The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLI6ENCV.

ITALY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MILAN, Oct. 15.
Among the many and most important subjects
served up for the appetites of the most greedy
politicians, all more or less bearing upon the
question of Italy, the dessert for the last two
or
three days has been the late Vote in the Chamber
of Deputies, the Iting's manifesto to the Italians
of the South, and the never-ending prophecies of
the approaching meeting at Varsavia. The result
of the division in the Turin Chamber was no sur-
prise to any one : every one expected the same
result, constituted as the present Chamber is by
a majority of men whose interest is to promote
the extension of the power of Victor Emmanuel,
consequently the 290 votes in favour to 6 against
the law for the immediate iiiiheiatithi the
liberated States was anticipated by all. The
manifesto of Victor Emmanuel, notwithstanding
that hi every line Nye pereeive the masterly
diction of the astute President of the Ministry,
charging as he does almost every line, With all
the touching pathos and; Choidest periods of the
Italian language-,-selecting every argument to
give force and colouring to the subtle sophisms
contained in that document, in order to catch the
sympathies of Europe in acquiescence of the
policy that has been lately adopted by the
Cavorian Ministry. Every man who reads this
manifesto must admit the great capacity of its
author, and therefore the greater prudence in
endorsing its arguments, as well as its insinuating
eloquence, which is calcnhited, td Annie and
deceive
the feadei• whoFierras his teelings to be
led away by its inipassloned. and bold patriotic
tone, especially Coming as it does from the lips of
But perhaps it is a little too long, and
in calmly reading. over the same from beginning
to end, I confess that I am somewhat induced to
doubt the sincerity. Of Many of, the iaragraphs,T
especially these *hi6li refer to the offers made to
cement an alliance between himself (Victor Em-
manuel) and the young King of Naples, or rather
to commence a war to drive Austria out of Lom-
bardy and Venice, and to cut up the temporal
power of the Pope. This assertion strangely
harmonises with Count Cavour's late speech,
wherein he declared that the policy initiated by
Carlo Alberto for the entire independence of
Italy has been for the last twelve years the
unceasing policy of the Government of Victor
Emmanuel, no matter at what cost or at whose
oilslyssio true that every man
dethronement.
untainted with prejudices or personal
interest, and, living for any dumber ofyears in
Italy, must be aware that, the hot-Ted,' et then
revohitienists *as Tiiritithat frem— tirin eMis-
cr
provinces,erd, ripened,thhaet coomn
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continual
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agitation and discontent were k
ent at v work by,
industriously gru-p,,
, • the principles of revolu-
tion among all classes of the people of those
States. The King says that the Sicilians, unable
any longer to tolerate the Bourbon Government,
took up arms for their liberation, " when a
valiant warrior, devoted to Italy and to me—
Glefieral Garibaldi; rushed to their assistance.
They were ItalianS, f could not. arid Might riot to
prevent theM." Then the arrival of the Neapo-
litan envoys at TUrin to arrange the preliminary
formi fcir the proffered alliance of Francis IL to
Viotof Emmanuel, and their ," Official and solemn
reception" (the 'Words of the Turin Gazette the
day following the reception) of the Neapolitan
envoys at Turin by the King, the numerous
official interviews between Cavour and the Baron
' Winspeare, and the diplomatic dinners to the
Neapolitan representatives by Cavour, who no
doubt was chuckling in his heart while sipping
his champagne, was only to gain time for the
result of events in the Two Sicilies ; and to use a
plain English phrase—a perfect humbug on the
part of Cavour: Ndtwithadriding. that most
people kneW that the whole affair of' the
organisation of the volunteers was secretly under
the protection and assisted by the Government,
still this *mild pass muster, provided the question
was eiehisiVely left to be decided between the
revolutionary army and the troops of Francis 11.
The King and his ministers *Mild then be less
exposed to the severe censure of the donslitu-
tionnel and other French journals in their recent
articles, exposing Victor Emmanuel's reckless
defiance and violation of the civil laws which
have hitherto governed the nations of Europe.
But the secret is too plain ; the burning flame of
enthusiasm which was .blown from Calabria to the
Neapolitan capital was beginning to diminish.
The .Neapolitans were beginning to reflect.
