THE CONFLICT AT ASPROMONTE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 301, 6 December 1862, Page 5

THE CONFLICT AT ASPROMONTE.

THE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. The official dispatches of General Cialdini and Colonel Pallavicini, which were published in Turin on theS^h, areas follows: T Report of GBNERAii ; CrALi)isi to the Minister

'..'"'; .7- op War at Turin. Messina, Sept. 2,1862. Having left Genoa on the 24th of August at six o'clock at night, for Sicily, in consequence ofthe news that Garibaldi was still at Catania, out of which he seemed uhable'to go, I wishe t d at first to touch at Naples, in order to come to r an understanding with General La Marmora, that, we might act in accord in: all eventualities. On the 26th, at daybreak, I landed at Naples, and I was informed by General La Mamora that, contrary T to' all reasonable' expectations,' Garibaldi had left the port of Catania in two French postal steamers, oh board of which ns mariv had embarked as the vessels; could hold, and that he had gained the shore of Melito, where he had disembarked with his followers. .'■ •

I lied in 1 eality no other orders than to combat with Garibaldi in Sicily. Those orders might have been considered at an end from the moment in which Catania, occupied by General Ricotti. had returned under the power ofthe Government,' and that Garibaldi wa* in Calabria, a territory under, the command of General La Marmora. T

However, ths gravity of the circumstances required that General La Afarmora should not abandon Naples, and that he should make every effort to repress in shrrection inthe Basilicata, andin Calabria Ulterior

11. and Citerior: while, in the meantime, others could take the protection of the troops united, and to be united at the. extremity of Calabria Ulterior I. ■ I accepted this second position.' and starting from the .Gulf of' Naples, 1- arrived at six next morning afc Messina. There I learned the state of things, what troops and resources were disposable, and, after having left the necessary orders, I went to Reggio. I learned therg that Giaiibaldi had pushed on a little distance from the city, under the idea of raising the people; ahd taking possession easily "of whatever' he .'could; but he was energetically met and repulsed by Colonel Car<sbidio, leaving in the hands of the latter about forty prisoners, among whom were some officers. . Colonel Catebidio, of the 32nd infantry, had taken all the necessary measures with great intelligence aad firmness.- ■;•-:•■.■ ; There were at Reggio ten small battalions, yof whom two were Bersaglieri and four pieces ;of,. mountain artillery brought from Messina j but there were'no mules to draw them, so that it was heceseavy to employ horses of the country : The spirit of the troops was excellent. V Some hours before me, Colonel Pallavicini, of the Bersaglieri,- bad reached Reggio, and by his right of precedence had; taken the command of the troops in the city;> V ■-,; - - - •': .. -■;. His first dispositions bore the impression of the energetic resolution which i 3 naturalto him.'- ' Having long known him, I was happy to meet him bo opportunely, and I ordered him to set out as soon as possible with a column of six or seven battalions, to make every effort to come up with Garibaldi, who was said to be encamped on the plateau-of Aspirbmonte.andto pursue him constantly without-giving him a moment's repose,? aud if he sought to escape to attack, and destroy if he accepted battle. Foresee-• ing,. also, the possibility of a cnmple.e victory,! ordered him not,to treat with Garibaldi,and only accept a surrender at discretion. The^e was no reason-'-to believe that this column; alone would be able to obtain the results which it did obtain. It was necessary to'bar all passage to Garibaldi, in order to enclose him in the interior of the Ulterior lly and Citerior Calabrias j it was necessary to form and put . in movement.other columns/ which might act within the restricted boundaries, because thereby they would have the greater chance of