ITALY. 



409 



1 IT. I -J i. was mncli the largest 



.-.dinir tho vote of 



. ; ami that of 1804, 



i :io remaining candi- 



,;ibliean ticket v.'civ elected by 

 ..'unit equal t<> that <>!' Wright. The 

 ;hc re-nit of tin- election for 

 :rcss: 



IUpbl!cn. Democratic. lUp. mij. 



.ncn 10,515 .... :,-'.>! 



r>k '.'.-'-'0 .... 7,087 



i;j Noble 10.470 8,002 



k.-y ....1-VW5 .... ,080 



. Tnttl*. !.v.'s .... 4,898 



i I ubbanl lu,l0 Thompsou.. . 8,1(56 .... 6,072 



'-luturo holds over from 1805, and is 

 ;. i:. publican in both branches. At the 

 -amuel J. Kirk wood was chosen 

 .to lill tin- nncxpired term, ending in 1807, of 

 r Harlan, who had resigned his seat in 

 :iitcd Slates Senate to accept tho office of 

 f tho Interior. For the term end- 

 ing in 1^73, Senator Ilarlan was reflected. 



iLY, a kingdom in Southern Europe. 

 Kin:.' Victor Kinmanuel, March 14, 1820, suc- 

 1 his lather as King of Sardinia, on March 

 assumed the title of King of Italy on 

 March 17, I^i'il. Heir-apparent to tho throne, 

 Prince Humbert, born March 14, 1844. Anew 

 Ministry was appointed on June 20th and 28th, 

 9ed as follows: Interior, Baron Bettino 

 >li. President of tho Ministry; Foreign 

 luilio Visconti Venosta ; Worship and 

 : ancesco Borgatti; War, EffisioCu^ia 

 -t 18CC); Finances, Antonio Scialoja; 

 Public Instruction, Domcnico Berti; Public 

 Works, l>r. Stefano Jacini ; Navy, Agostino 

 tis ; Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture, 

 Tiliippo Cordova. American Minister at Flo- 

 . (icurire P. Marsh (appointed 1801); 

 Italian MinUKr in Washington, Giuseppe Ber- 

 tinatti (18G4). Before the German-Italian 

 War, Italy had an area of 98,064 English square 

 miles, and, according to the census of January 

 1, 1862, a population of 21,770,953. The 

 treaty of peace concluded with Austria, gave to 

 Italy tho whole of Yenetia, increasing its area 

 to 118,356 square miles, and its population to 

 :!,320. In the budget for tho year 1866, 

 ihe receipts were estimated at 794,094,102 lire 

 il lira = 19 cents), and the expenditures at 

 1111.110,320 lire. Deficit, 117,022,157. Tho 

 public debt amounted, on December 81, 1865, 

 -S7,582,451 lire (nominal value of capital). 

 The army, in 1866, was 222,821 men on tho 

 footing, and 494,800 inc-ii on the \\:.r 

 footing. The number of war-vessels was, in 

 July I860, 104, armed with 1321 guns. (Tho 

 number of ironclads was 24, armed with 448 

 (runs.) Tho official value of tho special com- 

 merce, in ISGi, was as follows : Imports 835,- 

 il:2,ii4:2; exports 405,558,887; transit 60,852, 

 1 65. Tho imports of Venice, in 1803, amounted 

 to 4 !>,! 04,007 ; and exports to 29,702,859 lire. 

 1'he movement of shipping (inclusive of coasting 

 . in 1S04, was as follows: 



KntiTcd 110,4.12 8,828,247 



110,445 8,485,017 



Tho merchant navy, in 1864, consisted of 

 i:;,-j-j;; \t_.-.-els having an aggregate tonnage of 

 v.)8. 



In the Italian Chamber of Deputies, on Jan- 

 uary 22d, tho Minister of Finance, Scialoja, 

 made liis linancial statement, which confirmed 

 tho statement of his predecessor respecting tho 

 condition of tho public treasury. After the 

 payment of the half-yearly interest on the 

 public debt on the 1st Jan., the balance in the 

 treasury was 70,000,000. By means of the 

 treasury bills in circulation, the balance of the 

 loan of 425 millions of lire, and the proceeds of 

 tho sale of tho state railways, the public ex- 

 provided for for the ensuing year, 

 including tho payment of tho half-yearly in- 

 terest on the public debt, falling due on the 1st 

 of January, 1807. The minister spoke against 

 loans and other extraordinary expedients, say- 

 ing that the revenue and expenditure must be 

 balanced by taxes and reduction. The ordinary 

 expenditure for 1806 was 928,000,000 lire. M. 

 Scialoja denied all rumors of an intended reduc- 

 tion of the interest on tho public debt. Tho 

 minister Sella had announced reductions to tho 

 amount of 30,000,000, but Signer Scialoja said 

 ho would extend them to 55,000,000, 30,000,- 

 000, of which would be effected in ftie war and 

 navy departments. He announced the suppres- 

 sion of the office of sub-prefects and other re- 

 forms. The deficit, amounting to 211,000,000, 

 would bo covered partly by increasing the 

 existing taxes and partly by creating new ones. 

 He proposed a new classification of the direct 

 taxes, and also that octrois should be applied to 

 flours and oils. He would also maintain the 

 reforms relative to the registration stamp, as 

 proposed by Signer Sella. The deficit would 

 thus be reduced to 80,000,000. He limits tho 

 authority of the communes to impose additional 

 centimes on tho tax on landed property, and 

 proposes that they should have the power to 

 increase some other taxes, among which are 

 those on doors and windows. The minister 

 also spoke of intended reforms in tho system 

 of public accounts, and ultimately demanded 

 that tho chamber should prolong the provis- 

 ional budget for two more months. The latter 

 demand was granted by tho Chamber on Feb- 

 ruary 24th, and on April 26th it was again 

 prolonged for three months. 



The election of Mazzini to the Chamber of 

 Deputies for Messina gave rise to stormy de- 

 bate-, which, on March 22d, resulted in the 

 annulment of his election by 191 votes against 

 107, four members abstaining from voting. At 

 a new election, Mazzini was again chosen ; but 

 the Chamber of Deputies, on June 18th. 

 more annulled the election by 140 votes B| 

 45. 



A dispatch from General La Marmora, dated 

 January llth, declared that " the reestablis-h- 

 ment of regular relations with Austria could 



