The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

it all reflection.. and sober consideration, and
despite all this, we 'are told that the people are
called upon to give their solemn vote for
the dethronement of one king in order to place
another in his stead. Is it possible that
the people of Naples can be prepared in their pre-
sent state for such a solerrhi and important act as
that which they o.7o*,CrilledUponto perforin P
The, Gazette, d'AuOat says that the most pressing
injunctions have reached Victor Emmanuel from
Paris to push on his journey to Naples—to drive
Francis 11. from Gaeta, and cause himself to be
proclaimed King (lithely before the meeting of:
the northern Sovereigns at Varsavia, there being
no remedy for Un fait accompli. At the same time
that these instructions are flying across the Alps
to Victor Emmanuel, similar instructions from
the same great. magician of Europe are daily
leaving for, Servia; the Dantibian Principalities,
Bulgaria, (Sic.; ,in order, by the end of October,
that Russia and Austria will have other Work cut
out for thoni,besideS their Coriteniplated
.PoliCy, as
regard§ the pieitiOn of ,Italy". It is,lnit natural
that LoniS Napcileori shad assist Victor Em-
inannet, as it was by a similar revolution that he
owes his present position as Emperor of the
French. The St.. Petersburg correspondent of
the Battier persists in stating that Queen Victoria
and the Emperor Napoleon will be invited to the
meeting at Varsavia ; and even goes so far as to
name the palace where these two sovereigns
The
be lodged ; but of this lam most sceptic. Dr
Gazette d'August also announces that splendid
entertainments are being prepared for the sove-
reigns; one of Nthidli not the least 'brilliant; will
be a reVie* of 1d,.000. Of the iiieot select Au.s9dn
troops, -which are destined to reinforce the Rtissidn.
army ,of observation encamped on, the banks of
the Pruth, and to be ready to march upon the
Turkish or Hungarian provinces as need may re-
quire. Taking a trusty glance at the political
horizon of Europe, all is obscure and threatening
--every Power is preparing for war, and none for
Peace= The preparations must end In
into active work those frightful engines for
tlje
destruction of thousands of the human race, in
order to satiate ambition on the one side, and put
down tyranny on the other. lam sorry the
length of this letter prevents my sending other
news concerning Naples, especially some observa-
tions on General Eber's letter, of the battle. of
Caserta, to the Times, and also a similar letter of
the correspondent of the Debats. This for my
next. As I imagined, the pro-Dictator of Naples
was going a-head rather too fast. A telegram
this nionierit announces that owing to fresh
differences bet*een the Ministry; Crispi, and the
pro-Dictator, Garibaldi sent for the Marquis
went to,easerta ithemnpanied by
his `Secretary; and had a long interview With the
Dictator, at which were present Crispi and
Cattaneo. At the conclusion of the meeting the
.pro-Dictator tendered his resignation, but it does
not say if the same was accepted or not. I have
this moment heard that Spain is determined to
interfere in the question of the Papal States. It
is reported that Russia and Prussia are about to
withdraw their Ambassadors from Turin.

