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THE PRESS.
The Neapolitan ExiJes in London.

anu enthusiastic reception was given 10 tne
Ncapolitan refugees, who arrived by the Great
Western Railway from Bristol. The crowd
was immense, and the enthusiasm very great.
AS the train came under the arches Of the ter
minus, loud outburst of feeling arose, the
echoes Of which vibrated again and the step
ping out of the carriage Of these brave men
was the signal for renewed applause.
Those that arrived were Vito Purcaro, aged
54, lawyer; Luigi Praino, AZ, lawyer; vi
cenzo CuzzocTea, 80, doctor; Salvador Fancitano,
so; Achille Argentine, AZ, gentleman; Fran
cesco Procenzano, 40, military; Domenico Da-
mis-, "a, gentleman; 0vidio Seriho, 43, bishop
Angelo Pelligrino, SO, lawyer; Rafaelo Manro,
80, gentleman; Giuseppe Pace, 81, gentleman;
Filippo Agresti, So, military; Pietro Mazells,
So, lawyer; Carlo dc Angels, AZ, lawyer Luigi
PARENT, 80, gentleman.
Mr.. Hope, Signor Filopanti, Mr.. Murphy,
z. G., Mr.. Nicholay, and other gentlemen,
headed n procession to the Great Western Ho-
| tel, where refreshment was provided for them.
The crowd was immense, and the band outside
played number Of martial pieces.
Mr.. Hodge, who has taken a very active
| part in the reception generally, read an ad
| dress of welcome to the exiles which was re-
| sponded to by Signor Dominica Damis, in the
Italian language. He said they accepted this
demonstration in the name of italian liberty.
They had always looked upon England as a
1 biOdb anu lOo hubiOhj huu ~ III hOI
destinies, it should ever be in the power of the
foreigner to give her assistance, their voice
| would not be wanting in urging upon the Ital-
| ian people to recognize the obligations they
are under to her. As free man, he thanked
them from the bottom of his heart, and in the
name of his compatriots, for the noble gen.
erosity Englishmen had displayed from the
moment the exiles had set foot upon British
soil.
Signor Filopanti then pronounced a most
eloquent "Welcome to London" to his fellow
countrymen, which was no sooner concluded
than the Italians in the crowd rushed forward
and embraced and kissed their exiled country
man in the most affectionato manner. II
seemed impossible for them to restrain their
Joy; and when the cabs were drawn up to con-
vey the exiles away the latter were lifted al
most bodily from the steps to the vehicles.
| Tho harness of the horses was dressed with
laurels, and the exiles were preceded by an
Italian band Of music, who played various ma
tional airs. Banners and Union Jack were car
| ried in advance. On one of the banners were
| the words, "Exilesl Welcome to free England
on another, "The unity and independence Of
Italy" The procession moved through thu
streets at slow pace, and at various stations
there were repeated manifestations of popular
sympathy.
fund is being raised in England for the OK
lies, the general meetings of which are gen
orally attended by the Earls of Shaftesbury
Carlisle, Granville and Ripon, Viscount Pal
merston, Lord John RUSSELL the Right Hon
Edward Ellice, Miner Gibson, W. L. Glad
stone, Sir B. Hail, Vernon Smith, and Sir d
Dundas; the Deans of Westminster and ST
Paul's, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M. p, MI
| Wentworth Beaumont, NJ. P, etc.
1t was moved by Viscount Pamerston, an
seconded by Lord John Russell and Mr.. W
Miles, M. P, that brief statement of the cir
| cumstances in which the exiles are placed, an
the views of the committee with respect to tn
relief to be afforded to them, should be printe
and circulated for the information of the public
THE VOYAGE OF THE NEAPOLITAN ExILEs.
The details of the voyage of those patriot
! men are full of interest. We can only publis
) n few of them. 1t appears that Signor Raj
faele Settembrni, son of one of the exiles, afte
. | serving a short time in the Sandman navy
obtained an appointment on board the Primo
| Albert, one of the new Galway and America
} line of steam packets. Hearing that the Strom
| boil and Ettore Fieramosca, with the exiles o.
g board, were to call at Cadiz, preparatory
|, | their shipment for America, the young ma
a obtained free passage in the Warrior
l. Cadiz his object being to attempt the rescu
e Of his beloved father. The young man is br
twenty-five years of age, and as he had nj
!. seen his parent for ten years, the loving reco
lections Of childhood must have remained witt
out diminution in his mind Arrived at Cadi
he, accompanied by several of the officers an
crew of the Warrior, and dressed in h
u proper uniform, rowed toward the Stron
bolt, the Neapolitan frigate, in a boi
1 displaying the British Union Jack at il
n stern; and having been received with the navi
/ honors by'the Neapolitan officers, who ordere
I the guard to present arms to him, supposin
r. that he was an officer in the British navy,
introduced himself in his true name as the so
Of the prisoner, Luigi Settembrini, and begge
permission to have farewell interview wit
, his aged father previous to the departure of ii
y latter for trans atlantic shores. The reque
appeared so reasonable, and the young man
= official uniform was so imposing, that the cal
r | tain of the frigate Stromboli did not hesita
to comply, and sent to the other Neapolitn
government vessel, the Ettore Fieramosc
which lay close by, ordering the prisoner Sc
tembrini to come on board the Stromboli ar
S. meet his son. But their interview was strict
r. watched. 1t took place under the eye Of II
e. e. Neapolitan commander, and not a word Of ar
u1 plan for the future could be exchanged. Ra
u faele Settembrini took final leave of his fathe
&C and returned to the Warrior, which was on Il
Is point of starting, in order to continue her tr
T. to Mogador, and the other North African port
He had hoped to be able to get boat alon
cd side the Neapolitan steamer in the darkness
the night, and help his father to escape over Il
side.
This was his original design, but so vigila
@ a watch was kept in both the Neapolitan shi
p that it was impossible for any boat to approa
al unobserved. He promptly altered his pla
I'D Quitting the English steamer, which present
~ left Cadiz without him-but while the Neapo
a. itans believed him also to have gone-he land
al and proceeded to make his arrangements in d
st. city. He had got an introduction to Mr.. Be
jamin 0liveira, well-known Englishman, W
= received him most kindly, and rendered hi
the greatest service. 1t was understood
that time that the American clipper Dav
Y Stewart was chartered, by the Neapoltan 60
ernment, to transport the sixty-sx prisone
to New York; transaction of the Illegal
of which, to say nothing of its meannoss,
c. apprehend there can not be any doubt, seei
that they We're not shipped as free passenger
but as convicts or slaves, on board vessel
op the United States, under sentence of a forei
tribunal. However, there was an honorat
Spanish gentleman at Cadiz, the Count
w. Casabrunette, who had some interest with I
0 consgnees to whom the David Stewart h
= been sent, and he and Mr.. 0liveira, Q
tering into young Settembrini's dutii
wish to accompany his father, used tn
81 induance IA have him taken hv Captn