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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1860.

CREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
T TOURISTS' SEA-SIDE and FAMILY TICKETS,
available for a month, or longer by extra payment, arc now
issued at Paddington and other principal stations.
TQ Exeter,- Bideford, Barnstaple, Pawlish, Teignmouth,
Torquay, and Paignton, 50s. first class, and 355. second class.
Truro, 60s. and 408. And Penzance, 655. and 455. To parties
-of noo less than three persons.
- To Weymouth and Dorchester, 35s..and 25s ; to parties
-taking not less than tour first or six second class tickets.
To:the Isle of Man, Bangor,.,and • Beaumaris, via Chester
and Liverpool, 70s. and •
To.Llandtidno, via Liverpool, 675. and 475.
TQ.Carnarvon, via Llangollen and Llanberris, and to Bata
and Dolp,•elly, via Llangollen, 70s. and 50s.

IRE IN6UBR_ECTION- IX ASICILY.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times.)
PALERMO, MAY 25.

From , my letter from Messina* you must have
seen the great difficulty of moving about and get-
ting intelligence which exists in Sicily. By land
-the uncertain limits of the tide of insurrection make
all communication tardy and uncertain, while by
sea the Neapolitan Government has done its best to
throw- obstacles in the way. Its interest is, of
course, to isolate all points . on -the coast., and, thus
prevent them from combining their plans. It is,
.above all, as regards the intercourse of the two
towns of Messina and Palermo that this was thought
necessary. With the exception of a passing foreign
vessel; there .had been no intercourse between the
two towns for, weeks ; letters, not a few of gicat
commercial importance, containing protests of bills
of exchange, remit4ances, &c., haul been lying at
the, different eonsuldeS for
weeks without being
able to reach their dtaination. The chances, then,
of getting to this place were not very great. For-
tunately for me, an English screw steamer, the
Vulture, trading. ine. flies° parts, had come in the
~very day I arrived 4-- :, cbsina. The good. offices
ettofQui. Vice'Consul) N •- iehards, and the civility
of the agent of the cOmpany enabled" me to take,.
advantage of her departure the next day, and to
arrive here just at the moment when things are
hurryink on towards-a decisive crisis. .
Although not prepe:ted-Sor the reception of pas-
sengers, the goodwill of the master, Mr. Smith,
found a shakedown comfortable enough for an old
campaigner. 'We left Messina late iu the evening
of the 23d, owing to a quantity of cargo which we
had to take in. Just when we were on the point
of leaving, the French paddlewheel frigate Des-
cartes, coming from Naples, steamed into the har-
bour It was night before we could get but of the
harbour and steam through the straits. We were
all on the look-out for Neapolitan cruisers, and
rather anxious to witness their attempt " to shut
the door of the stable when the horse had got
out." Our curiosity was so much the more
excited as the Marseilles steamer, while
going two nights ago into Messina, had almost
come into collision with one of the Near
politan cruisers. The night had been hazy and only
occasionally and for a moment illuminated by glares
of lightning. One of the flashes brought suddenly
into relief the square topsails of the cruiser for a
moment, like the revival of the phantom ship, and
the French captain had only time to put his helm
hard a starboard, back the engines, and thus
escape a collision. .

To Narberth-road and NeW MlllOrd, for Tenby and Milford
llaven.—Tourists' tickets,- 725. and 50s ; family tickets (tu
parties of not leas than three persons), 635. and 453.

- To Limerick-and Killarney, for the. south .of Ireland, via
iii ford Haven-and Waterfxd, .E 5 Is. and £f.

Bills, giving-full particulars, can be obtained at tile Com-
pany's offices and stations, or upon application to the Sumer-
iutendent at Paddington.-

• HER.• MAJESTX'.S THEATRE.-
Mr. BENEDICT begs-to announce that his ANNUAL
MORNING CONCERT at HER MAJESTY's THEATRE,
is fixed for Monday; 15th June, under the immediate patron-
age of Her 3lost Gracious llajesty the Queen, H.R. I -I. the
.Prince Consort; H. .H. the Duchess of Kent, and H.R.H. the
.Duchess of. Cambridge. Principal Vocalists :—Mesdames
Titiens, Brunetti, Lotti, Della Santa, Borghi-Mamo,
Lemaire, Catherine Hayes, Vaneri, Parepa, Artot,
and A lboni ; Signori Giuglini, Belart, Corsi, Gassier, Ronconi,
Everardi, Vialetti, and Mongini. The Instrumental Artistes
will. be duly announced. Early application is solicited for
the remaining Boxes-and-Stalls, which my be secured at the
box;Dffice, the principal libraries and music sellers, and, at
-Mr.-Benedict's, 2,- Manchester-square, W.

