▁de ed . ▁After ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Napoleon ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁Paris ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁Lomb ard ▁deleg ates ▁to ▁ple ad ▁his ▁country ' s ▁cause , ▁advoc ating ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁separate ▁Lomb ard ▁state ▁under ▁an ▁independent ▁prince . ▁But ▁he ▁received ▁no ▁encourag ement , ▁for ▁Lomb ard y ▁was ▁dest ined ▁for ▁Austria , ▁and ▁Lord ▁Cast l ere agh ▁con so led ▁him ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁" the ▁Aust rian ▁government ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁benef ic ent ▁in ▁the ▁world ." ▁Conf al on ieri ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁London , ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁winning ▁the ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁government , ▁but ▁failed ▁in ▁his ▁object . ▁He ▁then ▁joined ▁the ▁fre em asons ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁other ▁secret ▁soci eties ▁with ▁which ▁all ▁Europe ▁was ▁sw arm ing , ▁being ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Fil ipp o ▁Bu on ar ro ti ▁( 1 7 6 1 – 1 8 3 7 ), ▁an ▁old ▁T us can ▁Jacob in ▁living ▁in ▁Paris . ▁On ▁returning ▁to ▁Milan , ▁where ▁he ▁found ▁the ▁Aust ri ans ▁in ▁possession , ▁he ▁at ▁first ▁devoted ▁himself ▁to ▁prom oting ▁the ▁material ▁progress ▁of ▁his ▁country , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁ever ▁watching ▁for ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁liber ate ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁foreign er . ▁ ▁Early ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 , ▁when ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁was ▁thick ▁with ▁rum ours ▁of ▁revol t , ▁he ▁visited ▁various ▁parts ▁of ▁Italy ▁to ▁sound ▁the ▁liberal ▁leaders