The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday, Nov. 29.
Count Flahault, who had been in England, has
returned, and yesterday had an atidiente of the
tulperori nis nomination as AnibaSSador to
ugland has,been confirmed; although it was said
.Piat there Were some little difficulties to be got
over, owing to the circumstance of the uountess
being a peeress, of England is her own
The Eniperot
.gone to Comp6igne, but he
ketlirng td-thOrrow. It does not appear that the
Impress will return qilito so siihn as Was eirc-
led, but iii rio case will her Majesty's return be
delayed bey and the end of nest Week: It ,becomes
luore and more dotibtftil Whether the Etiiperor
Rill go -to—England to escort " Seine
People sad- that hiiyajiesty had expressed a desire
of dissipating as much as
'lP's'‘ible. the -uncomfortable feelings with which
the English people are likely to regard the
' forthcoming announcement of the intention of the
Fretich Government to devote a very considerable
gum to the increase of the navy under the new
ministry ; and that it had been suggested thatih
110 way could this wish be better g'rati'fied than
by another iisit of Eoiiiit-§ to 'Windsor; but this
is Uotliing more than surmise.
The appointMent: of M. de Forcade (who, if I
mistake not, is a nearyelative of the late Marshal
bt. Arnaud) to the command of the treasury was
very unexpected, and M. de Billault is to be one
of the five ministers without a portfolio. M. de
Forcade has not yet given any proofs of his
qualifications as a financier ; but he is a man of
great intelligence, very devoted to the Emperor,
and, although comparatively young, being not'
more than 42, quite capable of undertaking the
responsible part assigned to huh: The choice Of
/vf. Magne as it Minister without a portfolio is
Plailied by the fact, now quite certain, thatjhe
question of Ate budget and supplementary credits
Will be submitted to bona fide discussions; for, M.
Ragne, though not a speaker, is intimately
acquainted with all financial questions,.is very
quiet and moderate in his tone and manner, and
has the power of explaining the most complicated
Pieces of business with extreme ability and clear-

Me 13iRauh will act as Minister of the Interior
till the arrival of M. de rersigny. Although the.
Plena of M. llausmann assert that he has not
te6i set aside, nevertheless; the accession of M.
'le Persigny to the Cabinet may considerably
Weaken his position, for it is well known that
these two,personages have no particular affection
for each other.

As-to M. de Forcade's successor in the office of
Director General of Customs, a na:ne is mentioned
Which was scarcely expected to be seen made the
object of such a choice, great as are the merits of
the individual who bears it, viz., that of M. Emile
de Girardin. The intimate footing on which M.
de Girardin is known to stand at the Palais
Itoyal, and in the personal favour of Prince
Napoleon, and the large share which he has taken
ja directing the political tendencies of the ad-
vanced school of which the Prince is chief, diminish
the probabilities of this rumour being correct;
but the appointment in present circumstances is
far from impossible, that is to say, providing M.
Girardin does not refuse the offer. A recent
article in the Constitutionnel, I was sorry to see,
Father diminishes the expectation of some relief
from its present fetters being accorded to the
press.

The Emperor is rather puzzled where to stow
the unofficed members of his new Cabinet. lie
Went, over all the apartments in the Louvre on
Wednesday to ascertain what would be the most
suitable place to assign to them as quarters. The
Motel in the Place de Beaveau, in which the
dnister for Algeria was located, and the offer of
Which, as a residence, has been refused by the
Princess Mathilde, is also spoken of, but looking
to the enormous amount of public buildings at his
command for such a purpose, his Majesty ought to
have no difficulty in accommodating not five, but
five hundred, if necessary.
Apropos of the new appointments, I may
remark, as regards M. de Persigny, that .he is
regarded by everybody as the most ardent and
most decided partisan of the English alliance,
and as regards M. de Forcade and also M. Herbert,
Who has been appointed one of the Councillors of
state, both these gentlemen profess, on matters
°f political economy, to hold opinions in entire
conformity with the doctrines which have brought
about the treaty of commerce between the two
nations. M. de Jaucourt, the Secretary to the
French Embassy in London, will be the chief
secretary of M. Persigny as Minister of the
Interior.

