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tut the,Neapolitans asked
At any rktei-.1 ou will no_t
final decision one way or the-N.
in a few days. Neither party et_
longer. An epic poem could be written abou_
the 1,062 Italians and five Hungarians did in Sicily
during these last 20 days; how they fought, how
they marched, how they bore fatigue. If every
Sicilian was ready to do the thousandth part of
what they did, there would be no more fighting re-
quired. As for pay, the very word is unknown ;
most of those who came have means of their own,
never ask for anything except ammunition, live on
what they can buy, and seem almost to have for-
gotten what sleep is. The only drawback is that
they were only 1,0G2 at lauding, and that those
who think themselves great in the Italian cause
thOllght it their duty this time. to impede most
effict nail? all reinforcements. lf one was ill-na-
tured, one might almost suppose that they thought
it a good opportunity to get rid of Garibaldi, but
,hey may find themselves mistaken.

PIaCE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

without any shelter, haranguing and encouraging
the men ; the enemy seeing this, issued out from the
houses and from behind the barricade. One of the
Picciotti was shot through the head just before
Garibaldi, who, seeing him falling, held him up for a
mom, nt; and Colonel Turr, at his side, got a ricochet
ball against his leg as he took hold of the General
and dragged him by main force under shelter. But
the effect was produced. One rush brought the
party close enough to throw one of Orsini's shells,
which prostrated seven or eight men. The bugler,
who is always at Garibaldi's side, sounded the
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
es-en the charge took place.
Tlic.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.

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 authoritioo 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 I'ltalia,"
" Viva Vittorio Elam an u elle," 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
B ombino.
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-
man dore, 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, 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-
nion 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:—
" The Command-in-Chief of the Armies and Naval Stations
beyond the Faro, Palermo, May 30, 18G0.
"General,—As the British Admiral let me know that ho
would receive with pleasure on board of his vessel two of
my generals to open a conference with you, of which he
•.veuld 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 Sanita, where they would embark.
" Waiting for your answer, I have the honour to be,
" LAN ZA.
"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, CTaribaldi 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 rise 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 Majecty'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
offf,ring n. 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 my letter without being able to
give you the details of the conference. The report
is, however, that an armistice is concluded till to-

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