WASHINGTON FRIEND'S MiffilCAL and
PICTORIAL ENTERTAINMENT, illustrating his
Grand Tour of 5,000 miles in Canada and the United States,
entitled TWO HOURS IN AMERICA; with his Songs and
Melodies, will OPEN at St, James's Hall, Piccadilly, on
MONDAY, June 4.—Exhibitions Daily, at 3 and 8 o'clixlc.—
Ticket Office open from 10 till 5.

(lIIIIISTIPS MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon •
lop, previous to the retirement of Mr. J. W. Raynor on the
2d of August.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday
Morning at 3 o'clock. Tickets and places may be secured at
the Hall from 11 till 4., and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-
office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and
Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR.

A MILL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picca-
L dilly.—Open every Evening, with thecelebrated Band
conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em-
perm Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON
added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 'o'clock. Ad-
mission, ls.

Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
NIGH 'HOL BO RN.
This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the
elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined
with the perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY
EVENING for DANCING. The celebrated band, under the
direction of Mr. IT. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selec-
tion of the ma, t approved classical and modern music.
Doors open at half-past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at.l2
punctually. Admission, ls.

QAYERS and lIEENAN. REDUCTION of
PRICES.—RECONCILIATION and FINAL SETTL E-
M ENT of the GREAT CONTEST for the CHAMPIONSHIP.

—PRESENTATION offilie;TWO BE LTS7---- ---
---
Enthusiastic and Brilliant Reception of the Two Heroes
Last Evening—The entire Entertainment will be Repeated
THIS DAY, at Two and Eight, at the ROYAL ALHAM-
BRA PALACE. Leicester-square.—Messrs. SAYERS and
HEENAN beg leave to respectfully inform the Nobility,
Gentry, and Public that appropriate speeches will be de-
livered, and remarks made upon tke pleasing and satisfac-
tory adjustment of this long-pending question, prior to the
delivery of the Belts by the Speakers. An Instrumental
Band of most eminent artists are engaged, and a pleasing,
refined, classical, and musical entertainment will take place.
Pcors open at Seven o'clock. Dress circhi (reserved seats),
10s. ; second seats (boxes), fis. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ; gallery, ls.
Carriages may be ordered at Nine o'clock. The entertainment
will be repeated To-morrow (Saturday) evening.
Also, a Grand fashionable Morning Representation (To-
morrow), commencing at two p.m. Carriages at four. Seats
may be secured at Messrs. Chappell's, and Leader and Cock's,
New Bond-street ; Keith and Prowse, 48, Cheapside ; and
at the Alhambra Palace, from 11 to 4.

WEDDING STATIONERY, including every
requisite.—Beautiful and elegant designs by DE LA
RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No
charge for carriage on orders over 20s. The London Depot
for De La Rue and Co.'s manufactures—HENßY GOOD'S,
60, Moorgate-street, E.C.'

Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style, and
note papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or if plain,
stamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be
forwarded free on application.

DECAYED TEET IT.

M It. ESKELL'S celebrated OSTEOPLASTIC
IT-11 ENAMEL.—The only stopping for tender and decayed
Teeth that will not become discoloured. For front teeth in-
valuable. Post free for 30 stamps (directions enclosed).
314, Regent-street, London, facing the Polytechnic.

MR. ESKELL'S PATENTED INCORRO-
DIBLE TEETH are adapted without extracting teeth
or stumps, or giving any. pain whatever, on his never-failing
principle of Self-Adhesion, by which the following advan-
tage,: arc obtained : -
PERFECT MASTICATION,
DISTINCT ARTICULATION, and
COMPLETE RESEMBLANCE TO NATURE
which renders it impossible to detect them. There are no
visible fastenings, and from the absence of all weight and
their congeniality to the mouth, may be worn on the most
tender or sensitive gums with the greatest comfort. Teeth
stopped, loose teeth fastened, &c. Consultations Free.
Terms strictly moderate. ,
314, Regent-street, facing the Polytechnic.

