The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

WV; , tra,NING, JUNE 6, 1860.

'BESS, WEP
LATEST liITELLIOENOIL
THE INSURRigTION ZN SICILY.•
A NEW ARDLLSTICII
The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Renter's office :

NAPLES, Jon 5.
News from Sicily states that the armistice has
been prolonged until the 7th inst.

A telegram from Palermo, dated the evening of
the 3rd inst., announces that the bombardment

had not been renewed. The armistice continues.
Garibaldi is still master of the town. The forte
are still occupied by the Neapolitans. The capitu-
lations have not yet been carried out. Negotia-
tions continue.
The

publishes the following in
prominent type :—" Contrary to the version given
by certain despatches yesterday, the last advice.
which we have received from Sicily are to the effect
that the bombardment of Palermo has not been
mewed. The armistice has been prolonged.
d..ar•l Garibaldi still peremptorily demands
that the garrison shall lay down its arms."
The Petrie contains the following :
" The news which we are about to give is very
widely circulated, but as it has no authentic
character we reproduce it under all reserve.
The Neapolitans replied by a terrible fire to the
attack upon the fortified castle of Palermo led by
Garibaldi, on May 28, with great courage and rare
decision. The sufferings of the inhabitants in-
duced, it is said, the interference of the consuls,
which led to an armistice, in the first instance, of
six hours' durition. It is further stated—and this
fact is attested by several despatches—that at the
expiration of the six hours the English admiral in-
befered, and declared that the struggle ought not
to recommence, it being clear to him that the
royal troops could no longer hope to hold Paler-
mo. The commandants of the other naval stations
without looking upon the question as so very cer-
tain, nevertheless recognised the necessity of •
longer armistice, in order to give time for a defi-
nitive resolution. In consequence General Lanza
slaked for • new armistice, which was accepted, and
advice of it was immediately sent to Naples. In
the interval the terms of a capitulation were dia-
-1
cussed ; the general observed that the military posi-
tions which he held had not been weakened, that
he was in a position to keep up the struggle, and
to hold the maritime forts, the revictuslling of
which could not be prevented ; and that, therefore,
he was entitled to ask for all the honours of war,
and liberty to retire either to Naples or Messina.
We are assured that Garibaldi, in the most
frank manner, said that he was now car-
rying into execution the work to which
his whole life had been devoted ; that new
battles were at hand ; that he cheerfully acknow-
ledged the valour of the Neapolitan troops, but
that he had need of arms above all things, and
could not consent to let them take theirs away. He
proposed, therefore, that they should ;be quartered
on some spot to be agreed upon, there to remain till
the conclusion of hostilities. So the matter re-
mained at the date of the last news."

The Pays gives the following list of wounded
officers in Garibaldi's service :—Manin, Menotti,
Garibaldi, Sertori, Manna, Missori, Baudi, Mon-
tanari, Palazzo, Maiocchi, Greziotti, and Nullo, the
two latter slightly. The Garibaldi mentioned is
doubtless the son of the great general, who, it will
be remembered, joined the expedition.
The Journal du Loiret publishes the following
letter from Palermo, written immediately after the
bombardment, but before the conclusion of the
armistice :

Palermo, May 28 (on Board the Vauban
in the Palermo Reads,.

I write to you hurriedly and amid lively emotion. The
revolution commenced here on Whitsunday. At 4 a.m.
Garibaldi stormed the town at the head of his troops; he
was on horseback, and in one hand carried the Italian
colours. Close behind him came his Chasseurs of the Alps;
they charged the Neapolitans with fixed bayonets and drove
everything before them. In less than three hours they were
maiden bf half the town.

Driven beck and defetted, the Royal troops commenced
bombarding the town, and from seven o'clock on Sunday
morning to three o'clock on Monday morning they rnever
ceased throwing shot and shell into the unfortunate city, a
great portion of which was set in [lames.

