The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

THE TWO SICILIES.

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NAPLES, Jct.' 17.
The walls of Naples have been again placarded,
and the following proclamation has been most exten-
sively circulated throughout the capital and the pro.
tritioes. It rune as follows:

Neapolitans,—Year cruel avid painful soff.r;ngs have
been 52 prolonged, and have b, ea sat pried waili so much
dignity, es to have awakened the sympathy of the dipto-
macy of Europe. Yet, c meeratively et eak,ng, ohs has cot
known, nor eon she knuw, but an irtioattly small part of
whet yuu suffer. slow that a prospering* bum Ultics to
%SOT* as with the hops that the triumph of jute* and
legality is not far distant; now that by visible sighs the
hand of Got weighs heavily on perjured admiaistreriou,
the di:honour of the people eottided to them, we turn to
yon with that same sereaity of mind which has never
deserted us amidst the vioisaitudes of fortune, or the
preciminatica of passions hostile to the most holy
principles. The time is not far distant, perhaps, when tote
your country will be the lb. etre of new mots—attend
them with that same dignified end nohle tranquillity of
which up to ahe tresent tune you hive given slob splendid
proofs. When circumstances stall be changed, chow that
you are not like slaves wbo have broken your chains, hat
free men, who feel all the value of their liberty, who are
oonswous of their rights., who desire the reign of legality
and juatice, end do not ran madly through the regions of
Moine, and of vain fantasies. Do not dtar emble from your.
'elves a single one t f your p.st err. re, and by not die.
stabling them you will give the 'welt pledge that they will
rot he repeated. Be united in the one desire for a catmint.
Weal legality, and for an administration which will main.
lain it intact and inviolate. Respect the tights of all. Bo
net unjust towards those who have preserved their
devotion to the duties of military discipline—eh; no lam
than you, have eneerat d the general icjastice, end who
deserve for so many reasons your affection aad esteem,
htnour of our common a 'awry is secondly sorfided to
their /mode; and and. r a putter and more ealighteoed go.
matinee, ?irate of their c 'meantime in Piedmont, who
awe gained for the Italian cause the sympathise of Europe,
they will not ',rink from pres,rving it intootemicate
against the arabitloo of (.reign arm.. Union and tranquil.
Itty ! this is what we shall ewe to urge upon you,
sadism to your enemies the remorse of having trampled
on the work of God, and that 'indict vs fury which is the
street iodisation of their own weektese. Titus only shall
we be able to premise that God will he with us, and to
hope for the triumph of a cause which is undorth!edly the
most holy and the most just.
To the tone of this address, even the most timid
and the mat scrupulous cannot object, for there are
two classes who have always held back from the ex-
pression of opinion, those who fear the horrors of
revolution, and those who fear the vengeance of
royalty. All disturbance is, however, by this proclama-
lion, discountenanced—the liberals look to Moral
weans for accomplishing their wishes, and they invite
the members of their piety to order and legality.
Mild as is this inauguration of the new system of
agitation, I look upon it ea much more embarrassing
and dangerous for a government which acts in viola-
tion of all law. It is a system which may be pursued
with comparative safety, since to pot it down would
be to place the government in a false position ; then
its very moderation is calculated to unite all classes,
as is already evident that such is the effect. Know-
ing as I well do, however, the many ceases which
this people have for discontent and irri!a'ion, I have
little confidence in the continuance of this modera-
tion, should no amelioration be introduced, of
should that enpport on which they now depend, I
mean the governments of the Weet, give way beneath
them. A consciousness of sufferings cruel beyond
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description, and too long endured, sad a pummel- on
that their beat hopes have been betrayed, will be no
great soothers of the excited feelings of the South;
and much as I sympathise with the present calm
spirit and demeanour of the liberals, I must centime
that I look to the future with some degree of appre.
heosion. The first steps to effect a revolution by
moral means have been taken; be it now the object
of the West, by their countenance and support, to
keep it within bounds.
The regiment of Guards, of which I have had
occasion to speak several times, has been finally dia.
posed of. Having been marched out of Naples, sal
informed you, with their full accoutrements and bag.
gage, the King met and addressed them in an
effective speech condemnatory of their breach of die.
cipline. Ihe colonel, whose conduct led to the
mutiny, is retained in his post. The officer Ceram,
who gave the unfortunate soldiers permission to
repose, for which they were lashed, has been dos
graded to the second class, called here the sedeulcrisr,
and sent to Civitella del Toronto. Of the other
(Ams who expressed an opinion on the proceedings
of the colonel, but whose efforts undoubtedly pre-
vented a more open and dangerous mutiny, Major
Ferrara has been degraded to be a captain ; Homo
has been changed into the god Chasseurs, and, to.
gather with Itengemont, has been sent to Sicily—ea
has been the ease with another officer. The effect of
this decision is to increase and sanction the extreme
rigour of discipline, but it is not favourable to general
tranquillity. It is much criticised and talked of, and
has awakened much dissatisfaction.

