The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Tuesday, September 4, 1860.

'rhe telegraph will no doubt have ere this
announced to • your readers the assumption, by
Garibaldi, of. the Provisional Dictatorship of the
Two Sicilies, and his intention to arrive in Naples
on Friday or Saturday next, to enter upon the
duties of that office with the full sanction and
concurrence of Victor Emmanuel.. By this
time, also, there can be little doubt, Naples
is occupied by a considerable body of Piedmon-
tese troops, for almost every telegram has
strengthened the persuasion that the King
will retire without waiting the arrival of his
redoubtable foe. It is said that the Sardinian
Government would willingly have avoided the
embarrassment connected with sending troops to
Naples until after Garibaldi's arrival, and that it
was hoped that the letter of the Count of
Syracuse, written with the view of hastening the
departure of the King, would have saved the
necessity for such a step ; but, as the Count's
letter failed in producing the effect intended,
and anarchy and all its horrors were immi-
nent, circumstances left no other alternative
open. The menacing attitude of the army
of General Lamoriciere and the grave nature
of the events expected to take place on the
Marches and the Ombria, have rendered it neces-
sary for the Sardinian Government to concentrate
likewise a considerable force on the Papal fron-
tiers, so that a thoroughly warlike attitude en the
part of Sardinia is gradually developing itself.

Some details are given by a Naples corre-
spondent of.the Djbats relative to the proposition
made by Francis 11. for the neutralisation of his
capital. It is said that, on the evening of the
25th, he assembled at the Castle of St. Elmo the
whole of the diplomatic corps to m ake a last attempt
to obtain: first, foreign intervention; secondly, the
occupation of Naples by the marines of the varioui
foreign men-of-war in the Bay ; and, thirdly, the
nentralisation of the capital and the country -
round about it, to the extent of a league. In
these propositions it is added M. Brenier expressed
his acquiescence, but that Mr. Elliott, the British
Minister, rejected them, declaring that he had no
instructions on the subject.' The King, on leaving
the meeting, renewed his promise, that, notwith-
standing his propositions had been declined, there
should bg no fighting in the city, but that otherwise,
he would resist to the last moment. I now see also
that rumours have been revived of a project
which was formerly entertained, and suggested
in one or two pamphlets, of constituting Rome
the capital of a united Italy, and neutralising
that part of the city which encloses the Vatican
(St. John Lateran), confining His Holiness for
the future to the f‘ Leonine city ;" but this latter
proposal is not likely to be less unsuccessful than
the other. Mgr. de Merode, the Papal Minister
at War, departed from Rome on Saturday last,
for Terni, in order to have a conference
with General Lamoriciere, who has informed his
troops that• they nr.ist be prepared to repel an
invasion of the Papal territory in the course of
next month, and is continuing to do his best to
prepare them for the encounter. It is said that
Ancona, which I lately told .you had been put
into a very complete state of defence, has been
fortified in a manner altogether novel., -.Besides
the strong outworks and batteries:.' which. :•are
formed on the landward side, the generates cansed
several screened batteries to be erected along the;
shore, so as to protect the.. forts: against a
naval bombardment. These fortifications and
the smallness of the depth of water:ill-the-only
channels by which the forts can be approached,;
Will almost entirely neutralise any attaCk--4
sea. ,
The Count d'Aquila is in 'treaty fok.
40: pur-
chase of a charming residence, in: 'the .Gothic
style, situated on the avenue of the Einpres.s; and
belonging to M. Handon, the contractor ;for the
works of the famous Suez Canal. The, price is to
be 1,150,000 francs.:

