The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1860.

SYMPATHY WITH GARIBALDL

Last night, at eight o'clock, a crowded public
meeting of the inhabitants of Deptford, New Cross,
and Hatcham, was held at the Literary Institution,
High-street, Deptford, to express sympathy with
Garibaldi, and aid him in his noble efforts to secure
Italian unity and independence.
'1 he chair was taken by Mr. W. Angerstein, M.P.
for the Borough of Greenwich ; and Messrs. Lever-
soa and H. N. Barnett attended as a deputation
from the Metropolitan Committee.
The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by
expr, ssing his entire concurrence with the objects
of the meeting, and reviewing the past history of
Garibaldi, who had ever proved himself a. firm and
unflinching enemy of despotism, resolved at every
peril, and without any ambitious designs on his own
part, to secure the inestimable blessings of liberty
to his down-trodden countrymen. As free-born
Englishmen, enjoying those constitutional privi-
leges which had been secured us by our forefathers,
we could not but feel the utmost sympathy for those
nations which were struggling to obtain the same
advantages ; and therefore it was that Garibaldi
had received not only sympathy, but material aid
from the people of other nations, who rejoiced at the
downfall of despotism. After alluding to recent,
events at Naples, the chairman expressed his opi-
nion that the realisation! of Italian unity and inde-
pendence would be of the utmost benefit to Europe
and the world.

Mr. JOHN WADE, in an excellent address, pointed
out the tyranny and cruelties which had been for
many years inflicted upon the Italian people, and
especially upon the people of Naples. He rejoiced
at the success of Garibaldi, which was a proof that
the Italians had not lost all desire for freedom, but
only required the assistance and example of such a
leader to induce them to rise and shake off their
chains.

Mr. H. N. BARNET! (minister of South-street
Chapel, Finsbury) observed it was an exceptional
rule for people of one country—and especially for
the English people—to volunteer to go forth and
fight for the freedom of another nation ; but there
were peculiar circumstances in the gi eat Italian
struggle, which, he contended, directly concerned
the dearest interests of this country. They had all
heard about" fighting for an idea"—(laughter)—and
the idea of the French Emperor was said to be to
secure freedom for Italy. Perhaps some future his-
torian might be able to point out and define the idea
for which Napoleon made war upon Austria. At
present all they knew was that liberty for Italy had
not been then obtained, and that Napoleon managed
to secure Savoy and Nice as the reward for the very
partial performance of the work he commenced.
Referring to the present struggle under the leader-
ship of Garibaldi, the speaker stated he had seen the
detachment of 250, who had left to fight under that
great general; and they were not the tag-rag-and-
bobtail of the country, but most of them young
gentlemen actuated by a purely patriotic motive,
and, physically, they would not disgrace the ranks,
as they were generally Mt. 10in, in height. About
1,000 more volunteers were now leaving England
for the same Roble purpose.
Addresses were delivered by Mr. Leverson and
other gentlemen, and resolutions adopted in accord-
ance with the objects of the meeting, which sepa-
rated at a late hour, a collection being made at the
door on behalf of the Garibaldi Fund.

once tore off a button and gave it to the suppliant.
It is not wonderful that a superstitious people should
believe Garibaldi to be invulnerable, and that bul-
lets fall harmless out of his red shirt. Remember
that on the day when he entered Naples alone there
were still soldiers enough of the King's in the fort
to have laid the city in ashes. Under the very
windows of the Porestiera,"_while he was harangu•
ing the people, the royal guards were under arms
behind the railed doors of the palace. The marines
in the arsenal assumed a hostile attitude. The guns
of Carmine might easily have fired their grape upon
the Dictator's carriage, as they did fire upon the
people the first day. And yet Garibaldi passed up
and down 20 times in an open carriage. He
stayed all the evening at the San Carlos Theatre,
which was illuminated in his honour. The railway
train which brought him from Salerno to Naples
was full of people of wham he knew nothing. On
Sunday he went to St. Elmo attended by only a
few officers. And yet, after having exposed him-
self in every possible way, no Sanfedist' bullet
ever hissed about his ears."

went still further; they were of opinion that there
was no felonious or fraudulent intention in this
proceeding. He reviewed the material circum-
stances in the case as forming a suffieient ground
for this decision.

The prisoners were then ordered to be discharged

THE BEACIIIIVG OF TILE GREAT

EASTEILY.

