The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

TIIE ARMY. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., is, we are happy to learn, nearly recovered from his recent indisposition, which at first occasioned some un easiness among the gallant General's friends. _ _ We understand that the division of the Guards will not change quarters on the Ist of September, a 6 usual in previous years, but on theist of Oct. The Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards goes to Dublin to relieve the 2d battalion. The Government having decided on strengthen ing the fortifications at the Island of St. Helena, and adding to the strength of the troops and native regiment garrisoning the island, arrangements have been completed for despatching a body of Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery, together with nearly 200 other troops of the line, to that island. The vessel chartered by the Government for the convey ance of the troops to St. Helena is the Akbar, which is appointed to sail from Gravesend on the 30th inst., taking out, in addition to the reinforcements, a large quantity of material and other stores. The Royal Engineers selected for service on the island will be the first body of men belonging to that corps who have ever been employed at St. Helena, and during the time they are sta- tioned there they will be engaged in repairing the I present fortifications and erecting additional bat teries and works of defence on the least protected parts of the coast under an officer of Royal Engi neers of great experience selected to superintend the works. The batteries will then be supplied with 68 pounder guns, and manned by Royal Ar tillerymen, 51 of whom have been selected to pro ceed in the Akbar. In order to augment the ser vice companies of the St. Helena Regiment, rein forcements to the number of 182 men of all ranks are to be despatched from the depot at Chatham, which has latterly been considerably strengthened by volunteers from other regiments. A large range of building is about to be erected by the Government at Brompton Barracks, Chat ham, to be used for the purposes of a lecture theatre, schools of designs, class rooms, and schools for the instruction of the officers and men of the Royal and Indian Engineers attached to head quarters. The site of the proposed erection is the vacant ground on the eastern side of the barrack square, adjoining the memorial arch now in course of building. The cost of the buildings will involve an outlay of seve ral thousand pounds, but the entire sum has been voted for the purpose by Parliament. Mr. Stump, the Government contractor, who has been selected to carry out the works, is to have the whole com pleted by the month of February next. The reinforcements for the 73d Regiment, with the officers, a list of whose names has already ap peared in The Sun, left Chatham garrison on Satur day morning, and embarked at Gravesend on board the Gosford for Calcutta. The Louisa, with rein forcements for the sth Fusiliers, and the Daphne, with troops for the 12th Foot, in Australia, sailed from the Thames the same day. There was a slight error in the account of the memorial arch in course of erection at Chatham from the designs of Mr. Digby Wyatt. The sculpture which decorates the arch is described as having been executed by Mr. Farmer, of Lambeth, with the assistance of some Frenchmen. The fact is that all the principal sculpture, both of figures and ornament, has been wrought with the greatest care and taste by Mr. John Thomas, the well-known sculptor of the Alpha-road, Regent's Park. The ship Earl Balcarres, Capt. Morris, with troops from Bombay, arrived off Falmouth on Thursday evening, and, having received instructions through the medium of Lloyd's agents to proceed to Gravesend, she continued her course up channel about midnight. The Earl Balcarres has on board 330 men belonging to different regiments, under the command of Capt. Curtis, of the Bombay Native Infantry, together with 50 women and 100 children, also. a full cargo of produce. On Thursday morning detachments of the 18th, 29th, 32d, 41st, and 55th - Regiments arrived in Preston. The body arrived in Liverpool on Wed nesday evening, on board the Himalaya, from Ply mouth. The military and naval invalids on board the Marchioness of Londonderry, whose arrival at Spithead from Hongkong was reported on Satur day, were disembarked from that ship by the Government steam tug on Saturday. The naval in valids were sent on board her Majesty's ship Vic tory. The military portion will be forwarded from Portsmouth to Chatham by the South Coast Rail way this morning. They comprise—Royal Artil lery, 2 men, 1 woman, and 1 child ; Royal Engi neers, 4 men ; 2d battalion 1 Foot, 3 men, 4 women, and 6 children ; 3d Foot, 1 man ; 12th Foot, 2 men; 45th, 1 man ; 67th, 3 men ; and medical staff, 2 men. The ship sailed from Spithead for the Thames yesterday at noon. The Adjutant-General, Sir Jas. Yorke Scarlett, has issued a circular memorandum, dated the Gth inst., of which the following is a copy : " By the regulations of the service a soldier is required to keep his cap on in the presence of a superior; but as the contrary usage prevails in civil life, the General-Commanding-in-Chief directs that in a civil court, and before a magistrate, a soldier, not under arms, shall remove his cap." The following circular memorandum has been issued addressed to the army at home and abroad : " Horse Guards, Aug. 7. " With reference to paragraph 4, page 178, of the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army, the General Commanding-in-Chief desires, that in pre paring the discharge documents of a soldier already in possession of one or more good conduct badges, the Board will invariably state, at the foot of the first page of the proceedings thereof, the date (when within a month or two) on which he may be en titled to an additional badge. " His Royal Highness also requests that, when a soldier has been wounded in action during any part of his military career, the name of the engagement, and description of wounds received, may likewise be inserted on the first page of the proceedings of the Board held to verify and record his services, " By command, "JAS. YORKE SCARLETT, Adjt.-Gen." TEE VOL UNTEER MOVEMENT. On Saturday afternoon between 400 and 500 of the London Rifle Brigade, with Lieut.