The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-01 00:00:00

NAPLES.

NAPLES, MAT 29.
Great agitation prevails at' court and in the
ministry.

Afters Cabinet Council the ministers tendered
their resignation.
It is rumoured that a liberal ministry will be
formed.

NAPLES, MAT 30.

The government is deliberating as to the advisa-
bility of sending orders to Palermo to stop the
bombardment.

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NAPLES, MAT 26.
(After poet tune.)

The Intrepid has just oome in, and I send you
the following gleanings from official despatches and
letters bearing the date of
" PALIMNO, MAT 23.

" Garibaldi is reported to be at the back of the
hills which surround the city, with a large number
of insurgents, but no one dares go out. At night
we find numerous fires lighting up the summits of
the hills, and by day we can discover through the
glasses the ridges covered with the insurgents,
looking down on this devoted town. The im-
pression is that as soon as he has organised his
forces, Garibaldi will pounce down on the town
some dark night, and then the troops will rush to
the shipping in the mole, and on board their nume-
rous little war steamers surrounding the town,
pillaging and firing the city, if time permits."
From another source, on which you may rely,
I get the following information, that on the 22nd
a sharp fight took place between the insurgents
and the troops (13th Regiment), in which the
latter were completely defeated, with the loss of
two cannon. My informant had examined the
fortifications, and considered them very weak. The
city was so hemmed in that nothing could get in
or out. The seat of the Provisional Government
is at Corleone. In the defeat of which I have
spoken above, the royal troops (Bavarians and
Austrians) lost 60 men killed and 200 prisoners.
The following letter is from a British subject on
board the Hannibal :

On board the Hannibal, May 25.
ation with say part of the interior ;

There im no

things are just the rune at Messina. writes me by land
that they can only communicate with Catania, which place
also, as well as the rest of the island, was on the point of
an outbreak. I have received no letter from Girgenti sinoe
you left, and only yesterday got one from Messina by the
Vulture. Thirty or forty of the foreigners had gone away.
Here, up the Pareo, there bee been some bard fighting, the
troops always getting the worst of it ; they lost also two
large guns in the affray. Garibaldi was also over there, but
not, I believe, with his own force, which is about Parte-
nico. This is all we know in Palermo. Fighting men we
can see in the mountains, and their watch-fires come nearer
and nearer every night. The new Austrian consul
was in constant communication with the palace all poster.
day ; but on his being recommended to embark, he did
so with all his family. Depend upon it Francis IL ie in •
poor way, and that Garibaldi will punish him well for his
obstinacy in not listening to Lord d. Russell's good advice
in time. Yesterday was the Queen's birthday, and a grand
sight it was with so many vessels of war in the bay. In
the evening the admiral gave • grand dinner to all the cap-
tains here, including one Neapolitan captain, who saluted
him on his arrival. The Vulture brought in the foreign
post yesterday, but no one could be found to receive it until
late in the evening.

The following despatch of Marshal Landi, who
was in command of the Neapolitan troops at Calata-
Fimi, was sent to the Commander-in-Chief, after
the battle :

(Most urgent.)

&lata-Firni, Mayls.

Exeellenry,—Help—prompt help! The armed bands
which left Salami thin morning have covered all the hills to
the south and south-west of Calata-Fimi One•half of my
column advanced within range and attacked the rebels, who
poured out in thousands from every point. The firing was
well sustained, but masses of Sicilians united with the
Italian bands are in immense numbers. We have killed
the great commander of the Italian free bands and have
taken their flag, which we have with us. Unfortunately a
piece of artillery tell from the back of a mule which was
shot, and remained in the hands of the rebels ; this pierces
my soul with grief. My column was obliged under a re-
treating fire to fall back on Galata-Fimi, where I am on the
defensive, as the rebels in great numbers make a show of
attacking us. I therefore beg your excellency instantly to
send off astrong reinforosmentof infantry and at least another
. . . .

half battery, u the massesare numerous Mid obstinately beat
on fighting. I to be smeetted in the position which I
occupy. I will defend myself as long as possible, but if
most prompt assistance be nut sent I must confess I do not
know where the affair will end. The ammunition of the
artillery is almost finished; that of the infantry consider-
ably diminished. I have 62 wounded. I cannot at this
moment give an exact number of dead, as I am writing
4mmediately after the retreat. I outwit to your excel-
lency that if circenutances compel me I shall retreat on
Alcamo. My column is Iwrounded by enemies, who have
assaulted the mills and taken the flour prepared for the
troops. The column fought, with brisk firing, from 10
a.m. until 5 p.m., when I made my retreat.
The General in Command, Marshal LANDI.

