The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-07 00:00:00

ni,/0„ 44 TE' OF NAPLES.

91' NAPLES, Arnim 30.
iV ow thadthe decree has; been published which
dooms the x:;telog generat*n..o inedietirity orign6-
rence, the two ii4kjects thatpcopy.puhlic attention
principally "aid tWe hilieipedition;and what
is called here the Coneardite ColOnel'Salazzar, I
am, Wormed, left. Naples sSaw days since, to make
the round of thd Wands, to ascertain what number
otthitorisb'ner§rifould consent to leave, hut he-did
not go further than Ventetene..Up to within the fait
three or four days, thergoEc,s9p_offors had been
made to Settembrini. TVvessela for tkie expedi
tion had been chartered bg-tlfeltelieritfitlgilt without
entering into explanatiims, at _so much a ton, but
Upon in .ormation being,Tequired and,rgfused,,the
Contractors wanted to break off their bargain, and
,c,Fslvftrunitint entering into suspicien'of Wha t might
hrppen on the voyage, ordered the Regina, of 64
guns, to be fitted out. Such is .the informaticn
which has been communicated to me. But in spite
of talk and apparently activerpreparations-,VdOtibt
much whether the expedition will ever take place,
and the gossip among the Officials of the Ministry
has it that it has been again suspended. Tele-
graphic despatches are said to have arrived here
last Saturday fro ii Brussels, which imposed a
check on the intentions of the Governinent. With
regard to what I called in my last letter quasi Con-
cordat, it would be more correctly deseiibed,
Uellevu, L&J d riel leS 111 overeign r6solutions,'
compliance with certain remonstrances of the
bishops. In the year 1849 and 1851 some episcopal
representations were made to tne King, and though
they met with partial attention, yet his Majesty
showed considerable indedenpence in opposi-
tion Several articles demanded, such as—" that
ecclesiastics should be tried with closed doors ;"
" that cases of separation, quoad thorum, et quoad
habitationem, should be referred exclusively to
ecclesiastical courts," and several others, I find
the Royal response!! Si stia alle leggi attuale." (Let
the actual law be observA). From all that I can
gather, however, a much less healthy tone is now
observed, and considerable disposition mani-
fested to comply with the demands of the clergy.
In fact, His Majesty would make
.political
capital -of them, and, by -and under the
advice of ..his spiritual advisers, would reduce
the people of this, . country to such a
state of subjection that not even thought
can be free. There is so much secrecy observed,
however, in these episcopal discussions that one is
left in a great measure to conjecture what is being
done; but I can scarcely 'link it possible that
such measures will beadopted as Were mentioned
in my last. The public voice has dwelt so much
on one threatened act, which is _called by many
a species of inquisition, that I iaken some
trouble to examine into the grounds of the rumour.
I am assured, then, that it has been under, dis•
cussion to establish a Tribunate Morale, an Eccle-
siastical Commission, to inspect and Correct the
morals of society. Such a commission, if ever ap-
pointed, would possess so dreaded a power that no
man would be safe in his most intimate opinions for
these would COme under the definition of "costumi,"
as well aaacts. While, therefore, such a tribunal
will have the effect of exalting the power of the
Church above the civil power, it willgreittly in-
crease the abs Ante authority of the sovereign, who
will thus have an engine for exercising the most
rigid surveillance over the sentiments of his sub-
jects. With a lynx-eyed police and an eccle-
siastical commission what remains of liberty
for the inhabitants of the Two Sicilies! As
regards the " regalia della -Monarchi di Sicilia"
nothing more will be done than was done last year
At that time Monsignor Pizano, on the part of
Rome, induced the King to yield in some
measure the privileges which the Kings of
Sicily have cnj3yed
,since the time of Roger.
These concessions have not been published
from a fear of *rounding the sensibilities of the
Sicilians, who have alWays regarded these privi-
leges as national ; nothing more was done, there-
:fore, than to•send amorder4o,the Bishops and to
the "Intendenti to refer to the Court of Rome
certain cases that had hither to been referred to
the " Judge of the Monarchy." There is talk of
removing the bureau of Commanderrin-,Chief and
the Staff from Naples to Caserta. If so, say some,
the Ministry of War will,probably`follow. The
subject may possibly be broachea at the Council
of State which will be held-to-day. I understand,
that at a Council held yesterday, it was decided that
every commune through which the Puglia railway
will 'Pass, shall be compelled to purchase five
shares for every one hundred inhabitants. I men-
tion it, howeverovith some tekerve.
Several new pamphlets have just issued from
the Neapolitan press, though the usual ruse has
been practiced of attaching the name of another
city, The latest is entitled. La Sicile considaree sous
PO.litiram
e de sa
.Separation
lea dmßianpisptorrattidve
es,
aonve,Liteornxapleg
informed that
the, whole statement is a delusioN as regards the
inain.facts.of the Sicilian case.' Another work is
now in the prep, on the Processi Naporztani. It is
written by Ulloa, an officer. of much merit, but a
thoroughly one-sided man.
Captain Clifford, of the Centaur, came in on
Tuesday night. He reports very heavy weather
outside,,and indeed the postal steamer,
leave
untilwhich
should have left on Monday, did
yesterday.