, 1860-05-03

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| their good Offices. -
"It ia d mistake to suppose that separate ne
gotiations have been entered into betweenF France
t and Switzerland, the matter having been placed
| in The hands cf the Powers Of Europe
THE voTE At NICE
| PAKls. Tuesday, April Il. ls60.
The Non;te ur Of this morning gives the fol.
| lowing 81 the deGnitiYe result Of tue voting in
! the city Of Nice:
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SEw MOTOR.
The Emperor Napoleon has approved the
| model Of a gunbnat, constructed on system to
| be propelled without steam, and has ordered
| boats 10 be built OIL this plan. The power ill.,
tended to be substituted for steana Is hot air.
1t will produce ms mach rapid;ty, aud be far
| moro economical than steam. It is calculated
that the yearly saving in the cost of fuel for the
French Navy will be about 50, ,000, ,0OGf. The ex-
| periments hare succeeded 20 well that the
Refine Hortense will be fitted to receive the new
machinery. This inventor OF this power is a
French engineer employed at Lyona. Great
results are anticipated from the invention.
THE 1SsrRREc11oS n SICILY.
The icsurrection now OF lately going On in
Sicily was not unexpected; tie chimes Of the
Sicil'ans is alxays sulten, and for several months
there have been muttcrin2s Which threatened
u
CURED at Palermo one Of those events that
show the temper Of the people. La Trartatd
was performed at the theatre, and the prima
donna appeared with tri-colored favors. The
whole house greeted The colors with entbnsi-
asn, and the stage was covered With camelias,
red aud white, with the green leaves appending.
On the following evening the same scene was
enacted, and, though the police were stationed
outside, no attempt was made to enter the thea-
tire or suppress the exhibition Of feeling. Sat-
urday. the 31st Of March, was the last evening
Of the Winter season, and IS much as 10 pins
tres were offered for place. 4 great demon.
stration was to be made during the evening, but
before the evening came the police sent round
to BOY that the gasometer was out Of order, and
the house WIS closed.
1t had been determined to commence the rev.
olutiou ut Palermo on the dth Of April the
signal was to be nsusket shot in q certain spot,
following which the monks, who favored the in
surgents, we're to ring the bells Of the Monas
terry della Granccia, on the Piazza della Marina.
The police were informed Of this by a traitor,
ind the signal shot was fired by them, thus
precipitating the revolt The monastery was
sucked, four Of the monks were Killed, the o.l-
ers seized and imprisoned
As party Of the Royal soldiers we're going
atong tue street early on the morning Of this
fight, they heard slight noise from house by
wh'chthey had just passed; at once they turned
about and discharged their muskets at the Pal
azzo pctroel!a, where Mr. Gardner, ali English
merchant, resides, killing servant girl who
VAS just unclosing a shutter. Indeed, it ap-
pears that the troops, after hastenipg IN the
random nlonE the street, seeming careless, or
Wantonfy mu1dcrous in their icclinations.
Through this day there was much fighting in
different parts Of the city, but it is impossible
to obtain ANYTHING like authentic information;
for photographic communication across the Straits
ernn,ent take good care that nothing true shall
go forth. The official dispatches are tissues Of
lies, being little more than reiterated assertions
that all is quiet, when every one who ku0ws
anything about the matter knows that the
island il thoroughly uneasy, aud daily breaking
out into positive violence. Hosts Of the resi-
dents Of Palermo. Messina, aud Catania were
leaving the island, and numbers had been ar
rested. From Palermo alone 4nJ had been sent
into exile within a fortnight The Government
dispatch concerning the outbreak of the 4th
was as follows: That few i'll inteutioned per-
SOUS had dared to attack the royal artillery
troops in Palermo, and lad killed fur soldiers
and three companions OF arms; that the troops
had taken possession OF tie monastery Of the
Grauecia {n the Piazza Marina, almost il the
eentre Of the capitai}, aud that some armed
bands which had appeared in the neighborLood
Of the capital had been destroyed, but that
tranquility and order hud been perfectly re-
established.
The fighting, thus began, continued da,ly
through the week till Sunday, the sth, to whcl,
date only we have anything Ike reliable infor-
nation. 1t is said that twenty monks were
takeu out and shot. Among other brutal:ties
recorded by IN eye witness, he says be snw an
aobess aud nun dragged along through the
street by soldiers. some of whom urged them
On by thrusts Of the bayonet. Their offence
was that they had given snelter to i compro-
missed person.
At Messiua it was arranged that tho rising
should be made on Sunday, the Sth, and an at
tempt Was made to carry out the design but tile
insurgents were disheurteued by the bad news
from Palermo, and the 1erolt was failure, US
all the Sicilian rerolts seem fatcd to be unless
some leader with discretion as well As courage,
shall head the movement. The insurgents had
lied to the country, or were driven outside the
walls; the royal troops held all the strong
places Of the city, and many citizens are sup
tionary party are numerous members Of the
highest families; and, rs in The outbreak Of
1S43, most Of the young men arc on thLt side.
Troops were leaving Naples for Sicily in large
numbers, at the latest accounts, though the
Governor Ind sent word that lie needed no
more. The Royal 1ntendente is said to make
common cause with the revofutionists. From
Palermo the supply Of fresh water and proyis-
ions from tle country had been cut of. and
great scarcity followed. What effect this had
upon the troops who held the city, but coull not
contrn lhe bands roaming iu the mountains, it
remains to be scen.
rS1oS OF NAPLES WITH PIEDMONT corNsELLEn'
Ills Royal Highness the Count Of syracuse
the uncle Of the King Of Naples, has sent to the
latter memorandum counseling concessions,
aud union with Piedmont. lie closes thus
utter showing that an alliance with Austria
would be runous:
"what way remains, then, of Saving the
dunsers? One only. The natural policy which.
REFUSING tue true interests Of the State, nat
urai1y leads the kingdom Of Southern Italy to
unite itself with that of-Upper Italy, move
1nent which Europe cannot refuse to acknowl.
edge, III it is all action between two portions Of
the same country, equally free ane equally in
dependent Of each other. Iu this way only, by
withdrawing yourself from all foreign press
nre. and by noiitical union with Piedmont,
will your Majesty be able TO be the generous
arbiter OF the development Of these civil jnsti-
tutions which the renovat0r Of our monarchy
conferred, when, after the kingdom had been
rescued from the vasse'lage Of Austria, he crea-
ted IN the fields OF Vclietri the most powerful
State Of Itaty. Shall we prefer au i'll i.adyised
municipal isolntion to national policy? j u1u-
nicipA isolation exposes US not only 10 foreign
pressure, but worse still for by abandoning
the country 10 internal discords it will render
it the easy prey Of purity. Then force will be
the supr, inc law. hut the mind Of your Majes-
ty undoubtedly Eevolts ut the idea Of reprcs:ine
only by the power Of arms those passions which
the loyalty Of young king can moderate in.
stead and turn to good, By substituting oblivion
for rancor, extending the hand Of friendship to
tue king Of the other part Of Italy. md consoIi-
which civilized Europe either possesses or de-
1nands.''