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London, England, 1860-06-09 00:00:00

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morrow at noon, and that4t is, tabovkl
y
..v.ic_v__to provide for-tr 6 great r nmlie
that the Neapolitans asked for :in a 4
At any rate, you will not have loio
cision one way or the ether, i ' '',
in-rt e . Neither party can h. .. . ?„
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longer. An epic poem could be written a:. t... ?, t
the 1,062 Italians and five Hungarians did in Sicily .C"
co°. what they did,:there would be no more fightmgre-
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during these last 20 days; how they fiinglq„ hovir
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they marched, how they bore fatigue. If every,.
Sicilian was ready to do the thousandth tart of
without any shelter, haranguing 1)4.5r .1/4 `from ti; quired. As for pay, the very word is unknown ;
the men ; the enemy seeing this, issued trat of the 1 most of those who came have means of their own,t
9n
i... ~for
..,:cu• ask for anything except ammunition, lire on
houses and from behind the barricade.
Picciotti was shot through the head jut't 1"-fo: a " , - uy., aul. seem almost to have for-
Garibaldi, who, seeing him falling, held him Igotten WilZ sleep is. The only drawback is that
,:i1,13-ochei
, ral they 1,062 at landing, and that those
moment; and Colonel Tarr, at his side, got a were on::,'
great in the Italian cause
ball against his leg as he took hold of the ClP'l',e-ut who think themselves
and dragged him by main force under shelter, 1-
the thought it their duty this iirnre to imped.e in ost
the effect was produced. One rush bro
effectually all reinforcements. ,Tf one wavesill- na-
u b —Alt . .
party close enough to throw one of Orsini's sliti.),.:, turcd, one might almost suppose tit. at they thought
whickrprostrated seven or eight men. The bugle* ;t a good opportunity to get rid of Garibaldi, but
who is always at Garibaldi's side, sounded the th,-,y may find themselves mistaken.
charge, and the Neapolitans ran. The sound of this
bugle seems to act formidably on the nerves of the
Neapolitan troops ; they know they have to do with
Garibaldi's men, and at Calata Fimi they ran before
even the charge took place.
The two steamers, which had troops on board,
have anchored, and have begun to disembark them
at the Castello under cover of the men-of-war, which
have their broadsides turned towards the town,
ready to bombard. This shows that the Neapolitans
have not given up the game, but hope to regain
the ground they have lost. These troops are not
Neapolitans, but speak German; some say they
are Bavarians. Whether their presence will re-
store the morale of the Neapolitan troops remains
to be seen.

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7.111; .N A V .

The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Captain Sir F. L. Nit'Clin-
tock, fitting at Portsmouth, has crossed her forke and
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mamtopsaii yards, and is progressing fast in her
equipncnt, having a large number of riggers,,
caulket)g, &c., employed upon her.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, commenced mast-
ing under the outer shears yesterday at Ports-
mouth.

