The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-26 00:00:00

NAPLES.

A letter from Sant' Angelo (the advanced post of
Garibaldi's army), of the 18th, says :
" I left this morning from Naples to proceed to
Caserta, and thence to the advanced posts. On
arriving at the railway station at Naples, surprise
is felt at the extraordinary movement which pre-
vails ; soldiers, officers, contractors for the army,
peasants, all are mixed up together pell-mell. When
I arrived here I joined Garibaldi, and we. set out to
ascend to the high ground ; on reaching it, we
alighted from our horses and set out on foot, Gari-
baldi walking first at a rapid rate. On arriving at
the summit we distinctly saw a column of the enemy
proceeding in the direction of the Abruzzi. Gari-
baldi glanced round, and, after a short examination,
said, Nothing for to-day !' and returned to Caserta.
I, however, accompanied General Cosenz to the
sentinels the most advanced. We saw near a
house almost in ruins, which was formerly occupied
by the parish priest, Major Zampieri, of the Artil-
lery, a Venetian, busily engaged in making a'
plan of the environs of Capua. The Major pro-
posed to us to visit a battery which is being con-
structed to silence one of the enemy's on the
other side of the Volturno. We consented, and
saw the importance of the position of the battery.
The soldiers can only work at it at night, because
the Royalists, in the day time, keep up a furious
fire. As soon as they see a sword gleam,' said
Major Zampieri, they salute us with a general
discharge from all their guns !' No sooner had
he spoken than a report was heard, followed by
several others. At the first discharge my com-
panions and myself threw ourselves flat on our
faces, but the Major laughed aloud. We, however,
after a while went back to the battery, and reached
it in safety. In descending, we felt alarm lest the
Royalists should fire at us, and this disquietude was
natural, seeing that they have rifled cannon. Before
we had gone far we received a general discharge of
shells and grenades, and one of the former burst
jnear us ; we all, however, with the exception of
Zampieri, again threw ourselves on the ground.
We left him in the aforesaid ruined house which
has been twice set on fire with shells, but which he
continues to occupy with perfect stoicism. We had
not taken more than ten steps when we heard a
sharp fire of musketry at our right, and it turned
out to be an attack of advanced posts. The Pied-
montese artillerymen went to their guns; two bat-
talions of the English regiment hastened up to dis-
lodge some hundreds of Royalists who were firing
from the midst of a quantity of brushwood. The
affair seemed likely to become serious, and we
hastened back to the house of the major at the risk
I of being taken prisoners; however the engage-
ment only lasted a few minutes, the Royalists hav-
ing retired, not, however, without having caused a
loss to the English of a captain and six men, and of
several wounded. The latter were conveyed to
Caserta, and Garibaldi visited them immediately.
This affair was the " baptism of fire" of the Eng-
lish legion. As for our party, regretting our curio-
sity, we returnedin all haste to Caserta, and related
our misadventure to General Garibaldi. ' You
might,' said he, have been made prisoners, and
journalists are not so easily ransomed as peoplo
imagine. Two days ago I had to give two Neapo-
litan colonels in exchange for the correspondent of
the Daily News, and one has not always two colonels
at hand!' As to Capua, it would have been taken
a month ago, if it had been bombarded for two
hours. But Garibaldi has a strange way of making
war, and his generals complain of it. This great
soldier is the most humane of men. A considerable
number of Royalists wounded encumber the hospi-
tals, and as they vehemently object to being sent
back to Capua, Garibaldi will not constrain them
to go. At Maddaloni about 3,000 prisoners were
made, and he set thetn at liberty. He is, to all
appearance, anxious to overcome the enemy by
generosity."
A letter from Naples of the 20th says :—" The
commission which had gone to present an address
to Victor Emmanuel returned yesterday, quite de-
lighted with the frank, soldier•like, and unostenta-
tious reception which they had met with from the
King. His Majesty was not surrounded by any
court, and came forward alone in the salon to
meet the deputation. He appeared to pay but
little attention to the three addresses which
were read by MM. Vacca, Ferrigni, and Bonghi.
and would have much preferred to talk freely
and familiarly on different subjects. The King
inquired whether Ferdinand 11. had really
treated the Neapolitans in the atrocious manner
attributEd to him by the European press, and said
that the deceased monarch knew no other trade
than that of king, and that consequently he should
have allowed his ministers to govern according to
the wishes of the country. ' The question at pre-
sent is not,' said his Majesty, ' ono of personal am-
bition, but of constituting Italy. o be king of
four or of twenty-four millions of men matters but
little to me, but it is important that people who
speak the same language and come from the same
race should have one country, and that it should be
an independent one. We are destined to be a great
people, if we are determined to be so. Austria in-
cessantly threatens me; not long since she for-
warded to me a note through the Emperor of the'
French, full of angry expressions, but that affects'
me but little. Austria has lost the propitious mo-
ment for attacking me ; she is preparing for next
spring ; but then, with the co-operation which you

