The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-09 00:00:00

The Sixpenny Magazine.

No falling off is perceptible in this number.
" The R,oyal National Lifeboat Institution " is
described in it. "Animal Life in the Ocean "
iis-
cusses the Phorphorescence of the Sea. The Life
and Times of Dante furnish matter for an article,
and Lady Audley's Secret is approaching con-
clusion.

Beeton's Publications.

Illuminated Family Bible.—Parts 12 and 13 of
this handsomely got up Bible, containing the con-
clusion of the second part of Kings, and First and
Second Chronicles, are now before us. The print
is excellent, and the notes well selected and useful.
2heßoys' Own Lzbrary.—" Curiosities of Savage
Life" is the title of the work just commenced. The
subject is an interesting one; it is well handled,
and will doubtless be popular.

Boys' Own Magazine.—" Peter, the Carpenter
King" is in its third chapter; " How I won my
Spars,, is still in progress ; and the paper on manly
exercises discusses swimming and diving.
Rome .Pets.—Ponies, donkeys, and goats are de•
scribed in Part 24, and Part 25 treats of the
aquarium.

Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible. Superior
Edition. Part 21 contains the Prophets from
Ezekiel to Amos, and is profusely illustrated.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Routledge's Illustrated Natural History this
month treats of butterflies, and the illustrations are
more than usually beautiful. Good Words.—The
monthly part of this excellent publication contains
a number of well written articles, besides the con-
tinuation of the household story, " Mistress and
Maid," by the author of " John Halifax." Cassell's
Illustrated Exhibitor. Part 3.—This work, on its
completion, will form a ♦ery splendid volume, as
the illustrations and letter-press are of the highest
order. Cassell's Family Paper, bound in parts,
furnishes a quantity of wholesome reading, the
great attraction being the story by Mr. Kepplo,
entitled, " Contrast; or, the Oak and the Bramble!'
The Quiver, published by the same firm, is un-
questionably a very good work, and well calculated
to attain the object for which it was started.

GARIBALDI.

A letter from Turin, dated September 6, says :

The official report of the encounter at Aspro-
monte is not yet out ; its publication may be put
off for a few days longer. Several accounts of the
melancholy event are, however, in circulation, and
I hope you will allow me to sum up, compare, and
sift their conflicting evidence, SO as to convey to
your readers all the positive knowledge on the sub-
ject which has till now transpired.
General Cialdini, upon hearing of Garibaldi's
landing at Melito, in Calabria, lost no time in lay-
ing his plan of operations. He directed Generals
Revel and Vialardi to occupy the narrow isthmus
of Tiriolo, between Nicastro and Catanzaro, a
strong position which, if strongly guarded, most
effectually cuts off the extreme peninsula of Cala-
bria from the adjoining mainland. Having thus
shut up Garibaldi within this comparatively small
compass, Cialdini ordered the Royal cruisers—the
Garibaldi, the Vittorio Emmanuele, and Tripoli—
to ply along the gulfs of Squillace and St. Eufemia,
and so to watch the coasts as to prevent Garibaldi
from re-embarking. Ho then collected a consider-
able force at Reggio, and, placing Pallavicino at
their head, he bade them to look out for Garibaldi,
to press upon him as closely as possible, so as to
drive him towards the divisions of Revel and
Vialardi, on the Isthmus, and whenever they came
up with him to attack him, " anywhere and any-
how," unless he consented to an unconditional sur-
render. In less than forty-eight hours the troops
had taken their positions.

