The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-27 00:00:00

ITALY.

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TURIN, ha. IS.

We still receive good news of Garibaldi from
Caprera. He himself writes to Bares Vincenzo
Fevers, " I am better, both as regards my wound
and my rheumatism. Recovery is certain now."
While referring to Garibaldi let me take this oppor-
tunity of again mentioning that his letttrs from
Caprera are much calmer in tone than those he
wrote from Spezia and Pisa. Left to himself this
extraordinary man develops all the excellence of
his disposition ; the less elevated qualities he dia-
-1 plays are communicated to him by other
men, whom courage alone attracts towards him.
I have remarked that the French, who admire
him so much, by no means understand him. Damao
advises him to place himself at the bead of a
Sicilian republic. Felix Pyat concocts a speech, in
which Garibaldi is made to say to the King :
" You are no longer King of Italy, and sot even
King of Sardinia. lam wounded ; you are dead.
Mize, I thank you in the name at the Republic."
It be obvious the French see in him merely an
ambitious and vindictive man, and not a patriot
enthusiastically devoted, heart and soul, to the
unity and independence of Italy. A Garibaldi
anxious to establish a Sicilian republic and
to be revenged upon the constitutional King

of Italy would no longer be the Garibaldi
that Italy needs ; he would no longer stand out
as a remarkable hero in an age of selfish calcula-
tion. It is precisely because Garibaldi has none of
these fault+ that he maintains his prestige, despite
his many errors and his reverse at Aspromonte.
I am weary of the France, but as that journal
represents a party some members of which are
rather intimate with the French Emperor, I must
perforce speak a few words about it. The France
says that the subscription in favour of the sufferers
by the brigandage has not been successful in Italy.
I can only reply, that in a comparatively abort
period it has reached half a million of francs,
while France, in a much longer time, has
not raised as much for its operatives who hove
been reduced to misery by the cotton famine !
Would it not be well for M. de la Gueronniere to
look at home. He thinks, perhaps, the Italian
question is to become in his hands like the tail of
Alcibiades' dog ; but let him take care—the dog
may bite.
I will mention here the appearance of a pamphlet
upon the Roman question, by Stefano Jaccini,
which has just been published. It contains, how-
ever, no new ideas, and no suggestion of a practical
character, although the author is ► deputy and an
ex-minister.

I hope the petition of Signor Ricciardi, wbo
wishes the capital of the kingdom to be transferred
to Naples, will not be looked upon u a very serious
matter by yourreaders. " Signor Ricciardi thinks
himself an Italian, but he is a Neapolitan," says
One of his countrymen, Signor Petrucelli. You
may rest assured that this petition will not disturb
the State, or even agitate parliament. It may, how-
ever, cause some merriment.
On the very day the Duchess of Genoa is likely
tc arrive at Naples the commission upon the bri.
gandage will leave for the Roman frontier with a
military escort, to commence its investigations.
TURIN, JAIL 20.

I informed you some time since that Prince
Murat, with or without the approval of the Em-
peror, was intriguing at Naples, and that agents of
his from Paris had passed through this city. The
present Italian ministry, better informed, or more
energetic, than the previous Cabinet, has lately
discovered a Muratist committee. Full two mouths'
since General Lamarmora acquainted the govern-
ment with its existence ; but as there were some
Frenchmen to be arrested Signor Rattaszi took no
notice of the matter. The members were em-
boldened, and thought themselves safe ; they are
now undeceived.

It is strange that all the plots against Italian
unity and independence appear to be hatched in
the immediate neighbourhood of the Imperial
throne, and that at the same time the French
government claims the gratitude of Italy, in addi-
tion to the material compensation it has already
received by the cession of Savoy and Nice. What
with the letters and the notes of M. Drouyn de
Lhuys, the Italians, as far as I can judge by what I
hear publicly said, begin to grow something more
than weary of being spoken to as little boys are
spoken to by their schoolmaster. If they were
bluntly told that France remains at Rome for her
own purposes, and that she is so powerful she
cannot be driven ont, the statement might be open
to objection on the score of legality, but it would
have the merit of being distinct, and would
cause far less annoyance than the wretched verbiage
and the illogical admonitions put forth by French
diplomacy as revelations of the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. Every impartial
observer of what is happening in Europe must see
that the governments which talk most about the
necessity of order and morality are those which pro-
long revolutionary crises and sow the seeds of
anarchy. Gaeta would have fallen two months
earlier if the French fleet had not been in the bay ;
and Francis 11. and the Pope would not stimulate
brigandage if the French were out of Rome.
The separation of the civil and military kutho-
rity is now completely carried out at Naples.
General Lamarmora remains at the head of the
troops. The Marquis d'Afflitto is Prefect. He is
a true liberal, and enjoyed considerable popularity
with the Genoese when Prefect of Genoa. He is a
thorough believer in Italian unity, and returns to
Naples with enlarged views, after residing in
Northern Italy, and extending thus the sphere of
his experience.
The road over Mont Cenis was blocked up for
twenty-four hours by an avalanche. The Duke of
Devonshire was compelled to return to Turin,
leaving behind him in the snow a part of his lug-
gage, and he proceeded to Clews to continue his
journey by sea. M. Pereire was on the other side
of the mountain, coming to this city, and be had
to wait an entire day. Even millionaires are some-
tirnee helpless, you see. The weather is delightful
to-day, but we have plenty of disasters to deplore.
The rivers are swollen, the suburbs of Florence are
flooded, and it is the same in other parts of central
Italy.

ROYAL NAVAL NMB/11KV1—The following appoint-
ments have boss med. :—To be Lieutmatot, Charles Fen-
wick Smith ; to be Honorary Lieutenant, Alfred Parish.
SOUTH lENNBINOTON MUSII3II. —During the week
so,Mog Jan. 24, the visitors hays bees as follows :—Os
Monday, Tuesday, sad Saturday, fret days, open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,938 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, sad
Friday, Moderate' days (admission to the public &L). open
from 10 cro. till 4 p.m., MOO ; total, 10,978. From tie
epee* of the mama. 3,1179,003.