The Constitutionnel announces the following
new arrangements in the organisation of the
French army. It is intended, says this journal,
to form the 103 regiments of infantry of the
lino into four battalions for each regiment, instead
°£ .three battalions, as at present. It is unneces-
sary to say that this new formation, which was
Previously adopted during the war, will not
increase the actual effectives, since the six com-
Panics of the 4th battalion will be formed with
the sth and 6th companies of the three first. In a
Word, instead of three battalions, composed
eight companies each, there are to •be
four, formed of six companies. Only, this
state of things will be definite and permanent,
instead of beipg provisional, as at the periods of
the Crimean and Italian wars. Each infantry
regiment will thus have three active battalions
constantly 'disposable,. and the fourth' battalion
Will henceforth, and permanently, be -a. depot
battalion.. This battalion, which will 'bnpla,ced
Under:the orders of a major of the corps, will have
six "centre companies, and none .of the elite corn-
Panies ; -the three other battalions will each have
four centre companies and two elite companies.
The recruits of the different classes who arrive
annually at the corps will not, for the future, be
forwarded to the staff for inspection, nor to any
of the active battalions, but to the fourth batta-
lion, whose duty it will be to equip the
,men and
10 instruct them, until they are qualified to pass
10 the war battalions, which will thus have no
non-effectives. The foregoing arrangements are
to come at once into operation.
The conductor of another French journal,=this
time a provincial one,—the Progress de Lyons, has
been condemned to a fine of 3001. and expenses,
for having published in his paper of the 2nd and 3rd
November, the following sentence :—" As for M.
Turgot, it is asserted that he has in his pocket his
nomination as Ambassador to the Government of
Upper Italy." One does not perceive much
libellous matter in this sentence, but a French
Paper must either be silent altogether or say what
is neither false nor offensive. The proprietors of
the Opinion Nationale were much more severely
dealt with, and have had to pay very heavy fines,
for publishing a false sma startling piece of in-
telligence respecting Austria.
The following act of atrocity is vouched for by
one of Garibaldi's generals, Avezzana, as having
occurred in the late compaign. -The General, in
t letter which was published in the Italian papers,
declares he has had occular demonstration of the
circumstan3e. " A battery," he says, " all the
defenders of which had been killed, with the ex
eeption of three artillerymen, was taken by a
squadron of Neapolitan Cavalry. One of these
artillerymen was cut to pieces, the other was
burnt alive, and the third, Lieut. Castagna, had
been already bound to a tree, around which straw
Was laid, and was about to undergo the same fate,
When he was rescued from the hands of his savage
Captors by a company of Genoese Chasseurs."
If I mistake not General Avezzana was at one
time in Liverpool, which has led me to re-pro-
duce his account of this horrible incident.
Prices underwent some fluctuation at the
Bourse yesterday ; but they closed at those of the
preceding day.

The Espero of Turin says it is believed that in a short
time diplomatic relations will be resumed between
Russia and Victor Emmanuel.
GENEROUS CONDUCT.—The French brig La Loire, of
Nantes, Captain Cordier, bound to Liverpool with a
cargo of wheat and flour, sprung a leak in a gale of
wind, and got her pumps choked with grain, on the Bth
inst., and continued endeavouring in vain to reach a
Port or to obtain assistance,with a flag of distress flying,
Until about noon of the 12th, when in lat. 49.5 N., lon.
6.20 W. the steamer Danube, Captain Duchesne, of
Rouen, from Marseilles, Gibraltar, and Lisbon for Havre,
bore down to her assistance and took her in tow. It
blew so strong, and there was so much sea running, that
they parted their hawsers twice during the night. The
steamer, however, would not desert her distressed coun-
tryman, and brought him in safety to Penzance, with five
feet of water in his hold, on the following day. The
steamer was detained in Penzance a day to take in fresh
Coal, and has since reached Havre in safety. Mr.
Pearce, the French vice-consul here, placed himself in
Communication with the several parties. The value of
the brig and cargo is from £4,000 to £5,060, of which
the cargo' (more than one half of the value) is English
Property, insured at Liverpool.

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.

Tltl LEGISLATIVE AND MINISTERIAL
01-lANGES:
The Paris journals are
.dismissing 14ith increased
interest the recent Constitutional concessions, and.
the Liberal journals adrifit the siibstailtial bene-
fits they are calculated to confer Upon the country,
and the moral effects they are adapted to pro-
duce; and this Moral influence they anticipate
must, in spite of legiSlation; mate itself felt as
regards the press:
. It is rumoured that there is a likelihood that
li,rince lie la Tour d'Aiiverge, the French Ambas-
wpr at Berlin, Will shortly replace M. Thou-
yenel as Minister for Foreign Alfairs.
It is 'generally reported, iii
,Isaffi that the
Ethel* Napoleon, will, pay visit to England
before the return of the Empress.
The French troops are taking up their winter
quarters in Syria.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, Nov. 28, 3.40 p.m.

The Bourse has been more active to7day, and
funds have slightly improved. The final quotti-
tion of Rentes was 70 35, or 15c higher thati
yes-
terday': ~•, . . _
. 11-1 B PRENCH ARMY.

The Constitutionnel explains the nature of the
change effected by giving to each of the 103
regiments of infantry of the line four battalions
instead of three. The effective force of the army
is not increased ; there is no addition to the num-
ber of companies in a regiment ; but instead of
three battalions of eight companies each there
will be four of six companies each.
THE POLICY OF M. CAVOUR.

The Nord contains the reply of the Sardinian
Government to the Prussian dispatch, iu which
the late policy of Sardinia was censured, although
the importance of national unity and. independence
*as acknowledged. Count Caiiour insists that the
question of the Marches, of the Umbria, and of the
Two. Sieilies is purely an Italian question, and in
no way affects the rights of other powers. He
quotes cases from history, in which other European
states have assisted discontented populations, and
adds that Europe ought not to lose sight of the
fact that the government of King Victor Em-
manuel is in Italy the only conservative power
capable of overcoming the really revolutionary
spirit.