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TUSCANY.

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TUSCANY. FLORENCE, APRIL 24.—No answer yet from Gaeta. It would seem that the GRANAHNIRO ^—*■ -mwetui strong m toe affections oi the people to return to Florence without some external prop, and that he prefers relying upon the aid of foreign bayonets. We read in the Debats ;—" Pillage is brought to a system. It commenced with the public treasuries and with a forced contribution from the rich. On the 23rd ultimo the people carried off all the money found at the treasury, the munici- pality, and the custom-house. This proceeding commenced with sacking the citadel and taking away all the arms, even those belonging to the guards over the convicts. All the working men have now muskets, or pistols, or sabres. This first attempt by brute force having completely succeeded, and the public moneys not having supplied a sufficient sum, a contribution of 300,000 francs was decreed. The Chamber of Commerce, imperatively convoked by the command of the people, was constrained to divide this contribution be- tween the merchants and other persons of property. Never- theless, the Chamber exacted at first only 100,000 francs. It will require from 12,000 francs to 15,000 francs a-day to pay the populace, who no longer do any kind of work, pre- ferring to live at the expense of the other inhabitants."

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