The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-04
EUROPE.
THE CANADA'S MAILS,
The London Times of the l4th ultimo has the
following comments on

THE CANADA'S MAILS.
The London Times of the l4th ultimo has th
following comments
THE FALL OF GAETA
| ." All is over. Francis III. hs
done bis best and his worst, and it has DELAYED an
not changed the event. The siege of Gaeta ba
been useless and senseless conflict Every ma
VINO has fallen during these five weary months ba
oeen murdered for the vainest of reasons-tO sa
| ty the point of honor. We in England saw thi
from the first, and the Prince who has more tina,
any one else helped to prolOng the struggle mus
nave seen it also. Those who watched the affair
| OF Italy from distance knew how impossible i
wa WAS tnat the royal power, once overthrown in tht
| Two Slcles could ever be rehabilitated by tn,
| successes OF Gaeta. When at Palermo IS 900 Nea
| politan troops surrendered to 400 Garibadians
the government of the Bourbons crumbled to the
| ground IN the eyes of Europe. Such an army il
was justly thought must argue a political system
| ana ruler whom nothing could save. Ever since
the same spectacle has been continually repeated
Inc Inc army, the deet, the civil departments, the
church, even part of the royal family deserted
| to or endeavored to make terms with the enemy
The Bourbons could never be restored, for there
was nothing left through which they could rule
| some priests In the country districts, with the
Peasantry they taught, were the only Bourbon
| partlsans left in the kingdom. Had no FOREIGN
power lnterfered all would have been at peace in a
| few weeks. But the French Emperor thought fit to
show his sympathy with the royal cause. we have
peen told by the Moniteur-and the statement has
oeen repeated from the imperial lips-that Napo-
leon was actuated only by pity for one who at an
early age had met with great calamity and that
ne desired only to insure the personal safety of
Francis and of his devoted Queen. But with all
the respect ior the Emperors talents, we must Ike
leaVe TO say that 1t these his only motives his
conduct was singularly ill-udged. There can be no
doubt that every man in Italy Constitutonalist Re-
publican, ultramOntane royalist. has interpreted
the presence of Admiral Barber de Tinan at Gaeta
a a m nE4 Al
archy. As soon as it was known that the French
were interfering, back came some of the European
diplomatic corps who had previously abandoned
the lailen hlng. The Pope openly thanked Napo-
icon Tor his plous resistance to revolution. In Ma
pies Itself signs of formidable Bourbon censpira-
cy soon appeared.
There was everywhere a belief that the French
WERE perhaps, about to reinstate the King and the
Churchills, and Canbys of Southern Italy began to
reflect that it would be as we'll to be on the win
ming side. Hence reasonable movements benan
IN the capital, headed by officers in the Neapolitan
service, ana summary arrests and punishment were
necessarily resorted to by the authorities. The in
surrectlons In the AbruZz planned and carried
out by the assistance of politicians high in office in
the Papal States, ana the whole power of the
Church in France was employed to confirm the
Emperor in his supposed design of protecting the
Bourbon sovereign. Francis himself was mainly
encouraged to persist by the hope that the Emper-
or meant ultimately to him. He is indeed
10 oe excused; for, shut up in fortress, he knew
out little OF what was going forward, and perhaps
Ihought that there was sincere and general wish
LOT MS restoration. The loss of life and the misery
which have been caused by this long struggle will
stain his reputation less than that of the monarch
VINO permitted them, knowing them to be useless
THE AFFAIRS OF SAN JUAN ISLAND.
In the House OF Commons, on the 18th ult., Lord
John Russell, in reply to Mr.. Mills said
The honorable gentleman opposite (Mr. MilIs)
had asked whether the dispute respecting the rights
OF Great Britain and America under the Ashburton
treaty, had been adjusted The disputes did not
arise under that treaty, but under the Oregon
Treaty. The claims had not been adjusted but
there had been an agreement for temporary oc.
cupatlon by General Scott of San Juan. propo-
Sltlon had been made BY the British government
to the American government, which being con-
celved IN fair spirit, he trusted would be received
by the latter; but America had recently been nat
urally occupied with her own internal affairs to
such an extent as to preclude the possibility of the
proposition receiving immediate considerations
w hen the answer was received he Lord j. Russell(
would take care that the house should be informed
OF it. With regard to the last question there had
Deen no other correspondence but the demand by
the American government for the delivering up of
Anderson"
THE SEASON IN ENGLAND
The English season, like our own, would seem to
be remarkably advanced. A correspondent of the
London Times, writing from Somersetshire, saws
'ln our garden, the following flowers are in full
boom-yiz anemone, crocus, white and violet
cas- acontes, periwinkIe, polyanthus, forgetme-
not, wall Hover, ragged robin, double daisies
heartsease, aurinculas volets and pyrus aponica
are. are in oud rose bushes and honeysuckle in early
WILL THE POPE REMOVE THE PAPAL SEAT TO JEnU-
SALEM?
correspondent of the Liverpool Mercuru, wri-
ting from Rome, states that French officers have
aVterIy oeen very busy In obtaining information
respecting Jerusalem and the state of thinps in
that quarter. He adds that they had been taking
measurements in several localities particularly
the ground that lies about the Mosque of Omar on
Mount Morlah. From Jerusalem thev had gone on
to Hebron GAIA and other points, for the like mr.
pose. 1t was also currently reported that BODY
ot French troops shortly to come to Jeruss-
lem, while another would be stationed at J afa and
third on Mount Carmel.
At Beyrout, he says, the French officers openly
affirmed that their government had no intention of
withdrawing the force sent out, but were about to
employ them shortly on new and very different
errand to that for which they ostensibly came
Inc french were also actively employed in making
road from the Holy City to Damascus along which
.hey were erecting houses at certain intervals II
Is SAID that such scheme s this inteIIigenca sh
10 De IN course OF Development points to the real
izing of Pho Nonos favorite plan of remoying The
seat Of the Papacyto Jerusalem.
SHAM SALES OF AMERICAN VESSELS.
writer in the London Ne,os notices the appli-
cations made to the Local Marine Board of Liver.
pool, by several American captains, to be allowed
" ~ Pso ''i0 o1"!u U, 1rdue examination, IN order
to command their ships when under the British
nag, which permission the Board could not with
hoid. He says "to grant British certificate to a
foreigner, because by sham sale he has put his
ship under the British flag" is monstrous and sui
cldal he adds, to grant free trade thus, is worse
than murder He urges that this course will ruin
mercantile marine.
COTTON CULTURE.
Great activity is still manifested in the discus
sion OF this subject, the entire end of which is to
urge the capitalists of Great Britain tn establish in
dependent fields for the cultivation of the great
staple. -