The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

NAPLES.

(ROY 001 OWN 001618PONDICIT.)
NAPLES, Amen 19.
Prince Luigi left by the Neapolitan government
steamer the Stromboli for Marseilles, en route to
London, to execute some commissions, say the go-
vernment. Ministers are impenetrable on the sub-
ject. I have been compelled, therefore, to navigate
many channels, and though I do not pledge my
word to the truth of all that I now state, the follow-
ing will be found, I believe, to be true. For some
time under cover of liberalism, the Prince has been
aiming at a re-actionary movement, still further
urged thereto by the hostile intentions which were
entertained towards his family by the entire nation.
Sensible men, however, never believed in the libe-
ralism of one who has been known through life es
the consistent enemy of all progress. It is smelted
that he had many men in his service who were
to have been armed with pistol and dagger ;
certain persons can be brought forward who, they
say, were tampered with by the Prince, but re-
fulled to accede to the conditions. Many, too,
were dressed in the uniform of the National Guard,
and these were charged to enter the ranks of that
body, and corrupt or compromise it by provoking
feuds with the soldiery. How far, indeed, their
plan of arming the resetionists was carried I cannot
tell ; but Naples is full of arms, and the satellites
of the old government have their share.

On Monday, the Pausilippo entered Naples with
1,500 muskets, intended, I believe, for Sicily, and
a number of eases of pistols, directed to a French
gentleman (whose name I suppress), and intended
for the Count of Aquila. For a week or more,
aingularly enough, thia day had been fixed upon for
some coup-12730t ; and, from the preparations which
were made by the authorities in the evening,
it was clear that the government was alarmed.
They were on the traces of something—
they had telegraphic information of the
arrival of revolvers, and stopped them ; it is
said that they also found a compromising
and atr-
dons correspondence, and lists of conspirators andvictims, amongst which latter were Generals