The night of our journey was tolerably bright, so
that, in spite of the proverbial clumsiness of the
Neapolitan navy, there was little chance of any
such stirring incident. But whether Neapolitan
cruisers go about only in a haze, or whether they
only cruise once or twice a week, with the excep-
tion of a guardship stationed near the lighthouse in
the straits, we did not perceive, either that night or
the next morning, the slightest traces of vigilance
on the north shore. The whole Neapolitan navy
seems to be taken up in guarding Palermo, Mes-
sina, and Catania, so that, if the Italians chose, they
might land almost anywhere on the open coast
when and whatever they pleased.
We sailed quite close to that picturesque north
coast without perceiving the slightest stir or move-
ment. Had it not been fat' the towns and villages
which are dotted about all along, we might have

supposed it a land of the dead, not a boat or sail
anywhere to be seen. The news had reached. Mes-

sina the day before of Cefalu, a town just half-way

to Palermo, having establisheda Provisional Govern-
ment ; we looked out, therefore, with double into•
rest towards Ras-uggeld (th© Dog Promontory),
which stands out boldly with its pointed peak, and
is only a few miles distant from Cefalu. A largg,
mountain range, called the Neptunian chain, runs
all along Sicily from east to west, rising to an eleTa-
tion of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet towards its centre,
and throwing ougt its spurs to the north and south of
the island. The range is nearer to the north coast, and
is in sight all along from Messina to Palermo. The
spurs which run down to the sea forma succession
of promontories, with smaller or larger bays between
them, serving as an outlet for the little streams,
which flow down from the mountains. I mention
this feature, which is repeated likewise to the south-
west, less for its picturesqueness than because it will
help to understand the nature of the insurrection.
The transverse chains which run out from the main
chain of the Neptunian mountains form so many
different districts of insurrection, and give that
local character to it which, before Garibaldi's arri-
val, made all concerted action extremely difficult,
if not impossible. All equally detesting the Nea-
politans, most of those districts are able to get rid
of their rule without much difficulty. The Neapo-

litans have never militarily occupied the interior,
and the administration was carried on by native
Sicilians. To get rid of these and the few police-
men was therefore all that had to be done. Very
different was the case in the large towns, which
were held in force by the Neapolitan troops, and
which required co-operation from outside to get rid
of their masters.

A coasting expedition brings this at once before
your eyes. The Capo Zaffarano to the cast, and the
Capo de Gallo to the north, mark the limits of the
mountain range which encloses the bay of Palermo.
According to the last news received at Messina, this
range was held by the insurgents, who thus sur-
rounded the town on all sides. Of course, every
one used his eyesight and glasses long before we
were near enough to see some sign or /tiler of the
insurrection. It was noon, and had we not been
preparing ourselves to decorate the good ship Vul-
ture in honour of her Majesty's birthday, we should
have been startled when we saw on approaching all
the men-of-war on the station fire a long salute,
and, with the exception of two Austrian frigates
and the Neapolitan squadron, show themselves
decked out in their best colours. The sound of the
salute had scarcely died away when we took our
merely
pilot on board, and soon after anchored near the
lighthouse at the head of the mole.
A boat, wit
h
fashion,the
but Neapolitanit contained
flag,
approachedthe c s n
the usual -
tomhouse-officers, who took the manifest in a careless
manner, and disappeared soon after. No sign of the
police ! We asked, and were told laughing that
they had all left their posts, and either embarked
for Naples or absconded. Things were more ad-
vanced here than at Messina evidently, for there the
police had merely grown civil, while here they had
altogether disappeared. This was a strong sign of
the times, but stronger even was the manner in
which the people came on board and spoke about
events. There was no fear of authority and its
spies, and no one concealed his hopes and his de-
light at the turn which things had taken, The
soldiers, with the exception of a thousand or so,
had left the town to encounter Garibaldi, who had
been expected to attack Monreale, to the south of
the town, on the road to Alcamo and Trapani.
While the soldiers executed this movement on the
23d, armed insurgents came down, but not on Mon-
reale, but towards Parco, a little village like Mon-
reale, on the slopes of the chain which encloses
Palermo, and not more than six Italian miles dis-
tant. The soldiers, who saw the enemy appear in
a different direction from that in which they were
expected, returned to face this unexpected force,
and, according to the accounts of the townspeople,
suffered a loss of 500 men. While this was related
to us volumes of smoke, both in the village of
Parco and the plain of the Conca which
separates the slopes from the town, were pointed
out to us as signs that another engagement was tak-
We had seen that smoke before, but
ing place.
owing to the haze it was difficult to make out
whether it was merely from burning houses, or
whether it was the smoke of firing, This smoke
became henceforth an object of attention. lt was

