The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-10
THE DISP A to 1t.
MARCH 10. 1850.
Italy.


Tn. philadelphia haqairtr groups together som,
e. r...rd 20 italy, which its present poiiuos'
,,...a rsnders Of unusual interest. ahe PEE
s-..,.x nro;sots into the Mediterranean ron
s-.,,.,,.na and the Tyre, soushwards, About 100
-. =, nre.a.h differing from 80 to 400 milcs
~.-.m.n.,ne NJ tho northwest, there 10 the King.
-" :, sardinia, with a surface Of Is. $50 square
~,,.. and a population Of about 100000. The
".,~, Turu. has loo, 600 inhabitants, aud the
,ocu,stiou generally throughout tho kingdom
rumbers liz to the square mile. Religion Catho.
he. vet about 22,ooo Waldenses (protestantsl live
IN the northern valleys Of Piedmont (Sardinia.)
The revenue Is 81, SOC, eo0--cf which $4,000 arc
derived from the Island Of Sardinia. The army
has 100000 men, navy Il shipe The governmep,
- limited monarchy, the king, Victor Emanue'
II, being aided By two Parliamentary Chambers
elected by the people. Eastward are the old
Atates OF Lombardy and Venice, containing II oil
square miles aud 5000, 600 of Inhabitants, being
re 10 the square mile. These arc now Austrian
Provinces-the iron.crowned Kingdom Of Lombar.
dy being no more, aud the Republic, or rather
clissrchy Of Venice having passed away. Thence
southwark, We reach the two small Duchies Of
Parma aud Modena, the former containing
100000 Inhabitants. and the latter 900. Both
are absolute ycre!guties-Robert being Duke Of
Parma and Francis V. Of Modeus. South OF No
deua. there 10 the Grand puchy Of Tuscany, In.
GLIDING Lucca, containing s,si2 square miles and
10000 people. The government is that of at I.
soluse monarchy, and the present Grand DIXIE is
Leopold II-under Austrian influence. His rev.
euue 10 81, SOC, oo0- army, 10000 navy, ships
Thecapital, Florence, has SO 900 inhabitants The
port, Leghorn, has population Of $4,000 souls
Thence extending from the Austrian Province OF
Venice in Northern Italy, southwark to the King
dom Of Naples, and with one sea coast on the Medi
terraueau and another the Adriatic,w we have the
Estates Of the Church." governed by the Pope,
whose capital and other towns are now garrisoned
by French add Austrian troops Extent of terri
tory, seventeen thousand square miles, populatio
three millions, army seventeen thousand men,
public debt thirty four millions Of dollars. The
population of the city OF RENE ia 200 900. Nap
or the "Two Scilies," governed by the tyrant
. Bomba, comprehends ell Southern Italy and the
great island Of Sicily: extent Of territory for ty-
one thousand square miles population nice mil-
lions: army hfty-thousaud men; navy sixty ships
and steamers. The population Of the capital, Ma
PIES IL 40 900. In the midst of these monarchies
and despotisms, 10 the little Republic, San Marine
with twenty-five square miles of territory, and
seven thousand six hundred people, which has ex'
listed for thirteen hundred years under the pros
lection of the Pope. There Is also the small
Principally of Monaco, with fifty square miles
and seven thousand people. The whole population
OF italy 10 about twenty-five millions. 1t is III
the now Austrian provinces Of Lombardy and We.
nice that revolt and revolution are imminent