Count Robilant, the Italian Foreign Minister, has resigned, and S.
Depretis, the Premier, has followed him, the former declaring that he has not the full confidence of the Chamber, and that at such a moment, " when the gravest resolutions may have to be suddenly taken," confidence is indispensable. The King will, it is known, recall S. Depretis, and great efforts are being made to induce Count Robilant to return also, but as yet without avail. His resignation is important, because its real cause is believed to have been some furious attacks from the Italian Irredentists, who are opposed to the Austrian alliance. Count Robilant, who was long Ambassador at Vienna, was warmly in favour of the alliance with Central Europe, and his fall may modify great political schemes. It has created great excitement at Vienna, where, however, public opinion is in a feverish state just now.
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