The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11 1865.

THE ENGLISH EMBASSY AND THE
NEAPOLITAN G(,VERNMENT.

TilE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE

EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

A letter from Rome, in the Gazette de Lyon, has
the following version of the dissensions between
the English embassy at Naples and the Neapolitan
Government :
" You have doubtless heard of the altercations •
of M. Mazza, director-general of the police at •
Naples, with Mr. Fagan, secretary of the British
Legation. The true cause of them, which has not
been stated by the newspapers, is this—England
is raising, us is known, an Italian legion. She has
established the principal depot for it at Malta,
and the enlistment offices in Piedmont are only
branches of that depot. At Malta she has set
apart for the legion Fort Manuel, which
contains barracks for about two thousand
men. The English are naturally desirous to ob-
tain the excellent Swiss soldiers in the service of
the Kifig of Naples ; but to get them it was neces-
sary to dazzle them with higher pay than that
which they now receive. The Neapolitan govern-
ment gives them ahout 75c. per day, but England
offers lfr. 25c., and 65c. additional as campaign.
pay. Mr. Fagan thought that it was only neces-
sary to make this 'fact known in the Swiss regi-
ments, and the manoeuvre has to a certain extent
succeeded ; there have been deserters, men on fur-
lough have not returned to their corps, and those
whose engagements expired have not made new
ones. M. Campana, the chief of police, made a re-
port on these facts to the minister, M. Mazza. The
latter being one evening at the theatre del Fondo,
and seeing Mr. Fagan in the box of General Filan-
gieri, Prince de Satriano, raised his lorgnon to
make sure of his identity. Mr. Fagan imitated
him with affectation. M. Mazza thereupon sent to
the general to say that he ought not to receive
such a man. The general, being ignorant of the
affair of the enlistments, expressed astonishment at
receiving the message of the Minister of Police,
and refused to cause Mr. Fagan to leave his box.
M. Mazza, in consequence, made use of severe lan-
guage, and Mr. Fagan has sent a report on the
affair to the British Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Similar means of seduction have been employed in
the two regiments in the service of the Holy See
by the agents of Mazzini. The Pontifical govern-
ment accordingly takes precautions against foreign-
ers who arrive, and who, under pretence of rusti-
cating at Frascati and Albano, attempt to approach
the garrisons of the Swiss."

OUTRAGE UPON AN ENGLISHMAN AT

ANT kV ERP.

The following is an extract from a letter pub-
lihhed in the Journal d' Anvers of last Friday, and
the outrage to which it refers appears to call for
some explanation :
" A ship, loaded with powder, chartered by a
colonel staying at the Hotel ,Fleur de Ble, at
Bruges, and agent of the English Government at
Cologne, left Wetteren for London. She had sol-
diers on board, was furnished with all necessary
papers, and bad orders to proceed on her voyage
with all despatch. On arriving at Bruges the ship
was permitted to enter the basin of the canal,
without being told that there was not sufficient
water to enable her to continue her voyage safely.
When in the basin the captain was desired to take
out the ship at his own expense, which be refused
to do, saying that as he had paid the port charges,
and as the authorities bad allowed him to enter,
it was their duty, and not his, to rescue the ship
from her improper position. Last Friday, whilst
the captain was on board, the captain of the port
came and asked him to speak to the commissary of
police, and as the captain personally knew that
gentleman he consented`to do so. As soon, how-
tver, as he had put his foot on shore he was asked
again whether he would withdraw his ship, to
which he replied, No, not at my own expense ;
but you may move her if you please.' Upon this
they attacked and seized him, endeavouring to put
handcuffs upon him. The captain, not liking to
be treated like a malefactor or a thief, naturally
resisted—being a strong man, repulsed the police,
and having got one handcuff off, threw both into
the water. After this he was conducted before the
commissary and sent to prison for several hours,
when he was set at liberty. The ship was then re-
moved from her position by the people of the
place." •