The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-10 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.

Tab " battle " of Aspromonte, about which so
much has been written in the dark, is now eluci-
dated by GARIBALDI himself. The General's
letter is not a despatch or a military memorandum;
it is much rather a cry, an indictment, or a mani-
festo ; but it reveals that which was looked for
through all the confusion and obscurity of earlier
reports—it shows us the attitude tnd conduct of
GARIBALDI on that memorable day.in presence of
the regular troops. The &use clouds of criticism
which quasi-military writers had accumulated about
the event are dispersed by the statement that
GARIBALDI'S orders to his followers were, "under

" any circumstances to avoid a collision with the
" regular troops." There was no serious fight,
and all the wonder which has been expressed that
the first soldier of Italy should have been " de-
" feated " by an inferior force, is thus the
wonder of ignorance.

In Sicily GARIBALDI was in the habit of re-
peating incessantly, " There will be no civil war."
And there can be no doubt that he believed with the
simplicity of childhood that Italy, including the Royal
army, would be carried away by a sympathy with his
object, and that a popular impulse would compel
the Government at Turin to place itself at the
head of the movement. It would be easy enough,
without the light of the event, to be diffuse on
the danger of such a course. Everybody will
agree that no regular Government could permit
itself thus to be superseded. But at present
our business is to understand a movement and,
much more, a character which will have their place
in history. We may well afford the little time that
is necessary for that purpose, for it will be long
before we see another GARIBALDI.
The General intimates that he was not com-
pletely undeceived until he met PALLAVICINO'B
column. It was then he determined that no
armed resistance should be made. " I went along
"the front of our line, ordering the men
"in a loud voice not to fire, and from the
" centre to the left, where my voice and that of
" myaides-de-camp could be heard, I was obeyed."
It was not so, he complains, with PALLAVICINO'S
party. "On reaching within two hundred
" yards they commenced a tremendous fire,
" and the party of Bersaglieri who were
" opposite me, directing their aim at me, hit me
" with two balls." GARIBALDI, wounded at the
onset, could no longer control the troops in per-
son, but he says distinctly, "I can state that, as
" far as the end of the line within reach of me
" and my aides-de-camp," that is, from the centre
to the left, " not a single shot was fired ;" and
the regular soldiers, finding no resistance, mingled
with the Garibsldians. On the right there was
bloodshed. The young troops from Sicily, less
under discipline, could not restrain the impatience
they felt at being fiercely attacked, and fired upon
the Bersaglieri along the whole line, although the
bugles were sounding the order to desist. This
wild and irregular resistance lasted only for a
quarter of an hour; the affair of Aspromonte was
then over, and Colonel PALLAVICINO had earned the
rank of General. "If I had not given orders," says
GARIBALDI, "to avoid a collision with the regular
" troops under any circumstances, the struggle
" might have been terrible ; nevertheless it is
" better as it is." Magnanimous words, which
will be least heeded by those who have moat to
learn from them.

The political reflections with which GARIBALDI
concludes Lis letter are calm and dignified.
Although the General would scorn to defend him-
self against the pettifoggers who denounced him
as a " rebel" in their proclamations, and are now
discovering treason in flags bearing the name of
Vicros. FJOIANTJEL, because they lack a cross
and a blue ribbon, he is not too proud to declare
the spirit of loyalty in which he acted. He says :
" In the hazardous enterprise in which I and my
" companions embarked, I hoped for nothing good
" from the Government of HArrezzi ; but why
" ought I not to hope for less rigour on the
" part of the K mu, not having in any way
" changed the old programme, and having
" decided on not changing it at any price I"
The full and true answer to this question would
comprehend the difficulties which most perplex
the Italian Ministry at this moment. GARIBALDI is
not the man to press the inquiry to a point in-
jurious either to Italy or to the KINO ; but the
Government at Turin appear to be taking a course
which will make a full exposure of the case in-
evitable. They are discussing now in what form
to bring him to trial. But they will find no form
by which they can escape the necessity of giving

full explanations to the nation. There is one solu-
tion of the difficulty suggested by the latest news
from Spezzia—the illustrious prisoner maydie under
the medical treatment to which eminent men are
exposed in Italy—but it is one which the Ministers
and the Kis° may well deprecate. They have
let slip the moment for an act which would have
been one far more of prudence than of generosity.
Men of political ideas would have been satisfied
when they had put an end to a dangerous expe-
dition. The attempt to push the maxima of legality
to an extreme applicstion in political matters in a
country which has been for the moat part consti-
tuted by revolution, and which can only attain to
its destiny by further revolution, must lead to
mischief and confusion. It was not so that
CAVOUR governed. He, like RATTAZZI, determined
to save the country from incessant and abortive
outbreaks, but he did so by making the govern-
ment adopt the objects of the nation, and accom-
plish the work of revolution without for a moment
coming the bonds of authority.

Abe eroun.

RHFINHARDTSBRIINN, Barr. 5.

The Queen and Royal family, accompanied by
the Prinaess flobeolohe, arrived at the above residence,
which has been placed at her Majesty. disposal by the
Dake of Saxe Coburg Gotha, soon after nine o'clock this
moroiog.

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Her Majesty travelled through the night by special train
from Laden, stopping an hour and a half at Cologne. where
her Majesty dined in private, and proceeding by Giessen to
Mechterstadt. At this station her Majesty was met by the
Duke of Sane Coburg, and carriages were here in readiness to
convey the Royal party to Rheinhardt,brunn.
Notwitheanding the distress of mind and sorrowful
emotion caused by this journey, her Majesty's health does
not appear to be worse.
Lord Rummell accompanied her Majesty as far as Cologne,
where he remained for the night, and was to proceed this
morning on his journey to Gotha, where he will remain
until relieved by Earl Granville during her Majesty's resi-
dence at Rheinhardiabrunn.

A deputation from the Royal Agricultural Society of
England, consisting of the Hon. Colonel Hood, Mr. Fisher
Hobbs, Mr. Cain, Mr. Wells, and Professor Simonds, Wens-
acted business at the Haltll6.offiCe yesterday.
Despatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office.