The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-01 00:00:00

question is whether it was in consequence of an
attack from the insurgents or not. I heard later
on shore that 25 waggons of wounded had been
brought into the military hospital outside of the
town; but these may have been from the engage-
ment on the day before. This morning the rumour
is that more troops have been asked for, but up to
this moment I can only tell you that Parco has
been burnt, and that, consequently, the troops have
abandoned the slopes. That the heights are all in
the hands of the insurgents night showed clearly
enough. Their watchfires were visible all round the
town in a semicircle. Besides those under the im-
mediate command of Garibaldi there are two other
troops, composed of natives, who guard the outlets
from the bay. They are supposed to consist of from
1,200 to 1,500 men each. But in general there is
very little known about the movements outside. All
is more or less supposition.
But what is certain is that the Neapolitans are
not very confident about their victory. Yesterday
two steamers left for Naples, carrying off fugitives
and their goods and chattels. Boat after boat was
seen passing full of furniture. All the Neapolitan
steamers had steam up during the whole day and
all night. Some of them went out cruising, and
watching the shore towards Cape Zaffarana, while
others shifted their places in their harbour.
In the afternoon I went on shore, and the sight
which offered itself was curious enough,numbers of
people lounging about the Marina, a kind of quay,
and looking at the movements of the Neapolitan
steamers, eager to find matter for interference. The
town, as some of your readers will know, is tra-
versed by two streets, which intersect each other at
right angles. In two of the quarters thus formed
there seemed no trace of the military except at the
outlets of the town, but the two higher portions,
towards the cathedral and the Royal Palace, were
in a regular state of siege. On every more open space
there were bodies of troops encamped or under arms,
at every few yards sentinels, and at all the corners
of the streetssmaller or larger detachments. Besides
this, patrols were pacing up and down. This, how-
ever, did not prevent people from going about and
looking down from the numerous balconies. No
objection was made to carriages passing, and even
the communication with the outside was not cut off.
In daytime, according to the proclamation of the
Commander, there is free egress and ingress from
and into the town, but at night no one is allowed
to pass or even to move about. Almost all the
shops are closed, and most of them bear the inscrip-
tion of being " foreign property"—a precaution, by
the by, which will scarcely help much with soldiers
who cannot read.

But it is not on these inscriptions that the people
rely so much as on the hope that the soldiers will
dhave no time to plunder. Should they be beaten
back towards the town, there is no doubt that the
town will rise and cut them off if possible. Every
preparation has been made for this, and there is a
look of defiance about the people which would not
be of good augury for the soldiers in case they
should be defeated. Some of the more sanguine
expected that something would take place last
night, but the night passed and nothing has oc-
curred. This morning everything seems quiet both
'in the town and outside. The supposition is that
all the different bands of insurgents arc being con-
centrated for a final movement, which is expected
from one moment to another.

That the defeat of Calata Fimi was considerable
there can be no doubt; it cost several hundred men
and one gun. The insurgents in their advance found
a letter from the Neapolitan General, Lanai, in
which he asks for help, and excuses the loss of the
gun by saying that the mule carrying it was killed.
This is contradicted by the chief of the Staff of the
insurgents, who says that the gun was on the car-
riage, and was loaded. Everything which is done
here is in the name of Italy and Vietor Emmanuel.
" Annexation" is the cry, and the programme which
all have subscribed is "no republic," and "no
transaction." The Neapolitan Commander, Lanza,
is the same who was here in 1848, and he is said to
have the constitution in his pocket. He is said to
be waiting only for a wish of this kind being ex-
pressed, and he will come forward all ready with
it. But people won't hear of it—it is too late, they
say.

I send you this letter by the Intrepid, a gunboat
which leaves to-day for Naples. I don't know when
I shall have an opportunity to send you something
more, for the occasions are few.

NAPLES, MAY 26.

It is not at all unlikely that you may have received
some of the intelligence which I send you, either by
way of Malta or Piedmont, for between Naples and
Palermo all communication has been stopped for
upwards of ten days. I dare not, however, omit
anything on such a chance. The defeat of the
troops at Calata Fimi was celebrated as a victory at
Bari, which was illuminated by command, and a
Te Delon was sung there. The following despatch,
however, of Marshal Landi, who was in command,
to the Commander-in-Chief, after the battle, gives
but a sorry view of things :
" (Most urgent.)
" Calati Fimi, May 15.
"Excellency,—Help—prompt help ! The armed
bands which left Salemi this morning have covered
all the hills to the south and south-west of Calata
Fimi. One half of my columns advanced within
range and attacked the rebels, who poured out in
thousands from every point. The firing was well
sustained, but masses of Sicilians united with the
Italian bands are in immense numbers. We have
killed the great Commander of the Italian Free
Bands, and have taken their flag, which we have
with us. Unfortunately a piece of artillery fell from
the back of a mule which was shot, and remained
in the hands of the rebels ; this pierces my soul with
grief. My column was obliged under a retreating
fire to fall back on Calata Fimi, where I am on the
defensive, as the rebels in great numbers make a
show of attacking us. I therefore beg your Excel-
lency instantly to send off a strong detachment of
infantry and at least another half battery, as the
masses are numerous and obstinately bent on fight-
ing. I fear to be assaulted in the position which I
occupy. I will defend myself as long as possible, but
if most prompt assistance be not sent I must confess

