The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-23 00:00:00

SYRIA.

BARDINIA.

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TURIN, Jove 19.

We have been mucL annoyed to find that a portion
of the arms which we had collected at great expense
to send to Garibaldi have fallen into the hands of
the Neapolitan cruisers, and, worse still, that some
volunteers also have been captured. There was,
however, a supply of arms on board the ships
which accompanied Medici's expedition, and those
have not been lost, so that with the exception of a
battery and ten thousand rifles, the stores have
been saved, and reached Sicily on the 16th or 16th
instant. The wounded Genoese were received on
board the Anthion as Sardinian citizens who de.
mandedrefuge. There wane large number of non-com-
batants wounded in Sicily, since the Neapolitan
soldiers did not scruple to attack unarmed per.
sons, so the commander of the Anthion did not
necessarily know whether those who were desirous
of leaving the island had fought or not. Moreover,
the war had in fact ceased, so that it was no viola-
tion of neutrality to carry off the wounded,
especially as the Neapolitans were carrying away
theirs.

There is some talk here of a note of the Neapolitan
government, which is said to be full of complaint,
though it does not venture to threaten. It is
further said that the Prince of Satriano is to come
here on a mission with a view to an alliance. I
don't believe it, though the Neapolitan government
is accustomed to do incredible things. If the
new King of Naples had sent Filangieri last
year when he had just ascended the throne, and
had not stained his bands with blood, and if he
had sent a part of his army into the Lombard
plains to fight against the foreigner, then an
alliance might have been possible. As the son of
an excellent Princess of the house of Savoy, and as
having a fresh career before him, he might have,
and ought to have, claimed our alliance. Both
policy and good feeling should have counselled
him to such a step. Now, however, it is rather an
act of baseness than of sagacity. He must be con.
tent with such allies as the butcher of Perugia, and
the magnanimous invader of the Lomellina, who
shot the Cignoli family.
The capture of the steamer and the clipper by
the Neapolitans is in point of maritime law illqa4
though I suppose such a government coukl scarcely
be brought to comprehend this, should the
Americans or Piedmontese protest, and ac-
cordingly there will be a fresh diplomatic com-
plication. The Neapolitan vessel, as you know,
hoisted the English flag, and by that means
succeeded in deceiving the volunteers ; the place of
the capture was not within Neapolitan jurisdiction;
and the Neapolitan ship had no legal authority
to board. These three points are important, and
will be insisted on.
Two Mende of mine have arrived hen to-day
from Nice, who were present at the act of taking
possession by the French authorities. The cere-
mony was anything but a joyful one. Many of
the moat fanatical annexationists had alleady re-
pented of their choice, and were sorrowfully
looking forward to seeing their country reduced
to a distant French province. They am already
finding out that many of the specious
inducements to annexation were illusory, and that
they must expect fewer visitors than formerly.
Already certain journals have been prohibited.
Under Piedmont all were allowed ; people were per-
mitted to read, to write, to say what they chose ;
but now there is beginning to be a great change is
all these respects. It is said that the Emperor has
recommended the officials to be a little more tem-
perate, but you know how apt French officials are
to be excessive in their zeal.
Some agents of the French government have
come to Turin to obtain information respecting the
clerical connairacy, which has extended ita ramifies-
Cone into France also, and which is said to have
agents in Belgium, Spain. and Ireland. It would
appear that the Pope is mixed up in it, for a certain
letter has been got hold of which, though the
writing is disguised, those who are acquainted with
the fine Italian hand of the most holy Pontiff feel
no hesitation in ascribing to him. It is true that
the Pope's letter speaks merely of " excommuni-
cated persons," but we know that in the eye of a
Pope an excommunicated person loses the rights of
sovereignty as well as all other rights, and may be
put to death without scruple.
The incredible barbarities committed in Sicily by
the Neapolitan soldiery far surpass not only all that
your ministers have said of them, but all that I
have seen described by newspaper correspondents.
Our government has been informed of these things,
but as its agents may be suspected of partiality I
recommend to your attention the accounts given of
them by the Swiss console. The cruelties there re-
cOrded would fully justify a European crusade
against the Bourbons of Naples. They are too bad
to be saved from destruction by a ooustitution, or
by any other compromise.

The Nord of Brussels says that the Queen of
Eagland and Prince Albert will visit Belgium about the
middle of August, en their wry to Berlin to attend the
baptism of the royal child to whom the Prince's Frederick
William, the Queen's daughter, is about to give birth. The
Queen and Prince are to be received at Ostend by the
Prince Regent of Prussia, who intends going to that place
for sea-bathing. The Prince Regent is to be godfather of
the newly-born child, and the Queen of England god.
mother.