The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
TIIVR:±DAY, August 23

The latest intelligence received here from Cen-
tral Italy dates that Naples continues tranquil,
and that the GoVetriMent is preparing for an
energetic resistance. The King has assumed the
chief command of the troops ; and General Pia-

nelli is to act under and beside him du Major.,

General.- The immediate younger brother of the
King; the Count de Frani, was in command of
the first battaliOn o Chtbsettis of the Guard ; and
the Count de Caserte, the 6111'db-father, an officer
in the artillery, of the first battery of rif(ed can-
non ;' the whole of the three royal young per-
ages gtterict• for several hours each day; to
superintend iiianeenvies and drilling of the
troops. News had redate4 Naples- that the fur-;
ther disembarkations of the GariTiedini in Cala:
bria were very numerous. They had becti everted
for the most part at Capo dell-Armi, between
Reggio and Melito. Garibaldi was sending emis-
saries into the other provinces to promote a
general rising, and in this he had been very
successful. Already information had reached
Naples that a giedt fermentation prevailed
in the Basilicate (Pasilicatej. It appears
that the Dictator's object. in propagating tlre
so Many different points at once, VVCISi to
force the NeaPeitanGoVernment to " ffegarnirn,"
the capital, upon which. all the 'Abatis- of defence
are concentrated. It is stated rEat, tlie Cabinet
has taken the question into. consideration, &AI
that, acting on General Pianelli's advice, it has
Been &cided to adopt this course, and to con-
centrate every eltdrt on defending the city to the
last extremity, it being the key of 64) "situation."
The foregoing is the account whict: the semi-
official prints gave yesterday morning of fhe
"situation," but no doubt you will have had oppor-
tunities by the time this reaches you, of testing the
accuracy of these details, which, however, I incline
to think are in the main correct.
Vide i stall the same degree of mystery as to
the exact nature of flie felations and understand-
ing between Count Cavour and eidritaldi; and a
good deal of stress has been laid on the fact of
the Sardinian officers having been recalled from

Sicily ; much more, I think, than was necessary.
It is also now stated that in order still further to

absorb the bellicose element which supplies Gari-
baldi with so many volunteers, orders have been
issued by the Sardinian Government for the orga-
nisation of national guards throughout the whole

of the Piedmontcse territory ; but it is surely
rather late in the day to have recourse to such a
measure as this.

It is stated that the Emperor, mi the occasion

of his presiding at the opening of a large esta-
blishment at Lyons, will deliver an address, don-
taining sentiments of a nature quite as pacific as
those which fell from him on a former similar

occasion dt Bottrdeux. It is to be hoped that if
he do, his sentiments *ill meet with fully as
large a share of credibility as an the former

occasion.

There is a great stir in the diplomatic corps
here at present. I formerly mentioned that.
Prince Metternich had an audience of the Em-
peror at the camp at Chalons. I now learn that
M. Kisseleff left Paris on Tuesday morning, that
M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, the French Minister
to the court at Berlin, has arrived here for instruc-
tions add that M. de Monstier, the French
Minister td trfle 4ourt of Vienna, is expected to
follow every day. It ie. plain, therefore, that
something unusually important 19 'lip."
A word on the subject of the theatres. The
piece of M. Ponsard has given place to a curious
suit. A yartrig danseuse, who figures in the fairy
scene of the secoVd not, Mdlle. Virginie Magny,
had felt herself at libalp during the interval
which occurred in the representation of " Ce qui
pldiait aux fentines," to accept an eng'ag'ement at
the Porte St. Martin, where she.-was to appear as
a fairy in the Pied de Milton. On the resump-
tion of the performance of M. Ponsard's comedy,
the director of the Vaudeville claimed again the
services of Mdlle: Magny, but the manager of the
other theatre insisted on the young lady adhering
to her engagement with hint On an appeal to
the Court, the decision was given in favour of M.
Luvine, of the Vaudeville, but he very hand-