MILAN, Oct. 17.
The task of a correspondent who conscien-
tiously performs his duty to the public, and can
keep himself from sharing in the feelings of the
political, parties by Whom he is continually sur-
rounded; or running with the popular mania of
the crowd .whether right or Wrong; is, I repeat,
not so easy as many of yotir tedders'inay imagine.
During the Period that I have fie honour of
being your correspondent I have in'Pariably
endeavoured to lay before you a plain . straight-
forward account of the most important and inte-
resting matter relating to the question of Italy
and the social character of the Italians, scrupu-
lously avoiding every sentiment of party feeling,
and stripping each subject of the roniantie clap
trap, varnish, tinsel, and spangles which is now
the order of the day to dress up all the acts of the
present Italian drama, but too often calculated to
dazzle the mind and excite the emotions of the
heart, thereby deceiving the inexperienced reader
that has never been behind the scenes, and conse-
quently ignorant of the 'secret ttieks and cunning'
deception brought into action in order to call
forth the applause and admiration of the public.
In some of my recent letters I have called the
attention of your readers to several important
15di:dgraphs in Count Cavour's opening speech in
the Chamber of Deputies, and in my antecedent
to the manifesto of King Victor Emmanuel to.the
Italians of the south, for the purpose of explaining
their true meaning' by stripping the saine of their
romantic and poetical attributes or dipiottatic
clap-trap, which is absolutely necessary to pre-
vent the deception that they are almost certain
to create among those who do not probe into the
very marrow and secrets of the origin and pro-
gress of the present revolution. My letter of
to-day will have for its_ theme a similar topic—
namely, Count Cavour's late reply to Baron
Winspeare, which, no doubt, has already appeared
in your journal. Your reade'r's will remember
that the Neapolitan Envoy's letter to. Cavour was
a protest against the entry of the Piedmontese'
troops into the Neapolitan States, and against the
part they recently played in the battle of Caserta.
The period which struck me most forcibly is 'the
following !—" The King Francis 11. abandoned
his capital, and thus de facto abdicated his
crown in the presence of his people." This, I
apprehend, is the most illogical and extraordi-
nary interpretation of the law and sovereign
rights of princes that Wa,s ever penned by any
statesman. Should this interpretation of the law
which regulates the sovereigns and nations of
Europe be accepted by the other powers, then I
say the sooner we crush the cause which has
given birth to this violation of the rights of
princes, the better. I should 'like to ask Count
CaVour, if his villa was attacked by a gang of
his own discontented peasantry, and to protect
himself more securely he, with his
took up their position In one of his out-houses,
would he by this act be de facto deprived of his
right to his villa ? This is not a. jot , more out-
rageous
against common sense and every principle
of the law and. rights of man, than the dogma
established by his Excellency Count Cavour in
his letter to the Neapolitan Envoy. The next
period of this diplomatic gera is as follows :
" The civil war which rages in the . Neapolitan
territory, and the absence of a regular government,
place in extreme danger those principles on which
social order rests. In this emergency the citizens
and constituted authorities of the municipality of
Naples forwarded or presented to his J.),lajesty
King Victor Emmanuel addresses, bearing num-
berless signatures, imploring the aid of that
Sovereign." By whom were the smoulderine,
sparks of the revolution fanned into the
flame of civil war P If there existed no
regular government, w4iat authority had the
municipality of Naples to assume the right of
forwarding addresses to King Victor Emmanuel?
And the numberless signatures? I have carefully
hunted over the files of two official journals, not
trusting to my own private communications, and
I find that in one the number of signatures is put
down at 50,000, and the other 60,000 ; but the
population of the city of Naples alone is over
500,000 ! Then again, the Count is most sadly
out in stating that the implored. assistance was
before the occupation of the Piedmontese troops—
the fact is patent to every one, that the Pied-
montese troops entered. Naples before these
addresses were signed by the citizens. As I said
in the beginning of this letter, my object is to
bring naked truths before the eyes of your
readers, without at present entering into the
merits of the revolution, or the soundness of the
policy propounded by the Cavourian Ministry.
The above brings back to my mind an important
part of Advocate Verrarfs speech in the Chamber
of Deputies, on the new law for the annexation
of those states, which is as follows :—" Count
Cavour wishes to close for ever the era of revolu-
tion. A glorious desire, but ineffectual ; because
revolution produces revolution, and the present
annexation will destroy itself ; it was created by
revolution, and by the same it will be annihilated."
I promised in my last to give a few particulars
respecting the Htlgarian colonel, now General
telaitatjealousypp
in
the
i
Eber in Garibaldi's army. I have often requested
yofouthr
ere.
satdaetrsemteontrsectienild•
e let rgs r
from the warmest partisans of the revolution,
English travellers, or others which make a
\ t he
hasty run to Naples, something like a French-
man making a flying visit to England for a
week or two, and then calmly sitting down to
compile volumes on the laws, institutions,
characteristics and social habits of the nation. Is
it possible? And from whom is the half of the
information' obtained that appears in the columns
of our journals? From those whose interests it
is to represent everything in the blackest colours,
or from men who cry to-day Viva Vittorio
Bramanuele, and to-morrow Viva Francesco
it
Secondo. Those who trust to their eyes, without
the experience of a long residence and intimate
knowledge of all the facts and circumstances,
allow their fancy and pen the most unlimited
indulgence whenever they visit and describe the
scenes of Italy, and—" whose lightest word would
freeze thy young blood."—in the graphic colouring
of their narrative., In reading the letters of the
Times' correspondent at Naples, we must not
forget that it is the Hungarian Eher, and who is
a general in Garibaldi's army. It is, therefore,
very natural that Eber should always give a
most glowing-account of the various engagements
of the Garibaldians. This is very clearly shown
in Eber's letter of the battle of Caserta, because
we find the same all one-sided, and in every
half-d.oien lines the mention of Eber's division,
but which I have been unable to discover in any
of the accounts that have reached us up to the
present time, and
.we have the most authentic
details of every movement. The letter does not
mention a word about the Piedmontese aid 'that
was brought up at two in the afternoon, and which
turned the fortunes of the day in favour of the
Garibaldians ; nor does it give the least account
of the killed, wounded, or prisoners on the side of
the revolutionary army, but which, I am positively
assured from private letters, is not less than from
4,500 to 5,000 men. The papers here are always
ready to press into their columns the number of
the killed, wounded, and prisoners of the Royal-
ists the same day of the battle, which is utterly

