The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-08 00:00:00

NAPLES AND SICILY.

The Pensiero Italian° of the Ist states that a tele-
graphic dispatch has announced the complete defeat
of General BUSACCHI at Castrovillari by the Calabrian
insurgents.
. _ . .

Advices have been received from Messina to the
26th ult. The Neapolitan troops continued to be
shut up in the citadel, and a considerable portion of
the city lay in ruins from the effects of the cannon-
ades. At that date, however, the firing had been
for the most part discontinued, occasional shots only
being interchanged between the city and the citadel.
The citadel, being a fortress of the first order, is almost
impregnable ; its garrison was supplied with pro-
visions from Reggio on the opposite coast of Calabria.
The Messinese were waiting with solicitude the pro-
gress of the Calabrian insurrection ; the capture of
Reggio by the insurgents being daily expected.
That event would be followed almost of necessity by
the surrender of the citadel of Messina, for, not only
would the garrison be then unsupplied with provisions
and water, but the citizens would receive considerable
military material from Reggio.

YARMOUTH ELECTION.
(FROM A CORRESPOND' NT.)
The public generally are aware that a short time since
a Bill was passed to disfranchise the Yarmouth freemen,
they having been guilty of gross bribery, though, by the
way, not more so, I believe, than many other places, as
has been fully proved by the recent Parliamentary Com-
mittees. The writ arrived in Yarmouth on Monday last,
and yesterday was the day appointed for the nomination,
and to-day the polling will take place. There are three
candidates in the field—Mr. Rumbold, 'who was returned
some twenty-eight years ago, and has ;sat with little ex-
ception for the borough ever since; at that time a good
Whig, but who very ill kept pace with the progress of
political opinions, only voting for the repeal of the corn-
laws at the last moment, and that, as his leading par-
tisan states, only to satisfy his constituents. Then comes
Mr. Bagshaw, son of the Honourable Member for
Harwich, whose political opinions are well known as
those of an honest, unflinching, commercial Liberal, in
whose worthy footsteps the son is ably following.
The third is a Mr. Saunders, of Taplow House,
Bucks, in some way related to the Liverpool house bear-
ing that name, but more particularly known as a coad-
jutor of " the Railway King," in some coal and other
speculative undertakings of his Majesty ; and, as it is
generally understood, he supplied the Yarmouth Tories
with this cock—weathercock, it might truly be said, if
one may judge from his address, for untess one observed
the name of the principal Tory of the borough at the
commencement of the address, one could by no means
make out in what interest the lion. Gentleman stands,
for not one single sentence represents the principles
which the Yarmouth Tories have ever p rofessed.
For the last thirty years, with little exception, the
borough of Yarmouth has with much seal and determi-
nation, in spite of Carlton Club and city princes' gold,
returned men of the most liberal principles of the day,
until last year, when Carlton Club gold so prevailed
that the freemen were disfranchised, and thus shorten-
ing the constituency more than half. This half, who
have now the right to vote—the householders—being
well known, in the majority by far, to be in favour of
the first principles of liberalism of the day; but, most
extraordinary to relate, there is such power at work
among those who used to be foremost in liberalism, al-
though they say they have not change.l their opinions in
politics, yet they are doing all they can to bring about
' a compromise between Mr. Rumbold and Mr. Saunders,
while, if the election were to go by ballot, there can be
no doubt of there being five to three in favour of Mr.
Bagshaw and such another. What are the motives of
these gentlemen no one can tell ; but the disgrace they
are heaping on their heads, by their folly, must prevent
' them ever again looking an honest in an in the face, if
even it should not end in a second Tory coming forward
at the nomination to-morrow and SIV3 nip the whole con-
cern, and make their disgrace (limb ly disgraceful. In
short, if such were the case, it would be the richest piece
of political tactics on record. Each party is carrying
on an active canvass, and express Ole mselves satisfied,
as far as they have gone ; but Mr. Brag haw's work is
in vain.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l thank you, from the bottom of my heart I
thank you, A circle hero of congenial spirits thank you
for breathing again, in the last two journals, the name
of Lamartine in tones of love and gratitude. That name,
you have led us, during the last tour months, by a his-
tory of his goodness and greatness, to admire, venerate,
and love. He stood forth in your pae'es as the holy and
Christian-like Apostle of Peace. We have seen him
standing by the altar of his faith and hope, willing to
offer himself up as a sacrifice for his c ountry. Day and
night in the council chamber, on the tribune, in the
crowd, or on the barricade, was he h eard pouring forth
the inspirations of wisdom and love. We saw him daily
entering on his holy mission, by devoutly taking leave of
his family, and thus consecrating his in tentions, his feel-
ings, and his exertions, by the conscious and expected
presence of his God.
Shall, then, the envious and vague babblings of
calumny, intrigue, and corruption, the venemous slander
of despots, fools, and knaves, dare to assail and insult
this messenger of peace on earth, and good-will towards
man?

No moral philosopher, no legal judge, no person of
common sense, accustomed to form their judgment from
evidence, but must have seen that Lamartine has given
us again and again full security for his innocence, his
patriotism, and his disinterested devotion. And shall he
be forsaken?, A man now of sorrows and acquainted
with grief, and shall we hide oar faces from him? Now
led to condemnation without judgment, shall there be
none to "declare his generation?" Shall the great poet,
philosopher, patriot, historian, and Christian, be "de-
spised and rejected of men?" Shall he?
Sir, for the honour and common credit of human
nature, let it be seen that there are some, whose love and
At al are consistent with their admiration of the purity,
beauty, and sublimity of Lamartine's character.
Your's &c.
Cheltenham, July 7, 1848.