The very important operation of placing the

Great Eastern on the gridiron, at Milford Haven

was effected on Sunday evening last with masterly
skill, under circumstances, too, of the most adverse
nature. The weather in the forenoon, although very
wet, was not boisterous, but before evening it had
risen to almost a gale of wind from the westward,
which is the only point from which the haven does
not afford complete shelter. The always rapid
w during the springs, as, owing to the strong breeze

in its favour, accelerated to a speed of at least five
miles per hour, and the same cause made the tide
rise far higher than the usual high water mark of
even spring tides. Towards noon on Sunday the
Great Eastern was observed to be getting up steam
on her paddle engines, which as the wind rose were
from time to time made to turn a-head slowly, in
order to ease the strain on the single cable by which
she was at that time riding. At about 4 o'clock,
p.m., a very large barque that had anchored iu the
exact course intended to be pursued by the Great
Eastern, was towed out of the way. A powerful
tug, specially chartered for the occasion, took hold
of a hawser from the Great Eastern, which imme-
diately began to heave in her own anchor, the tug
just steaming sufficiently to keep the ship in her
position until the time for making for the
gridiron. As soon as the tide was sufficiently
high to make the manoeuvre a safe one, the Great
Eastern was allowed to drop slowly down, stern
foremost, with wind and tide, her speed being
checked to about three knots per hour by her pad-
dles being occasionally reversed, while the tug held
her head in the required position. While the ves-
selis moving towards the gridiron we may take a
look at those from whom the orders emanated.
Those on the bridge consisted of Capt. John Vine
Hall, Mr. Brereton, engineer to the company and
successor to Mr. Brunel, Capt. Jackson, the ship's
agent, and Mr. Ivemy, the Queen's harbour pilot.
Among the very few others on board were Mr.
Bold, the managing director, and Mr. Appold, who
appeared to take as much interest in the ship as
when he stood beside Mr. Brunel from first to last
of the launching operations. By about half-past
5 o'clock the ship arrived in the vicinity of the
gridiron, having taken about 25 minutes to accom-
plish the space of a mile and a half, between it and
her former moorings, At this time the authorities,
fearing some fatal accident in the event of the ship's
coming against the gangway erected from the shore,
requested all to move off it, which was at once com-
plied with by every one whose duty did not require
him to stay. The ship in the meantime turned
ahead until she came within about 12 or 15 fathoms
of her intended position. It was now found that,
owing to the great force of the current, it would be
better to wait for slack water. The port bower-
anchor was accordingly let go, and her stern al-
lowed gradually to sheer in. It was then that the
solidity of the dolphins was severely tested, for as
the vessel gradually came closer, she rested for a
time with the whole force of the tide pressing
her against the eastern dolphin, which, so far
from giving way, actually caused the huge mass
to recoil two or three times to a distance of six
or eight inches. While waiting for the tide
to slacken a whole fleet of boats, lighters, and a
ferry steamer, were engaged passing up hawsers,
&c„ to haul in the chains attached. to the four
anchors with which she was to be secured. At about
half-past 6 o'clock the tide had become sufficiently
slack to admit of the operations being concluded—
orders were, therefore, given to " turn ahead," and
in two minutes the Great Eastern was in her place
to an inch ! So correctly had the position for the
gangway been conjectured (for in the plan of the
ship, the entrance in the side to the lower deck was
not laid down) that it stood immediately fronting
that aperture. The western dolphin is now resting
jest ahead of the starboerl sponson, and the er stern
one under the starboard quarter. She is now sur
ported for about 580 feet of her whole length, on
two grids of 150 feet long each, with an interval
between of nearly 300 feet of levelled beach. As
soon as she had attained the desired place, all hands
turned to'to haul in the slack of the mooring chains,
and she is, therefore, now firmly kept in her up-
right position by four anchore—one right ahead,
another astern, with one on the port bow, and an-
other on the starboard quarter. The moment every-
thing was made snug Mr. Brereton gave orders to
pump all available boilers full, or as it is technically
called to " scuttle" them, in order to throw an ad-
ditional weight of some 80 tons of water, to keep
her steady on the gridiron. Owing to the threaten-
ing aspect of the weather steam was kept up until
Monday morning. In fact, everything that could
be done by a prudent foresight was done, and the
whole operation was conducted with a coolness,
energy, and skill that could not be surpassed, and was
the theme of the highest encomiums from all whosaw
it,ma ny of whom were men of the highest professional
skill themselves, and therefore the most competent
judges that could be got. It was intended to try to
finish the scraping and painting of the ship's bottom
by Tuesday, and then haul her off, but we greatly
fear that such intention cannot be well carried out;
the time is too short and the undertaking two vast.
Two facts call for special notice—one being the
perfect command held over the ship, rendering her
as facile in her movements as an ordinary rigged
craft, and the other is, that such an operation could
be performed at all with safety in such bad weather
speaks volumes for the capabilities of Milford
Haven as a fitting port. As she now lies, with her
whole vast size displayed from keel to truck, she
forms a noble monument to the memory of I. K.
Brunel, as he may be said to have given his own life
to render his darling project a success.

