The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

'RANGE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday, Oct. 25, 1860.
The warlike rumours which have prevailed
within the last few days cannot be said to rest on
no foundation, and they are made the most of by
a writer in the Opinion., Nationale, in an article
entitled, " Coinnient la guerre peut are evitee."
At the same time I find,that impressions in high
quarters still are that war is not " due" until the
spring; or more probably till next sunnier. In
which case, many things may occur previously to
postpone the. event still further. The Bourse
appears to share these more favourable persuasions,
and a reassuring note in the Moniteur is expected
to-morrow or next day.
As to the coalition which Austria is said to by
endeavouring to effect at the Warsaw Conference,
I do not believe in the least in such a result to
the meeting. It is one that is not only impro-
bable for niany reasons in itself; bitt it woUld,

notoriously, go Very 'much indeed against the grain
of the majority of the officers in both the Rus-
sian and the Prussian armies. I believe many
of the Russian officers would rather throw up their
commissions than serve against Italy, and still
more against France; and as for the Prussian
officers, it is said they would far rather fight
against, than with, the Austrians. These are
tolerably powerful obstacles, most people will
admit, to the revival of a Holy Alliance.
Meanwhile the rienna Gazette is pub-
lishing. the different dOeinitentil In 'Which the
Emperor ioseph promulgates the new Constitu-
tion he has resolved to grant to his subjects, who
on the other hand are preparing a magnificent

reception for him on his return from the Con-
ference, and entering with enthusiasm into the
design of crowning his Majesty on an early day
as King of Hungary. As to the preparations of the
Austrian Government for the eventuality of a
war, in or concerning Venetia; I see it stated in a
letter froth Vermid, which is published in a Turin
journal, that the artily of occupation in Venetia,
which tit this pfeseht tinie amounts to 80,000
men, is in a very short time to be raised to
240,000 ; and that there are numerous bodies of.
troops echelonned in the High Tyrol, in Styria,
and Illyria, ready to be moved down to the quadri-"
lateral at the first sound of alarm. These
enormous armaments are undoubtedly very expen-
sive, but they are the price which Austria choses
to pay to secure her remaining hold and influence
in Italy.

A letter from Rome, dated the 20th inst., sup-
plies particulars of the assassination in open day
of Mgr, Liberati, as well as other matters of
interest. It says

On Sunday morning at nine o'clock Mgr. Liberati,
prebendary of St. Peter, and member of several govern-
ment departments, had just left the Church of the
Stigmata, where he had been saying mass on behalf
of the establishment of Tata-Giovanni, of which he was
manager, when on returning to his house, which is
situated in a street near to the U esu, he was met by a young
man, who stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife
and ran off, leaving the weapon sticking in the wound.
The wound Whidh the prelate received was mortal.
He had strength left td pull (nit the latlade, but he could
not uttet a word, and soon breathed his last.' The
assassin was arrested, and it is asserted that he was a
near relative of the deceased. and is named as a legatee
in his will. This murder has made a great sensation
in Rome ; and it is fully believed that political motives
have had something to do with the commission of the
crime.

The letter goes on to say :
" General Lamorieiere has arrived, and is pre-
paring a reporti not only of the battle of Castel-
fldardo, but of all the events in which he was
engaged. It is riinioured that he is about to be
named War Minister, but that he will decline the
appointment, as being. objectless.
"On Monday afternoon, at four o'clock, the
Holy Father went to the Quirinal to.receive the
visit of the generals and officers of the French
division, 300 in number. His Holiness, according
to common report, purposely chose the Quirinal
as the place for the reception, in order to make
an effectual protest against the pretensions .of
Garibaldi, and of a great many other ftalian
unionists, who aspire to establish the seat of the
new Italian kingdom in the most magnificent of
the Papal palaces.
" For some days past Pius IX. appears to have
recovered his usual serenity. He occupies him-
self with business, and charged M. de Corcelles
to:make up a financial statement, which having
been done, the result was that there was just
sufficient money in the treasury to enable the
Government to carry on till the month of March
next, after which it would be entirely without
resources. The Holy Father has also begged
M. tecdelievre to undertake the formation of a
personal guard, to be composed of 4,000 French.
"His Holiness appears quite to have abandoned
all design of Withdrawing from Rome ; on several
recent occasions he has expressed himself to this
effect to several persons about him. He now,
however, makes many complaints against the
Austrian Government, which amused him with
flattering illusions, but always declined to act
when the proper time for acting arrived. A con-
fidential Envoy has just, set out on a mission to
Vienna ; but it is probably only to obtain and
bring back news regarding the Warsaw inter-
view.

