The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-05 00:00:00

GARIBALDI " IS HIMSELF AGAIN."

Punch's cartoon this week is, for once, behind
the progress of events. Our facetious and im-
mortal contemporary gives a humorous represen-
tation of the state of matters in Italy as they
stood a day or so since, between VICTOR
EMMANUEL and GARIDALDT. The artist shows
us at one glance the inside and the outside of the
door of an apartment in Southern Italy. Within
stands GARIBALDI, leaning with his back against
the door, arms akimbo, and looks sullen and suE.
picious, evidently reflecting on the probable con-
sequences of answering a call. Without stands a.
newly-arrived, brisk gentleman, of middle age;
carpet bag in hand, knocking for adthission. Oii
his head is a royal crown, and peeping forth' from
the travelling bag are a sceptre and the head of
eagle, glancing furtively around, altogether be--
traying the presence of King VICTOR Em-mANuEt
and the heraldic emblem of the French Empire
in reserve. GSRIB'ALDI is "the man in possession."
VICTOR EiNtsrANUEL• is the head bailiff come to
relieve his "man." That some difficulty is being
felt on both sides of the door is transparent; and
the royal gentlemen is supposed to be saying
impatiently, but with confident good humour on
his face, as if he knew his " man " too well to be'
ill-natured with. him, "I wonder when he shalt
open the door." But before this comic scene in
Punch met the public eye, the cause of wonder-
ment has disappeared. " The man in' possession"'
has opened the door, and his royal: master has
virtually walked in. Thus rapidly are the scenes
shifted in the great Italian dram;—we know
not exactly whether now to look upon it as, a
comedy or a tragedy. At all events we trust
that all the tragic parts of the performance have
been enacted, and are not in any form to be
repeated.

It is but a few hours since all Europe seemed
to tremble with anxiety as to GARIBALDI'S next
movement. Low murmurs, distinctly heard, were
passed from ear to ear, of the terrors of Red Repub-
licanism, of a conflict between the French and
the Garibaldini, of the sword of Sardinians
being reluctantly turned against the great Libera-
tor and Dictator in the South, of the armed
hordes of Austria, reinstating the exiled Princes
and restoring the States of the Church, amid the
confusion of another Holy Alliance among the
Northern Powers, and of the general embroil-
ment of Europe, England not excepted, in a wide-
spread, bloody, and ruinously costly war. All
around the horizon threatening clouds seemed to
hang, heavily overcharged, and towards the
South an occasional flash or two of lightning
appeared to betoken the approaching outburst of
an elemental struggle of unparalleled intensity and
endurance. The only question, apparently, that
awaited solution was, over which point of the
landscape the first great thunderbolt should
be shot forth. We confess we scarcely sym-
pathised with this general feeling of uneasi-
ness. As our remarks in this column have
repeatedly testified, we reposed implicit con-
fidence in the sound-heartedness and good
sense of the Dictator GUISEPPE GARIBALDI. We
have observed that at almost every critical stage
of his progress it has been a part of the Franco-
Sardinian programme to elaborate an excitement
as to his next step, and the probable " complica-
tions" likely to ensue. On every occasion this
pseudo-agitation has been followed by the com-
plete vindication of the prudence and loyalty
of GARIBALDI as the pioneer of constitutional
monarchy and national unity in Italy. It has
been so now. GARIBALDI "is himself again'
in the estimation of all well-wishers of Italian
freedom and independence.
The advocates of republicanism have been dis-
carded. VICTOR EMMANUEL has been cordially
invited to Naples. The Dictator will speedily
resign the future direction of the great movement
and retire to his post as a Sardinian General.
Venetia is not to be attacked. Rome is the only
remaining difficulty, and that is to be solved
without the aid of the sword. There is but
one important point left to be decided, namely,
what will LOUIS NAPOLEON concede to the
wishes and requirements of the Italians, with
reference to Rome as the natural capital of the
temporal power. What arrangement will he
insist upon in the name of the Pope ? Behind
this, doubtless lie many hidden mysteries which
will be duly unfolded. Some further complica-
tions will probably arise out of the undeclared,
but too probable claims of France, in the name
of compensation. These, we venture to say, may
be peaceably disposed of, provided England is
sufficiently on the alert, and ready to perform
the duty she owes to herself and to Europe.
Diplomacy, and not the sword, will be the
French Emperor's weapon. Let England see
to it, that the Nice and Savoy burglary is not
re-enacted among the islands of the Mediterra-
nean. We may look for official contradictions
and re-assurances, all tending to lull us once
more to sleep. Are we prepared to allow VICTOR
E3I3IANUEL, by any sleight-of-hand manoeuvre
in concert with LOUIS NAPOLEON, to sanction
the transference of the Island of Sardinia to
France ?

Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his note to Sardinia, of
31st August last, states, inter alia, that although
the note of Count CAYOUR of the 30th May,
written in answer to one presented to him from
England, did not give so precise and definite a
declaration of Sardinia's intentions as was hoped
for and expected, our Government conceived that
in substance that note bound the King of Sardi-
nia not to cede to France any Italian territory,