STATE OF TRADE.

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MANCHESTER, Sept. 18.—We have had a very
steady market in
.yarns, and a large business has
been done for China at last week's prices. One or
two buyers only for that market were making offers
a few days ago, but this morning the houses in the
China trade generally were buyers, and some spin-
ners have booked orders for eight or nine weeks to
come, while others have contracts in this class of
spinnings till the end of the year. Yarns suitable
to the Bombay and Calcutta markets are quiet,
owing to the unfavourable advices to hand. The
Germans are buyers, but only to a moderate extent.
The Mediterranean houses are doing a limited busi-
ness. For the home trade there is still a moderate
business, at steady prices. For India cloths there
has been very little business since last Tuesday.
On Wednesday telegrams were to hand from Cal-
cutta, bringing advices of such heavy losses on the
large stocks of goods previously shipped that the
advance of prices obtained on the previous day was
completely lost ; and telegrams to hand to-day,
bearing out the advices of Wednesday, Indio, shirt-
ings, T-cloths, and other light fabrics are quoted
fully 1.4 d. to 3d. lower than last Tuesday. At the
same time there have been some large purchases of
a similar class of cloths for China at the rates of last
week. In heavy longcloths, T-cloths, and printers
there is no change. Messrs. John Slagg and Co.
report :—" The very unfavourable news received on
Wednesday last from all the Eastern markets com-
pletely removed the excitement we had the day pre-
vious, and the advance then obtained has quite dis-
appeared. To-day we have further accounts from
Calcutta showing no improvement, Very little
business has been done since last Tuesday, and we
consider shirtings Lid. to 3d. Far piece lower than
on that date. In other sorts the fall is not so great."
LEEDS, 18th.—The woollen markets in both the
Cloth-halls to-day have been rather quiet. Com-
paratively few buyers were present, and they
purchased but sparingly. Winter goo.ds and a few
small lots of ordinary cloths were what _Was
sold. The general condition of the trade of the
district continues satisfactory, and thereisnexlaeeeks
of employment. Stocks of goods are not in
but they
of what is usual at this period of the
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has been done. The
ROCHDALE, 17th.—The wool market has been
dull to-day, and little business
weather was damp and unpleasant, drizzling rain
having continued to fall from Sunday forenoon.
The flannel trade continues steady, themanufac_
quotations. PricesY fbaort'h of
i g a fair
amount of orders on hand. Fine Saxonies are more
turers being well employed! and, Navin
plentiful in the warehouses, and constitute about
the only exception to the general lowness of stocks.
Yorkshire goods sell well, and prices are firm.

The inhabitants of Paris are about to be gratified
with another magnificent promenade. The Emperor has
a
the construction of a road round Paris
weievtthen wide
orderscitl the fortifications. It will be 20 miles long, and 120
fpotpatho will be bordered with trees,
flei, for

Pt.ICE 4D. STAMPED, 5"

INUNDATION OF TIIE RHONE.