The Royal Frederick, 86, screw, has commenced.
coppering in No, 7 dock at Portsmouth.
The Duncan, 101, screw two-decker, tested her
machinery in the steam basin at PortsmotrlN, en
Thursday. The engines and boilers gave .ev erg
satisfaction ; but the vessel's outer sternpost ex, hi-
bited an extraordinary amount of motion, such ,tut
could not be continued for any length of time with -;
out endangering its position. Stout metal kne es
will be affixed to the stern-post and ship's stern t o
endeavour to remedy this defeat. The engines'
during the trial made 68 revolutions per minute,
with the Griffiths propeller set at its finest pitch,
another defect in the ship's construction being that
her screw aperture has not been made large enough
to ship the Griffiths at any other pitch. It is ex-
pected that the ship will be again placed in dock on
the Royal Frederick completing her coppering.
The Dee, paddle, Master Commander Pullen,
sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for Woolwich.
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander
I E. R. Power, landed her old boilers yesterday in
the steam basin at Portsmouth, and will take on
board the new ones brought round by the Dee
from Devonport.
The Coquette, screw despatch vessel, in No. 5
dock at Portsmouth, is having some of her sheets of
copper and a portion of her ceiling removed, pre-
paratory to her examination and survey. tithe was
built by Messrs. Green, of Blackwall, and was
recently put out of commission on her arrival home
froth the Mediterranean.
The Diligence, naval transport, at Portsmouth,
yesterday crossed her fore and maintopsail y.artis,
fitted with Cunningham's patent reefing gear. The
order for the Diligence to be fitted on this prin-
ciple was received from the Admiralty on Wednc
day, and has been completed within the time
allowed by them-48 hours.
A large number of hands are employed upon the'
Royal Alfred, 91, the -Glasgow, 51, the Dryad, 51,
and the Chanticleer, 17, building in Portsmouth
yard. The Glasgow and Chanticleer are well ad-
vanced in outside planking and caulking ; the
Royal Alfred has the greater portion of her timbers
in position ; and the Dryad has got her stem, up,
keel and floor timbers fixed, &c.
The following vessels are in the steam basin ,at
Portsmouth, fitting for the steam reserve :—Tive
Prince of Wales, 131, screw; the Duncan, 101 ;
screw ; the Nelson, 91, screw; the Sutlej, 51, screw;
the Immortalit6, 51, screw; the Rinaldo, 17, screw;
the Philomel, 6, screw; the Sphinx, 6, paddle; the
Medea, 6, paddle ; the Frederick William, 86,
screw, in No. 7 dock coppering; and the Princess
Royal, 91, screw, receiving her masts. There
are also in commission the Perseverance, screw
troopship, undcr repairs ; and her Majesty's Royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, in No. 8 dock (steam
basin dock), re-embellishing for summer service.
Excluding the two last-mentioned vessels, but in-
cluding the Hornet, 17, in No. 1 dock, this will
give a total of 12 vessels, representing 654 guns,
and 5,330-horse power, as now preparing in this
steam basin to join the steam reserves of the port.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles Parry and Lieut.
Henry it. E. Grey, to the Bulldog; Lieut. Alex-
ander It. li. Carter, to the St. Vincent ; Duncan
Johnston, assist.-surg., to the Bulldog;'
Thomas Waterticld, assist-paymaster, to the
Monareh; W. E. Hicks, assist.-clerk to the Orion ;
W. Robinson, acting first-class assist-engineer to
the Bulldog ; W. Thomas, promoted to the rank
of acting second-class assist-engineer in the Leo-
pard; AleNander Clirke, acting second-class as-
sist.-en;:ineer, to the Bulldog ; George C. Scholes,
second-class assist.-engineer, to the Barracouta ;
Matthew Litt, third-class assist.-engineer to the
Cumberland. for charge of the machinery of the
Myrtle ; William M. Taylor, third-class assist.-
engineer to the Barracouta; Joshua B. Firth, act-
ing third-class assist.-engineer, to the Bulldog ;
and Henry F. Strugnell, acting third-class assist.-
engineer, to the Barracouta.

MAY 30, MORNING.
The ,troops which were disembarked last night
went out of the Castello towards the Mole, and
then, by a circuit, rejoined, as it seems, the troops
on the other side. This looks as if they were anxi-
ous to hold their ground in and about the Royal
Palace, rather than to make an attack on the town.
The news from the country could not be better.
Everywhere the people are rising and the troops
withdrawing. On the evening of the 23d General
Alfan de Heisla abandoned Girgenti, leaving the
civil authorities to their own devices. As soon as
the troops left the population hoisted the Italian
flag. A committee was formed, and a national guard.
The cries were, as everywhere else, " Viva l'ltalia,"
" Viva Vittorio Emmanuelle," and" Viva Garibaldi."
The civil authorities were respected, and although
the prisoners, 200 in number, were let out, no dis-
turbance occurred. The whole province there, as
everywhere else, is following the example, rising,
instituting a committee, and arming itself. The
province of Catania has risen, with the exception
of the town, which is still held by the military as
well as that of Trapani. And all this occurred
before the taking of Palermo, the news of which
event has not yet had time to produce its full effect.
If the Neapolitans ever again get possession of Sicily,
the Sicilians deserve to be ruled for ever by King
Bombino.
The Neapoltan fleet has not fired a shot Since the
morning of the day before yesterday, when Admiral
Mundy spoke his mind on the subject to the Com-
mandore, so that one-half of the misery has been
spared to the Palermian. But the Castello is incor-
rigible; whenever it hears a noise or sees a move-
ment in any part of the town, down comes a shell.
If it were possible to miss, I daresay they would,
but this cannot be expected in these narrow streets.
The houses are, for the most part, so badly built
that one shell is sufficient to make them a heap of
ruins and bury the inmates. Whole families have
thus disappeared, and hundreds of inoffensive people
been killed and wounded. The fleet fired about 80
or 90 shells the first day ; as for the Castello, it
must have thrown more than 300.
The first day Garibaldi addressed a protest to the
commanders of the foreign men-of-war against this
cowardly inhumanity ; but they cannot interfere
directly without instructions. It is to public opi-
mon in Europe that the appeal must be made. Let
it decide whether a Government which resorts to
such means is worthy to exist.
The Parliament of Great Britain is assembled, let
it take the matter in its hands. If a convict who
has committed manslaughter or burglary becomes
an opprobrium in the eyes of men, surely the bigoted
idiot who massacres in this way hundreds of de-
fenceless people to revenge himself of his own im-
potence deserves to be branded with infamy !
9 A.M.

