The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

!otirnals of Hong Kong announce that among the pri-
soners there are several Frenchmen. This is not the

case."

Recent despatches from Turin speak of great activity
prevailing in the arsenals, and state that everywhere
throughout Italy preparations are being made for war.
The number of the infantry regiments of the Italian
army is about to 'be raised successively to 110. The
Neapolitan soldiers will. be incorporated into the corps
in totirse Of fohliatidn. Ity Meads of these forces; end of
othei troops, whose organisation is being actively prose-
cuted, the Italian army will be ready to take the field next
spring with 300,600 men. War may therefore be regarded
as certain to break out at that period, if the counsels of
the party of action.preirail, Which seems alniest Certain
to be the case. This patty haiting the majority in the
approaching Parliament, are, it is said, to propose to
the assembly to proclaim Victor Emmanuel, who is at
present King merely of the Sardinian States, King of
Italy, and to declare that Venetia shall form part of the
Italian kingdom. Once this declaration is made,
Venetia to use the famous expression of Napoleon
111., be " reclaimed", (rpvenctique't); and resort will be
had to arms if the 'Claim be hot abknOwledged: There
is one other eventuality to which these despatches do
not appear to allude—viz., the previous voluntary cession
of Venetia by her present owners.
As bearing upon the probabilities of the edhlutiima-
tion of this latter event, ive quote the ft;llovvitig state-
ment ill a letter froth -Vienna to the Gazette de Cologne,
merely remarking regarding it that we hope it may not
be found too good to be true :—" We learn from Paris
that a complete understanding now exists between Eng-
land and France, based upon the English note of the 27th
of October, relative to the Italian question. This agree-
ment will be shown by the nomination of ambassadors
extraordinary to the toilet of King 'Victor Emmanuel
as tioiiti as the Italian Parliament has proclaimed the
con§tittition of the kingdom of Italy 'tinder the scep-
tre of that oVer'eigti. aliAtifed that
the *Ateiii poweis will, gharantee the new kiiigdoni to
the. house of Savoy. With regard to Venetia, France,
which lately has made the programme of Milan the
basis of, its , PolicY, neW, its iS,S4id, takes eiith-
pfeteli the English point of vie*. It is known that the
latter power considers any act of aggression against
Venetia more or less premature, and that it has made
representations in this sense through its minister at
Turin. For this reason there is ground for anticipating
a diplomatic arrangement respecting Venetia."
Victor Emmanuel is still at Naples, prevented by
stress of weather froth crossing to Sicily; 'and Francis
11. is still at Gaeta, his departure for Rothe having,
aceorditig td our Cdrresporlderit, been delayed at the
request of the queen Atether, notwith§taiiditig that the
preient interesting situation df the poor young Queen
suggests an immediate withdrawal from the beleagured
fOrtreis.

The Garibaldian army has fallen to pieces, and the
survivors are being conveyed to their respective places of
abode by the new Government. We are glad to see it
stated by the Espero of Turin that one of the first acts of
King Victor. Emmanuel will be the revocation of the
pension granted to the mother of Agesilao Milano. The
tame paper states that General Codrington has been
paying a Visit to 66611 dialdini; before Gaeta, On his
*ay. home
The legislatiVe and ministerial changes in France
continue to be received with favour, Considerable
stress is iaid upon the fact of the enthusiastic reception
accorded to the Emperor on the occasion of his visit to
the Opera on Monday last. It is looked upon as a
political event of high significance. "No sooner," it is
said, " was his Majesty perceived in the Imperial box
than the crowded hodse broke out into loud and
teh,enient 'Cheering iii testanoo of *hat is felt by the
tutelage& 'citifies respecting the new decrees.. A vast
iCcession of truly valuablel popularity the
,unmis-
takeable result of 'Ol late appeal to the tibet•al likiclf in
'ranee, and the dawn Of true constitutional policy is
hailed by thousands hitherto averse to the dynasty."
The enquiry into the burning of the Connaught was
was resumed on. Tuesday and again adjourned. Mr.
John Palmer, the contractor for the engines, in giving
evidence, said—The Connaught is as long as any vessel
except the Great Eastern. We never built one so large
before. We were rather hurried on . with the engines;
and had to work at night. They were of a peCtiliar
oon§tructiOn. SlLe was , a frery hnp„shitp, and her cost
altogether was within a trifle of 110060.

A letter from Rome, in the Nation' alite's of Turin, in
giving an account of the Pope's visit to the Church of
San Carlo Borromeo, on the day set apart for that saint,
expresses admiration of the immense splendour of tbe
procession. The carriages of the cardinals, besides
being gilt from top to bottom, were adorned with
beautiful subjects, artistically painted, of Venus and
Mars, Cupid and Psyche, and other heathen gods and
nymphs, in such Airy summer attiie, as the writer
Obserfes Aniton deaCrihed in his Well-knoviri lines :
" Slier dg, aQiii to the Mender waist,
.her iinddorned golden tresses WOW
Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved,
As the vine curls her tendrils," &c.
The writer duly appreciates the apropos of such subjects
in a procession to the shrine of a saint, satirically re-
marking how well calculated they are to excite the piety
of the diiVolit iVeCtators.

. .
We tuiderstaiid that it is the preseiit iiitentichi of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary and suite to take their departure from
Brighton to-day, for London. We are extremely grati-
fied to be able to report that the royal perSonages have
derived considerable benefit frotn the delightful and
health' bre6,es of Eirightori4 and that her royal high-
ness the duchess expresses herself much pleased with
her sojourn there.
It is expected that before the Empress of the French
takes her departure from England, her Majesty will pay
a Visit to the queen, either at 'Windsor of Osborne;
but, as the royal visit must necessarily be of a private
character, it will most probably take place at Osborne.
We ate glad to see that Mr. Meller has come forward
in the Conservative interest for the borough of South-
wark, as he is more likely to receive the support of the
eleCt6is than any dr the nunierous Liberal candidates;
none of -*horn appear to be very acceptable to the Con-
stituency.

A gentleman just arrived from New York relates the
incident of the arrival from England of a ship loaded
with Colt's revolvers, which engines of destruction were
all geld Within a eon* of hotirs dt their
talks of the general apprehension of the approach of
troublous times on the slavery question.

In delivering judgment on the Shedden case, on Tues-
day, Sir C. Cresswell spoke of the prosecution as most
Unjustifiable litigation tarried oil by tinfotinded asper-
siofis. Vor the Male petitioner he luid nti stnipathy;
'but for the female petitioner he did feel most.. deeply,._
she had been brought up in a full hAllie of the truth of
her father's story, and it was clear that she had dwelt
upon it for years and years with the unhesitating con-
fidelice ofd dlitiful and affectionate child, until it had at
last become interwoven with her i'ery ruithre, The
concluding portion of the judgment of his lordship is
given in another column.,

From the official returns of the Board of Trade, the
declared value of exports for the month of October
amounted to h 1,232,181, being an increase of £514,308
over the same month last year. the :elpotts for ten
months ending the 31st of October amounted to
£112,956,527, showing an increase of £4,201,343 over
the same period in 1859. The tonnage in the foreign
trade shows an increase for ten months of 565,030 tons
inwards, and 365,998. outwards. In the coasting trade
for the same period, tiA ineteaee iii*ards Was 420,474
tons, and outwards 548,966 tons. `rabid of the returns
will be found in another column.