The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

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sued. That those cannon shot& carried great
slaughter into the ranks of the enemy is not to be
doubted, for shortly before I saw a dense body of
then) sweeping down upon us not more than
200 or 300 yards distant ; while, when I looked for
them next, and was expecting them to appear
round a corner of the road, I was profoundly thank-
ful that they seemed to have thought better of it,
and retreated.

By 6 p.m. our men were completely done up ; no
more could be induced to go to the front, and the
fight was virtually over, for the enemy, happily for
us, made no second attempt to advance. From 6
till 8, by way of keeping the pot boiling, as it
seemed to me, our artillery kept up a dropping fire
in the direction from which the enemy was sup-
posed to be coming. All this time a knot of idlers
and stragglers was collected about the guns, watch-
ing where each shot or shell fell, as if it had been
practice firing. Not being provided with field-
glasses, or having lost his own, Brigadier Corte
borrowed mine, which were handed freely round
the company. The only tangible result of the
firing was the destruction of the church of the
village of San Giacomo.
At nightfall the Garibaldini abandoned their
position in advance of Rocca d'Anfo, and retired
behind the drawbridges of the fortress, to the village
of Anfo, where the regiments, battalions, and com-
panies were reformed. Feeling desperately tired after
the day's work, I made my way into the first cot-
tage I came to, and clambering up into a garret,
threw myself on the floor to get some rest. Before
I had been there many seconds 1 was horribly
startled at hearing firing in the street below, and
looking out of the window, saw the Garibaldhii
flying for their lives, and one or two fall as if
wounded. The universal belief was that the enemy
were upon us, but it turned out that the panic had
been occasioned by the accidental discharge of
throe pieces by fugitive Gszibaldini.
Leaving Anfo at an early hour this morning, I
reached Brescia at 2 p.m., in the company of a
wounded captain and a non-commissioned officer,
who received one of the five bayonet wounds we
counted among our wounded yesterday.

Of the number of killed and wounded I cannot
speak with any certainty. By some it is put as
high as 500, by none lower than 300. To get his
wound better attended to, Garibaldi left Anfo the
same evening for Salo or Brescia. That he will be
able for work again in a few days is generally
hoped, though I much fear that the flesh wound in
his thigh was the least wound Garibaldi receh ed
yesterday. _ _ _

SALO, G P.M.

The first bit of news that meets me here is that
Garibaldi is still at Rocca d'Anfo, having never
left the place ; the second, that the Austrians have
retired from Bagolino, Monte Buell°, and Caffaro ;
the third, that Austria, considering that she has
saved her honour in Italy, makes a voluntary
cession of Venetia to the Italians.

The last piece of intelligence, whether true or
false, is received with marked signs of displeasure
by the volunteers. For my own part I sincerely
hope it may be true. After the horrible carnage
and the distressing spectacle which I witnessed on
Tuesday last, I do not feel as if I could ever again
look upon war as anything but a most terrible

If the war continues, were I Garibaldi I should
at once send home at least half of the volunteers,
who, possessing neither moral nor physical force,
are infinitely worse than useless anywhere, and
especially in the mountains, where they block up
the narrow roads like a flock of terrified sheep.
Having watched the Garibaldini loafing about
the towns and crowding cafda and eating houses for
nearly a fortnight, already before they received
their terrible baptism of Tuesday, I felt persuaded
that their utter disorganisation and want of earnest
purpose of any kind must prove fatal to them in
the full of danger. Then came that fight at San
Antostio, where I found my previous conviction
moat painfully confirmed.
Of the officers, as a body, one cannot speak too
highly, but of at least one-half of the men—Bersa-
glieri always excepted—l much fear one cannot
speak too lowly. That raw, weak lads, picked up
anywhere in the streets, dressed up in red or any
other coloured shirts, and pitted suddenly, without
drill or military discipline, against regular troops
and the best riflemen in the world, as the Kaiser
Jager probably are, should have been able to effect
anything, would indeed have been surprising. My
only hope was that Garibaldi, who has already
wrought miracles (with, 1 begin to suspect, a
different stump of volunteer), would have been able
to work them again. At San Antonio the spell
certainly failed— in the face of most difficult cir-
cumstances I stn only too willing to admit. Let as
hope for better luck next time—if, indeed, there is
to be another time.

I am just off for Rocca d'Anfo once more, in
the company of Major Wolff, of Garibaldi's staff,
who is charged with important despatches for the
General—despatches which may contain an order
to suspend all further warlike movements for the
present. Of Major Wolff I may remark that
during the fight of Tuesday he gathered about
him a few hundred volunteers at a critical
moment, and advanced with them in a most
plucky manner against the enemy.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. —At a session
of council on Saturday last, Mr. Grote, the treasurer, in
the chair, a vote of thanks was passed to the Very Rev.
the Dean of Westminster for his interesting and excellent
speech at the distribution of prizes for the Faculty of
Arts, on the 23rd June, and for the ability and courtesy
with which he discharged the duties of president on the
occasion. Mr. J. E. Cairnes was appointed professor of
political economy. On the recommendation of the senate
Dr. Ho us and Mr. Waley, on their retirements respec-
tively from the chairs of mental philosophy and logic, and
of political economy ; and Mr. Newman and Mr. Potter,
late professors of Latin and natural philosophy respec-
tively, were invited each to assume the title of emeritus
professor. Mr. A. Melville Bell was appointed teacher
of elocution for the evening classes for the next
session. On the recommendation of the Faculty
of Arts, the Jews' commemoration scholarship, 151. per
annum tenable for two years, was awarded to Mr. Arthur
Ribble Higgs, as the student of not more than one year's
standing most distinguished fur general proficiency and
good conduct. Professor Cantos was appointed, with Pro-
fessor Waley, the examiners in November next for the
Ricardo scholarship in political economy, 20/. per annum,
tenable for three years. Professor Roby was invited to
give the introductory lecture at the opening on the next
session of the Faculty of Arts. A plan propmed by Pro-
fessor Foster, for the establishment of &physical laboratory
and engineering workshop was approved. The resignation
tendered by Mr. Quoin of the offices of special professor of
clinical surgery, and of surgeon to the hospital, was
accepted with regret by the council, and it was resolved
that in future the title of the special professors of clinical
medicine and of clinical surgery be the Holme professor-
ahips of clinical medicine amid of clinical surgery re-
spectively.
ADMIRALTY JULY 9. —A ppm:intim-N. Com-
mander W. Moriarty, to the Narcissus. Lieutenants C. A.
Woodroffe to the Caledonia • F. J. Bendel', to the
Princess Royal ; W. F. H. ltasiell, to the Challenger.

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