The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

VE~,TETIA.

Further documentary evidence of Austrian mis-
government in Venetia has been presented by the
Central Venetian Committee sitting at Turin to the
foreign legations there, as well as to the Sardinian
Chambers, which at the same time received the
following letters :
M. le President,—In virtue of the commission we
have received we present and offer, in the name of
our provinces and of the -Venetian emigrants, to this
national Parliament, in these pamphlets, the docu-
ments and the history of the Austrian rule in
Yen etia.
The serious difficulties thrown in our way by
the jealous vigilance of the Austrian police have
not permitted us to compile a complete work and
publish an uninterrupted collection of the docu-
ments relating to that :deplorable Government.
But although the collection we present is incom-
plete, it will nevertheless suffice to demonstrate the
incompatibility of the Austrian rule with the old
and glorious traditions, with the rights, interests,
and sentiments of the Venetian people, and to prove

bow unworthy and unjust it would be fora people
so long civilised to be oppressed with impunity by
an antinational and barbarous Government.
It is a disgrace to European civilisation this ser-
vitude of the Venetian people. This people which
knew how to maintain itself during the ruin of the
Roman empire, to preserve and continue the Latin
civilisation, to fight heroically against Mahometan
barbarism by saving Christianity and Europe,
which, when fallen not through its own fault, but
that of others, was horribly oppressed and tortured,
but which, nevertheless, does not coalesce with the
foreigner, and sends its numerous children in crowds
to fight under the flag of national independence—
this people is surely worthy of a better fate.
The Italy of the Italians, proclaimed by the
faith and loyalty of the magnanimous King, will
not be an accomplished fact until the day when the
Italian flag shall float respected on the crests of
the Rhetiaa and Julian Alps.
May the union between the government, the
parliament, and the nation, together with the
courageous good sense of all, soon accomplish the
sacred vow of our King, and we Venetians, having
b,come Italians for evermore, shall have suffered
without regret.
Turin, April 10, 1860.

The Central Venetian Political Committee,
Sebast. Tecceio, president; Gugl. D'Onigo, Giov.
Bonollo, Andr. Menegrini, Alberto Cavelletto.
To the President of the Chamber of Deputies,:
Commendatore Giovanni Lanza.
Mons;eur le President--The Venetians present
by our hands, and offer to the national senate in
these pamphlets, the documents and abridged his-
tory of the Austrian domination and government
in Venetia.

The deplorable and undeserved misfortunes of so
noble a part of our common country appeal strongly
enough to the hearts of all our fellow-countrymen
to prevent this mourning and shame to be of long
duration.

The loyalty of the magnanimous King, the in-
telligence and courageous good sense of the govern-
ment and parliament, and the unanimous resolution
of the nation, give the Venetians the convic-
tion that their martyrdom will soon be over, and
that, a term being placed to the violence of the
foreign sword, justice will be revived, and that ac-
tivity will be resumed by the laws of July 11 and
29, whereby the national parliament and the
dynasty of Victor Emmanuel accepted the popular
vote for the annexation of Venetia, receiving the
Venetians as citizens of this kingdom.
May this illustrious senate deign to receive favour-
ably in this offer the wishes of Venetia and the
homage of our patriotic devotion.
Turin, April 10, 1860.
(Here follow the same signatures.)
To the President of the Senate of the
Kingdom, his Excellency the Corn-
mendatore Cesare Marquis Alfieri di
Sostegno.