I do not know where the affair will end. The
ammunition of the artillery is almost finished ;
that of the infantry considerably diminished.
I have 62 wounded. I cannot at this moment
give an exact number of dead, as I am writing
immediately after the retreat. I submit to your
Excellency that if circumstances compel me I shall
retreat on Alcamo. My column is surrounded by
enemies, who have assaulted the mills and taken
the flour prepared for tho troops. The column
fought, with brisk firing, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
when I made my retreat.
" The General in command, Marshal LANDI."
As pendants to this, I now give you two decrees
of Garibaldi ; the first is dated

" Salemi, May 14.
" Garibaldi, Commander•in-Chief of the nation&

forces in Sicily, on the invitation of the principal
citizens, and on the deliberation of the free com•

So much for the events immediately preceding
and following the first successes of the Italian hero.
And now what of Palermo ? 4t the moment lam
writing I have intelligence from the 19th to the
21st, and I cannot do better than give it in the
words in which it is conveyed to me :

" Palermo, May 19.

" This morning there is great excitement ; three
field-pieces were discharged towards the upper part
•f the town and in the direction of the mole. Going
up to the top of my house I observed a great hurry
towards the latter place among the steamers. There
were the frigates Polifemo, the !Etna, and the tug-
boat. The Polifemo (without steam) was towed
out by the rowboats, and took up her station at the
end of or opposite the Stradone della Flora. The
frigate has since stationed herself opposite the
Porta Felice, prepared to sweep the streets. The
Assurance, or some gunboat, was anchored off the
Lighthouse: We begged our Consul to communi-
cate with Capt. Cochrane, in order that he might
ask the Commandant of the Castle, in case of a
boinbardment, to give British subjects time for
getting off. The verbal answer in the evening was
that the time for action had not yet arrived. Dur•
ing the night the troops and nearly all the sentries
in this part of the town were withdrawn, and I see
only a small picket at Porta del Greco, and a few
soldiers standing outside near the extreme end of
Banchetta, Some people say that they can see
from the terraces the movements of the Royal
troops in the outskirts, from the Porta de'Termini
round to the mole, there being some bands in
the Guadagna, near the old Campo Santo, on this
side of the village Della Grazla, and on the
other side of the Oreto. The police are fast
melting away, and many desertions are reported.
Lanza has published his appointment as High
Commissioner, with the alter ego of the King, and
the promise of a pardon to all who lay down their
arms, and a Royal Prince. It is astonishing that
fools exist to publish such articles. All this was
promised after the last revolution, but never ob-
served. Lanza is a good colonel of a regiment, but
utterly unsuited to his position. A small Sardinian
steamer arrived last evening from Cagliari, and met
the other despatch boat on her route there. I trust
that the captain will feel for his fellow Italians of
the Sicilian family. The British commander must
have his hands tied so tightly that, although here to
protect his countrymen, I fear he will do nothing.
I have just received the Proclamation of Gen.
Lanza, the alter ego of the King, on his landing in
Sicily. It runs thus :

