The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

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TURIN, MAY 29.

The discussion on the treaty of cession was re-
sumed yesterday in the Sardinian Chambers.
Signor Biancheri (of the opposition) said he
feared that the line of demarcation would be pre-
judicial to the defence of the country, that it
wounded the national sentiment, and gave France
the valley of Raja, which was incontestably Italian.
Signor Annelli attacked the treaty as immoral,
and said—Traffic in humanity is not a venal thing.
It is not possible to sell peoples without being
guilty of immorality.

The orator was interrupted by the President for
the extreme vehemence of his language, and the
liberty of speech was finally withdrawn from
Signor Annelli by the vote 9f the Chamber.
Signor Berti declared that he abstained from
discussion, but nothing proved that the Government
had been obliged to cede Savoy and Nice in order
to effect a French alliance, and afterwards said—
The peace of Villafranca has changed the policy of
Sardinia. The thought of Italian independence is
superseded by that of natural boundaries.
The Chevalier Buoncompagni defended the
treaty from a legal point of view, and contested the
opinion of Signor Ratazzi, who said that Count
Cavour had substituted the aggrandisement of the
kingdom of Sardinia in place of the independence
of Italy. He explained that the Tuscan autonomy
is not in opposition to the unity of Italy, and fur-
ther proved that Nice is not Italian.

The Minister Parini, in reply to Signor Berti,
contended that the policy of France had not changed
since the peace of Villafranca, and stated that the
annexation had been made since then. The Mini-
ster also said—ln signing the treaty I have the
profound conviction of performing a most useful
act in favour of Italian independence.

GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION.

MALTA, MAY 22.

Her Majesty's ship Caradoc, which arrived in
port on the 20th brought the following intelli-

Bence :

The Royal troops, consisting of 5,000 men, have
been defeated at Alcamo by Garibaldi with the loss
of 2,300 men.

The whole garrison of Palermo afterwards went
out to meet the enemy.

The Royal troops are beaten in every village.
Garibaldi is marching towards Palermo, accom•
panied by 15,000 men.

The English families were to embark this day
on board the Hannibal.

The merchants have embarked all their pro-
perty on board the English corvette Amphion.
Another defeat of the Royal troops was hourly
expected to take place at Moore ale.

Her Majesty's ship Assurance, arrived yesterday
from Catania and Messina, brought the following
news from Sicily :

A detachment of the royal troops, which had left
Catania to meet the insurgents who were outside.
Catania, were made prisoners by the insurgents.
This detachment consisted of NO men.

Another detachment, consisting of 1,000 men,
left Girgenti on Friday last for Palermo ; the royal
troops met with the insurgents, who made 500 of
them prisoners, and the other 500 returned to Gir-
genti with the loss of their officers.

A letter dated Palermo, May 18, says :—" Since
Saturday last, the 12th inst., when the landing of
Garibaldi was known here, we have been in a regu-
lar/ fix—the squadri showed themselves close down
to the town in very great numbers, and we are in
a state of siege again, not knowing whether we are
to be sacked and pillaged by the soldiers, or bom-
barded and fired upon by the Castle and ships of
war. All the mails from this of Saturday last were
stopped and, it is said, destroyed. Since this day
week no letters have come in from any pait of the
interior by land. -I enclose our Marsala account
of Garibaldi's landing, brought up by the Argus,
and in addition to which the officers told us they
were a fine set of fellows. They spoke and
shook hands with Garibaldi, so that there is no
mistake about his being in Sicily ; but his exact
whereabouts at this moment no one here seems to
know. Some say he has taken Trapani, others that
he is organising his forces, having been joined
by thousands. However, wherever he may be,
yesterday several beaten regimerts came into town
in, a terribly shattered state, belonging to Colonel
Donati's Colonna, Mobile, which was attacked be-
twixt Alcamo and Calatafiiui, and totally dispersed,
with the loss of more than 2,000 out of about 3,000
men, three cannons, and lots of officers, amongst
them Colonel Donati, and, strange to .say, he was
the only officer whom I knew, as he started from
our port, where, he kept his horsepro tem, his men
being those stationed at the Gancia convent. All
the troops look beaten and discouraged, and as for.
The police, they have in great part been cut off, and
the rest have become as mild as milk.
" The name of Garibaldi seems to have struck
tcrror into the entire Neapolitan army. The lung°.