The sun., 1870-01-01

The members of the present Italian Cabi.
net will undoubtedly faithfully carry out the
odious system Of home and foreign politics which
was introduced by that plague, the Consorteria
(clique), soon after the death of Count CAvoUR
and which has brought Italy to ITS present humiii.
atins situation. Politically. Italy has no impor.
tance whatever because the Italian ministers aud
diplomats, with their continued errors, narrow
views, sycophancy, and servility, have made
themselves and their country the humble servants
Of NAPOLEON III.
Financially, Italy is the verge of bank
ruptcy. The best barometer Of the credit of II
nation is the price of il, public debt. Now the
Italian per cent. consols are quoted on the
Bourse Of Paris at -. With the exception of the
securities Of the Turkish Empire, the Italian
are the lowest, even lower than those Of the
Pope. The military reputation Of the country is
no better In 1866 the Government of the King
with 900 soldiers, headed by Gen. l., MAR.
NORA, were beaten at Custo7za by 10000 Austr-
ans commanded by the Archduke ALBERT
As TO naval affairs, all the world knows that
on the Goth Of July, 1865, the Italian navy with
Admiral PERsASo ut its head was shamefuly
defeated by the Austrian feet in the Adriatic
near the island of Lissa This fact appears in.
credible but il is true that the descendants Of
CoLuNBUs, ANDREA DonA, and SEBASTIAN Ca
BOT were vanquished the sea by imperial
Austria, which nobody before had imagined
TO possess a fleet. These. in brief, are the
fruits of a Government having as a chief King
more chivalrous than wise, who docs not wish
and is not able to take any part in the Ai-
mui,tra,ion.
OF the present Ministers, Sienor QrNrrNo
SELLA, the Premier and Minister Of Fiuancc, has
already been twice before IN thi, position. lie is
the promoter of the Naciaqto (grist.mill tax,
put Ia force last year by his successor, Signor
DIGNY to whom he has in turn again succeeded.
The collecting OF this impost has thrown all
the kingdom of Italy into CONSERVATION and caused
bloodshcd in many provinces. From this man
| SELLA, therefore, the Italians must be prepared
| 10 see u continuation Of financial errors especial.
ly as he is an active member Of the Consorteria.
Signor VIscoSTI VESosTA, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, is a man Of exceeding vanity. He takes
more to be DIRE ssed in the very last fashion
| than Of the business Of his department. lie has
| also been twice before in his present
| position. To lin is due the convention
of September, 1864, by which NAPOLEON imposed
on the Italians the remuneration Of Rome. and the
removal Of their capital from Turin TO Florence.
| THIS ungra,clul act toward the ricdmontese was
the principal cause of ,hc massacres of the 92l
and Esd Of september, 1864, in the very city OF
Turin, the pivot OF Italian unity In 1865, it was
this same NIscoNII NENosrA who procured for the
Italians the everlasting shame of accepting the
cession Of Venice from the hands Of NAroLGoN.
Possessed of the physical qualities rather Of a
woman than Of mar, Of exceedingly polite
manners, elegant Partisan dandy proud oi
| lis artificial beauty, periumed with the finest
scents, and parting bis hair in the middle, obcd
cnt to the orders that come from above
he has been named Ft4Jdat cht,i Of the Censor
terra, which has put the ieow-ctizcns Of DANrE
| GALILro, NAccmAVELLI, and GARIBALDI on the
Procruste0n bed prepared by NAPOLEON for then
since 1861.
| SiJnorS CAsTAGNoLA, Minister Of Justice
GADDA, Minister Of the Interior; BARRAcco, Min
lister of Public Works; ConRENrr, Minister o
| Public mstruction-thcse four are obscure fol
lowers Of the Consortcria, and they are used IN
tins Ministerial combination as temporary expo
| dents.
| signor BlANcHERI, Minister Of Marine, is an hon
est man, butt ss the pro,erb says, he never in
vented gunpowdcr.
To explain more fully what is meant by thc
word Consorterla, we would say that il is a soc
| ety of mutual admiration aud Of nepotism insti
tuted in Italy after the death of the great states
man Count CAvouR. II has as its absolute master
the astue Emperor Of the French. IT. President
is ex-Minister MARCO MNGHgrrI, its Vice-Presi
dents MENADRR,, PERrzzI, DIGNY and MAm
Lie cnrrnI nnnIrnIa nrn Tho Italian rn