The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-05 00:00:00

NAPLES.

A letter from Naples of the 30th ult., says
:
'The National Guard two days back sent a de-
putation to the King, to declare that it would
only lend its services to maintain public order. His
Majesty replied that he did not expect anything
else from it ; and that to prove his confidence in
it he would enlarge the limits of its duties. He
then added that perhaps the National Guard would
soon hear the sound of cannon in the neighbour-
hood, but that the city itself would not, as he had
promised the diplomatic body, be the scene of war-
fare. The King afterwards conversed for a long
time in secret with Major Ferranti. It is said
that the conversation was relative to the project
adopted of forming a camp at Salerno, and of wait-
ing in the adjoining plain the army of Garibaldi
and the insurrectional bands. (Colonna, Barba-
longa, Bosco, and other officers have left to esta-
blish the camp, after, however, receiving three
times counter-orders. Yesterday, 5,000 or 6,000
men also took their departure for that place. As
to the foreign corps, it quitted Salerno this morn-
ing for Eboli, and it will perhaps march on the
_Basilicata or Cilento, where public rumour says,
for at least the tenth time, that a corps of Gari-
baldians is to disembark. The camp of Salerno
must prove very unhealthy, on account of the
bad air, and the feverish exhalations of Pestum,
which penetrate to the plain. It will be like-
wise useless, should an insurrection break out
at Avellino, as is expected, and in the Capita-
nata, as it already appears to have done. :The
place can be turned or attacked on the flank.
This concentration of troops will besides hasten
the disorganisation of the army, which is not very
solid, and which has been shaken by the letter of
the King's uncle. But this attempt at defence is
the last resource of the Court. Yesterday evening
the King assembled the diplomatic body at the
Palace, in order to make a final attempt to obtain
foreign intervention, that is, the occupation of
Naples by the troops in the fleets, and the neutrali-
sation of the capital and adjacent territory, to the
extent of a league. Baron Brenier accepted the
proposition, but M. Elliot rejected it on the ground
that he had no instructions. On the diplomatists
leaving, the King promised that there should be no
combat in the city, but he declared that he himself
would remain and struggle to the last. The King
did not appear at all cast down. The Cardinal
Archbishop of Naples has alto waited on the King
to pray his Majesty to spare the city ; he is afraid
of the danger to which the 180 convents would be
subjected in the event of a bombardment, as they
occupy one-fifth of the surface of the capital."
Another letter of the same date says :—" The
pictures, the furniture of the palace, and the bag-
gage of the King, have this afternoon been em-
barked on board a Spanish vessel. Gen. Briganti
is said to have been guilty of the most shameful
treason ; he massed his soldiers together in such a
way that they were surrounded, but they, in their
indignation, are stated to have shot him."

A third letter from Naples to the Siecle says :
—" The King, on hearing the disastrous accounts
of the insurrection, said in a sorrowful tone to those
around him, My soldiers, nevertheless, had pro-
mised to defend me.' Sire,' replied a general, who
was standing near, ' when the soldiers are in your
presence they cry Long live the King, but the mo-
ment they turn their backs, and it is necessary to
lead them against the enemy, they cry Garibaldi
for ever. That sorcerer of a man has bewitched
them, and no one can any longer be relied on.' The
old lazzaroni, those traditional supporters of the
throne of Naples, but now become Italian people,
have lately evinced feelings of a threatening cha-
racter. The riflemen of the Guard, irritated at
having seen them take the part of the bersaglieri,
threatened to give them a drubbing. The people
defied them, and a meeting was appointed at Capo
di Monte, on the very spot where the attack on the
Piedmontese soldiers took place. The riflemen came
with their arms, and the people with sticks in their
hands, and their pockets filled with stones. They
looked at ea.ch other for some time, but without
either party venturing to commence the attack. In
the mean time the commandant of the garrison
having been informed that a conflict was about to
take place, and that it might lead to a revolution in
the capital, sent a body of infantry and cavalry to
the spot, and ordered the assemblage to disperse,
and thus the collision was prevented."

The gificial Journal of Sicily contains a decree
by the pro-Dictator Depretis, opening a loan
by subscription for the amount of 3,400,000 fr.
Five per cant. rente, representing a capital of
68 millions of francs. The bonds of the old Sicilian
rente are to be withdrawn, and issued again on the

same model as the new ones, By another decree,
the old Sicilian debt contracted by the Parliament
of 1348-49, which had been repudiated by the Bour-
Fon 'Government, is to be paid off. For this pur-
pose a new loan of 2,550,000 f. rente is opened, and
all holders of the securities relating to the debt
alluded to are admitted to subscribe to the new
loan, their securities being received in payment at
par. The price of the new rente in both cases is
fixed at 95.

The Nazione of Florence announces that that city
is now without a garrison, and that all the mili-
tary posts are occupied by the National Guard.
The same paper gives some details relating to the
departure er N!icotera's volunteers, 1:rom Leghorn.
.4 arrived there; 1-'41,,3 chiefs declared they
would not go to Palermo, but would land on 9114
point of the Neapolitan coast they please?,. The
captains of the vess,llq whioh had ben hii,;(l, to con-
vey them then, declining putting out
4Lo sea, lest the
volunteers should offer 4,tiem -violence during the
therefore, obliged
P assage. The GoyernLient was,
to have recourse to force. The troops were called
out, nu the generale was beaten. About 1,000
National Guards were soon under arms. The royal
delegate and an officer of carabineers went on
board the vessel where the chiefs were, and, ac-
cording to law, summoned them to obey (about the
same as reading the Riot Act in England). The
chiefs then yielded, and promised to let themselves
be taken to Palermo.

A Vienn?. letter of the 30th ult., in tb:a Boersen-
kg., says

" Two very important telegra',las arrived here last
night, one of them addressed direct to the Emperor
by the King of Naples, the, other to Count de Rech-
berg, from Count Szechenyi, the Austrian Minister
at Naples. The latter announced that Francis 11.
had resolved to leave his• States, the situation hav-
ing become quite hopeless. Other intelligence
received during the day leaves no room to doubt
that a catastrophe is imminent. As to the King's
despatch, it is said to announce his Majesty's deter-
mination to retire to Spain for the present. Prince
de Metternich, who has arrived here from Paris,
had an interview this morning with Count de Rech-
berg, which lasted several hours."