KING "BOMHA."

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 346, 23 February 1856, Page 6

KING "BOMHA."

It '..as been nee^siry fur Hie French and English Governments to'cali'Nuples to account; an (fatter a reluctant delay that state has been fain to render an account, at least on the British demand. Our readers have already had som-i hints of the proceedings in the capital of Kin-r Ferdinand. The acts which called for the intervention of the Western lowers pertain to a long series of irritations. Years before there wa« any thouirht of w:ir, Naples evinced her unfriendly feeling to this country, by stopping: the export'of suiiuiur; and if a ridiculous pretence of neutrality justified her in stopping the export of inanitions o! w-ir since the contest witii Russia began, she stretched that obligation so far as to obstruct the embarkation o! flour or biscuit. In fact, for some time past King Ferdinand seems to h.ive made up his mind that he was destined by nature to be the enemy of Great Britain, perhaps in proportion to the fidelity which he had sworn to the Emperor Nicholas as the price of that great monarch's patronage. Literally, the King, or the .Ministers acting for him, confounded Great Britain with his other enemies—his subjects, and treat ed both too much alike. In some states it would be the highest compliment to treat a foreigner like a natural-bum subject ; hut in Nanles it is a compliment inverted, for Neapolitans are assume;! to be hostile to their King, and are placed under surveillance of the police; so, it appears, were the representatives of Great Britain. Conscious of their power, the police could not conceal their proud insolence. t the theatre one night, an attache o'' the British Legation entered the box of the Prince of Satriano, who has an authority in the theatre, for a friendly visit ; and the visitor became the object of insuiting gestures, which were directed at the box by Mnzz t, the Director of the Secret Police. It seetus that Mazza, intended to remind the Prince of Sa triano that he ought not lo hold c ):nmunication with the members of the British Embassy, ■vho are thus placed by the Neapolitan Government in tapn. This wis carrying equality of treatment between Neapolitans and English too far, and the British Government felt called upon to interfere. An apology was demanded, and was tendered ; but it was held to be isssufficieut. Muzzi was still retained in office ; the Neapolitan Government thus overtly adopting the acts of its agent. The British Government insisted. Even Austria, it is said, transmitted (o Naples tlie expression of regret that the King had departed from " neutrality: a startling expression, which implies a recognition of host.ie motives that actuated Ki'ij Ferdinand. The tender of an insufficient apology, it was thought, would produce a crisis in Ftaly. Af la-it came that intelligence wiiich trre-ued rs-joieing in the cities of the North, in Kime under the very nose of \he Pone, and in Names even before the eyes of King Ferdinands police—the fail of Sebastopol. Mazza was dismissed.

Meanwhile, a series of irritations*has called for the intervention of the French Government. Th? s;i!u'» ii'iven by a French \var>hip entering th.- j. irt -a i- ; .t reiutne'l : and the omission was m irked ; :■:- ■■•,■ than extenuated by a trival ex'j't-e. i-'^i, :h suhj-cts are sail to he peise-(■•!i-.i .< !••.;- ivisrij-ih iiav ß l>een ; and while the K-»|i>ioi- S-->:>.. leon, in ;i vury snurked manlier, ;i; ,-iiin- t, > :i comitrtiKiiiciiiii ;niy project such ;i- tii-it >.-ti!/, lamed l>y the Mnrati.sts.it is ie1> r;^l i!i .' h.: iilso isexpeoiing an apology from N i,>'!<■■. — S-rctalor, .Sep. 22.