The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-18 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Rinnuoramento Dalian°, of Palermo, an-
nounces that the Neapolitan garrison of the citadel
of Messina have evacuated that fortress and crossed
over to Calabria.

MTITFERIOViI TRAGEDY IN Fluxes—Great ex-
citement (says Go.ligituni) has been caused at St.. Germain
within the last three days by the discovery of • double
crime in that town. A retired officer," named Carpentier,
residing in the Rue de la Protession, not having been seen
for several days, his neighbours became alarmed, and in-
formed the authorities of the fact. Otlicen were accordingly
sent to the house, and on entering the apartment M. Car-
pentier was found lying dead on his bed, with his skull
dreadfully fractured ; while, in another room his servant,
a young woman of tweuty.two, was found hanging by the
neck. Both had apparently been dead for sonic days. It
is supposed that the servant killed her master with a ham-
mer, end then hanged herself. The police have instituted
an inquiry for the purpose of throwing sonie light on this
myonuioue affair.
MAtte FOR Moils VIDEO AND BCKKOR AYRFA.—
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between Bordeaux and the Brazils, which was established
in May last, a branch line has now been organised between
Rao de Janeiro autl the porta of Monte Video and Buenos
Ayres. Commencing, therefore, with the mail appointed to
be despatched from Bordeaux on the 25th inst., letters,
newsmen, and uthei printed papers addressed to the Re-
mlirh:rt Uruguay and the Argentine Confederation may be
ed once a month by the French packets. Lettere,
Re., to be thus sent must be posted in London not later
thou the too mug of the 24th of each month. The rates of
postage chargeable on such letters, /sc., and which must in
all cases be pUlti iu advance, will be as follows :—For a
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Is. 6d. ; for ench additional ilk, fid. Letters for Uruguey
and the Argentine Confederation intended to be forwarded
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tatters, &co will be regarded as an indication of choice of
route on the part of the senders. Auy letter, newspaper,
or other printed paper, however, which may be sufficiently
prepaid, will be forwarded by the first packet sailing,
whether Brinell or French.

111, 1860.

THE REVOLUTION IN NAPLES.

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NAPLES, SUNDAY /almanac, SEPT. 9.
Whilst you in quiet England were ail crowding
to your churches striking scenes were =wring
here. I hear a shouting in the streets, and, looking
out, see, first, an officer on horseback with the
Piedmontese flag over his shoulder. He is fol-
lowed by a number of soldiers on foot or in car-
riages, whom he is taking up to swear fealty to the
new order of things at the first military station.
There are the usual embraces and kisses, and so they
pass away. Another shouting, and looking: out I
perceive a crowd of several hundreds of mimetic of
Santa Lucia tearing down the street with a number
of small carts laden with furniture. There are
sofas and chairs, and tables and glass, and crockery,
and bottles of wine, and boxes full of linen and
letters. Upset them all ! There they lie, just below
me ; and like so many wild Indians tomahawkingi
their enemies, the mob makes a dash at the
articles. One takes a chair, and, hurling it in the
air, dashes it to the ground ; others rip up sofas, but
the woodwork is tough ; tables are made away with
easier ; crockery and bottles are sacrificed. Smash
—era/di—bang ; and the boxes are broken open,
and fine linen and letters are thrown up and scat-
tered about in wild confusion. Not an article
was stolen—l marked the whole scene—except a
chair taken off by a gamin, and a few trifling
articles which a woman
.put into her apron. As for
the pictures of the saints, they were carried into
the church wherein resides the sweating Madonna.
And now for the finale. All these fragments are
collected together at a signal and thrown into a
heap, and then set on fire. My faith, what a blaze
there was. Men and women joined hands and
danced around, howling, shrieking, and crying out,
" Viva Garibaldi !" It was a wonderful spectacle ;
it reminded one of the many scenes described in the
history of the French revolution. But such acts are
dangerous—there is no knowing to what they may
lead if permitted to go on ; and, indeed, the
authorities themselves are doing what they
can to restore quiet. An order of the
police thanks the population in the name
of Garibaldi for their enthusiasm, but en-
joins calm, and consignment of anus, and the
National Guards in their several quarters are doing
what they can to disarm the masses. Ag•ainl the
scene shifts, and I find myself in the private I
room of the man whose name now rings through
the world. An English nobleman now visiting
Naples kindly prop used to present me, and we
went early to the Palazzo Angri, where the Dic-
tator resides. After penetrating through guards
without number we were at length admitted into
a small room, where the great man lay on a small
bed, for he always reposes in the morning and
after dining, and goes to bed at half•past
eight o'clock in the evening. Of course
the conversation was general, but I have
particular pleasure iu noting the grateful
terms in which Garibaldi expressed himself to
England and to the English press. Italy, he
said, was greatly their debtor. You know my
political opinions, and that, as far as Naples is
concerned, I stop at its liberation from the tyranny
of the Bourbons ; and, on the ground of expediency
and prudence, I desire to see it independent and I
separate, as the best preparation for the future
unity of Italy. But this cannot prevent me from
doing homage to the pure and patriotic spirit of
Garibaldi, who has no selfish, no ambitious ends to
serve, and who is bent upon the greatest good of
the greatest number. I felt that I was in the pre-
sence of a great and good man, and to such a man
I do homage, though I do not share his views.
The expression of his face is strikingly sweet—his
voice pleasant, and articulation distinct ; still I
could see in the occasional knitting of his brow a
power of resolution which would sweep away all
opposition. In stature, let me add, he is of the
middle height; he has great breadth of shoulders
and depth of cheat, and is well built to sustain any
amount of physical labour. And thus ends my
report of my interview, and of the appearance of
the Washington of Italy. In the evening the fol-
lowing fact took place near the Nomero, which gave
rise to a report that Garibaldi had been shot. A
countryman, rushing out of a hedge armed with a
dagger, attempted to make some persons there ae-
ambled cry out " Viva el Borboni." Upon their
refusing to do so he wounded ore. A National
Guard who happened to be near then fired upon
and killed him. Garibaldi did not, however, pass
by until some time after the incident took place.
There have been reactionary movements in
Canoga and Avellino, attended in the latter place
with a considerable lose of life, but Colonel Thun
went off last night with 2,500 men, and the die-
turbance, it is now hoped, is in a fair way of being
quelled. Intelligence has just been brought in,
too, of a reactionary movement iu Ischia, and Mario
has left this afternoon to put it down.
The Neapolitans are recovering from their intoxi-
cation, and are falling into their usual habits ' • but
there is immense poverty, and I fear a prevalent
idea that the golden era implies no work. The
funds have risen five points to-day. The forts are
now in the possession of the National Guard, and
one can venture to look at them without fear and
trembling.
There is a placard on the walls this evening which
announces, by the oiler of the Dictator, that the
fête of St. Januarius is to be celebrated as in other
years, the Dictator not wishing to interfere with
the prejudices of the people. I omitted to mention
that when Garibaldi visited the Duomo on the day of
his arrival, archbishop, canons, all bad disappeared,
and they were compelled to send for a neighbour-
ing priest to give the benediction.