-Col. Hicks in command, and accompanied by their band, as sembled.for parade in review order at the King's cross terminus, and proceeded thence by a special train to Colney Hatch, from which they marched a distance of about three miles to Oak-lodge, South gate, the seat of Mr. Sugden, an honorary member of the corps, who had kindly offered them the use of his park, about 200 acres in extent, for the pur pose of a field day. The brigade was also accom panied by Major Rose, Capt. and Adjt. Ewens, Copts. Smith and Pawson, Lieuts. Sewell and Hop kinson, and several other of the subaltern officers. Unfortunately the day was extremely wet, cold, and cheerless, rendering military evolutions, unless prompted by stern necessity, and in the face of an enemy, out of the question. Ten or 12 rounds of ammunition were served out to the men on the ground, but, under an unrelenting, drenching rain, the barren . duty alone devolved upon them of piling arms and keeping their powder dry. Many of the families of the neighbouring gentry, in spite of the inclemency of the weather, assembled in the park to witness the intended evolutions, as did also num - hers of villagers, to whom the sight of a rifleman 'seemed a positive novelty. The disappointment was therefore keen and general. Mr. Sugden opened his doors to as many of the visitors as were driven by stress of weather to seek shelter there, and to the officers of the brigade, about 30 in number, in cluding those of the Hornsey, Southgate, and Tot tenham corps, who were also present, he gave a handsome entertainment at his house ; while to the whole of the men on the ground abundant refre.9l - went was provided at hip expense, and dispensed under the direction of Mr. SeNvZltit )ord Mayor's niE SUN, :LONDON, MONDAY 2EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1860. The launch of the Orestes from the Sheerness Dockyard took place on Saturday, and, notwith standing the unfavourable weather, the wind blow ing very strongly at the time from the south-west, it was witnessed by some thousands of spectators, among whom were the Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone ; Captain Wise, aide-de-camp to the Queen, and superintendent of the dockyard; Captain Schom berg, chief of the steam reserve ; Captain Luard, of the flagship, and other officers of the Royal Navy. The ceremony of launching and naming the vessel was performed by Miss Hope Johnstone, the daugh ter of the commander-in-chief, and took place at a little after 12. The following are the dimensions of the vessel :—Length between perpendiculars, 225 ft; length of keel for tonnage, 196 ft 8,1 in; extreme 'breadth, 40 ft 8 in ; breadth for tonnage, 40 ft 4 in; breadth moulded, 39 ft 8 in; depth in hold. 24 ft ; burthen, 1,172 tons ; draught of water forward, 9 ft 4in ; aft, 15 ft 11 in. Her engines will be of 400- horse power, and are being constructed by Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow. She will carry 20 8-inch guns, 9 ft long, each weighing 60 cwt, besides one 68- pounder 10 ft pivot gun, weighing 95 cwt, which can be removed at pleasure to either the forecastle or quarterdeck. Her full complement of men will be 260. Great activity prevails in the Sheerness Dock• yard. The Virago, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, 300 , horse power, is undergoing thorough repair in the basin. The Collingwood, 80 guns, is being converted in No. 2 dock into a 400-horse power screw steam vessel. In No.l dock the Leander, 51 guns, having been lengthened amidship upwards of 40 feet, is being converted into a screw steam vessel. The Severn, 51, screw steam frigate, 500-horse power, will be taken into dock this day to be fitted for the pennant. The Tartar, 20, screw steam corvette, 200-horse power, which has just been commissioned by Capt. John M. Hayes, hoisted her pennant on Saturday, and is being fitted in the basin of the Sheerness yard for sea service. Her Majesty's ship Firebrand arrived in Har wich harbour in the course of last week. The Colosses, 80, screw, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., while riding in Yarmouth Roads during the night of Thursday last, sheered about so wildly in the run of the tide that she parted both her chains. Steam was immediately got up and the ship pro ceeded to Spithead, where she anchored, as reported in The Sun of Saturday. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. J. Sec combe, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Liverpool. It is reported at Plymouth that the stay of Ad miral Erskine's division of the Channel fleet at Milford Haven will be about a fortnight. The new screw steamship Gibraltar, 101, whieh was launched on Thursday at Devonport, has been hauled under the north crane in Keyham steam yard to receive her boilers and machinery. The screw steam sloop Curlew, 9, has been re moved from her moorings at the head of Hamoaze, and placed alongside the sheer hulk for the purpose of being masted. The coppering of the screw steamsloop Jason, at Devonport, is completed, and the crew are receiving spare spars, and rattling down the rigging. The trial of the machinery of the gunboat Violet having proved satisfactory, she has left Plymouth for her destination, Pembroke, where she does duty as tender to the Coastguardship Eagle. The com mander of the gunboat, Lieut. Eugene C. Batty, who burst a _blood vessel while on duty, and was obliged to go into the Royal Naval Hospital, is so far recovered as to be able to proceed on six weeks' leave of absence, after which he will rejoin the Violet. The Prussian war steamer Ida, Lieut. Riebath, from Stettin, bound for Syria, put into Falmouth on Friday morning to coal. We understand that several vacancies exist for mail agencies both for Commanders and Lieute nants of the Royal Navy: At the request of Commander Deakin, of the Matilda Wattenbaeh, we make the following ex planation in reference to the statement in The Sun of the 14th inst. that the ship had put in at the Mauritius and the island of Flores, for fresh pro visions and water, on her voyage home from India with invalids. Commander Deakin says :—" These steps were taken, not on account of the actual pro visions in the ship in any way running short or proving insufficient to meet the requirements of the men, but because, on nearing the Mauritius, I re ceived an urgent communication from the officer in command of the detachments on board requesting me to touch at the island as the medical stores shipped for their use by the authorities at Calcutta were found quite inadequate to meet the numerous demands of the invalids, and unless I had complied with his request great loss of life would, in all pro bability, have occurred. I put in at the island of Flores again at the solicitation of the commanding officer, who had discovered that scurvy had broken out among his men." Some experimental trials of a somewhat similar character to those recently carried out on Jones's system of angulated armour for ships' sides have been during the past fortnight conducted at Ports mouth, under the supervision of Capt. R. Hewlett, C.B. The experiments on Jones's target were in tended to prove the correctness or incorrectness of a principle. Those in the instances to which we are now alluding were intended;to test the powers of resistance offered by plates or other forms of ar mour in a vertical position to round shot. The Sirius frigate was the craft selected to carry the targets, and was moored up Porche3ter Lake for practice upon them-from the Stork gunboat. Five different targets were affixed to her side, three of which may- be termed " plate" and the two re- mainder "chain armour." These two last were termed " Howell's patent ship armour." They con sisted of half-inch bars interlaced or woven into a fasciae of 6 feet iil length by three feet in breadth. Six of these layers Vere placed together, and the whole mass bolted together, and about 11 inches through. This affair stood nowhere in its resist ance to the tremendous flight of the round shot at 200 yards. The