Planelli, Romano, and Martino, and, perhaps
upwards of forty others. The refuge of the
house of a friend of mine was offered to thous,
but, though conscious of danger, the council was
held that night and in the usual place. In StVeral
previous councils these affairs had been discussed, the
Prince himself having been present, et one or more,
and acted with great violence. It Pat unaniinotely
agreed upon that his longer reeldenoe in Naples was
incompatible with the safety of the state, and that
he must leave. General Palumbo was the person
appointed to make the communication, and it will
readily be conceived that the Prince was 111114 It
agitated and refused to comply ; he at length ,n-
-!tented to do so under protest, and a docuiricut tl)
that effect was sent in. Ido not believe that lie
again saw his Majesty the King, it is said, a.,k,d
the President of the Council if an interview could
be permitted, and the answer was in the negative.
His Majesty is then reported to have written to the
Prince, urging his immediate departure and expres-
sing a hope to embrace Lim in happier tines. In
fact the Prince went on board pis yacht at
three o'clock on Tuesday morning, while the
Countess and her family took refuge on board the
Brazilian steamer. With all this the Council would
not have broken up until the report of his having
left land had been communicated, bpt soon after
midnight all the authorities were flying :donut
right and left, in consequence of the plucky but
objectless attack on Castelitmare. It is to be ,1r
served that as a signal for the movement a priest
fired a pistol in the Largo di Carita, but he was
mediately arrested, and by this time the conspiracy
had been discovered. At Caatellanaare also a col.
dier fired his musket, and asserted that he had
been fired upon ; an officer, however, who had
seen the transaction, arrested him and found his on
just discharged. With regard to the objects ottee
conspiracy, they appear to have been as folios.,
Negotiations had been entered into with theMarrm is a
Comitato, and it was determined that cries of " V Iva
la Republica" should be raised, disturbances aith
the troops encouraged, the King set aside, and the
work of murder begun. In the millet of this con.
fusion Prince Luigi would be declared repeat,
and the opinion of the Emperor Napoleon cited
that universal suffrage should be adopted. Had
the oonspiracysed, a sea of blood might love
been shed, and the worst of the Bourbonsbeen placed
on the throne. Since writing the above, I love
received very high confirmation of the truth of ray
statements, and additional details. Ministers had
entertained suspicion of the Prince for several
days, in consequence of his altered tone, and the
new measures which he proposed, as the change of
ministers, to the exclusion of several, and especially
Romano, wbo had first been recommended by him
—the exile of the emigrants recently returned—the
suppression of the liberty of the press, and the die.
solution of the National Guard. From suspicions
they proceeded to investigations, and found the facts
I have already enumerated. The movement
was to have been made on the 10th. Martino, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, communicated the de-
cision of the council to the King, who adopted it,
as I have said, and General Palumbo, on the refusal
of the Prince io leave, told him that if the facts of
the case were known that even his personal safety
would be compromised were he to remain, and that
he would risk being confined in the castle. Of el
these details ministers have no legal proofs, int,
moral proofs amounting to certainty, as they hav
against a French gentleman resident in Naples,
being the instrument of the Prince. We have now
another specimen of the Bourbons—two uncles, the
natural protectors of the young King—either aban
don or seek to dethrone him. The first, in
egotism, seeks oily a safe retreat, rt.id the means o
a life of self-indulgent* ; the other plots against W.
throne, perhaps his life, and certainly against th
liberties and lives of many citizens. Let Brazil
take and keep him ; the articles of his ma •• •
contract oblige him to reside there. At
events, the parliament of this country shouli
never permit a man who has left sue
dark and criminal reminiscences behind him, eve
to set foot on Italian soiL Since writing the
above, I have heard the defence which is made b
the friends of the prince, and it amounts to this.
They acknowledge that he wished to dissolve th
National Guard and change the ministers, b
with a view to maintain the present order of thin:
and support the king on the throne. On .
means which were to be employed they do n.
enter; at all events, I have heard no explanation
this part of the subject from the apologists of . •
royal highness. There has been a good deal .
talk here about the French who were mixed up •
this ugly affair. It appears that individuals
that nation were the purchasers or the con
signees of the arms that have been introduced
that there has been much intercourse with th
palace and Prince Luigi on the part of the French
such visits not having been communicated to di
rest of the diplomatic body, and that on Sunda
morning last a certain carriage was seen eta route
the residence of the prince at Posilippo. All the::
little facts have been gathered together very dill
gently, and the following structure made by per
haps over-diligent people. There were three par
ties to the affair, say they. The prince mean
to use the Mazamiani for his purposes u,
to a certain point, and then throw them over. Th
?dev•iniske; who are said to be ready to adop
any means to attain their favourite object, intend-.
to do the same by the prince ; whilst the Frene.
with their favourite nostrum of universal suffrage
hoped to advance their own interests. For myself
I do not attempt any solution of the arair, ha
content myself with a statement of facts as
hypotheses.
For the last two or three days the cock's bathe
of the Sardinian chasseurs, many of whom ha
just arrived, have been objects of great attractun
The Governolo and the Costituzione Sardinia.
government steamers, arrived on Wednesday, bring
ing with them from four to five hundred of the
picturesque-looking uniforms. Besides the last nam
vessels, the Piednionteee have the Marie Adelaide
the Anthion, and the Tamara. Great excitemen
was created yesterday morning by the rapid marsh
rug of bands of patrols in Santa Lucia and th
Riviera di Cuiaja, and on inquiry I founjthat the
had received orders to prevent the Ending 0
several boatloads of men, who finally returned t
the Sardinian steamer opposite the Count
Syracuse's houae, in the Villa Reale. It was evides
that, whether with or without reason, great sumpieto
was entertained of the conduct of the . •
Moreover, during the night and on the folio • .
morning many of the Chasseurs of the 14th Ba
talion, as also many of the Marines, had deer
and had fled to the Piedmontese. There is a straw
feeling here that on Monday night last Garibal
came up by the Veloce, and went on board one •
the Sardinian vessels. In all probability the isle
is without foundation ; it exists, however, an.
it must not be forgotten that the Dictator let
Messina on Sunday night.