Just at this moment a flag of truce has come in
from the Royal Palace with the following letter
directed to General Garibaldi :
" Tho Command -in-Chief of the Armies and Naval Stations
beyond the Faro, Palermo, May 30, 18.60.
" General,—As the British Admiral let me know that he
would receive with pleasure on board of his vessel two of
my generals to open a conference with you, of which he
would be the mediator, if you allowed them to pass through
the lines, I beg you to let me know whether you assent,
and if so to indicate to me the hour at which the armistice

is o begin. It would likewise be advantageous that you
allowed the two generals to be accompanied from the Royal
Palace to the Swaim, where they would embark.
" Waiting for your answer, I have the honour to be,
" LANZA.

" To his Excellency General Garibaldi."
To this letter the answer was, that General Gari-
baldi would have no objection to meet the two
generals on board the Admiral's vessel ; that he
would send round orders to all the line to cease
firing • that the armistice was to begin at noon,
and that at one p.m. they would meet on board the
Admiral's ship. Colonel Turr, the Inspector-Gene-
ral of the national forces, sent the letter of Lanza
on board the Hannibal by Mr. Wilmot, the flag.
lieutenant.

12 30 P.M.

If a man is found to have taken in confusion his
neighbour's cloak it may pass for a mistake ; but
if that man is found on the very next occasion in
the same position it is time to cry " Stop thief!"
and collar the individual. When the Neapoli-
tans asked for an armistice, and General
Garibaldi sent accordingly the order to all the line
to cease firing, they not only continued shelling, but
tried to take advantage of the cessation of the fire
to gain a better position. To-day they not only
tried, but actually gained a considerable advantage.
In order to cease firing at noon and begin the
armistice, C'Taribaldi had begun to send round the
line about an hour before. Just about the same
time a Neapolitan column appeared on the very
same road by which Garibaldi had entered. It was
provided with artillery, and began to advance from
the Ponte dell' Amiragliato, where they had been
stationed, towards the Porta di Termini. In vain
was the white flag denoting an armistice exhibited,
not only did the firing continue, but the citadel
began sending its shells in the same direction.
Several of the officers mounted on the top of the
barricades, and tried to inform the Neapolitans of
the armistice. They were received with rifle shots,
and Colonel Carini, besides others, was wounded.
The Garibaldians still stuck to their instructions,
and did not return the fire. Message after message
came to Garibaldi that they must fire or else aban-
don their position. The general was just on the
point of taking the resolution that the armistice
was broken, when two Neapolitan officers came in
as parlementaires. They excused the affair as a
misunderstanding, and that the column had not
received the orders about the armistice. They were
sent in front to stop the fire and arrest the advance.
Curiously enough, during all this time the shelling
from the citadel went on also, and surely the
citadel could not be supposed to be with-
out news of the armistice ! Just at twelve the
news came that the column of the enemy had pene-
trated into the town. Garibaldi immediately, as he
did yesterday, collected his reserves, and marched
on. It was quite true, and Lieut. Wilmot, R.N.,
who had come on shore to bring the Admiral's con-
sent to the conference on board, found himself in
the midst of the advancing column of Neapolitans
and the men of Garibaldi. A shell fired at the
same time from the Castello burst close to him, the
Neapolitans levelled their muskets, and it was with
considerable danger that he at last reached Gari-
baldi. It was five minutes past 12. Mr. Wilmot
brought the Admiral's consent to an interview on
board, and a few minutes after two Neapolitan
officers arrived to say that it was all a mistake,
that the column had not received the orders.
The Admiral's boats are to be ready at a quarter
past 1. I must say if I had been Garibaldi I should
not have listened to any proposals before the
column coming from outside had given up the posi-
tions out of which it had cheated his troops. But
Garibaldi is incorrigible in his magnanimity. I am
waiting to hear what passed on board, and hope to
be able to tell you of it before the mail closes and
her Majesty's ship Intrepid starts.

4 P.M.
The conference on board is not over yet, and
all the boats are assembled round the Hannibal,
The town is in a most excited state, the impression
having got abroad that the Neapolitans intend
offering a capitulation and free retreat to Gari-
baldi. It is in such moments that you see of what
stuff a population is made, and certainly that of
Palermo is not of the stuff of which heroes and
martyrs are made. Instead of throwing themselves
into the houses nearest to the point occupied by
the enemy, they run about the streets discouraging
each other.

4 30 P.M.
The conference is just over. Garibaldi has come
on shore, and is gone to the Palace with the two
Neapolitan Generals. The French mail starts, and
I must send off m. y letter without being able to
give you the details of the conference. The report
is, however, that an arraistice is concluded till to-

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARRET. 1
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs',
Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstonis, s
Amy
Mrs. B.
White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and M
Sedgwick.
After which, a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF
FITZSMY THE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and
Rogers; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss He
rode.
THE OHIO. By
To be followed by THE ODDITIES OF
the Leclercqs.
To conclude with A RISS IN e
TH E DARK.
Commenc at 7.

