Amongst the distinguished arrivals which are notified in va- rious
parts of the vrorld,—the Grand Duke Constantine at Malta, Mr. Gladstone in London, and others,—there is none less ex- pected, or more decidedly agreeable to the public, than the land- ing of Poerio and his companions at Cork in Ireland. After various chances, the Neapolitan exiles found themselves on board the deck of an American ship, under the flag of the free Repub- lic; they conceived that they had regained the freedom, of will as well as person, denied to them by the tyrant of Naples ; and with enough of compulsion to absolve the commander from any responsibility, they made him steer for the nearest British port. The people of New York may be, and undoubtedly will be disap- pointed at not being allowed to receive the exiles ; but generous Americans will share the satisfaction of the English. It is for us to do the honours to the champions of Southern Italy on be- half of the common family of England and America ; while the Italians will be spared more than half their journey. For it is well known that their path lay to Italy and back again—from Naples to Genoa.
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