The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-01 00:00:00

were walking quietly about the streets, is con-
firmed; and an indemnity of 20,000 francs has
been awarded by the government. It would
appear that this affair, trifling as it was at the
outset, was very near precipitating a general
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rising of the inhabitants against the Royal

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;coops. Three of the Piedmontese were wounded

severely in the affray. As to the demand of a
similar nature which is stated to have been made
by M. Brenier, I have not seen any further par-

iculars stated.

The Couriere Mercantile states the loss of the
Neapolitans at the taking of Reggio, by Gari-
baldi, at 500 killed and wounded, and 400 pri-

soners ; and it mentions that the Garibaldians

found in the fort a large quantity of bombs,
howitzers, and cannon, amongst which were two
80-pounders and six 36-pounder. Paixhams, besides
muskets and quantities of provisions, horses, and
males. The fact of the capture of an English
steamer in the port of Genoa, by a party of the
volunteers, is confirmed. The name of the ship
is, I believe, the Orwell. It appears that 70 or
80 Garibaldians had previously taken their pas-
sage in this steamer, and had got on board before
the captain arrived. In his absence they ordered
the engineers to get up the steam, and on their
refusal they made the whole of the crew pri-
soners, and took possession of the vessel. This
took place at night, and before eleven o'clock the
steamer, with a new crew, quitted the port. Of
course such a proceeding is wholly inexcusable
and unjustifiable.
It is thought here, that Benevento, after
what occurred in the attempt of General
Lamoriciere to relieve that fortress, is as good
as lOst to the Pope. It is a territory of
limited extent, placed in the very middle
of the Neapolitan territory ; and as the in-
surgents can only be attacked by troops with-
out arms—the existing treaties not permitting of
the passage of an armed force through the inter-
vening territory, and the Neapolitan Ministry
being resolved to adhere to their obligations in
this respect—it is plain the insurgents will neces-
sarily continue to have their own way. Startling
news from Rome itself is also " imminent,"—that
is quite clear.
The speech of M. de Persigny still farms the
prominent topic of discussion here. The address
has all the character of a manifesto, and it is so
regarded; and the general persuasion seems to
be, that its principal points were agreed upon
between the Emperor and his devoted friend,
before his departure, while it is remarked as a
singular coincidence that at the very moment
when the President of the General Council of

the Loire was telling his colleagues and the
world at large that the treaties of 1816
were virtually abolished, the authors of the
speech of Queen Victoria were proclaiming
that these treaties were at the present more
binding than they had been for some time
past. The coldness of the present relations
between France and England has had the effect
of drawing a considerable degree of attention to.
the defensive works, which are in the course of
being executed in the Gironde, and which are
the subject of a good deal of comment just now,
in the local journals. Some officers of the Etat
Major have also, I hear, been instructed to form a
camp near Bordeaux, and a railway is about to be
constructed between some given point on the
banks of the Gironde and Verdun, in order to
unite that river with Chercut. The forts of
Royan and Blaye are also about to be put in a
state of complete defence. All these circum-
stances would lead to the conclusion that the.
confidence which has been expressed by Count
de Persigny, in the re-establishment of a general
entente cordiale among all the Powers of Europe,
is not entirely shared by the Imperial Govern-
ment, at all events. M. de Morny, strange to.
say, does not, after all, mean this year to preside
at his General Council. He assigns, as a reason
for his absence, that the state of his health detains
him at Ems. There was a report that M.
de Catonr had been in Paris, but it turns out that
it was his elder brother who has been here, and
who has just left for Turin.
The arrival at Marseilles of a daughter of Gari
baldi is announced.
At Toulon, orders have been received for the
arming of "la Batterie cuirasses," the Devastation,
and of the gun-boat "No 11," in order that the
Emperor may have an opportunity of personally
witnessing the preformances and advantages of
these new armaments. The gun-boat, which is
similar in build to the canal boats, is to be made
to pass through the Southern Canal to Lorient.
On the 26th the frigate cuirasses La Gloire, made
a second trip to sea, and it is asserted that it was
a most successful one, and that "the speed of the •
steel plated vessel was prodigious."
The usual full details are given of the reception'
of the Emperor, and Empress at Chambery, and
according to a correspondent of the Patric,
" Napoleon 111. has done more for Savoy, than has
been One for it for half a century previously."
The opening of the sporting season in the
Departments of the Eure and Loire, which was-
originally fixed for Saturday, the Bth September,
is postponed to the Saturday following, owing
to the backward state of the crops. A similar
postponement has also, I observe, been made in
other districts. It would surely be well if things.
could be so arranged in England.
At the Bourse the same absence of animation
continues. For three hours yesterday the market
—far from brightening up, as was expected 1t
the prospect of to-day's settlement--presented an
uninterrupted degree of calmness.. There was,
however, towards the close of business, a slight
tendeney towards improvement. The Three per
ant. Rentes advanced to 68f. 10c.