The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

7ILE BOURBON TROOPS AT GAETA.

A letter from Naples of the 29th ult., in the
Constitutionnel, says :—" The search after truth,
with regard to Gaeta, presents to impartial investi-
gators the same difficulty as the search after the
absolute. I have some statistics before me respect-
ing the military effective of the last fortress of the
last Bourbon of Naples, and send you them as fol
lows : When Francis 11. left his capital and retired
to Capua, 40,000 men of his army, including the
foreign companies, followed their sovereign soon
after, the regiments scattered about the mountains
of Calabria, during Garibaldi's march from Reggio
to Naples, added 20,000 more to the royal forces
making a total of 60,000 men. But the engage-
ments and skirmishes which ensued diminished
the number by 16,000 prisoners, 3,000 killed, 15,000
under General Ruggeri, who retired to Terracina,
and another column of 4,000, conducted into the
neighbourhood of Velletri by Col. Lagrange—in all
38,000 men. After allowing for the loss by illness,
it may be fairly estimated that the troops now at
Gaeta form an effective of 17,000 or 18,000 men.
With such a force, and 700 pieces of heavy artillery
at his command, it is evident that Francis 11. may
long hold out against the Piedmontese, who well
know the history of the sieges Gaeta endured at
the beginning of the 18th and 19th centuries."
The Gaeta official journal publishes a report
from General Bosco to the Minister of War on the
late sortie. It appears that a force of 450 men
made a reconnaissance towards Mount Atralina,
under the command of Lieut.• Col. Migy, while
another detachment of 500 men was sent to cover
their retreat, The General states his loss at two
killed and nine wounded. Of tne latter five officers ;
namely, Lieut.-Col. Migy, Lieutenant Hieger,
First-Lieut. Rieger, all belonging to foreign carbi-
neers ; Lieut. Napoli, of the Bth Chasseurs, and
Ensign Della Noce, of the 9th. Count Makreit, a
foreign officer, also took part in the operations as
a volunteer. Colonel Migy afterwards died of his
wounds.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES—SEATON CAREW, Dec,
Yesterday rrotheora, ofMsod n theiddplpeesboorough
on entering
evening
the
Te:shie brig
by a steamer, mopped
East Gas sandbank,whereo
ff t
h ethe
sand, steamer
and let
leftlet g
ho e r
. her Shortlyanchor
about
afterwards
a niile and a quarter south of Seaton Carew. She
then began to burn tar barrels in token of distress. Soon
after the Seaton Carew lifeboat, belonging to the National
Lifeboat Institution, was launched, and went off to the
distressed brig ; but on nearing; the vessel she found the
Middlesborough lifeboat, also belonging to the National
Lifeboat Institution, which had been towed down the river
by a steamer, just leaving her with the shipwrecked crew
of ten men on board. Both lifeboats are reported to have
behaved admirably, and their crews are unanimous in their
praises of them.

damenriut)lsiinnE2.,t'ha'ne:NeicAdolltTel: RS OF FREEDOM.”_A correspon-
dent
Saturday
last,"
us with
au
de-
putation of rthereseuer`aZ
so-called ' Muart;fy's oafsti.'zeetdfsWas pre-
sented to Parini. They were received with all that cour-
tesy which characterises him when he is in the humour.
`What can I do for you, gentlemen ?' you his question.
'Thel\olkaersinn
Martyrs, whose messengers we are,' said the mar-
tyr-spokesman,ask for a place in the Government—every
man a place—but a lucrative one, and without delay.' The
Lieutenant, while he seemed to acknowledge the justice of
their claims, if 'they were true sufferers from political
causes promised to take them into consideration, but pleaded
the difficulty of finding room for so many appli.
cants, however deserving, in the official appointments.
Then, as if all the Martyrs living or dead, not only of the
kingdom of Naples, but of all Italy were assembled in the
hall, there arose a chorus of deafening voices, shouting,
Bread ! bread ! We are all starving I' Farini, though
wondering how starving stomachs could support such ex-
cellent lungs, still half in pity, half in disgust, drew a i,urse
from his pocket, and flung it among the crowd of suppliants
saving—' If it is only bread you want, take this.' It was
painful to see how the wretches, exchanging their part
from candidates into downright beggars, clutched at it,
tore it from each other's hands, and emptied it of the few
napoleons its contents, squabbling and snatching, totally
oblivious of the absent Martyrs, who were probably as
hungry as themselves, but who may never hope to have
their own share of the Lieutenant's liberality.' "

TRACTION ENGINES.—Mr. Single, a gentleman
residing at Peckham, applied to Mr. Norton, the:magistrate,
for advice as to the best means of checking the use of traction
engines in the crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis.
p
The magistrate told him the power of suppression rested
with the trustees of the road, and he had better memos Luiz e
them on the subject. I\4, single expressed 415 iutentioi of
so doing.