The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

THE SUN.

LONDO:g, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 1860.

All the Governments, including that of his
HOLINESS himself, are becoming Protestants. Pm-
testing is, indeed, the order of the day. Poor
FRANCIS 11. protests from Gaeta ; the POPE pro-
tests from the Vatican ; and now we are told that
Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in anticipation of
their Warsaw meeting, have also taken to protest-
ing. The King of SARDINIA it is who has the
honour of creating such a general protestantism.
He has violated the Papal territory ; hehas marched
or is aboat to march, into that of the late King of
NAPLES, and the consequence is this shower of pro-
tests. Very harmless things they are, however. He,
and GARIBALDI, and the Emperor of the FRENCH,
so far as he is concerned, are doubtless
supremely indifferent to them. Count CATOUR
could get up a reply to fifty of them in a few
hours ; and quite certain is it, that they will not
stop the march of a single Sardinian regiment.
The last intelligence, which we have litee doubt
is trustworthy, shows that the King of SARDINIA
has chosen his line of action. It was, indeed,
plainly enough indicated in the Ministerial Re-
port to the Piedmontese Chambers ; in that he
avowed that he was willing to accept the Govern-
ment if they were willing to confer it on him.
The Report said—

" The generous Sovereign who is hailed by the whole .f
Italy as the leader and mover of the national resurrection
has special duties towards the South of Italy. The work
of emancipation began in his name ; round his glorious
standard the freed people crowded and pressed. Before
Europe, before posterity, he is answerable for their fate.
" King Victor Emmanuel does not intend to dispose at
his own pleasure the people of Southern Italy ; but he is
in duty bound to give them an opportunity of putting an
end to their provisional condition, by most openly, most
freely giving utterance to their wishes.
" What may be the result of their vote ? The answer
lies in the electoral urn. As Italians, we ardently wish
that the inhabitants of the provinces not yet united should
act as those of Central Italy have done ; and that with the
same enthusiasm, with the same unanimity they should de-
clare of
in favour that principle of unification which may
bring the whole Peninsula under the constitutional sceptre
of Victor Emmanuel.

" As Ministers of a Sovereign free from persoaal ambi-
tion, and who consecrated his sword and life to the great
achievement of vindicating Italy to the Italians, we must
firmly pronounce in his name that, whatever may be the
vote of those people, it shall be respected.
This programme has been at once acted on, all
protests notwithstanding. We find from the letter
of Colonel Bixio that the Piedmontese Bersaglieri,
who were at Naples, Went up
and took an active
part in the battle of the 'Volturno, and that the
Piedmontese artillery wrought wonders. The
Garibaldians raised shouts of joy on seeing their
brethren of Northern Italy, the Neapolitans were
frightened at the sight of regular uniforms, and
Piedmontese and Garibaldians vied with each other
in routing the Royalists. We cannot omit to notice,
though irrevelant to our present purpose, that some
gunners, absent on leave from an English steamer,
thought it'the best way of spending their holiday to
join
the Garibaldians in this well-fought battle.
Right worthily did the brave tars represent their
own profession throughout England's marine, and
indeed the feelings of all their fellow-countrymen.
Perrhaps FRANCIS 11. will send them a copy of his
pretest froni Gaeta, with which they would vary
pleasantly light their pipes, and start off to help in
the bombardment of Capua.
But the KING, in the face'of all the protests, has
gone farther. He has not only permitted his forces
already at Naples for the maintenance of order, to
fight shoulder to shoulder with the Garibaldians,
but he is on the wav to do it himself. He has
assumed the command in chief of the army, and
has directed CIALDINI to march his men at once
in. three divisions to the aid of GARIBALDI. He
has also addressed a manifesto to the people of
t-.4outhern Italy, we presume on the occasion of the
Saztlinian troops entering their frontier. We have