Italy. June 17, 1848
Italy.
Rome, June 5. The Chambers in Rome have now been opened. This morning at 8 o’clock all the members of both Chambers assembled in the exhibition hall on the Piazza del Popolo; towards 10 o’clock the festive procession set itself in motion with many banners. The participants proceeded to the Church of San Lorenzo in Damaso, where they attended Mass, and after the Holy Ghost Mass they moved into the hall in the Palace of the Old Chancellery designated for the opening. After 12 o’clock Cardinal Altieri arrived there and, in the name of the Holy Father, opened the Chambers with an address. – All church, monastery and chamber estates have been assigned, with a statement of their taxable value, as collateral for the new loan of 2 1/2 million scudi.
(*Schwäbischer Merkur*)
Turin, June 8. In today’s sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Advocate Bixio justified his proposal to exclude the Society of Jesus forever from the borders of the state by law and to sell or use its property for the public good. His speech was repeatedly interrupted by the liveliest applause. The Chamber resolved to take the motion into consideration.
– The journeyman tailors in Turin have left their workshops to a man and will not return to them until they have been granted a considerable increase in wages.
– We extract the following from a letter which *La Concordia* reports from Naples of June 6:
“… The two Calabrias are in insurrection; they are not thinking of marching here, but have taken the administration into their own hands; they collect the taxes, arm themselves, procure cannon, etc. Meanwhile, the troops of the capital are through the during—”