The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-26 00:00:00

sympathisers, yet turning out to be true. First,

on the 12th, we had a rumour that GARIBALDI
had landed at Orozza in Calabria ; the following

day, Saturday, " advices received ii London from
Sicily" told us that he had succeeded in effecting a
landing at Marsala ; and RETJTER'S telegrams spoke

of GARIBALDI'S fearful proclamation to the Italians,
and of the diligent cruising of Neapolitan vessels
around the coast of Sicily. On the 15th, Tuesday,
from " financial quarters" and Turin, the landing
at Marsala was reported as a fact ; and the " offi-
cial" telegram from Naples not only did not deny
it, but told us of the valiant deeds of the frigate
and the Neapolitan steamer, which sunk one vessel,

captured the other, and killed several of the
Filibusters. On the 17th, the " official" telegram

LATEST

NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Renter's office :

PARIS, MAY 25.

A telegram from Palermo, dated the 23d inst.,
10 p.m., announces that the troops of Garibaldi
were in position near Palermo. Twenty thousand
Neapolitans occupied the heights which commanded
the town for two miles round. An attack was
momentarily expected.
The Patrie also publishes a despatch from Sicily,
dated 23d inst., which states that the Neapolitan
troops still occupied Palermo, but that the insur-
rection was making great progress at all points.
Garibaldi had been joined by some of his officers,
and particularly by Colonel Medici, with consider-
able reinforcements. He was menacing Monreale,
the surrender of which would lead to the fall of
Palermo.

reported that many of GARIBALDI'S volunteers
were killed by the Royal troops. Then on the 19th,
last Saturday, came the startling news again,
" official," from Naples, that the bands of GARI-
BALDI had been attacked and utterly routed at
Calata Fimi, a great number, including one of the
chiefs, killed and wounded. It was soon added,
however, that the Neapolitan troops had returned
to Palermo, but that others had gone in pursuit of
the fugitives. Most of us more than suspected
that we must understand the news respecting
GARIBALDI, as we learned to do that which reached
us from the Hunters of the Alps during the Italian
war, and fully expected to hear that the Neapo-
litans had been themselves utterly routed ; and,
surely enough, the next telegram from Paris
told us that " the Neapolitan army had
been totally defeated near Palermo by GARI-
BALDI." While beneath this telegram we had
another " official" one from Naples to insert again,
representing the Royal troops as "pursuing the
Garibaldians" and their " ardour and valour as
beyond all praise" ! At the same time we were
told that the General was close on Palermo, and
the fact was that he had possession of Monreale, a
small place which commands it. The next tele-
grams saved the life of Brim, one of GARIBALDI'S
Captains, whom the Neapolitan official telegramshad
killed. On Thursday again the "official" telegram
attacked theGaribaldians in their position ,andutterly
routed them, while the unauthorised tidings pub-
lished in the Patrie were, that there was only the
slight mistake—that the Royal troops had been at-
tacked, utterly routed, that the soldiers had fled to
the forts, and that the evacuation of all the towns
in the Island was expected. This morning we find
the Neapolitans still in Palermo, some accounts say,
others say on the heights around it, but daily ex-
pecting to be compelled to leave. One regiment
had to be shipped to Naples to prevent its deserting
0 GARIBALDI.

On Friday next the Division Bezaine will make
a solemn entry into Paris.

TURIN, FRIDAY.

The Official Gazette contains a despatch, dated
the 24th inst., which confirms the encounter of
Garibaldi at San Martino with Bavarians in the
service of the King of Naples, Garibaldi had
approached nearer to Palermo, the heights round
which were occupied by the insurgents. An attack
was imminent. General Lanzi had demanded• an
armistice of Garibaldi, without effect.
An Austrian flotilla, composed of three vessels,
arrived at Naples on the 21st inst.
A despatch from Messina, dated 21st inst., states
that an insurrection had broken out at Paterno,
Aderno, and Branco-Villa.

NAPLES, TUESDAY.

The despatch of troops to Sicily continues. The
city is tranquil, and the police are ready to repress
any popular movement.