Garibaldi, it seems, had landed at Melito with
2,500 to 3,000 men, but, as he compelled his men to
very laborious marches over the mountains, he
strew so many of them on his path that, accord-
ing to the report written by the officers of his
Staff on board the Duca di Genova, on the 31st of
August, only about 1,500 of them had kept up with
him when he took up his position at Aspromonte
on the 28th in the evening. He had on the previous_
day felt his way here and there, and reconnoitred
the grounds towards Gerace, St. Eufemia, Bawls:i;
and Palmi ; but the first skirmishes w
ig to
Royal troops soon convinced him that
deal with earnest adversaries, and he Pbelied his
- it: looked
camp on the brow of the hill. Pallavieio
for him along shore; but, upon glanciupwards,
,nia.
west ;
he beheld the red shirts on the mountain,
hiain, s
troops
and following orders, he instantly- cl. Ile had with
into three columns, and marched'
him the 6th Bersaglieri battaliiio foot,
of the 25th
foot, part of the
battalion of the same corps
of;
Eberhardt a Prussian,
4th Regiment, under Colonel 8 ,
0 and parts of the
companion of Garibaldi in lOn the whole his force
eeded 1,800 men. The
29th and 57th Itegimenct;
ha 77 consists of a vast triangular
does not seem to
wth::opaspeeaonnionne thethr ied north-west
inlandt h-
Gari-
baldiw sidees t
summit of Aspromonarras
table-land, openo;7o4ld
the wood,
but covered with
he
main
joins At his men under cover of
centre of that
&quarters were in a very small room
and his head-`1
o huts rising in the
wherehaitd pluee" .
place bears the name
of ono of the
Al platform. The
bleak -1-" i ine, The •
‘L / forest
`vas night between the 28th and 29th
cola and rainy. Trehe
Was were heavy showers
from time to time, and violent gusts of wind, putting
out the volunteer bivouac fires. In the evening and
the morning scanty provisions were distributed,
but the Garibaldian column was too strong to be
able to support itself in the mountains, as it wf=s
too weak to fight its way through the Royal forces.
Garibaldi had come to the resolution of dividing his
little army into two bands, with intent to direct
them through different roads to a given point ; but
the Royalists had already reached Arci, they had
fallen in with the Garibaldian outposts at St.
Stefano, and before Garibaldi had collected all his
stragglers, previous to a start, Pallavicino was upon
him. It was on the 29th (a Friday, unlucky day !)
Pallavicino was at St. Stefano ; two hours' march
brought him to the table land, on a level with the
I volunteers. Garibaldi crossed a small stream that

" Advanced to the attack ; they were received
with rifle shots; the fight began; a column of the
royal troops turned the left flankof the Garibaldians,
and threatened them also in the rear. The volun-
teers ware routed. Pallavicino waved a white
handkerchief, the firing ceased, and a parlementaire
presented himself to Garibaldi. This latter was
wonoded ; seeing the parlementaire, he snatched
up a revolver to shoot him ; his own officers, who
were by his side, had to tear the weapon from his
hand. 11i-3 cooled alittle, and asked on *hat Con-
ditions they were to treat. On no conditions,'
was the answer; passive surrender, and no terms.'
If it be so,' Garibaldi replied, let us recommence
the fire,' but this was impossible. All his camp
was in utter disorder, enveloped all round by the
Royalists, he had to bow his head, and yield to
fortune. The struggle had lasted an hour, or little
more. There were about 12 killed between the
two parties; the wounded Were about 100."
Now for the report of the Garibaldian staff
already alluded to

