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FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORREsPONDENT.)
SUNDAY, August 19.

The Presse and other journals contain further
interesting details of the various unsuccessful
attempts which have been made by the Garibal-
dians to effect a landing on the Calabrian coast,
previously to the night of the 11th. By that
time Garibaldi had completely fortified- Cape
Faro, an important strategical position, situated
at the point at which Sicily approaches nearest
to Calabria. He has erected a small battery of
rifle cannon, by means of which he is able to pre-
vent every kind of communication between the
Neapolitan fleet and the citadel of Messina, which,
it must be kept in mind, is still in the power of
the Neapolitans. The operations for the disem-
barkation were directed by the Dictator himself,
who was on board the City of Aberdeen, along
with his staff. Other expeditions are spoken
of as having been launched, the same night,
against Azzerello, San Giovanni, and at Cana-
miele, but the utmost secrecy is maintained re-
garding all the movements of the troops, which
are in contemplation. " Judging, however," says
one of the correspondents of the Pi.esse, " from
the number of troops now concentrated at Faro,
and the number of steamers collected, we must
be on the eve of some great general movement."

A Calabrian has been arrested at Faro, who
confessed that he had been sent to assassinate the
Dictator ; but it is remarked that this mission
would be a very difficult one to accomplish, as the
person of Garibaldi is constantly guarded by
officers who are devoted to him, and who must
first be cut to pieces before he could be reached.
When the arrest of the miscreant was first com-
municated to the General, he merely smiled in his
own peculiar way, and said, " Poor wretch, I am
sorry for him." Garibaldi, it is said, left imme-
diately afserwards, in a small aciso steamer, for
the neighbourhood of Naples, for the purpose of
fixing on the best point of disembarkation for
a force of eight or ten thousand men.
What the effect will be, on his plans, of the dis-
solution of the electoral committees, with whom
he was in communication, and the postponement
of the elections which they were energetically
engaged in making as favourable as possible for
the annexation of Piedmont—their candidates
being Garibaldi, Colonel Turr, Colonel Medici,
Nino Bixio, Carini, and Baron Poerio—it is not
at all easy to conjecture. In the first instance,
he had demanded, that before he appeared at
Naples at the head of his victorious troops, the
Neapolitans should rise en masse ; next, that he
should not be called upon to act until after a vote
of the new parliament should have pronounced
in his favour. The first plan was found incon-
venient of execution, and the second one
has become impossible, owing to the indefinite
postponement of the elections, so that there is
nothing left for him but either to forego his attack
upon Naples altogether, or to precipitate matters
by an immediate landing of his troops in the
neighbourhood of that city. The former of these
courses will certainly not be followed, and if the
latter be adopted, it is by no means easy to predict
the issue of the strife. Francis 11. now wishes either
to fall with the Constitution, or to be saved by it.
M. Manna has been entertained by M. Thou-
- venel at a grand banquet ; and Prince Metternich,
it seems, paid a visit to the Emperor at the camp
before His Majesty's return to Paris. It is re-
ported that at this interview the Prince was
assured by the Emperor in the most explicit
manner that. Austria would be entitled, by way
of reprisal, in the event of being attacked, to
recommence the war in Central Italy, even to the
extent of adopting the offensive in her turn, for the
complete restoration of the authority of the Pope in
the Romagnas and the princes of the minor states
represcr.ting her policy : it being observed, that
in the recent conquests of Piedmont, Lombardy
alone was excepted, that territory having been
ceded by the Emperor Francis Joseph to Napo-
leon 111., who is therefore bound, in every case,
to preserve for his ally the just compensation for
Savoy and Nice, which two provinces are lost to
Sardinia for ever. If this be so—and the narrative
is given on excellent authority—it is extremely
improbable that Austria, whose position remains
so good, so long as she waits for Garibaldi behind
the Po and the Mincio, would desire prematurely
to compromise herself by assuming that aggressive
attitude which entailed such misfortunes upon
her during the last Italian war.
The Emperor and Empress have returned to
St. Cloud, and are preparing for their long jour-
ney. Generals M. de Frossard, Lebeuf, and
Fleury will accompany their Majesties. Nice
appears to be desirous of eclipsing all other places
in her reception of the Imperial visitors. There
is to be, of course, a grand ball, which will be
given in the Theatre Royal, and the Place du
Government is to be transformed into a garden, in
which there is to be a magnificent pyrotechnic dis-
play, which is to be executed by a celebrated artist
from Paris. It is said that the authorities intend to
spend not less than £BOOO upon this display.
The African chasseurs, who are all ready to start
for Syria, have been furnished each with a black
hood, intended to cover the forehead and the neck
of the men. A similar head-dress has for a long
time been in use in the English army in India,
and its invention is said to be due to the benefits
which were observed to be derived from its use
under an African sun. The death of the cele-
brated Father Lery, Apostolic Prefect of the
Lazarites, in Egypt and in Syria, is announced.
He died in Beyrout, in consequence of the
fatigues and horrible sufferings which he under-
went during recent events there. He was at
Damascus at the moment the massacres broke
out, and he had succeeded in obtaining refuge
with the Emir, Abd-el-Kader, along with other
members of his order, and the Sisters of Charity.
Father Lery was the founder of some magnificent
charitable establishments at Alexandria, at Da-
mascus, and at Beyrout. In the course of a few
hours he saw the hospital, the convent of the
Sisters, and the church which he had built, burnt
to the ground. His name was much revered
throughout the East, and the account of his death
has produced a profound sensation at Alexandria.
The Journal of 4in announces: that the Arch-
bishop has dissolved the society called the Archi-
confrerie of St. Pierre-es-Liens.
According to the calculations made by the
Police, not less than 350,000 foreigners and provin-
cialists visited Paris during the late Fete. In order
to take due precautions for the preservation of
order, the chief of the municipal police established
numerous extra posts at diffbrent parts of the
city, which were kept by 3,500 men belonging to
troops of the line, and to the Paris Guard. De-
pots were also established at different points for
the distribution of medicines ana medical relief;
and medical men were in attendance, and admi-
nistered relief in several cases where persons were
taken ill, and who, from being strangers in Paris,
did not know where to go for aid. This was cer-
tainly a most admirable proof of governmental
solicitude, and well worthy of being imitated in
London on like occasions.
The Bourse remains in much the same state.