It is now confidently affirmed that .:the- Empress
at the last moment shrinks from the fatigues
inseparable from a 4 voyage to Algeria and from
the proposed imperial progress through a consider-
able portion of that colony.
.In other respects,
however, the programme of 'the voyage will be
adhered to. It hasbeen" stated in certain Parisian
circles that tire: Eliperor;:bef?re commencing
his long journey, called upon the Minister
of War fOr 'a list of afi the generals and
colonels at present disposable, just as he
did before the last war ; and it 'is further
said his Majesty has given Orders for the orga-
nisation, in the 21st military division, of certain
corps, to be in constant readiness for being cen-
tralised on the capital by railway, and for in-
stant departure, in the event of any occasion
arising for their services. These preparations,
however .are hardly to be regarded as indicating
any apprehension of disturbance to public order,
for it is generally remarked that there has
hardly ever been, since the commencement of
the empire, less chance of anything of the
kind ; they are prudent measures adopted with
the view of providing against any eventuality.
The language which his Majesty himself con-
tinues to hold on the subject of peace is of the
most re-assuring character ; but whether the
expressions on this subject in which he indulges
are the result of an anxiety to disarm suspicion
as to his real projects, or the evidence's of their
being no real ground for distrusting his policy, it
would not be polite in a " Paris" correspondent
of a foreign journal, to hazard a positive opinion.
The Toulonnais, of the Ist instant, supplies
some further details of the experiments which are
being made with the pgate cuirasses La Gloire.
She was made fast, on the 31st, to the dynano-
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powers
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of
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for the purpose of testing
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to
make her last
experiments under the eyes of the Commission.
The speed of the Oloire has been found to be quite
extraordinary.
On the Bourse the same absence of excitement
continues, but it is curious to note, also, the con-
tinued firmness of stocks of all kinds.

CAPTAIN MAYER'S FETE 'TO THE
BOROUGH GUARD.

If any one thing more than another tends to
cement the bond of union existing among the
Volunteers, and to promote the noble and patriotic
movement among all classes of the community, it
is the hospitality and profuse generosity with
which the leaders and promoters of the organisa-
tion entertain the thousands of men who look up
to them for encouragement and countenance. A
Week or two since we had the pleasure of- par-
taking, along with the Company of Volunteers
under his command, of the munificent treat given
by Colonel M'lver, at his own house. Still more
recently we had to record the splendid entertain-
ment given by George Horsfall, Esq-, at his
residence, to the corps connected 'with the
Mersey Steel aqd Iron Works.
Scarcely had we chronicled the noble treat
afforded by the Right lion. the Earl of Derby to
the Volunteers of Lancashire, when we find it our
pleasant duty to announce another instance of
generous hospitality in the same patriotic cause.
The handsome and Soldierly Borough Guard could
hardly have forgotten the impression made upon
them and their fellows-in-arms at Knowsley,
when they received an invitation from Captain
Mayer, their commander, to a deje. uner at his
residence, on Saturday next. Nothing, we say, is
more commendable than this conduct; and we
hope his example will be followed by the whole of
the gentlemen bearing commissions in the great
army of Lancashire Volunteers. Pennant's-house
is pleasantly situated at Bebbington, on the other
side of
,the Mersey, a few miles by rail from
Birkenhead; and thither, on Saturday, we have
no -doubt, the officers and Men under Captain
proceed, along
Mayer's command will with
numerous ladies and gentlemen from the neigh-
bourhood vilio have been invited. The afternoon
will, we feel assured, be happily spent ; and the
respect in which Captain' Mayer is deservedly
held by his friends and fellow-volunteers will be
enhanced through this example of his hospitality.

During thp. seven months ending July 31st, the
arrivals of foreign wheat were 26 per cent.
beloyir the corresponding period of last year; and
of flour the :1-4q imnort was 38 per cent. less
thein in 199-
The Times, referring to the progress of internal
r.eforrps in Austria; says, .-iie'should have befter
hopes of the Prospects of Austria, if instead of
further involying her finances by making fresh
railways in order to connect herself with Venetia;
we could see her negotiating for the sale of
,
possession which to her is much worse than
worthless and
re arin that reduction of her
army which her relief from Italian embarrass-
ment would assuredly permit her to make.
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