next plate on the Sirius's side is from the side of the Trusty, but this has not been tried yet. The two remaining plates were manu factured by the Thames Ironbuilding Company. They are of two separate qualities of iron ; the upper plate is three-quarter " scrap" and one-quar ter " puddle" of the same quality as the 950 tons now nearly completed by the same company to place on the Warrior; the under plate is all "scrap." The edges of both plates are fitted with, the one a tongue and the other a groove. In this they differ from the - Warrior's plates. Each plate is 15 feet 9 inches in length, 3 feet 2 inches in breadth, and 41 inches in thickness. The result of the firing at these plates has been that of 11 shots, only one has fractured them, and that was caused by the very unusual circumstance of a shot having struck in the very centre of an indentation made by a former shot. The outer edges of the plates have bulged, as in Jones's target, from want of support. This may be noted as the first instance of any plates placed in a vertical position resisting solid shot at the same range. The edges of the plates where they fitted with the tongue and groove stood the concussion of the shot as well, if not better, than the central portion of the plate ; neither did it tlaw '''', the slightest inclination t o bulge. To fully , at tend, the tenacity it is necessary for a4leinch ran? e possess to resist a solid 68-pounder at short 4e' it necessary to pay a visit to Portsmouth dockyard, w here lie som - e hundreds of tons lef old plates, ir on and steel, that have been knocked and broken up into every conceivable form and shape during former experireent The following promo s• teens,. have been made La the Sheerness dockyard j. Stevens, seconde?lass clerk, p t oreoted to the first cl ass , and selectee by ilitenant Wise as hi s secretary, vice Capt.-Super Mr. S. Creasy, appointed store-k eeper ; Mr. C. Pen nell, promoted from the third to the second class, vice Stevens. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Commander 0. B orland to the Camberland ; Lieut. L. W. Peyton to the Perabrok e, for service in the Coastgard ; Lieut. C. R. Trefuris to the Atgiers Lieut. H. W. Mist to the Royal Albert ; Robert Brown, master, to the Firebrand ; George A. Stable, master, to the Rus sell ; James Long, surgeon, to the Firebrand ; Henry Richardson, surgeon, to the Eagle ; C. H. Slaugh ter, assistant-surgeon, to the Espoir ; Henry Richard, assistant-surgeon, to the Cambridge ; William E. Dillion, assist an t-surg€ on, to the Tartar; Andrew Cornish, third-class assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; and John G. O'Connell, second master, to the Rolla. Swordbearer. Had the weather been auspicious the whole of the brigade, to the number of upwards of 1,000 men, and several of the metropolitan corps, who had been invited, intended to have been pre sent, and the evolutions, for which the ground was well adapted, would have been interesting. On Friday the 47th (Lewes) Sussex Volunteers mustered in the afternoon at their barracks, and marched from thence to the Down, where battalion movements were gone through with great accuracy. After this the line was extended and advanced, firing on the supposed enemy in front; the firing was continued for some time with great vigour. At the close Col. Rose addressed the volunteers, expressing his satisfaction at the way in which they went through their movements. A review of the companies comprising the Ist Battalion of Kent Volunteer Rifles took place on Saturday afternoon in the beautiful park of Sir T. M. Wilson, at Old Charlton. About half-past 4 o'clock Viscount Sydney, accompanied by Sir T. M. Wilson (colonel of the West Kent Militia) and other officers, arrived on the ground, and were received by a general salute from the whole of the battalion, which was drawn up in review order. At the ter mination of the proceeding, which occupied about two hours, his lordship complimented the officers and members of the battalion upon the efficient manner in which the evolutions had been carried out. The Nottingham Robin Hood Rifle Corps assem bles twice per week for battalion drill, and the companies separately for ordinary and position drill every evening. In addition to the nine companies' which at present constitute the corps, mustering nearly 800 members, it is proposed to embody a tenth, to be called the Armstrong company, in order to complete the regiment. The latter com pany is to be formed from among those who are not wholly able to equip themselves. Each mem ber, however, will be oalled upon for 305., or one third of the cost of the equipments, and a monthly subscription of 10d. The outfit, the cost of which is £4 10s., is to be the property of the company, unless the volunteer pays £3 before the expiration of three years. A subscription has been commenced, and a number of gentlemen have alreadyguaranteed to provide two-thirds of the funds necessary to equip 30 men. The review at Knowsley Park on the Ist Sept. promises to be a very successful affair. It will be strictly confined to the Lancashire Volunteers ; but already the acceptances amount to 10,500 men. Lieut.-General Wetherall will command. Lieut.-Colonel Gladstone and Major Tinley, of the 2d Battalion Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, are making arrangements for a county rifle contest on their ground at Hightown, near Liverpool. The meeting will commence on the 29th of October, and is likely to last three days. One day will be de voted to all corners. It is' intended that on this occasion there shall be a prise for Artillery Volun teers, who will contest with carbines. Lieut.-Colonel Bousfield's Ist battalion Lancashire Volunteer Rifles are still encamped at Crosby, near Liverpool, and appear determined, notwithstanding the very bad weather, to remain there for some time to come. The Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of Nor folk, has appointed Tuesday, the 18th of September, for a general review of the Norfolk corps at Nor wich. The review will take place on Mousehold heath, and will commence at 3 p.m. Major-Gene ral Wood, commandant of the camp at Colchester, will be the inspecting officer, and the manoeuvres will comprise both battalion and light infantry movements. About 1,000 to 1,200 Volunteers will probably be assembled on the occasion, as the Nor wich and Yarmouth corps are 700 to 800 strong, and companies more or less numerous will also be present from Lynn, Fakenham, Aylsham, S waff ham, Reepham, Loddon, North Walsham, and other parts of the county. The proceedings altogether promise to be of an interesting character. The Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire) Rifle Corps had a field-day on Thursday last, and were inspected by Lieut.