General mistrust and even disgust Was being felt
by the most influential portion of the Neapolitans
for the men by whom the Dictator was encircled,
and in whose hands the affairs of the State was
entrusted. The Royalists were beginning to gain
courage : the reactionists bolder and more threat.
ening. In a word, it was clear to every one
that if the Garibaldini were left to themselves,
Francis 11. would to-day again be master of
Naples, The Government of Turin knew this,
and every means Were adopted troops despatched
to Naples under the pretence to preserve order
and regulate the flame of that revolution which
was there own creation, andwhich, according to
the " Head of the Revolution;" as the Pungolo
styles Cavouy, has been for the last twelve years
incessantly fanned by his party. These troops
and artillery were sent from Naples to Caserta
and Volturno to support the Garibaldini, and, if
the truth must be spoken, were the principal
support of the Dictator in turning the fortune of
victory on the side of his men. Victor Emmanuel
declares that he is free from any: sentiment of
ambition in his present policy, his only object
being the liberatien of Italy, telling the people of
the South that his troops are adVancing among
them for the purpose of establishing order (not
very coniplinientary to Garibaldi's government) :
not to impose his will, but to protect and cause
to be respected the will of the people, the last
phrase of the manifesto declaring that the era of
the revolution in Italy is now at an end. The
above sense of the King's words means in com-
prehensible English : I have no more ambition.
' than any other monarch ; and having now suc-
deeded in all that was to be gained by the
revolutionary party, after a few Months active
Organisation and daily feeding the present enthiP
siasm, I shall soon be in a position to organise a
force sufficiently powerful, especially with the
same auxiliary 'of fighting pioneers that have
already gained. us the Two SiCiliesi to drive
Austria from Venice despite all the 'force shomay
be able to collect on the shores of the Adriatic,
or within her forMidable quadrilateral. Let us
suppose that Venice will be either given up or
taken by force of arms from Austria. Where
will Cavour fix the limits of the Italian frontier . 2
-Will this statesman he content to limit it to the
boundary of the Venetian province ? Is it not
possible to extend itself to Trent, Istria, and
Dalmatia ? or, will it, as the IlMpendence, Beige
says, only stop until it has incorporated Malta
and the lonian Islands, backed up as such an
interprise would undoubtedly be by the armies
and fleet of Louis Napoleon ?
Let it not be supposed that this or any of my
previous letters are in defence of the despotic and
barbarous government of Francis 11. My, only
desire is, regardless 'of all parties, to lay before
your readers a plain statement of the events as
they daily occur in this country, without throwing
myself into the regions of romance, or drawing
on my invention for the most exciting and
dramatic pictures to please those whose fancies
or tastes are only tickled by the perusal of such
productions. Let me repeat what I have already
said in my former letters, that I conscientiously
believe that the real happiness of Italy would be
'as securely, if not more firmly, established by a
loyal and sincere alliance between the King of
Naples and the reforms which were stipulated
between the French Ambassador and His Holiness
as in the unity of Italy, in whose long existence
I have not, the least faith, as will be hereafter
proved so soon as the present excitement cools
down.

Our latest news from Naples informs us of the
appointment of the Marquis Pallavicini as pro-
Dictator, and the
gigantic work that has been
accomplished by that Piedmontese nobleman dur-
ing the few days of his office, going to the same
extremes as Crispi and the republicans, but only in
another direction—namely, to secure the Cavorian
policy, and shut up the mouths of all those who
opposed the annexation of the Neapolitan kingdom
to Piedmont. The pro-Dictator, during the few days
of ffiee has abolished the office of Secretary-
Generalh is office,
of the Dietatorate, thereby diminishing the
influence of Crispi. The abolition of the un-
limited powers of the governors of the provinces
(it was high time, as some of the brutalities that
characterised the Bourbon government were
already perpetrated th
by ese champions of the
sovereignty of liberty and the people) ; the dis-
missal of several governors ; the abolition of the
Neaplitan diplomacy, begging the Sardinian
representatives to assume the 'protection of the
Neapolitan subjects, fixing the 21st inst. for the
votation by universal suffrage with the following
formula :—" Do you wish Italy united, indivisible,
with Victor Emmanuel, the constitutional King,
and his legitimate descendants?'' The prohibition
of all political meetings committees ; the
arrests of a large number ofdnfluentil persons
who are called Reactionists for convenience, but
who are influential Neapolitans opposed to the
annexation ; an intimation to all particular men
and republicans opposed to the government to
quit Naples—Mazzini among the number. The
most unceasing exertions to keep the game alive
till the day after the elections, and then placidly
say to the Italians buon giorno, which in this
sense means—Now that that is done, what can
you do ? In fact, here there is a continual fight
between one political faction and another for the
lion's share of their victim. At the present
moment Naples is, in point of fact,
a gigantic
nest of political intriguers of every class and
colour : Cavorian, Republican, and semi-liberals,
&c., &e., who think more of the loaves and fishes
than viva l'ltalia libera ! Troops are daily
arriving in great numbers. The King is expected
in a few days. The roar of the artillery on the
banks of the Volturno is still heard at Naples;
the torrent of excitement is still carrying before