ROYAL 33 It IN CE S S'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, RICHELIEU. Mr. Phelps.
To conclude with the drama of PAU LINE. Mr. Melville
Mrs. Weston, and Miss
CoC. Leclercq.
mmence at 7.

ADSLPHI, NE' THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole ernprietor and MAnager. Mr. Beni. Webster.
Sixth week of the celebra, ed American Actress, Miss Julia
Dal y.
THIS uIVENING to commence with IT'S AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan,
J. L. Toole, Stuart, Billing ton, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A.
Wigan, and Miss H. Simms..
To be followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. Messrs. A
Wigan, Toole, Miss K. Kelly.
After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billing-ton, Eburne, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, XL
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, es.;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
" LA TENTATION."
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Positively the last two ertormßnces of the new comedy.
LA ENTATION, THIpS EVENING (Saturday), and
Monday.
11611 Mdlle. DUVERGER.— M. BRINDEAU.
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Gallery, ls

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A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
tl Mr. WM. BATTY.
'l2 IS EVENING,
The Grand Hippo-Drama. " TirE HISTORY OF A FLAG."
Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most
taler ced Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World.
Concluding with a Laughable Farce.
The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De-
fries and Sons, Houndsditch.
Dm: a open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
first Time in this Country.
Mr. Henry Herbert
,Mr. C. Bernard.

CONCERTS.-

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Mephistopheles
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite ..... Miss Russell.
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
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Balcony, is Hall. 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
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The AFRICAN OPERA T ttOUPE, their first appearance
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THE SUN.
LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1860.

GARIBALDI TRIUMPHANT !

Thank GOD ! the battle of freedom is at length

won, and Sicily is independent ! Honour, all
honour to GARIBALDI—the hero of a hundred

fights, and the single hearted liberator of his

fellow-men. But a month ago, and his " fool-
hardy" attempt was denounced as madness—his
was a forlorn hope, and now behold the end !

The struggle was no doubt as desperate as it was
bloody, but the truly brave whose cause is good put
their trust in GOD, and His Omnipotence carries

them through burning fire in spite of every obstacle.
" Impossibility" is to them but the soul-stirring

impetus to victory—and GARIBALDI has now
proved to the world—

That freedom's battle once begun,

Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won !

So may it ever prove.

The Neapolitan troops have capitulated, and

will leave Sicily at mice.

The Bourbon tyrant of Naples mar now look
out,—for his turn is next on the cards. Indeed,
he feels it to be so much so, that in the agony of
his soul (if he have one), he has appealed to the
great Powers to interpose and save him—to guaran-
tee the dominions which his turpitude had ren-
dered as hot and unbearable to his people as his kin-
dred Vesuvius—aye, to guarantee those sad domains
yet more and for ever to his keeping, and what
answer did they make ? The only one which
nations having a drop of humanity in their hearts
could answer—they left him to his doom ! So that
he may now lie on that bed of scorpions which he
had, during all his reign, made so unbearable to his
wretched people.

And first amongst the nations which spoke out was
our own. Lord JonN RussELL,like a true-hearted
patriot, spoke as became an Englishman, and de-
nounced the appeal withburnit•g but brief simplicity.
Honour, we say, be to him as a straightforward
Foreign Minister ! England may well be proud of
him in that constitutional department, for he
uph olds her honour and maintains her might in
dignified illustration of what a constitutional and
impartial Government ought to be.
The Emperor NAPOLEON also • declined to inter-
fere, but founded his refusal .on a quibble of
etiquette, which he may have cause some day to
ill ustratc in his own proper person..

I,lr. COBDEN has written a letter from Paris, I
eat 'a June 4,1860, a propos of the Paper Duties,
the House of Lords, and the British Constitution.
The, hon. gentleman
has been so long silent that
we iTladly welcome
frommun ;cation. Ins
epistle
ishim even a written com-
ddressed, through one
of his: leading constituents at Rochdale, to the local
Constitutional Defence Assceia
:sarguments)His argument
goes at once, (like all Mr. Coi:tri•
N
DE
d:rectly to the point. The right nail (as usual at
Mr. COBDEN'S hands) is
hit exactly upon the
bead—is driven home—and clinched. There is no
t.attempt at circumlocution. There
no
stnd choosing of polite phrases. Nkither, forpiketil)3
that
watter, is there any indulgence in merely idlet
vituperation. The hon. gentleman argues quite
simply that this question, according to his view of
it, resolved itself simply to this one plain inquiry—
g. ' Shall we submit to be taxed by an irresponsible
13, )dy, or shall we hold fast to the constitutional
mi aim of our forefathers, which declared that taxa-