Italy. 9 September 1848
Italy.
Neue Rheinische Zeitung
—According to the latest news, the Sardinian Admiral Albini will not embark the Sardinian troops, because General Della Marmora refuses to agree to this until he has received an order from the Turin ministry addressed to himself. The armistice is said to have been extended by 14 days. According to a private correspondence from Milan of 30 August, the artisans and the remaining workers are living in terrible misery. All commerce has come to a standstill; only the violence and brutality of the victors prevails. Numerous executions are taking place. Those condemned for political reasons are mostly shot by night. Maria Calderara, the well-known mistress of Count Pachta in Milan, is now being showered with gifts and favours by the latter, and old Radetzky is lavishing the stolen jewels on his dear Giovannina Meregalli, whom he has solemnly wed. The ex-provisional government of Milan was so good-natured as to take no measures whatsoever against these two ladies, whose houses were the centre of Austrian spies and intrigues.—Garibaldi is said to have taken the road over the Gotthard and to intend to proceed to France.—Three Neapolitan war steamers have bombarded Messina; the fire was returned so vigorously that one of them was sunk and the others were forced to retreat. In Lucca the National Guard, like the military, refused to march against Leghorn; they declared that they would not fight against their own brothers.

The provisional government in Leghorn issued a proclamation on 28 August calling for order, unity and fraternity, which had the desired effect. In a second announcement, the people of Leghorn protest against all slanders concerning the recent