meeting with and destroying; hira. ■.Garibaldi, -occupying the summit of Aspromonte, aad sending little bands intothe neighboring.plains, sought; probably to raise the country,^ to renew shis means of obtaining intelligence, to accumulate resources in men," provisions, munitions!, and beasts of burden, and to spy out the mom«at for throwing himself upon Eeggio or on Catanzaro, according to the advices he might receive. This prolonged halt gave uh an opportunity of preparing a double system of defence and attack which would crush him. In conformity with my despatches. General La Marmora directed the troops arrived from Genoa and Naples to march upon Pizzo.' General Revel, sent suddenly by me with two battalions to Pizzo, took up, according to orders received,' a strong position at Nicastro and- Tiriolo, fortifying besides this last point, which was very important.' From Catania, in accordance with a telegraphic despatch, two battalions were sent to occupy Catanzaro, which was to be afterwards reinforced, by General Revel. * We obtained also in the narrowest - part of the peninsula, a strong line, supported'by two gulfs, into each of which tiie fleet would send a frigate—that is to say the Gulf of St Eufemia and that ,of SquHlace. * • From this solid base two columns at least ought to march against Garibaldi, while Lieutenant-General Vialor established at Monteleone' with . sufficient forces, received' orders to * advance a party as "far as the plain of the Giola, to act according to circum- ' stances and the-instructions he might receive. * Desiring above all things to finish the affair at once, I' and'to that cud to mass at-the proper point the , greatest amount of force possible on the very" day of my arrival at Messina, the 27tb, I proceeded to Catal mia, where I arrived the same evening-.. The infor- » matiori given me there' by-General*Ricotti ofthe forces at his disposal, and on the situation of that-proirince, satisfied me that I might draw from" thence at least four battalions, and land them where it would be most convenient, according to-the news I should receive on my return to Reggio. where I arrived ne*t .morning, the 38th, at break of<lay. *' / . \ "»* - ' -\- Garibaldi still occupied Aspromonte ;*but the jbands - pushed*'forward by him in the neighborhood upon a ' radius of some hours* inarch distance, alarmed! tbe country, <and kept-up V an opinion * that he several places^t'tne same time. • From the .column of Pallavicini, sent-on the day before at Lo'clodlc - p.ta.7l? had no other news except* that it had overtaken on its march a party of "Garibaldians, and that it' had taken 4 *about.. 100 prisoners, wbo were sent under es&nt to Reggio." *- _ * 7*7. .7 < -While'liuade these dispositions,* and desired General La Marmora to suspend the dispatch^of any more forces to Pizzo, he; if tarn not mistaken, disposed his troops in" echelon frdnr Cosenza to CastroviilarL and " Potenza»and provided tby land and sea for the security of-Salerno; whex-eNicdteraTbas'niany.adh^rentg, and where we 4 knew Garibaldi directed thb * i "5? 4-* i: ■"*• •■^ ~» -^-/lisivf "** - * J passed afterward*, en the fame day of tbef2Btb to "'" Messina to attend to the "state ofthe Island. jAfc she - same time "caine'news ofthe'arrivalvatPalermofo] k General Brignorie, to whom I delegated nayexttaordi-nTwy-riowers^tbat Bmightjbfrfree to devote* inysei \o exoluwvely lOHb^-ailitary^rationsKif Hs * 1-. ablebeett tf 1 to embiirton board thei two French steanieK'whicl ittansportfld rth«ra to Calabria. Sevea hundred wu

