New-York tribune., 1869-06-28

clared IL his private conviction that Civinini had
received the brbe. No prayers OF Civinini, no re-
nroanhes from Bizzoni no scornful advice from the
Judge, could induce him TO speak Bzzoni, who had
relied on Crispi as his chief witness was condemned
to two years imprisonment and heavy me.
But here the affair could not end; runners now
named number of other deputies as guilty OF Teceiy-
ing bribes, and on Wednesday last Deputy errarl
rose in the House to propose Commission oi IN
nuiry which proposal was in fact but repeultlon
of Salvatore MOrellis motion, rejected Decause
Cambray Digny made of it Cabinet queSIion:
The scene that followed between Clylnlnl ana SIsp
was painful in the extreme Clylnl, pale as I
rose first and gave an account OF the causes tat le
to his change of politics. accused Crispl OF persecn
ing him because he had dared to break the chalihs
that bound HIN to ae SrPSb Tsp the head the
Left voted in 1865. Coming to the accusation, ne
said-and his words found an echo IN every heart-
that if SgnOr Crispi held proofs, or even the ii1in
conviction that one of his colleagues had accepted
bribe he ought to have denounced him publicly HIS
not having done rendered him guilty OF dsloyalty
toward the nation. He accused him OF aetlng ~
spy, of seeking revenge, ETC.; then summed up win
the dilemma, Either am q man that has been
bought and corrupted, or Crispi is caIumnlator.
disapprove of commissions of inquiry, but here my
honor is at stake demand that said commission be
voted.D Crspis reply was IN the worst taste pos
sible; and while Civninfs harangue LETT on ones
mind rather the conviction of TemOrse than OF per-
feet innocence Crsp left no alternative than to
believe that spite had induced him to spread reports
which, if true he ought to have kept silence on
seeing that they came from ms clients OF I'm sati las as
On Saturday when the MOderates were freely
breathing Major Lobbia, Venetian deputy, rose,
and i'm few words told the House that he possessed
fat ~"d doev,"onts proving the gratuitous posses
sion by deputy Of shares in the tobacco contract
" Here he said, showing two sealed packets are
the documents. have my witnesses at hand' will
present both to commission OF inquiry"
On this rose Menabrea and, protesting against tne
commission of inquiry until the accusations should
be made public, demanded that Lobblas proposition
should be sent TO private committee
IObbia declined to present the documents save to
n commission of inquiry. The House nave those pre-
sented in 1854 anent the southern railroads had dis
appeared .,, -,
ago he had decided on making the inquiry DuSl-
ness Cabinet question, he did so no longer let the
inquiry take place but let the facts known to LObba
be first made public After violent discussion, IN
which threats and insults kept up sharp crosS-Te,
il was decided that the House resolving itself into
private committee should take the inquiry into con-
sideration. The Left wished for an immediate sit
ting but the Government succeeded III postponlng
to Monday in order to summon the greatest possible
number of its partsans to the rescue.
This afternoon Lobbia informed the House that he
had been summoned before the Minister OF War
that suppOsng his military duties to be the object Of
the summons, he went III military attire but had IN
stead been subjected to political lecture COrtes and
of War, who defended himself lamely said that he
declined to render account of his interview with his
subordinates; that the summons to L0bbla had been
issued previously to his declarations in the House,
and originated in his conduct at Leguago where he
had used all his influence to defeat the Government
the Prefect of Verona had bribed the Syndics to
cure Minghetti's election, and that he considered
himself free as q citizen, and q Deputy, to combat
that election and LObbia had the best of it.