The following details, published in a Swiss paper,
of the recent inundation of the valley of the Rhone
in the Valais are interesting :
" At 7 o'clock on the Ist of September the tele-
graph of Brigue informed the autborities at Sion
that the Saltine had overflowed its banks during
the night, and that an avalanche of stones and peb-
bles had swept away the bridge of Brigue. Half
an hour later it announced the carrying away of
the bridge of Naters by the Rhone, and already the
water reached us black and thick--a sinister herald
of an inundation. The waves rose higher and
higher during the entire morning. At 10 o'clock
all the barriers were under water, and towards noon
the ever-increasing masses of water rushed past with
a roar like thunder. The inundation had already
reached the left bank on the Champ-See and Chan-
dolene, near Sion, and a breach was being made above
the bridge of the Rhone. In a few minutes all that
bank of the river was a vast lake, under which the
crops disappeared. The Rhone continued its terrific
ascension during the afternoon, and towards evening
the waters reached the parapet of the bridge, against
which beat pele-mete timber which had been floated
along the river—sleepers of the railway, beams be.
longing to the bridge, the woodwork of dwelling-
houses, and an enormous mass of other materials,
with entire trees, which threatened to break down
the bridge. The bed of the river was covered with
field crops and spoils of every kind. It was a
lamentable sight, particularly for an exclusively
agricultural country, and of which the most neces-
sary resources were thus lost in the waters. The
entire valid population, assembled by the beating of
drums, struggled with unheard of efforts at the
places of the disaster, but uselessly. Towards eight
at night two enormous breaches were opened along
the gardens on the right bank, and shortly after-
wards vast masses of water had covered the culti-
vated grounds of the plain ; the waves descended
nearly to the foot of the railway terminus, and,
the earthworks of the railway in the Champs
Neufs having been swept away like sand,
the inundation extended even to the high road
opposite Corbussieres. From that moment the
plain disappeared entirely under the waters of the
invading river, and night enveloped the valley of
the Rhone amid the roaring of the flood. The
railway train was able to arrive with great diffi-
culty as far as Ardon, and the entire line is since
interrupted—we are isolated. Since daylight this
morning people are occupied in saving the unfor-
tunate persons who took refuge on trees during
the night. Their cries of distress could be heard
at Sion from all parts of the country. They had
passed hours there in deadly terror, and daybreak
revealed to them the river flowing over the spot
where lately had stood their humble dwelling and
their ravaged field. A poor woman has just been
saved who succeeded in reaching the lowest
branches of a tree with her baby at her breast, and
who passed the entire night in that desperate po-
sition. At 50 paces from the bridge of the Rhone
two coachmen found safety on a willow tree, while
their two teams of horses were drowned at its foot.
The disaster, in fact, is incalculable ; all the Indian
corn and all the potatoes, which are the principal
support of our population, are lost, and the earth
is carried away over a considerable extent of
country down to the very gravel. Nothing has
been seen so terrific during the present generation,
and even the great inundation of 1534 was less
disastrous. The weather continues to be threaten.
ing, and, although the waters have somewhat sub-
sided to-day, we feel great anxiety for to-night.
The torrents to the north have not sensibly swollen,
but those of the left bank, such as the Borgue, the
Ilgrab, and the Saltine, was enormous. The inun-
dation is attributed to the last rains and to the hot
wind, which continues to blow over the glaciers,
and to melt the masses of snow on the high Alps."

TIGHT ROPE WALKING OVER

NIAGARA F.ALLS.

