THE SALE OF CAPRERA.

Western Star, Issue 962, 4 July 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE SALE OF CAPRERA.

The Qaxstta asserts that the price agreed upon with the Garibaldi family for the island of Caprera is 3,000,000 f. The sum is so enormous that the statement seems incredible. The ftassegtta, remarking upon the large pensions conf err ed upon each member of the family at the time of Garibaldi's death, and the smallness of the price paid for the island by him, hopes that the celebrity given to the island by Garibaldi's residence, and the fact that his body lies there, will not be deemed part of the value to be paid for it. The Bassegna would deplore the great want of moral sense in the Government should it permit that Garibaldi, even when dead, should be made a matter of speculation aud profit. The Liberta gives further and apparently authentic details respecting the sale of the island The children of Garibaldi by his first marriage have signified their wish to transfer the property to the nation gratuitously. The widow wao willing to do the s? me in respect to her share. But the Tribunal must act for the two children who are still minors. The Tribunal, therefore, at Turin, where the widow is domiciled, will decide upon the compensation payable to the minors. The Liberta says it will certainly be less than half a million. Certain rights will also be reserved in regard to the hero's tomb, the right of the family to sepulture, and to inhabit the house in, which Garibaldi died. The Government will also undertake to erect a lighthouse, and probably will establish there a naval hospital.— Some Letter to the London Standard.