The plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, and Sardinia have met at
Zurich, and some hitch has occurred in their proceedings. The Sardinian minister has been excluded and one of the Aus- trians has started for Vienna. Is it true, then, that Austria will not meet Sardinia in Conference ? The people of the Duchies and the Romagna still continue those measures intended to enable them to make a formal expression of their views and wishes. All sorts of rumours are current respecting the intentions of this or that diplomatic personage or Power. A certain number of French troops still remain in Italy, and, according to an old rumour revived, they are to extend the field of their occu- pation to the Duchies and the Romagna. In order to prevent any appearance of influencing the decisions of the people, the Sar- dinian Government has recalled all its commissioners, the last to move being Signor Pallieri from Parma, and all the Piedmontese officers who were sent to assist in training the national levies.
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