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Wotion, the latter was so surprised ab the smallness of the 1847.
force that he declared it was not worthy of the occasion, and. Ar. 43
that he could not present it to the emperor. © But how will
You transport a greater number of men to the scene of
Operations if I add them to my estimate ?’ said the general.
‘Oh! wo must build boats and construct waggons was the
ply.’ Where is the money to come from?’ was the
"joinder., At last the plan was laid before the emperor,
%ho saw the difficulty and confirmed the view of the
Sonera,”
“Rome, Jan. 22nd.—In Tuscany no corn law of any
kind has been allowed to exist by the present: dynasty for
Many generations. Mr. Lloyd told me an anecdote of one
of the leaders of the revolutionary party of 1831, who, when
tked by him what practical reforms he wished to carry by
8 change in ‘the government, remarked that one of the
8rievances he wished to remedy was the want of adequate
Protection for the land. So that had this patriot been able
to induce the people to upset the Grand Duke’s authority, he
Would have rewarded them with a Corn Law! Was told that
the grass of which the far-famed Leghorn bonnets are made,
tan only be grown in perfection in Tuscany, that it has been
Sown elsewhere, but without success, and that the seed from
Which it is grown is the produce of a few fields only ; inquire
farther on my return about this. Left Leghorn at six o’clock
for Civita Vecchia, and arrived there at eight the following
Worning. . . . Left at half-past twelve for Rome, the road
lying along the beach for several miles. Almost immediately
On quitting the town the country assumed the character of a
Wild common, covered with shrubs and tufts of long grass,
nd this neglected appearance of the soil continued with
Slight interruptions of cultivated patches as long as daylight
lasted, Noticed the fine bullocks of a light grey colour, with
dark ghon!ders, and having very long branching horus, noble-