The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-21 00:00:00

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Jan. 19, 1861.
The note in the Moniteur, on the subject of
Gaeta, gives an explanation regarding the motives
of the Emperor in not sooner -withdrawing his
fleet, which has been on the whole well received.
The notion which appears to be entertained by
some of the Legitimist organs, that Gaeta is
strong enough to resist a combined attack by sea
and land, is perfectly. illusory, as Francis 11. will

soon find to his cost) unless he evacuates the place
within the week appioaehhig. In fact) I believe
that there is no longer any doubt that the

besiegers have an Understanding with some
of the' besieged inside the fortreSs, and that tjene:-
ral Cialdini has always continued, somehow or

other, to get intelligence beforehand, when and
where a sortie was to be made,—a circumstance

which is quite in harmony with all the previons
history of the struggle between the Royalists
and their adversaries. The consequence is, that
the next thing we shall hear of is, that a part of
the gartisorl) persuaded that ftirther tesistaitee is
useless) has rettisett to continue the cl ere ride and
that the king has in this way been forced to
succumb. The sooner such a consummation is
realised the better.

The impression now largely prevails that there
never was so good an understanding between
Count Cavour and Napoleon 111. as at the present
Moment, but it still remains a difficult task to
fathom the precise motives of this rapprochement.
The Sardinian Government is straining every
nerve to acquire a majority in the new Italian
Parliament in favour of peace, which seems to be
again in as great peril as ever of being broken.
Garibaldi is entreated not to compronaise, by art
untimely levy of undisciplined troops, the future
of Italy v;
but to be patient, and to trust to time ;
and he is told that should he, notwithstanding
these, entreaties, resolve upon attacking Austria
in the spring, he will be left alone to bear the
whole brunt and responsibility of the defeat
which he 1011 thus have provoked and deserved.
It is mentioned that an explanation has recently,
taken place between Prince Metternich and. the
Emperor, as to the authorship of the pamphlet,
"Le Rachat de la Venetie." The Austrian Am-

bassador was instructed to demand of his Majesty
whether it was true that this pamphlet had been
issued under his august patronage, to which his
Majesty replied that while entirely declining all
responsibility in connection with it, he had no
hesitation in declaring that he was quite aware of
its contents, but that he did not feel called upon to
interfere to prevent the free discussion of the
question, which, he was inclined to think, could
not but be productive of good.
A letter from Genoa, dated the 15th, mentions

the arrival of the Moldavian vessel, the Hydra,
from the Black Sea, having on board, it is said,
several Hungarian refugees, who had been forced
to quit the territory of the Principality on the
requisition of the government of Prince Conza.
It is known that the government of the United
Principalities has decided on not delivering up
refugees who may seek an asylum there ; but at
the same time, as it has resolved strictly to adhere

:o the system of non-interference which it has

laid down for itself, it has decided that its safest
course was to order all refugees to quit the terri-
tories of the Principalities within a given period
after their arrival. The Porte has determined, in
order to keep out of trouble with' Foreign Powers,
to act upon the same plan ; and several refugees
who have arrived at Constantinople have also
received orders to quit.
The 3loniteur announces that, by order of their
Majesties, a sum of 95,000 francs has been placed
at the disposal of the Prefect of Police, to be
distributed among the necessitous classes, who are
very numerous in Paris at present, for the pur-
chase of bread and firing. Twenty thousand
loaves and 15,000 bundles of firewood have already
been distributed in conformity with these instruc-
tions.