" At daybreak, yesterday, a number of the last
proclamations of Victor Emmanuel were posted
up on the walls of the city, but were taken down.
by the police immediately.
" General de Goyon, in order to be ready for
any events which may occur in that part of the
Kingdom of Naples which borders the southern
parts of the Pontifical States, has caused a body
of troops to be concentrated between Velletri,
Terracina, and. Frosinone.
" Rome is tranquil, and everybody is giving
himself up to the gaiety which prevails during
the annual October fetes.
"M. de la Rochelle sets out to-nlorrcriV for
France. His Holiness has presented him with a
Roman Pontifical!'
Great preparations are malting (it Naples for
the reception of Victor Emmanuel.
The following is the best explanation I can,
arrive at regarding the circumstances -which pre-
ceded. the evacuation of Capita by the royal
troops :—When the intention of the Government
of Turin to send a Piedmontese army to the suc-
cour of Garibaldi, Who was very hard pressed
indeed, became known at Gaeta, a council of war
was held, at which it was decided that some
modification must be made in the plan of the
campaign of the Neapolitan army. It was obvious
that the line of the Volturno, which was nearly
fifty miles in'length, could be forced by a combined
attack of the enemy's forces on its centre; and it
was decided on evacuating Capua, and transport-
ing to Gaeta the numerous material which it con-
tained, and that the army should fall back up'on
the- latter place. These measures were begun
immediately to be carried out. At the same time,
and in order to protect their execution, a body of
troops was sent to meet the Piedmontese detach-
ment, which was advancing by way of the
Abruzzi, and a sharp encounter took place
between the two opposing corps on the 17th,
which gets the name of the flattle of fiernia.
The Neapolitans in this affair experienced a severe
check; but they arrested for two days the march
of the Piedmontese troops, and were able to with-
draw upon Venafro, and from thence upon Teano,
where they were still posted at the date of the
lait despatches. All this time the evacuation of
Capua was being proceeded with. Another Nea-
politan corps was resting upon the town of
Sessa, in order to support the one which was
manoeuvring in advance, and the whole of the
Neapolitan forces were to reunite behind the
the Girigliano, having Gaeta, which is situated
about nine miles from that river, for its support.
As for the siege of Gaeta, it is understood that
it will be undertaken immediately. Victor
Emmanuel is to enter Naples on the 28th, and he
will then arrange 'with his generals the plan of

operations for the reduction of the fortress.

It was rumoured the other day that the object
of the visit of Admiral de Tinan to the harbour
of Gaeta, was to interfere to prevent a bombard-
ment of the town ; but the real reason, I believe
is to prevent any attempt to blockade it, as his
Government is determined not to recognise the
blockade.