impossible ; but from the first moment Garibaldi
landed at Messina, up to this day, we have
not had one official return of the losses on
the side of the Garibaldini. The correspondent
of the Debats, writing to that paper, says
that during the battle of Caserta, Garibaldi's
trousers Were torn tip by bullets, and not with-
standing being *minded in the abdoinen he per-
gisled •in riot, hivipg the sanie dressed, and edit-
tinued on the field tilt the la.si shot Was fired.
The same dotrespdndent adds that it Was Wond?r-.
ful to see the good-ht ilmired features of Gari-
baldi amid the shower of shells and grape, as lie
looked down at his tattered trousers, saying "I
wish I had another pair to put on." Isn't this
nice ? Isn't it romantic ? Isn't it a delightful
anecdote for a poetical young lady's album ?
This is not one syllable more absurd and French
thati Dumas' pitcher of water and loaf by the side
of Garibaldi, as he reposed beneath the portals
Of the chttreh after the battle of Milano; or the
cannon ball, also reported by. Thinias, that carried
away the left stirrtip of ,Garibaldi's saddle with-
tonching or
,WoUnditig the General's foot:
When We read such aeCennti, €ificf, v;flien ife find
hundreds of persons in France an`dd gt:Aicitia 'Who'
believe the same, ought we to be surprised that
the ignorant and superstitious Sicilians and Nea-
politans consider that Garibaldi was inoculated
with the blood of Jesus Christ, or as many call
him the brother of Christ. Another correspon-
dent of the Morning Post asserts that Capua had
surrendered. There is not the slightest founda-
tion for this report—on the contrary the most
energetic preparations are making both at Capua
and Gatta.fOr a vigorous defence. The Petrie,
of tlie I,lth instant, confirms what I wrote to you
dri the 3rd, iii referende ,to the prat taken by the
Sardinian troops in the h;attle of Caserta.
journal states—" The Piednior;tese tidopq and
artillery that came up with the reseri'e en the Ist
instant in a great measure decided the fate of the
battle." lam glad to see this confession of the
Patric, because it confirms the correctness of my
correspondent's letter, and enabled me so early to
iitit,Teur rettders in possession of the real secret
that decided the f'o'rtunes of the day. lam in-
formed, on excellent aiftlforityi that Garibaldi
has written to the King, urging tbe desfratch of
12,000 men to take up the offensive igainst the
Bourbon troops on the Volturno, and most
earnestly urging the King to hasten his journey
to Naples, promising implicit obedience to all the
commands of the King. Numerous opinions are
already afloat among the public as to the principle
that will be adopted for the government of Naples,
but the most likely system will be the division of
that kingdom into four or five provinces, each
under the guidance of a governor, and these
subject to a viceroy established at Naples. In
the pro-Dictator Mordini does not seem
disposed to follow the eXamplp of Naples, but to
persist in his determination of electing an assembly
similar to that of the Central Provinces before
their annexation, and which, in my humble
opinion, would be fairer towards the people, in
order to give them time for reflection, instead of
pressing on the annexation in the present state
of wileexeitement. My letter will conclude with
a chapter of accidents, ones ft which ended in the
loss of upwards of fifty pos, being the explo-
sion of the boiler of one of the Piedmontese
steamers on the Lake of Garda. One of the
Austrian boats, seeing this terrible accident,
immediately hastened to the assistance of those
thrown into the lake, and succeeded in saving
seventeen of the passengers, otherwise the number
would be sixty-seven persons lost instead of fifty.
The next morning nearly all the journals of this
city and Turin, in reporting this melancholy
accident, had the bad taste to omit the humane
conduct of the Austrians ; and those which re-
ported the same, did it in such a manner as to
infer that the Austrians allowed as many as
possible of the passengers to be drowned before
they came to their assistance. This littleness of
mind is so characteristic of the Italians, that I
should not be doing my duty if I did not state
that I have since seen one of the passengers, who
assures me that the Austrians came immediately
to their assistance, and behaved with the greatest
hunianity and kindness towards those that they
succeeded in saving. The next case is of a poor music
eopyist, who two days ago threw himself into
the canal opposite the church of San Marco.
Another Mechanic, last week, destroyed
ro hims
uced
elf
by cutting his throat, both cases being pd
by extreme misery, there being unfortunately at
the present moment general distress among the
working people, as is but too evident from the
crowds that are to be seen every morning about
the Government pawnbrokers. Two days ago a
fire broke out in the Government cigar, tobacco,
and snuff manufactory, destroying more than
half of the building, doing damage to the amount
of 150,000 francs, and throwing out of employ-
ment for some days not less than 700 or 800
persons. Several other fires having taken place
here, and a short distance from Milan, I am dis-
posed to believe that it is the work of a gang of
rascals who are endeavouring to create disorder
and misery among the people for political pur-
poses. The municipality of Milan have at last made
a forward step, by organising a city force of
fifty men, or as the Milanese say, ran over to.
London, and kidnapped fifty of our London
policemen. The copy is the most perfect that I
have ever seen, except that the policemen of
Milan are dressed precisely like the inspectors of
London. It was amusing to see the sensation
that these men created the first day that they
were let out of the municipal den, because the
people looked at them with the same wonder and
curiosity as if they were so many full grown
savages of the back woods of America or
wilds of Africa. Some of the low people stop
and scrutinisingly examine them from head to
foot, grin, toss up their heads, and ejaculate in
their pure dialect, " Oh, bell! Oh, bell!" which
in plain English means " Well, this beats cock-
fighting." The high glazed hat has been a sub-
ject of severe criticism with the humouristic
journals of Milan, it being suggested for a variety
of purposes : some that it will serve as an excel.
lent seat for those who wish to rest themselves
in the shade during the heat of the *summer
months ; for those that are of short stature to
enable them to stand on in order to read the
notices, &c., which are placed a little too high;
and to others for domestic purposes, as a sauce-
pan fovooking.
A telegram this moment announces a procla-
mation of Garibaldi to the Neapolitans announ-
cing the approaching arrival of Victor Emmanuel,
and calling.on the people to give the King a
most enthusiastic reception.

