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-committee for carrying on that corps, was held in high
steem, and was not long ago presented with an elegantly
mounted ramshead snuff-box. He was a Conservative

in Politics, and rendered great assistance in his capacity
as an auditor of the Constitutiorial Association. By his
death a 'vacancy is' caused in South Toxteth Ward, for
which he was a member.' From,the high estimation. in
,which his services were held as vice-chairman of, the
Watch. Committee, Major Greig ha made application
to allow the police force to attend his funeral; the
officers and men of the 19th Scotch Rifle Corps have
expressed the same intention.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ITALY.
Olibat. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MILAN, Sept. 28.
In my letter of the 21st instant I informed
• your readers of the extraordinary convocation of
the Piedmontese Parliament for the 2nd of Octo-
ber, in order to take 'the vote of the representa-
tives of the 'kingdom in respect to the late and
'future policy of the Government, as well as to
'demand of the Assembly its confidence and sup-
, port in the policy to 'be adopted by the Ministry,
especially as regards the Papal States, the Nea-
politan Kingdom, and Venice. Although this
last province may. not be formally brought before
• the Chamber of Deputies, there can bo no doubt
that Cavour will be guided in Ms future policy
towards Austria by the feeling that will be dis-
played by the representatives of the people.
There has been some talk that Ratazzi was
beating up his party in order to Combat or
impose some modifications in the Preteßt policy
of the Government, and that h large number of
the deputies were resolved to support the ex-
Minister. But within the last few days I have
been assured that Ratazzi has determined upon
this occasion to abstain from all opposition; owing
le the existing` political position of affairs. This
assurante puts a stop to a rumour that has been
spread in every part of the city, that a change of
Ministry was almost certain to take place in'!
'refdrence to the affairs of Naples, and the general 1!
stspicion that is here enteetained. of Cavoids
'nfrong Napoleonic tendencies. It seerhs, hoWeVer,
to be the general feeling hot 'to 'offer the least
`opposition to the Ministers, but 'rather to support
them in a bold; IbileSt, Unct forward policy
in matter -Whom. they Will have to affront.
It is high time that this should be the general
wha sincere fee:/ing of all Italy, and once for all
ut an end those bitter dissensions which have
•edticeti r for centuries to the cruel despotism
'Of atrilgers. However disposed I may be that
ate present meeting of the Assembly should. not
,
be distu:::bed by any angry or bitter discussions,
or that the slightest doubt or suspicion should be
thrown upon the President of the Ministry, ;Still
W 3 there is something more than a flying repoit
soing•abont that the present withdrawal of the
.ambassahrs at Turin and Paris is a tnel.e i-ase, it
48 Itteettsary that this political fog snould be
(cleared away, so that the ,peopit knight see what
Is going on in the distance, borne persons go so
far as to insinuate that the apparent difference
between Cavour and. Garibaldi is a mere sham, in
• order to enable the latter the more easily to tarry
out his " programme," and that General Goyon
is cunningly paving the way for the flight of the
Pope, so as to leave the coast Clear for the realisa-
tion of Garibaldi's idea, 'all of which is only
another French prelude to the further annexation
to that empire sti.f the islands of Sardinia and
Elba. The French and semi-official organs of the
Cavorian Ministry may indignantly deny this
rumour, but unfortunately we have already had
a painful experience .of the faith that is to be
reposed in such assertions. The formal and posi-
tive denial of the official Gazette is not sufficient
to remove the fear that Cavour is again truckling
with the Government of Louis Napoleon. To
dispel this painful doubt that the dignity and
interests of the Italian Kingdom are not to be
eae'itficed •to the cunning and secret diplomacy
o.f France the independent representatives of the
people, must not shrink' from their duty to de-
mand of the minister who is at the helm of the
nation, whether for the acquisition of the two
Sicilies, the Marches and Umbria, Italy is to hand
Over to France the islands of Aardinia and Elba
But even should they hear from the lips of
Cavour the solemn assurances that it is not the
intention of the government of Victor Emmanuel,
to cede another inch of Italian soil to any power ;
have we not still ringing in our ears a similar
assurance from the same minister, who declared
'that not even the redemption of Venice should
induce him to surrender a palm of the ancient
territory of the Sardinian crown ; nevertheless
Italy was obliged to, give up Savoy and Nice. It
is not unfrequently that one hears—ls Piedmont
tunfettered in her will, or mistress of herself, or
is ,site 'still in. her leading strings to be pulled
about and 'turned right or left according to the
'caprice and ambition of France This is a ques-
tion which the nation has a right to ask, and to
which Victor Emmanuel and his minister Cavour
are bound to give a cleat and explicit answer.
Our latest news from Naples is of the same
character as described in my last letter, and if I
am to believe .a private communication that has
just been handed to me, it seem that the position
of affairs is every day going from bad to worse,
Garibaldi having blindly thrown himself into the
hands of the Mazzinian clique, who may now be
said to be the governing party of the two, Sitilies.