* PT9t pct fccciycci,

PRICE 4P. SFAMPED, SD•

visible from noon till almost nightfall, but it seemed
to alter its character towards the end. In the be-
ginning it was intermittent puffs; snow white, ris-
ing now here, now there, and disappearing again,
only to revive an instant after. There-were no.re-
ports audible, but the look it bore was certainly that
of musketry. It came down lower and lower to-
wards the plain. This lasted till about 2 p.m.,.
when there were visible signs of a coLffig,ration
in the. village as well as in the ncighbouring
villas and farmhouses. It lied boen part of the'
tactics of the soldiery to burn .everything which
would afford . shelter to an. advancing- force of
the insurgents, and that accounts, • probably,
for the conflagration. The troops had aban-
doned the village, that seemed certain, but the
question is whether it was in consequence of an
attack from the insurgents or. not. I heard later
on sheie that 25 waggons of wounded had been.
brought into the military hospital outside of the
town; but these may have bean 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 Alie slopes.- That the heights are all in
inhands of the insurgents night Showed clearly
.eiiough. Their watchfires were visible all round the
town in a semicircle. Besides those under the im-
mediate command of Garibaldi there are two other
troopsreemposed of natives, who guard the outlets
from the bay. They are supposed to consist of from

mines of the island, conoidering that in. time of
war it is necessary that the civil and military
powers should be united in one person, assumes in
the name of Victor Emmanuel, in :Italy, the dicta-
torship in Sicily... " G. GARITIALDI."
This was_ issued the day before the battle of
Calala Fimi; thefollo*ing proclamation appeared
on the day after:—
" Soldiers of Italian liberty, With. companions I

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.

like you I can attempt anything, and a prod of it
is that I have led you to an enterprise very• ar•
d nous, both on -account .of the numbers and of the
strong positions, of. your enemies. I counted on
yOur fatal bayonets, and I have not been deceived.
Deploring the hard necessity of being-compelled to
fight against Italian soldiers, we must confess that
we found a resistance worthy of men belonging to
a better-cause; and this proves of how much we
shall be capable on the day on which the Ralf an
family shall be.serried together around the glorious
banner of redemption. To-Morrow the Italian con-
tinent will rejoice for the victory of her free sons
and our brave Sicilians. Your mothers and your
lovers;-proud of you, will go forth into the 'high-
ways with lofty and radiant brows. The battle cost
us the lives of dear brothers, who have fallen in the
first ranks; those martyrs of the Italian cause shall
be recorded in'the _Kati of Italian glories.

" I will send forth to your country the names of
the brttire soldiers, yoUng find inexperienced, who
so valiantly conducted themselves in the fight, and
who to-morrow will lead to victory, on a yet wider
field of battle, soldiers who are to break the last
links of the chains with which our dearest Italy is
bound.

But what is certain is that the Neapolitans are
not very confident about their victory. Yestetday
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 craising,and
watching the shore towards Cape Zaffarana, while
others shifted their places in their harbour.

" GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI.
Calata Fimi, May 16."

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 egresg, 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-
have 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 aro 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, Landi, 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 Victor 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.

So much for the events immediately preceding
and following the first successes of the Italian hero.
And now what of Palermo ? At 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
bombardment, 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 Grpco, and a few
soldiers standing outside near the extreme end of
Banchctta, Some people say that they can see
from the terraces the movements of the Royal
troops in the outskirts, from the Porta de'fermini
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 for your moral and
material amelioration, he does not deny the debt
which be 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 Sicilian% and of the impossibility
of believing it.

