Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-19
Tho London Times on Garabaldi.
OF PALERMo--TuE KING DENOUNCED

BoNBARpnENr OF PALERMo--THE KING DENOUNCED.
tt,pm Ae london Times Jane 81
The nows of tho success OF the Sicilian insurrec.
tion having been confirmed, we are led 10 wander
both at the prodigies which have becn achieved
by few Piodmonteso volunteers indiferenty
equipped, aud the impotence of the Neapolitan
government in destroying facts and claiming for
tho most disgracefu defeats all tho honors Vt VIC
tory. Tho achievements Of Gasabaldi have been
certainly unexAmpod. 10 this undisciplin.
cd evies have not only resisted regular troops but
have driven thom ON two aeperato occasions from
their positions. In tho affair Of Cnlata Fimi, rep.
resented BY the Neapolitans a. victory, II 10 now
known that Marshall Landi Lost several hundred
men and gun. The attack at Palermo seems 10
have been far more serious Tho battle lasted sev-
cral hours. and the troops we're driven from tho
town into tho castle. Low long thcy will be able
to hold out IL a matter Of minor importance, for it
10 plain that they will not be able again TO enter
tho hoart of tho island bu, must remain coopcd up
in the heart Of their stronghold until they surrcn-
der. or tho war is otherwise brought to conelu.
sion.
But tho ncws which now reaches Us is calouat.
ed to rouse tho anger of every man Of feeling thro
ghout Europe. Palermo has been nnnece ,sarily
and cruelty bon,bnrded by the Neapolitan squad
ron. AS soon ~ il was likely the troops would be
obliged 10 retreat before Garabad tho ships open
cd Hire on tho deleneeless town. tho only crimc Of
which was that it was about to fall into the hands
Of the enemy. This Hre wns kept up for many
hours, aud cnded in tho destruction Of great
many buildings. II was continued to tho last
date to which our adviccs oxtend; and it may be
by this timo tho cnatal Of Sicily as boon destroy
cd by the naval forces Of its own sovereign. IL is
impossible to condemn such act in too strong
terms Tho bombardment 0f o town Is IN event
happily rare in the annals ofwnriaro. A fortress
is bombardcd whom it holds the cnen,y's troops
and magazines, and affords shelter to his opera
tions. But to lombard populous oity--to kill
women and children aud ruin private property,
merely because the suburbs are the sceno Of u
battle. und the place is likely to lall into tho
hands of the enemy Is tho extreme Of cowardice
and cruelty. What shall we say, then, to the
case Of sovereign bombarding one Of it's own
capitals and slaughteripg his own suhioctsf Suoh
an not could DO perpetrated only by family so
lost to all sense OF justice and published right rs
tho Spanish or Ncapolitnn Burbons. lf even tho
city were destroyed the position of tho Kings for.
ces would not DO improved. Palermo is not Mos
COW, nor are tho insurgents dependant for oxis-
tence on the shelter of town. If the city were
to disappear from tho ince of tho oarth, Garabaldi
might establish himsolf on tho site. and carry ON
his attacks on tho castle, into which tho royal
troops have re.rcated. The bombardment must la
held to be n nero wnnt n net sl vongcncc, and {
such SHOULD incur tho stern reprobation Of all tho
powers Of Europe
Wo firmly believe that no ministerial Judge at
Naples will better tho position Of tho doomed soy
oreign who now rules. The resignation Of ono
batch of politicians and the instalment Of another
is too old trick to have any affect people who
have suffered no long ns the Sicilians The oon-
version to liberalism Mt the eleventh hour of such
monarch us King Francis is not likely to impose
on either his subjects or foreign states. 1t IL
plain that the King, who has dcluded himself or
has boon dolnded by others upto this time, now
feels that Sicily is lost unloss ho comes to terms
or nilects to concur in the wishes of his subjects.
10 dismiss his ministry, to put curb for timo
on the mscreants who direct his police. and to
publish ooncliatory procamatons in the island
is just what the nevor.faiIing Bourbon quality Of
cunning would suggest, Tho repentance comes
too late. Though we do not advise armed inter
von.ion in favor Of Garabadi, vet we trust that
there will bo no attempt in any quarter to rescue
the wrctehcd King from tho consequences Of his
own tyranny. That his subjects will listen to no
expressions Of pcnitencc We fully believe. and IL
King aud people DO letto themselves matters will
soon be settled.