The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-16 00:00:00

million francs a month.

In a preceding part of my letter I have' drawn
attention to Garibaldi's letter to Mr. Parker, of
your flourishing port; but I have reason to
believe that, in a few days, a still more interesting

letter from Count Cavour to the Sicilian Dictator
will see the light. In it, the astute adviser of
Victor Emmanuel enters fully into the situation
of Piedmont at the present moment, and dwells
upon the embarrassments into which Garibaldi
will involve his country, if he persist in his
Sicilian enterprise,—that is to say—the enter-
prise he is engaged in concocting in Sicily.
It is very doubtful whether this advice will be
attended to. Garibaldi must feel that he has
gone too far to retreat, but at the same time, the
publication of such counsel \Trill add not a little
to his OW) increasing embarrassments. Co;onel
Turr is on the eve of returning to Palermo. It
is now said that this gallant officer had been sent
on a private and direct message to Victor
Emmanuel.

From intelligence received here yesterday
evening and to-day, from different parts of Italy,
there is reason to believe that the present calm is

on the eve of being seriously disturbed. All the
consuls charged with the interests of France in
the Peninsula, who are here on leave of absence,
as well as those holding similar appointments in
the East, have received orders to return to their
posts ; and I likewise learn that the orders which
had been lately given for the diminution of the
effective force of the French garrison in Rome,
and also for the recall of General Goyon, have
been countermanded. It is even doubted if this
officer will now be allowed the leave of absence
which he has been so anxious to obtain.
A French version of Rossini's celebrated opera
of " Seniiramide" has been brought out, at the
Opera House this week. Its successful execution
has surpassed the expectation of all, the most
difficult to please, opera-goers, and/this, in spite
of the recollections recalled by the fame of the
- great names of Madame Mainville Fodon (who was
the first to establish the opera as a succes), Sontag,
Malibran, and Grisi, to, say nothing of nadame
Pesironi,- whose singing in the part of Arsace
was so pre-eminently great.. The role of " Semi-
ramide," on the occasion of this revival of the cele-
brated opetai has fallen to the lot of Mademoiselle,
Carlotta Marehisio, a young lady of great talent,
and distinguished by a most brilliant and classical
style of singing. She has triumphed over all the
difficulties of the part—about the greatest that
any soprano has to contend with—and receives
nightly the reiterated applause of numerous and
delighted audiences. Her sister Barbara, in the
part of Arsace, was equally charming and sce-
cessful. In the duet between the twofair cantatrice's,
at the termination of the third act, there was a
perfect storm of applause. They were both
several times recalled in the middle of an act.
The contralto voice of Barbara is truly magnifi-
cent, it is, as the French say, " velours Plcht
de la" nittin." Her singing or the admirable
cavatina, in the first act, Eccomo ayin in
Babelonia," was specially approved and admired.
M. Obin, as Assur, was novel previously so great.
The other performers were all well received, and
the orchestra admirable in all respects. As for
the nose en scene, it was positively enchanting.
The illustrated works of Flondin, Layard, and
Coste had been ransacked for materials for the
decorative re-construction of ancient Babylon,
its deities, and inhabitants; and the artistic skill
and scenic decoration of MM. Camlon' and
Thierry had been lavished in the reproduction of
Jac similes of the contents, of the Assyrian
Museum, which had an effect on the imagination
which it is impossible to realise except by being
present. M. Wagner has been warmly congra-
tulated on the result of his labours. The new
cor.ductor, M. Victor Musse, has justly obtained
a large share in them. I learn that the govern-
ment is about to increase the salaries of the
singers at the Opera-house; their present allow-
ances were fixed in 1848, since which time, almost
everything in Paris has become nearly one-half
dearer.
P.S.—lt has been officially announced that the
Emperor and Empress intend, after their visit to
Toulon, to proceed to Algeria.

THE MISSING STEAMER.—A despatch from Belfast,
dated Friday morning, says :—" The Royal Consort
steamer, from. Fleetwood, arrived this ,morning at five
o'clock, having been detained by donee fog."