The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-08 00:00:00

THE QUADRILATERAL.

The Augsburg Gazette learns from Verona that
the garrison of Mantua consists of two battalions of
the Regiment Don Miguel, two battalions of Hess,
two battalions of Prohaska, one battalion of Baden,
one battalion of Jwgers, and two troops of Haller
Hussars. As 12,000 loaves are distributed daily,
it is to be supposed that the garrison of the for-
tress consists of about as many thousand men. On
the right bank of the Po—at Suzzara, Gonzaga,
Bondeno, Ma glia, Polesina, and Poggio —are
6,000 men. Marmirolo and Villafranca, on the line
of the \lincio, have powerful garrisons. Immense
quantities of ammunition, &c., are now sent from
the terminus at Verona to Mantua. At Sebastiani,
on the Po, there are the materials for two pontoon
bridges, two large iron steamers, and one small tug
steamer. The army in Venetia is now composed
of 35 regiments of 3,000 men, 19 battalions of
Jaagers of 900 men, and 30 batteries. Six of the
batteries have rifled guns. The strength of the
cavalry is not exactly known, but doubtless it is in
proportion to the infantry and artillery. The sth
corps trarinee is about to enter Venetia. The
strongest garrisons are in Verona and Venice.

ITALY.

A letter from Turin, of the sth, says :

"It is now explained how it was that the garri-
son of Capua, which had only been of about 5,000
men, was, at the moment of capitulation, 11,000 ;
a column which had been cut off from the rest of
the army by Cialdini's division was forced to
seek a refuge in that place. The great subject of
conversation here is the voting in Umbria and
the Marches. What excites the populations of
these provinces to demand annexation to the new
Italian kingdom is principally the prosperity
which they see arise on the ruins of the ancient
Papal Administration ; all articles of general
necessity, such as salt and meat, have been exempted
from the heavy taxes they had paid for centuries.
The tax on grinding corn—a feudal impost levied
for the advantage of the nobles—has also been
abolished."
In the same latter we read :

" In presence of the regeneration of all Central
and Southern Italy, Venetia could not remain in-
different. At Venice, on the night of the 24th
October, notwithstanding the surveillance of the
police, copies of a proclamation from the National
Venetian Committee, calling on the population to
hold themselves in readiness to rise at the first
signal, were stuck up in more than 300 different
places, side by side with the manifesto of the
Emperor of Austria, announcing reforms. The
proclamation had full time to become known to
everybody before the police could tear it down."
The Nationalities of Turin announces that from
the Ist of January next all the central or general
offices of the several administrative departments
are to be transferred to Turin.

The Perseveranza of Milan states that the Pied-
montese Government has already fixed the number
of deputies who are to sit in the new Italian Parlia-
ment, on the basis of one representative for every
50,000,50u15.

The Gaeta Gazette has published the following
note, dated the 19th ultimo, from the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, to the representatives of foreign
Powers accredited to his Sicilian Majesty :
" Count Persano, Vice. Admiral of the Navy of
the King of Sardinia, has publicly accepted the
command of the vessels of the Royal Navy of the
Two Sicilies, which the revolutionary Government
of Naples has placed at his disposal. The vessels
of war in revolt against the legitimate authority
of his Majesty have been sent by Garibaldi to
the port of Genoa, where they have been supplied
with provisions, and taken on board fresh crews.
Not content with that, the officer holding
the highest rank in the Sardinian navy, Vice-
Admiral Persano, has hoisted his flag on board the
screw frigate La Borbone, belonging to the King
of the Two Sicilies. In thus taking possession of
the Neapolitan fleet, the Sardinian Government
has followed a course without parallel in historical

precedents. Without any declaration of war,
without conquest, while still maintaining the
ordinary official relations, one country takes advan-
tage of the internal embarrassments of the other,
and, by accepting the offers of the revolution, a
Sovereign becomes the master of the fleet of a
friendly Sovereign. The undersigned Minister of
Foreign affairs would think it an insult to the high
intelligence of your Excellency to add any comment
to this simple statement of facts. But in order to
accomplish his most imperious duties, and by express
order of his Sovereign, he is bound to protest against
this monstrous act, and against the consequences
which may result therefrom, by requesting your
Excellence to bring this Note under the cognizance
of your Government. " CASELLA."

On the 31st ult., Garibaldi presented the Hun-
garians with new colours. The Dictator said :
" This is a beautiful day—a great day. It is beau-
tiful, it is great, because it binds together with a
new tie the fraternity which unites Italy to Hun-
gary. Free people are bound together. Free
Italians cannot, ought not, will not forget it. (Here
the people broke into a storm of applause.) Italians
free—yes, all shall be free—and that quickly. Froth
a life consecrated altogether to the cause of liberty,
to the cause of nationality, I have gathered
nothing else. I desire nothing more than the
right of telling the truth at all times—telling
it alike to the powerful and the people. Hear
me, then, generous people of this great and
beautiful metropolis, and if I deserve anything of
you hear my words. The canker and ruin of our
country has always been personal ambition. It is
still so. It is personal ambition which blinds the
Pope King, and urges him to oppose the national
movement, so grand, so noble, so pure—yes, so pure
that it is unique in the history of the world. It is
the Pope who retards the movement of the com-
plete liberation of Italy. The sole obstacle, the
true object is this. lam a Christian, and I speak
to Christians. I am a good Christian, and I
speak to good Christians. I love and venerate the
religion of Christ, because Christ came into this
world to rescue humanity from the slavery
for which God did not create it. But
this Pope, who wishes that men should be
slaves, who asks from the powerful of the
earth fetters and chains for the Italians—
this Pope King does not know Christ ; he lies
against his own religion. In the Indies they re-
cognise and adore two Genii—that of Good and
Evil. The Genius of Evil for Italy is the Pope
King. Let no one misunderstand my words; let
no one confound paganism with Christianity—the
religion of liberty with the avaricious and bloody
policy of slavery. Repeat that—repeat it—it is
your duty. You who are here, a portion of the
educated and cultivated population, it is your duty
to educate the people—educate it to be Italian.
Education gives liberty ; educating the people
means the power to assure and defend its in-
dependence. On a strong and healthy education of
the people depend the liberty and the grandeur of
Italy." There was a friendly entertainment on this
occasion, at which were present General Garibaldi,
the Pro-Dictator, the Marchese Villamarina, the
Staffs of General Garibaldi, Turr, and a few others.
The only feature was that, in proposing as a
toast " Italy and Hungary," Turr declared " that
he would never accept the impudent, lying consti-
tution of Austria, the perfidious act by which now,
as in 1848, it attempts in vain to urge the Hun-
garians forward against their brothers of Italy.