New-York tribune., 1876-06-05
TIE ITALIAN MINISTRY.

LETTER FROM I. ADOLPHUS TRoLbOfE.
PARTY DisriNCuoNs-SKETo HIS OF THE NEW MIN
IsTERi-IIIE PREMIER DEEMED 1IMID AND ii'-
REsoLUTR-THE MINISTER or THE INTERIOR
ACTIVE ASD ENTRGETIC-THE FOREIGN MINIS
TER ON AND ACsEST-MINDED--TnE AEMY AND
NAVY ~ GOOD HANDS.
irpon A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUNE
ROME, April Ill he change of ministry wiich
was imminent when | last wrote to you has taken
place After the enjoyment of - years lease OF
mower by tho Right. tho Left have begun their IN
ninps. The Left, rs your readers probably are
aware call themselves here in Italy :" the Liberal
partyn and indeed so called by their opponents
But the term is a misnOmer. We arc al liberals,
with the exception of the black" party, or cieil-
Gals, who, nuncFouS enough throughout the coun-
try are scarcely represented at all in the Chamber
of Deputies. Bat the Right, who with their pre-
nier, Sgnor Mnghetti, have just left Office, call
themselves, AMI arocallej, distinguished from the
Liberals the Moderates. That il to say they do
not allow their liberalism to lead them TO the bor-
~Gers of republicanisrn, rs the LiLefals do
must tell you as shortly a. ] can who and what
the now Ministers ale-we have nine OF them.
ACostno Delretis is PIellmontese, became a
member of the pedmonteso Parliamcntin 1918, and
is one of the very few who, from that beginning oil
constitutional life in Isaly, have been uninterrupt-
always been a member of thomoFe cenlral-i c.. more
mouarchical-wing of thc Left party. lie was Mn
ister OF Public Works in the first RIttazz miaistrt
from March to Decembcr 1852. He was Mini. ter of
Marine from June, 1866 to February, 1867, In
Ricasolfs second ministry. and in tho same ministry
held the portfolio OF finance if0a lcbraary to Apnl
i'm 1867. In 1859 lao was seat by Cayolr to Broscia
as Governor. and jn 1850 as "Prc-Dictator to
Sicily, where be proclaimel the statute" M
Palermo on the 3d of February. 1850. From the
death of Rattazzi in 1878 Defrctis has been recog
nIz,d az tlo leader Of tho =" Liberal party.
More of Il iIcrcnes AMI. as bis friends declare not
less of an Arsiidcs i, Giovanni, Baron Nico;cga ouf
new Minister of the Interior Nobody doubts That
Nico.era mas a wil and a courage strong enough to
atIcplpt i'm earnest anything that ho earnestly
wishes 10 accomplish And ii he only would tnrn
on a Hcrcalgan nam of water, and whitewash, and
chloride OF lime AID H'rculcan s.eam-bcsom
power into the Auoean Glth and accumulations OF
corruption, which render his department q moral
cc1spoo fatal 10 the ctLco-sluiary requirements Of
the country ho would have done moro for ltaly
than any man since Garbal,h was laid up in or!i-
nary aud rIcuuatiJn. N.cOtcTa Is a natiyo Of
Sa.cTpo a town s1inl 80 mile, to tho southwark oi
Narlos. H. is II years old aud took part rs a
younrstcr i'm tho revolutionary expeditions and
raids which eventually sucac.dH! IN ~ king ITALY
whlt s4o is. Iic VIZ. a,an prisoner by The bourbon
troops AMI cond rHnfi to imprisonment for life II
tho Island Of Na.ia from which Carl
ballfs voun.oers liberated him IN 1860.
lie then took the command of n body
Of reyolmionlry troop, destined rtaY4lo tic state
of tho Church. Bas when tis s.ltmo fli!cd, he re-
fused 90 Gr.t AGAINST plcs nldsr the auspices OF
the picdmoutr,- monarchy. alleging that to do 80
was incompatible with lis republican principles
Tho new Minister for FDrcin A1Jrs Is Signor
Am.dso M-iegagi. % native Of t.c former Duciy o..
