The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-23 00:00:00

job of making the people do injre than they can do, and
sometimes despair even of making them do what they can
do- A great many of the difficulties are owing to this
ignorance of the character of the people. The Neapolitan
requires a firm hand, but it must be smooth not rough,
while in many cases the functionaries from the north had
not sufficient self-control for this. They showed their im-
patience, which was excusable enough, but ought to have
been overcome ; they lost their control, and after struggling
for some time they are overcome by the vie inertia which
they encounter. _ _

While we were waiting for the horses a "chi va la" re-
sounded from the bottom of the slope. It was rather ex-
citing; the carabineers, reduced to three, unslung their
carbines and answered " Carabiniere," on which the steps
of a body of men were heard, and soon after a squadriglia
of volunteers, organised by the commune, made its appear-
ance. They had seen the lights of the mail coach immov-
able, and suspecting there was something wrong, came up
to assist. Soon after more effectual assistance came—namely,
the fresh horses. They were put to, and we got up the in-
cline. When at the top every one, fatigued by the long
delay, reclined with satisfaction. We wore trotting merrily
down hill, when lo I there was a rocking, and down we
came on our side with a crash. The postillions and every
one else, delighted with the performance up hill, had for-
gotten to put on the drag, and the carriage upset in full
trot. Fortunately, it was on the side of a bask, so not
much harm was done except a good shake. Having ascer-
tained that no bones had been broken, a carbineer was sent
to fetch another carriage from the station, but before it
arrived our united efforts had succeeded in righting the
heavy conveyance, which was strong enough not to have
suffered by the upsetting. You ought to have seen those
Neapolitans how they worked with a good will ; some of
the passengers who knew them had taken them in hand.
In the next two stages, supposed to be the most dan-
gerous ones, all went smoothly, and by 8 o'clock we reached
Avellino in a drizzling rain just in time to see the King
start for Naples, by Nola. We went in his wake. All along
the road the towns and even villages were decorated and
festooned, triumphal arches at their entrance, the people,
with tolerable clean faces, crowding the streets, and the
National Guard arranged in large numbers both
in the towns and along the road. It seems a
mystery that a district so close to a large town like
Naples should be so far behind in everything, yet
it has net improved under the new rule ; the houses are still
the old ruins they were, and the people apparently not
better off than they were, The reason seems to be that the
district is too crowded, and that there is no possibility of
inducing a man to leave his country and seek occupation
elsewhere. However miserable, these people have an affec-
tion for their hills, which can barely feed them. It is the
social problem which turns up at every step in these provinces.
About noon we reached the station of Nola, where a
special train had just gone with the King. By a strange
coincidence, the name of the engine which took him was
Garibaldi. An hour after we were at Naples,