ITALY.

THE PAPAL STATES.

The siege of Ancona is the principal event which attracts attention in the Papal States. The whole country has been overrun by the insur- gents and regular troops, who have even interposed between Rome and the Xeapolitan frontier. From Ancona we receive only disjointed news. After the action at Castel Fidardo, General Cialdini began the siege, and six Sardinian frigates bombarded the place from the sea, to which fire 311. Quatreharbes, the commandant, gallantly replied. We have since .received, three official telegrams. They are these— a` 1&aatitii, 25.—After some hours' fighting the garrison of the fortress of Saint.Leo surrendered at discretion, The Sardinian troops oc- cupied the fortress yesterday at noon. Several officers and soldiers of the Sardinian army distinguished themselves in the attack. The flying columns commanded by Brignon have made 500 other prisoners."

"Ifonteacetto, September 26.—The brigade of Bologna and the battalions of the 23d and 25th Regiments have taken, by assault, two of the forts of _Ancona, namely, forts Pelage and Panto. Our troops displayed admirable courage. An attack on Fort Gardetto is imminent. General Brignone has made four more officers and seventy-eight soldiers of the Papal army pri- toners."

" Monteaeetto, Septembe,. 26, ereniull.—After a short combat the troops of the 4th corps d'arm& occupied the suburb of the Porte Pia of Ancona. The enemy with four pieces of cannon is defending the gates of the town of Almeria."

The meagre accounts of the battle of Castel Fidardo which have come to hand, show that the combat was very sharp while it lasted. The Sardinians lost 1000 killed and wounded. General Pimodan, who was mortally wounded, has been buried with military honours.

The following is a reply made by the Pope to General de Non& when the latter lately presented to his Holiness the officers of the 62d Regi- ment— " I am pleased to see in you the natives of that nation which-glories in the title of Eldest Daughter of the Church, and it is to prove yonrselves worthy of this title that you have come to Rome, seconding the ideas of your Emperor to supportand defend the rights of the Church. And here, mark well, my dear sons, that the Church stands in need of no man's, help in support of her spiritual sovereignty ; for, being therein directly protected and enlightened by God, far from requiring the aid of the powers of the earth, it is she who upholds nations and empires. But since it has pleased God, in the present dispensation of his Providence, that for the free exercise of her spiritual sovereignty she should also possess temporal power, it is this latter power, my very dear sons, that you are called to defendinits integtity. Great and glorious mission ! As for myself, if I am persecuted, that ts not a reasou'why I should be abandoned. God, who holds in his hands the rights of sovereigns arid of nations, protects me, and his defence, am;certain, will never fail. You will defend me, you who for this pur- pose have come to this centre, to this capital of the Catholic world. With :this intentioa (con questo intendimente), my ,dear sons, I raise my hands to Heaven to bless you, and also your families. '

GAntn.ttni.

The Dictator has performed some acts which create great dissatisfac- tion, at least among the correspondents and journalists. He has ap- pointed H. Alexandre Dumas Director of Fine Arts; H. Mordini' an extreme man, pro dictator of Sicily ; and he has formed a Ministry of extreme men—Filippo de Boni, Minister of Public 'Worship and In- struction ; Anguisola for the Marine • Libertini, the Interior ; Conforti, -Grace and Justice; Rained, Public Security. Should Cosenz resign, as is not improbable, Gaeto pill be Minister of War. He is eleaaribee.as .surrounded by men like Bertani. Sirtori, an ex-priest, and valiant sol- dier is pro-Dictator of Naples ; also an extreme man. Mordini and Sir- tori are thus described in a letter from Turin—" M. Mordini is a Tus- can who, when still very young, took part in the movement of 1849. -He was a member of Guerazzi's Ministry at that period; he then emi- grated, but remained in close connexion with the Mazzini party. Last year, when the vote took place in the Tuscan Assembly fur the annexation to Piedmont, IL Mordini was one of the three members who voted against it.

"M. Sirtori, appointed pro-Dictator at Naples, is a Lombard, formerly -a priest, who has exchanged his surplice for a sword, and was one of .the defenders of Venice. He always belonged to the advanced party, owithout, however, being a Mazzinian."

