The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-12 00:00:00

NAPLES.

The Naples correspondent of the Debuts has the
following :—" The cardinal of Naples, as I have
already informed you, was recalled almost uncon-
ditionally. The police, or rather the national
guard, prevented the demonstration which a num-
ber of priests and zealots intended to make on his
arrival by going to meet his Eminence. On the
following day, which was Sunday, the people
flocked in crowds to the cardinal's palace, part of
them with the design of shouting ' Down with the
cardinal !' and part to submit to his Eminence two
humble propositions ; first, that he should place the
Piedmontese arms on the front of his palace
where those of the Bourbon still defy public
opinion ; and, secondly, that he should give some
sign of acknowledging the Government of the
usurper. His Eminence considered these demands
very impertinent, and replied that those were
points for his own decision, and that he would
communicate with M. Farini on the subject. Two
majors of the national guard carried this
answer to the crowd, while his eminence went to
the cathedral to sing a Te Deum for his return and
the triumph of the Church. The unbelieving
multitude did not consider this answer satisfac-
tory, and some of them exclaimed, ' Since his
Eminence will not take the trouble, let us set
about it ourselves.' They accordingly tore down
the arras above the door, and put a portrait of Victor
Emmanuel in its place with a flag on each side of it.
They then entered the palace and put flags in all the
windows. Then they formed a double line in his
Eminence's staircase, with a flag as big as the main-
sail of a brig and an illuminated portrait of Victor
Emmanuel. After the To Deum his Eminence
returned to take his chocolate, and was obliged to
ascend the staircase. Mgr. Riario-Sforza, without
being at all disconcerted, ascended the stairs, bow-
ing to the people who lined them, smiled on seeing
the King's portrait, took no notice of the revolu-
tionary flags, and entered his apartments. But he
bad counted without the populace and the provin-
cial priests whom his Eminence had almost excom-
municated, as suspected partisans of Garibaldi, by
refusing to allow them to say mass, and thus con-
demning them to starve. The uproar under his
windows after a while became tremendous, and a
few panes of glass were broken. The Cardinal
held out for about six hours, but at last became
alarmed by the fury of the mob. So, after writing
a short protest against the violence done him, he
went out on the balcony, with a rather bad grace,
gave his blessing to the mob amid a concert of
groans, and then lighted a taper before a plaster
bust of the King of Italy."
The following note has been addressed to the
commerce of Italy by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of King Francis 11. :

" Gaeta, 27th Nov.
" Since the town of Gaeta has been besieged,
four vessels with Sardinian flags and cargoes have
anchored in the port, having been driven in by
stress of weather. The King's Government had
evidently the right to seize them, since they were
protected neither by their flag, nor by the destina-
tion of their cargoes. The application of the right
of war would besides have been advantageous to
the besieged town, the first of the vessels having
been freighted with coal, apd the other three with
grain—articles of great utility to a place which is
invested. The King, however, proved himself
generous, by taking into consideration the excep-
tional circumstances of the present war, which was
preceded by no regular declaration nor denunciation
of hostilities, and his Majesty has ordered that the
vessels should be set at liberty. But the King
cannot permit a benevolent and spontaneous conces-
sion to be interpreted as an abandonment of his
rights, or as a proof of weakness. He has, there-
fore, decided that any vessel which from this day,
the 27th Nov., may present itself in the waters of
Gaeta der the Sardinian flag shall be immediately
capturd by the Royal Navy, and treated according
to the laws of war. " S. CASELLA."
King Francis 11. bas conferred the Order of
Francis I. on M. Autran, commissary-general at
Toulon, and on M. Cros, director of naval construc-
tions, for the care with which they lately had the
Neapolitan vessels of war repaired in that port.