Prince Metternich arrived at 8 o'clock last
night from Vienna—a circumstance which has a
favourable appearance at the present moment.,
A very unpopular increase of the taxation has
just, been decreed. For some time past attention
has been drawn by the Bulletin des Lois to
several important financial measures which were
announced in the Moniteur. Some days ago it re-
ferred to several credits which had been opened by
the Minister of War for 75 millions of francs; and

yesterday it notified a decree having been pas4d
which adds if. per lb. to the price Of tobacco. This
decree, which is posted up in the shops of all the
dealers in the article, has produced some sensa-
tion, especially among the working classes; it
will, however, add twenty millions to the total
receipts from the duty. The decision of the
Government on the subject was taken with a
view of meeting the enormous loss which the
revenue has suffered from the removal .of the dlity
on so many articles of primary 'consumption. ; It
is understood that some additional reductions of
duty are to lie made oti graineS grasses—that is,
on oil-prodUcing.pianis ; hiit f suspect this addi-
tional tax on tobacco will not add to the popu-
larity of the commercial treaty with England.
The transactions on the Bourse yesterday were
very limited, and the price of Rentes had to sub-
mit to considerable depreciations. It closed at
68f. 85e. The downward movement also com-
mended itself to railways.

PARIS, Friday morning.
It is now said that the real author of the article
in the Oonstitutionnee which is making such a stir
was directly inspired by the author of " The
Pope and the Congress," and indirectly by the
very highest source. It was not issued until it
had been subjected to a great deal of discussion
in the Council of 'Ministers, a majority of whom
wanted it to appear in that journal rather than
in the Moniteur as originally intended. It is
looked upon, therefore, as a shield of invulnera-
bility thrown over the policy of Victor Emmanuel
and of Count Cavour, for it is out of the question
to suppose that France will ever again, so long as
she dart help it, allow Austria to regain her
supremacy in Italy: I have reason to believe also,
so cordial and intimate is the actual state of the
relations between France and Sardinia notwith-
standing the diplomatic rupture between the two
Courts, that a proof of the article was submitted
to the Count Gropello, the secretary of the Sar-
dinian Legation, previous to its publication, who
immediately telegraphed to Turin, from whence
the news was sent to the King, who was thus
emboldened to use the strong language addressed
by him on the subject of Austria to the N'eapoli-
tan deputation. But preparations for " a war
in the spring" are not. confined to Austria and
Sardinia. On the contrary, the preparations, on
a most gigantic scale, for this "spring meeting
are being hurried on in France with amazing
activity. There is still room to hope, halo/ever,
that the very enormity of the preparations by all
the three Powers, and the incalculable disasters
which must follow a collision, may suggest a
peaceful solution ere then.

France, meanwhile, is energetically engaged
also in fortifying its new frontier at Nice. It is
about to raise imposing fortresses at Nice, at Vil-
lafranca;Mentom and in the -rallies of the Vesnbia
of the Tined. They will together form a second
quadrilateral.

Great hunting parties are tile order of the day
at Compiegne. The Count and Countess Morney
have been visitors at St. Cloud for some time
past, along with many other Parisian notabilities.
There was a great want of activity observable
at the Bourse in its transactions yesterday. The
market, which was heavy throughout the day,
varied, as regards Rentes, from 68f 85c to 68f 90c.

ITALY.
(FROM OUR OWN COMIYASPONIIENT.)

MILAW, Ost. 22.

