The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-25 00:00:00

LATEN E W S.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MAY 24.

The Patrie of this evening, after giving the
Neapolitan despatch announcing the defeat of
Garibaldi, says :

" A second despatch states that Garibaldi is said
to have attacked the Royal troops, who were
strongly intrenched, and to have completely beaten
them. According to the same despatch this com-
bat would lead to the immediate evacuation by the
Royal troops of Palermo, Messina, Trapani, Catanea ,
and Syracuse."

The Opinion Nationale publishes the following
despatch, dated Messina, 22d inst :
" There is great panic among the authorities.
The inhabitants are joining Garibaldi in crowds.
Great numbers of strangers are quitting the towns.
The soldiers have taken refuge in the forts."

MARSEILLES, MAY 25.

Advices from Messina to the 21st inst. state that
on the 20th inat., 46 Neapolitan deserters were
fired at, while passing to the insurgents.
Two considerable disembarkations of volunteers
had taken place at San Stefanano de Camestra to
the right, and at Santo Veto to the left of Palermo.
The rising at Messina had not yet taken place.
It was expected that Palermo would soon sur-
render.

A proclamation by the Committee of Palermo
has been posted up in all parts of that town, an-
nouncing the victorious march of Garibaldi, and
that Sicily would soon become independent. It
also added, "Even the Neapolitan police are com-
mencing to desert their masters." And terminated
with " Pica it Be _Emanuel ."' " Viva Garibaldi !"

PARIS, MAY 25.

The Constitutionnel of to-day denies that it is in
tended to submit the free schools to the prelimi'
nary authorisation of the Government.

VIENNA, MAY 25.

The Chamber of Advocates has petitioned the
Ministry of Justice for the re-establishment of the
Criminal Process Law of 1850, with or without a
jury, and for the introduction of verbal public civil
process.

VIENNA, MAY 25.

The proposals made by Russia to the other great
Powers, for an inquiry into the real condition of
the Christians in Turkey, occasions a frequent ex-
change of opinions between France and the other
great Powers.
M. Thouvenel has declared to the Austrian Am-
bassador that the Cabinet of the Tuileries has seen
with regret that Russia has prematurely brought
forward the Oriental question ; but, as this ques-
tion has been officially put forward, France con-
siders that she acts in conformity with the interests
of Europe by associating herself with the proposal
of Russia, as otherwise a pretence would be
given to that Power to assume the exclusive pro-
-1 tectorate of the Christian subjects of the Sultan.
M. Thouvenel adds that during his Embassy at
Constantinople he became convinced that the
Hatti-Humayoum of 1856 will long remain a dead
letter unless the Porte changes its system of govern-
ment.

Without recognising the urgency of the inquiry
proposed by Russia, France is disposed to acknow-
ledge its principle, and she invites the other great
Powers to do the same, leaving, however, to their
agents in the East to ascertain the exactitude of
the facts which have been brought forward by
Prince Gortschakoff.

Counts Antoine Szecheny and Andrassy and a
Hungarian prelate are spoken of as having been
chosen by Government to replace the three Hun-
garians who declined their appointments to the
Council of the Empire.

They are also said to have formally consented to

their nomination.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 16

The Marquis de Lavalette on passing through
Athens was received with great distinction. A
banquet was given is his honour by the Court.
The Sultan has transmitted a complimentary
message to the Marquis de Lavalette. Everybody
is impressed with the importance of his mission,
and is awaiting his course of action, and the speech
which, it is said, he will address to the Sultan.
The Porte has deferred replying to the Servians
until after having consulted with the Powers.

England, it is said, persists in her opposition to
the hereditary rights of Prince Milosch.

Omar Pacha is expected to arrive at Constan
tinople on Saturday next. It is said that he wil

be commissioned to repress the agitation among the
Sclavonic population.

The Sultan has received the decoration of the
Order of King Leopold at a private audience, but
his Majesty is said to be seriously suffering from
an intermittent gastric fever.

GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION.
The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second
Edition), in his letter, dated May 24, says
We have to-day two sets of telegrams, suited,
with nice impartiality, to the taste of friends and
the enemies of the Sicilian insurrection. One is (as
you will perhaps have learnt by this) to the effect
that the Neapolitan troops have gained a great ad-
vantage close to Palermo : the other of quite an
opposite character, viz.—that Garibaldi's soldiers
have again beaten the Royalists. The news of the
Neapolitan triumph is from the Neapolitan Govern-
ment ; that in favour of the Garibaldians comes from
Turin or Genoa. The Neapolitan Government is
known for its total disregard of truth and for the fa-
cility with which it fabricates. The others are per-
haps not impeccable: but the French Government,
which ought to know something of the real state of
affairs, is silent ; and it is worthy of notice that the
dispensers of telegraphic news here have been more
than once prevented from giving to the public what
was favourable to the Sicilians. It is said that its
Minister at Naples transmits with impartiality the
news given Mm by M, Carafa, as well as that from
the Sardinian Minister at Naples, the •Marquis of
Villamarina, and which is invariably conflicting,
leaving it to accept and credit which of the two it
pleases. In the meantime few give credit to Neapo-
litan versions of events in Sicily. In this state we
must be content to abide till some decisive blow on
either side makes it impossible any longer to dis-
guise the truth,"

We have recoived a copy of the Malta Times of
the 18th inst. It contains some interesting details
of the advance of Garibaldi, though no later intelli-

gence than that which has already appeared :
" May 13,

" We have received letters from Marsala to the
16th off May, giving accounts of Garibaldi's pro
gress in Sicily, the extraordinary excitement the
mews of his landing had created in Palermo, and
other interesting miscellaneous intelligence respect-
ing the course of events in that island. Our cor-
respondent also forwarded us two proclamations
picked up at Marsala, of Garibaldi, who has adopted
the title of Commander-in-Chief of the National