-Col. Turner. The men were put through a series of movements, which they executed in an admirable manner, and the gallant Colonel compli mented them on their approaching efficiency. After the inspection the members of the corps were enter tained at dinner by their officers. A few days ago the ceremony of presenting colours to the Sleaford (Bth Lincolnshire) Rifle Corps was gone through at Leasingham Rectory by the ladies of the above town. There was a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen on the occasion to witness• the presentation. The Volunteers received the hearty applause of all present on their soldierly appearance. The First Huntingdon Rifle Volunteers are to be shortly presented with a silver bugle, with banner attached, as well as camp colours, by the ladies of that locality. The Ist Manchester Volunteers has betome very popular, in consequence of the admirable manner in which they acquitted themselves at the Newton review, and the applications from new Volunteers, and from Volunteers in other corps, for admission render it likely that the strength of the regiment will be much increased. They have now 11 com panies, and on forming the 12th will be entitled to a junior, or second Major. The 143 d Lancashire, or Rusholme Volunteers, Manchester, whirl aimed from the first at becoming a " crack" regiment, is making very satisfactory progress. It is composed of gentlemen who have agreed to purchase their own arms and clothing, adopting the short Enfield. They have built their own butts, and had them cer tified by the appointed officials. They maintain their own drill-sergeant, resident near the ground ; are training up a band (fife and drum) composed of youths, with a competent instructor, at a rather heavy cost, and the corps is consequently rather expensive to its members. The object, however, is to make it an efficient one. The young men ad mitted hitherto are tall, and of pretty uniform height. They spare no pains at drill, and attracted much attention by their soldierly bearing at Newton. The various Worcestershire Rifle Corps con tinue their daily and weekly drill with great regu larity. Colonel Winn Knight, M.P., at the head of the Wolverley corps, the first that was esta blished in the county, is most zealous in the movement, and has rendered great service to the Volunteer cause. The Volunteer movement is progressing in a very satisfactory manner in South Wales. New corps are being formed, so that the Volunteer spirit is ex tending throughout the whole of the principality. Lord Portman, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, is completing arrangements for placing the Volunteer _ . corps of that county on a more complete military footing. For this purpose the county is to be di vided into three districts—an eastern district, a western district, and a central district—and a colonel and adjutant will be appointed to each. It is intended to hold occasional dis isional parades and reviews in each district. The Bristol and Glocestershire Artillery Corps were inspected on Saturday afternoon by Colonel M'Murdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volunteer Corps, and Major Gustavus Hume, inspector for the district. Each battery fired four shots and two shells. The firing was excellent; in fact, two were so good that Colonel M'Murdo expressed warm ap proval, and in one instance went down from the position from which he viewed the practice and personally complimented the sergeants, who laid the guns, on their success. At the conclusion of the firing the detachments were drawn up, and, having been formed into three sides of a square, were addresscd by Col. 111‘,11urdo, who expressed his satisfaction with the proficiency they had at tained. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Pills and medicine invariably ag 4ravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E S. 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Clary, and frightened each other with ,he cancans of the fearful measures the Neapolitan general intends to take in case of a descent on the coast of Calabria, Garibaldi spent the whole of the day at the Faro in superintending preparations. He left, as usual, early in the morning with Gen. Cosenz, who is called " his soul; " but, by way of change, he did not go by land, but embarked in a boat. Garibaldi is one of those superior minds who, however engrossed by an idea, and ilCAV ever overworked, always find a moment to give to whatever is interesting, beautiful, or instructive about them. As an old sailor, everything regard ing the Straits is of double interest to him at this moment—the currents, their changes, the depth of the water, the anchorage, the shipping, the boats, the fisheries and the fishermen—in a word, what ever concerns these curious and beautiful waters. He talks to the fishermen, looks on with interest at the spearing of the swordfish, and tells, proba bly, an incident of his life in South America, or makes a comparison with his experiences at some other of the strange and numerous coasts which he has visited. Then there are those beautiful Cala brian mountains, which look so well from the sea ; white Reggio, straggling San Giovanni, and black Scylla. Yesterday the amphibious disposition of the sailor-soldier already told, and he came back by sea, and the attraction was so great that the boat was likewise ordered for to-day. But there was another object in view to-day, for which a boat was handy. I have told you of the two salt-water lakes on the low, sandy penin sula which ends at the Faro point. A narrow but sufficiently deep canal connects them with the sea, making of them a kind of natural port for tolerably-sized boats. It was thus the very plaoe for making preparations. Twenty large barges, most of them still marked on the stern as having belonged to the service of the Messageries Imperiales, were collected some time ago, and Colonel Bodroni, an Italian by birth, but French by education, was intrusted with preparing them for the embarkation of horses and artil lery. Expert in naval construction and full of energy, Colonel Bodroni, completed his task in a few days. The barges were covered in by solid platforms, a railing was made on three sides, and on the fourth a bridge on hinges to facilitate the disembarcation. Each of the barges can carry 20 horses, and in the space below from 80 to 100 men, for a short passage. Besides this, about 150 large sized coasting and fishing boats have been collected all along the coast, each of them capable of carrying from 10 to 20 men. Then there are three steamers, the City of Aberdeen, one of the old wooden paddle wheel steamers, formerly used for peaceful traffic along the cast coast of England ; the Calabria, and her companion the Duca d'Alba, which were taken by the Turkori, alias Veloce. With these means 5,000 men can be thrown across in less than half an hour. The distance between the Faro and the nearest point on the other side, " Torre Cavallo,'' is 3,700 metres. In peaceful times, people who dine at the Faro are in the habit of sending across an hour before dinner-time for their ice, or rather snow. There is at times a difficulty, on account of the current; it changes every six hours, flowing in turns up and down. It increases and decreases with the phases of the moon, being the strongest at full and new moon; just at this moment it is mild enough, as you may judge by the Neapolitan steamers, who in their cruisings let themselves float down and then steam up again. During the greatest strength of the current, ships cannot anchor, there being the additional difficulty of great depth close to the