Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

THE GOVERNMENT OF NAPLES.

The Naples correspondent of thely News,
writing on the 6th instant, says :
I have noted every public act since the beginning,of this
reign, and, with every disposition to wait until things should
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mnneunin,g like order, and make allowances
for the inexperience of a youthful sovereign, I am compelled
now to say, that the state of things here is most hopeless.
Nothing, will emanate from this government calculated to
satisfy the people. We have had an amnesty which served only
to awaken public indimnation—an act destroying the lists of sus-
pects, which was undermined and nullified by a circular which
I sent you, addressed to the intendents, and by them to the
provincial functionaries ; it bore the date of 24th June, and
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ban -- u is necessary to exercise surveillance at all times.
over dangerous men, whether they have or have not been
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Oil LIM lists or tne Attendibili ;" and General Filangieri
himself admitted that 100,000 families would be affected by
that act. Then again we have had arrests and exiles ; and
the British Government has been grossly insulted by having
had its special intercession in favour of men imprisoned
illegally for three years responded to as, it was last week—
thirty persons, some of whom were men of fortune and educa-
tion, having been manacled and fastened to a long rope,
and sent off to a relegation " in the Isle of Capri, where
they present themselves, according to order, twice a day to
an inspector of police. The famous circulars of Filangieri,
too, must be noted, which, whilst proposing changes impos-
sible of realisation, admit the existence of the worst abuses
which have been charged even against this government.
The Neapolitans, ask if these are the salutary reforms which
Louis Napoleon hinted at'as likely to be introduced. The
fact is—and in sober seriousness I assert it—the posi-
tion is worse than it was, for the Sovereign, instead
of being like Ferdinand 11., a man of firmness- of charac-
ter, is the slave of his Camarilla. His intentions may be
excellent at any fixed hour to-day, but God knows what
they maybe two hours after. Thus his Prime Minister is
engaged in a constant struggle with some unseen and secret
power. At times he makes an impression on the royal mind,
and retires full of hope ; but the old advisers flock around
the King, and everything is

until that nest of ill

evened. These are facts; and
-omened birds be cleared out, neither will
liciting or working out reforms, nor will

Filangieri succeed in

any ioreign minister succeed in exercising any permanent in-
fltence over the sovereign will. It is difficult to doubt
promises and declarations made by*the highest personages in
the realm ; but events have long since proved that such
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clarations were illusory, and amongst other
proofs it would be easy to send you the names of any
number of persons, who find themsclves under as strict
a surveillance as ever. If the past, therefore, does
not support the statement of the Government, but just
the contrary, what does the present say ? I could give
you the names of persons who have withdrawn from
the capitall and are lying hidden from fear of probable
arrest. The young Marchese Casanuovo has received an
order to absent himself from Naples. In Palermo are now
lying in prison, or were last Saturday, some young men of
the first families, for having taken part in a simple and
innocent demonstration. Moreover, strong and active
efforts are being made to acquire a complete control over the
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puuttu mmu, ana to procure an apparently free expression
of opinion against the two great points which will shortly
have to be ag:tated ; that is to say, the Confederation and a
Constitution. I am assured—and I have every,confidence
in the Assurance—that circulars have been sent to the
intendants and to 'the Attorney-Generals of provinces,
directing' them ' to assist in getting up petitions to the
effect that his Majesty's subjects do not desire them. Some
of these have already probably arrived ; but from all parts
—from the provinces and from Sicily—l receive the same
intelligence, that great activity prevails in this sense; and
here in Naples I have learnt that the ecclesiastical authori-
ties have been busy. It is laughable to hear of an appeal
to public opinion- in the kingdom of Naples; of course it
will be with the Government, because it can command, and
will command ifi-throngh the interests or the fears of 'the
people. So it did in 1841; but it is to be hoped that no
British statesman will ever cite these petitions as containing
the deliberate opinion .of the people of the Two Sicilie3.

ADVERTISEMENT,ItRH L STEAME S

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.
SlR,—The_ anonymous letter advertised in your paper of
yesterday, and signed " A Lover of Justice (?)," is another
specimen of the extent to which the horrid feeting of malice
is indulged in by our antagonist and partizans of the Lion.
This " Lover of Justice" has fixed a most inappropriate
character to • himself, as certainly " A Perverter of the
Truth," everybody will see, would suit him much better.
With all the deceit and cunning of a thorough Jesuit, he com-
mences his letter.,by pretending to sympathise with the in-
jured feelings of the public, then assuring them he has laid all
prejudices aside, which, by-the=bye, could only have been
while his pen traced those few- words, for in the next line he
commences to dart what lie fondly hoped might be a sting,
so thoroughly envenomed that we never should survive the‘
dreadful consequences. Poor fellow ! because he cannot
find a single fault • with our well-known steamer,
the Duntroon Castle, though better known by the
Sea King, he charges us with deluding the public,
by running our steamer under a fictitious, name. If this
most "unprejudiced individual" would have taken the,
trouble to have asked the Custom-house authorities, or
looked to the Board of Trade certificate, and on the vessel's
stern and bell, he would then, perhaps, not have had the
impudence to perpetrate such a gross falsehood ; but he
seems to forget, or perhaps disputes, that "a rose by any
other name will smell as sweet." That the Sea King
(for I persist in giving her thatname,) has been a bitter rose
to the " Lover of Justice," I have no doubt, as the Lion,
"in all her glory," bears no comparison to the Sea King
in quality, in accommodation, strength, speed, or for the
regular and "safe" • transit of passengers, and which the
"unprejudiced" public have already testified, by their
always giving the Sea King a decided preference, notwith-
standing her registered name is the Duntroon Castle, as
they have discernment enough not to care what the name of
the steamer happens to be, seeing she is the best boat on the
station, and particularly when, as in this instance, she is,' in
all her " essential parts," by far the "newest" and "safest"
boat of the two. "Lover of Justice" would have, us be-
lieve that the ,Board of Trade have all at once. turned
" Lionites," and are coming to their rescue by putting a stop
to the " Sea King's" running to Rhyl, and giving them the
station. Why, he almost impresses one with the idea that we
shall see that already long firm is to be still further
lengthened to Messrs. Napier, Savin, Davies, Board of Trade,
and Co., which, of course, if he could only make the public
believe,_ would be a regular floorer for the St. George's Co.
NoW, Mr. Editor, the good old English truth of the matter
is simply this that this most exemplary anonymous writer,
or some of his clique' sent up a false report to the Board of
Trader (I leave you to guess the worthy motive that must
have induced these people to turn common informers,) that
the name of the Duntroon Castle was obliterated from the
stern, and.that she was being sailed under a fictitious name;
the result, however, was, that the officers appointed by the
Board of Trade satisfied themselves that the name, so far
from being obliterated, was carved on the stern on lar -er
letters than required by law, consequently, after all, no vio-
lation of the act of parliament had taken place, which, no
doubt, was a very severe disappointment to the " Lover of
Justice." I will not' trouble you further, but conclude by
giving a quotation from Pope, which I think very appropri-
ate to anything concerning the " Lion"—.
Lie-on svhile my revenge shall be,
To tell the very truth of thee.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ,
H. J. WARD,
Managing Owner of the " Sea King.'
Liverpool, August 13th, 1859

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