- At hut, this morning (Monday), Garibaldi, who, during
the sight had made himself master of the other half of the
town, drove out the reniaining troops, who, by means of
boats., were enabled to effect their retreat to the fortress,
which has not yet been taken. All that remains now in
the hands of the Neapolitans is this fort, the palace (which
the Gatibsidiaas are at this moment attacking), and the
treastuy.

At ive o'clock this morning the people took
possession of the barracks evacuated by the troops, who
had carried away everything they could with them.
This morning the Chancellor of the French Consulate found
Garibaldi sitting on the steps of • marble fountain in the
centre of the town. Garibaldi had • map on his knees,
or rather • plan of Palermo, which he was studying to com-
bine his attacks. He sent word to the Neapolitan autho-
rities that if the bombardment did not cease, ►nd that if the
shedding of blood, now of no avail, was not put a stop to, he
should feel himself obliged to make reprisals ; that he bad
200 Neapolitan prisoners, and he should order one to
be shot for every shell fired into the town. The bombard.
meat, happily was stopped.
We had scarcely time before the bombardment com-
menced to find refuge on board the French squadron.
Thank God here we are in safety.
The attack on the fortress is about to commence. A
Neapolitan steamer made its appearance at 10 o'clock this
morning before Palermo, and having ascertained the state of
affairs steamed off again immediately.
A Turin letter of June 2 says :

Garibaldi is at this moment the most popular man in
Italy, and the sympathies he inspires are every day proved
by [rah acts of devotedness. Besides the numerous *inn-
teen who are now prepurin; to join him, eight young men
who have just terminated their medical studies hale ap-
plied for permission to join him in Sicily as army surgeons,
and 700,000 fr., the produce of subscriptions, were yester-
day remitted to a house at Marseilles to be placed at Geri-
baldi's disposal. In accordance with the orders of the day
read to the Savoy brigade, announcing its early disband-
ing, the officen met to deliberate yesterday. Thirty only
have declared their intention to remain in the Sardinian
service. In yesterday's sitting of the Deputies, Count
Cavour, as Minister of Marine, laid before the Chamber a
statement of the naval force of the kingdom, and alluded
to the necesaity for new credits to construct iron-plated
vessels like those recently built in France and England.

Alm 5.
News from Naples has been received here to the
effect that the armistice has been indefinitely pro-
longed.
General LetWia bad arrived at Naples the bearer
of a new capitulation' and is said to have pointed
out to the King that the soldiers would refuse to
fight, and that desertions had become numerous.
The enthusiasm in favour of Garibaldi was
spreading in the army, and in Sicily the clergy
were publicly preaching a crusade against the Nea-
politan government. . _ _

N.kPLES. Jura 3.
General Letizia left this morning for Palermo to
renew the armistice. Vessels laden with projec-
tiles continue, however, to be despatched from
Naples.
The government has particularly demanded the
support of France, and has ordered the Council of
State to prepare a constitution in conformity with
French institutions.

It is stated that Garibaldi shows great kindness
to the Neapolitan officers whom he has taken pri-
sonars., among whom he hopes some defections will
take place.
.. •

NAPLES, Jun 2 (7rit kamortuis).
Letters received here from the Franc& squadron
off Palermo slate that the armistice sms to last
until TueedAy. The fury of the inamblianta of
Palermo during the late fighting was indescribable.
They even threw valuable furniture at the troops.
It is asserted that the King has demanded
French mediation upon the basis of a separate
government for Sicily.
ROME, Jots 2.
The Neapolitan Ambassador has been summoned
to Naples by telegraph. It is stated that he will
be entrusted with the formation of a new ministry.

ROME.
BONE, NAT 29.
The day before yesterday the police arrested an
individual who had posted up in a cafe a bulletin
announcing that Garibaldi had attacked Palermo
with 9,000 men and a strong force of artillery, and
that he had entered the city amidst the acclama-
tions of the people. He had previously distri-
buted this bulletin very extensively in the streets.

BOYS, Jim 2.
Since the last victories of Garibaldi, the Papal
government has feared disturbances in Rome.
Strong French patrols traverse the streets.

