The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

NAPLItt4.

The King spent three days at Gaeta last week in
inspecting the newlys.nlisted troops. The army of the
Abruzzi is being concentrated. It is amierted that a
levy of able-bodied men whose age dues not exceed 40
years has been decided on.
A Neapolitan correspondent of the Times writes :
"I have long since told your readers that an under-
standing existed between the King of Naples, the Pope,
and the Emperor of Austria, for a combined movement
to crush Piedmont. bring since Francis 11. gave
General Filangieri orders to provide the army with
rifled cannon (100 have been cast at Petnava), and all
the modern necessities of war, after the fashion of the
French. .In army, as you are aware, was sent to the
Roman frontier, and is still in that direct' . The
French Giver lit, houever, very soon after ordered
its agent in Naples to inform Cie Cabinet of the Two
tticilies what views Napoleon 111. would take (and how
lie would act) if the occupation of the States of the
Church by a Neapolitan army were deehicii upon.
Austria and Naples therefore agreed to remain tranquil,
and wait the march of events. It now appears that the
Neapolitan Minister at l'aris has written to M. Carats,
saying that the Emperor Napoleon does not longer
object ti a Neapolitan force occupying that portion of
the territory of St. Peter where Papal authority still is
in force. At the same time the 1 'aloin,t of Vienna has
called upon the King to be ready to send romuo troops
into the Roman States, under the iromnise that, if they
are attacked by the forces of Pied t, then Austria
will emne to the rescue. We expect. therefore, to find
every day a decree in the official journal for recruiting
another 60,000 or ml 1,0011 men. The army and navy are
rapidly reaching • amiplete war footing : in fact, the
King amid to-morrow march 20010 or :10.000 men to
the aid of hid Holiness the Pope." The Patric denies
that the King of Naples contemplates such a step.
Great agitation prevai:s in the Island of Sicily.
Roue.

A Consistory was held on the 23r4 ult. The &Horn.
tion which was delivered by the Pope on the occasion
remains an alisolute secret. It ix only known that the
excommunication has not yet been tanniouticaod. On the
same day (Zird) another pacific manifestation took lace
while the Pope was prom-ding to St. Peter's Cathedral.
The number of carnage, was immense.
A public functionary, guilty of embezzlement, has been
sentenced to tIO years' impraso qat.
A correeponalent of the Times reports that the Pope
insists on the necessity of the evacuation of the Ponti•
&lel States by the French. "'lime arrangement appears
to be that the whole of the Pope's troops will g arrison
Hume, while the Neapolitans will occupy the 'Marches
anal Umbria. In order to prevent a conflict with the
Piedusonteme troops negotiation* are going on at Turin.
If the news by telegram from Madrid- namely. that the
preliminaries of peace are signed between Spain and
)lorocco—turn out true, we may expect time bulk of the
Swinish army soon hack again. Queen Isabel is most
anxious to come to the A.hid.llller. of the Holy Father,
and I should not be surprised if the influence of the
Archbishop of Poled° prevailed, anal that a Spaniels force
was eventually sent to the Papal States."