Moreover the Malta Italia-11a has published the following letter from Garibaldi to Signor Bruseo, dated Naples, September 15— "My dear BruscoaYou assure me that Cavour gives out that I agree with him, and that he is-my friend. "I can assure you that although I may be disposed to sacrifice all per- sonal resentment on the altar of my eountry, I will never reconcile my- self with men who have humiliated the national dignity and sold an Italian

province. G4ranAinl." This letter led to much ill-feeling among what are called the tavourians. The statement that Garibaldi has demanded the dismissal of Cavour is repeated with the utmost confidence. Then Garibaldi made an unexpected visit to Palermo on the 17th, to frustrate the annexionists, and issued this proclamation- , The people of Palermo, who showed no fear in face of those who looni- larded ,their city, have shown themselves equally regardless of fear in face of -corrupt men, who want to lead them astray. "They have spoken to you of minexation, as if any one was more fervent than myself for the regeaeration of Italy ; bet their object was to serve personal interests, and you replied like a people who felt its own dignity, and placed confidence in the sacred and unviolated -programme which I proclaimed, ' Italy and Victor Emmanuel.' " At Rome, people of Weenie, we will proclaim the kingdom of Italy, and there only will he sanctified the great family bond between free men and those who are still slaves of the same country.

"At Palermo annexation was demanded, that I might not paw the Straits; at. Naples it is ,demanded, that I might not cross the Vulturous. But as long as there are chains to be broken in Italy, I will follow my course, or bury my bones there.

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"Admen you ifordini as pro-Dictator, and certainly he will show him- self-worthy of you and of Italy, I have yet to thank you, as well as the brave national militia, for the faith you have placed in use and in the destinies-of our Gauntry. G A RIRAT:ni. " Palermo, Sept. 17, 1860."

In a speech from the -palace-windows, the Dictator said to the people- " Thew who wished to urge you to a speedy annexation were putting you to the wrong path. If I had followed their advice I should not have crossed the Straits and restored seven millions of men to Italy. They would -have 'prostrated us at the feet of diplomacy,: which would have bound us hand and foot. There would have been brothers beyond the Vulturous with chains on their ankles. People of Palermo, I thank you in the name of Italy for your resistance. I love Italy and Victor Emmanuel; no peals a .greater friend than myself of Victor Emmanuel, the representative of Italy. You despised their counsels, and I thank you for it, you invincible people of the barricades." . Kossuth is said to have implored. Garibaldi not to separate himself from Victor Emmanuel. On the other hand the Dictator had proclaimed the Sardinian-constitution in the following decree-

" Considering that this Southern part of Italy has always ardently panted after the independence, the liberty, the unity of Italy, es is proved by the exiles, the imprisonments, the incessant -persecutions; and the open in- surrections which -have broken out lit all the provinces in declaration of those principles, the unanimous and fervid applause with which I haveheen received, the public tranquillity reestablished in my name ; considering that to sanction the public wishes, and legitimise the new condition of the state, I believe it indispensable to promulgate the fundamental law of the Italian monarchy in these continental regions as has been domain the is- land, the Dictator of the Two &allies decreesS-Art. 1. The constitutional statute of the 4th of March 1848, existing in the kingdom of Italy, is the fundamental law of this Southern Italy, &e-.

" G. Ganmatm. " An express decree will determine the -epoch when the statute shall be carried into execution."

GAnn3ALW AND KING Fnexcx.s. The war is now in progress on the Volturno, where Xing Francis con- fronts Garibaldi at Capua. The Times correspondent describes the state of affairs up to the 224,