will bring me, I shall have 400,000 men under
arms, and the Italians, thank God, know how to
fight. The Pope himself now writes to me with
tenderness. The European powers are not well
satisfied, and they sulk, but none of them threaten
except Austria. We act like people who are at
justice
and and Europe will in the end admit the
and the right of our cause. lam well satisfied with
Garibaldi ; he is rather capricious, but Italy does not
possess a more noble son nor a tnore noble heart. I
have ,;:everal times offered him artillery; but he re-
fused it lie was lured by the hope of taking posses-
sion of Capita at the point of the bayonet. Tell your
fellow countrymen, gentlemen, that I shall never
cease to be for all what I have been for my little
pieviont. I will perform my duty as a King and
as a soldier; let us all do that, if Italians. Let us
bear in mind that we have not yet the key of our
house, but from to day we may 84 that Italy is
made. Let us hope and persevere.' His Majesty
remained in conversation with the commission for
wore than an hour."
A letter from Turin of the 20th says !
tt M. d'Azeglio, seriously afflicted with a com-
plaint in the throat, could not speak in the Senate
lately in the discussion on the Annexation Bill, but
he caused Count de Cambray-Digny to read a
speech which he had prepared. In it he expressed
his complete adhesion to the policy which the force
of things and the supreme interest of Italy impose
on Victor Emmanuel, and then went on to declare,
in the presence of Europe, that the recompense de-
creed by Bertani to the family of the assassin
Milano was disavowed with horror by the nation.
M. d'Azeglio expressed himself on this point with
the indignation of an honest man, and with the
noble susceptibility of the irreproachable patriot
who will not suffer the honour of his country to be
injured. He was applauded with an enthusiasm
which proved that his sentiments were those of the
Senate and of all Italy."
A communication from Messina, of the 20th, has
the following
We do not see that in any of the Northern
papers they have got hold of the true history of
our citadel, which is still held by the Neapolitan
troops. There have been several negotiations for
its being handed over to the Sicilans, but they
have failed from a variety of causes. The stock
of ammunition and provisions deposited there is
immense. Some will tell you that it is, or was, pro-
vision for five years. Under these circumstances,
the sum offered privately by the Sicilian Govern-
ment to the Commandant, though large in appear-
ance, was in reality not near what it ought to have
been in proportion to the value of the property to be
transferred, to say nothing of the advantageous po-
sition. This being the case, the officers found it
more profitable to hold it, and to declare their un-
shakeable fidelity and loyalty to the Royal cause,
which declaration has called forth due encomiums
from Gaeta, extra pay, and so forth. All this time
the position of our defenceless town is not altogether
the most enviable. If any investigation concerning
an immense amount of peculation going on in the
citadel stores is ever made, apprehensions have been
expressed that it may be warded off by the explo-
sion (accidental, of course) of a powder magazine,
which would cover a multitude of sins, but do us
no good in the' town. Then we have 3,000 to 4,000
men holding a position of enormous strength, and
in anything but a good state of discipline, who
could reduce the city to ashes at any time, and
whose proceedings in this respect we well know
would be at once endorsed by the Power in whose
name they profess to act. Within the last few days
we have been free from the occasional visitations of
shell and firing on the outposts, which continually
took place a few weeks ago. The French ship of the
line Tage, has taken her station in the very centre
of our port, and while she remains here any wanton
display of spite will, no doubt, be put a stop to. It
is a subject of some regret that the British Govern-
ment are not equally well represented. There is
nothing like an actual display of force to prevent con-
tretemps of this sort, particularly as the garrison
are described as little better than an armed rabble,
who have not forgotten how they have been baulked
of the long-promised plunder of the town, with
which, it is said, they are still deluded, while their
officers are not likely to be held responsible for any
injury they may do the city."

FEANCE.

PARIS, OCT. 25.

BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The arrival of Consols with
a slight improvement has tended to maintain firm-.
ness in this market, but without having the effect
of giving a stimulus to transactions, which con-
tinue very limited. Threes are now at 68f 874 c ;
Mobilier, 705 f; Orleans, 1,368 f 75c; Mediterranean,
917 f 50c; Northern, 972 f 50c; Austrian, 485 f; Lom-
bard, 4821 50c. The following are the last quota-
tions :

41 per per Cents... 95 85 Credit Fancier —
Do end month.... —1 Belgian 41 —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 85 ' Roman
Bank Shares 2850 Austrian
Credit ivlobilier.... 705 , Spanish Threes 4B
De. Account 703 75 ; Home Debt