The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Jan. 3, 1861.
The intelligence of the sending of a month's
provisions to the French squadron at Gaeta is
fully confirmed. It would be useless to form any
conjecture as to the designs suggested by this
step, there being such a variety of considerations
involved in the resolutions of the French Empe-
ror on this subject. If the urgent solicitations
of the Northern Courts have nothing to do with
the prolongation of the sojourn of the squadron
before this last refuge of the Bourbon dynasty of
Naples, England, it is well known, still continues
to use all her inflence in the ()flick dlitEtiOn. It
is stated that tiro branville has come to Paris
for the express purpose of pressing the views of
the British Government on this subject on the
attention of the Emperor, and that his lordship
has laid the greatest stress on the fact, that so
long as the French squadron continues its protec-
tion to Francis 11., it will be quite impossible
the Ministry to announce
land that tIIZ-ie ig 61157 1644 A
1:•botile ,of Eng-
Chid rstand-
ine htii6ll tine two G gbdd
overnments on the Italian
question, Of course no one in Italy can now
seriously dream of the restoration in any shape,
or in any part of Italy, of a Neapolitan Bourbon ;
and, therefore, the conclusion is unavoidable that
the Emperor Napoleon is merely using the young
monarch at Gaeta as a puppet for the furtherance
of his own designs with reference to the Italian
movement and to Austria, to be cast off whenever
these purposes are served,
A traveller Wild has hitt fettirneci tfoni a visit
to Venice gives a most melancholy picture of the
state of things at Venice at the present moment.
"No trade—no stir of any kind ; an occasional
Gondola may be seen gliding along the waters of

the canals ;—that is all ; except, perhaps, some
Austrian officers who are smoking and walking
about in the Vlacd of St. Mark; and some
iiierCharits arb ei7idktlr tIW it last lvf.,*c!. !"
*riier things are alto
Ketner different at Milan. There, all is agitation,
and bustle, and ferment. Sabres are being
sharpened and rifles put in order. In the cafés
the Garibaldians are descanting on the, future
campaign, At the theatres the audience sing the
hymn of the great patriot, and in the streets one
hears constantly the " song of the spring," which
thus commences—

Garibaldi d nel Caprera,
Sperando la primavera ;
It proceeds as follows :—" In the month of April
he will take the field on horseback, and every
one will then be ready for the 'great ball
enemies will not be able to resist this Mail sent
by the Saviour." s fcir j' ldrdrttt• • a
rasa) Mid
SUWWI 0; ,
erytning, accoruing to him, is quiet
—the inhabitants are displaying " Piedmontese
patience." "At Turin, the people are engaged in
preparations for feting the King on his return. It
was intended at first to offer his Majesty a sceptre,
the cost of which was to be raised by subscription,
with the words Xing of Italy inscribed on itl but
a device dtill riidi ingeiiioiis has been jsitexeci
upon, and they are now to present him with a
very beautiful laurel crown, ornamented by a
star of precious stones, above which there is to
be written the motto of the first Duke of Savoy,
wait on'lny star.'"
According to the version which the 111oniteur
publishes of the Emperor's allocution to Lord
Cowley, on New Year's Day, the expressions used
by. his MaSesty, with respect to the prospects of
the Continuance of
.peacel were less sanguine oh
that sUbject thanlwai infelted the bflginal
version
of, his tadrhga id the diplomatic body on
;
occasion ; but really the alteration is of very
little consequence, for, as has been very aptly said
with reference to all the expressed sentiments of
Napoleon 111., it is doubtful whether they would
be followed by confidence in the utterer, what-
ever Might be the tends eitipldfed in conveying
them: It by the way, that his
Majeit t had a look of considerable anxiety at the
6ifimencement of the reception, but it afterwards
wore off, and he walked about among the groups
of distinguised persons present, leading the
Prince Imperial by the hand. He ttddressed
himself partieuldrly to Prinbb Metternich, telling
the ViiiiCe to be sure to convey his congratula-
tithis to his august master, on his having opened
the new year by inaugurating so many admirable
reforms. The Archbishop of Paris was also pre-
sent, and stood not far from the Emperor, a cir-
cumstance which gives the best eontradietion to
the reports which have been so industriously
spread of late that the Cardinal had resigned his
functions as a member of the Privy Council.
The Empress still appears a prey to the grief
caused by the loss of her sister. Her Majesty,
who was present at the reception only for an hour'
burst into a flood of tears a little before entering
the nparttitent in which the high officers of the
jialace haq astettileti tti prestsitt their respects to
their: Majesties, the Empress, who appeared
whdliy absorbed by her feelings, shortly after-
kvards repaired to the Palace Chapel, without
raising her eyes to look either upon the Emperor
or upon the personages by whom he was sur-
rounded. A court ball was announced to have
taken place on the 9th, and the Empress was to
have been present, being anxious that her own
private grief should not prejudice the interests
of the public; but it is probable that the death
of the King of Prussia will lead to the invitations
to the fête being withdrawn. The Court News-
man says that at a late visit paid by her Majesty
to the superb establishments of Alphonse Giroux,
she was dressed in the deepest mourning.
It is announced that the 11th Division of the
Corps of Military Administration, which is com-
posed in a great measure of persons connected
with the victualling or baking department of the
army, is about to be stationed at Luneville:
fact which by most persons is regarded as another
bellicose symptom.
The Franco-Belvia— conference for the treaty
of coma -
:ree
wan Belgium held a sitting the day
befo,, yesterday. It appears that the plenipo-
sentiaries appointed by the two countries to con-
sider this important subject are only four in
number, MM. Thouvenel and Rouher for France,
and MM. Firmini Rogier and Ledts for Belgium.
The commissioners associated with the French
plenipotentiaries are not the same as those who
were employed in the negotiations with England;
—and one of the attaches in the French Foreign-
Office officiates as secretary.
THE

