The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-06 00:00:00

GARIBALDI'S LANDING IN CALABRIA.

We have been favoured with the following extract
of • letter from an officer commanding ono of
Garibaldi's ships. It is dated from the Coast of
Calabria, August 26 :
" I wr;te to you frau the coast of Naples, where I have
preceded my comrades by a few days (several of whom are
coming by land and others by steamer), to cunduct
offleets and about 120 Neapolitan prisoners. I was fortu-
nate enough to be of great assistance at the lauding in
Calabria, in the following manner. Arrived at Taormina,
after haviog left Palermo with 400 men and having gone all
round Sicily in order to deceive the cruisers, I took oa
board MO more, together with Garibaldi, and on the 18th,
at 10h. 20m. p.m., I left Taormina, in company with the
Transatlantic Company's steamer Torino, which had upwards
of MO men on board, and at 2 cm. of the 19th I dropped
anchor near Yikto, between theCapodell' Arad and the Cape
of Bpartivento. This would have been a mint fortunate affair
had not the Torino unluckily run a-ground, and uotwith-
standiug our moot strenuous efforts for six hours to get
her off, I was compelled, seeing nothing could be amom-
plialied, and owing to want of teals, to abandon her. It
was a very gond thing that I did leave her, as half-an-hour
afterwards I fell in with two Neapolitan frigate; the
Fulmivante and the Palermo, and had I remained it is pro-
bable I should have met with the same treatment as
the Torino, viz., that of being cannonaded and burnt. A
million and a-half gone to the devil ! Never mind.
Let Italy bocorue • free and united country, and she will
pay all. As for myself, I was pulled up by the two frigates,
who came to my fisak and asked me several questions,
which I answered in the usual way of " 1 dec'tunderstatid."
After a little while, they retired, and I entered quite safely
into Messina. On the 21st, being at the lighthouse, with
several of our steamer; we were heavily cannonaded by the
forta of Scylla, Camillo, and Paso, as well as by the first
clams screw frigate the Burbone, and the corvette Taneredi.
I, as usual, though very much exposed, was not
touched, but • spent ball struck the Aberdeen, and
another cut a rope of the Ferret. The night of
the 21st we embarked as many people as we could,
said sailed without I ights from the coast of Sicily, and twenty
minutes after we all dropped anchor off that of Calabria,
except the Velore, which ran ashore. General Sided
sent to me to aid in getting her off again, but I answered
him that I could not render him such aristanoe, as I was
embarrassed with the 100 men I had on board, and conse-
quently could nut execute the required nutomuvre. I then
occupied myself with the disembarkation, which
was accomplished in lens than two hours, with
my bade alums. Alterman's I turned the stern of
my vowel to that of the Velure, and she having
provided two cables, I in • short time suoceaded in getting
her off, and thee returned to the ligh theme. where 1 embarked
about 1.000 more men, whom 1 landed safely the next
evening in talabria. morning I sailed with 800
more, sad ameed at Regnant at noon, where I landed them,
and there received the order to take the prisoners to
Naples. from wlicisce I now write you. I shall return to
Palermo, so please address there, giving all news."