The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-10 00:00:00

THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.

(From the Cork Reporter.)
Upon Monday a deputation from these sufferers
waited upon the Mayor, for the purpose of vindi-
cating as promptly as possible, and in the presence
of the highest local authority, the course which
they took in having themselves brought to this
port. They were accompanied by an interpreter, as
none of them spoke English,and they seemed to be
highly intelligent and well-bred gentlemen. His
worship received them with the warmest sym-
pathy, and the same feeling was evinced by the
other gentlemen present, some of whom spoke their
language, or French, and they made inquiries into
the nature of their treatment. One of them has
been imprisoned for over a quarter of a century,
and none of them have been incarcerated for less
than ten years. Their limbs still bear the marks
Worn in them by their chains. Poerio has suffered
severely in health, and on shipboard was only able
to sit on deck for a few hours daily. Many of the
others exhibit manifest tokens of being broken in
health, strength, and spirits by their long confine-
ment. One of the clergymen stated that, in consi-
deration of their office, they were better treated
than the others, but that still even their plight was
miserable, their entire allowance for support, &c.,
being only equivalent to sixpence of our money per
diem.

In an address which thQy preseuterto the mayor,
they state that they were embarked on the steamer
Stromboli without a moment's notice, on the 17th
of January, and towed by the steam frigate Ettore
Fieramosca to Cadiz. In the Bay of Biscay they
demanded to be put ashore, but were told that the
Spanish Government would not receive them.
They remained 25 days on board the Stromboli in
the Bay of Cadiz, without seeing or being seen by
anybody. They wrote by post to the governor of
Cadiz, and by chance reading in the Spanish news-
paper La Palma, that I\l, Olozaga had spoken of
them, they wrote to him, and sent a copy of their
letter to the governor, and also to the Piedmontese
consul. On being conveyed on board the American
clipper, on the 19th February, they signed a de•
clarationi, praying the captain to steer for the
nearest English port, and threatening him with
legal consequences if he went to America. On the
20th a Neapolitan officer came on board, bringing a
sum of 200 dollars to the captain, and took their
letters for Naples. On the 21st the captain called
his crew together, showed them the declaration,
upon which the vessel was steered for Cork.
In their remonstrance to the captain, after
threatening that they should appeal to competent
legal tribunals if their request was refused, they
add :

"At the same time they declare that they will
raspect religiously the laws of the ship, they will
live in perfect harmony with all the individuals of
the crew, and will preserve towards you all the
regards that personally are due to ou. Yet they
warn you that; arrived
appeal to the tribunals concerning the attempt
made unknowingly by contract and price against
their liberty, and they will hold you and the pro-
prietors of the ship responsible for all the legal con-
sequences of the same act. The undersigned, while
they are grieved to take this position towards you in
defence of their own rights, and that it may not be
thought they have given acquiescence to an unlawful
and violent act, will repeat to you the assurance that
they will use all their force to preserve a good and
friendly relation during the voyage with you and
with the entire crew, in order to merit and obtain
the esteem and affection of the citizens of the
United States. Lastly, we make known to you that
we have sent a copy of this protest to the Consular
body in Cadiz, and to the Chargé d'Affaires of the
United States resident in Madrid, and this they do
for the sake of using every precaution."
Some of those present having inquired into the
means of immediate support which the exiles pos-
sess, it was stated that from the suddenness of their
deportation, and not having been allowed to make
any arrangements with their families or friends,
none of them were well supplied, and over forty of
their number were in absolute want. His worship
and the citizens in the room opened a subscription
list, and in less than half an hoar £3O was sub-
scribed.

The Duke of Norfolk has his smoking-room, in
his new mansion at Sheffield Park, over the upper stories
of a quadrangular tower between 70 and 90 feet high. No
domestic economy can be outraged when the lord and mas-
ter adopts such precautions as these.
A STEAM-ENGINE TRAVERSING THE STREETS.
—Yesterday morning some astonishment was created among
the drivers of the numerous vehicles in the Westminster-
road by the appearance of a locomotive under steam moving
through that crowded thoroughfare ; and soon after mid-
day a-traction engine, drawing a truck, to which was affixed
a placard, informing the numerous gazers that it was loaded
with 25 tons of iron, passed through the York-road. The
engine was managed by Mr. Bray, the originator of it, and
turned the corners, making even the Amp turn necessary
to pass from the Belvidere-road into the wharf of Messrs.
Maudsley and Co. without any difficulty. Messrs.
Maudsley have more than one of these engines in their
employ, which they use for communicating betwepn their
several wharves in Lambeth, New-cross, &c.