Tho Buffalo Courier gives the following account
of the last act of foolhardiness performed upon a
rope at Niagara Falls by one William Hunt, other-
wise known as Signor Farini :—" About 4 o'clock,
as per advertisement, Farini appeared in the en-
closure. On either side of the river perhaps 2,000
persons awaited the spectacle. He was dressed in
tights, as usual, but had on mocassins instead of
rubbers. Some pounded rosin served to keep them
from slipping on the rope. Before venturing on the
great feat Farini went out a few hundred feet on
the cable and examined it and its guys carefully.
About an hour was occupied in tightening it and
putting weights on the guys. Since we were down
last the end on the American side has been raised
some eight feet, so that the balancing pole is not
so apt to catch in the side ropes. This, however, has
added to the steepness of the declivity, and the rope,
sooth to say, when all was ready, seemed very slack
and unsteady, and sagged frightfully. The insane
person who was about to trust his life on Farini's
back lounged about in the enclosure while the pre-
parations were being made with the most supreme
unconcern. He is a Canadian, from Bowmansville,
M'Millan by name, a head taller than the acrobat,
long-necked and lank, and with a quiet sangfroid
in his manner which speaks pluck. A few minutes
after five all was ready, and M'Millan hoisted his
legs into a sort of truss which hung from Farini's
shoulders, and the march began. The excitement
at this moment was intense, and bets were even as
to the successful issue of the strange expedition.
The limbs of the ropewalker trembled visibly be-
neath the weight he carried, a burden of 2 cwt.
(counting pole and man) being no feather to bear
along such a pathway. It evidently went hard,
and Farini picked his steps down the manilla
steep with death-and-life precision. About 50 feet
out the peril seemed to increase. His pole again
caught in the guys, and he laboured with it fear-
fully. M'Millan slid from his back, and like one
to the manner born, walked step for step behind
his master, steadying himself by his hold on
Farini's shoulders. This duet they kept up for
some distance, M'Millan apparently being as cool
as a cucumber, looking round and taking observa-
tions. About one-fourth of the way out both sat
down astride of the rope and held a tete a-tete,
M'Millan, the only one who had a cap, waving it
at his friends on the bank. Another walk in the
same perilous Indian file brought them nearly to
the middle of the rope. Here another rest was
taken, and Farini swung himself under his neigh-
bour and took position ahead, facing back toward
the American side again. Three-fourths of the
homeward journey Farini accomplished according
to programme. Several times he let the man off,
and M'Millan came along for a short distance is
roar of his pilot as before. Slowly and steadily
the load was borne up the ascent to the platform,
and the two landed amid the cheers of the
t
crowd. Farini perspired freely, but did .
appear to be particularly fatigued.
quenched his thirst with a glass of la.ghera, put on
pened.
his coat, and looked as if nothing liaafeang The
He disclaimed having felt the slightest_
criisvelayl
Buffalo Express gives a sketch ofß:_lotdrinr'es
performance on the same afternoonde his appearance,
at 4 o'clock the Frenchman ma.
dring proceeded per
and ran out upon his rope;
series of gymnastic
ems anp yt.
he nt our
First,ont
ehde rah men
ulaamuybiaenrt
haps 200 feet he commenced
exercises that we venture to
the world would dare to attempt.
thenrope;
he hung by both feet ;
full length upon the
of back somersaults ;
then by one leg crookedatthe
knee by one foot
;he stood upon his
knee joint ; then
with • head. These
feats were performed amazing rapidity—a ra -
'dity that was fearful to witness,
or would have
been but for the perfect self-possession that was ap-
parent in every motion. Having reached the centre
of his rope, Blondin laid aside his balance-pole,
placed his stomach upon the cable, and went
through the motions of swimming, after which he
descended the swing, which is a pet manent'fixture
at that point. This swing hangs about 30 feet be
low the cable. Here he began whirling, making
18 revolutions in about
formed various other surprising feats, concluding
and climaxing the whole by hanging to the swing
with his head downward. He then ascended to the
cable,
picked up his pole and trotted to the Canada
side. The time occupied in the whole journey was
a little over 15 minutes. After a delay of about half
an hour, which was mainly occupied in adjusting
the guys, M. Blondin made his appearance on the
Canada end of the cable, bearing his agent, Mr.
Harry Colcord, on his back. Considering the fact
that Mr. Colcord weighs 1451 b., and that Blondin
himself weighs but 1251 b., it may be imagined that
he had a pretty good load to carry. It was per-
fectly wonderful to witness the ease with which
Blondin accomplished this most difficult and dan-
gerous undertaking. Colcord left his perch—we
cannot think of a better word—but twice during
the entire walk, and then merely stood upon the
rope for a half minute or so, for the purpose of
straightening out.' In exactly 14 minutes from
' the time they left the Canada shore they were re-
ceived upon the American side, with the hearty
plaudits of the assembled multitude."

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The Black Eagle, paddle yacht, ' *el-- ..1• u.
mander Petley, sailed from Portsmouth yester . ayh-
for Woolwich. -
The Tartar, 20 gun, screw corvette, of 250 home.
power, and 1,296 tons, Captain J. M. Hayes, having
completed her complement of 250 officers and men,
is shortly .0trk.,...,,. to sail for China. The following
officers have been appointed to this vessel :—Lieuts.
W. A. de V. Brownlow, C. B. Powell, and B. S.
Hamilton ; Master J. E. Chapple, Surgeon, G.
Mason, M.D., Assist.-Surg. W. E. Dillon, Pay-
master T. W. Haverfield, Clerk F. Sueter, Masters'
Assistant T. J. Burghes, Chief Engineer J. T.
O'Bree, Assist.-Engineers M. Silt, G. Paul, and T.
Russell.

