumstances, the people consider a strict
duty.

At Bologna, particularly, the popular welcome
was extraordinarily cordial, and his Majesty ap-
peared visibly affected by it. The large railway
station of this city was crowded by an enthusiastic
assemblage.

The King, who had made arrangements for a
journey incognito, was agreeably surprised by this
welcome, and expressed to the authorities of Bologna
his regret that the arrangements already made would
not allow him to alight at their city, which how-
ever he proposed to visit subsequently.
The railway from Bologna to Florence passes
through a barren and mountainous country, and the
locomotive toils slowly up the steep incline of the
Apennines. The train stopped at Biela, as the
damage done by the inundations necessitates a
journey of three hours by coach. Advantage was
taken of this stoppage to drive. The report of the
King's passage had been carried through the gorges
of the Apennines, and the Paretta railway station
was soon invaded by an enthusiastic crowd, who,
with a flag at their head, welwomed the elect of the
nation, the King of Italy. _

I pass over the reception at Pistoja, Prato, and
all the towns of central Tuscany.
The train entered Florence a little after 10 o'clock.
Here the letter enters into the details of the recep-
tion affcrded to his Majesty at Florence. The cor-
diality and devotion manifested by the people were
pever more sincere and spontaneous even upon the
King's two previous visits, the first in 1859, a few
days after the annexation of Tuscany to his States,
and the second at the time of the Exhibition. The
writer proceeds :--
The King will stay at Florence during the three
months necessary for the installation of his Govern-
ment in the new capital. His Majesty has always
testified great attachment for Florence, arising from
the recollection of his childhood, which was passed
here.

llis Majesty will absent himself for a week from
Florence, in order to be present, as usual, at the
Carnival in Milan.

The President of the Council, who accompanied
the King, will return to Turin to-morrow. Arrange-
ments have been made that one member of the
Cabinet shall always remain with the King, who
will sign all the Acts of the Government. Each
Minister will come to Florence about once a week.