The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

| in the Mediterranean, Into the Pcrts and Harbors of his Sicf1ian Majesty and
 to obtain for them permission to es. tabIish depots of stores and provisions should they deem 1t expedient to do SO We were received with great cord iality and treated with a degree oi frankness which must confess, from what had heard of rtaiien finesse. and cunning, rather surprised me. On the | subject of commercial treaty the
 Marquis stated that none had as yet been made with the powers of Europe | and that untIll then he did not believe his Majesty would feel disposed to en- l ter into any arrangements on the sub | ject with the United States. but that in | the meantime the merchandise of America would be subjected to the same regulations which were applied to other nations.
 with respect to American Ships of would always experience a friendly re- ception In the Ports of His Majesty the King of the two Sicilies. be permitted ! to communicate with the shore with
 out molestation. and to procure such articles as they might require, but that
 to permit them to establish Depots was
 what shey had granted to no nation
 and was more than he presumed His
 Majesty would be disposed to grant to any.
 "Mr. Pinkney then observed to the Marquis that he would prepare a note | on the principal object of his mis- i sion. which he would cause to be de- livered to him in the course of few | days.
 The Marquis pretended to be ignor- ant of what constituted the princi- pal object of his mission. and when in- formed. and also reminded that 1t had been stated to him at tke first inter- view, he at once, with as I thought iit- tie of diplomatic skill or management, stated the ground which I presume they will ultimately urge against the allowance of our claim. The Govern ment of His Majesty, he said. had im- mediately on his restoration, examined into that matter. that they were not disposed to deny that the seizures of American property made by Monsieur
 Murat Gas he termed him) was most
 base and every way unjustiiable; that they had ascertained that a part of the proceeds of the sales had been deposit ed in the public Treasury, but how drawn out and disposed of, they were entirely unable to learn. but presumed
 that they had been applied by Nurat to his own private purposes.
 iMr. Pinkney stated that hs should not at that time enter into any dis cussion of the subject, but would do so in an official note. The Marquis
 replied that such a course would be entirely satisfactory, and that 1t
 should receive every attention.
 "The Marquis CirceIlo Is considerably
 advanced in years, and has been ern-
 pIoyed the greatest portion of his life
 in a diplomatic capacity, his manner
 Is the most conciliatory have ever
 witnessed. and were not the powers
 of his mind extremely limited, I know
 no man who is better calculated for diplomacy.
 'Tn conformity with the established
 etiquette of the Court. as instructed by the Marquis, I left my Card with Mir. Pinkneys and the Gentlemen at-
 tached to the Legation, at the dwell- ing of each of the Kings Ministers and the Representatives of Foreign Courts; 1t was the work of day as I dealt out more than 100 Cards.
 s~The visit was returned by the re- spective individuals and there with the most of them the business ended; we neither saw their faces or they ours
 ReEgaru by the Thousand.
 sI shall not attempt a minute de- scription of Naples, but merely remark that 1t covers but a small portion of ground, compared to its immcnce pop uiation, which cannot fall short of 40O. GOO souls, the Streets are narrow, and the houses very lofty. There are not less than thirty or forty thou sand of It's inhabitants who have no regular employment or fixed place of abode, the city Is of course swarm ing with Beggars by whome you are harrassed on every hand. and even your very house besieged; while am now writing there are not less than twenty who have stationed themselves immediately opposite my windows, at which I cannot appear without being assailed by their prayres and intrea- ties. find, however that the Citizens are unmoiested. and that these assem- blages are confined to those houses where Strangers reside. The Young Gentlemen sometimes amuse them selves by throwing copper coin from their windows, when such contest ensues, that you would suppose they would crush each other to death in the scuffle, bloody noses are not un- freauently the result and what with the sdualling of the children the im- prications of the unfortunate and the exultations of the successful, you would suppose that Bedlam had bro ken loose.
 There is no such thing as moral sentiment in Naples, thier Theatres, thier amusements and even the ord- mary exhibitions in the Streets all l demonstrate that they are a debauch- | ed depraved and corrupt people; must l however do them the justice to say |