" Sicilians,—On placing my foot on my native
soil my heart is overwhelmed with grief rather than
with joy at seeing the city of Palermo reduced to
ruin by the lamentable circumstances which now
press upon it and weigh it down. Yet it is a con-
solation to me that I have been sent here by the
august Sovereign as his commissioner extraordinary,
with the power of the alter ego for the complete
pacification of the island, which object having been
obtained, a Prince of the Royal Family, already
selected as Viceroy of his Majesty (by the grace of
God) will appear among you. He would come with
the mission of giving complete effect to all that can
produce the greatest advantage. He would come
with full powers of administration to provide for
the completion of carriage roads, railways, and the
most useful public works. He would come to give
the greatest development to your power and your
industry, and to furnish the country with the best
means which experience can point out for encou-
raging the progress of our civilisation and prospe-
rity. If our good Sovereign were not touched by
your sufferings, strong in the justice of his cause,
he would wait for the establishment of his undeni-
able rights. But, firm and constant in the reso-
lute desire to do what he can fiir your moral and
material amelioration, he does not deny the debt
which he owes at this moment to the greater
urgency of 'the actual position—that of guarding
your safety, threatened in so many ways, in the
stormy times in which we live. In accepting this
exalted mission, I have obeyed my conscience, and
in obeying the commands of his Majesty, our lord,
I have also yielded to the sentiments of my heart,
which would spare the common country misfortune
of which no one can anticipate the proportions and
the duration, and consider well what may await
you in the future. What destinies those who are
envious of your ever increasing prosperity offer to
you ? What guarantees have you for the good of
which they say they are the bearers ? Take counsel
from experience—rise to the height of the actual
position to save yourselves, now that all the pas-
sions of cupidity are unbridled, and you do not
know of what you are to be the victims. In the
tempestuous struggles to which foreign aggressors
urge you, your civil courage, supported by the
Royal troops, can alone support you. In the august
name of the King, I accord an ample and a gene-
rous pardon to all who have now been misled, and
who will make their submission to the legitimate
authorities."

This proclamation was torn in pieces by the
Palermitans, and the Conzitato published an
answer, in which it spoke of the perjury of the
Government, of the treachery which it had prac-
tised towards the Sicilians, and of the impossibility
of believing it.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—At the public office at
Birmingham, yesterday, a charge of forgery was preferred
against John Plimley Edwards, a bankrupt, in the East
India trade, who recently absconded from that town. Mr.
Hodgson, of the firm of llodgson and Allen, solicitors, ap-
plied on behalf of Mr. Joseph Bull, of the Fenton Iron-
works, 'l'nnstall, Staffordshire, for a warrant to apprehend
the bankrupt np,m a charge of forging a bill for £2OO on the
30th of April Mr. Kynnersky, the stipendiary magis-
trade, granted the warrant as applied for, and it is now in
the hands of the police. The inspectors of the bankrupt's
estate have called a meeting for Monday next.
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Premature Decay.—When from free living, excessive in-
dulgence, or the enervating effects of hot climates, the
nervous system becomes shaken, and the bodily powers
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plaints, sick-headache, and loss of appetite. This ointment
should be very well rubbed twice a clay over the pit of the
stomach and right aide, whilst Holloway's Pills are being
taken in such doses as can conveniently be borne. This
treatment will always restorestrength and energy. Ner-
vousness, flushes, and fainting fits may all be prevented
by a timely recourse to, and diligent use of these remedies;
which cannot do harm to the most delicate or debilitated.

The screw steamship Hero, 91, Capt. G. H. Sey-
mour, was taken out of Keyham basin on Wednesday,
and steamed to her moorings off the Devonport
Dockyard. She was appointed to go to sea yes-
terday:to try her machinery, and return to Hamoaze:
The iron screw steam storeship Himalaya, Capt.
John Seccombe, was towed on Wednesday from her
moorings in Hamoaze by the Zephyr and Confi an ce
steamtugs to Keyham steam yard, and placed in
No. 1 dock, just vacated by the Hero.
The Cumberland, 70 guns, Capt. Schomberg,
chief steam reserve ship in Sheerness harbour, was
yesterday paid wages, and the crew granted seven
days' leave.
The Wrangler, 4, screw steam gun vessel,
160-horse power, Commander J. Beamish, was yes-
day inspected by Capt. Rundle B. Watson, Cap-
tain-Superintendent of Sheerness 'dockyard, and
paid advance.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock,
to the Bulldog, commissioned ; G. H. J. Elliot,
midshipman, to the Cressy; H. S. Sandys and
F. A. Wetherall, midshipman, to the Donegal ;
W. H. C. St. Clair, midshipman, to the Aboukir;
Cosmo F. M. Gordon, midshipman, to the Hanni-
bal ; R. D. Campbell, midshipman, to the Marl-
borough; and George H. Beaton, Ist class assistant-
engineer, to the Cumberland, for charge of the
machinery of the Racehorse.

Ml. BRIGRT AND THE PAPER .DUTIES.

(From the Times.)