On,the rolturno.—" About twenty-five miles to the north ofNaples runs down to the sea one of the greatest rivers in the Neapolitan continent, the Volturno. Coming from:the heart of the Abruzzi down in a southerlydirec- tion, it takes about the.heiglitof Alife (the old Alifa of the Samnates) a sud- den bend to the south-east, skirtsthe group of the Monte Matise, and then turns near Cajazzo, another Samnite town, to the south-west, and flows through the plains of the Campaniainto the sea. A couple of-miles from its entrance into the plain, ies the fortress of Capua, which is the great zentae of the chief roads from north to south. This river line has been chosen by the Neapolitans as their line of-defence. With Gaeta, a considerable fortress _and the greatest arsenal of the Neapolitan army and navy to fail back upon, the river line itself is by up means despicable. With the, fortress of Capua as.a pivot for their operations, and an always ready tate-de-pont to &bea- dier to the south, they are protected by the river, which is, even at this time of the year, scarcely ferdable, except above Cajazzo. With their supe- riority. in artillery, and good roads-of connexion behind the river, it -was not difficult to concentrate a sufficient force on any point threatened. This line, then, was chosen for defence, and-op it, and in ita neighbourhood, all the ,remainiag, force coneentrated. In order to Bemire agaitistony popular inove- ,ineat, :which might render the defence of the line more difficult, the National Guard of Capua, Cajazzo, and other places was disarmed. The had broken -down the bridges both above and below :Canna, keeping .for theniselves only the passage . through Capita, and twee and there a few boats .on the right .bank of the river. Having no one against them, they pushed forward their patrols into the vicinity of Santa Maria, and in the direction of Caaerta. This could not pass.without alarm- ing the good citizens and National Guardsafthese two plages, and already, on the 11th imstent,ireesasge was sent after message -to -Garibaldi, to inform him of the dangerous position in which, above all, the town of Santa Maris, known for -its Italian tendencies, found The next in the:Fusing became so great that Garibaldi decided on sending a force in that diroctien." [The Neapelitarts, however, eemainedon the. defensive.] " This disposition keep strictly on the defensive was proved the next ,110ehieg, the hitha Nhert,two neeonnaissanceswere sent, out from :Smite Alarliatheone.to the left, wiesietiug:of two companies of riflemen, on the high reed to Capua, and the other, consisting of the Hungarian. Legion, to the right, on the road to-San Angelo-i which leads: o the Sc.alo-di-Fornn- Cola, a bridge of boats destroyed by the.Neapalitans, As the two bodies ad- v,auced, the Neapolitan outposts fell back, keeping up skirmishing, but re- twating into the fortress of Capua. The two detachments followed till close to the end of an olive wood which borders the Campo—a kind-of glacis in front of Capita. Arrived-there, the gene-of ,the fortress °Toned. out. The oniect of the reconnaissance being obtained, the tromps received orders to fall back, which they did withmit losing a eiugle Mae." [Tarr xesolved to take Cajazzo; and for this murpose he sent eueceseively two columns of three liandred each over tiozieCaloree and they were iastrueted to swoop upon the piece QII the lath, whir* wee deem.] " A look at the map will show that a network of roads leads from Caserta, Santa Maria, and A versa, towards the river, thus affording, the facility of nicking demonstrations on tweed pointe. There e,first of all, to theright the road from Caserta towards Cajazzo. It lea& aloag the detileformeol by the mountains of Caserta and the isolated group of St. Angelo, till:within o couple of miles from the point where the passage ie, or rather was,'neriis the river. The next is that running from Salem Maria In a due Northerly direction to St. Angelo; and to the passage called Seapo di Formieola. Thus Media separated by -the ridge of St. .ittegelo frOin the first-named road; -but, arrived at the bank of 'the= river, itTturinato the right- and skirts the foot, of the ridge of St. Angelo, and unites with it close to the point where the first comes out of the .detile. -:rho third, to the left, is the- main road from Santa Maria to Capita, running in a llorthewesterly direction, and. forming an angle of 25 degrees with that of. St. Angelo; almost parallel to it rune the railway line from Santa Maria to Capua. Then comes the.maiii road lintel Averse to Capua, which, leaving Santa Maria to the right passes Carditeflo and the Royal hunting-house eloSe by, unites at lLa Forests with the road running-from the seashore, andthen proceeds along the river to Lingua. The throe ],coat-named roads—namely, that- from Sawa Alaria to captor the railway line, and the read from Averse miter Capua ,at the same point— that is, close to the river in the Western angle. The town itself is built entirely on the left bank of the river, and is protected by regularly fortified bastions, while it-is/skirted behind by the river. " In order to make a diversion and thus facilitate the taking of Cajazzo, the real object of operations, the demonstration was to be made from all these reads. The Brigade Seulis, with two guns, was to'adranee on the extreme right on-the road from Caserta, and engage the enemy's attention towards the passage of Cajazzo and a ford which lies between this and the passage of Formicola. The Brigade Eber, starting from Santa Maria, WS