shore. All this day the Neapolitan steamers were very shy in coming within range of the Faro batteries, which increase in strength every day. Half of them were playing about the Punta di Pezzo, and the other half above Scylla, in the direction of Bagnara and Palmi, both of which you can see distinctly, the first forming a cluster of houses close to the sea shore, and the second visible on the top of the high steep cliffs which bound the coast beyond Bagnara. It was evening before Garibaldi returned from the Faro. He had scarcely come in when the Commanders of Divisions and Brigades in Mes , sine, as well as the chiefs of the different military . departments, were with him, expecting to hear something ab out the dispositions to be taken. Re gular council s of war are unknown with us, and an immense advantage it is ; but every one who has and thin g to say for himself, or a n y observa tionssuggestions to make, is li s t ene d to if h e chooses to to present himself. As for the decisions, there is one man who takes them. It is most inte resting to watch the manner in which Garibaldi's decisions are taken, The initiative comes almost invariably from hi m ; his mind seems the fullest and most active, He knows better than any man that in a popular movement, and with volunteer soldiers such as he has, it is dangerous to stop long, and leave them in idleness. Besides, he is anxious and return to his solitary i s l an d o t o f finish e a pr o ti a s task . While, therefore, the others allow themselves to fresh ones. repose on their laurels, he see k s f or Other s think invariably that things are riot enough prepared; he, on the contrary, he lieves the mea ns al ways sufficient provided there is sufficient goodwill. A new plan once hinted at, other which produc e their effect; and during this inter mediate its i nstage those who don't know Garibaldi would almost m i ss that energetic determination for which he has th e him see in credit. But those who do know this indecision the energetic work of his genius, s eeking for the right determination. It lasts till is the very moment of action. This come, it is as if Garib a ldi awoke from a dream. All hesi tation order follows order distinctly, and er with a firmness which shows that the decision is irrevocable. But Garibaldi expects at the same time every one to work out these orders. They con tain merely the general idea; the details are left to b th i e d iscretio n of the commande rs . I n b a ttle Gari than a general helper in difficulties, appearing always at the most exposed point, and animating and repairing the fight. With ordinary commanders accustomed to routine, this would be dangerous ; but are rather inclined to take the other course, of u Osortsheee is not mu c h d anger o f a want of commandon any point. This evening We h a d .an a l arm. A b out 9 p.m. a succession of mu s k et s h ots were heard towards t h e n imoms t a nd Di a na di Termsnova, where our o u tp o sts stand. The imaginatio n o f t h e M ess i nese, heated b y t h e story of the thr ea t s o f Cl ary i n case of a descent on the coast of Calabria, thought he had anticipated his time, and the evening promenaders in the streets were rather scarce in a few moments, I hastened to the spot, and found our men already under arms. There are several large monasteries in that part which have been taken up as barracks; thus there is case. a m was caused by the Neapolitans firing off a dozen shots, and then running away. The whole long line was abandoned when I arrived, and as far as you could see in the pale moonlight not a man of the enemy was visible. All was clear as far as the three lights which mark the entrance of the fort. Medici, whose people furnished the ad vanced guard, and who is besides commandant of the province and town, was already on the spot, and everyone was puzzling his head to explain the mystery of the disappearance of the Neapolitan out posts. The most probable supposition is that some one tried to desert, and the sentries nearest fired, spreading the alarm, which was caught up, and led to the precipitate retreat of the outposts. AUGUST 8. i\i n oi i.npg acking up ; All this d ay was a day of stir and movement. Garibaldi off t o the Faro, as usual, early in the nr a, r ; head-quarters almost. deserted ; the Etat leisurely gentl emen o f t h e f orce, t hi s morn i ng a n d the guides, usually the most all day running about on foot, or driving about in carriages. Everyone demanding of everyone else, bag ? Are yo u go i ng by sea o r by land,—duri ng going? Who is going ? Who is remain. the Are d 3' LL 'o y il or in the evening ? The contractors posi. tiveli distracted and, with syff . 34t_;ol4 0.0; i)plyp, 1 , seeking for comestibles, looking in at bakers', en treating shopmen, dealing in " colonials," macca roni, and rice, or bullying wine-shop keepers. The townspeople putting their heads together, making conjectures, and coming to the conclusion that something was up. A general razzia on all carts and carriages that could be laid hold of. The Com mandante di Piazza and the municipality com pletely demoralized and positively bewildered. Even the blind could see and the deaf hear that something unusual was going on, not excepting the Neapolitan outposts, which had returned with day light. Besides this, the great search after boats and the direction of those laden with all kinds of baggage and stores towards the Faro could be plainly seen from the fort. As almost the only topic is the descent on the coast of Calabria, the conclusion about the meaning of this stir was easy enough. The long-talked of expedition must be coming off. ,ON BOARD THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, AUG. 9. If Messina was yesterday the scene of unusual stir and activity, the road to the Faro and the vil lage of Faro Inferiore, with all its neighbourhood, was ten times more so. All this space was like an ant-hill—all in motion. In what is called a regu lar army two-thirds of this space would have been taken up by carts and horses. With us irregulars it is rather different. ' Baggage is a faint tradition, train unknown, Commissariat dispositions shock ingly moderate. The soldier carries everything, and that is very little. Happy he if he has an extra shirt and drawers, which take little room in the havresack, and leave plenty of space for biscuit or bread, and happier still if he has a greatcoat over his linen or cotton suit. Most have merely a smaller or heavier blanket, which serves instead. In this way our forces can be contracted like the tubes of a telescope. Had it not been for this it would have been impossible to get all the forces col lected which found room last night and this morn ing on and about the Faro Point. The whole of the artillery and field guns, as well as of position guns, were already there, together with the Engineers, Sappers and Miners, and all the materiel which these arms require. The Faro Point had been the general port for all materiel ever since we came to Messina. So you may imagine that a good deal of room was monopolized by these first corners. Yesterday the Division Cosenz and the Brigade Sacchi had received orders to come up. The first had been echeloned