The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-13


Giovanni rausnn has not very Italian
sound. but it Is tho namc Of ono OF tho best
s"amcn an most larlny and successful naval
commanders OF whom molcrn Italy can boast
Giovanni Bausaa w&s born At Gacta. In tho
then Kingdom OF Naples. In l151. Ho went
TO sea as n mdshipman, ilr.t on board tho
English line OF battlo ship Marlborough. and
served several years under tho English npg.
He was with Admiral Iolncy in 100
In n once famous battle in which tao
French wore defeatcl: anil he dlstin-
guishcl himself in repeated encounters
with the Spanish and the .Agotlncs. lie
atterward rose 10 high rank in tho Ncapolitan
navy and took part with the Engl ish squadron
IN that cvont(ul occupation VI Tou'on. which
ended with ;hS victory OF the republican be-
segcrs and drew the Dyes o. all Trance upon
the young artillery general. Napoleon Bona
purte who drove the English and their allies
from tho port The subsequent career OF Bau-
san proves thnt both ns a seaman aud as naval
commander he bettercd ali tho instruction
he got from his English associates and allies.
It does no small credit t, his skill rs sailor
that he carried Lord Nelson in n line Of bnitle
ship safely into II hnrbor which the hero of tho
Nile hcsitatcd to enter: and there Is NJ more
than the adventure which Bnusan undertook
leonic King Of Naples. MMrat. whom tho first
French empire was lettering to its fall. The
SpuuNNl on IDIuShn tio NJ tHP li'nS WHEN lOTu
Nelson inflicted such an inlelible stain upon
i, MS own r,nnwn by the part IT which he took IN
always to lis honor Sy his
ten CHAPTER in, the annals OF the French rcvo-
days Of centennial n eSebraton 81 10 " recall ''
Caroline OF Austria. the Queen Of ferilnand
sSsr's i ii! nj %a'sSs%
he r eN,rhor OF hs Froaeh Of ay
under Bonapnrtc. tho waves, OF the French roy
P"or Tosa in very ssas The s whSe
tan people regarded Franco. and tho French
idcns with u kind Of fanntical horror: but
many nartisnns. and as the Neapolitan Govern
mcnt Of that day. was both corrupt and inrt.
FTCnch uenee "ttan"d in 's such pro
portions in Naples, that. King Ferdinand
nnl hf o"s"n uSh it ua"us to
dor tho rro,oction OF tho English feet
to Sicily. Tho King and 19oen took Pas.
EnslsG san@dron was aceo@pan!ed by
small Ssespolitan squadron r under tine com;
Of Naples into tremendous storm. during
which Lord Nelson 5 ship suffered great, dam
that King Ferdinand shut himoolf UP in his
s sShs Darns ths t. h
Admiral. Caracciolo. more familiar doubtless
dangerous seas than his English colleague.
Gn S'"f ho fSS! f"u ssfis" ooF
Palermo the violence Of the storm WAS was
nt not hn9Tny the
battle ship in the nttompt to enter it. This
was seen from tn. port. Thereupon Capt
Bnusan. who lay at Palermo. in command Of q
r%nhinE out Of the harboT in the teeth OF H the
gale. boarded the English flagshlr and brought
Minerva. and the contrast between the an-
rcaranc" OF the two vessels. as tho Neano!i;;
many comments from tho seafaring popmia-
| pride OF their powerful allies.
These circumstances deserve mention. be-
cause in the opinion Of the Italians OF that
time, the iniGiaent,, o; this voyage rankle
and rredisposed him against Ills Neapoi:
sof"suS ThYn rod in tIS Of
This opinion will ne. found expressed very
strongly in one OF the few authentic narratives
period in italian history This is the His
tory Of Naples" from M the mid t OF tie eigh:
Gen. Pietro Coietta. himself an actor actor IN IN
the important scenes which he describes
Italy. of course. where the Austrian influence
| was then All powerful. but in tho Swiss Canton
TnS Th9mgn 81 co
stiGmatize the eNccsses committed by his
copied as fair and truthful. shall. therefore.
reproduce in substance his re alton Of the
| painful transactions which ended with the
murder by court; martial in 1893 o! Admiral
Prince Cnracciolo.
Ferdinand u EerHblican Government was cs-
| tablishcd ut Naples. and the whole Neapolitan
kingdom on the mainland became the theatre
| OF an atrocious civil war. The roya! authority
| was subsidized and supported by England.
and one OF its most active and energetic allies
went to Sicily with tho royal in,mily rs tho
wife of tn" English Minister and there re-
cd between Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson
are matter OF history and can hardly he said to
that age. since to thcm England is undoubt-
eddy indebted in no small measure for the sue
cessiul nr"secutinn by Lord Nelson
Mcdit"rrahcan Whit ,eirsetiveiy check od i
the eastern projects of France. Received Mt
account OF her origin. and career this remark
able woman gradually occurred complete
who repeatedly in hcr correspondence do.
claros that the h9n"f md safety Of the king
ret rSy is r' &han
the rey"u'iGn t"% shape shortly a"r
on the french Directory. Garaecsolo and Ills
iart in the Iefenas Of iii" saptai against s the
| foreign army of Russians Turks. and English
Hah n thS 1S and al
thS nam, q King Ferdinand. At%r much
| lighting. with various fortune. Naples was
finally invested. In June. 1893, by the motley
forces of tho Bourbon sovereign. Cardinal
| Huffo. sent over from Sicily as the Legate OF
the, King assumed commnnd Of thu, bcsegers,
Of San Antonio ordered general assault on
the iortiilcations. One or two Of the advanced
| forts w"rr taken. Another. when a great
breach had beer. mad, in the walls. was blown
into the air. rontnnn!lng friends and foes in n
| common ruin by determined republican
priest. Padre T"srain of Coscnyn. VIII, com
inanlcd tho defenders. But ali the most I'M
Iortnnt positions. Including the Ca-tell Nuovo.
The CnSt"Il dell Move. and tho "tty citadel of
| san Elmo. remained in the hands Of tho re.
ruDlicans. TIVE fleets wee known to
| spanish feet s"nt TO assist tho republic
and tho other the Anglo Sirilinn fleet OF Lord
| Nelson coming in support of the King.
good i"a! "l lighting had gone on in IN" bay
| between IN English division unI"r Rear AL
| miral l""te and the vessels 81 Naracc"'o. VINO
| ais" directed TIA" operations OF sonlr small
| fur,S al t@strlamaie nud .'nrgrnt". But tho
N"app!itan directory was dismaliy inefficient;
| funds aud provisions ran low in tn" city and
| there wrr" strong suspicious. af,", ward CON
| nrnlra. that secret cnrlrspun.innrc WAS going
| al A, "A 4, on ,U nal