The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-26 00:00:00

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minister or director being empowered to receive that of all
the dependents on his authority,
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It was on the evening. of the 6th that Romano
took leave of his sovereign and minter, Francis 11.
The oath bears the date of the 7th, but he was
deemed a necessity to_the eountry, whoa& miniomr
it is said he considered hiniself to be. Still, it is
not what I call " nice." _ .

However to another sul*ct, and I will give you
la alight sketch of Caserta and Santa Maria (Antics
Caput), where a part of Garibaldi's force, now esti-
mated at 14,000, is assembled. We can go either
by rail or the coach-road, but the coach beats
steam in this country. There are several entrances
into Santa Maria from the Averse road, but all are
or have been barricaded, and the carriage is driven
through an orchard. At a short distance there are
about 20 disbanded soldiers coma up from the pro-
vinces, and cutting over the open country to Capua
to join the royal troops. Some of them are armed,
and ugly-looking customers they are. Santa Maria
is formed of a long street with small ads-de-sae
diverging right and left.
Two-thirds of the shops are closed. At the
extreme end of the town, on the left, are General
Eber's quarters, and a little further on, to the right,
are the barracks. Just ahead is a barricade, with a
ditch. At intervals of 200 feet there are three other
barricades, formed of stones, and earth, and carts, or
great trees out down. They would be of no earthly
use for fighting, but might serve to embarrass an
enemy approaching by surprise. On either side of
the town, extending round it right mid left, are a
chain of sentinels in communication witheach other.
Throe miles in the rear is Caserta, and here Turr lies
with the reserve. The barricades are guarded by
a number of Picciotti, and there are some standing
sentinels, too, whom you would imagine were not
fourteen years of age. Yet they are plucky, and
fight well. " You would like to see the Neapolitan
outposts," said the general. " Well, I will give
you an order, but on your responsibility be it.
Yon may be carried off." An Hungarian officer
accompanied the party until within 200 yards of
the Neapolitans who retired, and " so they always
do," said the officer.
The advanced posts of the Garibaldini consisted of
not more than a few hundred men •, and altogether,
perhaps, at this point of Santa Maria there were
not more than two or three thousand men assembled.
Evidently the feeling was one of perfect security.
One thing transpired, which was that Ebor sent off
to Turr to request three or four horses in the
morning, and this led to the belief that something
was intended. One would scarcely think that the
men were just then ready for deadly fight, for they
lay or sat scattered about as though out on a pic-
nic, smoking, laughing, or sleeping, whilst in some
places from guns stuck upright were suspended in
the centre cauldrons for macearoni or minestra.
One of the general's staff told me that up to that
time not more than one of their men had
been shot • indeed, it was impossible to get
up the shadow of an engagement. In Capua I
hear there are about 14,000 men ; but, if it be true
that the place was provisioned for not more than
eight days, a capitulation cannot be distant. Alto-
gether, I hear the King has a force of 30,000 men,
but without courage or principle ; yet it must be
noted that, from some feeling or other, numbers of
the disbanded troops, and many of the sailors, have
managed to make up their way to Capua. Some
people say, that whilst Turr and Ebor have taken
up positions in front other troops have been sent
round by sea and taken a station at Castel Vol-
turno, whilst some troops were encamped on the
east. I believe that Garibaldi has sot force suf-
ficient to surround the place, but he probably has
made arrangements for cutting off supplies. A spy
(a monk) was taken yesterday within the lines of
Eber and sent off to Naples, as were also some of
the disbanded fugitive troops, making their way up
to Capua.
I send you some more details about the hospitals
of Sicily and this country, which will interest our
benevolent countrywomen in England. Pernicious
fever has made its appearance in Barcellona, and
four of the Genoese Carabineers have died of it. It
has been resolved, therefore, to remove all the sick
and wounded to the more healthy neighbourhood
of Palermo. I did not mention the name of bliss
Middleton, I think, as having been indefatigable
in her servioes in the hospitals of this last-named
city, but it should be known.

The Countess della Torre is here, and amongst
some persons her presence seems to have awakened
an unpleasant impression ; but I have nothing
to do with mere private gossip. As the countess is
applying for funds to assist the wounded, she be-
comes a public character, and I have to state that
both Garibaldi and Ripari have declined to see her
or supply her with the means of carrying out her
professedly benevolent intentions. I have seen also
the copy of a letter frombliss Florence Nightingale,
in which she says that the countess never served
in any British hospital in the Crimea to her
knowledge, nor was she attached to any of the
French or Sardinian hospitals. I state thee.
. par-
ticulars because I understand that applications
have been made to England for funds, and I do so
on purely public grounds, as I have not the plea-
sure of knowing the countess.
I am requested to state that a number of cotton
shirts, some of which I have seen, arrived yesterday
in Naples, bearing the direction, "Campbell, Lon-
don." I am also requested to ask who sent 15
cases of instruments, and what has become of them ?
They have not turned up, and in Sicily they would
have been a great boon.
I am delighted to announce to all believers that
San Januarius has wrought the miracle, and at an
earlier hour than even Padre Gavazzi could have
expected. At 9 o'clock the cannon announced the
fact from all the forts, the people are in extacies,
rubbing their hands and exclaiming " Che bel
miraeolo." What kind of a man is Garibaldi, that
he should have more influence with the saint than
even with the priests ; for be assured, that if they
had had their wills the blood would have been
liquefied. Garibaldi arrived here yesterday after-
, noon at 3 p.m.