The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-21 00:00:00

Garibaldi and Pius IX,

As everything in any way relating to General
Garibaldi is just now matter of the liveliest in-
terest to the great mass of our fellow-countrymen,
we are tempted to give the following remarkable
document, addressed by him on the 12th October,
1847, to a Nuncio of the Pope, begging him to
transmit to his Holiness his own good wishes and
those of his companions in arms. ft is certainly
a historical curiosity :
" Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord, from
the moment when we heard the news of the
exaltation of the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX., and
of the amnesty which he granted to the poor
proscripts, we have with an ever increasing atten-
tion and interest counted the steps of the Supreme
Head of the Courch on the road of glory and of
liberty.
" The praises, the echo of which have reached
even beyond the seas, the delirium of joy with
which Italy receives the meeting of her Deputies,
and applauds them, the wise concessions made with
regard to the press, the institution of the Civic
Guard, the impulse given to popular instruction and
to industry (not to speak of all that has been done
to better the poorer classes and to form a new ad-
ministration), all, in a word, has convinced us that
at last, from the bosom of our country, there has
come a man who, understanding the want of his
age, has known, according to the precepts
of our august religion (precepts which are
ever new and yet immortal), and without
derogating from their authority, has notwith-
standing bent to the wants of the times; and
although these forward steps were taken without
our help, yet we have followed them from afar, and
we have accompanied with our plaudits and our
prayers the universal concert of Italy and all
Christendom; but when a few days ago we heard
of the sacrilegious attempt, by means of which a
faction, fomented and held by the stranger—not
yet tired after so long a time of tearing our poor
country to pieces—resolved to overthrow the exist-
ing state of things, it has seemed to us that mere
admiration and enthusiasm for Pius IX. are too
weak a tribute, and that a greater duty is imposed
upon us.

" We who write to you, most Illustrious and most
Reverend Lord, are they, who animated by the same
spirit which has causad us not to shrink from exile,
have taken up arms at Monte Video fora cause which
appeared to us to be just, hoping to find days less
troubled than those we have spent in our own
country.

"Five years have passed, and during the siege of
this city, every one of us has alike shown proof of
resignation and courage ; and, thanks to Providence
and to that old spirit which still warms our Italian
blood, our Legion has had the opportunity of
distinguishing itself, and every time that this oppor-
tunity was presented, well, I can say it without
vanity, it surprised all other rival corps.
"If to day these arms of ours which are nut un-
used to warfa,-e be accepted by his Holiness, it is
useless to say that, more volunteers than ever, we
will consecrate them to the ssrvice of Him who has
done so much for our country and our Church.
"Happy we who can come to the aid of the
redeeming work of Pius IX,, we and our compa-
nions, in the name of whom we speak, and we do
not think it too dear if in this cause we shed all
our blood.

‘' If your illustrious and reverend lordship thinks
that our offer would be agreeable to the Sovereign
Pontiff, lay it at the foot of his throne.
"It is not in childish presumption that we think
our arms are wanted, that we have made the offer.
We know too well that the throne of St. Peter rests
upon bases which can never be overthrown nor
weakened by human power. . . . But as the
work ought to be divided among the good, and the
hard work given to the strong, do us the honour to
count us among them.

" Meanwhile, we thank Providence for having
preserved his Ho.inets from the machinations of
dei tristi,' and we offer up heavenly prayers that
God may grant him many years for the happiness of
Christendom end Italy.

" It only remains for us to beg your Illustrious
and Reverend Lordship to pardon the trouble we
have given you, and to believe in the profound
respect with which we are,

" Most Illustrious and Rev. Lord,
" Your devoted servants,
" G. GARIBALDI.
" ST. ANZANI.
" Monte Video, Oct. 12, 1847."

GARIBALDI AND MAZZINI.
On Sunday last General Garibaldi, accompanied
by his secretary, Signor Guerzoni, took lunch at
the house of the distinguished Russian exile, M.
Alexandre Herzen, at Teddington. A select party
of English and foreign friends were assembled to
meet him, amongst whom were Signor Saffi, Prince
Dolgorookou, Signor Mordini, a member of the
Italian Parliament, &c. Joseph Mazzini was also
present.

A luncheon had been prepared, at the conclusion
of vehieh Mazzini rose and proposed the health of
General Garibaldi in the following words :
"My toast will include all that is dear to us all, those
things for which we have fought and striven. I drink to
the liberty of the peoples ; to the association of the peoples ;
to the man who is the living incarnation of these great
ideas, Joseph Garibaldi ; to that poor, sacred heroic, Poland
whose sons have been silently fighting and dying for liberty
for more than a year ; to that young Russia, whose device
is land and liberty—new Russia,that will at no distant day
hold out a sister's hand to Poland, acknowledge her equality
and independence, and cancel the remembrance of the Rus-
sia of the Czar; to those Russians who, with our friend
Herten at their head, have most wrought and laboured
towards the creation of this new Russia ; to that religion
of duty which will give us strength to strive, and to devote
ourselves, even unto death, for the realisation of these
id eas."

