New-York daily tribune., 1849-08-03
The BETRAYAL Of sicily-nore villany Of the
French Government.
cs--,suondenoe Of the Boston Courier.

csrr.spondence Of the Boston Courier.
PALEExo June q. Lac
Tba Ne.ooli.an troops are again iOrding II over
Us In : cir These dirty wreienes have snesked back
~ Psleruo in a. conlempuDie n amer they ran
srsv lsst year Tney uoT sFsrm IN the streets o.
,hi. cfty Thick a. zrssshoppers IN Yankee ccw-
pasture There are Sl1v0 and more of tnen. y may
seem u y0u incOfnpr@ hensio.e, wren / state that
although The Bour bOns have been allowed again
70 Their throne In tbs Island tne whole population Of
sicily hste them 70 lostning, except few mean
.or1fed fellows Of the upper ten thousand The
are a. ready 20 light sgsns, toe King Of Naples
How you VII. ssk. Sss the subiugstion q the lssnd
brought s50uti ! Tl,. te. y0u. TIE French were a..
the bottom of lie vsiny The Admiral srd BIZ agents
had been az Work for months intr Euirz and plotting
sgsins;tne Revolutionary Government When Cston.a
and yrsruse fe y corruption into the hands o. me
Nespotans. the French party IN Palermo took soTan
tage of the panic which ensue1, seize the Govern
nlent They raised the pOVuace against Setiino ana
compelled him and BIZ followers 20 ssve Themselves y
light The Paernitsns when 10 TOO iste, discover
ID the treschery which lad been practieed toward
them. They compelled the French isccon 20 give U 2
the authority they bad usurped The trsitors took 70
fight and could tne Revolutionary leaders have been
recalled the constitutional cause would have triumph
ed As Il was the Palernitsns kept the NespoAtsns AZ
bay without generals and without nnances III tneJ
were able 70 make terms with the besiegers who were
allowed 70 march into the city in perfect silence Had
the French been Of the way and far psy eft for
the -icilsns they would have driven the oe-iegers Il
disgrace from the walls Of Palermo.
sicily has been betrayed y Der nobles-she has not
been conquered The revolutionary spirit u quieted
for space but will break ont again with redou5.ed
force More terrible and nguinsry scenes will marx
the future than sny that have been exhibited by The
past history o this Island and every man rernen oeFs
John OF Procida and iae Eespers.
Tre Nespoitan monarch yet trem5ies for ais domin
ion here lie cannot sleep in quiet while great
remains in Sicily Our have been transported
10 Naples there 10 hardly field piece 70 Be seen
Military stores also shipped of wherever they can
be found and general dissrmiDg Of the population
has taken place The SicilisDs have been anxious 10
know 70 what fate they destined by their royal
master All their inquiries this point have been
answered only by proclamation from the General IN
Chief announcing that the King listening 20 ne IN
palse o bs rry koy brsaa had determined to send 20
sicily his representative the gem Of his crown, his
Q dest son the angel &c &c Imagine civilized and
rational beings the nineteenth century talked to N
this manner.
What il going on In the rest Of tho world we know
not Almost every sort Of communication 10 inter
dcted
sicily presents sad spectacle Catania and Mess.ns
sacked and n ruins Palermo yet standing but lost 20
the enemy through treachery. The population Of this
beautiful leland bOving their necks under yoke
which they detest and are ready to shake OF at the
smallest announcement The sicians. taken collect
ively are no contemplate Iney sound 20 the
core snd all fight tor Constitutional Freedom but
they have been basely sold by those who should have
been their protectors The upper classes are In gen.
era miserable se;-efemInste, corrupt, unprnciPled
and arraut cOwsrds
Such s the Of things here. can only add, inst
am heartily sick and disguised with Europe. where
fraud tyranny corruption and rsscsiy Of every sort
ride triumphant Not day, not hour pAasss but !
exclain, 4" Thank God am American -