The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

King Jerome.—This was rather too much, and
the court, after going into the case, condemned
Madame Hervey to fifteen mouths' imprisonment,
and ordered that at the expiration of her period
of punishment she should remain under the
surveillance of the superior police during five
years.

If I were to refer to the state of things at the
Bourse yesterday, I should merely have to repsat
my statement of the previous day—it continues
toujours le nieine.

ITALY.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MILAN, August 20.

The two most important questions after Gari-
baldi, Sicily, and Naples, which now occupy a
large share of public attention, are ; first, the
Minister' of the Interior's circular addressed to
the governors and mayors of the Kingdom, but
which is more directly intended to justify in the
eyes of Europe the course pursued by the Govern-
nient in regard to the Sicilian expeditions, and to
thro4rt oit aft unmistakeable hint that the Govern-
ment is (fete:mined to put a stop to those illegal
proceedings, What have b'eert lately tarried on
within the States of the i'_:,ingdoth, by Men who
have not the slightest moral or public reSpotisiz
bilitv upon their t;29ulders, and•whoie acts Were
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calculated to plunge the country into the greqtes
p;:tted invasion of th 6
peril, by the late =tem
PEtrol States, coupled with the se means that
were adopted by the same "patriots" to spread
the. mania of dose-Ilia:I among the young bs.ildiers
of the army, in order to join the farces of Garibao.
The second is the supposed menacing note which.
Count Rechberg is said to have addressed to Prince.
Metternich, the Avetrian Ambassador at Paris,
advising the Federal Godiernmbet of the deter-,
mination of Austria no longer to remain a silent
spectator of events which are rapidly passing
IlefOte her eyes, and at every moment threaten
the invasion of the lawful States of the Empire•
which have btIITY granted to her by the treaty of
1815.

The first question, tistmeln, Farini's circular,
must take precedence, ivasrm*.h as it has been.
since Tuesday last the principal theme with the
Milan and Turin press, and is still warmly dis-
cussed by the Uitionc, Diritto, Pungo/o, and other
journals, whose politics, if they dared to avow-
them, are the very W.ost description of red.
Republicanism. These prints. now insultingly'
taunt the Government for having indirectly
assisted the various expeditions that have already'
left for Sicily ; and so soon as the fair is abeht
to extend itself upon a larger scale, out rushes.
Farini, who says we have purposely closed' our
eyes against your expeditions to free the
and if it were possible to spread revolution amclig4
the apathetic- Neapolitans, but you must mitt
attempt to violate the States of the Pope. "Is
this the language and' bold energetic policy"
shout in chorus these democratic scribblers
worthy of a free and constitutional Government,
supported as it is and would be by the unanimous
voice of the nation, that would make every
sacrifice to support the Government in an onward
and fearless policy ? Are not the Neapolitans.
our suffering brethren ? Are not the Romans
our. brethren and sinking under the despotism of
the Pope ? Are not the Venetians our brethren
and worthy of their liberty ?" In fact, these
journals would drive Piedmont into open war
with Francis 11., the .Pope, the Emperor of the
French, and Austria, without permitting them-
selves one moment to reflect what might be the•
consequences of madly hurling the nalion' into.
such difficulties, that would inevitably end itt, hey
utter ruin.