T.A.TEST NEWS._

(AY
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(EY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

DEFEAT OF NEAPOLITAN TROOPS BY
THE PIEDMONTESE.
[OFFICIAL.
APLES, Oct. 20.
The head of General Cialdids column has
encountered and beaten a corps of Neapolitan
troops at Isernia. A general,so officers. 800
soldiers, and a flag, remained in our hands.
General Cialdini hag captured a portion of the
enemy's artillery.

NAPLES.
PROTEST OF FRANCIS II
VOTE . AG NINST THE
ANNEXATION .
The King of Naples has issued a protest declar-
ing that he will consider the voting on the 21st
null and void.
The bishop of Ancona, having issued a circular
prohibiting the burial of the Piedmontese soldiers
in consecrated ground, has been requested by the
authorities to leave the town.

GAETA, Oct. 13.
The Protis has arrived with 360 soldiers. She
will bring 500 soldiers of the garrison of Baia.
Provisions are beginning to fail at Gaeta.

VICTOR EMMANUEL'S
T PURINROGRESS.
, Oct. 21.
Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Salmona

Kin,

THE VOTING N NAPLES.
A despatch from Naples announces that the
vote on the questions of annexation commenced
there at seven o'clock this morning, and con-
tinued amid much enthusiasm. A large con-
course of citizens and clergy were assembled at
the voting places.

RECALL OF THE RUSSIAN AMBASSA-
DOR AT TURIN, AND THE SARDINIAN
MINISTER AT ST. PETERSBURG.
[OF FILIAL.
TURIN, Oct. 20.
The Russian Ambassador at Turin has been
recalled.
The Sardinian Minister at St. Petersburg has
been recalled.

SARDINIA•
TritiN, Oct. 19.

The Chambers were closed to-day after an
address expressing homage and gratitude to the
King had been voted. A deputation from the
Chamber will present the address to his Majesty.

PRINCE GARIBALDI.
A Turin letter in the Constitutionnel says, that
after the Neapolitan annexation has been effected
the title of Prince and the rank of General will
be offered to Garibaldi.

THE WARSAW CONFERENCE.
The Warsaw Conference is limited to two days,
and the Globe remarks that it seems to indicate
either a remarkable confidence in pre-established
harmony, or a remarkable difference in the pro-
bability that prolonged confidence would produce
cordial understanding.

WARSAW, Oct. 21.
The Prince Regent arrived at 10.30 p.m., and
was heartily cheei:ed: jis 4oyal Highness,
accompanied by the Emperor B.psqai. pro-
ceeded in an open carriage 'frau J.4adkvay
station to the Belvidere.

PARTS, Oct. 20.

Count Kisseleff, before leaving PariS; gaie ex-
planations to M. Thoulienel in reference to the