The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

THE EX-KING OF NAPLES.

The following,order of the day was issued by
Francis 11. on leaving Gaeta :

" General, Officers, and Soldiers of the Army of
Gaeta,—The chances of war separate us after five
months, during which we have suffered for the in-
dependence of the country, sharing the same dan-
gers and the same privations. The moment is
arrived to put an end to your heroic sacrifices.
Resistance was becoming impossible, and if my wish
as a soldier was to defend like you the bulwark of
the monarchy until it fell under the crumbling
walls 9f Gaeta, my duty as a King and as a father
ordered me now to spare a generous blood, whose
affections under existing circumstances would only
be the last manifestation of a useless heroism.
For you, my dear and faithful companions in
arms, by thoughts for your future; for conside-
rations which your loyalty, your constancy,
and your bravery well merit—for you I renounce
the military ambition of repulsing the last assaults
of an enemy who would not gain possession of the
place defended by such soldiers without covering
the road with his dead. Soldiers of the army of
Gaeta !—For the last six months you have fought
with incomparable courage. Internal treason, the
attack of foreign revolutionary bands, the aggres-
sion of a power which was thought to be friendly
—nothing has been able to subdue your bravery
or fatigue your constancy. Amidst sufferings of
every kind, traversing fields of battle, facing trea-
sons more terrible than steel and lead, you came
to Captm and to Gaeta, yielding to your heroism
on the banks of the Volturno and of the Garigliano,
defying for three months on those ramparts the
efforts of an enemy who had all the resources of
Italy at his disposal. Thanks to you, the honour
of the army of the Two Sicilies is safe; thanks to
you, your Sovereign may raise his head with pride,
and in the land of exile, where he will await Divine
justice, the remembrance of the heroic loyalty of
of his soldiers will be the sweetest consolation to
his misfortunes. A special medal will be distributed
to you, to remind you of the siege, and when my
dear soldiers shall return to their domestic hearths,
all men of honour will bow their heads as they
pass, and •mothers will point to the heroic de-
fenders of Gaeta as an example to their children.
Generals, officers, and soldiers, I thank you all ; I
shake you all by the hands with the effusion of
affection and of gratitude. Ido not say farewell,
but au revoir. Retain for ever your loyalty for
me, as I will always preserve my gratitude and
affection for you.—Your King,

" FRANCIS II."

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY.

The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Captain
Anderson, from Boston on the 20th, and Halifax
on the 22d ult,, arrived here at four a.m., and
landed all mails except those for Liverpool, and
proceeded at 4.30 a.m., all well. She brings 62
passengers.

Mr. Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern
Confederacy, was inaugurated at Alabama, on the
18th ult. The spectacle is described as the grandest
ever witnessed in the South.

The inaugural address of President Davis says

"The judgment and will of the people are, that
union with the Northern States is neither prac
ticable nor desirable. If necessary, we must main-
tain by final arbitrament of sword the position we
have assumed,

President Lincoln left Buffalo and Albany on the
18th ult. He was greeted en route with the usual
ovations.

The Missouri election would probably result in
favour of the Union candidates by a majority of
5,000 votes.

In the House of Representatives a bill had been
reported making an appropriation for a survey of
the Northern Pacific regions, with the view of
establishing a telegraph to Asia.
Advices from Montery, Mexico, announce that
Mejia had entered the town of Riverde with 2,000
men, butchered 200 men, and burnt the town.

NEW YORK, FEB. 19.
Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 105, 1051,
Commercial bins, 104:1„ 1041.

(LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.)
NEW YORK, FEB. 21.
Arkansas has voted against the holding of a Con-
vention.

The Tariff Bill has been passed in the Senate.
The duty on coffee has been agreed to.
The steamships Jura and Saxonia, Fulton, Kan-
garo, and Nova Scotian have arrived out.

Stocks dull. Erie, 311 ; New York Central, 761 ;
Illinois Central, 79. Cotton firm. Saks in two
days, 8,500 bales. The crop is estimated to be
declining. Breadstuffs and provisions unchanged.