New-York tribune., 1876-08-05
ITALIAN TOPICS.

vETTFR FROM l. ADoLfhOo ihOLioiH 10
.ror,rs OF THE PARLIAMENTARY sEssioN-FlNAN-
crA1, AFFAIRS IMPRoV1NG-EFGiAHD AND iNE
,,,,v,su pryoIUTIoN--A POOR HARVEST ApPRE-
HENDED-wORK PEOPLE piSSAii0'i ~
AGES TO TIE VATICAN
,rpou A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE TIlBuNEI
RovE. June 21.-Thc dog days are upon u.s. ana
A., sossion 10 within day OF lis ciOse lO mas NOT
hoon pleasant nor, truth 10 TELL cred'apie ohe
Cor Italy A factious and chahce coLs'ituteu innoI
uv have turned out a Minister VINO had uonc moro
for italy than any man since favour ae piaceu III
- ~ tuot of incompetent mediocritics, who,
with a couple of eXceptlons-Depofuh, INC llcsi-
so,t If the Council and Mclegari, the Minister for
Torccn Arairs--havc not even any experience OF
.o ractical working Of the governmental machine,
,',o of thumb knowledge of official business. The
-, affair for Ualy-the one thing neccssaIy-is to
-, the condition of her finances. at least 50 far
mt an end once for all TO detcits and to pay
r. nov making both ends meet. This, after long
-oors of narrowing and annual deficits, Minghettl,
a. late Finance Minister, had accomplished. lie
,,oined ia Office long enough to present 10 the
Cbocber his provisions of revenue for 1876, result
r in small excess Of ordinary revenue over ordl-
norv expenditure. These provisions were received
r;tb an outcry of incredulity. They were grossly
.vccyeratcd" they were cooked -" merely got
y . ,,rssert q false appearance of q balance be-
troen revenue and expenditure" 1t was not, how
or npon any discussion of these estimates that the
r,is.er who presented them to the Chamber had to
,esicn. IL was as your readers may re-
member on the question of the purchase OF the rail-
,vavs by the State, question on whch-aiI poltcai
nartisansh;p apart-the most competent judges OF
such matters may well differ They did dliier as re-
oorded the contemplated purchase of the railways
in Italy; and the difference of opinion caused
,,nher Of the usual supporters of the late Ministry
n desert them. BY uniting themselves with these,
tho AZ efto were enabled to snatch majority, and
trrr ont Minister of whom the more ignorant part
Of the nation had been made to believe that his
,r,roised eoualization of revenue and expenditure
WAS faacious So far was this from heing the case.
tba, the estimates of revenue fo ti' current year,
presented the other day by S.saoi Dsportls, were
some six millions of francs in of those which,
when nut forward by Mngheti in the Spring, had
been declared by Deportis and his friends of the
cleft to be grossly exaggerated! Rarely las any
finance minister enjoyed so signal triumph as that
which fell TO the lot Of Mnghett III tie Chamber,
two or three days ago, when he rose TO point out
that the estimates then presented by his successor
aud rival and showing a small excess OF revenue
over expenditure on the ordinary portion OF the
budget were his own estimates, little increased as
regards the anticipation of receipts, with respect to
which his own anticiPations had been accused OF
txaggeraton.
The new Ministry scratch team if ever there
WAS one got together with infinite difficulty, came
in. and forthwith began TO scare friends and foes
alike by its extraordinary performances Here Is a
sample The impost ON grinding corn is eX-
tremely unpopular tax, and there was to be public
meeting at Mantua for the purpose of agitating in
HMM of BaTOu
Nicotera Minister Of the Interior, (al whose ante
ecdents had been those of furious decamer against
the excess of Ministerial power thought fit TO for
bid and ordered the prefect Of that city TO prevent
it. Asked In the Chamber for an explanation OF this
arbitrary conduct, he declared that =" he did not
profess the theory of permitting meetings TO ask for
the abolition of tax" His own side OF the house
was utterly dismayed and dumbfounded at the
monstr0sity of the statement and yOu can readily
imagine the inextinguishabe laughter and delight
Of the Right at such a manifestation of the lib
eralisnD OF their opponents. The fact was that the
astonishing utteTance proceeded from the depths Of
an ignorance almost incredible. "NOw am Minis
ter thought tie Baron to himself, q" must act as
Minister And accordingly hc proceeds to do cX-
actly what he and his friends haye been all their
lives raving against every Minister for doing. 1t
was very funny-cxcept for those who suffered
from it.
Another mistake OF a less important kind, but
evidencing equal ignorance of conventional pro
prlctes has been the publication day or two ago,
in the principal ministerial organ, Jbe Dirito of a
calumuy on thc Queen of England, that would have
been extremely offensive if it had been less incOn-
eeiyably MlicTOus The revolution at CONSTANT
noplo you must know--nc doubt you DO know-was
all the work Of Perfdous Albion. Well, of course,
there can be no objection to saying that. England
has been causing some very disastrous floods in
Switzerland lately. 1t was but short time ago she
burned down the theater at Rouen. She is always
up 10 some mischief other, and is quite used to
being told Of it. But it seems that not content with
ordering the deposition of Abdul Aziz, she com
mandcd that he should be put to death turned, as
Family Fair says, poor Abdul Axis in.o Abdul As
wssl Tie Diritio accordingly prints very conspcu-
ously in large type what processes to be a letter
from Berlin, from which / give you the following
excerpt as a curiosity:
proof (of Encland's guilt IN this natter 20 which at
tcqon has not been drawn but VII Oh app"a 60 me most
conclusive. is the interest which Her Gracious Majesty
aud necouut the thing faithfully 10 yOd tnat Queen
Victoria, was al first contrary TO the rJbcy WHICH
which they Lad long before prepared witho' her nOwl
edge AT last consented that the mine so long prepared
night sentiments OF the woman had yie ied before Tie
necessities Oi State Tic revolution was dc ded OD and
the necessary orders were gyCn. Bat ~ tine first
announcement Of the Turkish revolution IN England tie
bloody memories OF the SordS.O e.Oied; and IN
le uncertainty that rCcncd respecting ibc !dtc ~ TIC
detoned sovereign, II supposed that the traditions
OF Ottoman history would DC preserved and ne cNSdltan
SAN. The Queen, whose disposition is mid, Religious
ah so;neW lat rs steal, the sifctCr % Abdul Alz
fsc before heg SIC Immediately, but not cNtrclg
re2aaulcdby Lord Derby aud Mr. Djsrao "lo announced
tJHtr that the eGSUfaH. though prisoner Was perfect
kley Ic august lady continued. however, 20 ueibic
Io ttc ne VI tie whom size had nine gears agO re
SoyeG with splendid hospitality, and whose death would
DC lr her cause ~ eternal rcmOIsc. lie was stu IN
~ ltg 1u
""s nat the woman gOt the upperhaDd OF tue Queen
hIu dL Nv sulMianenna and nd AIlm alL OF her