Early in the week, we had a telegraphic report of
an insurrec- tion in Sicily. Little is known of it except that there has been some rising under a leader bearing the propitious name of Ben- tivenga, in some rustic district about sixty miles from Palermo. It is not impossible that the presence of an English fleet in those seas, with its mementos, working upon old associations and the Perpetual hatred of the Government, may have lighted the spark ; but as yet we have no report of any response to the movement from other parts of Italy, which continue to endure their op- pressions with patience. The Emperor of Austria is making a progress in Northern WITH MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT.] Italy. Immense pains are taken to get up something like a show of welcome : devices are resorted to, such as con- vening railway-officers of high standing, in order to concentrate the respectable populations in the cities which he approaches. The labour is vain. The responsible officials pay a compulsory attendance to make their formal obeisance, but the streets are silent, and the state visit to the theatre is made to a house empty save of officials and soldiers.