to demonstrate against this latter, to effects junction with the Brigade Senile to the right, and at the same time assist iu the demonstration against Cava on the high road from Santa:Maria to Capua. Colonel liustow, with six battalions and two guns, was to advance towards Capua and occupy the enemy, while on the rood from Averse to Capua Golonel Springers was to go with two battalions to La Forests and operate in that direction. The order for all was not to compromise their men, but do just sufficient to force the enemy to concentrate his forces on the different threatened points. All were to be ready at 6 a.m. in the morning of St. Gennaro. " As every column acted independently and had is own scope, you must not expect a picture of an ensemble of operations, but only scraps of inci- dents as they occurred on the different points. To begin by the right, the' Brigade Santis advanced towards the passage of Cajazzo. When it de- bouehed from the defile, it found that the enemy held with two companies a farmhouse situated just opposite to the ford, while on the other side of the river two guns were placed to oppose the passige. There is a row of poplars and underwood which runs along the river just on that point. Theo were occupied by a battalion of riflemen. Higher up were two other guns and a battalion of riflemen to defend the spot against an attack on the left flank, while behind and further down the river considerable masses of troops were concentrated. General Tiirr commanded in person on this side."

" While this was going on, Garibaldi, who bad just returned from Pa- lermo, where the withdrawal of Depretis, the Pro-Dictator, had called him, came up, and about the same time a part of the Brigade Eber appeared on the slopes of St. Angelo. It had started from Santa Maria and reached St. Angelo without finding any trace of the enemy, except when its advanced guard came to the river, when the .Neapolitaus opened out from two rifled guns at the Scope di Forrnieola, and from two others on the height just above it, where an isolated house stands called Casino di Palunibara. This height eomes down close to the opposite bank of the river, while the heights of St. Angelo come likewise close down on the left bank. The road thus is, as it were, in a defile almost at a pistol-shot from the battery opposite. It was impossible for a force unprovided with artillery to pass without ex- posing itself to heavy losses. It was, therefore, decided to leave two bat- talions on the road, partly to keep the enemy's attention engaged, and partly to cooperate with the column towards Capua, while the rest took the mountain road.

" The mountain road, after crossing the ridge, runs along the steep and tolerably wooded sides of the mountain called there Foreeta di San Vito. Haying put himself into corwexion with the column to the right, General Garibaldi came up soon after from the plain, where be had been observing the enemy's position. The movement of this column having been observed from Capua, several large columns of infantry and cavalry, besides a bat- tery of artillery, were seen approaching in haste to support the forces con- centrated on these points. Towards noon, General Tiirr sent the order to the Brigade Saulis to retire, the news having arrived that the operation towards Cajazzo had been successful, and that Catabene and his riflemen had driven the enemy from that position. In this retreat, which was ef- fected in perfect order, Baron Gozzo, a Sicilian gentleman, who has been with us since the entrance into Palermo, seeing a wounded man close to the river's bank, west out and put him on his shoulder, and was almost within the line when a rifle ball hit him through the thigh, shattering it to pieces. He was a great favourite with all, and his loss, which is probable, would be universally regretted.