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE
TREATIES OF PEACE BETWEEN CHINA
4"113 ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
A letter
Petersburg s
dated the 30th Nov. (N.s.) to the St.
some detail
azeite, of the 27th Dec. (e 0 S.), gives
ma
the conclusion °l3fe eting the friendly part taken at
and the allied anibthe peace between the Chinese
the Russian Anibamaadors, by General Ignatieff,
esader to the Court of Pekin.
After narratingthe
defeats sustained by the
Tartar army and the
who were given
: acapture of the Europeans
proceeds as follows up
t Tong-chou, the letter
During this period our plenipotentiary, General
an
Ignatieff, set off for Tien-tsin,
arrived at the head-
quarters of the allies. The
latter, on approaching
Pekin, were still undecided as tothe expediency of
entering a city so populous ; they had sent to the
to
Chinese a summons, calling upon themaccede to the
terms proposed, before the Ist of October,and stating
that failing their doing so the city would be bombarded.
General Ignatieff, who had a plan of the e.t
ointed
out to the allied commanders the spot occuipledp
residence of the Russian Embassy, and received the
h
assurance that that side of the city would not be fired
e
upon. At the same time he obtained from the Chinese
a safe conduct for Colonel Baluzek, who had
orders to
ascertain the position of matters as egards the Embassage
in the besieged city.
The Colonel found all the members of the mission in
perfect health, and he informed General Ignatieff of the
fact. At the same time the General received a written
communication from the brother of Bogdy-khan and
other high dignitaries acting as a Regency in the
absence of the Emperor, who besought his excellency,
in the name of the friendship which for two centuries
had subsisted between China and Russia, to save China
from destruction, and to act as a mediator between the
Chinese Government and the Allies.
Seeing this disposition on the part of the Chinese to
enter upon negotiations, the allies, according to the
representations of our plenipotentiary, consented not to
enter Pekin, not to burn the palace which had been
sacked, and to encamp their troops under the walls of
the city, upon which they were placing their cannon so
as to command the interior of the city. General
Ignatieff entered Pekin at the beginning of October,
with a suite of fourteen Cossacks, and alighted at the
Embassy. All the high dignitaries referred to presented
t emselves before him immediately. .He explained to
nJ that it was Osulutely necessary for them to assent