On the day after the battle, General Garibaldi
—on the other hand—jutted the following procla-
mation :

Soldiers of Italian liberty—With companions like you
I can attempt anything, and a proof of it is that I have led
you to an enterprise very arduous, both on account of the
numbers and of the strong positions of your enemies. I
counted on your fatal bayonets, and I have not been de-
ceived. Deploring the hard necessity of being compelled
to fight against Italian soldiers, we must confess that
we found a resistance worthy of men belonging to
• better cause ; and this proves of how much we
shall be capable on the day on which the Italian family
should be serried together around the glorionsb•nner of re-
demption. To-morrow the Italian continent will rejoice
for the victory of her free sons and our brave Sicilians.
Your mothers and your lovers, proud of you, will go forth
into the highways with lofty and radiant brows. The battle
cost us the lives of dear brothers, who have fallen in the
first ranks ; those martyrs of the Italian cause shall be re-
corded in the Patti of Italian glories.
I will send forth to your country the names of the brave
soldiers, young and inexperienced, who so valiantly con.
ducted themselves in the fight, and who to-morrow will
lead to victory, on • yet wider held of battle, soldiers who
are to break the last links of the chains with which our
dearest Italy is bound. Gassers GARIBALDI.
Cidata-Fimi, May 16.

FRANCE.

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND ITS

CRITICS.

The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The Go-
vernment believes it its duty to protest against
the malevolent suppositions and accusations, and
the thoughtless interpretations which have been pro-
duced by the annexation of Savoy and Nice."
The Monitcur recalls the circumstances which
brought about the cession of two provinces sepa-
rated from Piedmont by the highest mountains in
Europe, and says :—" The French government, far
from having a design to provoke or to give rise to
complications in Europe, in order to find an
occasion for further aggrandisement, is animated
by thoughts of quite au opposite character.
The government deplores the mauceuvres destined
to propagate daily impressions the least exact as
regards its real intentions. The Emperor has made
every effort to re-establish in Europe the confidence
which has been shaken. His sole desire is to live
in peace with other sovereigns, his allies, and to
use all his endeavours to actively develope the re.
sources of France."

PARIS, JUNE 1.
The Emperor and Empress left to-day for
Lyons, at 10 a.m.
The Dowager Empress of Russia is expected at
Lyons, at 6 p.m.
The Grand Duchess Helena arrived yesterday
at Lyons.

AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS.
The following telegram has been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

VIENNA, JUNE 1.

The statement in some journals that the seat
of the command in chief of the army in Italy will
be transferred from Verona to Laibech is erroneous.
The commander-in-chief will remain in Verona,
only the administrative and judicial offices of the
army will be transferred to Laibach to ensure a
more free and speedy movement of the army in
Venetia, which has been re-organised not only front
economical motives but also to be prepared
for all emergencies. For this double purpose
the military forces, considerably reduced, a 11l be
concentrated in the fortresses of the quadrilateral.
The cavalry will be assembled in the plain of Por-
denona, and the artillery in Verona. The latter
will be provided with rifled cannon. Thus Austria,
with a corps d'armie of 70,000 mon, will await the
development of events in Italy.

HESSE CASSEL.

CASSEL, MAY Si.

The official Low Gazette publishes a constitution
granted to the country by the Elector. This con-
stitution is dated May 30, and is based upon the
resolutions of tho Federal Diet of the 24th March,
and of the Diet of Electoral Hesse of 1857.