The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-12 00:00:00

STATE OF NAPLES.

NAPLES, JAN. 5.
ef,it 18 with no mere feeling of disgust that I again
ri your attention to the fulsome and impious
day itatl°ll which. marks the addresses that are from
° uaY published in the official journal. It is to
erva a .
the nation her purpose, and to show how hollow is
po.uattonal feeling, and how lamentable is the
nk:lti°ll of the Sovereign who has silenced the
Y voice of truth and sincerity, and compelled

his subjects to crawl before him and to use
language worthy only of the most abject slave.
There is in all this nothing which promises safety
to the King, and the sooner that His Majesty,
who has sense enough to perceive the utter
hollowness of such flattery, earl emerge from the
cloud of incense which surrounds him, the sooner
will he be able to perceive the true aspect of
things. I quote from this journal of the Ord Jan
the following passages from addresses. The
address of the Order of Constantine-declares that,
" Divine Providence, in having shown to the
entire world how sacred and inviolable is the person
of your Majesty, as the adored father of his people,
has conferred a privilege on all subjects, by pre-
serving for their aid the most provident and the
most beneficent monarch whom the attributes of
Providence irradiate with eternal light." The
Vaccine Institution, "in the preservation of your
Majesty, have venerated a miracle and a special
grace conceded by the Omnipotent and Immaculate
Virgin to _ the piety of your Majesty and to the
prayers of all." The Medical Academy considers
" that the rebel spirit, "powerless to vent its
rage against the great Goddess, armed an impious
hand, and the weapon was brandished against the
pious King, but the powerful Queen of Heaven
covered him with her divine mantle." A brigadier
writes from Palermo that his horror was such that
he could scarcely collect his ideas so as to express
himself, and that prostrate at the feet of his
Majesty, his eyes bathed with tears, he declares
that both he and his family will daily pray the
Most High to protect the sacred person of "your
Majesty, our most beloved father and lord."
In other journals the subscribers of some
addresses " prostrate themselves in the dust
before the King," and a Bishop winds up
an address of a similar character by calling
the. King his "august Sovereign) and • his
adored and absolute Lord and Master." The
only spark of manliness I have discovered is in the
address of Society of the Puglia Railway, which
speaks Of the entire country being confided to him
by Providence. I have dwelt thus at length upon
the adulation of these addresses, for I regard it as
one of the worst features in our social state. Such
a tone as is here adopted is not that of truth or
sincere affection, and while it is contemptible in
those who adopt it, it is full of danger to the sove-
reign to whom it is addressed. There is safety only
in truth. I believe that the present deplorable
state of affairs weighs heavily upon his Majesty,
who bears evident traces on his person of the pain-
ful agitation of his mind ; and yet no steps are taken
to soothe men's minds or produce an approximation
between the sovereign and the -people. We hear,
indeed, of more prisoners amnestied, and a list of 42
has just been presented to the Grand Criminal
Court, which is the last act before their liberation:
These are all political prisoners, 28 of whom belong
to the class called " Popolani," and were imprisoned
for what is here well known as the affair of sth Sep-
tember, 1849. These are all to be exiled to the Isle
of Ponza, two are to be eXiled frail the kingdom,
and the others are doomed to a " domicilio forzato"
in the provinces Such is the character of this
latter amnesty. There is nothing hearty or om-
-1 plete about it. Meanwhile, the students from the
provinces, and priests not belonging to this dio-
cese, have orders to leave the capital. Full of
indignation, they will return to their homes, and
carry with them fresh materials for irritation.
What the state of the provinces is it is unnecessary
to-repeat.