The narrative of Commander MARRYAT, as given
in the correspondence published by the Govern.
ment, will doubtless have been noticed by most of
our readers. It seems pretty plain from it that
the Neapolitan ships of war, both steamers and
frigate, did not wish to come to close quarters with
GARIBALDI'S steamers. The Neapolitan war
steamer saw the two steamers, with Sardinian
colours, make straight for the mole, one of them
visibly as full of men as she could be ; yet, though
within easy range of her guns, she did not, " for
some reason, open fire till the men were all formed
and marching into the town. The frigate, however,
came up" with a strong breeze," just in time to per-
form the truly Neapolitan feat of delivering "one in-
effectual broadside." When our commander went on
board the Neapolitan steamer he found the comman-
der nervous and agitated, and still taking particular
care not to fire on the Sardinian steamers. The
reason for this appears to be indicated by a subse-
quent occurrence. On returning to his vessel he
found the Neapolitan commander of another steamer
requesting that an English boat might be sent to'
the Sardinian steamers asking them to surrender.
Our Commander very properly declined. It was
plain that the Neapolitan wanted to ascertain,
without risk to himself, whether the steamers were
abandoned, which seemed most probable. On the
other hand, had there been men on board who could
be induced to surrender, we might have been re-
presented as having induced them to do so. After
some delay, and when all seemed thoroughly safe,
boats went from the Neapolitan vessels and took
possession of the empty prizes ! So ended the first
act of the GARIBALDI expedition for the libera-
tion of Sicily. Thus much was there in
the story so readily believed by Mr. HENESSEY,
that the English vessels of war prevented the brave
Neapolitan commanders from firing on the two
steamers. One of two things is evident from Com-
mander MARRYAT'S account—there was either
treachery or cowardice in the affair. With no
hazard of injury to any Englishman, the Neapoli-
tans could have done severe injury to the steamer
which grounded, and to the men in her. They might
probably have reached the other had they been so
minded. We have hardly a doubt that they pre-
ferred not to bring GARIBALDI and his men to bay.

ANCONA, MAY 21.
It is rumoured that General Lamoriciere intends

,endering his resignation.

TURIN, MAY 25.

The discussion upon the treaty of the 24th
March was opened to-day. The following is a
summary of the speech of Signor Guerazzi on the

subject :

" The people of Italy had hoped for the protec-
tion of Piedmont. France, in return for the an-
nexation of Central Italy to Piedmont, wished to
possess Savoy and Nice, and the existing Ministry
had been compelled to accept the annexation of
these provinces to France. Since then the
Italian question had much fallen, it has been
thrown from the Capitol, and has become
an affair of stock-jobbing. The Ministry
showed itself very timid towards France, and
ceded Savoy and Nice in order not to be obliged to
maintain the autonomy of Tuscany. A tzeaty of
mistrust has been made, and the Emperor had
shown that he suspected us. If Italy had been all
to the Italians it would have been possible to have
removed the barriers which separated two great
families, but with Austria in the heart of our coun-
try can we have sufficient confidence ?
It will be necessary to transport the capital and
Parliament elsewhere. We have opened our doors,
we have failed in our obligations to Savoy and
Nice, and the Emilia and Tuscany will tremble for
the same fate. You have not submitted to the law
of necessity, but have performed such acts as re-
duced us to a necessity which did not exist."
Signor Guerazzi then mentioned the events
which took place during the voting, and concluded
thus :—" I do not believe that this cession is worth
the possession of Central Italy to us. We are con-
strained by command of the Emperor to go no
further. We must advance alone. We have
Garibaldi and a people numbering 11 millions, and
have no need of foreign aid."

Signor Guerazzi voted against the treaty.

Different orators spoke for and against the treaty.
Signor Caratti demonstrated in his speech that, as
Sardinian was to disappear as a special Power in
order to become an Italian kingdom, she was
obliged to give up Savoy and Nice. This discourse
was warmly applauded.

The discussion will be resumed to-morrow.

MARSEILLES, MAY 25,

Six vessels of the fleet were recalled yesterday.
The fleet has received orders to complete provision-
ing. There is nothing to indicate an imminent de-
parture, and the order to provision is believed to be
only a precautionary measure.

MUNICH, MAY 25.

King Maximilian 11. intends visiting shortly the
Royal Court of Wirtemberg. His Majesty will
probably also visit other Courts of Southern Ger-
many.

THE FINE ARTS.

OPENING OF THE SPANISH CORTES.
MADRID, MAY 26.
The Cortes were opened to-day by the Queen in

THE COUNTESS OF DALKEITII.
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
Mitchell, Old Bond-street.