A report 'was current at Naples that the new
ministry would be composed of the following
avowed republicans, which if appointed would be
tantamount to replaciag the Red Republican flag
for that of the Cross of Savoy. The names are--
Zuppetta, Libertini, Matina, Petrbccelli, De Boni,
Mignona, and others, the mere mention of which
has excited the greatest alarm among the citizens
who clearly see that Naples is daily approaching
that crisis which has been so long feared, and so
much done to save themselves from civil war and
anarchy, but which, now seems almost inevitable,
especially should Garibaldi persist in his present
policy and permit himself to be influenced by the
republicans that are daily flocking to Naples.
All the chiefs of the revolutionary or republican
party, that is to say, Mazzini, Ledru Rollin, and
Victor Hugo, are now at Naples and have had
several interviews with the Dictator. It is
reported by the Nomade of Naples, that Garibaldi
wished to publicly present Mazzini, to the Nea-
politans, but this Arch-republican declined the
honour, by saying that it was his determination
to abstain from taking any part in the present
Apoventent; but who is nevertheless secretly
'waking against the party who desire the
inuriediate annexation to Piedmont. The same
teurnal reports that a few evenings ago at the
~Theatre Nuovo, there were several cries of Viva
In the streets of Naples it is not un-
common to hear Viva Garibaldi ! Morte a Gari-
baldi! Viva it Re ! Which are generally the
character of the cries that precede more serious
demonstrations. A letter this moment received
from a friend at Naples informs me that there is
a rumour in the city that Cattaneo or Crispi will
be named pro-Dictator, and that Conforti, who
has been charged to form a new ministry, will
select the following :—Seliceti, Ventimiglia, De
• Santis, Bianco, and Cosenz. The same letter con-
- firms my suspicions of "grave perdite," sustained
by General Eber, which as I stated in my last,
letter I invariably read, instead of " a severe
loss, a complete defeat." It appears from the few
lines contained in my note, which are worth all
the columns of exaggeration that we have eon-
tinually brought before our eyes, that Generals
Turr and Eber, with about 6,000 men, attacked
the Royal troops at Capua, and, afters desperate
fight, succeeded in taking Cajazzo, becoming
Masters of the right banks of the Volturno and
the heights cummanding the town. On the fol-
lowing day the Royal troops did not wait to be
attacked by the Garibaldini, but advance
the the utmost order, and at the cry of "Viva
• attacked the troops under the command of the •
Dictator himself with such impetuosity that, after
an . obstinate resistance; Garibaldi was driven
from his position gained- the day before, leaving
a great number of killed and wounded upon the
field. This is the first victory gained by the
Royal troops, and the importance and courage
that this turn of fortune will have upon the
Neapolitan troops may prove very serious to
Garibaldi. Nearly all the journals this morning
cry out, " Send at once all the force that Gari-
baldi possesses against these traitors.' Send
every description of besieging materials, bombs,
mortars, &c., &c., and at once lay waste to Capua
and Gaeta senza misericordia (without mercy)."
These are the men who denounce with horror
the cruelties of the Bourbons, and stigmatise, as
traitors' the officers and men that still remain
faithful to Francis 11. The number of Royal
troops now at Capua and Gaeta is supposed to be
not less than 60,000 men, who are in the most
. perfect state of discipline, and influenced by the
best sentiments towards their commanders and
the cause of their Sovereign. There can be no
doubt that should this corps remain united,, and
the Generals display some military ability in the
defence of their position, Garibaldi will find that
it is at this point that the most stubborn, part of
his undertaking will commence. Our news from
Sicily is that the island is in the same agitated
State as before, and that Garibaldi's last proclama-
tion has not produced the slightest effect upon the
• People, the cry is being even more general than
• ever for annexation. A deputation of some of
the most influential Sicilians, is expected to-
tflorrow at Turin, in order to present their homage
to the King and declare to his Majesty the sincere
• devotion of the Sicilians towards their Sovereign.
t is clear that the Sicilians are a very long-
thinking people, it being now nearly five months
since they declared for " Vittorio Emmanuele."
-Alondini, the new Pro-Dictator of Sicily, like his
Predecessors, has inaugurated' his acceptance of
this office with the usual grandiloquent proclama-
tion, and composed his Ministry as follows :
vi,rajno. Foreign Affairs and Commerce; Fabrizu,
Parizi, Interior ; Fanche, Marine ; Perama,
Finance • Scrofuni, Justice ; Tamajo, Public
ecurity Ugdulena; Instruction.) Orlando, Public
• Ministeri and Calvino, Chief Secretary of the
of War. This is the composition of the
loamy Ministeries that have been named for this
Island 'thin the last five months, and whose