" Garibaldi was in the centre of the hill slope he
occupid by his column ; he sent his officers all along
the front with repeated, express, positive orders
not to fire. We were being surrounded on all sides ;
thF Boiaglieri were within shot; they had levelled
-their pieces; all our column was perfectly still. Not
one shout ; not one shot. The General alone stood
up, with his wide gray plaid cloak lined with red,
thrown on his massive shoulders, following the
movements of the Royalists with his spy glass, and
from time to time turning, to repeat the order, ' Do
not fire.' The officers took up the cry, and Do not
fire' went the round of the whole line. But the
troops had, on the contrary, precise orders to at-
tack. The Bersaglieri opened fire and moved for-
ward. No intimation or summons preceded the
fire, no parlementaire was sent. The firing deepens ;
the bullets hissed on all sides round our heads.
Unfortunately some of our raw recruits, unaccus-
tomed to such terrible sport, answered by a few
random shots; the others did not stir. Every one
kept his own ground, some standing, some seated.
All the trumpets gave the signal to stop fire ; all the
officers verbally issued the same order. The troops,
on the contrary, set up the signal Forward,' and
advanced with well-sustained fire. The general,
always at his post, standing, in the midst of the
densest showers of balls, again cried, Do not fire !'
He was uttering those words when two bullets
struck him; one, a spent ball, on the thigh of the
left leg ; another, with full force, on the ankle of
the left foot. Garibaldi, at the moment of being
wounded, not only stood up, upright, but he assumed
a majestic attitude ; he took off his hat, and waving
it with his left hand, he repeatedly cried, Long
live Italy !Do not fire !' Some of the officers, the
nearest to him, removed him and laid him under a
tree. There, with his habitual calmness, he con-
tinued to give his orders. The most precise were
the following Let them come near. Do not fire r
On all our front the fire had ceased. Presently
Menotti was brought to the spot. He also had been
hit by a spent ball in the calf of his left leg. He
was in great pain, unable to stand. Father and son
were laid under the same tree ; a group of officers
and soldiers gathered round the General. He had
lighted a cigar, and was smoking. He said to all,
'Do not fight !' The officers, questioned by their
soldiers, also invariably answered, Do not fight.'
The trumpets, too, never ceased from their signal,
' Stop fire !' not lOr our men, but for the troops
which fired as they advanced, even when they had
come up and were mixed with our volunteers. From
the first shot to this moment hardly a quarter of an
hour elapsed. Here a strange sight presented itself.
Friends, relatives, brothers, companions in reccnt,
battles which they fought for their fatherland, meet
and recognise each other. Some are clad in the red
shirt, others in the regular uniform ; and here were
shaking of hands, embraces, mutual reproach and
upbraidings, especially on the part of the Redahirts,
who protest and declare that all they wanted was
Rome.' "

The narrative proceeds, stating that here a lieu-
tenant of the Staff (Royal) appeared before Gari-
baldi, who bade him put off his sword, as a parle-
mentaire should be unarmed. Other Bersaglieri
tohlfiec officerse
nwe
rear
le ds
soon
soanr maefdt e
ri nw tahr
de
ss a
omred
emr
ea
dn n
te
hr
tt h ou
theirgh
swords should be restord to them. Meanwhile the
surgeons examined and dressed the General's
wounds. He bade them apply cold water to them,
and all the time he smoked with great calmness
and firmness. He asked whether an amputation
was necessary, in which case it should be done
forthwith. The doctors assured him there was
no occasion for such an operation. Garibaldi
asked to see Pallavicino, who, 20 minutes later,
came to him, uncovered, and with every demon-
stration of respect. It was afterwards settled
Yto have with
Scylla,
between the officers of both staffs that the Garibal.
dian column should be disarmed and plae,edwiutnhdears
the escort of the Royal troops. It was agreed that
retain swords. The
mGaarniyhaoldfihsis officershouldbe
as
removedwished
e Sd c
him,
mad aolnl obfotwhhsoimdes shouldtheir
were
very
few ; very few also
the wounded. in corroboration of this assertion I
must state that the number of the wounded, on both
sides, according to official tidings, does not ex-
ceed 48.

