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

ITALY.

The Turin correspondent of the Siecle writes as
follows, on the 6th inst. :

In the latter part of December the nephew of
Lord John Russell was on board an. English yacht,
which came to anchor near Caprera. A boat was
let down, and two sailors brought Garibaldi an
invitation to breakfast, which the latter accepted.
The general, on reaching the deck was saluted with
twenty-one guns. The same evening Garibaldi
returned to his island, and the English yacht set
sail for Gaeta.

Yesterday and to-day all the presidents of the
Garibaldian committees met at Bertani's, in Genoa.
They had been summoned to come and audit the
account of the expenses incurred by the central
committee for the expeditions to Sicily and Naples.
Proceedings commenced with the reading of the
following letter from Garibaldi to Bertani :
" Caprera, Dec. 22.
" My dear Bertani' —I have received and exa-
mined the account of the sums expended by the
committee over which you preside, and am satisfied
with it. You have deserved well of Italy during
those periods when both of us had the honour of
serving our country.—Yours,
"GUISEPPE GARIBALDI."

I. Bellazzi then read the full items of expendi-
ture, and produced all the vouchers for the inspec-
tion of the committee. Bertani, when the reading
was concluded, demanded that a special com-
mittee taken from the various members present
should be empowered to audit the accounts and
ex canine the vouchers produced. The assembly
decided unanimously that there was no occasion
for instituting this special audit after General
Ga ribaldi's approbation, which was sufficient.

'e Garibaldian committees are not dissolved.
D decision was adopted that they should con-
tinue to act and collect voluntary offerings for the
eor apletion of the work undertaken by Garibaldi.
In future they will assume the following title—
" Committees of Aid for Rome and Venice."

Bertani then handed in his resignation on the
ground of ill-health. It was not accepted, and the
central committee is now composed as follows :
Pm3ident, Bertani ; Vice-presidents, Mauro Macchi
and. Bellazzi ; Adjuncts, Mosto, of Genoa, and the
Advocate Brusco.

1712 e accounts of this meeting are to be printed
and. published.
Garibaldi, in consideration of the grave state in
which Italy now is, does not wish his name to be
use, a as a pretext for any agitation ; but he wishes
the nation to gather all its strength for the last
crisiis, and to be ready by the spring.
Vila following letter was also read to the Central
Coro mittee:—

" Caprera, Dec. 29, 1860.

" :Dear Bellazzi,—l wish the formation and
agreement of all the Italian committees to contri-
bute to the great redemption of the country. In
this way Victor Emmanuel, with a million of
aro ed Italians, will be able next spring to de-
mai: ❑d with justice that which Italy wants. In
tho sacred path I follow I wish every
tn., 3e of party to disappear. Our antagonists
aro a party ; they wish Italy to be made by
the, tn, with the assistance of the foreigner and with-
out us. We—we are the nation ;we desire no
other chief but Victor Emmanuel ; and we exclude
no Italian that frankly desires what we do. There-
fo ri3, above all, take care to preach concord, of
which we have immense need.—Yours,

" G. GARIBALDI."

(Garibaldi having heard that he was proposed in
Italy by nearly all the electoral colleges refuses to
ace apt any nomination, in these terms :
" Caprera, Dec. 29, 1860.
Dear Belazzi,—* * * * Owing to excep-
tirn gal circumstances,lcannot accept any candidate-
sii as a deputy. I wish this to be made publicly
kn, own to all the electoral colleges, in order that the
jut onv.:,,nicnce, of proceeding to fresh elections may
be avoided.—Yeurs, " G. GARIBALDI."
a Xll these letters give abundant proof, wiiiiout
fut ther comments, that Garibaldi is holding him-
se 1 fin readiness for the Ist of March.
'The rumour that the French Government has re-

solved to withdraw its squadron from before
Gaeta is Oren from vsrioug qoproos. Wo 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 tot 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 ,Tournal 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 do Carignan, who is about to go to Naples, inas-
much 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 lndependance expresses itself in these terms:—
We have received from Berlin some interesting infor•
oration respecting the diplomatic negotiations between the
different Cabinets of Europe with a view to terminating the
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 for
the Courts friendly to the King of Naples, the Emperor
Napoleon, had not yet recalled his fleet, but that his Ma-
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 give
Francis 11. a fortnight's notice before recalling the fleet."
IThe .Nord
.also refers to the question in these

words :
ic 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, an
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 to 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 from
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."