The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-27 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN' eORRESPONI),ENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening,
July 26, 1860.

If there be not yet an actual diplomatic con-
flict between the representatives of the Courts of
St. James and the Tuileries, it seems evident that
no tonsiderable Modification has yet been reached
of the Mieekideitetanding between the two Cabi-
nets. The Emperor, who Was- to have left this,
for the camp at Chalons, yesterday morning, .
changed his intention, and summoned his Min-
isters to meet him in council at St. Cloud, in
the course of the afternoon. According to some
accounts, the question to be submitted for their
consideration \vas considered by his Majesty
sufficiently grave to induce him to call also to his
aid the members of his Privy Council. The result
of these deliberations has not yet transpired, but
the general opinion seems to be that the Emperor
is quite decided not to paelse in his plans, not-
withstanding the opposition of the Porte and the
distrust of the British Government, and that his
Minister for Foreign AiLirs has received instruc-
tions to submit a statement of the facts of the
case, and of the reasons which have influenced the
Imperial Government in its determination to
dispatch a large military force to Syria. Mean-
while; there can be little doubt of the views
which Ruseia entertains with respect to this
question, or as to tile athotint of support which
the policy of Napoleon M. will receive in that
quarter, but the course which will be taken
by Prussia and Austria remains yet to be
seen; it has, however, doubtless by this time
been decided upon. The subject must of course
have occupied no small share in the friendly con-
versations which took place between the Prince
Regent and the Emperor Joseph, this evening at
atvd the !telegraph would not fail to
have informed these tee(' illustrious represen-
tatives of Fatherland, th it the die: of busy pre-
paration for the departure of the French troops
still continues incessant ; and there is further
reason to believe that the Emperor Napo.
f.lcon sent a special despatch to Tceplitz, an-
nouncing the decision at which he had arrived.
In regard to this interview, there can be no
doubt whatever that the initiative in bringing
it abOut was taken by Austria. The Austrian
journals assert that the first overture was made
in a letter addressed by the Prince Regent
to the Emperor Francis Joseph at the close of the
Baden meeting, but this statement has received
the tiled formal contradiction, and it has been
explained that the letter in question merely con-
tained a statement of what took place at that
meeting. A props of the Syrian question, a
rumour was extensively circulated here last night
and this morning, that the English Cabinet was
by no means of one mind on the subject—
that Lord Palmerston and the majority of his
colleagues were in favour of supporting the views
of the Porte, whilst Lord John Russell and the
liberal minority in the Ministry were disposed to
allow France to proceed with its plans of inter-
vention, subject to the superintendence of the
other European powers. The 3ronitezer of to-day
makes no sign whatever, one way or the other.
In a letter from Palermo, dated the 17th inst.,
some very interesting details are given regarding
the equipment of the force which Garibaldi has
1 with him, and which was, it was supposed, to act
against Messina. The whole of the tailors of
the city had been incessantly employed for three
days in making white, red, and grey blouses
for the use of the members of the various
corps; 10,000 pairs of shoes were turned out in
eight days by the cobblers, and in every house
the people are busy in making shirts and linen
trousers. Palermo was, in fact, wholly occupied in
providing the soldiers of Garibaldi with every
possible necessary for a summer campaign. As
for arms and war nzateriel, there is nothing want-
ing ; the last steamer which came from Genoa
brought as many sabres, revolvers, and muskets,
as the Dictator stood in need of. The writer of
the letter visited the arsenal on the previous day,
and found more than 600 men engaged in repair-
ing,-cleaning, and greasing tic arms, previous to
their distribution, and he zooms to have considered
it impossible that nothing more than an attack
en Messina was contemplated, especially as the
troops who had been told off for that ser-
