The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-20 00:00:00

NAPLES.

A letter from Naples of the 15th, in the Presse,
says :—" We are approaching either a solution or
a dissolution. The 4th regiment—that which main-
tained its discipline in the Champ de Mars—is now
in open rovolt. Its commanding officers, despair-
ing of being able to restore obedience, announced
to the soldiers that if they wished to leave they
had only to write their names on a sheet of paper.
The sheet was in a few moments covered with sig-
natures, and the chiefs then, seeing that it was
useless to contend against such unanimity, went to
consult a superior authority. They were sent
back to the soldiers, and told to promise them all
they required—pay, uniforms, federal crosses, &c.
Many of the men were delighted, and shouted
Viva el Re.' Some of them, however, felt mis-
trust, and Major Latour, the Swiss envoy was
waited on by a deputation and asked for more po-
sitive assurances. Major Latour did not allow him-
self to be influenced either by the caresses of the
Government or by the falsehoods of the officers.
He pursued his way with great independence and
probity, telling the soldiers who came to consult
him that they were being deceived by their chiefs,
that their colours would be taken from them on
the 25th, on the demand of the Confederation and
by order of the King, who could no longer refuse
that justice. The result was a general defection.
The 13th battalion of Chasseurs, which has been
enrolled since the rupture of the capitulations, has
now joined the malcontents. Yesterday several
officers of the 4th Regiment, fearing a revolt in
their quarters, and threatened, as they said, with
massacre, passed a part of the night in a café of San
Potito. All the police were on foot to watch over
the city, the army, and the lazzaroni. The Royal
Guard has been summoned from Caserta. As the
reward for his straightforward conduct, Major La-
tour has met with a very cold reception from the
authorities ; he has been watched like a suspected
person, and, notwithstanding his official character,
it has been in contemplation to send him out of the
kingdom. This was a bright idea started by the
police in order to simplify difficulties. Fortunately,
Gen. Filangieri is a man of sense, under whom such
follies would be impossible. However, this may be
Major Latour has perfectly succeeded in his mission,
and tho 4th Regiment leaves this very day."
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ELECTION BY BALLOT IN ADELAIDE.—The re-
sult of the city election, as I presume you already know,
was in favour of Mr. Owen, who polled 668 votes to Mr.
Blyth's 224. The affair was as quietly conducted as a
Quaker's meeting, forming a contrast to one of the last
elections under tile open voting system, where a body of
mounted police had to ri'le through and through the crowd
to quell an incipient riot, and so peaceable indeed as much
to disgust various politicians of the old school, who still
sigh fir the good old electoral days of beer and bribery and
Iroken heads.—Correspondent of Melbourne Age.
DISINTERESTED LOVE.—Yes ! man has a strong
yearning for disinterested love ; much more so than woman.
Once convince a man that you love him, truly for himself
—for his own self—independently of riches, rank, station,
position, or any of the thousand-and-one advantages he
may be possessed of—only, I say, make him feel that, and
you need not ba very nice about the mode in which you go
to work. Men are as voracious as boa-constrictors, they
will swallow almost any quantity of flattery, provided al-
ways that it be offered at the right time. It won't do to
flatter one man in the presence of another. Be careful of
that ; but let a woman take the lucky moment, seize upon
the right opportunity, and she may make a man—ay, in
spite of all his wondrous sense and reason—her slave for
life.—Millicent Needle Abroad.

MR. TOWNSIIEND, LATE MEMBER FOR GREEN-
WICH. —Mr. John Townshend, whose career as M.P. for
the borough of Greenwich, recently attracted public atten-
tion, has become the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Leicester,
and has announced his intention to open the establishment
for the season with a full corps from the metropolis.