The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-21 00:00:00

GARIIIALDI.

" Palestrina, May 9, Nine P.M.
" The combat of to-day could not have had a better
termination. The Neapolitans, CO the number of 7,000,
with 800 cavalry, arrived in the evening of yesterday at
Valmontone, and were annoyed by us during the night
with a fire of musketry, pushed up to the walls. To-
day they a=ttempted to strike a decisive blow at us.
Three roads lead trom this place to Valmontone, which
all meet in one at two musk,t-shots beyond Palestrina.
The enemy divided his forces into two bodies ; one was
directed upon our left, by the road which runs from
this to Cave, with a branch to Valmontone, the other
upon our right, by Lugano. At the centre a skirmish
tiiok place, in which three of the Royalists were killed,
without any of our men being hurt.
At halt past four the enemy, whose coming we
ardently longed for, appeared. All was ready. The fire
began from our lett, the enemy replying with cannon as
well as musketry. None of our men gave ground for an
instant, but stood nailed to their post, like lions made
fierce by thirst of blood. After an hour's firing, the
enemy made a movement in retreat ; a detachment of
our troops, sent to the left under shelter of the high
ground, opened a fire upon his flank, well nourished and
directed with such skill and steadiness that we had the
satisfaction of seeing the enemy betake himself to a
precipitate flight, leaving many dead and wounded, with
three pieces of artillery, two of them disabled. He was
pursued for a considerable distance, and though very
clever at running, some prisoners were made. Mean
while another bedy of troops came upon our left, by
the pathway of Zagarolo, to which leads a track branch-

ing horn aie post-road of Frosinone, in the neighbour-
hood of Lugnano; they were druwn up in mass, with a
vanguard of cavalry; another body of cavalry, deployed
upon their left 11 trik, was posted in reserve. This body
arrived in good order at the point where the roads
crossed each other, and opened a fire from one piece of
artillery. Their object was to repair the repulse they
had received on the other side, and they attempted to
deploy some battalions on this quarter, but our troops
were too firm at their posts to allow them to pass ;
thereupon they changed their tactics, and attempted
to penetrate to our right flank by descending in
single tile. The fire with which they were met was
too keen; they tritd a last effort, but, unsuccessfully.
Our men, encouraged exceedingly by what had passed,
met them with ardour, and could not long be restrained
in their position. Quitting it on three points, they
made a vigorous assault, and forced the enemy to a
hurried fLght. A single company of ours sufficed to
pursue him more than a mile, repulsing and almost de.
stroying a squadron of cavalry, which had in despair
attempted a charge.
" Thus it is proved that the Italians, when they fight,
conquer—for those only are Italians who contend for
liberty. The Neapolitans sustained a heavy loss in
killed, wounded, and prisoners: of our men few were
wounds-d, and still fewer killed. The particulars of the
Royalist and our loss will be given tomorrow.
" DAYERIO, Chief of the Staff of Gen. Garibaldi."
GARIBALDI returned to Rome on the 11th, and was
received in triumph. Accounts have been received
from Bologna to the 12th. The place still held out
against the Austrians. The people were fighting
desperately, and are prepared to make of Bologna a
second Saragossa. The Austrians have been repulsed
by the Bolognese in several attacks. Hostilities re-
commenced on the 9th, when the Austrians threw
rockets upon the town from the suburb of San Mi-
chale, and cannonaded it from the Pelazzo Aldini. A
combined attack upon the Galliera, Felice, Isaia, and
Saragossa gates took place at the same time, all which
were repulsed, while the Bolognese cannon did great
execution among the Austrians at the Annunziata.
The Bolognese have 2,000 troops of the line.
The Riforma of Lucca publishes several procla-
mations of General D'ASPRE, at Leghorn, dated the
11th, directing that all arms are to be given up
within 24 hours, prohibiting the tricolour, and re-
storing the old Tu-can white and red ; dissolving the
National Guard, and declaring the town in a state of
siege.

SICILY.
Intelligence has been received from Palermo to the
9th. The Sicilians had driven back the forces of
FILANGIEM to Messelenimo, a distance of four miles,
and the Neapolitan steamers could not approach suffi•
ciently near to bombard the city, from fear of the guns
of the fort.

THE CHURCH-YARD STILE.
I left thee young and gay, Mary,
When last the thorn was white;
I went upon my way, Mary,
And all the world seemed bright;
For though my love had ne'er been told,
Yet, yet I saw thy form
Beside me, in the midnight watch,
Above me, in the storm.
And many a blissful dream I had,
That brought thy gentle smile
Just as it came when last we leaned
Upon the Church-yard Stile.
I'm here to seek thee now, Mary,
As all I love the best;
To fondly tell thee how, Mary,
I've hid thee in my breast;
I came to yield thee up my heart,
With hope, and truth, and joy,
Anti crown with Manhood's honest faith
The feelings of the boy.
I breathed thy name, but every pulse
Grew still and cold the while,
For I was told thou wert asleep,
Just by the Church-yard Stile.
My messmates deemed me brave, Mary,
Upon the sinking ship;
But flowers o'er thy grave, Mary,
Have power to blanch my lip.
I felt no throb of quailing fear,
Amid the wrecking surf,
But pale and weak I tremble here,
Upon the osiered turf.
I came to meet thy happy face,
And woo thy gleesome smile,
And only find thy resting-place
Close by the Church-yard Stile.
Oh! years may pass away, Mary,
And Sorrow lose its sting,
For Time is kind they say, Mary,
And flies with healing wing;
The world may make me old and wise,
And hope may have new birth,
And other joys and other ties
May link me to the earth;
But Memt,ry, living to the last,
Shall treasure up thy smile,
That called me back to find thy grave,
Close to the Church-yard Stile.
—Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK.