Italy.
* Turin, May 25. The *Gazzetta Piemontesa* publishes a pompous and empty address by Charles Albert to the Venetian people, in which the latter are summoned to trust the Piedmontese king and at the same time to exert all their forces in the common struggle against the oppressors of Italy. This address, dated headquarters Somma Campagna, May 23, produces a singular effect when one considers that a few days earlier the troops of the swaggering ex-Carbonaro under Durando spent a whole week making the most peculiar promenades around the hard-pressed Treviso without coming to its aid. At that time it suited him to show the Venetians how much they needed him, so that under the influence of fear they might resolve upon the union with Sardinia. Now he considers that aim achieved and protests his firm resolve to free Italy.

Leghorn, May 18. Today the coat of arms of the Neapolitan consul was torn down here, burned on a public square amidst cries of jubilation, the bust of the king was smashed to pieces, and the Neapolitan flag (white) was dragged through the mud. Hatred of the Swiss is boundless, especially as they are already called *Traditori della causa italiana*. A demonstration is also impending against the Swiss consul.

Naples, May 31. In the latest butchery some 1,900 people fell. By the 17th, 1,777 bodies had already been buried, including 450 soldiers. Patrols of 20–50 men roam the streets; anyone who gets too close to them is mistreated; even the officers are not safe from the brutalities of their own soldiers. As a reward, the king has paid the soldiers a month’s pay in advance.

Three palaces were burnt down on the 15th, among them that of the Sardinian envoy, reportedly by order of the government. The archives