The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(F1t0.1.1 OUR, OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Saturday, Nov. 17.
In default of any definite news from Gaeta, the
Syrian question continues to occupy the chief
place in public attention. The Christians of that
country have sent delegates to General Hautponl,
urgently demanding that the stay of the troops
may be prolonged, as the only means of securing
the safety of themselves, their wives, and their
children. This request is all that was necessarl
by way of muse to France for prolonging the
sojourn of her troops, though one cannot but help
remarking that it is a state of things that might
haVe been foreseen before the expedition was sent,
and one'thdt ought to have been provided against
in the ConVention.. Meanwhile, all preparation#
have been made kit' the troops going into Wintef
quarters, to await the rettlrn of spring, when
military operations will be regtitned on a veil'
different scale.

It is rumoured that a government manifesto is
to appear on the 22nd or 24th instant, and it is
added that it will advocate the sale of Venetia by
AuStria; as the sole means of insuring the tran-
quility of Er-rope for the future: lam inclined
to think this ttinloor is Well founded.
Lord Cowley is going immediately to Londoilv
where he is, it is said, to remain till New Year's
Day, on which day, however, the usual official
reception will not take place, owing to the abseiled
of the Empress.
The Abbe Deguerry is spoken of as the new
Bishop of Troyes ; but the assent of the Holy
See to the appointment is regarded as more than
doubtful, the Cure of the Madeleine being one of
four ecclesiastical personages who refused to sign
the address recently transmitted to the Pope by
the clergy of Paris, protesting against the spolia-
tions denounced and condemned in that docu-
ment. It is stareely likely that; after -what hap-
pened in the case of the Abbe Maret, the
Imperial Government will give any official intia
motion of its selection of a bishop Without having
come to some previous understanding on the
subject with the Court of Rome.
The rumours of the approaching departure of
the Pope have obtained fresh credit in Rome,
owing to an extraordinary meeting of the car-
dirmis iltilrne been held on the Bth instant ; but
the most absolute seor.;;.7 having been imposed
upon everyone who was present on that 0cca..74214
the result of the meeting is necessarily matter of
conjecture merely. It is believed that the' rope
will not consent till the last extremity to relin-
quish to Victor Emmanuel the possession of the
future capital of theltalian kingdom ; but the ground
is gradually giving way under his feet, the an-
nexationist party daily becomes more numerous
in the Holy City, and, acting on the example of
the inhabitants of Viterbo, numbers of the most
influential of the Roman population have secretly
voted for annexation, and sent in their adhesion
to King Victor Emmanuel, whose arrival they
are inviting with all possible earnestness.
I hear that General La Marmora has been
appointed Commissioner Extraordinary for the.
consideration of all military questions in whieh
the Two Sicilies are interested. It is expected
that one of his first acts will be to demand that

he Neapolitan soldiery who have taken refuge

in the Roman States, and whose maintenance
has proved such a burdensome charge on the
Papal territory, be given up to him. As for
Garibaldi, his demand for a million of Italian
bayonets by next spring leavesno longer any room
for doubt as to his future designs and course of
action. He, of course, includes the National
Guards in this number..
The following description of Caprera, whither
Garibaldi has withdrawn, may he interesting f--
Caprera is situated to the south qi the Island of
Sardinia, towards the eastern entrance of the
mouths of the Bonifacio, close to the Island of
Madalena, and nearly opposite to the western
point of the Island of Corsica. It is about four miles
in length frOm north to south, and about one mile
and a-half in breadth. It is fruitful in buckwheat
and. takes its name from the number of goats
pastured on its surface. It must not be confounded
with another island called Capraja, the ancient
Aigillion, or Capraria, which is situated off Cape
Corso to the north of the Island of Elba, fronting
Piomlivo. Though less in size than Capraria,
Caprera is nevertheless the more important of the
two, not only by reason of its military and mari-
time position, and the excellent harbour which it
possesses on the east, but in respect of its contain-
ing a town of some size, which is well defended.

ITALY.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
MILAN, NOV. 14.

Many of your readers having still hi their
memory the often-repeated solemn vow of Gari-
baldi never to sheath his sword until every part
of the Italian peninsula was free from the despotic
rule of the stranger, will naturally ask, what is
the meaning of this cessation, this breaking up of
the Garibaldian divisions, this desire for retire-
ment and solitude upon a lonely rock of the
Mediterranean ? It •is more than possible that
many persons will answer, oh ! it means nothing.
It is simply a desire for repose. Have you not
read his last address to the volunteers, stating
his temporary retirement, and that in the ensuing
spring he will once more appear on the political
stage to enact fresh feats of marvel and sur-
passing courage, which has already called forth
the admiration of the world. This is certain to
be the account that will be put forth by those
journals whose interest it is to keep from the
knowledge of the people the tricks and intrigues
of those who are behind the scenes of this im-
portant drama. The retirement of Garibaldi, ill
plain and straightforward language, means that
he is heartily sick and disgusted with some of the
men whom he called to the Provincial Govern-
ment of Sicily and Naples, and, in an especial
degree, with several members of the present
Government of Victor Emmanuel, owing to the
recent appointments that have been made by
Cavour. The fault of several of Garibaldi's
ministry and representatives was too great an
alloy of republicanism in their character, and
depending too much on other individuals, who
were notorious for their ambition and personal
interests. The fault of Cavour is to fill up every
important office in the various states with the
personal friends of the ministry, thereby realis-
ing the apprehensions of the Pungolo, which
attributed to Count Cavour not so great
a wish for the entire liberty of the south
of Italy, as his desire for the enlargement
of Piedmont, which in plainer language means
the exclusive appointment of the Piedmontese to
all the most lucrative offices of the newly ac-
quired States. It was impossible for Garibaldi
to remain either at Naples or Sicily after the ap-
pointment of Farini as Governor-General of the
former, and Cordova and La Farina to the most
important offices of Sicily, the latter being the
same that was expelled by Garibaldi from Paler-
mo in consequence of his intrigues in favour of
the policy of Cavour, which was to urge on the
election for the annexation as speedily as possi-
ble, in order to deprive Garibaldi of all power,
and if necessary, at some future period, to sub-
ject the country to another humiliation, by mak-
ing further concessions to the Emperor of the
French. But this is not the only mortificrtion
which the noble soul of Garibaldi has been
obliged to suffer by the systematic and hostile
feeling on the part of several ministers of the
present Sardinian Government, which has been
carried to such an extent as to terribly try the
mighty spirit of this wonderful man, who for the
love of Italy calmly submits to all, and still urges
his gallant companions to rally round the Re
Galantuorno, whom Garibaldi dearly loves, and
prepare themselves for the final struggle, which
is to take place at the opening of the ensuing
spring. lam not surprised, when I consider the
present Government appointments, and the treat-
ment that Garibaldi has received from the men
(or as he bluntly terms them canaille), who now
surround the King, that the democratic and re-
public Press should shout, " Behold now, whether
Crispi, Cattanea, and other true and loyal
Italians, were not right in counselling Garibaldi to
defer the period for the annexation." Is this the
gratitude of the Cavourian clique for the union of
nine millions of Italians under the sceptre of the
House of Savoy ? Cavour is a great man it is
true ; the extreme aristocratic and domineering
spirit of the Piedmontese party may do very well
at Turin, but it must be remembered, that great
as Cavour may be, his influence or name is
not very great either at Naples or at Sicily, the
general feeling of the newly-acquired States,
whatever may be said to the contrary, being by
no, means as favourable or enthusiastic as man
the public to believe. The
writers have induced