The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

By a decree of the 23d ult., the King of SARDINIA
has named General Cuiono, Minister of War and
Marine, President of the Council ; and Marquis
VITTORIA COLLI, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The
new Cabinet have issued the following proclama-

on :-

" Fellow Citizens,—The Cabinet to which the King
confided the management of his executive power on
the 16th December last, having been modified by the
change of one of its members, we feel it necessary to
declare that we firmly profess and still believe per-
fectly feasible the policy proclaimed from the
moment we first accepted office. The programme
that formed the fundamental condition of our first exist.
ence, and the principles explained before Parliament,
will not cease to bo the expression of this opinion and
our rule of conduct. The Ministry will remain in power
so long as the King and Parliament will honour it with
their confidence as at present; and will be ready to lay
down power as soon as the voice of the people, constitu-
tionally manifested by its true representatives, shall call
in our stead more able or more fortunate men. A year
has passed since the King, following the impulse of his
heart, sanctioned the greatest acts of his life, by calling
his people to enjoy constitutional liberties. We trust
that none will attempt to destroy the palladium of our
liberty and independence by bringing discredit on the
authority of Parliament. The Ministry will not fail to
defend the Constitution in all its parts, and maintain the
rights of the King and those of the people against all
attempts.
CHIODO, President of the Council; COLL', RATAZZI,

SINEO, TECCHIO, VICENZIO RICCI, CADORNA."
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The Concordia of Turin of the 24th states that
great agitation reigned in that city on the preceding
day. In the churches and public squares persons
were busily engaged soliciting signatures to a petition
for the return of GIOB ERTI to office. A deputation
was formed charged to present the petition to the
KING, who at first refused to receive the deputation,
but upon second thoughts admitted them, and ad-
dressed them in polite but severe terms. It must be
remembered that the Concordia has hitherto been a
GIODERTI paper.
The Pensiero Italiano of Genoa, a radical paper,
states that Turin was in the greatest excitement
against GIoBERTI, on account of his having, unknown
to his colleagues, given orders to the Piedmontese
army to invade Tuscany. It adds that GIOBERTI had
disappeared from Turin. A demonstration took place
at Genoa on the 2sd against GIOBERTI and BUFFA,
the Geonese Commissary of Government. No dis-
turbance, however, took place.
It appears that GIOBERTI has not only resigned his
office of Minister, but has retired altogether from the
legislature, having sent in his resignation as Deputy.
When the last accounts left Turin, the people were
threatening to attack the Palace, which was defended
by the National Guard. The address drawn up in
answer to the speech from the Throne, and recom-
mended for the adoption of the Chamber by the
Committee, demanded immediate war.

The Alba of Florence of the 21st states that the
town of Ferrara has been obliged to pay the 620,000
crowns exacted by the Austrians, partly in cash, and
partly in bills of exchange upon Trieste and Milan.
The Archbishop is among the hostages whom the
Austrians have required. The Roman and Tuscan
papers are calling loud for war to avenge the insult.
Bologna has been put into a state of excellent de-
fence, menaced as it is on the side of Ferrara and
Alodena at Ibe same time.

The session of the Assemby of Deputies of Venice
us opened oh the 15th ult., with great solemnity.

MANIN, who was received with deafening applause,
pronounced a speech, in which, after explaining for
what reasons the former Assembly named a dicta-
torial triumvirate, he stated that France and Eng-
land had offered themselves as mediators between
Italy and Austria; and that either a treaty or a con-
tinuance of the war must result from this mediation ;
in either of which cases Venice has a right to dis-
cuss her internal matters, till the destinies of the
nation shall have been decided and accepted. Hence
the new Assembly has been convoked, and the trium-
virate is ready to give an account of all its acts.
The blockade of Venice by sea had been raised by
the intercession of the mediating powers ; love of
country had sufficiently provided for the exhausted
finances ; the citizens of Venice have vied with
each other in making the severest sacrifices for
the common welfare ; public order had never
ceased to reign ; crimes had not increased, as is
usually the case in times of public commotion. The
Assembly would now be called upon to decide in
principle and fact whether Venice shall send or not
deputies to the Italian Constituent Assembly. 011
this question their patriotism would decide, so that
national and local interests may not be at variance;
and while judging with the freedom they possess,
they will repel the excitement of an imprudent and
demagogical party, as well as the snares of perfidious
offers of conciliation. The session was then declared
to be opened.

The Contemporarteo of Rome contains a decree, ill
virtue of which the masters of workshops, having
workmen paid by the week, are alone allowed to con-
vert paper money into cash, to no greater amount
than 20 scudi per week.
The Tempo of Naples, of the 17th ult., states that
General FILANGERI has been sent for by the KINGI
to Gaeta, by a telegraphic dispatch. In the sitting
of the 14th ult., of the Chamber of Deputies, a vote of
non-confidence in the Ministry passed by a large
majority.