Ricotti, % At; Catai^^iimeb^^ ysi p: l^des,^;cert^^M U headcf ya bap£ "n ports, appeared to consist 'of betwteui 800 and 900 a men. -:'-'- :^j..aa 'u7 7:77 ■i77ygA7xA7pA7:j'A 7:-71:77.7 ~.lt was therefore Twc^sa^to ftr theipiuy H3 suit of thw band; by launching iipoii- their tracei the d troops" from Catania,? and fthose in iaisfiaall iiAimber n who were disposable at Messina—tbeSkote -Tofliiien's ! minds in that townhot permitting to scud these forces si t00^ar...;.; ; V ; -.'..'y,. ; .;.y,..':y#T'.y 7 -"y.'yy Ay y..yx77x'A:y'. " It appeared prudent also to di?embarra«s datahia tl af too great a number of prisoners) and 500 of them ci were eiribarkrd and '"sent to Spezzia. - y " -7'--A tl Pour battalions drawn from Catania arrived in the C l>ort of Messina that I wished to hold in hand to wait v an',T circumstances;! and ': ready to be transported- and t) landed where need called them. * • - r ■■■>:.-■■•"■ yßut'on the night of-'.the. 29th a telegraphic report 6 reaebedf me! from BTeggio,; from ColoneL rallavieihl; b which informed me of the extraordinary acid complete '' result obtained byJiim.... , ' ; T7p.onthis^featooff f arms, which, by -its, consequen- b 2es,;acquires the importance of a battle, I send to t pour^Excellency the two originid reports«wliich I re- I ceived at the moment from Colonel ,Pallavicini, and a to which ,L: abstain fi-om adding or retrenching a 3ingle word. : . ,: -. ... '-~ .-• 1 lfeeitlmtitdnly-reinairis to me to-recommend to; the: Government and to the favor k>f the Sovereign this distinpruished ' colonel and: tEe brave "troops he commanded; for Ihe services they have rendered cannot be too much recompensed. T ',:?:. "..■■.<:•.-. y, ? Cialdini, ; General ofthe Army. TTo his Excellency the Minister of T War at Turin.;. ''.^'Vo--',»;.';..^iße^«-Sept/.V.i882^ ■ 3 In f conformity with. th% instructions, addressed to c me by your Excellency on'ihe2Bdi of August, I.set 7 out.from lteggioatoneo'clockin the afternoon^ with c a column composed of' five batallicms.of infantry of J the line, and two batalions of Bersaglieri,; the: 6th * and;'2sthrHs!::.; 'y:;;:'-::.r:>^^.:P'^'- [ ■.■': -Tl I took the route wliich by the seashore conducts to .1 Galico, and from thehce I followed the course of the ■? river which bears the sarie name, until within! two ' miles of the little village of Padargoni, where, shr r } prised by the close of day, I encamped, to pass the ? night. ... '■-'...'.'. i Oh the morning of the 29th I set forth early, di- . reeting my course towards San Stefarip, where I ar- 7 rived at half-past efcht a.m. Thtre^ from exact in •- • formation I received, I knew that General Garibaldi < had encamped; with his force during the T night. • on the plateau of, Asproinonte. ,1 ordered T the troops to pursue their march until, within a •: short distance of that plateau, and before allowing them to proceed I caused the troops to rest themselves, as.thny were excessively fatigued' by a long march by abrupt paths. In the meanwhile I learned, that only two hours previously General Garibaldi had encamped at the foot of the plateau of Aspromonte, and I saw that by two paths I could descend towards.his dtinp. -I theii divided my troops into two columns, that on the right commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Parrochia, and that on tbe left by the colonel of the 4th Regiment, Cheralicr Eberhart. The two columns arrived at the same time in view of theGaribaldian encampment, already abandoned by him, he having taken up a position on the crest of a rugged hillock,; ; to the east of the plateau of A'sproraohie. I then sent an order,to the commandant of the left column to attack the Garibaldian front, while,; making the right column tall back, by a rapid movement I attacked the leff flank of the rear of the rebels, in order to cut off their retreat. In the meantime, with a btttalion, I caused the entrance of the valley to be occupied, that they might not regain the plateau. The left column, with the 6th battalion of Bersaglieri at their head, then attacked the rebels, and, after a smart fire, carried the position at the point of. the bayonet, with cries of •' Viva il Re," "Viva Italia,/ while the left side was also attacked by bur troops. . General Garibaldi and his son Menotti, having been wounded, and the rebels being surrounded on all sides, yresistince became useless, whereupon the Garibaldians gave the.signalto ceasa firing,' and negotiations were"commenced. the result of wiiich is known to your Excellency. ,,,.,.