Sislq. — The King opened the exhibition at Florence on the 17th
instant amidst great enthusiasm. The exhibition is rich in manu- faetnred silks, iron, coal, fire-arms, artillery, chinaware, and furni- ture. The iron is said to be equal to anything in Europe, but Italy
wants coat. The show of sculpture is good, but too cosmopolitan, and the pictures are not admired. Many of them describe anecdotes of Austrian brutality. From Rome we have nothing but reports that the pamphlet L'Empereur, Italie et le Rol is authentic, and that the terms offered to the Pope are sovereign rank, a revenue secured by treaty, a guard of honour, exemption from the laws, the Vatican, the cathedral of St. Peter, the Propaganda, and the Penitentiary. The cardinals to be selected from all countries and paid by their own nation—a provision which must be a pleasant one to Cardinal Wise- man. A rumour of the Pope's serious illness is mentioned by the Paris correspondent of the Times, but it requires confirmation.
The reaction in Naples appears to have been suppressed, and Cialdini returns to the North. He will be succeeded by the Marquis Villamarina. He has addressed a letter to the municipalities of Naples, thanking them for the order observed at the fête of Gari- baldi, but concluding with a stinging reproof. The Central Govern- ment had lent them a loan.
" Naples has need of a Municipal Guard, of nightly scavengers and carters for the cleanliness of streets, it has need of water and public fountains, of easier communications, of more convenient and more open thoroughfares. Naples, above all, has need of enlargement, of extension; that, overcrowded as it is, it may expand and breathe—new houses and new quarters arc therefore indispen- sable. These and many other things the illustrious municipality of Naples will have to provide; fur sure it will not be found inferior to those municipalities in Europe which have merited so much from modern civilization. Courage is necessary in deciding on a grand sphere of action, and of throwing oneself reso- lutely into administrative novelties. I know it. But without courage the public interests are badly served, and moreover, action,' if it appears new here, is old elsewhere. We are not entering, therefore, in a terra incognita. We are only following the example of others. My disposition and military habits, in- clining me as they do to the utmost frankness, counsel me to warn you, illustrious Sirs, that a voice went through the city that the municipality has dedicated several sessions to questions of language. It would be a great good fortune if the condition of your country were such as to permit these genial occupations, and if Italy could present the aspect of a happy Arcadia; but in the times through which we are passing discussion of languages have little interest, and it appears to me that there is business of a much graver character to be treated. 1he treasure of the epoch is time. Thu nation is the jealous guardian of it, and demands a strict account of it from the Government, from the municipalities, from all the authorities, of this, its precious capital, fearing always lest it may be frittered away or lost. Opportunity doubles the value of every measure, and to-day it is not sufficient to do,' but it is of importance to do' at the moment. To-day the progress of facts must follow close on that of ideas. To-day this impatience of the public is great—imperatively great. The generation which created the locomotive and the electric telegraph does not know how to—cannot, will not—proceed slowly. I beg you, illustrious Sirs, to accept the assurance of my distinguished consideration.
" CIALDINI."
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