The Constitutionnel, in an article signed by M. Grandguillot, an-
nounces that Lord John Russell has authorized Lord Cowley to come to some understanding with France respecting the expedition to Syria. The same paper says :—" As all the Powers agree upon that question, the assent of Turkey will necessarily follow. It only remains to deter- mine the basis of the general understanding between the Powers in order to carry out the end which all have in view. This task is not without difficulties, but we must hope that the good faith of the Powers will be able to resolve them. France, who in this affair has assumed the ener- getic attitude most proper to raise the courage of the oppressed tribes, will also show a moderation which cannot fail to inspire the European Governments with confidence, and which is the invariable rule of her policy." From Genoa (July 26) we have news that the Garibaldians had suf- fered great losses in the engagement near Melazzo. It was asserted tha Garibaldi himself was wounded in the foot. Garibaldi had ordered seve- ral inhabitants of Melazzo to be shot, for having fought against him. As soon as Signor Depretis arrives at the camp Garibaldi will invest him with the dictatoral authority. From Turin (July 27), we learn that from the commencement of the negotiations between the Neapolitan envoys and Count Cavour, the latter demanded that the future destiny of Sicily should be considered as a dis- tinct and reserved question, and that to this effect the Neopolitan troops should be withdrawn from Sicily. It was on the acceptance of that con- dition by the King of Naples that Ern°.c' Victor Emmanuel consented to address a letter to Garibaldi, requesting him not to effect a landing on the main land of the kingdcm of Naples. A telegram from Vienna, dated yesterday, says—Count Rechberg has addressed a circular to the Austrian ambassadors accredited to the Courts of the great Powers, containing information respecting the object of the interview between the Emperor of Austria and the Prince Regent of Prussia. It appears from this circular that the Emperor of Austria has expressed a wish to confer with the Prince Regent of Prussia, not only on the general state of Europe, but especially on the German question. Hopes are entertained that a cordial understanding upon the Syrian and Italian questions will result from this Conference between the two great German Powers.
Saturday, 2 o'clock. The statement that the whole of Sicily had been evacuated by the Neapolitan troops is premature. Messina is still held by the Nea- politans. From Marseilles, July 26. Letters from Sicily state, that General Clary had only evacuated the
outposts and the town of Messina, and had concentrated his corps d'annee in the citadel. The remainder of the troops, and especially Colonel Bosco's division, have been despatched to Calabria. Up to this moment the Porte has not given its reply to the proposals relative to an European intervention in Syria. It is almost certain, however, that the reply of the Porte to the said proposals will be negative. England, although insisting on the free accession of the Sultan to the Convention for regulating the collective intervention in Syria of the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1856, has, nevertheless, no intention of abandoning the unfortunate Christians in Syria. She claims an exemplary punishment of the principal authors of the late massacres, and that the administration of Syria should be reorgan- ized, in order that the Maronites may obtain the most efficacious guarantees for the future, the guarantees to be placed under the collec- tive protectorate of the above-mentioned Powers. It is on that ground that, awaiting the answer of the Sultan relative to his adhesion to the said Convention, negotiations are being continued between the Great Powers.
The official Dresden journal, in an article on the interview of the two Sovereigis at Toplitz, says :—" There appears to be good reason to sup- pose that the meeting of the Emperor and the Prince Regent and of their principal Ministers will have a material influence in bringing about a complete understanding between Austria and Prussia, so much to be de- sired for the welfare of Germany ; and that the TOplitz meeting will prove a fresh guarantee for the protection of the interests and the main- tenance of the integrity of the great German Fatherland."
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