all along the road from Messina to the very extreme point of the Faro, its left wing resting on the outskirts of the town and occupying two large monastries there ; the rest disposed in the villages and hamlets along the road. All this force had received orders to start at nightfall, and to be by 11 p.m. as close as possible to the place of embarcation at the Faro. The Brigade Sacchi, quartered in the village and in the neighbourhood of it, on the first heights above the Faro Point, had orders to descend and follow up the rear guard of the Division Cosenz. The Second Brigade of the Division Turr, quartered in Messina, had to leave at night and be at dawn at Pace, a village two-thirds of the road. The whole force thus collected cannot have been less than 10,000 men, exclusive of the artillery. Now about the object of this concentration. Two plans presented themselves in pursuing offen sive operations, the first more brilliant and more expeditious, but likewise more hazardous; it was to collect the forces and transport them into the heart of thd continental possessions of the King of Naples ; the second to effect a landing in Calabria, and work up our way through the country to Naples. Were Garibaldi's views only directed to Naples he would, I am sure, scarcely have hesitated between the two, and chosen the more hazardous one, as more suited to his taste. But his ideas aim higher, to the unity of Italy, for which all Italy should co-operate, Calabria as well a$ all the rest. It is a practical way of completing the union this passing from one end of. Italy towards the other, planting national ideas, making them take root, grow, and mature ; teaching that example of sacri fice and devotion which Upper Italy gives to the rest by sending her sons to fight, suffer hardships, and die in the interest of the common cause. Cala bria contains elements which one day may be most important in establishing and defending Italian in dependence. Besides this, there was a formal call for Garibaldi by representatives of all the towns of Calabria, asking for his speedy arrival—a call he could not very well resist. These reasons decided him to choose the longer but more complete and surer road towards his great aim. The Calabrese soldiers who fought in 1848 in Upper Italy showed what this element might be come in good hands, and Garibaldi is not the man who would forget this in his " great national re cruiting tour," as this campaign may be called. Once the resolution was taken to disembark in Calabria in preferenee to going higher up, the . places which offered the greatest facilities became self-evident. It was the line from Torre di Cavallo to the Punta di Pezzo, about three miles in length, and with a good beach. Higher up you have rocks and breakers, and at Scylla a stronger cur rent. Lower down you are just on the line of com munication between Messina and San Giovanni and Reggio, exposed to the batteries of the first, besides the steamers which take their berth at the last two places. Torre di Cavallo, which is likewise the nearest point of the opposite coast, is a small plateau, about 100 feet above the road, which is itself a tittle above the beach. It forms a horseshoe, from which cir cumstance I suspect it has derived its name. To the north, in the direction of Scylla ; the rock is almost perpendicular, and comes down close to the road ; it seems rather fragile, for you can see the buttresses by which the road is protected. You can see like wise a small stonework, which is said to mount about 20 guns. On the southerly point of the plateau is another fort, mounting about the same number of guns. This latter is called the fort of the Fiumara, overlooking as it does a little moun tain torrent, oe rather, its dry, gravelly bed. 'Then follows a succession of gardens for two miles, inter sected only by two other little dry river beds, and then comes the straggling village of Cannitello, which extends to the Punta di Pezzo. The road after skirting Torre di Cavallo, and crossing the first Fiumara, loses itself among the gardens, pas sing several clusters of houses on its way. This makes the part from Torro di Cavallo down to Can nitello look rather quiet, and just the place for a descent. The garrison, as far as one: could ascer tain from the best sources, is not more than 150 or 200 men. Towards the sea the fort is open, it being inaccessible from the height and steepness of the rock. The chief defence is on the land side, where it is well protected. From the first it seemed desirable to surprise one of the positions on the opposite side, the possession of which would facilitate the landing of the main force. The question was between this Fort of the Fiumara and the Fort of Scylla. According to the information received this latter had a very small garrison, s carce ly 30 men, which circumsta nce turned our attention towards this point. In order to ascertain the exact circumstances, Major Misisori, of Cie Guides, was sent across in disguise. He succeeded in landing without difficulty, remained two days on the other side and returned. This facility would be surprising, if anything in Neapo litan tactics could surprise. People cross over from one side to the other without difficulty and without any question being asked. A number of officers belonging to Calabrian families have more than once gone over to see their relations, from whom they have been separated by an exile of years. well, Major Missori went over like so many others, and saw what there was to be seen at Scylla. The Fort of Scylla is perched on a detached rock with almost perpendicular sides, and connected by a drawbridge with the town, which lies on a moun tain spur, and extends down to the beach on both sides. Close to the Fort is a church, and in front of it an open space, used as a market place. From the corner of this a narrow passage of about 25 yards leads up to the drawbridge. Until quite lately there was 0110 sentinel at the drawbridge and another over the gate. In expectation probably of coming events, the garrison was lately increased to 120 men, and had taken precautions against a surprise. A detachment was encamped before the chords ; and typo sentinels vlaced at the e%Tcmoo of iho towards the drawbridge. This made a coup de main more difficult, because it required a greater number of men, and therefore exposed you to being dis covered. Once the drawbridge up there was no chance, except in a regular attack with guns. Notwitstanding this increased difficulty, Major 141issori, having examined the place, projected a plan for a coup de main. A hundred chosen men, dressed as country people and provided with revolvers, were to be taken over in batches of five and six, and to unite at one or more places. They were to come to the market place in the morning, when the draw bridge is down, and mix with the people and soldiers before the church. The two sentinels were, at a given signal, to be overpowered, and a determined rush made by one portion of the assailants over the drawbridge, while the other was to detain the sol diers and prevent their helping their companions. The plan had its merits ; but several reasons fa voured a coup de main on the Fort of Fiumara. The