The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-08 00:00:00

latter going about their daily avocations, j.ust as if the
events of the last six months had never occurred. The
measures which the Piedmontese commanders are adopt-
ing will, no doubt, soon put an end to this state of
things, and have the effect of daily isolating more
and more the stronghold of Gaeta, by intercepting all
outward communications. The fall of this place cannot
now come too soon. It will at once put an end to • a
strife which on all hands is looked upon as useless, and
offering not the very slightest chance of success. The
entry of Victor Emmanuel into Napleswas positively
announced to take place to-day (Wednesday).
There was less activity on the Bourse yesterday
than on the preceding day, and ,Rente suffered a
slight depreciation. It closed yesterday at
69f, 75c.

GEN. LAIVIORICIERE AND THE ABUSES OF
THE PAPAL ADMINISTRATION.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
RoME, Oct. 31, 1860.
Cern Lamoriciere has presented to his Holiness
the 'report which he prepared some time ago.
'lthough not exceeding the limits prescribed by
bustom and courtesy, this report thoroughly
embraces not only all that the General has done
since his arrival in the Pontifical States, but the
observations which he has put tooether upon the
different branches of the administration: This
latter pant of the subject has been tteated With
great reServe, and has been incidentally alluded
-to only so far as circumstances rendered it neces-
Sexy to do so:
The Gentlel has not hesitated to tell the Pope
the truth. He has depicted, in energetic terms
the Cowardice of some, and the treason of others.
A portion of the Swiss have also come under his
lash, and, in short, the General has expressed
himself on every subject with characteristic mili-
tary frankness. After having listened to the
report, his Holiness thanked his late Commander-
. in-Chief in the warmest manner, for his devotion
to his cause, and for the services he had rendered
it, and proposed to him that he should again lend
his aid to the re-organisatidn of another army.
" Impossible! " replied M. de Lamoriciere ;
" Money, soldiers, every necessary element for this
object is wanting ; and what is more," he added,
"those whose duty it ought to be to give an impulse
to the movement—your Holiness' Ministers—are
not themselves agreed on the subject." Upon this
the Pope asked the General's opinion what he had
best do under such circumstances, to which the
latter immediately replied, by saying that- the
small army which his Holiness at present posses-
sed was a heavy charge on the Pontifical Treasury.
that out of 4,000 or 5,000 veteran and able-bodied
men, of whom the Minister of War has the dis-
posal, hardly 1,000 was in a state to enter the field ;
and, therefore, that it would be better to get rid
of these troops altogether, who were soldiers only
in name, and form one or two regiments of young
and valiant soldiers, who would serve as a guard
to his Holiness. The Pope agreed with this view
Of the matter, and forthwith gave orders for the
disbanding of the present troops, and for the for-
Mation of two new regiments, to be comprised as
Much as possible of French and Belgians. There
are at this moment only about 100 of these latter,
and M. de Becdeli6vre has gone to look out for
new recruits. It is expected that several of the
soldiers who fought at Castelfidardo would be
Willing to take service of new in the Papal army.
Last Sunday it was intimated to these "Roman
veterans" that they had been dissolved, and on
the following day they presented themselves
before Cardinal Antonelli, and urgently requested
to be alloWed to continue in the Papal service.
The cardinal informed them, in reply, that it was
useless for them to persist in their demand, and
that his Holiness had been obliged, for reasons of
the greatest importance, to send them away.
Several Swiss soldiers, the debris of the battle of
Castelfidardo, have arrived in Rome. They have
been coldly received, and their services refused.
Their comrades of the Swiss Papal Guard have
clubbed together to defray the expenses of their`
return to their own country. A propos of the
Papal Guard, the Palatine Guard, composed in
great part of the citizens of Rome, is not to be
dissolved. The Franco-Belgian Guard, if its
organisation be completed, will immediately take
rank with it.
M. de Lamoriciere, in his report of his inter-
view with the Pope, has given a flat denial to
those journals and ultramontane writers who
have upheld, through thick and thin, the Papal.
Government, by blaming the administration in
the most open manner. " I give you carte
blanche" said the Pope to him, " to reform every-
thing ;hat you please." " od forbid," replied
the General, " that I should undertake such a
task. I have enough of enemies already, and I
have no need to increase the number.
The General's report is published, but this step
Was not taken until it had been carefully purged
of all attacks upon the French policy. I may
add, in conclusion, that there is an idea that the
rope has been advised to convoke, a general
touncil, to meet at Rome, in the hope that its
decision may have some influence on the progress
of events.

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.

The Herald's Paris correspondent asserts that
Count de Persigny will attend the Lord Mayor's
'dinner, and that the speech he will deliver has
been inspired by the Emperor.
The Paris letter of the Daily News says it is
given out here that Lord John Russell wrote a
special letter to Count Persigny requesting him
to come to the Lord Mayor's dinner, and that
speeches are likely to be made at the banquet
favourable to an alliance with France.

The local journal of St. Etienne announces
that the ribbon manufacturers there are becom-
ing very busy. Considerable orders have been
received from America and England.