The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Milan, of the Bth, says :—" The
municipal authorities have this morning posted up,
at the corner of every street, a large placard an-
nouncing officially the arrival of their Majesties for
the 15th, with a statement of some of the arrange-
ments made to celebrate that event. The following
are the principal :—lllumination a giorno of La
Scala theatre, which their Majesties will honour
with their presence in the evening. In the night
of the 18th a torso notturno, a favourite amusement
of the Italians, and which consists of an incessant
promenade of carriages, brilliantly lighted up, and
accompanied by bans of music, through Sall the
finest parts of the city and in the midst of a' general
illumination. In the night of the 21st a grand ball
will take place at La Scala, in which will be intro-
duced an allegorical ballet composed expressly for
thii occasion. Lastly, a distribution of a sum of
50,700 Austrian livres in different works of
charity."

In
the sating of the Chamber of Deputies at
Turin, of the 9th, M. Cadorna, the new president,
took the chair, and in an appropriate speech, in
which he alluded with pride to the services of the
Piedmontese army in the late war, thanked the
Chamber for the honour it had conferred upon
him for the third time. He then, in virtue of his
power, appointed M. Buffa to draw up an address
in answer to the speech from the throne. M.
Brofferio, the leader of the extreme left, announced
hiS intention of addressing an interpellation to the
President of the Council touching the state of
Italy. Count Cavour declared himself willing to
answer it, provided the hon. member would wait
until after the presentation of the budget of 1855,
which was agreed to.

A letter from- Milan, of the 7th, in the Opinione
of Turin, says—" We are informed that the Minis-
ters Buol, Bach, and de Bruck have been summoned
to Milan by the Emperor, and are to stay there dur-
ingthe whole time of his visit. The engineer Broggi,
who was arrested the other day, is the brother of
the insurgent of that name who fell in the insur-
rection of 1848. The cause of his arrest is stated
to be an observation of his to some friends, to the
effect that in coming to Milan the Emperor would
run the risk of being fired at. This, it seems, was
overheard by some of the new police, enrolled for
the period of the Emperor's stay, and immediately
reported to tbe authorities. This new force consists
of upwards of 600 discharged soldiers, mostly
Italians. They aro dressed as civilians, but carry
a medal about them, on producing which all the
police authorities and military posts are bound to
afford them aid. They go about the town, visit
coffee-houses and wine-shops, and report all the
conversation they pick up ; in case of irreverent
language towards the Emperor they are authorised
to arrest the person who has uttered it, and in this
way many have lately been taken up. The censor-
ship is very severe just now. The last number of
Canta's ' History of the Italians' has been stopped,
on account of a passage relating to the history of
Piedmont of the last century. M. Schivardi, of
Brescia, having in his Scientific Facts' used some
expressions hostile to the existing state of things,
he has been arrested on a charge of high treason.