The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-09 00:00:00

solved to withdraw its squadron from before
Gaeta is given from various sources. We find the
following on the subject in the news sent to the
provincial journals by the Correspondence Ilavas ;

" We have intimated on several occasions that though
the Emperor's Government, for reasons which all Europe
understands the importance of, has prolonged the stay of
the French fleet in the port of Gaeta, it was not to be con-
eluded that those vessels were to stop there for ever. Con-
siderations of humanity, as well as of policy, did not, in
fact, allow the belief to be entertained that, after having
expressed the intention rot to intervene in the in-
ternal affairs of the old Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,
France could put indefinitely in the balance the great in-
terests of a country demanding its independence, and per-
sonal sentiments which, though generous, ought to be
limited. We must, in consequence, persist in believing
that our fleet will not prolong its stay at Gaeta, notwith-
standing the assertions to the contrary which reach us from
abroad."
The Journal de Rouen says :

" A new change has taken place (says our letters from
Paris) in the last 24 hours in the dispositions of the French
Government with regard to Gaeta. It was, it appears, in
a Council of Ministers held on Saturday that measures
different from those previously resolved on were adopted
The political world was therefoee right in supposing that
unforeseen events might modify the instructions lately
sent by the Minister of Marine to Admiral le Barbier de
Tinan. We are informed that the orders which were sen
off by telegraph on Saturday evening, and which will con-
sequently arrive before those of the Minister, directed the
Admiral to propose to Francis 11. to resume the negotiations
for an armistice, and in case of refusal to remove the French
fleet from Gaeta in 48 hours. This sudden decision, ac-
cording to our letters, was the result of a discussion in the
Council on a note from the Cabinet of Turin, contradicting
the alleged alarming progress of the insurrection in the
Abruzzi. That ,insurrection, fomented by the Royalists.
at the head of whom the Count of Trapani has placed
himself, would, however, render dangerous the position of
Prince de Carignan, who is about to go to Naples, Inas-
mach as it would constitute a military resistance, which
would augment at the same time the importance of that of
Gaeta. In continuing therefore to protect the fortress occu-
pied by King Francis 11., the French fleet would cease to
fulfil a mission of humanity, and would associate itself indi-
directly in a vast plan of military resistance. These consi-
derations, strongly represented by Count Cavour, produced
a great effect at the Tuileries. In citing textually our let-
ters, we must observe that, independently of the probabi-
lity of the correctness of the information they contain, we
have serious guarantees that their contents are exact."
The Independence expresses itself in these terms:

"We have received from Berlin some interesting infor-
mation respecting the diplomatic negotiations between the
different Cabinets of Europe with a view to terminating th•
struggle which the King of Naples still protracts in Italy.
The collective applications made to the French Govern-
ment by the three Northern Powers in favour of Francis
11. are stated to have been the result of a direct request
from that Prince addressed by telegraph to Vienna, Berlin,
and St. Petersburg. France replied that, out of respect far
the Courts friendly to the King of Naples, the Emperor
Napoleon, had not yet recalled his fleet, but that his Ms'
jesty had made an engagement with England not to inter-
vene in a direct manner with the affairs of Italy, and that
consequently he could do no more than promise to gill
Francis 11. a fortnight's notice before recalling the fleet."
The Nord also refers to the question in these
words :

" We admit frankly and without hesitation that the pre•
sence of the French fleet at Gaeta, with the signification
which has been given it, was a flagrant violation of the
principle of non-intervention, that is to say, a solemn
retractation of the Imperial words, Italy for the Italians.'
It is even more than that—it is a direct intervention, so
active co-operation against Italy. That circumstance leads
us to believe that its stay will not last much longer; and

that, whatever may be said or done, Admiral le Barbier de

Tinan will one of these days reeeive the order to leave the
waters of Gaeta. It is, however, just to remark that if the
fleet is recalled, its presence will have been useful to the
cause of the Italian Peninsula, inasmuch as it will have
prevented the extravagances which would have arisen frore
a too easy success, and has also prevented exaggerated and
blind patriotism from attacking the Quadrilateral, where
very probably the Italian cause would have succumbed,"