The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-25 00:00:00

THE QUEEN OF NAPLES.

In the course of last autumn a turret-shaped
diadem, emblematical of Gaeta, was presented to
the Queen of Naples by a number of English
ladies. We are enabled to publish a copy of her
Majesty's reply :
Noble Ladies,--It could not be otherwise than
grateful and very agreeable to me—the precious
gift which you have been pleased to offer to me,
the thoughtful delicacy that suggested the design
of it, and the flattering address which accompanied
it, and in which I observe many of the best names
of the noble aristocracy of England and of that
generous Ireland; both types and examples of
loyalty and of constant devotion to the august
Sovereign who so gloriously sways their destinies.
'7 In not separating from my beloved husband, who
so bravely contended for the holiest rights of his
people and of thrones—in choosing to share with
,aim, even to the end, the privations and perils of a
long siege—in dedicating myself to the best of
my ability to alleviate the sufferings and the pangs
of so many gallant men who fell victims to their
duty, their unfaltering fidelity, the love of their
King, and the independence of their native country
in a war the most unjust, I did nothing but fulfil
the sacred duty of a Christian, a wife, and a Queen.
Happy that I am if, in so acting, I have been able
to deserve the regard of minds so noble, and of
hearts so generous as yours.
Constrained now to live far from my adopted
country and from a soil to which so many dear
affections bind me, and which I so much love ;
wounded to my very heart through the fratricidal
and ruthless war, which spreads desolation and
terror over the most beautiful region of Italy, it is
some comfort to me at least that even in that fa-
voured England, where so many calumnies have
been spread, so to deprive a just but unhappy
cause of the potent support of public opinion and of
an enlightened Government, there are not wanting
noble hearts that were moved by an unmerited mis-
fortune.

That thought will tell you better than I could
express how sincerely grateful I am, and how very
dear to me has been this spontaneous testimony of
affection and of sympathy among the many others
with which it was sought to honour in me a Royal
calamity borne with resignation, and not without
courage. _ _

Receive, then, my thanks, one and all, whose
names shall ever remain engraved on my heart,
and believe in the sentiments of my entire affection.
Rome, Sept. 21, 1861. MARIA.

RAILWAY AND
IN .P.A PUBLIC
T. COMPANIES
RLI42ILEN

Yesterday-, before the examiners of the house, the
bill of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
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for the Croydon sewage, to enable the board of
health for that district to connect and discharge the
sew age of the locality into the main sewer now
being constructed by the Metropolitan Board of
Works, was also withdrawn.
: COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS.—The follow-
ing committees to inquire into the merits of the
proposed new railways on the South-Western and
Eastern districts are appointed to assemble on
March 4 :—A committee, consisting of Lord Stan-
ley, Viscount Holmesdale, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Onslow,
apnodwoeyrkse:hm; a
moDrpeattrootnnioasuront Dartmouth
setarensaeddt
and Mr. Seely, on the Bishops Waltham, Botley,
and Bursledon Railway ; London and South-
Western (Additional Powers) ; Great Western.
Railway
;
Central and Dorset Central ; Weymouth and Port-
land ; Lostwithiel and Fowe
(chairman), Mr. AcoirmmjittEee
and South Devon ; North Devon and Dock ; Laun-
ceston and South Devon; and
. Bristol and Exeter
and Chard and Taunton Railways. A .
and *M. r..
Stackpole, on the Eastern Counties and of-her Rail-
ways (Amalgamation • Eastern Counties
. (New
Lines) ; Eastern Union' ; London
2iiligt,inkro.f
and Midland, and
other railways proposed for - the accommodation of
the Eastern Counties district.

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