The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-22 00:00:00

GARLILiLDIPS BIIOOIBBIIIL LANDING AT

We have received the following letter direct from
the writer, vitt Malta :
• • • On Thursday, the lith of Nay, at about 9 p.m.,
we started from Memo for Max alk in °masque's* of a
11 dispute at the latter phial between the Gemmel emanianding
that district and the British mffehante midis( then. A
peers! disarmament of the people had taken place, and,
what is rather 1111914111 a, the arms of the English had been
taken away also, leaving them with their large factories sad
iesiname property at the mercy of revolutionists or
robbers, or, what perhaps is worse than either, any parties
of Niaprlitan soldiers who might be straalhag abutd.

The Intrepid accompanied as from Palermo, and early in -
ths morning she looked into 'envoi. Daylight also showed
we that we were accompanied by two Neapolitan steamers,
sent to watch oar proceedings ao doubt. At shoat
10 a.m. on Friday, the llth, we anchored off
Hamala. The Intrepid shortly after anchored shoat-
half -srsetween us and the shore. The two Nespolitsam
cos use their jotirney, apparently to Inks • look further
• thst week or to acquaint the free" Visherrile kiddy;
&reel" Ida oar anted oft the Tbsy bad
barely get out of eight when tie ether steamers were seen
mak, straight in from seaward at full speed. As they
sppriedied they heisted birdied= colours, sad se they
passel obese to our stern it was hopes ibis to mistake who
or what they were. Oa the desk of the' foreneet and
Men! MO three woe bet few use. to be seen ; those that
waroorhibia, howver, wee nearly all domed in red flannel
blooms& whkh gave them seething of the appearance of
Wilk soldiers. Oa the bridge with the captain or pilot
erases caw in a red Mama similar to the rest, sod dis-
thombhed by • feather is his cap. This we conjectured to
be Garibaldi himself. All the men were armed, and
• ashivires pointed out from an opening in the
Wearies just gift the starboard paddle-box. The
other and larger vowel, Downer, was literally
crammed with men, like herrings in • ark ; some in red,
some in dark green, like riflemen, but by far the greater
part were in plain citizen's attire. Both steamers made
direct for the mole, the smaller one getting in all right,
and the other grounding about a hundred yards short of
the mole-head. They commenced to land from the inner
rem immediately, and, so far from there being only • few
on board, it was really surprising where they could have
been all stowed. The first parties who landed proceeded in
small numbers up to the town. Not the least oppo-
sition was offered, except that the health officer
Caine hurrying to meet them, to know "if they
had protive." He seemed reluctant to do what
they required of him until he had seen their bill of
heedth ; bat there was that confounded semaphore swinging
its arms about as if in • perfect rage, so the good gentleman
was phased in front, and ordered to walk straight to the
semaphore. In about ton minutes it ceased from its labours.
Another party sought out an individual who was acting as •
commissioner for the government, and was obtaining • Bet
of the Deans of persons who had taken part in a very mild
dempostratims • few masks before. He was found, and his
paves dietributed >b much mailer pieces than he had in.
teadad ; another party opened the prison gates, and we
have heard wen not particularly discriminating as to
whether all the prisoners were political or not
In the znesatime the entailer steamer bad been cleared of
men, stores, vas, and ammunition, the latter being laid
along the mole to be removed as soon as both steamers were
cleared. There appeared some delay in getting boats to
disembark the people from the steamer sgromd, but at
length they arrived in any numbers, and of all skis, and
the men descended in a most orderly member, as boat after
boat are alongside the ladder. By this time the affair was
getting very exciting; the Neapolitans had evidently amok
▪ ei liglinMed MOM Morning as hard as they coal&
come, and "cleated for action too." The frigate, too, was
coming down with every sail set, right before • beautiful
breeze. It certainly was • splendid sight to see the cool
and steady way in which ths insurgent. got
into the boats to be paddled to the shore. But
now the steamers are drawing well within range, and still
there are hundreds to land ; the foremost steamer stops—
how we watched that bow gun of her! Why doesn't she
ire! Had she done so she might have slaughtered them
like sheep. But no, she backs and fills, now ahead, now
astern, signalling all the time to the frigate, which is by
thin time getting disagreeably close. Bravo, time has not
beet wasted, they are di landed, and as they reach the
nada they are formed in fours, and marched off, as if from
parade. Ah ! there goes a shot from the steamer—short,
by George! There goes another ; the men on the mole dip,
sad it passes over them ; again they march. But here's the
frigate, she has shortened sail and is passing
gently along in • line with the mole ; new
she's right abreast of them. Bang, bang, bang, gun
after gun • whole broadside of grape and canister. There is
sot amen to be seas ; they are all down, the storm paver
over, and up they are again marching as orderly as before.
Frigate and steamers now keep at • respectful distance,
throwing occasional shot and shell at the working parties
m they akar the mole of the landed stores. Hones and
awls hare ism prima into the service, and as they carry
the Wass along the . mole and up the road to the town-
gate they are oft® smothered in dust from • ricochet
shot. but I believe throughout the whole affair only one
maa wee wounded. The whole scene was one of intense
erwtamsat ; it was one of them dashing, brilliant affairs
QUA only such • man ea Garibaldi could have aeons-
plashed. A landing effected with twelve hundred
men, each armed with a rifle, a revolver, and a
cutler ; krgej quantities of spare arms and ammu-
nition, and four field piece. ; this was doss in just
one hour and three-quarkne in the very teeth of • frigate
sad two steamers, without hurry or disorder, end without
»terra* a shot. In the dusk of the evening the frigates
boats towed the steamer outdid. the mole, and after dark
the drainer towed her away ; the ineurvats had evidently
damaged the machinery before leaving her. The other
was still hopelessly aground, and there she lies still, per-
fectly "gutted" by this time. The Neapolitans were about
to fire upon her the following morning, but as they could
hardly have done that without doing immense damage to
the English factory directly opposite which the steamer lay,
they abandoned their intention. Had they done so it would
have been quite useless, for the insurgents evidently did not
wish to use her again, Garibaldi sod his men, considerably
reinforced, having arched away at five in the morning
towards &lend, ca relate for Palermo.

LADY NOEL BYRON AND ITALY.

TO TEL 'MOIL OP TB! =PIM&

Sia,—We owe a debt of gratitude to the oteasory
yip% of Lady Noel BYroe. wish& yea wig allow as te
discharge by the means of pew.
A few days before bar , Lady Byron, torahs •
sympathisieg thought to hely, sent 401. as • subscriplien
to the Garibaldi fund, ascompenying the gift with beartfalt
wishes for the MUM of ow country.
We consider this act, from such • person at the eve af
her departure from the struggled of this world, • favourable
omen to the Italian hopes, • blessing to the be one who see
now lighting, not for any eel Ash aim or reward. but to opus
the way to a generous race, shamefully trodden down by •
Godiree tyranny, to assert its noblest privileges among the
nations.

Lady Byron appears to have thought, in her dying hour,
that the name she bore was a symbol of deathless bamosy
between the English and the Italian mind ; and tie spirit
of the great bard of " Childs Harold" seems to bans been
with Her when, before quitting this life, she smiled with
faith on the reanimation of Italy. She felt that a nation
cannot die which, "amidst all the disadvantages of repeated
revolutions, the desolation of battles, and the de pair of
*sea,' preserves " still unquenched its ' lowing after Im-
mortality'—the immortality of iadependasait."—We are,
/Lc, AURELIO EAFFL A. SCALIA.
L. SERZNA. E. HOHOILLL
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