ITALY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MILAN, August 15.

The nearer we approach the 19th of this month,
the day fixed for the elections throughout the
'kingdom of Naples, the more violent and insulting
are the articles of a large number of the extreme
democratic and semi-official press of this country
against Francis 11, and his government. If only
a third of the jOgvnals that have, for the last
month, indefatigably followed up the same theme,
found their way to Naples, it is one of the greatest
miracles of their Saint Gennaro, that the entire
kingdom has not been dragged over to the violent
doctrines of these republican writers. It is really
amusing to see that while many of these journals
foretell the certain and inevitable ruin of the
Bourbon of Naples—even should the elections take
place, and the Parliament meet—are trembling
in their shoes least the Neapolitans should turn
round and say, " Pray permit us to be at liberty
to chose for ourselves," or refuse to swallow the
prescription recommended by a set of political
adventurers, that are now to be met at the corner
of every street of Naples. If the Neapolitans
wish to trust to the solemn oath of the king, why
should other people interfere with their choice ?
The king would not dare to violate this solemn
pledge without certain ruin to himself, the more
so should he give VP all el aim to Sicily, which he
most certainly would be compelled to do, provided
the result of the votation by universal suffrage
induces Piedmont to take upon herself the pro-
tection of that island.

There is one most important fact in reference
to the approaching elections which ought not to

be lost sight of, • namely, that at Naples there are
no fewer than three Electoral Committees, com-
posed of the most influential and liberal Neapo-
litans of the city, the majority being the returned
political exiles, who are using their utmost
exertions to propose honest, liberal, and patriotic
men, as the representatives for the different cities
and towns of the kingdom. This circumstance
is a very bitter pill for the Unionists or chimerical
politicians to swallow : they would wish to throw
Naples body and soul into the Sardinian Kingdom,
without giving her even the same time that the
Central Provinces had to reflect how far such a
change would be consistent with the autonomy
of the country, and the interests of her people.
Is it reasonable to suppose that the Neapolitans
are ready to consent that Naples should be stripped
of the prestige of her city as one of the chief
capitals of Italy, the advantages of her Court,
navy and army, and sink into a mere provincial
city, with the centralisation of all the administra-
tive offices of the kingdom at Turin, as in the
case of Lombardy and the Emilian Provinces; and
. which would most certainly happen if united
to Piedmont ? If we take up the list of the
twelve representatives that are recommended by
the above-mentioned committees for the city of
Naples, namely,—Carlo Poerio, Enrico Cosenz,
Mariani d'Ayala, Roberto Savarese, Napoleone
Serugli, Giuseppe De-Simoni, Nicola Camillo
Coracciolo, Giuseppe Simoni, Nicola De-Siervo,
Antonio Ranieri, Stanislao Gatti, Rodolfo d'Af-
flitto,---we have an unanswerable reply to the
daily cries of the democratic press that the people
of Naples do not wish for the elections, but the
immediate annihilation of the Bourbon dynasty,
and their union with the House of Savoy.
Poerio, d'Ayala, and Cosenz, (the latter after
much hesitation consented to take part in the
Sicilian war,) are among the number of those
proposed for the city of Naples. Have they
written to the committee to refuse to take upon
themselves the responsibility as representatives of
the people ? Has not Poerio, d'Ayala and Cosenz
lived long enough in Piedmont to appreciate the
advantages of that Government ? Have they
indignantly refused to come forward and endea-
vour to save their country from the threatening
anarchy which the many political parties now
agitating that unfortunate kingdom, is likely to
bring upon the people ? Where is Mezzacapo
who commanded a division under Garibaldi in the
Romagnas, and who immediately returned to
Naples after the publication of the amnesty ?
Was not Mezzacapo offered the post of Minister
of War, did he indignantly refuse (this is the
favourite term of the democratic press) that office?
Is not this office held by Pianelli, until some of
the returned exiles will break the lee by taking
an active part in the Government of the country,
and thereby release Mezzacapo from the stigma
of his former friends, of being the first to form
part of the present Ministry, and which is one
reason that Mezzacapo is not now Minister of
War.