somely- waived his claim in favour of the other
establishment, which could less easily dispense
with the services of this attractive dentosielle, she
being the manager's trump card in the seductive
inise en sc'cue of the new Pied de Mouton, which
has also created no little amount offurore.
Another member of the coterie of English
thieves; male and female, who have been pursuing
their vocation industrielle with so much energy in
this city, has just had an introduction to one of the
police magistrates. In the present instance, the
culprit was a " a fair and fresh-looking young
person," habited in elegant attire. As she entered
the court of the 6th chamber, accompanied by her
escort of a couple of policemen, she modestly
lowered her eyes, the colour mounted to her
cheeks, and there was such a charming and
touching timidity in the way she replied to the
preliminary interrogatives put to her, that the
whole of the persons present were at first disposed
to think that she was the victim, and not
the victimiser. A witness, however, steps
forward to give her testimony. She is a lady of an
age rather more mature, and her dress presents
a striking contrast to that of the interesting and
well dressed fair one in the dock. She gives the
following explanation of the charge against the
prisoner :—On the 4th of July last, I was
leaving Messrs. Rothschild's, in the Rue Lafitte,
where I had received a coupon for 400 francs. I
placed the same carefully in my portemonnaie.
All at once, I felt myself hustled, and I received
a sort of shoe (bourrade). I turned round and
perceived madame (the prisoner), who was walk-
ing on, without even begging my pardon for
having lossbed against me. A sudden idea
induced me to put my hand into my pocket,
when, lo and behold my portemonnaie was gone.
I set off running after madame, calling out " Au
voleur" (stop thief,) and madame was seized. She
affected the utmost astonishment, and complained
also of having such a charge made against her.
But her English accent aroused my suspicions as
to the truth of her explanations, and I insisted
on her being conducted to the nearest police
station. Neither my money nor my portemonnaie
has been recovered. She had had time to pass
them to one of her accomplices, who, I am quite
certain, remained behind for this purpose.
Another portemonnaie containing about 169
francs in foreign money, was found on her
person. The President of the Council, address.
ing the handsome fair one, said : Well, Emily
Harvey, what have you to say for yourself?
You have stated in your declaration that you
are a modiste in England ; you are not pur-
suing this avocation in Paris ; is it not some
time since you came here ? to which Emily
Hervey answered, in her sweet soft, voice,
I came here in the month of June, last year.—
President : How came you then not to make use
of the same passport on this occasion ; it is still
in force ? Prisoner : I have lost it. —President :
You were along with a young girl of the name of
Brown last year. Prisoner : No, I was alone.—
President : You need not endeavour to make me
believe that ;it is useless. You deny the fact
because you know that the nephew of Mr. Fon-
taine has distinctly recognised this young girl as
having come with you to purchase jewellery.
Now, this girl Brown, is one of the cleverest
female pickpockets (volcusc d la tire), and you your-
self, are not one whit less famous. Prisoner :
I did not go there.—President : A M. Chegary is
also positively certain that he has seen you come
with the girl Brown
into the Rue du Helder. Pri-
soner : Ile is mistaken.—President : Finally, a
third witness has sworn that he saw you last
year, whilst you were in the Garden of the Palais
Royal, engaged in attentively examining what
was going on in the shop of M. Fontana, the
jeweller, who was some time afterwards the vic-
tim of 0, considerable robbery. Prisoner : He is
likewise mistaken. By this time the sympathy
of the audience, in behalf of Madame Emily
Hervey, had undergone a sensible diminution.—
President : What were you doing in the Rue
Lafitte.? Prisoner : I was on my way to a money-
changers in the Boulevard, to get some English
money changed into French.--President: Well, the
prosecutor is of opinion that you were lingering
about the approaches to M. Rothschild's, like
most of your compatriots and accomplices, looking
about for victims in the crowd of people who are
passing and repassing through the vestibule and
other places in that establishment. Why did you
come to Paris ? The prisoner, after a moment's
hesitation, and in a low voice, replied : To assist
(assister) at the procession of the funeral of the