The first of these specimens of pictorial art is a
fine plate engraved by Francis Holl, whose name
is sufficient guarantee for the perfection of the work
in all its manipulative detail. Mr. Holl is an artist
who combines exquisite delicacy of taste with
thorough executive skill ; his treatment of female
portraits is unquestionably and invariably all that
is to be desired in that department of art,
and the one we have before us may be classed
among his finest productions. The life subject
has gained additional refinement and expression
without losing the truthful embodimext of striking
resemblance—a result which shsuld ever form the
chief endeavour of engravers of feminine portraits,
and for which Mr. Holl stands pre-eminently dis-
tinguished.
The likeness of the infant grandson of her
Majesty is an engraving on stone by R. J. Lane,
whose excellence in this medium of representation
is too well appreciated to need comment.
As for the interest of the likeness, one may easily
imagine the general impression and character of
countenance conveyed by a " one year old." We
simply see—

A round face, a lot of lace,
A broad sash arranged with grace,

A rattle and a toy ;
A fat neck, which pearls deck,
A rich robe without a speck,
And there's your Royal Boy.

person.

The Royal speech recalls the war with Morocco,
which it says has ended in a glorious peace, and in
a treaty compensating as much as possible for the
expenses of the Treasury. The relations of Spain
with all the Powers are satisfactory.
The convention with Rome will tranquillise the
public conscience and facilitate progress. The Pope
has thus received a token of the attachment of the
Queen and the nation.

The Marchioness of Ely and family have left
town for Ireland.

The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady
Emma Stanley leave town to-day for Knowsley Park,
Lancashire, for a few days.

The Queen daplores the Carlist attempt ; but, the
danger being removed, is happy to accord an
amnesty.

The Chamber will shortly receive the budget and
political and administrative projects of law.
The Queen, in conclusion, reckons upon the union
of the nation, which will ensure stability to the
Throne and happiness to the country.

The Countess Cowper's first ball will take place
on the 15th of June, at her mansion in St. James's-square.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town
to-day for Broadlands, for a few days.
Lord and Lady John Russell and the Misses
Russell leave town to-day for Richmond.
Lord and Lady Leconfield have left town for
East Lodge, Brighton.
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received
.certificates
to practise, on Thursday, the 24th of May Henry
Richardson, Clifton, York; Joseph Fawkes, Barrow, Leices-
tershire ; Thomas Jones, Rhyl, Flintshire ; William Blun-
dell, Sherborne, Dorset; Francis H. Welch, Stansted, Es-
sex. The following gentlemen also on the same day passed
their first examination :—William James Thomason, St.
Bartholomew's Hospital ; Daniel Moore, St. Thomas's Hos-
pital ; Charles Ferdinand Keel, St. Thomas's Hospital ;
George Henry Strntt, Tutbury, Staffordshire; John Han-
ley Hutchison, Uniyersity College, London.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1860,

4th-10th of April, arrived at Galle on the sth of
May.

POINT DE GALLE, MAY 1.
Cholera is prevalent throughout India.

GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION.
The Opinion Nationale, which has had on several
occasions early and correct intelligence respecting
the expedition, says :—" A telegraphic despatch
from our private agent gives us details of Messina
to the 22d. At that date the greatest panic reigned
among the military and administrative authorities.
The inhabitants were leaving in crowds to join
Garibaldi, strangers were leaving in great numbers,
and the 20,000 men of the garrison remained in the
forts. Of a body of 6,000 men sent from Palermo to
Calatafimi to oppose Garibaldi, 1,500 had returned
without arms, and the rest had either deserted
or been taken prisoners. They had left four
pieces of cannon in Garibaldi's power, who, when
he appeared before Palermo, had with him upwards
of 20,000 men, consisting of volunteers and armed
peasants. The capture of Palermo is announced at
the same time from Brussels, London, and Havas's
office, and from these various sources it appears evi-
dent that the assertion of Garibaldi having been
defeated was nothing but an audacious falsehood in-
vented to gain 24 hours, and mislead public impati-
ence. Far from defeating Garibaldi at Calatafimi,
Lanza was forced into Palermo by the volunteers at

the point of the bayonet, the exasperated popula-
tion doing all they could to impede his retreat. The
remnant of his division entered Palermo without
arms, without baggage, and in the most thiserable
condition. Garibaldi then addressed another pro-
clamation to the Sicilians, in which be declared that
if he had been aware of their heroism he would have