Mrd,na. H. vas exile, by the Duke and gong 60
Switzerland held professors CHAIR 30 Lausanne. In
clrly lifa me was intimate with alazz nj bat mast
be supposed T. haye changed his opinions, which
must IN all probability have been those Of friend
Of Mazrii bsf1.s ii bocln, pJ~iule for him 10 holl
Office uEdera monarchcal government. Dat how
ever this may be-, 81 have h.cn the intimate friend
Of Nazz.ri Is q sufficient testimony 90 rccttndo Of
purpose and uobrucs, Of aspirations. Alter 1873
hc brrsno Professor Of l..rrnational Law in the
University of Turin. lh.re d, enjoyed The high
c,ta,n oi tayoDr and ltitt'IL When t-e idit"f
formed Ministry N 1867 l' conhd.d TO N,Guof
Mclcgur inc position OF Secretary -1crcrll at the
Ministry of Foreign AtliT-. 40 The i.'i Of that
Ministry he was uauCl representative oi ltaly
at KcInc and was uu the same occasion made
senator. siguor. Meeeri j. considerably the
senior e t.o entire Cabinet, having been bOrl IN
t4c ir5s years OF the present century.
1he new Minister OF Justice is tho Advocate
pasqua'e Stiu,laus Ma, ciui decidedly tic man o.
most mark in the present Ministry. Ssuor MaHciii
is native Of Naples and took his degree OF Doctor
III Law tucr, In 1910. lie has therefore pncticed
az the bar moIo ,h1n 30 years. A clever man NJ
Naples under the former legitimate regime was ncces-
sagiiy disalfrc'h ar. 20 odds Nlth tho ooNcrnmcni.
Obliged 60 ly nom Naples, ho was We irOmed no
Turin. where ne obtained Professors char. ~
became !. putty Bu ulasqu,nty IN 1850; and for
few days held portfolio in the 'a't1zli Ministry al
Turin. When tine Conference on International Law
was assembled al Brussels, MauciGi was called tn tho
IlesidcnI'5 char by "a unanimous vote and hc
also mado President of Oh, Institute OF Inter
national Law, 20 which the Brussels Assembly
gave birth
Giuseppe Zauaulclli. Minister OF Public Works. is
a Btcscldn. IL also was IN his youth Obliged 10 ly
from tine Austrian government, and was also a p.o-
i,ssof of law, and a distinguished advocate. Like
most of h5 CotrmpOrdrcs Of army distinction ne too
too b,rf it tha volunteer iigtug winch liberated tho
sputu oi Italy from its tyrms and 1866 was sent
10y Eicasoli aJ Governor of the Provinces OF Bcuu0
and frltrc. He has the reputation "a man OI high
intelligence, and yot higher character.
Michele Coppino, Minister of Public instruction,
is Piedmontese, and held the samo position III
Rattazzis second Ministry. IIo is a highly
cultivated, much esteemed. and woll-principled
man essentially moderate in all things. though a
member of the party which has turned the
"Moderato,P out Of office. He has not, it may be
fcaTcl, the and activity 10y the exercise of
winch his predecessor, Rafael BOnkhi, was ,iiectng
80 much good and, excellent man as he doubtless
l., t ls probable that tho country mas lost rather
than gained by the recent change, as faT puUhc
instruction is concerned.
Salvatore Maorama Calatabiano a Sician, is the
Minister of Ae1cuiture ami Commerce. lie was
Professor of Pontical Economy ia tho University of
Catania, in hi, native island and, a recent critic
has sald of him. such Ee remained as a Deputy
and such he win continue tO be IA q Min strr
wholly devoted to the study and doctrines Ut his
own iayoTito science"
Luigi Mezzacapo, Neapolitan, is the new War
Minister. lIo held a captains commission in
th, NpaDolifnu army lylep di,obpvug the or.r. of