DENMARK.

(PROP OCR OWN CORRISPONDINT.)

COPENHAGEN, JULT 20.
Not only has the Danish reply to the Austrian and
Prussian diplomatic ',presentations on the subject of
the pretensions of Denmark to the right of selling
the domains in the duchies been despatched to Berlin
and Vienne, but at the same time a special plenipo-
tentiary has bees appointed in the person of the
former Minister of Finances, now member of the
Privy Council of State, Count Spunneck, who will gs
immediately to Berlin acd Vienna for the purpose of
giving any further information or explanation that
may be required to complete the Danish justification
of their conduct, and to obtain the approval of the
Austrian and Prussian cabinets, and their sanction of
what Danmark has done.

The Austrian government has sent fo the Danish
cabinet two communications on the subject. The
first of them contains the following passage: "The
promise to respect the constitutions of Holstein and
Lauet.burg guaranteed by the German Diet in 1634,
the additional privilege of the right of petition, and
the immunities granted to the provincial councils of
both those duchies, as well as of Schleswig, form the
basis of the peace concluded between Denmatk and
the German contederation in 1850; and any violation
of these stipulations must of neceealty provoke the
intervention of the German confederation, which in-
tervention can scarcely be expected to be restricted
for any length of time to diplomatic notes."
The subsequent Austrian note to the Danish cabinet
contains even mote energetic language, and refers to
the fart of the existing provincial dte•s of the duchies
of Holstein and Lsueuburg being placed order the
56th article of the Vienna final treaty of 1820, which
has been fully and officially recognised by Denmark,
according to the deeps•ch of the 29 h of February.
1852, after having the day belore, in the royal
manifesto for retaking onsseesion of the duchies on
their evacuation by the Auetrian troops, expresely ace
knowledged the legislation and admtuistration of the
domains as belonging to the priciledes of the duchies
'severally.

SWEDEN.

(TROY OOR OWN CONIC

STOCKHOLM, J:A.T 17.
It is seldom that the preparatl.ns for a general
election hare been completed with such calmness sad
absence of party excitement as is now the case. It
is, however, by no means a sign of apathy and in.
difference on the part of the voters, hut rather a proof
of the absence of any great party question to inflame
the 'nations of the people. It is therefore to be
expected that the new repress ntativt s of the nation
will consist of men of high patriotic princip:ts, and
the forthcoming Storthing pr,tni.ea to be one pro-
ductive of the greattst blessiegs for the advancement
of the moral and material inter( et* of !he country.
The King a, d the royal family continue to reside
at their picturesque summer villa of Prot tningsholm.
The King held yesterday a sifting of the Norwegian
Council ot State, and the Swedish councils are usually
held twice a week, at the pa.ace in this ei!3-, also
under the Kick's presidency.
From every part of the kingdom the accounts of
the state of the crops are most favourable, so that
no fears are entertained of • scucity ot provisions
of any description.

A Constantinople letter of the 14th states that the
dinner which the Sultan war to nave pen to Marshal Pe-
tinier oe U. 12th Pad been put off Is the lire, in order to
wait for th E. OM uho were nitro -4d hens the
Crimea On this is. out Mlesnal Pelirrier had pooteoned
hi. &patters ti.l lb. 16th He .s.• to embark- en the Re-
land, and, es has been said, fte Greece.