FRANCE.

The Mottiteur of to-day announces the departure
of their Imperial Majesties for Fontainebleau,
where they will remain for several weeks.
The Moiiiteur further states that as the health of
Prince Jerome continues to improve no more daily
balled= will be published.

SWITZERLAND.
GENEVA, JUNE 5.
The Marquis de Turgot, the French ambassador,
is expected to arrive at Berne, after having been
absent for eight months.
K de Tulles will leave on Saturday for Bu-
charest.

The journals of Berne express their regret at
the approaching departure of K de Tinos, on ac-
count of the moderation and impartiality with
which he has discharged the duties of his mission.
The Dowager Empress of Russia left yesterday
for Zurich, attended by the Princess Marie Eugenie
of Leuchtenberg.

DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA.
NARAF.ILLES, Joys 5.
Letters from Beyrout to the 24th ultimo state
that assassinations were increasing. The Christians
and the Druses had assumed a hostile attitude
towards each other.
ALEXANDRIA, MAT 30.
A report is current that disturbances have taken
Aso, at Lebanon, and that the Paella of Beyrout
has not sufficient troops to re-establish order.

EXPRESS PROM PARIS.

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PARIS, TUESDAY EVKICING.

I write at a moment of painful suspense about
the news from Sicily. We are at the mercy of un-
reliable telegrams, and the most positive statements
of the semi-official journals are no more to bo
depended upon. Nothing seemed clearer yester-
day, according to the Pays and Patric, than that
the bombardment had recommenced. Now we
learn, on the same authority, that the armistice
has been prolonged till June 12.

The review of General Basaine's division took
place to-day, as announced. The Emperor rode,
accompanied by Marshals Magnan and Randon,
in front of the regiments. After the filing past he
distributed crosses and military medals to a great
many officers and men, the Empress and the
Imperial Prince looking ou from a window of the
Tuileries. Some of the regiments on marching
away passed by the Hotel du Louvre, from one
of the balconies of which they were seen by
the Grand Duchess Marie of Leuchtenberg and
Prince Strogonoft It was particularly remarked
that the Grand Duchess waved her handkerchief to
every battalion. •
At the Bourse, the Rente, after opening rather
strong at a slight advance on yesterday's prices,
became very weak, and owing to the constant
pressure of sales it left off with a fall of lac. for
cash, and 20c. for account, at 691 r. 95c., and
69fr. 83c. Mobilier fell 10fr. Credit Foncier was
without change. The Orleans Railway fell Bfr. roc.,
Northern, 6fr. 25c. ; Lyons, Ur. 50c. ; and Eastern,
Southern, and Western, about 2fr. 50c. each.
The government has great difficulty in making
up its mind about M. Horn's pamphlet on Hun-
gary. I mentioned yesterday that the interdict on
the publication had been removed; and this was
so ; but I now hear that upon further considera-
tion the publisher has again been "requested " to
suspend the sale. He refuses to do this and throws
upon the government the onus of prosecuting him
in a regular way or else not to interfere any
further with the circulation of the work. The
public prosecutor is at this moment considering
whether sufficient hanging matter can be found in
the book to furnish a case for the tribunals.

There is a talk •of giving to the Rue de la
Chaim& d'Antin its old name of the Rue Mont
Blanc, which was conferred upon it by a decree of
1792, on the occasion of the first annexation of
Savoy to France.
The marriage of Rile. Mires with Prince
Alphonse de Polignac was celebrated to-day at the
Madeleine, the Bishop of Marseilles, who came to
Paris expressly for the purpose, officiating at the
high altar. The church was as full as it could
hold. A vast number of Jews wells present, but
the crowd was greatly swollen by English residents
of the Faubourg St. Honors, who attended out of
curiosity. The bride is not a member of the Jewish
persuasion, having been brought up in her mother's
religion—the Roman catholic.

SARDINIA.

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NDI2/1.)
TURIN,. Joys 2.