"When the Neapolitans saw that our riflemen retired, they took courage, and Caine down to the edge of the river, shouting ' Viva it Re !'—nay, three of them swam across to turn the farm-house which had afforded a point d'appai to our riflemen. Garibaldi, seeing this, gave the order to occupy the house and keep the Neapolitans within due bounds. Twenty riflemen and twenty of the Swiss company of the Brigade fiber were sent down, who cleared the shore in less than ten minutes, in spite of the heavy cannonade which was opened upon them, and which goon set the whole house in a blaze. Towards two p.m., this brigade likewise received the order to with- draw. The Neapolitans, as soon as they saw the movement, began shelling, and with so accurate an Mon that several shells burst, right amidst the troops, but by a miracle hurt not a single man. "The advance on the high road from Santa Maria to Capua had likewise begun soon after the others. The Neapolitans followed their usual tactics, drawing the adtancing column within the range of the guns of the fortress. They succeeded better than ever before, for one of the brigades engaged got out of hand, and advanced without order till it came within range, not only of the guns of the fortress, but likewise had to sustain an offensive return which the enemy made with artillery and cavalry. In vain did our two guns try to oppose the superior fame; the commander being wounded, and ninny of time artillerymen and horses, the guns had to be dragged back by the infantry. The brigade Tuppi was sent in support, but, unfortunately, its commander was mortally wounded in the very out- set. This threw the column into confusion, and, for a moment, the enemy had time to retake part of the position lost, and burn the farmhouses, which had been of great assistance to our men in their advaree. But this was only for a short time, for order having been restored, the Neapolitans were again driven back to the border of the olive wood, close to the glacis of the for- tress. By two p.m. all was over on this side, too, but not without the loss of above a hundred men. The column to the left from La Foreeta advanced similarly, but was more fortunate in keeping within its instructions, at- tracting the enemy's attention ou that side, but without engaging in a combat.

"On the whole, our loss in wounded and dead amounted to 160 men, but the object of the movement was obtained by the taking of Cajazzo."

King Francis keeps up his courage. In the official journal of Gaeta he has published decrees constituting a Ministry under the Presidency of Signor Mott, and ordering a state of siege to be proclaimed in all pro- vinces where the revolutionary struggle exists. Another decree eashiered all the officers of the Marine as guilty of high treason, with the exception only of those belonging to the Parthenope, who had come to Gaeta.

The same journal had also published proclamations adjuring the garri- sons of Capua and the Citadel of Messina to remain firm against the order of things established by Garibaldi. A decree had been issued by the King exilirt,g three bishops.

INCIDENTS AT NAPLES.

The priests are always at the head of reactionary intrigues in this eountiy, and three days ago, Garibaldi was obliged to order-the arrest of the Archbishop of Sorrento, Monsignore d'Appazzo, who is now confined in the prison of the Concordia. Another ecclesiastic, of a different order, is Gavazzi, who has been preaching to thousands of persons in an open space before the Roy-al pa- lace. He bad addressed the multitudes on the 11th and the lath in- stant with great effect, and been received with immense applause, on the steps which lead up to the collonadsi and church of S. Francisco Paola,

General Ghio has been arrested by order of Garisnddi, under the fol- lowing circumstances. At the great Salerno trial, Ghio was present as witness, and was charged -in open. court by Nicotera as having enurdered thirty-five of his men, after the unsuccessful battle of the insurgents, and in cold blood. Nicotera. went to Garibaldi, and said that unless he were arrested he would kill hint. The order was immediately giVeni and exe- cuted, and Ghio awaits his court-martial. In the provinces through which Garibaldi has passed reaction as threatened. At St. Antonio, about nine miles distant from Naples, tu- mults occurred. Some priests and a portion of the National Guard de- clared in favour of the King. At Borino, close to the frontier, Captain Dowling, who had been sent to quell some outbreaks, has just returned, and states that be was fired upon by Neapolitan troops, and that the National Guard declined to act against them. The roads in-the vicinity of Naples are thronged with banditti,- and no person leaves the town un- less " armed to the teeth." It is useless to disguise Ilsom you the fact that deep anxiety prevails here for the tranquillity of the city. This morning [September 10], I am being deafened by the most an- noying little sheep-bell, which has been bleating out for the last half- hour the interesting fact that St. Jemmies has worked the miracle. All the forts are firing, and wisely too, for St. Janunrius and the Madonna stand higher in the affection and estimation of the masses than the Al- mighty himself. Padre Gayazzi was right last Sunday—the saint will work the miracle, be sure of that ; but we could scarcely haw foreseen that it would be wrought so early as nine o'clock in the morning. 'This is regarded as a special proof of the satisfaction of the saint with Gari- baldi ; but oleic)! Fraucis II. ? Won't he consider the saint a humbug for evermore ? The prudent compliance of the priests will do more than anything else could have done to preserve order and to maintain the good feeling of the vulgar towards Garibaldi ; and I dare say that a wise Use will be made of the miraele.—Letters from _Ludy.