I must be here permitted to make a slight digres-
sion from the subject of the elections, but which,
in point of fact, strongly bears upon the same.
Let me ask any man who knows anything of the
country, if Lombardy and the Emilian Provinces
are content with their present position, or the
policy of the Government of Vittorio Emmanuele ?
The Italian proverb of Cio the lace non e sempre
oro (all is not gold that glitters) is very applicable
to the present state of this country. Many will
reply, but the great fact of your late loan is a
proof of the confidence of the country and the
popularity of the Government. My answer is
very simple—it is no proof at all ; because, where a
good investment can be made at almost 6 per cent.
we have never any difficulty to find capitalists and
bankers ready to bring their gold to the coffers
which opens to them a fresh market
forof a
business, speculation, and gain. This, for the
most part, rather proves the love of £ s. d. than
patriotism, and we all know that this phrenologi-
cal bump is very largely developed among the
speculators of this kingdom.
Returning to the subject of the approaching
elections, some notion may be formed from the
following extracts of the alarm that has taken
possession of the minds of the writers of the
democratic press. II Dfritto of Turin, of the
12th instant, Bertani's mouthpiece, has the fol-
lowing :—" The institution of an Electoral Cnm-
mittee at Naples is running the risk of insinuating
among the people the idea that the constitution
of Naples is good for something. Woe (gvai) to
that people, woe to us should this idea penetrate
itself among the multitude ! If those who com-
pose the committee, instead of 'remaining at
Naples and establishing au Electoral Association,
had betaken themselves to the provinces and
spread agitation and insurrection perhaps at this
hour, Garibaldi would be at Naples, or at least,
his contemplated invasion would have been
greatly facilitated. It is useless to dissimulate,
if Naples and the provinces do not give some
efficacious help to Garibaldi ; even taking into
account the miserable resistance of the troops of
the King, the undertaking will cost much blood
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Turin correspon-
eaxntdram letter 'rh The following
of t he
correspon-
dent of the Perseceranza :—" From the perusal
of the journals of this city you can easily perceive
the unfavourable impression that has been created
by the institution of the electoral committees at
Naples."

I have now before me the electoral law of
list
of
of
the thek principal cities,
t ngdom, with their
tNoawpnless;anwditch heomtmune
populations and number of representatives for
each. Every city, town or commune, with a
population of 40,000 inhabitants, has the right of
electing one deputy. The population of the king-
dom of Naples is 6,631,028, and the number of
representatives will be 164.
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It is now high time we should finish once for
all the agitation which is at present turning every
partvery of
description
the
peninsula
trade upside
and crippling
e
commerce. All
classes of the people are beginning to feel its
ofd
down,o
effects, and murmurs are heard from all quarters,
which will doubtless end most fatally to the best
interests of the nation and the Government of
Victor Emmanuel, should this state of things con-
tinue much longer. The Government, to satisfy
the ambition of a few, must not trifle with the
interests of the multitude; if they do, it is more
than possible we shall find{ ourselves in a very
lamentable position befoiv the end of the present
year. No one can doubt the noble, pure, disin-
terested, almost holy, patriotism of the hero of