• The more we probe into all the communications,
from Naples and Sicily, the more we are per-
suaded of the rank deception and really indecent
farce that is now going on before the eyes of
Europe between Garibaldi, Cavour, and the dif-
ferent political factions congregated at Naples
and Sicily. The general and statesman, although
the latter does not appear in a prominent part
upon the scene, are mutually playing their cards
with such tact as to completely deceive even the
men who were the first to join the ranks of the
revolution, and nal orally imagined to be entitled
to have some right in directing the people, before
throwing themselves without proper reflection
into the arms of Piedmont. Garibaldi has been
coquetting for_ snmO months with these men to
prevent their breaking out into open rebellion
against his plans—first backing up one faction,
then another, and, each gulled with the hope of
'finally carrying the principles of their political
creed. In this manner the game has been con-
tinued until the Marches and Umbria were con-
quered, the Piedmontese landed in sufficient force
in Naples, and the King on the point of entering
the capital of Francis 11. At this stage of the
comedy we find that the late greet row at Caserta
between Pallavincino and Carranti on the one
side, and Crispi and Cattaneo .on the other—
Garibaldi's return to Naples—the meeting of the
ministers at the Palazzo A ngri and his speech
from the balcony of the Palazzo Foresteria, was
in plain English all humbug, all arranged and
planned to realise the policy of Cavour, and keep
the people from demanding the convocation of an
assembly which would give them a right to
impose certain conditions on the. Government of
Piedmont for the conservation of the autonomy
ortheir States. The rungolo of the 19th instant,
in describing the scene that took place at the
Palazzo Foresteria, the left wing of which is
occupied by Turr as commandant of the city and
provinces of Naples, and the right wing by the
Marquis Pallavicino as pro-Dictator, states that
Garibaldi, on his arrival in Naples on the 13th inst.,
the dissensions (as reported by the above print) still
existing between him and the pro-Dictator, the
general of course repaired to the left wing without
attempting
to go to the right, where Pallavicino
was beyond all doubt mutely seated in his official
arm chair, twirling his thumbs after the style of
an old woman, and wistfully throwing his anxious
eyes towards the left wing. Turr anticipating
the painful uneasiness of the poor pro-Dictator,
said to Garibaldi (Turr being the General's most
intimate and confidential friend) come General
let us arrange the late dispde between yourself
and Pallavicino, offering his arm which the Gene-
ral accepted, and Turr triumphantly conducted
the easy Garibaldi to the right wing, where of
course they found the pro-Dictator. Upon enter-
ing,' the General addressed the disconsolate Mar-
quis in these words—" Sei to ni collera meco,
Giorgio ? Art thou angry with me, George ?"
(This being the Christian name of the Marquis
Pallavicino), at the same time extending his hand
to his old friend. Pallavicino replied by throw-
ing himself into the arms of the General. Could
anything be more beautifully dramatic than this
scene reported by the Pungoto. How appro-
priately might Turr, to complete the " stupendo
effetto," exclaim with the words of our immortal
bard—

th.
theyto have
Angri, a meeting of ministers took place, Palla-
vicino was again triumphant ; Crispi was, of
course, compelled to bend under the influence of
so much tender affection, and as in Sicily, once
more kicking the official blue bag into the street
before him, retiring with inexpressible disgust,
heartily wishing the whole lot to any other place
but paradise. These are the charming little
scenes (but many may term them egregious hum-
bug) which are often brought before the public '
by the journals of this city. I find from the same
letter that within the last few days the Governor
of Messina arrived at Caserta, and announced. that
the citizens of Messina were determined to share in
the same privileges as the people of Naples, namely,
the vote by universal suffrage, and unanimously
desired the same day to be fixed for the Sicilians
as the Neapolitans. Garibaldi, it appears, again
left Caserta for Naples to confer with Palla.vicine,
and during the few hours he remained at Naples,
"by an extraordinary combination of circum-
stances," a despatch from Mordini arrived declar-
ing that the agitation at Palermo was such that
it threatened the tranquillity of the city unless
the inhabitants were assured of the votation for

their immediate annexation. After " mature
demx-yation" a telegram was sent to Mordini to
convoke thb'
colleges for the election on the same
day as at Naples. These "extraordinary combi-
-tions," and tricks, have
nations, mature deliber,.._ public that the
been so often brought before -ot see the
man must be indeed blind who can. Vow
cunning game of Cavour and Garibaldi. ~,

that they are supported by such a formidable
force of Piedmontese troops they may laugh at
the men who have been deceived, and whose
revenge will be powerless in the face of such a
force. It is said that Victor Emmanuel wrote to
Garibaldi on the 12th instant from Grottamare,
the object of that letter is clear to every one, and
beyond all doubt had the effect of again changing
the fickle mind of Garibaldi to abandon the idea
of convoking an assembly before the elections in
order the more speedily to complete the work of
the annexation of the Two Sicilies, the entire