The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-17 00:00:00

SARDINIA.

The following circular appears in the Ogicial
Journal of the 14th inst. :
" TURIN, At-Gus" 13.
"The Sicilians having risen three months ago for
the conquest of their liberty, and General Garibaldi
with a few brave men having gone to their aid,
Europe was filled with the fame of his victories :
all Italy was moved, and great was the enthusiasm
in this kingdom, where the institutions and habits
of freedom offer no impediment to the manifestation
of public sentiment. Hence the generous subscrip-
tions and the great number of volunteers that have
gone to Sicily.
" If in less disturbed times people were praised for
giving sympathy and aid for the liberation of foreign
nations, and if governments, in obedience, let us say,
to the universal feeling, where they could not openly
favour, yet allowed succour to be given to America,
Greece, Portugal, and Spain, which fought for in-
dependence and liberty, it may be trusted that civi-
lised Europe will judge fairly and temperately of
the measures of the King's Government on the occa-
sion of this irresistible national movement. Now,
Sicily has come into a condition to express freely her
own wishes, and the King's Government, which has
to guard all the constitutional prerogatives of the
Crown and Parliament, and has also to fulfil that
duty of supreme moderation in respect of the na-
tional movement which belongs to it, both by the
proofs it has given and by the public consent, regard
it as a duty to moderate all irregular action, and to
check the illegitimate interference in affairs of state
of any who have not the weighty constitutional and
moral responsibility which it (the Government)
owes to the Crown, the Parliament, and the nation.
Otherwise it might happen that, through the
counsels and actions of those who have neither
warrant nor public responsibility, the State should
be endangered, and the fortune of Italy damaged.
And since in free States civil order and discipline
depend less on the rigour of the law than on public
opinion, the undersigned requests you to give the
greatest possible publicity to this circular letter.
" The undersigned has many times given warning,
that it cannot and will not be tolerated, that pre-
parations of violence against neighbouring Govern-
ments should be made, and has ordered that they
should be prevented at all cost. He hopes that
public opinion is sufficient to check inconsiderate
impulses, but at all events he trusts in the civil and
military authorities for the prompt execution of
the orders he has given. He enjoins, however,
afresh that those should be sought out with still
greater diligence, and punished with all legal se-
verity, who, conspiring and trafficking to the injury
of the national honour and military discipline, be-
come aiders and abettors of desertions.

"And since the undersigned has to carry out the
laws regarding the National Guard, and to pre-
pare the formation of bodies composed of volun-
teers of the National Guard as the laws enable, it
will not be permitted that others should procure
and assemble volunteers in any other manner.
"In conclusion, the undersigned must declare
that if the King's Government is constant in its
desire to accept the loyal concurrence of all the
political parties that aim at the liberty, union, and
greatness of the country, it is also firm in its in-
tention not to let itself be superseded by any one
who has not from the King and the nation the
warrant and responsibility of the Government.
Italy ought to belong and must belong to the
Italians, and not the cliques. " FARINI."