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 L)eum 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 "Seg. 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
Ido not know where the affiir will end. The CHARGE OF FORGERY.—At thef publwicasoffirefceerreadt
ammunition of the artillery is almost finished ; Birmingham, yesterday,
YPlstrldeayYlUl
awcahracirsr a o
bankrupt,
afogret preferred
ammunition the East
that of the infantry considerably diminished. against
trade, who recently absconded from that town. Mr.
I have 62 wounded. I cannot at this moment Hodgson, of the firm of Hodgson and Allen, solicitors, ap-
plied on behalf of Mr. Joseph Bull, of the Fenton Iron-
give an exact number of dead, as I am writing
works, Tunstall, Staffordshire, for a warrant to apprehend
immediately after the retreat. I submit to your the bankrupt upon a charge of foriginghae
efnorditoomona
he
Excellency that if circumstances compel me I shall 13roattheogrf
applied for, andD it isYnowg: in
retreat on Alcamo. My column is surrounded by Aapnr it
el dlatshte wAairr;an(rlans crst
the fiends of the police. The inspectors of the bankrupt's
enemies, who have assaulted the mills and taken estate have called a meeting for Monday. next.
the flour prepared for tho troops. The column crsee
excessive
Ointment.
r[e2n'ivaltruErreaDisfai EN Tilv—helnlokloer P
fought, with brisk firing, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., dulgenee,' or the. enervating effects of hot climates, in-
fought,
I made my retreat. nervous system becomes shaken, and the bodily powers
'
" The General in command, Marsh it LANDI." debilitated, Holloway s remedies may be used with the
certainty of their producing relief for dyspepsia, liver com-
As pendants to this, I now give you two decrees plaints, sick-headache, and loss of appetite. This ointment
of Garibaldi ; the first is dated should be very well rubbed twice a day over the pit of the
stomach and right side, whilst Holloway's Pills are being
" Salemi, May 14.
taken in such doses as can conveniently be borne. This
" Garibaldi, Commander•in-Chief of the national treatment will always restore strength and energy. Ner-
vousness, flushes, and fainting fits may all be prevented
forces in Sicily, on the invitation of the principal )y a timely recourse to, and diligent use of these remedies ;
citizonsi and, vuthe cleacrAtio, of the fro 091 - wh iCli C44119t do hArW tQ the c19U94t8 or 404044

~~~"`~Q

Tfi P. NA-FY.

The shipwrights at Chatham Dockyard have _
co -preparations for the launch of the
RTC vette Orpheuci, 21, which will take place
on the.23d inst.

The Collingwood line-of-battle ship is being cot•
verted into a screw steamship at Sheerness.
The Virago, 6, paddlewheel steamer, Commander
Dunn, anchored at the little Nore yesterday, and
was inspected by. Capt.. H. Harvey, flag captain,
after which she proceeded into the harbour to be
paid off. . . •
The following British men-of-war are now lying
at anchor in the I)Owns :—The Aboukir; JO, screw
steamer, 400-horse power, Capt. .Douglas :Curry, ;
the A4.-ciers, 91, screw steamer, 4(0-horse power,
Capt. George W. I). -O'Callaghan ; the Ariadne,
-26, - screw - steamer, 800-horse, power, Capt.
Edward W. Vansit tart ; the Centurion, .80, screw
steamer, 400- horSe power, Capt. George Patey ; the
Congtierui, 101, "screw steamer, 800 horse-power,
Capt. Jailes,.Wilcox, ; the Diadem.. 32, screw
steamer, 800.hors.e-power; Capt. James Cockburn.;
the Donegal,
.101, screw steamer, 800 horse-power,
Capt. Broadhead; the Flying Fish, 6, screw steamer,
450 horse-power, Commander Charles W. Hope;
the Greyhound, 17, screw steamer, 200 horse-power,
Commander F....W. Sullivan ; the Mars, 80, screw
steamer, 400 horse-power, Capt. J. N. Strange; the
Trafalgar, 90, screw steamer, 600 horse-power,
Capt. -Edward G. Fanshaw ; the Sealark, 8, sloop,
Lieut.-Commander Marcus Lowther; the Wasp, 13,
screw steamer. 100 horsepoWer, Commander
Charles Stirling.
The Nelson, 91, screw, got up steam and tested
her boilers and machinery yesterday in the steam
basin at Portsmouth.. Everything worked in the
most satisfactory manner, and with a total absence
of hot bearings. Messrs Ravenhill, Salkeld, and
Co. are the contractors.

The Wasp, 13, screw corvette, Commander C.
Stirlin , arrired.-at-Spithead yesterday afternoim
fwom Sheerness. .

The Slitlei, 51, screw, fitting in the steam basin
at Portsmouth, will be ready for the trial of her
machinery the latter end of this month.
No more artisans or labourers will be discharged
from the Devonport dockyard until further instruc-
tions are received froth-the Admiralty.

The gunboat Redwing, tender to the Cambridge,
went out to the breakwater, Plymouth, on Wednes-
day, to enable the men to exercise firing shell from
the Armstrong guns.
The screw steam flagship Royal Albert, 121,
which sailed from Plymouth Sound on Tuesday,
left behind 70 or 80 of her crew, who have broken
leave.

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 Confiance
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. S. 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.