The Police Commission (surveyed by another
Commission continues its investigations into the
state of the army. I believe the Marines have
been the first to be overhauled! Two officers have
been removed, and some of the soldiers sent to the
islands. Arrests have been made in the other corps
The company to which Agesilao Milano belonged
has been broken up, and the Captain, Lieutenant,
and Sergeants put under arrest. Thus a step has
been taken, the effect of which must be to mortify
and irritate the army beyond the power of recon-
ciliation ; in fact, every step that has been taken ap
pear to be ill-judged. During a part of the week the
post office box has been closed,and letters have been
by order consigned to the hands of an employe. The
reasons are variously stated. A very general im-
pression is, that lucifer matches with other inflam-
mable materials, were thrown into the box ; again,
some add, that since the death of Milano, procla-
mations and letters to the Intendeuti have been
thrown in, menacing them with being called to
account by the country for their conduct ; and it is
even said that not only have other persons of dis-
tinction been addressed, but that even to the
King himself was sent a letter, enclosing a likeness of
Agesilao Milano, warning him that theta were 70
others like Milano, and that, if his Majesty wanted
any proof of their power, he was to order search to
be made for the body of Milano. During The past
week. indeed, it has been reported that the body
of Milano had•been removed. I will not take upon
myself to guarantee the truth of these reports.
Some are undoubtedly true, and the box of the
Post-office was closed, while a sentinel was placed
before it. As another proof of the strong public
sentiment in favour of Milano, it may be stated
that 100 ducats were paid a few days since by a
lady for a mass in the church of Purgatorici and
Arco for the repose of the soul of that unfortunate
man. The police had endeavoured to ascertain
the name of the person who ordered the mass, but
without any avail.
Those in Naples who are well informed on the
subject say that the Government is very anxious
about the state of Sicily, and that the orders are
still in force that the steamers and their crews
shall be ready at half an hotir's notice for any
service.

A letter from Palermo says, " the late outbreak
is wrapped in darkness. No account has been
published by Government or by the insurgents.
Bentivenga (who was shot the other day) is looked
upon as a martyr by the public—l know not why."
The fact, however, is still the same, and is fraught
with danger.

On Saturday morning last a French ship of war
came in from Constantinople, last from Messina,
with the Persian Minister and suite on board, en
route for Paris, They all left for Marseilles yester-
day morning. I should have added that six
steamers are under orders to leave for Sicily, with
a view to deposit arms and ammunition on different
parts of the coast. .. •
I had so far advanced in My preparations for the
morrow's post wheh, about 11 o'clock at night, a
violent shock threw me almost out of my chair,
and shattered the windows in the neighbourhood.
Another explosion had evi Jen tly taken place—but
where ? The gas lights were extinguished by it,
and the first impression was, that perhaps the
gasometer had exploded. The report, however,
was soon brought that the Carlo Terzo, one of his
Majesty's finest steamers had blown up. She was
of 300 horse power, had six cannons on board, and
was built at Castellamare in 1846. She was laden
with guns, with percussion caps, and with 26 cantari
of powder, and was under orders to leave for Sicily
this morning at 4 o'clock. Her complete equipage
was 100 men, ; of these 20 slept on land with their
friends, 10 were rowing towards her with an officer,
Who had just come from San Carlo, the others, and
perhaps some recruits and congediati, were all blown
to pieces ; nothing but the foremast appears above
water, while the rocks all around are covered with
the debris of the unfortunate vessel. Correct details
I cannot give, and must therefore reserve them for
another letter. Suspicion of design will of course
attach to one of a series of such lamentable events.
On this I pronounce no opinion, but I must needs
add, that discontent, disaffection, and disorganiza
tion universally prevail, and that even wore there
the will how to effect reforms, I despair of the
existence of the power to do so. The
nation has
gone to ruin.

Intelligence has just been brought to me, that
the boats of the Malacca, the English frigate now
stationed here, saved twenty-three men.
Baron Bentivenga, the leader of the recent
insurrection in Sicily, was shot on the 20th of Dec.
near Palermo, He died with courage,.after having
made his will. He leaves his property to his
mother and his brothers. Before the execution he
sipped a cup of coffee, and requested that his eyes
might not be bandaged. This was refused. He
declared that he was the only leader of the insur-