New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-17

,rmpts on tbe part Of the French to establish tor
Themselves an Italian dominion and Influence inel
hive shaken the tr,e bat others have gathered the
fruit TIE eAprdiiions of Pepin and Chariemagne
;n,o Ital,. spd the revival If TIE Roman Empire
result.d not ip the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of France, out
in creating claim 10 interference aud confro IN inc
sfair, of Italy. which, after passing through iae
hands of yafinus German families, tnally settled
ard r,msned in the Huuse Of Austria
seven hundred years later. in lii. Charles
VIII led i new French expedition into Italy,
Of which the object WAS the conquest OF Naples
Nothing was capable Of resisting the over
poueriug impetuosity Of the French troops and
the ,u.moyable frmnrss of toe Swiss iniantr!, o,
vhom Cbsrles had strong body IN bis army Inc
King sf Naples oi,d. it sas said of terror at tfe
srpr,a.h of the French His son ard successor
retired to q convent. Twenty thousand French
ard six thousand Swiss troops eaSll, completed tue
conGurst of The KUgcon. Bat this EXPEDITION
and its result awakened the Jealousy ot Austria ana
Spain, ard q league was sOon formed, Win these
two Powers at its head. III which all the ltaidn
States ioincd. for driving cut the Frrnct-tbe first
Iudiutut Of those alliances aud was for MAN.
taiuinc balance Of power, aud preventing TOO
great an ascendhI cy on the part Of any one
state. which a'tcrward became and still con-
tipucs the ruling idea Of Europesn politics.
The French. the first foreign invaders whom
Italy had seen fora long time, ser. speedily became
n. obnoxious 10 the Italians as the AuStIlans n"w
are and in les. than tsoycsrs from their entry into
Italy the, were driven cut of H. The attemptupon
NAPLES was revived in l5r. BY Louis Ali'' with
wnr,B Ferdinand oi SPAN uo~ coop'ratcd. Naples
was ugaln costly Cor quercd; but the two kings
immediately quaIrelrd for the possession OF IT,
ard the struggle resulted 10 its annexation not to
France but 10 Spain--n consequence OF which II
became part of the empirc of Charles v
L,s, b,,,r, this sr,otd clutch at Naples, Louis
MI bad seized ob tie pucty of Milan, but the re
s,lr Of the first ar brtaeen Fraucs l. and Carries
V. mns n,t only the luss Of that pr"'inc"' when
SON after passrd into the hands of Charles w. but
sloa rerncintion Gf all those prrtensInns on ifsy
vfirh. during the tbirty.six years preceding, had
cssr the Frepch So much boOd aud treasure
Nnplcs and the Mllunrse, titus passed over.
tLruu,h French pt.ryt nf"n, to foreign domination,
remained part Of the Spanish DOMINION till thr
commencement of the var "f the spanish sncc'T'
sion (ono,her result of French intrigue ard amb
tionl when they we're detached ffom SPAN and
mad, part uf the dnuiuons of the House ut Aus
tiia Napies, as Il tt suit Of the war of 1855, IN
which France took An active part, reverted again
a. Spanish rulers. but the Mllauese remaiged per-
usutnily attached t. Austria. whose toctnold upon
IiuI, dai. : frolu TINT acquisition.
Fer the eastern portion of her present domln-
ION in Italy Austria is also iulrbted to French tn
teryeution. The frat invasion of Italy by Bona
pn,te cost Austria the Milsne-e, but gave to her.
by WAY Of exchange, large portion OF the 'ene
,ian territories; while the fua result OF the
French possession Of Italy was to give to Austria
her present dominion there. aud to create Tor her
that very influence Of y hich the French Emperor
COMPLAINS. and the curtailment Of which is the
prof, s.ed Object for which ho nov makes war
upon Dor.
Having contributed so much she has done In
times pust TO the overthrow Of her native rulers
and he subjccion oi Italy to foreign domination.
ffaIce would certainly seem to owe to her at least
work If deiiyerancr. To judge, hJwever, from
the past, but little ultimate benefit to the cause Of
Italian md, pendrnce is to be- expected from that
Quarter.