8R16711T AND 2'81: PAPER DUTIES.

(From the Thqes.)

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.
lie can no mole see this than can the gambler see
that it is his own fully which has emptied his
pockets. Ile carries his passion beyond kicking the
little boy off the door step ; he 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 th" vials of. his
wrath upon the Peers. That they derive every
vice and prejudice and incapacity out of the coffin
of their immediate ancestor, and put on folly as a
Peer's robe, is quite comprehensible in the mouth.
of Mr. Bright ; but why are poor Mr. Milner
Gibson and roor Mr. Villiers to be threatened with
eternal infamy ? Why arc they to be told that
they will go down to posterity as men 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 LOW 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 the ladies say, sit down to parlor
chiffons. 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 hif tasteEc
are not those of the English people. If he is bent
at all hazards upon having an organ, and do es 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 whale. It might
be £lO,OOO or £15,000 a-year, but this would No.&
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
sucking-pig, it is cheaper to buy a kitchen grate for
him, and to endow it with coals, than to have the
national Treasury burnt down in order to roast it.

MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS.—The
---
annual moveable committee of this society was in the past
week held in the ancient and picturesque town of Shrews-
bury. Delegates from he
pnacipal districts of the Unity
adturino. eon
room
0011m1 Monday
dt ahye
arrived during Saturday and
.Sundatyh,e alanrdg
the entire week
wore quite a holiday face. Trains from'th
assembled, to
.t o
Thethe numberolabord
border-town
the urrounding
districts poured thousands into its usually •ts quiet
.streets, an
the resources of the place were' speedily brought into re-
quisition.
On Tuesday a 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 thechair •' 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 officers 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 £B3O, 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. Wm. Hick-
ton, of Stockport, presided, and his successor chosen was
Mr. Henry Buck, 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 changes were
made in the laws affecting the constitution of the society.
One motion for altering the laws triennially instead.c.sg
annually was lost by a large majoriiy. The place chosen
fox holding the next A N ~C, pawn.

BENSON'S WATC H E S.
" Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post.
Gold
Silver 2to 50 guineas.
Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descr'p-
tive of every construction of watch now made, with their
prices.
Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to
India and the Colonies for ss. extra.
33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749.

TB EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs.
Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstone, Mrs. B.
White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy
Sedgwick.
Followed by a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF
FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Bu ketone, W. Farren, and
Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade.
To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
• THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows,
Miss C. Leclercq, &c.
Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a
Jester, Mr. Phelps. .
To conclude with THE LOST LETTER.
Commence at 7.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
lie-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of
the populae American Actress, Miss Julia Daly.
THIS EVENING to commence with ITS AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan,
J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A.
Wigan, and Miss H. Simms..

After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with GOING TO TIIE DERBY.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 1s ; Gallery, 6d.

preciation of the full insolence of the Chinese
reply to our ultimatum, it is only neces-
sary to glance, however carelessly or cur-
sorily, down the translation given elsewhere,
in our impression of this evening, the literal and
verbatim translation of this audacious document.
It will there be seen, for example, that the Chinese,
in reply to the demand for the restitution of the
gunboats lost by us at the Taku forts, go the
childish length of remarking, after a comment
upon the injury inflicted by the English upon these
very fortifications—" Besides this, half the British
ships and guns demanded were sunk in the sea :
they are not in the possession of the Chinese at
all !" adding, with consummate effrontery, " The
question may be dropped, therefore, by both parties
alike." But it is further on, towards the close of
this extraordinary effusion, that the arrogance of
the whole reply to our ultimatum reaches the
very climax of audacity. "To arrive at length,"