landed without a single follower."
The Patrie gives the subjoined details :—" On
the 21st, the volunteers of Garibaldi, who were
masters of all the communications from Marsala to
Alcamo, directly threatened Palermo. Indepen-
dently of the principal corps, which is organised in
a completely military manner, and has a squadron
of cavalry, and four pieces of mounted and harnessed
artillery, the insurrectional forces are composed of
irregular troops, formed into moveable columns,
for the purpose of carrying on a guerilla
warfare; their line of attack extending, if
necessary, from Castel-Vetrano to Tanica, three
miles from Carini. These columns hold in their
power the land road which unites Trapani to Pa-
lermo. The former of these two places can no
longer be revictualled except by sea. It is stated
positively that on the 17th and three following
days there were a great number of partial land-
ings. They took place on the part of the coast

extending from Cape Boco- to the river of Gir-
genti. This part of the south-east coast has al-
ways been favourable to smuggling, and conse-
quently to clandestine landings. The insurrec-
tion had thus received at the last dates a consi-
derable quantity of stores, and has now all the
arms and ammunition necessary for forming fresh
corps of native volunteers. General Lanza landed
at Palermo early in the morning of the 20th, and im-
mediately had his proclamation posted up. During
the day he held a council of war, and strongly re-
proached his predecessor for the incapacity which
he had shown, and for the fault he had committed
in not having fortified and strongly occupied the
two defiles of Calatafimi, both of which might have
been easily defended. General Lanza has adopted
the only military measures in his power. He has
concentrated his army under the walls of Paler-
mo ; has erected redoubts on the heights which
command the roads, and arranged his troops in
such a manner as to be able to give battle with
his whole force. These arrangements are irre-
proachable in a military point of view, but
they do not prevent the general from finding him-
self surrounded by almost insurmountable diffi-
culties, as the whole city of Palermo is in favour
of the insurrection. At the last dates, the Amalia
steam-frigate of 44 guns, and the steam-corvettes
Zeffiro and Christina had arrived at Messina from
Naples having troops on board, and three bomb
vessels in tow. The steam vessels Ercole, Vesuvio,
Fulminante, Veloce, and Misene had arrived at
Naples from Palermo, having on board a number
of families who were leaving Sicily in conse-
quence of the state of affairs in the Wand.
Among the passengers on board these vessels was
the Prince de Castelcicala, late Governor of Sicily,
and his family ; M. Maniscalco and his family ; and
the wife and family of General Letizia. The Ful-
minante brought in tow the Piemonte steamer, one
of the vessels which landed the volunteers at Mar-
sala. There was seized on board of her a quantity
of rice, sugar, coffee, wine, tents, 500 muskets, and
two pieces of artillery, which there had not been
time to land. There was also found in one of the
cabins the flag presented to Garibaldi by the ladies
of Genoa, and which had been forgotten on board.
At the last dates perfect tranquillity prevailed at
Naples, but the greatest gloom was caused by the
events in Sicily.

The Nord publishes the following relative to
Garibaldi's probable proceedings :—" A correspon-
dent in Paris sends us some curious intelligence
concerning the course events are likely to take in
consequence of the success in Sicily. He states
that Garibaldi's agents, the revolutionary commit-
tee, have announced to the consular body that the
inhabitants of the island will be shortly called on
to declare their opinion relative to annexation to
Piedmont. That union would be on conditions
very different from those of Central Italy.
Our correspondent endeavours to show that
Piedmont, besides adding to her internal diffi-
culties the dangers of a foreign war, is
bound by engagements, and could not at the pre-
sent time accept the voluntary annexation.
Count Cavour, he says, is too prudent to risk such
a hazardous game ; he will prefer making a dila-
tory reply to protect the present, without
pledging the future. The writer afterwards con-
siders the motives which would influence the
conduct of Europe in presence of a fact so serious
as the annexation of Sicily. Russia, he observes,
being less directly interested, would abstain ;
England is always disposed to recognise the legi-
timacy of a fait accompli ; Austria, by the treaty
of Zurich, is interdicted from any interference in
Italy, and from that principle (which France dic-
tated), she would not wish to depart, and by so doing
expose herself to the loss of any sympathy which
may now be felt towards her. The King of Naples
would therefore have no real support to expect
against his revolted subjects ; and he must bitterly
regret not having listened to the counsels which
have been given to him. There is a last prevision
which our correspondent mentions, and that is
whether the perspective of a republic in Sicily
would lead Europe to consent to annexation with
Piedmont. We can neither accept nor contradict
the argument of the writer; we think that the
wiser course will be to wait until events shall have
declared in a more explicit manner in favour of his
previsions, which may become a reality, but are
now only hypothesis."