The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-16 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Opinione Nationale gives the following ver-
sion of the causes which led to the expulsion of M.
La Farina from Sicily. M. La Farina had full
powers from the Sardinian Government to assume
the title of Royal Commissary as soon as the an-
nexation to Sardinia was declared. Garibaldi, while
advocating the annexation, thinks it advisable that
his own dictatorship should continue until the whole
island is subdued, Finding that the presence of La
Farina was detrimental to the cause, he ordered him
off.

A letter from Turin, dated the 13th of July,

says

"I have collected the following details respect-
ing the expulsion of M. La Farina from Palermo.
The order of expulsion came from General Gari-
baldi himself. It was presented to the President
of the National Committee (M. La Farina) about
haMpast ll at night, on the 7th. The Sicilian
Government was not apprised of the step. M. La
Farina was only alloWed half an hour to make his
preparations for departure. He asked for a boat
from Admiral Pusan°, who commands the Sar-
dinian squadron, and proceeded on board the Ad-
miral's ship. He was accompanied by the chief of
the police of Palermo, and by an officer of high
rank, who commanded the detachment that sur-
rounded his house. M. La Farina, oil his arrival
here, immediately waited upon Count Cavour."

The arrest of the two Manettas, father and son,
upon suspicion of having been concerned in the
attack upon M. Brenier, is confirmed. They were
taken on July 5, in the Isle of Ischia, and imme-
diately conducted to the fort, from which they were
sent to Naples the next day.
Recent accounts from Palermo state that the
siege of Messina had certainly been decided on, but
that the heat, which is overpowering in Sicily
during the mouths of July and August, must neces-
sarily render any, operations against that place very
difficult.
The following is the law promulgated by Gari-
baldi respecting the voting on the question of an-
nexation to Sardinia :
Joseph Garibaldi. Commander-in-Chief of the
National Forces in Sicily.
In virtue of the powers conferred on him,
Considering that the Sicilian people will not fail
to be called upon to vote respecting the annexation
of the island to the emancipated provinces of Italy,
either by direct suffrage or the medium of an as-
sembly :
Wishing to make the necessary arrangements
towards preparing the country for an act of suffi-
ciently great importance,
On the proposition of the Secretary of State of
the Interior,
The Council of Ministers having been heard,
decrees :
• 1. All citizens of 21 years of age are electors for
the locality of their private dwelling, where they
must be resident at the moment of voting.
2. He is not an elector : whoever has been regu-
larly condemned for any offence, pending the
period of his punishment ; whoever has been con-
demned for the 'crime of theft, fraud, imposture,
calunn;y, or perjury, for the space of two years
after the termination of his punishment; whoever
has been condemned for criminality, until his re-
covery of civic rights.
3. All electors of 25
years and upwards, provided
they know how to read and write, are eligible.
4. All the communes below 10,000 souls have the
right to elect one deputy ; all the communes above
10,000 souls and under 20,000, two deputies; above
20,000 souls, whatever may be the number of the
inhabitants, three deputies.
The commune of Palermo will elect ten deputies;
that of Messina and,Catania, five deputies each;
the island of Lipari two deputies.
. 6. The communes will pay to the deputies dur-