-. , .... I am happy to: be able to announce to you that all the officers have distinguished-themselves by their zeal and courage, aud that all the soldiers of the different provinces of Italy, without distinction, rivalled each other in valour and discipline. T I cannot pass over in silence the fact that, during the first attack, an energetic resistance was made by our adversaries, and I lament that that bravery was displayed against the legitimately constituted power; and against the interests of the country. . i must- point out particularly to your Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Chevalier Eberharfc, commandant of the 6th of the Line, as having distinguished himself by his intelligence, and that his column was conducted with admirable spirit. ■ .. I! can bestow the same praise on, LieuteDantColonel Parrochia, who during the attack gave proofs ] of extraordinary energy and courage.,.-. I must also mention to your Excellency the valiant conduct of the two Majors Commandant ofthe-6th and 25th batalions of Bersaglieri, Messrs Giolittiand Pinelh, who always marched at the head of their Columns, never ceasing to > animate them ; by their -example;'---: In the last; place, I cannot sufficiently .praise Colonel the Chevalier Carchido.swho had taken excellent and energetic measures before my arrival for the defence ,of TReggio, and to' protect the country from being* disturbed, also for preserving tranquility in tlie city.* ■ '> ■' ; I shall send to you a list of the rewarJs I propose to grant to the most distinguished; of those who have deserved them by: their conduct. Major-General PALI/AIOINI. . . T r To H. E. General Cialdini, General ofthe ■"•'.' Army, Messina. The following is General Pallavicini's private report on the subject:— : ■■.■:- TREGGIOi Sep. 1. After having laid before your Excellency a military account of the events of the. 29th ofAugust, I shall now state certain circumstances and detailed particulars which relate to political matters. Above all,T cannot pass over in silence the fact that the rebels had uo pooner. given the signal to cease firing than I sent the chief, of my staff to summon Garibald, in tbe name of. the King, to surrender. But the general,being irritated, replied that he would never surrender, and Beized his revolver; but, being withheld by oneof those around him, he ordered my officer to be disarmed and kept a prisoner. -The same thing was done with M. Giolitti, major of the 6th battalion of Bersaglieri, .who went to the wounded gienieral by the invitation of the Garbaldian,, that they might confer together. iThanks to the intervention of tho3ewho followed Garibaldi, aad especially, to Me-srs Nulloand Corio; their arms were given up to them, and they were set at liberty before I myself went to parley with Garibaldi; Invited by the latter to confer with him; I went accordingly. : As soon aa I ar. ived, Messrs Corte, Nullo, and Guastalla asked me, in the name of Garibaldi, to propose conditions, l- I replied that I had nc other instructions than to attack and fight with Garibaldi, and to take him. j^isoner,:and that I had no - conditions to offer-i-; y?{; j 7 : ,;^ ; - -\ . ...... To <: the prayefc'of Messrs Nullo and Corte, thai silence might oe observed with respect to the presehl rencontre, in order to conceal from Europe the scan' dal of a civil struggle, I declared that it was impossible, because there were too many witnesses of the fact? and that tlie wounded were too evident a prooi of it.. -- J Having gone .myself to the wounded Garibaldi, h« declared tp me that he felt no resentment towards any one. On the contrary, he always avoided-touching upon any subject of a political nature, and did not manifest towards the Government either hatred, oi opposition. He adhered tacitljr to the conditions 1 proposed, and demanded permission to embark in the English ship and leave the country. I replied that I would ask and-wait for instructions on the subject Having asked; me what would be done with.the prisoners, lreplied that I was not,the depository of-tht instructions of the Government j but that: in mynwi