Tunix.

The Marquis of Pallavicino, and Count Vizocreati de Vencenti arrived at Turin early in the week from Naples ; the first was an envoy from Garibaldi; the second had been on a mission to hint On Tuesday the King received the Marquis, and on Wednesday that gentleman left Turin for Naples. The Opiniette says—" Signor Pallavicino has left for Na- ples. He had been entrusted by Garibaldi with a mission hero, to which it was easy to foresee the King could not assent." It was stated on Wednesday, that the King was about to leave for Bologna.

Advices from Turin state that General Schmidt has been allowed to leave for Switeerhuid on giving his word never to bear arms -against Italy again. He was accompanied to the frontier by an officer of Gen- darmerie. The Gazette de Savoie says that when General Schmidt was sent out to Italy he was accompanied by two Sardinian officers, sent for the purpose of accusing hint from the indignation of the people. " On arriving at Lanaleboure," says the Savoyard paper, " the officers informed General Schmidt that he was forbidden, under pain of death, ever again to set foot on Italian soil. The arrival of the prisoner Leconte known, but gave rise to no disorder in the town ; but in one of the three diligences which arrived together we are informed that there happened to be an • Englishmen who, on bearing the General's name pronounced, declared that be would not travel with this new ilaynau, and asked for pistolsin order to fight a duel with him. The travellers present, having with die- culty calmed down the Englishman a exasperation, declared unanimously that they would not have Schmidt us a travelling companion, and he -wee obliged to alight and to take a carriage to hiteself.."

FRANCE AND PIEUMoNT.

The Deutsche Allgenzeinc Zatung, of the 21st instant, contains die following important article-

imipsir, &Trendier 110.

" When the Italian question was snider discussion by the German Na- tional Union at Coburg, on the 5th instant, the second day of its sittings, information came through a telegram that it fresh cessien of territory-to France had undoubtedly been stipulated by Piedmont. Professor Giacomo Lignana, of Bologna, a member of the Italian Parliament, who VIA present at theaitting, gave then and there the assuraneothat no guilt agreement for ceding more-territory to Franco was in existence ; sold, considering that-his own feelings were outraged by such a report, immediately telegraphed to the Sardinian Ambassador at Paris, Signor Nigro, to know what truth there was in the matter. After a few hours, though too late for comumnioat lona° the meeting, a telegram from the Ambassador declared the news .of any fresh cession to be a pure fiction. Some days later, however, Lignimi fe- ceired from the same Ambassador, Nigro, a letter, in which the writer de- liberately, and with Count Cavour's sanction, denied categorically not only the existence of any such treaty, but even the possibility of any further cession to France. We are enabled to publish this letter- " • i have communicated your yesterday's despatch to Count Cavaur. He authorises me, in his name and in the most positive manner, to contradict the absurd rumour spread throughout Europe, that-there exists between The Cabinets of Turin and Parisn secret convention, having for its object a fresh territorial cession on the part of Sardinia to France. The words of Count Cavour, the Prime Minister of his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel, are of sufficient authority to render it unneeeesary for use to add any fatash aesur- ance ; but if. you think that after such a declaration a further env by me. would he of any value, I will herewith give you it in the meat pocket omit definitive 11141111C1', Iii my former position in the Ministry of Fcreign at Turin. and in my present capacity as the Ambassador of KlngliieWt" Emmanuel to the Emperor Napoleon, I have been called upon since tile' Crimean war to take part in all the negotiations having reference totem Italian aluemtiemi. I. now say to you with absolute certainly, tied in there negotiations the question has never concerned any cession save that of &ire.: and Nice. Whoever asserts the contrary calumniates Loth the Er:renew Napoleon, the King Victor Emmanuel, and Ids highly-es:reined Minister. The new stipulation represented to exist is a mere fiction of Italy's enemies, and the documents eirculatedin Europe upon that subjeot are falsrieat ed and absurd. For the rest you must know icy personal conviction, sad will be- lieve me when i declare to you that I would never represent a Go:et-macro in whose political programme the cession of even the smallest portion of Dalian soil should be contained.