TowardsvV
evening the Garibaldians improvised a
for the
removal of their chief. After an hour's
painful
march over rugged paths they came to a hut
where
some wounded men had been laid. Garibaldi
litter
refusedto abide there for the night. Ho wished to
13;eg
en to some other hut or hay-loft, where ho
hakt be alone. The journey in the dark on so
I:uigh a road must have caused great torture to the
General ; but he never uttered a complaint, not a
groan. They thus, after three hours' march, reached
the hut of the Pastore Vincenzo, a spot well known
to the heroes of the expedition of 18G0. There, with
straw and cloaks, they made up a bed, on which the
General rested. " The night was feebly lighted by
the moon; great silence reigned over the country,
only broken by the barking of the shepherds' dogs."
They prepared water for the hero's wounds; they
gave him broth made of goat's flesh. It was mid-.
night. At dawn they were up constructing a more
comfortable litter; at ti a.m. they left for Scylla.
When the sun rose they screened the hero by a
laurel canopy. With the exception of a few halts
of half-an•hour, they toiled down thoso dreary
paths till 2 p.) m when they reached their destina-
tion.

At Scylla, Garibaldi, who had asked Pallavicino
to obtain for him leave to embark on board an En^
lish vessel, was informed that his request could not
be complied with. The number of officers who were
to accompany him was also reduced to ten. Gari-
baldi instantly embarked on board the Duca dL
Genova, which was ready for departure. The boats
which conveyed him on board passed before the
Stella d'ltalia, on the deck of which were General
Cialdini, Admiral Albini, and others. "No saluta-
tion passed between the prisoner and his captors."
Two of three volunteers (orderlies) who had been
allowed by Pallavicino for Garibaldi's personal ser-
vice, were sent back by an order of Cialdini, con-
veyed through Albini, but the order wes revoked,
and the orderlies were suffered to accompany their
chief. Garibaldi parted with his companions with
the cry, "A Roma ! A Itoma !" The treatment of
the prisoners on board the Duca di Genova was, by
their own confession, most courteous and conside-
rate."

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,
-----
Sept. B.—Thc cot-
ton-market has been very dull again to-day, and the sales
do not exceed 2,000 balls-1,000 on speculation and for ex_
port. Prices are id to 2d per lb lower than the highest
quotations.

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CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW.-ONE
SHILLING. Open from Nine till Dark.

BLONDIN TO-MORROW at FOUR
o'Clock.—ln addition to his numerous marTellous
exploits on the Tight Rope, Blondon will this day introduce
his astounding Chair Feat, balancing himself in sitting,
standing-, and reclining postures, the chair resting on the rope
by one leg only.

~• For full particulars of amusements see first page.
ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
This Evening, Benedict's opera of THE LILY OF
KILLARNEY.

Commence at 8.

,

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
This Evening, THE YANKEE LEGACY. After which,
the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. To
be followed by THE COLLEEN BAWN. To conclude with
THE ARABS OF THE DESERT. A Troupe of the Beni-
Zoug-Zoug. Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
This Evening, THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Atter which,
OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. With CELOS Y CALIA.
And MY HUSBAND'S:GHOST.
Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL
This Evening, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST,
And THE SHILLING DAY.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
This Evening:, THE LOST LETTER. After which, at a
quarter to 8, KING HEN" VIII, With THE TWO
I'OLTS. Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
EET' 0: DAY. Followed
BA by KILLAR-
This Evening,
with -F
NEY. Conclude THE COLLEEN WN SETTLED
AT LAST. Commence at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
This Evenin
amic Ball
g, MAZEPPA. Brilliant Scenes in the Circle,
g with
Concluding Comic
Commence at 7.

NUR. and MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS g, AT
ROME," at Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket, This
Evening,. Commence at 8.

W. S. WOODIN'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES,
Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Charing-cross.
Commence at 8.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Hay,
market. Open every evening for Promenade and Dancing.

CANTERBURY HALL—EVERY EVENING.-
3teckel, the great Trapeze performer —Grand Operatic Selec-
tion as usual —Unsworth, Eugene, and Duley, the great comic
trio, &c.

Commence at 7.

THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, EVERY
VENING.VerdPs Corsaro," with full band and
chorus.—The comic performance of Miss Caroline Parkes—
Steckel on the Flying Trapeze—The Ethiopian oddities of
Bumsey, Newcomb, S:c.
Commence at 7.