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The boot on the right foot at last. --The last number of Punch has an excellent picture upon the present condition of Italian affairs, under the above caption. Victor Emanuel is represented, sitting on a chair, endeavoring to pull on a boot, which represents "Italy." He seems to be exerting himself to the utmost to get it on, but it appears to be tight at one spot near the heel. Garibaldi is represented, on his knee, at his feet, in the dress of a shoemaker. He is endeavoring to assist him to put the boot on, and is made to say to him: "If it don't go on easy, sir, try a little more powder."
oclamation to the Sicilians, in which his Majesty recalls that one of his ancestors has reigned over Sicily. He likewise mentions the election of the Duke of Geneva as King of Sicily in 1848, and the vote of Sicily in favor of annexation recently given. The King promises to establish institutions for promoting public morality, and to respect the privileges of the Sicilian Church. He concludes by requesting unity and concord among the people. The English fleet at Naples saluted King Victor Emanuel on his departure for Sicily. --This act created a sensation. The fleet left Naples in order, it was believed, to follow the King to Palermo. The stay of the King in Sicily was expected to be of short duration. A Gaeta dispatch, of the 1st inst., denies the rumor that Francis II. had ruptured a blood vessel. £65,000 sterling of "Peter's pence" had arrived at Rome from America. Switzerland. M. Dapples, from Lausanne, had been elected President, and M. Latour, from