The Sun. — 1863-05-09 (London, England)

SCRATCHINGS—May 1, at S 15 a.m., Automaton, out of the Derby; at 9 a.m. Creole, out of Chester engagements; at 12 45 p.m. Ernest, out of Chester engagements. May 2, at 9 a.m. Lord Arthur, out of Chester engagements; Trust, out of Chesterfield Handicap, and Westminster Plate, Chester; Miss Livingstone, Sybil, and Coimbra, out of Chester engagements; Village Maid, out of all engagements ; Dalesman, Ghillie, Voluptas, and Canzonette, out of Chester Cup; at 12 32 p.m. Piccador, out of Stewards' Cup, Chester; Zapateado and Skipjack, out of Derby. May 4, at 9 a.m. Catch'em Alive, Dualla, Emily di Lona, and Glance colt, out of Chester Cup; Mrs. Haydon colt, out of Derby and St. Leger; Meanwood, out of County Members' Plate, Bath; at 1 15 p.m. all Mr. Bryan's horses, out of Chester engagements. May 5, at 215 p.m. Anfield, out of Chester Cup.  of the people and cruelty upon the part of the Government. They declared that the so-calved brigandage existed only on the Roman frontiers, and promised its immediate extinction. They denied the thoroughly well authenticated accounts of Piedmontese brutalities. They would not believe in the flames of Pontelandolfo—in the fusillades of Pinelli and Cialdini. Her Majesty's Minister. must have a very low idea of the intelligence and information of the House of Commons, or they would not try to palm upon it the contemptible fiction that the so-called brigandage is organised at Rome. We really wonder that the house could listen with patience to Mr. Layard, Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Gladstone, all repeating one after the other that the bands which defy the Piedmontese authority, and hold their ground against 90,000 trained soldiers, aro so many foreigners sent from Rome. Her Majesty's consul may indeed say so, but his superiors must know now what credit to attach to the consul's statements, even if they know nothing of the geography of the kingdom of Naples. Bands sent from Rome ! foreigners, indeed ! Why, the provinces of Naples which are especially in the possession of the brigands are far distant from the Roman frontier, whilst on that frontier comparative tranquillity prevails—as well it may, the Papal boundary being closely guarded on the one side by French, and on the other by Italian troops. The brigandage is most rampant in Bari, to reach which the expedition must pass through three provinces in the immediate vicinity of the city of Naples, within sight of the gates of that city, and at the very end of the boot in Calabria, where Major Fumel has shot so many hundreds of peasants as brigands. That the brigand are not foreigners we have the assurance of the Italian Ministers themselves, who find in the fact of their being Neapolitan peasants, and in the treat • ment which the peasants have received at the hands of the Piedmontese commanders, a reason for their being brigands. The brigandage is merely the expression of the intense dissatisfaction of the people of Naples with the present Administration, and it can only be extinguished by reforming that Administration so that it may satisfy the people. Un fortunately her Majesty's Ministers, who have some claims by their thick and thin partisanship to attention at Turin, instead of using their influence to hasten this change of system, deem themselves bound to defend everything the Piedmont ese Government has done as the best thing possible. All the foul cruelties committed upon the unhappy peasants of Calabria and the Capitanata, the wholesale murders, the remorseless waste, find an eager advocate in Mr. Gladstone, who was melted to tears by the irons on Baron Poerio's legs. The influence of England is employed to encourage the Piedmontese Government to pursue a plan ,a hich must end in the ruin of Italy. We must be just; there is one improvement in the ministerial language to notice. For the first time, as Mr. Disraeli observed, Lord Palmerston did not indulge in those mischievous claptraps about Rome which have done so much to irritate France and mislead Italy. May we not hope that this sobriety of language on the part of the Premier is a sign of a larger change, and that although in last night's debate the Government deemed it necessary to de!end the oppression and injustice exercised in Naples, it will take an early opportunity to impress upon the Cabinet of Turin the necessity of acting justly towards the kingdom of the Two Sicilies.