Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-06
The State of Italy.

people are to he elected for the purpose OF
deciding by Il ma ority of votes what the tu-
ture government of the country shall he.
Tine L"mburds were appreienslve OF being
saddled with solne proportion Of the liabilities
of Piedmont
A Paris letter says that news has reached
there that eighty-hve municipalities had al
ready met aud proclaimed their design 10
offer armed resistance Ia the re-intrliSion oi
the late dynasty. Sienn Pisa, Lucca, riste-
ia and Arenzo had pronounced IN this direc
ton AZ for Leghorn, the cnmm"tl"n han
become so formidable that the Gonlaller"
B!scnsse had tu declare i'll proclamation I"
the t"wnspe,ple that he held himself person
ally responsible tn them for the no-return al
the Austrian Archdukr.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Times says that III reply to the PROVISIONAL
Government Of Tuscany, the Emperor Nap"-
leon stated that he did not desire to force the
Grand Duke upon them.
The Paris Pays says, "the question "i the
Duchies remains to Ice regulated. \" one
says that Piedmont is not To get Il good share
of them The population wall be assuredly
consulted The rulers Of these small States
have not governed them 81 as 10 make them
selves Indispensable. ~
A letter from Genoa saws that the Milan
csc, Notwithstanding the annexation, desire
to have hag distinct from the P!edm"ntese
The absence of all tidinSs "i uaribhidl
forces. causes some surprise.
The French government had preseh'nd To
the King of Sardinia the greater part oil the
floating batteries which were Intended 10 he
used i'll the serge of the Austrian tcrtresses'
The Paris correspondent OF the LONDON
Times gives report that the treaty Of peace
contains clause preventing any intervention
in Italy in future, either on the part oil Aus
trla France.
A letter from Rome says that French
troops were to be sent to Rlminl ana Ahc"-
III, in order to prevent revolutionary move
ment.
NApLrs.-The Swiss Guards are rapidly
leaving the Neapolitan service, and gong TO
their own mountain home. Two thou-
sand of them were landed from Neapolitan
vessels, AT Marseilles on Sunday, and short
ly afterwards were sent ~ Geneva About
four thousand altogether have lett, ana the
disbanding of more is expected. Troops are
continuing to be poured into Naples, and the
number there is to be augmented to thirty
thousand men.
Ii is reported that the King of Naples has
refused to belong Ia the Italian Conledera'
ton under the honorary Presidency of the
Pope, and that he Is supported III his re
iusal by the representatives ni Russian pc
licy.
A letter from Naples, dated the 18th inst,
says:
during the battle which took place at the
barrack of San Pulito near the Museum, be
tween the mutinous and other soldiers, sev-
eral musket balls penetrated the blinds, and
pierced some of the paintings by the best
masters. The fine statue oi Nero, found
among the ruins of llerculaneum, was like
wise damaged by shot
The PArAL STATES From the CORES
pondence of the London Morning Post. -
ROVE. July l6.-Politicians i'll this part ot
the Peninsula seem inclined to put Il good
face upon the present state Of affairs, al
though it must be acknowledged that they
affect to accept of Lnmbardy and other adj
yantageulls conditions in the treaty OF lila
Franco, merely rs AN instalmcnt. AZ to the
members OF the government and eccleSIaStIcs
in general, the sudden announcement OF
peace has proved Il source of great gratlica'
tion mitlsated only by the idea "f an ltal-
ian confederation, even with the Pope AT IT.
head.
In the discussion to which the Emperor's
unexpected proposition Immediately gave
rise i'm the Vatican the Pope manifested the
obstacles which he should have to encounter
in assuming ~ important political position,
and especially the conflicting duties by which
he might be agltated shen questions OF peace
or war should become of vital interest t. the
Confederation. As Pope, Pho Mono ought,
Of course, never I, make war: but chlet "f
the Italian Confederation, he might be- re-
uuired Ia do So The Pope has reserved his
determination IN petto, and will only declare
his intention IL accept or decline the Contei,
eratye position offered to him, when he shall
have received more exact details with respect
10 the duties and responsibilities III the Office
Cardinal Antonell Is not averse, ! am assur-
. ed, from the plan, if reconcileable with the
, PUpos scruple5.
Ills Holiness has addressed, through the
: Cardinal Secretary OF State, to all the Tor
eign representatives accredited to his Court,
Il strong protest against the Conduct 81
the Sandman Government III sending the
Marquis Massime d. Azeglio to Bologna, to
toment the military organization OF that pro
vince in opposition to the Legitimate Govern
ment, and encouraging the rev"lterS, 10y the
presence of the Piedmonese troops ana OF
, ticers, to raise and discipline new battallonS.
Meanwhile matters seem likely to remain
as they are in the Legations, for the lnhabi-
tants are extremely irritated at the severity
. with which General Schmidt governs Peru
, pia, and are resolved to maintain their inde-
pendence of the Papal sway. On the other
hand the Government of His Holiness has
not the means of reducing them n ri drm''H'
nor is it inclined Ia invoke further aid from
. the French. The P"pe's camp ot "bserVa-
ton at Pesaro is still kept up, and all com,
munication il cut IF between the reVolted
, provinces of Bologna and R"magna and the
loyal districts of La Marcu and lmbrIa
Cen Gsribaldi.
This officer first heard of the peace news
in the Stelvin. The Vienna correspondent" '
the Times says: "GarihaIi first learned from
the Austrian captain, Kiene, VIII" went with
| hag of truce to Bormio, that ne ana he
, master had been bought aud sold.