Mr. Bright is just now verifying the adage
that anger is a short madness. Of course, he will
not recognise the undoubted truth that it is he
himself who has lost the Paper Duties Repeal Bill.
He can no moi e see this than can the gambler see
that it is his own folly which has emptied his
pockets. He carries his passion boy and kicking the
little boy off the door step; lie is almost like the
gamester who goes home and thrashes his wife and
knocks down his friends. We can understand that
it may consort with his passion, and with his usual
notions of expediency, to pour out the vials of his
wrath upon the Peers. That they derive every
vice and prejudice and incapacity out of the coffiu
of their immediate ancestor, and put on folly as a
Peer's robe, is quite comprehensible in the mouth
of Mr. Bright ; hut why are poor Mr. Milner
Gibson and leer Mr. Villiers to be threatened with
eternal infamy P Why are they to be told that
they will go down to posterity as meg who have
surrendered the liberties of their country? Surely
they have laboured hard enough to do the work of
this hard master ? But it is always so : the worst,
player is always finding fault with his partner.
Here Bright has trumped Gibson's best card and
has lost the game, and now he is throwing the
cards in poor Gibson's face. As to ourselves we are
used to this species of ingratitude. We told
Mr. Bright all along that he was throwing away
the best chance we had of getting the Paper Duty
repealed. When he was insulting and defying the
Lords we entreated him to be quiet, and to believe
that the best way of inducing English gentlemen
to do a thing is not to threaten them with extinc-
tion if they do not do it. But Mr. Bright has been
for years abusing us, and we have been for years
faithfully reporting his abuse. Perhaps there
may be a touch of superstition in this. We
have such faith in the prosperity of everything
that Mr. Bright attacks ! He never yet assailed
anything that did not flourish, and he never yet
patronised anything that did not wither. Mr.
Bright has been very curious in calculating our pe-
cuniary interest in the paper dues question, and he
most strangely under-estimates it at £25,000 a-year.
We will not take the same liberty with Mr. Bright.
We will not ask him what loss or what contribution
he hopes to save when these duties are repealed.
We will only remind him that there is one slight
difference between us, and that difference is that we
have promised that whatever we save shall be given
to the public, and we are not aware that Mr. Bright
has ever made for his organ any such promise. As
Mr. Bright insists upon talking newspaper business
with us, let us, as theladies say, sit down to parler
eliVons. We will give him a little advice worth
having. He has really lost nothing by the rejection
of this bill, for, if it had passed, his organ would
not have got the benefit of it. Other competitors
would have carried off the profits. Mr. Bright
may get a mob to listen to him, but he will not
get a public to buy him. His opinions and his tastes
are not those of the English people. If he is bent
at all hazards upon having an organ, and does not
like to carry it on at a loss, the only certain plan
is an annual Parliamentary subsidyfor the purpose.
As a Christian return for all Mr. Bright's compli-
ments we are prepared to support him in this
proposition. We can, indeed, find good public
reasons in his favour. His curious ill-luck and his
strange perversity of judgment would doubtless
make it necessary that we should vote a rather
large subsidy to keep such an organ afloat ; but
still it would be cheap on the whole. It might
be £lO,OOO or £15,000 a-year, bit this would be a
cheap compromise against the loss of £1,400,000 of
revenue. Now, we put it to Mr. Bright's candour
whether this be not a very handsome offer, and we
put it to the country whether it be not an econo-
mical offer. If Mr. Bright will have his roast
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MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS.---ThO
annual moveable committee of this society was in the past
week held in the ancient and picturesque town of Shrews-
bury. Delegates from the pruscipal districts of the Unity
arrived during Saturday and Sunday, and on Monday
assembled, to the number of 170, at the large room of the
Lion Hotel. The old border-town during the entire week
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ruimeitg shttr ei enttso,and
wore quite a holiday face. Trains from the surrounding
grand procession of members,
bearing flags and banners, attracted immense crowds of
people. The streets traversed were gay with green leaves,
triumphal arches, and flags. A banquet at the Music-
hall, with the Mayor in the chair • a grand ball in the same
elegant building; excursions to 'Chester and Wales, filled
up the intervals of business, and occupied the attention of
the visitors. The business transacted by the delegates
during the week comprehended the sub-committee's and
auditors' reports of the Unity during the past year; the
election of tapers and directors until the next annual
meeting—and the consideration and alteration of the gene-
ral laws which regulate the entire order. The auditors'
report stated the working expenses of the year at £E3O, and
the sub-committee's report called particular attention to
petitioning for the repeal of the Friendly Societies' Act,
1858, and supporting the bill last week introduced by Mr.
Sotheron Estcourt. The Grand Master, Mr. 'Win. Hick-
ton, of Stockport, presided, and his successor chosen was
Mr. Henry Back, of Birmingham, the Deputy G.M. being
Mr. John Gale of Liverpool. Messrs. Burgess, Daynes,
Jack, Pratt, Richmond, Roe, Schofield, Street, and Wood-
cock were elected directors. Although many important
propositions were brought forward no radical ohanges ev
made in the laws affecting the constitution of the society.
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