opinion, the Government, after cansing-the prisonen to be sent»fo Messina, would perhaps eet them ai liberty within twenty-four hours, in order not to b< chargeable to it. ; •" They agreed to surrender unconditionally.' The ge neral was. conveyed, surrounded with ? his .staff ana i number of his adherents, nuder the escort pf the 1 battalion of Bersaglieri, to a eascina called MaitAe " sina, where, he passed the night. Next day he wai conducted to' Scilla, to whicb I had. preceded him and > where I communicated to him the.order of tin i Government to cause him to embark .on board thi Ducacli Gehoya. He repWached me then-with no : having keptmypromise to »allow him .to embark, ir ; an English ship,, ands reminded me that, I had saic i his adherentswouldbe set at liberty in twenty-foui 'honrsi>,' s -. - .„?, -. *,"■- $I t f . *I tlieo.said, with some-heat,\that Ijafver promwet i anything in the name ,of the Government; ,4hat ii k relation to the embarkation I aaid .that JL would refe 5 jthe matter.to the MiDistry„whoße,anßWPr,l.ha4,a i that moment communicatedyto tha, geneml v thsd; > a t to what related tothe future dißposridpn^oi the,pri i soner3/T-,had. oidy-expreesed-iny^XQ^tpersona ■v opinibn,^whicbdid not bindJhe, Qpyjwnßae^tt |fMcl b" had given no instructions upon.the ; subject,, 1 Tb t; i*|>ly to m& was a *equeßfc,lt6at. at a proper time, - r give expression to i^at hope. - ThwX#idjTn<* ***>* - to "do, becajw iijV9» in juoion iriptW j^QU^iMn* a. opinion. . ' ,-!"<, v/,^-1 *-&>-s&?# 'j- j b i Por the «Bt, as I have ,»aid i abo^ej^fljeneral Gari Ij ialdl'always kept Klen^tMdbjro^it^TTlPjWar^ - these wwda to:sbeT>eppl&dfbcillaj»rho, happeped t^b , inbfe way4^'&BQ yon nftl&nger4cewg»i«Qm%»'X<>P b generalfl£fio enrAUßwaped tbis^peai^i^i- '-^ »■* CGeffei^^a#«l<|ii»*)N^isidt^me4|,^^^^ > >TJ«rriCTl«riy^>e^mme^x%M'!«ti^ c, (caßeoftha^^stm^«^^^l%*l^Xpi^^M it .to^ieo/iot, U^^W4«^op^M4?^? - l-knew. : tbcysey^

laff a A ■ i#chedypAec6Mi^|fe^^ 3 spare were torn u^ ook place.;■■!E:;•^i^ffi^Bfe%^^^>^^^[, niade. but no noney has beeh'fdund jf however^ each of the rebels teaTwellprJvidedTi^y: 7 v^ 7%§-77AAAAt>7^7--7A A '■>1 have been informed. t_iatc^;the<^ctna where Jeneral Garibaldi pas&d-the': nighfi a%hsidferable istribution of money was ma lei to all present, to the tumbi-r of 150. It was asked of several■■ volunteers whythey peristal in .remaining wi?hGaribal ii after, the proclamation cf the.King; a great number answered that hey were completely ignorant of its -existcii6e, beauseit was hidden from tbem; others .averted that hey believed they were all in combination with the Sovernmeh i;y. some said that thty had been imposed ippn,, and that it- *was only two' days previous that hc-y perceived the stratagem.' .'"' ""■■"-' 'Three.flags were taken from the Garibaidians, but m neither of AthTax were the arms of Savoy, nor the due ribbon; :Th the centre of one was the device, 'Italy and Victor Emmanuel." - - T'..' Messrs Nicbtt-ra, Midori, and Micelli quitted Gari>alui on; the 28th, perhaps to prepare a movement in he province. I heard yesterday that Nicotera and Mficf-lli have gone to Bagnara* bordered them tobe irrested, but thej\ haye ; uot yet heen found. I have caused the arms taken to be deposited in the lauds of the local artillery, to await your orders. '_.-. „ Major-General Pallavioini. His Excellency General Cialdini. /' ._:' A LESSON TO NATIVE NOBLEMEN, (Calcutta Englishman) The .complicated case- of bribery and forgery^at^ ..., Hyderabad, which was reported by our Hyderabad jorrespondent in-Monday's Eiigllshman, \ri\\, we trust, furnish a'shsrp lesson to the, Native aristocracy of the Dekkan and ekewhere for many a day to come, A childish trust in the good faith of a European of the lowest-prder, a still "more childish idea that aa Englishman who has held a high official position in this country, for more than a quarter of a century, would take a bribe, even of a lakh of rupees, has not only led to. the loss of that amount by a Native nobleman,'but, if we mistake not, will place him in a very