The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

THE RISING IN THE PAPAL STATES.

The Moniteur has at length broken silence, but
after all it tells us very little. It confirms officially
what everyone was previously aware of—that
orders had been given to prepare an expedition
from Toulon to Rome,butthat in consequence of as-
auranoes nn the part of the Italian government that
they would prevent, as far as possible, all further
aggression on the part of the Garibaldians, direc-
tions had been issued to stop the embarkation
of the troops. The Monitenr further con-
firms the fact of the resignation of Signor
Rattazzi and the nomination of General Cial-
dini to the post of Prime Minister. This,
coupled with the statement in the official and
officious journals of the imperial government—that
not a single Garibaldian now remained in the Pon-
tifical territory—would seem to lead to the conclu-
sion that the wishes'of the Italians to have Rome
for their capital are not to be realised for the
present. Such at least is the conclusion to be
drawn from the understanding which apparently
has been come to by the two governments. But it
remains to be seen what effect the knowledge
of this arrangement will produce in Italy
before it can be confidently stated that
the new Roman question has been terminated. It
is quite possible that the government of Cialdini—
supposing he is able to form one—may hays
to admit that it finds itself as powerless as was
that of Rattazzi to7prevent Italian sympathisers
from crossing the Roman frontiers. The late go_
vernment allege that they acted bond fide, and it
is some proof of their good faith that they twice
arrested the prime mover in the attack upon Rome,
and no less than 2,000 Garibaldians who were
seeking to cross the Papal frontier. If the Italian
people are as excited on this question as their
journals represent, it may bo wholly impossible for
General Cialdini to put a stop to these
inroads, and in that case the French government
will have to advise anew on what they will do. The
news that Major Ghirelli, at the head of from
1,400 to 2,000 men, formed a junction with
Menotti Garibaldi, is at variance with the state-
ment that not a single Garibaldian soldier remains
in the Papal territory, for Ghirelli had crossed the
frontier, and it has never been stated that he re-
crossed , it. On the contrary, news from Flo-
rence, dated the 19th, says that he had
taken possession of Orte, and proclaimed there
a provisional government in the name of
Victor Emmanuel. It is also reported that
the principal portion of the band under Nicotera
had joined the two other corps. Furthermore it is
stated that Garibaldi is at large, having, it is said,
escaped kto Sardinia, and thence embarked on
board an American vessel. Where he will next
turn up it is not difficult to conjecture. Admiral Ri-
botti had left Florence to take the command of
the Italian !fleet in the waters of Civita Vecchia,
with orders, it is said, to watch any Spanish vessels
that might attempt t 'and a spanish force, on
Italian soil.

r The Gazettn d'ltalia says that the Spanish legs
tion have demanded their passports ; and the Turin
Ga:ette states that the Pope has written an
autograph letter to the Queen of Spain asking
for help in men . and money. The Roman
correspondent of Liberte mentions that •
rising was intended to take place in Rome on the
evening of the 16th, but that the police got wind
of the matter, and arrested two Garibaldians with
English passports, who came to plan the outbreak
with the committee of action. The military
pickets were doubled, and the streets were patrolled
during the night. Several persons besides the two
Garibaldian officers were arrested.

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THE ROMAN QUESTION