The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm,
Garibaldi rose and said:—

"I am about to make a declaration which I ought to
have made long ago. There is a man amongst us here who
has rendered the greatest services to our country, and to
the cause of liberty. When I was a young man, having
nought but aspirations towards the good, I sought for one
able to act as the guide and counsellor of my young years.
I sought such a man even as he who is athirst seeking the
spring. I found this man. He alone watched when all around
him slept. He alone fed the sacred flame. He has ever re-
mained my friend—ever as full of love for his country and
of devotion to the cause of liberty. Tins man is Joseph
Mazzini. lomyfriend and teacher!"

The General afterwards rose a second time and
said :

" Mazzini has uttered some words with regard to un-
happy Poland, to which I adhere with all my heart. Now
let us drink to that young Russia that suffers, strugdes,
and shall triumph like ourselves, and is destined to play a
noble and important part in Europe."

After this, raising his glass for the last time,
Garibaldi drank—

" To that free England, whose generous hospitality and
noble and fruitful sympathy have won from all oppressed
peoples so large a debt of gratitude and affection."

THE PERSIAN GULF TELEGRAPH.—Advices
have been received from Sir Charles Bright an-
nouncing the entire completion of the Persian gulf cable on
the 27th of March. The line was working excellently
through its whole length. The land-line between the head
of the gulf and Bagdad is not yet completed.
IRISH PRISONS.—From the report of Mr. Con-
nellan, Inspector-General of Prisons, it appears
that the total number of commitals to the City of Dublin
Female Prison last year was 5.325, OZ these 2,230 were
drunkards, 233 vagrantg, and 45 lunatics. The rest were
criminals of various classes, and they were 500 more than
in the previous year, while the drunkards increased
in nearly the same proportion. The average daily num-
ber in Grange Gorman Female Prison during the year
was 225. The average number in daily custody in
the Richmond Bridewell, the prison for males, was
277, the number for 1862 being 255. But the criminal
convictions were less than in the previous years. The
Board of Superintendence of City of Dublin Prisons re•
mark, in their report, that the state of this prison must be
regarded as satisfactory evidence of the progressive im•
provement in the moral and social condition of the city,
notwithstanding the severe trials through which the coun-
try has passed during the last three years of general dis-
tress. The Board consider that the extension of licensed
beerhouses has ha 1 a most pernicious effect on the morals
of the lower orders. The Board strongly deprecate the law
which imposes on Dublin the support of lunatics belonging
to other parts of Ireland. There has been a much larger
number of committals to Grange Gorman Female Prison,
which is accounted for by the number of dissolute charac-
ters, The city prisons cost about £12,000 a year,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

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THE FALL OP DUPPEL.

COPENHAGEN, APRIL 19, 10.30 A.M.

After a violent bombardment during the night of
the 17tkinst., which was renewed with still greater
violence at daybreak, our redoubts were almost
entirely demoli:hed. Redoubts Nos. 4,5, 6,
having been taken a retreat commenced. But the
attack was then so fierce that the reserve could not
hold its ground, and retreated with great loss.
General Duplat was severely wounded and taken

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prisoner.
The General, second in command, was also taken

prisoner.

The greater portion of the first brigade is miss-
ing, and scarcely one-half of the Bth fell back in
safety. The retreat of the right wing was in com-
parison effected more favourably, but also with
great loss.

The force occupying the tete du pont held it,
even after our batteries had been dismantled, until
the army had reached the Mind of Alsen.

100 dead and 800 wounded were conveyed to the
Island of Alsen.

COPENHAGEN, APRIL 18, 6.25 P.M.

The Danish army is on the Island of Alsen. The
bridges are destroyed. A severe artillery engage-
ment continues.

The Danish loss is great, especially in officers.

SONDERBURG, APRIL 19, 9 a.m.
No change has taken place in the position of
affairs since yesterday evening.
A few shots only fell during the night.

VIENNA, Am', 20.

The Wanderer publishes news from Jassy an-
nouncing that General Kotzebue, the commandant
of Odessa, had received orders from St. Petersburg
to enter Moldavia under certain circumstances.
A Russian officer communicated three orders to
the Roumain Commandant.

Great excitement was caused by the intelligence.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 21.

The South-Western Company's steamer Nor-
manby, which sailed hence during the night with
the mails and passengers for the Channel Islands,
came into collision with the steamer Bavaria, bound
for this port.
The accident occurred about two miles down the
river.

The Bavaria sustained no damage beyond a slight
puncture of one of her plates ; the Normanby
sustained considerable damage, the Bavaria's star-
board bow having struck her port quarter, carrying
away that portion of the ship. A part of the deck
was torn up, and the davits and part of the saloon
carried away.

Slight injuries were received by some of the
Normantsy's passengers.

The mails and passengers have been sent on by
the company's steamer Dispatch.

SANTO DOMINGO.

MADRID, APRIL 20.
The Spanish Government is making preparations
for the speedy pacification of S into Domingo.
General Gindara is confident of this being
accomplished, and is on the point of setting out for
Manilla with all the available troops.