unpleasant position towards the powers that be;'-.' : ■''■"■ f/: • The story, stripped of the local gossip and conjecture with which' it is encumbered amounts to this. Sometime back an apothecary named^Murray, waa discharged-from the public service; and was then taken into the service of Ekhtadaool-Moolk, .one of those restless intriguers in the court ofthe Nizam who may o;ie day succeed iv exciting such disturbances as will necessitate the transfer of the Dekkan to British rale, ahd'perchance bring the dynasty of the Nizam himself to an untimely close. "Ekhtadar-001-Moolk would appear to be an ambitious man without judgment or self control, and, conssquently, just the mau to be victimised by an unprincipled and unscrupulous European who could gain his confidence by the display of medical skill, and who, . moreover, was supported by an artful wife of not the most untarnished character., Ekhtadar 001-Moolk was induced four years ago to believe, that Mrs Davidson, wanted money to meet some law expenses iri England ; and' some forged notes bearing her name, and .addressed to.Mis Alurray, were shewn to him, and admitted without scruple. Next, be was induced to believe that by placing a lakh of rupees in the hands of Mrs "Murray for delivery to Mrs Davidson, ha would obtain from Colonel Davidson the post of Minister or T Dewan. The money was accordingly paid, and whilst the c'mmuhity generally were surprised at the opulence suddenly; displayed by Mr Murray and his accomplished lady—Ekhtadar-ool-Moolk was wondering afc the continuance of Salar Jungiu power, and his own non-advancement to the Dewanny. -A Kuropean, under such circumstances, would probably have contrived some .means of giving a hint to the Eesident; but we presume that . Ekhtadar-661-Molk was impressed with Eome vague fear that by doing so he would involve himself in a serious difficulty. Be this as it may, he was silent until after the death of the Kesident, and then the whole affair oozed out.; Every one at once felt assured that the money had been retained by the Murrays, but the Mg'ut of the forged notes is said to have put the questiou beyond the shadow of a doubt, whilst Mrs Murray herself has acknowledged the forgery, ahd furnished full particulars respecting tha mode in which she disposed of the money.

Decoration op St. Paul's with Mosaio Pictures.—There appears to be at last some chance that the great metropolitan cathedral of England will soon receive a species of mora' decoration worthy of its magnificent proportions, and of the place which it holds amongst the master pieces of modern architecture. St. Paul's is to be adorned with a series of mosaic pictures. Mr Penrose, the architect, had long been anxious to have this work undertaken, but the smallness < f the fund at the disposal of the Dean and Chapter frustrated hi3d<?sire.. He has now, however, obtained the assent of Dean Mil man to place eight mosai''. pictures in the eight spandrels, br triangular spaces between the great arches of the dome, by having the first of these pictures executed on his own •pecuniary guarantee. There is little doubt tint when the first picture shall have been executed contributions will pour in to complete the rest This first mosaic picture, to be commenced with the least possible delay, wiii have for its subject a.head of St. Paul. It will occupy the speudrel in the right side of th* freat arch, through which one looks towards the altar, n the corresponding sprandel, on the left side of tho alfaj; will be the head of St. Peter. The four evangelists; with St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist, will 'complete the series of the eight mosaics. The execution of this mosaic decoration has been intrusted to the Chevalier Salviati, of Venice, whoso enamelsand various productions in mosaichavealtracted so much admiration in the International Exhibition. ' The greatest monument of mosaic art, tho Cathedral of St Marc, at Venice, attests, by the restorations effected under the Chevalier Salviati's care, and the magnificent works which