it says, "at the request advanced by the British
Minister BRUCE to be treated with courtesy when
he comes north to exchange treaties. If he be sin-
cere in his desire for peace, let the commissioner,
when he shall have thought over all the details of
the treaty, those which it will be proper to give
effect to, and those respecting which compromise
or arrangement is to be made, negotiate, and when
both parties shall be perfectly agreed, if he will
come north without vessels of war, and with a
moderate retinue, and will wait at Peh-tang to ex-
change the treaties, China will not take him to
task for what is gone by ! He must be di-
rected to acquaint himself with the rules ob-
served or laid down at the exchange of the
American treaties, and the course to be pursued
will be further discussed with him by the Commis-
sioner. But if he be resolved to bring up a num-
ber of vessels of war, and if he persist in proceed-
ing by way of Taku, this will show that his true
purpose is not the exchange of treaties, and it must
be left to the high officer in charge of the coast or
port defences to take such steps as shall be thereby
rendered advisable." And it is added, thereupon,
that—" The despatch written on this occasion by
the British Minister BRUCE is, in much of its
language, too insubordinate and extravagant
for the Great Council of the Chinese to do
more than discuss its propositions most superfi-
cially." Nay, her Britannic MAJESTY'S represen-
tative is actually reminded by the Chinese Council,
in their reply to the British ultimatum, that—
" For the future he must not be so wanting in
decorum !" Nothing, in sEort, could be more in-
sensate or more outrageous than the whole matter
and manner of this astounding rejection of our
ultimatum by the diplomatic organ or mouthpiece
of the Chinese Government. It is a rejection that
leaves us absolutely no alternative. We have but
one course to pursue, and that is to advance sword
in hand upon the Chinese capital. Nothing else
remains to be done, in fact, but to march upon
Pekin forthwith, to take it with the utmost possible
expedition, and from that 'vantage ground, there
—at Pekin, and nowhere else than Pekin—dictate
New Terms of Peace to this barbarous and insolent,
faithless and recalcitrant Government. The more
resolutely, promptly, and thoroughly the war is
accomplished this time, the more securely and per-
manently will the result be in the interests of hu-
manity and civilization.

An appeal lies before us which it seems almost
like inhumanity not to notice. It is entitled,
" Startling facts ;" and the facts are respecting
" the poverty and distress of 400 clergymen of the
Church of England." The testimony is such as
can hardly be impeached, for the witness, who
cannot well be deceived in the vast majority of the
cases he records, is the Rev. IV. G. JERVIS, secre-
tary to the " Clerical Fund and Poor Clergy
Society." We have glanced, indeed, at the greater
part of the instances of clerical poverty which he
mentions, and can see no reasonable doubt that,
whatever the causes, the distressing particulars of
want and suffering are faithfully given; we mean,
of course, by those who furnished them to Mr.
JERVIS. We have often enough heard of the
Church of England as possessing, compared with
Dissenters, the claim to national support of being
the " poor man's Church ;" which claim we have
always thought a very rich fiction, since, as far as
our observation extends, the great majority of the
poor who go to any place of worship find the more
colloquial, or stimulating services of Methodists
and other Dissenters more to their taste. But we
are bound to acknowledge that Mr. JERVIS has
furnished the most ample proof that the Church of
England is the " poor clergyman's Church ;" for
we question whether, amongst all the Methodist
ministers in the country, a tithe of the instances
which he adduces of heart-rending poverty could
be found at all.
Before dropping a few remarks suggested to us,
by Mr. JERVIS' pamphlet, (which may be procured
at No. 345 of the street in which our own paper is
published), let us remark that the charitable
wealthy ought to obtain and read it at once. The
distress is extensive, that is certain ; the suffering,
in many cases, most severe, the difficulty of the
sufferers helping themselves often insurmountable,
always great, and the hardships are all such as
money, and other material aid, could mitigate or
relieve at once. To beg, themselves, most of these
poor clergymen would probably be ashamed. But,
they need the relief far more than many objects of
common charity. They may have been personally
improvident, or the system under which they suffer
may be in fault ; but, as in the case of the Irish
famine, we cannot afford to wait for the working of
the principles of ADAM SMITH ; the principles of
Christian charity must step in and meet the pain-
fully exceptional case. We repeat, Mr. JERVIS
states facts which demand the present attention of
all who sympathise with the deeply suffering,
whose position and feelings yet forbid them to ask
relief.