These men and journals shout about the ready'
sacrifices that would be made by the nation to
sustain the government in its onward and fearless
policy, or in other words, in the dethronement of
the remaining legitiMate Princes of Italy, in
order to incorporate the same under one head,
Victor Emmanuel. King of Italy! I should like
to ask those wide-mouthed politicians if the
gov-ernrnent of Piedmont was compelled to sus-
tain for one year or eighteen months a costly
war, would they be the first to come forward and.
make these sacrifices which the nation would
have a right to expect from such warm patriots ?
Would they not be the first to button-,2p their
pockets and sneak into some hole out of sight,
or growling between their teeth, we have nothing
to give you, accompanied with, who asked your too
go to war ? For whom have you taken upon
yourself this risk and enormous outlay to sustain
such a war? Go and appeal to England and!
France. And who can resist the soul-stirring-
pathos, and exquisite poetical periods of those
appeals for which the richness and beauty of the
Italian language is so admirably adapted ? Again,.
I will ask, should the government be compelled
to make repeated calls upon the nation to sustain:
her in her struggle, would not Lombardy, if not
louldly cry out, secretly desire for the moment to.
welcome back the Austrians ? Would not the
Emilian Provinces, Tuscany and the Romagna&
occasion grave embarrassment to the Sardinian
government ? Allow me to carry this hypothesis.
still further by also asking these enthusiastic
politicians, should Piedmont at the onset of a war•
with either Austria, Francis 11, or the Pope, have-
the misfortune to sustain even the most trifling ;
defeat, would not these men be the first to turn,
round and hurl the bitterest reproaches at the.
government ? Would they not cry out—" For
whom have you risked the liberty of more than.
twelve millions of Italians ? Did the Neapoli-
tans call upon you to assist them by rising in,
open revolt like the Sicilians? Could you not.
content yourself or form a power sufficiently
strong—embracing the old kingdom of Sardinia,
with Lombardy, Parma, Piacenza, Modena, Tus-
cany, the Romagnas, and Sicily—of united Italians
to defy Austria, Francis 11, and the Pope? Why
did you not accept the' proposed alliance offered
you by Naples, having before your eyes the
experience of 1848 ? •

This may be considered a plain and bold manner
of bringing the subject before your readers; but
it is so true, that I defy any man either to deny
or adduce any facts or argument to dispute the
same. It is a notorious truth, that Cavour and..
the Ministry, with the kingdom as at present con-
stituted, have a task sufficiently gigantic, and
surrounded by almost insurmountable difficulties,
as to be scarcely able, with all their capacity
and forbearance, to keep their house in order.
Would not a further extension of their premises.
(metaphorically speaking) end in such a chaos as.
to be beyond the capacity of any human being
to bring to anything like working order. It
is the very existence of these hostile elements
clashing against each other, and which are so
characteristic among the Italians, that will
render impossible the joining of the south with
the north of Italy.
I now come to the next question. Has the
Austrian Government really written a note to
Metternich to read to the French Government,
expressing the determination of Austria to break
through her neutrality, and take an active part
in the affairs of Italy, immediately that Gari-
baldi embarks on the mainland, and declare war
against Piedmont ? The French and Italian.
journals are very contradictory upon this subject.
—some assert, in the most positive manner, that•
the existence of this note is a mere invention,
and others as stoutly assert that it not only exists,.
and has been read to Thouvenel, but in a day or
two a copy of the same will be sent to the govern-
ment at Turin, which will be tantamount to a.
declaration of war. Now, I will not say that this
note does or does not exist ; but this I will say,.
and assert in the most positive manner, that
Austria will not wait to move the immense forces
she has in the Tyrol, Verona, and Venice, until
Garibaldi is before Venice, with the Neapolitan

fleet on one side, and his army, backed up by
that of Piedmont, on the other. Is it reasonable
that Austria, knowing the declared intentions of
Garibaldi, and the hostile feelings of Piedmont

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against her, will wait until they unite the armies

of Naples and Rome (always presuming that
Garibaldi succeeds in vanquishing Planelli and
Bosco) to extend their triumphant march to the

gates of Verona ? Austria must break asunder

for her own salvation those bonds which the

peace of Villafranca imposed upon her.
If we turn our eyes either towards the Mincio,
Po, Verona, Venice, or the Tyrol, we find that

Austria has been, for the last six months, making
the most active preparations and concentration of

of troops ; having now, in these provinces, a force

Little short of 200,000 men. The Perseveranza,

although asserting that Austria, with the ex-
perience of 1859, will never be so mad as to

attempt another campaign, admits that the

military preparations now going on "is a vast
entrenched camp, larger than the whole of
Venice, and all her fortresses supplied with inv.