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Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 736, 26 November 1859, Page 5

Tuscany.—Garibaldi; after a. conference with 1 the Provisional Government of Florence, set off immediately forModena, where he goes to take ,' command of the Tuscan- army. The military • league of the four insurrectionary States is now ! officially announced. A correspondent of the' Presse' thus writes from Florence:— : . , - ; "I should perhaps tell you something when I , have heard the Marquess of.'Ginori Lisci; who . brought forward" the motion which declares that the sceptre has been forfeited, (la motion sw la ; decliiance).'. tie is one of the old noblesse whose ; family has, for centuries, been engaged in the manufacture of porcelain. Noblemen and coinmer- ; cial artists; such - are the Ginori family!— par ex- : celtenee, a "Florentine type. Qn the 26th of April ; last, when the distant thunder of- ;-the revolution \ was already making, itself iheardji'the Marquess Ginoii presented himself at the Pitti Palace; and, being admitted to. audience of the; Grand Duke, ' tried to induce him to form a■: liberal ministry, to make certain reforms, and to send from Court General Ferrari de Gradp. .'J^y ?4ear--tMarquess.' ;*saidthe Gr^nd Diike to him—in;thesQ. very- w6rd&,----■■i'-J must' beg- you." to employ yoarself with your manufacture of porcelain, and, whatever may be your devotion to me and my son, to leave it to sme to govern the : State. I am"ithe '.pilots and I know better than anybody what is.b^stto be done ;on behalf of the passengers. Gbijid day to you.' ■The very man to whom he said this was the perison Who moved the resolution ivhich declared the. ■: throne vacant. This fact was somewhat curious."

•: Eome.!—The ' Journal of Rbm'e'**informs us that ;the Sovereign Pontiff.has removed..; Cardinal Antonelli from- the office of President of the Council, and has appointed the Cardinal Li Pietro to that post. This change signifies nothing beyond the fact that Cardinal Antbnelli. wishes to divest himself of the high ministerial' functions which.he has filled. •The courageous Archbishop. pfßolonga. (Cardinal Viale) has put forth an .energetic protest against : those who have seized upon the ecclesiastical-, of his diocese, j „.' MiscELLABTEOiTS.-T-.The' Nazione of Florence,' on | the 14th of August, announces the arrival there of General Garibaldi. )He at once ,had| a conference -I with the President of the Ministerial Council, during %hich the report of his arrival collected a multitude ! 'of persons on the Place de la Signiria. Having been called for several times by cries of " Fuori!". ;" Fuori!" he presented himself at the entrance of :the Palazzo Yecchio, and spoke as follbws :■ —" This demonstration of .your affection towards me is be- i yond the deserts of any man whatever. It is the more dear to me as I believe that it is bade in order ,to manifest your attachment to the jjause of our country. I thank God, for it. Farewell.", , ■. Police Tokttjee in Naples.—The 'Times' correspondent writes from Naples on the. 6th of August:-—"I have nothing veiy newjfrom Sicily. The' state of siege continues in Palermo, and at Messina two gross cases of torture byi order of an inspector of policehad occurred. Soon after the recent demonstrations aman of energy wassougntto fill that office, and Giuseppe Toscsno was chosen. Without going into all.the details, a young lad called Casella was examined by the inspector in a criminal .ease. .As he appeared to withhold his evidenot the inspec- ■ tor beat him ferociously, apd then had him tortured in the following manner;, First, manacies were put on .him, and then a thin cord was bojmd tightly round the wrists. His cries were tiemendous: "Kill me! Kill me! But don't torjure me;."■ The inspector ordered the instrument oi silence to be put on.. A piece of wood was then but in his mouth, and tied to the back of his head. During \ the torture a young advbcate' entered .the office, j and claimed the protection of the la\v ftr Casella, but was thrust out ■ with insults. 1^ have seen a j copy of the statement of the case which;had been presented to the Swiss instructor with i demand t for justice. I have seen also a copy,of tlie certifi- i cates of the medical men who were ap^inted to examine the boy. It speaks of the blows on the temple and the arms, and the great injury to the wrists, threatening the loss of the use of liis hands, as sensation and motion had been stopped. The other case was that of a' cloth merchant, Iwho refused to give himself up to the police unless the cause of his arrest was made known to him. In fact, he undressed, 'got into bed, and refused to move. How or with what instruments tht police wounded him is unknown, but certain it is |hafc he leapt out of the, window, naked as he was and ran through the streets calling for justice. I I am informed that the vice-consuls of England, France, and Austria have reported the circumstaices to their chiefs. -; ■■■•■ I The Italian correspondent of the 'Gazette dv Midi' (a Marseilles paper) appears to , be] overwhelmed with the task which circumstancbji have imposed upon him. From his letter, writtefi from Turin on the 17th of August, ('Sydney Mdrning Herald') snbjoin the following extracts :— " I ought to tell you something of the Coigress at Zurich, of the manifestations of public feelW in the Tyrol, and in Yonetia, a,nd. to, speak to fixx of

Modena, of 'Parma, of the Romagnas (the Legations), and of Rome. A correspondent cannot tell winch,way he ought first to .turn in this towor of Babol, which is called Italy." The Gazette of Vienna l« Vienner Zeitung') pays but small attention to all the Modenese, Tuscan, Romagnian, and Parmesan demonstrations. It relies upon the articles of the treaty of; Vienna— numbered from 98 to 102, both inclusive, and pretends that, in virtue of these articles, the dispossessed princes of Italy must, be, reinstated in. their dominions.. These articles, it says, were corroborated by the Convention of Villa Franca. : .