It gives Inc the highest gratification to'be able to
inform you that a man still lives whom the Nea-
politan government has been pleased to kill in its
warlike bulletins—l mean Colonel Nino I3isio. His
wife, who is living at Genoa, was made seriously ill
by the false tidings. Baron Stow() and young
Sparvieri, two Neapolitans who followed Garibaldi
last year, have been wounded in the rooent battles.
I do not know if you have noted a singular coinci-
dence : last year, on the 27th May, Garibaldi gave
General Urban a severe defeat at the battle of San
Fermo, and this year on the same day ho entered
Palermo. Both acts were remarkable for the bold-
ness displayed an,i the danger encountered by the
victor, and these acts, were they his only feats,
would constitute the man a hero.

We are expecting uo lees than four biographies
to appear of this extraordinary warrior, and to
them may be added a forthcoming work by Dumas,
who will be sure, I fear, to introduce much
eccentric and incredible stuff.
Some further discoveries have been made re-
specting the priest-plot, and yesterday some addi-
tional arrests were made ; one of the parties just
secured is a certain Don Boeoo, a man of loose
morals, and one Don Albers, never suspected
before of being anything else than a fanatic,
General Fanti has made up his mind to resign
his post as Minister of War. Some of his mea-
sures have disgusted the of kern as a body. On
the other hand, in discussing the subject of the
frontiers with the French commissioners, h 2 could
not come to an understanding, and not cloosing
to give way he has preferred resignation. General
Lamarmora is unwilling to accept the vacant port-
folio, and has refused it positively, so that nothing
is settled. Before many days are over there may
be other changes.
Sixty volunteers left on Friday last for Sicily,
and yesterday a thousand wont, accompanied by the
best wishes of us all.

GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION.
The Matta Time. eves some interesting items of
intelligence. The following we. brought by the
gunboat Assurance, which arrived at Malta on the
, 27th ult. :

Garibaldi wee in possession of the heights around the city
of Palermo, on every one of which the tricolor was waving. ,
Numbers flocked to his standard. He was engaged in orp- '
airing his men, and morning and evening they were to be
seen from the harbour being drilled. His headquarters
were at Porto, and it was believed that he had abandoned
his intention of attacking Morreale. A Neapolitan general
was a prisoner in his camp. In the city of Palermo there
were only 1,500 troops—in the suburbs nearly 20,000. On
the morning of the 24th an engagement took place between
soma the insurgents andBooSwiss troops. Thelatterfonght
bravely, but had to retire with a loss of about 150 men. On
the same evening a battle took place, in which the royal
troops state that they drove Garibaldi several miles into
the country. Garibaldi reports, however, that be beat
them, and took 400 prisoners. The latter is believed to be
the truth, as next morning Garibaldi occupied his old po-
sition, and numbers of wounded soldiers were seen being
brought into the city. On the 25th the Governor issued a
proclamation, warning all foreign resident' to be ready to
leave the city at two hours' notice, as, should the troops
hereto retreat, the city was to be bombarded from the sea.
Two shirri (policemen) were brained in broad daylight with
chairs, and several others bad been poignarded. The
greatest part of the foreign residents were living
on board their national vessels. The troops were
generally dispirited, and several desertions to the insurgents
had taken place. The following vessels of war were at Pa-
lermo when the Assurance left : &ELKS. Hannibal, Am-
phion frigate, and Argus corvette ; two French steamers,
three Austrian, one American, one Sardinian, and four or
five Neapolitan,
H.B.M. gunboat Intrepid left Palermo on the 25th for
Naples.
Garibaldi's army was reported to number 30,000 men.
At Marina much excitement prevailed ou the 2Gth. The
vessels of war in that port then were H.B.M. corvette
Scylla and French steamer Descartes.
Catania was much disturbed.
A demonstration was made at Girgenti on the 14th by
the people, and since that time it has been in a state of
siege.