chief of these was that the coup de main on the lat ter could be best undertaken at night time, and Im mediately followed up by the landing of a consider able force, while that on Scylla could only be under , taken in the day time, when the drawbridge was down, but when, at the same time, there was more danger from the Neapolitan steamers. An attack on the Fort of Fiumara was, there fore, chosen as the preliminary to a descent in force. Major Missori was chosen to carry it out. He re ceived 'about 40 guides, all proved young men, 100 men of the brigade Sacchi, and about 50 men chosen from different corps under the orders of Col. Le Flot. They were to embark at the Faro, at 10 p.m., in boats, and row right across to the Fiumara, below the fort, make a rush at it and escalade it, for which purpose they were to carry ladders and other material with them. Three can non shot were to be the signal that the coup de tnain had succeeded. In the meantime the Division Cosenz was to be in readiness. About 2,000 were to be embarked in three steamers, and the rest prepared to embark in the boats, which were drawn up on the beach, the boats prepared for the gins and horses to be laden in the little lake, and bro'ught out at the moment, to be taken in tow by the steamers. As soon as the disembarcation was happily executed the steamers were to return and continue to embark the different corps. The preliminaries were successful enough. Men, steamers, and boats were all in readiness, and at the given time 32 boats laden with the little band chosen for the first trial. They started under favourable circumstances enough, the night being rather dark, and the Neapolitan steamers at a good distance. Three other boats started a little later, having been detained by the embarcation of mate riel. All was expectation during the next half hour, and, as the greatest silence prevailed on the other side, and no stir was audible, every one hoped that all was right, when all at once the flash and report of a gun, followed by a few shots of mus ketry, dispelled this illusion, and hope gave way to anxiety for the fate of this forlorn hope. It was a painful half hour, as you may imagine: The sound of ears made an end of it, a rush followed towards the beach, and soon after, one after another, in came the 32 boats, bringing the news that they had landed their men without being ob served, and were just preparing to return, when the alarm gun was fired from the fort. How the alarm was caused remained a mystery which as yet is not sufficiently cleared up. Soon after the three other boats returned ; but with their men. They had missed the road, or had been carried to another point by the current, and the alarm was given before they could land their men. The most probable supposition is, therefore, that they had attracted notice and awakened attention. That the alarm was given most thoroughly there could be no doubt, for the three boats tried several times to go across, but always returned, having heard the drums beat. Still the hope remained that, the attention of the the enemy being attracted towards the sea, those who had landed might escape observation, and thus succeed in their enterprise. But hour after hour has passed since without bringing the desired sig nal of the three cannon shots. Towards morning two rockets were sent up ; this was the only sign of life which was visible on the other side. Ever since day has broke glasses are in constant requi sition. Eyes are strained to see whether there is not some sign, a cloud of smoke, or roll of musketry, or movement of troops. Towards 10 a.m. about a com pany of infantry, a peloton of lancers, and two guns were seen along the road under the Fort of Fiu mara. They came down and advanced almost to the sea. They had all the appearance of a recon noitring party, with all the precautions of a march in face of the enemy. From time to time they hastened their march, which seemed now and then almost a rush; they halted and formed in order of battle ; in one word, they looked as if they were in search of some one they suspected to be there. Weary with expectation and from the effects of a sleepless night, most of the people on board have sought a corner to lie down for a moment's rest ; the General himself has retired for a moment to his room; and the heavily ornamented and faded look ing saloon of the old City of Aberdeen is filled with reclining figures which look picturesque enough on that venerable-looking dark crimson velvet. In one corner is the tall thin figure of Cosenz, still showing on the neck the traces of the wound received at Me lazzo, with the never-failing spectacles near him, and attired in his uniform as brigadier of the Pied montese army. In the opposite corner lies General Sirtori, the chief of the Etat-Major. In another is the gray head of Guzmaroli, the faithful follower of Garibaldi, whether he be in Caprera er in Lom bardy, Rome, or Sicily. And then comes the smaller fry of more or less unknown faces, for there has been an influx of the staff lately ; not a day passes without bringing more than one individual who has already belonged to some force commanded by Gari baldi, or is recommended to him as the most capable person to do everything in general, but having a special inclination to belong to his staff. The descent in Calabria was, of course, too brilliant an affair to lose, and so every one who could tried to get on board one of the steamers by fair means or subter fuges—ltalians, and people of all corners of Europe., soldiers and civilians, speaking a babel of languages, and wearing a regular curiosity shop of 'costumes ; priests, monks, publicists, newspaper correspondents, artists—ih one word, every sort and kind of mix ture. Besides those on deck and between decks a battalion of riflemen, artillery, sappers and miners, sailors, engineers, and stokers—nay, even ladies, one of them in the costume of the Guides, as a disciple of Miss Nightingale, and the other in a elegant morning costume as she had left Messina yesterday. On shore nothing but soldiers, eating, drinking, sleeping, playing, lounging about, talking, joking, quarrelling; busy officers running about or trying to get their recalcitrant steeds through the crowd; artillery drawn up in line on the beach ; bullock carts standing in the way, with denser crowds round them waiting for the distribution of the rations ; in the distance the Neapolitan steamers exhibiting considerable curiosity about our proceedings. All this gives a picture worthy of the best pencil. AT THE FARO, AUG. 10. Yesterday, about noon, all minds were relieved by the news which came of the forlorn hope on the other side. They were all safe at St. Angelo in the mountains, and had been already joined by a num ber of Calabrese insurgents. They hoped to be soon numerous enough to undertake something. This news was not alone welcome as reassuring about the safety of the chosen lot, but likewise important as it brought another feature into the whole affair. Of course, according to all the laws of warfare, an adversary may follow up his success as he best can, 50 I suppose no one would have aright to complain of a descent of Garibaldi's on the continent. It was