vice amounted to not less than 15,000 men.
It is added that the excitement in Palermo, in
presence of a state of things so novel, is immense.
The greatest confidence is expressed in the success
of the expedition, but the departure of Garibaldi
was viewed with a certain degree of regret, as he
had, by his energy and firmness, succeeded in
inspiring the chiefs of the different parties with a
wholesome dread of him ; and, unfortunately,
there appears to have been no one to whom he
could, with any degree of confidence, entrust his
authority in his absence. Volunteers from Italy,
Malta, and Constantinople continue to arrive in
great numbers.
I gather from other sources, that in different
parts of the island disorders have several times
broken out, which have required the intervention
of an armed force for their suppression ; and
that the state of the finances forms one of the
'greatest causes of anxiety to the new government.
The treasure found at Palermo was soon exhausted.
The Sicilians do not shew themselves lavish of
their money, and yet the wants'of the treasury
daily increase, for4besides the incessant purchases
of arms, ammunition, &c.,a very large sum has
been required for the maintenance and equipment
of the numerous volunteers. The loan that was
expected from Bertani seems quite to have fallen
through, and the bankers of Milan and Turin
decline to advance any money without the pre-
vious guarantee of the Sardinian Government,
which is not forthcoming. It was this state of
things which forced Garibaldi to promulgate the
decree, imposing a tax of 2 per cent. upon the
ecclesiastical property of the island. Among
other arrivals of materiel aid at Genoa for Gari-
baldi, I see mentioned, that of the steamer
Comtesse de Fregville, from Brest, having on board
190 cannon. A sailing vessel has also arrived from
Toulon, laden with, cannon ; and another with
about 70 tons of poYeder.
The members of the Jewish persuasion are
evincing as usual great liberality in' contributing
to the relief of the Christian populations in Syria.
The Anii'de la .Religion of Bourdeaux states that
the Grand Rabbi of the Israelites in that city,
accompanied bythe members of the consistory,
had
presented themselves at the Archiepiscopal Palace
and placed 'in' the hand of Cardinal Donnet, the
proceedeef a collection made among the Jews, of
Bourdeaux for the above object.
Workmen are still busily engaged in carrying
out the plans of the new buildings at the Tui-
leries.; they are about to proceed with the re-
building of that portion of them near the quay,
which is to contain the first military division. The
question is still being strongly debated whether
the Theatre Francais should not be erected in one
of the wings of the new palace.
An explosion of a very extraordinary kind took
place late yesterday afternoon; at the top of the
Alma Bridge, near the spot Where .it .abuts on the
Rue Jean Goujon. The principaleonduit pipe by
which the fire engine at Challlntis
supplied with
water, and which passes under the Cours-la-Reine,
burst all. of a sudden. The earth and stones
which, to the depth of about two metres, cover
the
pipe, were hurled ititci- the air with a force
resembling that of a Mine when exploded. An
immense body of water immediately spurted up as
high as the top of the trees, but after a few
subsided, and the water
minutes this first jetil'eati
continued for some time to bubble up above the
ground, fortunately without any worse result than
the damage done to the road. No one, happily,
was injured.
The agitation which yesterday pervaded on the
much calmed down to-day. Time
Bourse has very
has been taken for reflection, and the general
state of political affirs is" more cooly and more
healthily appreciated.,
The following were the closing quotations
te_day of the French and Foreign Funds and
Railways :

PUBLIC SECURITIES.

Four-and-a-Half
per Cents . . .
Do. end of month
Three per Cents. 68' 5
Do. end of month 68 5
Bank Shares ... .2810 ---
Credit Mobilier.. 680
Ditto, Account.. 677 50

(Credit Foncier BBO
Belgian Four-and-a-
nalf per Cents
Piedmontese Fives
Roman .
Austrian
Spanish threes
Some Dcbt...

97 10

. 97i

Cash. Ace.
Orleans . ..13511 .1360
Northern .. 94641: 950
New ditto .. 8681.2 865
Lyons and M 885 .. 8821
New ditto ..
Geneva 653

Cash. Acc.
Southern ..
_4981.. 502
Western .... 575 .. 575 i
Eastern .... 6131.. 615 k
Sardinian .. 3971.. 398
Austrian .. 502 i.. 501
Lombard .. 495 498