Extract of a letter from Marsala. dated May2s :
Yesterday several of the vehicles which had been em-
ployed by Garibaldi arrived here on their return home from
his head-quarters, bringing orders on the Sindaco for pay-
mint. This peaon also received instructions from the
that all notatorial documents in future were to be
drawn under the name of V. E. Some of the patriotic
Jahns raised a report that Palermo had fallen into the
hands of the insurgent', upon which a demonstration was
got up by a number of the Misrules., including baglio-lads,
coopers, and broken down cavalieri, amounting altogether
to about 500. They forced the inhabitants to illumi-
nate their dwellings, and those who happened to be out of
town, of from a scarcity of moulds., dips, and ruehlights, or
other causes, were unable to light up, had all their doom
and windows demolished. This fun, I bear, is to be re-
peated to-night. The mob !procured two cages full of
" rats' heads," one of which they placed at the door of the
club-house, and the other at the main guard. (Tate di
Berri is an opprobrious epithet applied by Sicilians to shirri
in general. Both Cavaheri and National Guard appeared
to anticipate mischief from this, and bolted for their lives,
amidst cries of "befoul e rifli, illuminate your houses like
you did to the Neapolitans when they. cams to disarm you
—why did you not receive Garibaldi in this way?' The
town was not quiet until morning.

(nos ors oss OOLIZSPOYDECT.)
MALTA, JUNI 1.
On the 29th May Salvatore Coatillo, one of
°tribelas Moira, arrived at Malta from Palermo in 35
home, 15 of which were occupied in riding to Girgeoti, and
20 in craning to Malta. . _ .

He antes that on the 27th the largest portion of Gari-
baldi's force, under Orsini, attacked the !...eaeolitan troops
at Monreale ; that when fully engaged, Orsini feigned a
retreat, and induced the Neapolitans to follow him. In
the meantime Garibaldi, with 5,000 men, got between them
and Palermo, which place he entered the same afternoon,
after a march of 15 miles, having made a considerable de-
tour to deceive the Neapolitans. Signor Castillo is on his
road to Genoa. Several of Garibaldi's former associates
have arrived from different parts of the Levant, on their
way to join him, but none of them are Sicilians. Garibaldi
has scarcely any time for aleep. He has no preparation
made for his meals, but takes a piece of bread and cheese,
or anything else the place affords, as he can get it. All his
followers do the same. _ _ _

A short time since • seizure of powder end muskets for
Sicily was made by the Custom-hove authorities here, but
after some investigation the powder and muskets have been
released. It is not permitted to send either arms or powder
to Sicily, but they may be sent to Tunis or other porta ;
stress of weather may drive vessel, so loaded to Sicily.
The government of Naples made a purchase of some
10,000 tons of coal here lately, and • Neapolitan govern-
ment steamer arrived on the 29th to tow the vessels which
contained it.

On the 27th her Majesty's ship Assurance arrived from
Sicily with dates from Marsala 24th, Palermo 25th, Mes-
sina and Syracuse 26th, at which dates these places were
all in the hands of the royalists. Garibaldi's head-
quarters was at the Porto. The surrounding hills in all
directions showed his banners waving. Some of the officers
of her Majesty's ship Assurance tried to get to his camp,
but the royal troops stopped them at Monrenle.
On the 31st a vessel from Terranova arrived, stating that
Garibaldi bad entered Palermo, and had possession of all
except the fortress and palace, and that the allied squad-
rons prevented the Neapolitans from bombarding Palermo.
Our latest news from Sicily leaves no doubt that Gari-
baldi is in Palermo, and the king's troops, outlenerallest,
outside.

The following is an extract from a private letter dated
Messina, May 29 —" On Sunday, at daybreak, the for-
tresses and all the ships of Tar commenced a murderous
bombardment at Palermo. At seven in the evening the
heavy firing was again heard ; all the bells were ringing,
having hammers substituted for their clappers, which were
taken off two months ago. Large bonfires were displayed
all over the town. Yesterday (Monday) the bombardment
still continued. This morning the report is that Palermo is
in Garibaltli's possession. Here the forts and troops are
ready to open fire. God help us!"