LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 324, 27 November 1860, Page 3

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

NAPLES AND THE PAPAL STATES. Our latest telegraphic news contains some additional information with'regard to Garibaldi's present position and operations. It appears that as early as the 15th a considerable force of the Dictator's army had occupied Caserta and Santa Maria, a short distance on the Naples side of Capua. That fortified town stands upon the river Volturno; it is armed with heavy artillery, »nd garrisoned by some 15,000 men. Until it is taken any attack upon Gaeta is impossible, and from its nearness to Naples it constitutes a standing menace to the »ew order of things. The king is said to have in Capua and firaeta some BjeO; but thst estimate is ptobably too fcigh by one-third, lie has exhorted them

to stand firmly by him and to redeem their reputation as soldiers, and he seems disposed at last to fight it out with Garibaldi. If we could suppose that there is any military vitality surviving in the Neapolitan army we should feel that the king had a good game to play; but we doubt very much whether he can revive the spirit of his soldiers, or make them, although better disciplined, a match for Garibaldi's fiery volunteers. Moreover there is not a single general with the king, except Ulloa, if he indeed be at Gaeta,, who has abilities that can be compared with those of Medici, or Sirtori, or Eber, not to speak of the Dictator himself. Nevertheless an ordinary general in a good position like Capua can make a stout fight if he keep his moral courage up to the mark. But there appears to be a gulf between the officers and j men in the king's army. The soldiers have little confidence in the ability, and none in the honesty, of their superiors. We hear that General Pinedo, commanding at Capua, suspected of betraying the place for gold, only escaped the fate of Briganti by flying 'in the disguise of a peasant. Yet this speaks as strongly for the loyalty of the troops as it does for their ferocity. It was under such oircumstauces that Garibaldi pushed toward his men some days ago to CaseVta and Santa Maria, within sight of Capua. He seems to have made a show of advancing in front, and to have sent off strong parties to his right along the high ground oh the left bank of the Voltumo, and crossing that river his forces seem to have occupied Cajazzoon the right bank, and some fifteen miles to the north-east of Capua. • Garibaldi's position therefore stretched from Santa Maria, on the south of Capua by Morrone, to Cajazzo on the north-east—the Volturno dividing the force into two parts. If the royal army will only stand and fight, Capua may prove, even yet, a very serious difficulty in the Dictator's way. Ancona is not taken, but Fanti is said to have come up to Loretto to aid in the siege. The two columns have therefore effected a junction, and aided by the Neapolitan fleet, under the Sardinian Admiral, they ought to make short work of the lines of Ancona.

The Paris Patrie lets out one piece of news, which, as it justly says, must be received with all reserve, but which is important if true. It thinks it right to mention a report that "a merchant ship which left Ancona for Trieste on the evening of the 19th reports that General Lamoriciere had not then reached Ancona, but only a few of his soldiers, who had dropped into the place through the mountain passes in the course of the I.Bth and 19th. These men stated that in the battle of the 18th Lamoriciere had lost about 1000 men—namely, 600 prisoners and 400 hors de combat. We may add that in the morning of the 19 th 2000 men belonging to General de Pimodan's corps surrendered, so that the total result of the 18th was the subtraction of 3000 from Lamoriciere's forces,'' According to this, the original.telegraphic account of Lamoriciere's flight was incorrect in so far as it stated that he had actually gained Ancona— he had only fled in that direction.

"Thedefeat of General de Lamoriciere's army," says the Paris correspondent of the Times, " has produced a good effect] in commercial circles. Business people are of opinion that the success of the Piedmontese troops and the occupation by them ot the Papal States will prevent the possibility of a collision between the Garibaldians and the French troops in Rome. In this point of view the Italian question appears to com mercial view to be less menacing. The only uncertainty that now exists is with respect to the course the Pope will pursue. The ultramontane party in France are extremely desirous that the Pope should quit Rome. Why they are so it is not easy to comprehend. The friends of Italian independence likewise would be happy to hear that his holiness had taken his departure, as it is known that the. French garrison would follow. In that case there would be no obstacle to Garibaldi's proclaiming the annexation of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Piedmont from the Quirinal."

A letter from Turin, dated 21st of September, says:—" The report is current that Lamoriciere will surrender Ancona. The defence does not seem possible. According to the calculation of his own friends, the garrison numbers at the outside 7000 men. Probably four thousand is nearer the mark. Turin has celebrated the victory of Cialdini in a brilliant manner. The king came in from Racconigi to attend the solemnity." An official despatch from Rimini, dated September 25, states that " after some hours' firing the garrison of the fortress of Santa Leo surrendered at discretion. The Sardinian troops 'occupied the fortress yesterday at noon. Several officers and soldiers of the Sardinian army distinguished themselves in the attack. The flying columns commanded by Brignone have made 500 others prisoners."

The Pontifical troops are said to have reoccupied Ponecono(?). *A despatch from Gaeta, dated the 22nd of Sept., and published in Rome, asserts that the Neapolitans had beaten the Garibaldians at Capua, on the 19th and 20th of September. General Goyon had sent a detachment to Corneto. Another was to leave on the following day for Albano, on the Neapolitan frontier.