The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-26 00:00:00

taken by the Sardinian Government in the case of the
Roman States, when its troops suddenly entered and took
...possession of the Marches and Ombria. This is merely
a rumour, as I have said, but it is an ugly one ; and if
it should happen to be realised, it would of course con-
vert the present misunderstanding into an open and irre-
mediable rupture between the two main supports of
Italian unity, and lead to the complete annihilation of
the man who has done as much as all Other men put
together Tor the promotion of Italian nationality.
The Legitimists and clerical organs seriously announce
a return to an offensive attitude on the part of Francis
11., and they estimate his effective force at 60,000 good
and faithful troops. This is simply ridiculous; at the
same time, matters are not going quite so smoothly
at Naples as altogether to forbid the more san-
guine and . desperate of his friends from striking
another blow, in a reactionary sense. The reduction of
Capua and Gaeta would afford some little occupation
also for theGaribaldians, to whom a life of inaction is
insupportable, and who do not all possess the same
noble-minded principles, nor are influenced by the same
unselfish motives, as their gallant leader.
A letter from Naples, dated the 18th, states that on
the evening previously, Garibaldi, before setting off for
Palermo, where he had found his presence to be abso-
lutely required; had issued seven decrees, nominating a
!lumber of persons to several offices, and depriving
others of their situations, which do not all appear to be
giving satisfaction. He has made an entire change, for
example, in the administration of the Museum—an
institution which in Naples possesses the greatest
interest and importance from the interesting nature
of its treasures and its labours. Alexandre Dumas,
sen., now occupies, it seems, one of the Royal
Palaces, and hunts in the King's Park, during his
Majesty's absence at Gaeta ; and without having
undergone the process of naturalisation, he has been
appointed to preside over the whole of the Museums in
Naples as well as the diggings of Pompeii, with' the title
of " Director-General of Museum and Excavations."
Gavazzi also is in office, or the next thing to it ; and
Mazzini continues to carry on his abominable secret
plottings as usual. Truly the Dictator has a very
indifferent set about him at present, and unless he makes
it up with Count Cavour, and borrows 20,000 or
30,000 Sardinian troops, to help him to maintain his;
authority, it is more than doubtful whether he will be
able to hold his own. The fact is, the formal annexation
to Piedmont can no longer be delayed, and if there are
any conditions yet• to be adjusted between him and
Victor Emmanuel, they must be settled afterwards.
His friend Bertami expresses himself as greatly dis. 7
couraged, and talks of his having been betrayed by the
Neapolitans. There is nothing for it, therefore, it is
quite plain, but to accept King Victor's offer of a visit.
in person to put everything to rights.
Kossuth has been here for ,some days. It is said
that he has found. there is no likelihood of a war between
Austria and Piedmont, or of any successful rising in
Hungary, and is going back to England.
The news from the East is not satisfactory. The
Progres d' Orient says that General de Beaufort has sent
home a report in which he declares that it will be neces-,
sary for the French expedition to remain in Syria for
two years at least. Did I not say this would be the

case
A great many reports are also prevalent, but most of
them resting apparently on slender foundation, as to the
measures which are to be taken at the Warsaw meeting
for the succession of " the sick man."
Yesterday an extraordinary, council of Ministers was
held at St. Cloud, and the result of their deliberations
will probably transpire to-day. The Emperor has been
very quiet lately, but he has not been idle.
It is asserted that an active enquiry is to be made
to discover the author of a 'Bourse snanceu'Sre which
was perpetrated at the Bourse.the day before yesterday,
by the sending of a forged letter to the secretary of the
Exchange, containing a false report that the Austrians
had passed the Mincio. The affair was managed in
this way :—M. Coin, the " syndic " of the "Agens de
Change," received on that day, about 12.30, a letter
having the seal of the Minister of State; and containing
the following statement : " The Austrians have passed
the Mincio, I have just received intelligence of it ;
cause this notice to be posted up at the Bourse." These
words were followed by a signature which was illegible,
but which was evidently intended to pass for that of M.
Fould. The syndic had his suspicions, and delayed to
post up the notice until he had consulted the Bourse
Committee, some one Of whom, it seems, although sworn
to secresy, allowed the intelligence to transpire,
or had made their own use of it, and the consequence
was a fall in the ;prices. A rigid inquiry will probably
bring some awkward facts to light, and it seems to' be
supposed that some official party is the culprit.
The tone of the Bourse continues decidedly better
than it has been for some time past, and the rise in
price rests on a more solid foundation than on the specu-
lative transactions of capitalists.
Rentes closed yesterday at 68.45.