he has executed in tho Palace of the Viceroy of Egypt at Mex—began and completed within the space of a few montlis—leave no doubt that, when the mosaics of Sfc, Paul's are fairly commenced, they will very speedily be terminated. \ Home News. Thb "Previous Question" has long been a puzzle for the readers .ofthe parliamentary debates. I-will endeavour to explain it, though lam not sura that I'*ball be able to uiake the matter perfectly clear. We mnsc assume that there is a motion before the House of Commons—some truism —as lor instance, "'lt is desirable to reduce taxation " No one disputes the truth of that proposition in the abstract, but it is felt that if adopted by the House it would be tantamount to a command to Ministers to make a reduction which they feel it would be impolitic to do. There being a general feeling in the House that it would be undesirable to come to a vote which may be misunlerstood, the question"--which has been devised to '""meet siich a case-r-is resorted to. A member who moves the" previous question" says, in effec. this :—' Before the Speaker puts the motion to the vote, I call upon him to ask.the House the previous questions; whether the House wishes tha motion to be-put at all."—-The Speaker asks this question in the form :—" That that question'be now.putr-as many are of'that opinion Bay 'Aye ,, ot the.cont-ary opinion,sayy'.No.' 'V If those who wish the House to come to a decision on the resolution (the Ayes);areih'ajroa|6ftty,itistojmt the vote; if those of an'opposite opinion .(this Noes) are in a majonty, the rfesolutioli is hot put, and there is an end of the matter.— Correspondent of Times.

and do. to call "attention to the e&le of suburban land,at Kaikbrailfalley,this.day,at their roomi, IWnces^streetj at oneoVjlockV ?y A7^a-7\

' "FROM LONDON OpTOBER 3, ANDREW YORK SEPTEMBER 22. We take the following from the Sydney- Empire t, of Nov. 15. It will bo seen tliat it contains -'•''- some important particulars not touched upon in the Aiyns latest tclegrans. We omit such por- ■"" tions as are not likely to be of interest t> our tl renders. The American intelligence we publish nfull:— LONDON, 26th September. The baptism of the son of tbe Crown Prince and Princess of Prus«ia took place on the 13th, at Potsdam. There were twenty-threes sponsors. , , Prince Alfred had left Russia and joined the Queen in Germany. 77 The execution of, Taylor for the murder of TMr Aleller, of Manchester, took place on 6fch instant - iat Kirkdale, in presence of 100.000 people. '■■•■■ A terrible fire took place at the Liverpool Workhouse, on the Bth instant. Three nurses and twenty little children were burnt to death. Numerous public meetings bad been held in differetit parts of tbe country, expressing sympathy with Garibaldi, and calling upon the Government to nse its.good offices with the French Em■neror to relinquish the occupation of the Roman Stiles. ...-,....• ,v Progress was making with the Thames embankment. The triennial festival of the united choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester came off in the latter city with great success. . The Roman Catholic papers announce tbat large n umbers of offerings bad been made to the Pope to bo disposed of by general distribution, in aid ofthe Sovereign Pontiff, on 9th December. Price of tickets, entitling purchasers to chance of a prize, had been fixed at lOd, or five for 4-. Viscounts Campden and Fielding, and Sir Charles Clifford "head the movement. Jr Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore, bad been appointed Primate of Ireland. The Rev, Hamilton Versehoyle, Dean of Ferns, becoming the new Bishop of Kilmore. ■■■''■ The murderer Hayes is not yet arrested. The Lords Justices offer L3OO reward for his capture,: and Mr Sergeant Ho *1ey,L350. He had been seen by tbe police, but is openly befriended by the peasantry. Extensive riots occurred during last week in .'. Belfast. Orange and Roman Catholic processions alternately disturbed the town. Several places of worship belonging to both parties were destroyed. -