Italy; but if I must speak out boldly, which I
know is not very palatable at the present moment,
I am obliged to confess that this great man is now
surrounded by a much larger number of political
adventurers and ambitious men than those who
are fighting for the pure love of country.
My last informed you of the rumour of the
approaching extraordinary meeting of the
Chamber of Deputies, which is now con-

finned by several of the best informed prints of
Turin. It also appears that Cavour and Ratazzi,
who was the chief of the late Cabinet, have
arranged their differences, and that Parini will
be sent on a private mission, and his office taken
by Ratazzi. La Marmora will replace Fanti,
"which," says the Unions,
" his insufficiency
renders indispensible." After this patching up of
the Ministry, Cavour will then summon the Parlia-
ment, in orderto ask for a prolongation of unlimited
power. Will Parliament be ready to place such
power in the hands of a man like Cavour, whom
we all know is somewhat despotic and largely
imbued with the Napoleonic policy, of which we
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have had a lamentable proof in the cession of
Savoy and Nice ? Should the Parliament consent
to grant this unlimited
Government, it would
strong opposition from every state out of Pied-
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being detained at Turin by the importance of the
present affairs. The object of this visit is, doubt-
less, to feel the Emperors pulse in order to ascer-
tain its motion as regards Rome, and in what
manner th4r must interpret the undecided and
changeable conduct of the French Government.
The affairs of Sicily are in almost the same
state as described in my former letter—great
disorganisation in the administration, and requir-
ing/all the skill and
- experience of Depretis to
keep things in order; nor is there that unanimity
among the men who have accepted office under
the Dictator, another modification of the ministry
having taken place, making the fourth in sixty-
eight days! This, however, does not impede the
most act,ive 44c1 unceasing preparations on both
sides for the coming struggle. ' The determined
point of landing a part of his force is supposed to
be at Caserta, and there is every reason to believe
Garibaldi will attempt the crossing of the Strait
before the day fixed for the elections. The

General has now a large number of mounted
gunboats, his batteries also mounted with guns
of great calibre, several 60 and 80-pound how-
itzers, and not less than 15 or 20 culverins. It
is reported that he has received from the Turin
government four steam corvettes- and several
large sailing vessels. I have every reason to
presume that this information is correct, which
induces me to believe that even should the Nea-
politan fleet and army remain faithful it is quite
clear that a most desperate and sanguinary
struggle will be the result of this next move of
the Garibaldini.

My letter of the Bth instant gave you full de-
tails of the contemplated invasion of the Papal
States, and the assurances that were given by
Bertani to the Minister Farini that the idea of
the invasion of the Umbria and Marches should
be abandoned for the present, or at least all those
volunteers that were destined for that invasion
should be sent to Palermo, and there receive
orders from Garibaldi as to their ultimate destina-
tion. So far from this promise being carried out,
we are now assured in the most positive terms by
the Morimento of Genoa that the sole object of
the departure of Bertani for Messina was to re-
ceive orders from Garibaldi as to the destination
of this force, which would in the meantime take
up a position upon a determined point of the
island of Sardinia, and there wait the return of
Bertani. All the volunteers that have left Genoa
within the last week have been directed to this
rendezvous. The 3fothnento further states that
whatever may be the nature of the orders confided
to Bertani by Garibaldi, these orders will be most
scrupulously obeyed, regardless of whatever peril
may present itself, and to whatever destination it
may be his wish to direct ; so that we may shortly
expect to hear of the roar of cannon in Calabria,
Naples, Umbria, and the Marches.
The Lombardia of yesterday publishes a tele-
gram, dated Naples, 11th instant. which states
that 1500 have disembarked in Calabria, but I
rather doubt this news.

To-day the young Princes, Umberto and
Amedeo, sons of Victor Emmanuel, after a tour
in Switzerland and some of the Provinces, arrived
in Milan for the first time, and were received in
the most enthusiastic manner. The Princes were
accompanied by La Marmora.
At the moment of closing my letter we have
received two telegfams—one published by the
Perseveranza, which states that 8000 Garibal-
dians, with two batteries, crossed the Strait of
Messina during the night of the 10th instant ;
the other is given by the L' Unita Italiana, which
says that, during the night of the 9th instant,
nearly 6000 Garibaldians succeeded in deceiving
the Neapolitan cruizers, and landing in Calabria
without the loss of one man. Garibaldi com-
manded in person the passage of this body of men.
[These telegrams have since been contradicted.
—E.D.T.]

LATEST NEWS.

(BY. BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPEI.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. 18.
The Moniteur publishes a decree abolishing the
duties on capillaire, and another decree abolish-
ing the compensation duties established by a
decree of February last on costumes made of cloth
and trimmings in silk, wool, and ganduras.
Another decree reduces the, duties on alcoholic
liquors for 25c. per hectolitre.
It 10 rumoured in Paris that the Queen of
England will this year meet the Emperor of
Austria and the King of Prussia at Coburg.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, August 18.
3 20 P.m.—The Bourse was buoyant at the
opening, but closed flat. Rentes 67f. 95c., show-
ing a decline of 16 centimes since yesterday.