ITALY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MILAN, September 21.
Fuori le bandiere ! Fnori i lumi !! Viva ItalG !!!
(Put out your banners ! Light up !!) This has been
the continual cry of the municipality to the good citizens
of Milan since the departure of the Austrians on the
memorable sth of :rune, 1859, and the key note to the
ragged little urchins who dance about the city in the
twilight of the evenm„o. like so many young cannibalich
s,
screaming at the highest pitch of their voices, wh
would be at least C sharp in Alt "Fuori i ! !!" The
events and the corporation seem determined to
with keep up
the enthusiasm and excitement of the people, out
giving them time to sober down and reflect upon the effect
produced by all this great chance and rejoicings ; but
evidently last night's illumination to celebrate Cial
fallingonlynumber
off in the number of lights, but al in
people in the streets, and this, notwithstanding that the
three bands of the corporation were out and marchi
airs
ng
all over the town, playing their most popular .
People are getting- tired of this continual illumination,
not less than once, and sometimes twice, a month since
June last year. An English traveller, seeing. the Arch-
bishop's Palace and the Duomo illuminated, said " How
is this—the priests rejoicing at the defeat of the Pope !"
I immediately set my friend right, by remarking :
on the
"
the priests are not rejoicing. Those lights up
Duomo are not there by order of the priests, or at their
expense; they are put there at the expense of the
municipality to avoid disorder, and those lights in the
windows of the Archbishop's Palace are put there to
save the destruction of the same by the mob that
would demolish every window in the Palace, not so much
for the love of the cause that the people are now cele-
brating as for their love of mischief and plunder." I
further stated to my astonished friend : "Do you see
that line of lights along the whole length of the Corso ?"
The reply was : " Yes, I do." " Then," I added, "
assure you that if the Austrians were to enter the Porta
Orientals to-morrow; in the evening of ,the same day
you would see the same number of candles outside the
same windows; and instead of the Duomo being illumi-
nated with a few hundred lights at the expense of the
municipality, the Duomo and every church.in Milan
would be a ulaze of lights at the expense of the holy
fathers of the Church of Rome." My friend
and could
scarcely say wore if I were to write a volume on the

same subject.
Of course the telegram will. have informed your
readers of the result of 'the battle at Castelfldardo, the
result of which was anticipated by every one, not only
in consequence of the splendid strategical position
occupied by Cialdini, but the nuraerical superiority of
his forces over those of Lamoriciere, who to do them
justice, are reported to have fought like lions, and con-
sequently made the loss on the side of the Piedraontese
rather considerable, but whose report will probably gi,.(e
us a second edition of the account of the fight at Perugia,
which stated that the resistance of the Papal troops
two
at
Perugia was most desperate and lasted nearly
hours, the loss on the part Of the Piedmontese being
one (?) killed and 100 wounded, among whom were
eight officers. The Piedmootese telegram tells us that
this brilliant engagement gave the victory to Cialdini
with 600 prisoners, among whom were 30 officers and
six cannons, one flag, an immense quantity of arms and
provisions. The above news arrived on Monday even-
ing, at ten o'clock. Yesterday, about noon, another
telegram brought us the intelligence of the capitulation
of Lamoriciers corps, on the 19th instant—the day after
the battle—the number being about 4,000 men, six
other pieces of artillery, a large quantity of baggage,
munition and arms. Cialdini having demanded of the
Ring instructions as to the disposition of this corps, was
answered to accord the honours of war to all the soldiers
and officers composing the same, and that those belong-
ing to other countries were to be sent at the expense of
the Government to their respective' homea. The same
, followed by e, small
fled from the telegram tells us that Lamoriciere
body of cavalry,field of battle, leaving his
Piedmontese, and succeeded in
ofwhich I believe
is a little exaggeration
fatats Larao.r.ici.
~
,___Teciaossess, cowardice is
army at the mercy the
on the part of the in ivld.erle may penned this despatch.
Whatever
entirely unknown to 4$ ulluwa
to be man. The army of
now be said . entirely in the hands
Lamoriciere may
except about 2,000 or 3 000 who
of the Piedmontese, ow . ,
haie fled to the mountains, and about 6,Q00 or 7,000
being surrounded by
men who hold Ancona, which
Cialdini and Persano, can make but a short resistance.
FantPs corps, which two days ago was at Tolentino,
and so effected a con-
arrived yesterday at Macerate,
junction with Cialdini, which we must consider as the
finish of another page of Italian history, awaiting with
the same anxiety as before, the tenr of the events that
terminate the history
are destined for the blank pages to
of this eventful year.
I now turn to another subject Which somewhat casts
a gloom over the brilliant aehievealents of the Sar-
dinian army—l mean the news from Sicily au
Td Nurinaplesbut
There is not a journal of this city and
regards the present position of Sicily, Naples, and
Garibaldi's determination with the utmost alarm,
and
and
which state of things is feared will end in anarchy
civil war. The general is, as I stated a month ago,
surrounded by a gang f unprincipled, ambitious,
iotism
political adventurers, whose flame of burning patr
lies in their breeches pockets, and not in their heart s—a
set of rank Republicans, who would hurl the kingdom
into all the miseries of civil war rather than be foiled
in their selfish designs. The Neapolitans see the most
important offices of the state usurped by men of the
most questionable character and polities, and the noble,
generous, confiding, and honest soul of the Dictator cor-
rupted, poisoned, and led by the fatal counsels
of these
false friends of the genera and their country. Letters
and advice are continually pOurine in from sincere
and disinterested friends, imploring Garibald-
to use the
utmost prudence in his ulterior operations," and 'at once
to convoke the elective
colleges for thei' vote
immediate '
ediate _
~
of annexation; but it appears that he s inexorable, and
entirely governed by the evil
spirits that surround him
-.—men Who, like at Palermo, i;•,:,1
e5,ft,..., revolvers as a
weans of cell'fillcing a PM who (tare* to differ *gni