Cavour
COUNT CAMILLO BENSO DI (kã-vör), an Italian statesman, born in Turin, Aug. 10, 1810; was educated in the military academy at Turin, and after completing his studies he made a journey to England, where he remained for several years, making himself acquainted with the principles and working of the British constitution, and forming friendships with some of the most distinguished men. He became a member of the Sardinian Chamber of Depuof Depиties in 1849, and the following year minister of commerce and agriculture . In 1852 he became premier, and not long afterward took an active part in cementing an alliance with Great Britain and France, and making common cause with these powers against Russia during the Crimean War. The attitude, however, thus taken by Sardinia could not fail to prove offensive to Austria. A collision, therefore, was inevitable, resulting in the campaign of 1859. The intimate connection formed at that time with France, who lent her powerful assistance in the prosecution of the war, was mainly due to the agency of Cavour, who was accused by some on this occasion of having purchased the assistance of Napoleon III. by unduly countenancing his ambitious projects. In 1860 Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily took place; but toward this and the subsequent movements of the Italian liberator Count Cavour was forced to maintain an apparent cold- He lived to see the meeting of ness.
CAWNPUR the first Italian Parliament, which decreed Victor Emmanuel king of Italy. He died June 6, 1861.