simply using the right of warfare. An insurrection in Calabri a , b es id es b e in g an ass i s t an ce in milit ary operations, ha s th e a d van t age o f silencing all o bj ec _ Lions which might b e ra i se d. It was, above all, w i th a view of att rac ti ng a tt e ntion to the sea, a n d thus givinf„ , 3 time to the insurrectionary force to i ncrease, that last night steam was got .7d §cvCral feints were made to go across. The blicceeded, and all night long the steamers, gunboats, and tho gay- TiSOZS of the for 4 :,,, were kept on the alert. There., was a COP.'"" signalling, going to and fro, showing putting them out agai n , b ut scarce l y any firing. Only when the steamers were approaching was there musketry from the line of outposts. This morning those who had been embarked on board the steamers were again put on shore, and Garibaldi himself took up his quarters in the tower of the lighthouse, in the diminutive chamber of the guardian. He is there now in solitude, as he likes to be in moments such as the present, and he has the terrace above as an observatory, which com mands a view over the whole country all round. How the crowds " attached" in some capacity or other could manage to find room in the miserable fishing village of the Faro Inferiore would be a mystery had I not seen numbers of disappointed spectators, who had come in the expectation of a sight, going back in carriages and boats. It was the best thing they could do, for the artillery, as first corners, have taken possession of .all the accommo dation which was available, so that the crowding in houses reminded one a little of Balaklava in the early times, although all other circumstances are widely different. The troops, although most of them fresh ones, begin by degrees to make themselves as comfortable as can be expected under the circumstances. While there was a probability of an immediate embarca tion they were in echelon along the road and along the sea shore. They have begun now to stand on both sides, of the road, seeking shelter from the hot sun under the trees of the neighbouring vineyards. Old campaigners looked about for material to make sheds of the canes which abound, and which were covered over with branches and leaves. The new recruits did not remain behind in imitating them, necessity as usual being a prompt master. That this camping is not to the advantage of the proprie tors of the grapes, figs, and prickly pear need not be observed; but an order has been given that after the departure of the troops an estimate shall be made of the damages done, and the people in demnified. It cannot 'be expected that the troops, exposed in the air to the sun, with considerable difficulty in procuring water and rations, should. not touch fruit within their reach, however forbid den it be; it is but fair that it should be the com monalty, and not the individual, who should suffer from this inevitable necessity. AUGUST 11. Last night passed tolerably quiet. Some boats were sent across with men to probe the vigilance of the Neapolitans. They went close to the shore opposite, but the night being rather clear and stilt they were soon perceived and received with musket shots. The steamers kept quiet enough, now and. then showing their lights. In the middle of the: night—just about midnight—there were three can non shots, at equal intervals, evidently meant as a signal of some kind, a few rockets towards morn ing and some lights on tie heights, all of thorn without meaning for us who have only general information and conjectures about what is passing on the other side. The insurgents and our detach ment may have approached some of the Neapolitan positions, or perhaps the Neapolitans were assuring each other that all was right. This morning early considerable reinforcement's arrived at the fort of Fiumara. Heavy columns of infantry could be seen coming along the road, an& information brought since shows that there are not less than three battalions of riflemen, the picked troops of the Neapolitan army. The fort being too , small to contciin them all, a part is encamped to the. right of it in an open space which seems to have an enclosure wall. With good glasses we could see them moving about, and the smoke on. one side in dicated that they were intent in providing for 'the animal man. Some imaginations, more heated than the rest, saw in those steady columns of smoke puffs of musketry. In the afternoon, about three p.m., a column is sued from the fort and made a regular rush at the second plateau, which rises above the one on which the fort is situated. The movement was made with 411 military precaution. A turning column w sent, and we could see a few shots of musketry- This made us suppose that some of onr people were in ambuscade there, but this seems notto have bean the case, for the Neapolitans, without encountor ing any resistance visible to the eye, scaled the heights, where they encamped. Last night, unlik e th e AUGUST 12.. preceding one, was (01 0 of continual disturbance, the causes of which We can only guess hitherto. It began about 10 p.lll. Just a little above the, Punta di Pezzo, on the high beach, :there is a Neapolitan fort, and behind it a succession of detached houses. The night being clear, a brisk fire of musketry, , eould be seen in that direction, which lasted for se3veral minutes. Then all was quiet for some time. .About midnight it began again. The six gunboats which we ha - rie often seen in the neighbourhood had moved dow,n and opened a heavy sustained fire in thy.; direr' ton of the land. Soon after, the thre e large steamers, which passed the night at San Giovanni, came up, and steamed round the point, then went alongside the gunboats. Their fire was very rare. From the sound of the whistle of the balls one would have supposed that there were g uns on the shore which responded. After an. hour or so the firing relaxed, but recommenced again to wards morning, and again about seven, a.m. Al though it was daylight, the glare of the sun pre vented our distinguishing whether there was firing with guns from the shore. If those T•flio say there was are right, then there can be no doubt that our people, or the insurrection, have talcen possession of the fort ; if not, they must be in the neighbour hood. You must wait till next sterraier to hear the exact state of things, for the Frene'n steamer leaves in an hour. PROBABLE CAUSES OF FIRES IN COTTON WARE' HOUSES.-At the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board yes terday (Thursday) reports from the police were read, rela tive to the discovery of bales of cotton in the dock Ware houses impregnated with oil, and it was stated that this practice, which there was reason to believe originated in the United States, was capable of producing spontaneous combustion, and causing great destruction to life and pro perty. A COSTLY COURT...—In the course of the evidence taken by the commission on the proposed concentration of thr, superior courts of justice it was stated that the bills of costs paid every year by the suitors in Chancery amount to about £1,250,000, their annual tribute to the Court, the bar, and the solicitors. 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