italii.—The disorders in the South of Italy still continue. In
Palermo murders and robberies are of almost daily occurrence, and two regiments of carabineers have been raised specially for service in Sicily. Count Ponza di Martino, however, has arrived in Naples, and his programme will, it is said, be simple ; public works for the destitute, and a rigorous execution of the law for all. The disorder is partly the consequence of poverty and partly of exaggerated hopes. The countless swarm of officials created by the Bourbons are all dis- contented at their dismissal, while the artisans and poor proprietors find that taxation isjust as heavy as before. They expected, it seems, universal holiday. The disturbances have moreover produced a cessation of trade, and thousands of persons are without work or food. Is it impossible to diminish the population of the city of Naples? In the provinces the disorder is more political, and is fomented from Rome. The Roman petition signed by eight thousand persons has been forwarded to the Emperor, in spite of all the efforts of the Pon- tifical Government. The Emperor it seems certain has proposed to withdraw his troops on condition that the Italian Government will guarantee the existing dominions of the Holy See and the personal safety of the Pope. This, however, Count Cavour is wholly unable to secure. The Roman National Committee, obedient in all other respects, refuse to bear Papal rule one hour after the French troops have withdrawn_ Count Cavour, therefore, must either suffer an emeute to take place in Rome, or inaugurate the reign of Victor Emmanuel by an engagement with the people of the capital. Both alternatives are inadmissible, and the proposal is, therefore, declined. The Emperor of the French, it is said, is greatly disquieted at the malignity of the Italian clericals. They utter furious threats of assassination, and in Rome pray openly for a Judith to bring them the head of Holofernes, thus contriving, with anxious unction, to combine Scripture and assassination. It is remarkable that three Suabian lads recently fled from school, avowing their intention to kill Napoleon, Victor -Emmanuel, and Garibaldi, a scheme which would leave the true master of the situation alive and Regent of Italy, thus ingeniously combining the largest possible amount • of wickedness and imbecility.
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