TEE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief
yesterday inspected the whole of the• available
troops in Portsmouth garrison on Southsea-common.
The different corps on the ground consisted of 107
officers and 2,361 non-commissioned officers and men
of all arms, and comprised—Royal Artillery, two
batteries, eighth Brigade-5 .officers, 95 non=com-
missioned officers and men, 88 horses, 6 guns, and
8 waggons; tenth Brigade-16 officers and 370 non-
commissioned officers and men; Royal Engineers,
36th Company-5 officers and 60 non-commissioned
officers and men ; First Battalion, 11th Regiment-
-20 officers and 402 non-commissioned officers and
men; Second Battalion, llth Regiment-24 officers
and 468 non-commissioned officers and men ; Second
Battalion, 19th Regiment-23 officers and 567 non-
commissioned officers and men; Bedfordshire Militia
Light Infantry-14 officers and 409 non-commis-
sioned officers and men. The first battalion of the
Bth, tines Own, Regiment, recently returned from
India, had been previously inspected during the
the forenoon by his Royal Highness at Good,
where the regiment is quartered. The
headed by their respective bands, marched to the
common at the time appointed, 3 p.m., and formed
in columns of companies, with the Artillery on the
right, the whole under the command of Lord W.
Paulet, C.B. At 3.40 p.m. his Royal Highness,
attended by a staff of mounted officers, arrived in
front of the line, and was received by a general
salute. After a close inspection, particularly of the
mounted batteries, the troops marched past in quick
and slow time. A variety of manceuvres followed,
which were closely criticised by his Royal Highness,
who praised the marching of the Ist battalion of
the 11th Regiment, and more than once found fault
with the volley-firing of the whole body. The Ar-
tillery of the 10th brigade were marched to South-
sea Castle, and made some good practice with shot and
shell. The inspection lasted until nearly 6 p.m. At
the close of the inspection of the troops his Royal
Highness, on his return into the garrison,
went to the Spur Redoubt and inspected the 2d
Hants Volunteer Artillery, who were drawn up at
the five 32-pounders mounted there for the purpose,
under their commandant, Major S. Hall, and the
Government Artillery Inspector, Capt. Rogan.
His Royal Highness was accompanied by Lord W.
Paulet, C. 8., and a large military staff. As it was
past sunset only two rounds were fired from each
gun. His Royal Highness then expressed his gra-
tification at what he had seen, declaring that all
had been admirably done, and that the gin drill of
the corps was very satisfactory, Then, turning to
Capt. Rogan, R.A., the drill instructor, his Royal
Highness said that " no corps could surpass them."
His Royal Highness, attended by his suite, then
left the battery. This is, we believe, the first Vo-
lunteer Artillery corps that has been inspected at
their guns by the Duke.
The 22d company of Royal Engineers, whose
arrival from the Mauritius was reported in the Sun
of yesterday, reached Strood station by express
train yesterday afternoon, from Portsmouth, and
marched into Chatham garrison to join the head-
quarters at Brompton bairacks. The company was
yesterday commanded by an officer of the Line,
there being no officer of Royal Engineers attached
to it.

The depot companies of the 51st king's Own
Light Infantry arrived at Chatham garrison from
Chichester on Monday evening, under the command
of Captain C. Acton, and wont into the quarters at
the Hut Barracks vacated that day by the depot of
the Ist Battalion of the Bth Foot, removed to Teni-
plemore.
Yesterday afternoon the invalided troops who
landed at Portsmouth from the Donald M'Kay,
from the Mauritius, arrived at Fort Pitt Hospital,
Chatham, for medical treatment at that establish-
ment.

The chartered East India troopship Ascendant,
Capt. Spencer, which arrived in the Thames from
Madras on Monday, as reported in the Sun, expe-
rienced a series of most violent gales during nearly
the entire passage home, the voyage being an un-
usually protracted one of 19 weeke. She brings
home nearly 200 non-commissioned officers and men
belonging to the various native and British regi-
ments serving in the Madras Presidency, including
a number of troops who have been invalided home,
as well as non-commissioned officers and privates
whose period of service has expired, and those who
have taken their discharge from the native regi-
ments formerly in the pay of the East India Com-
pany. There are also a number of women end chil-
dren on board. The troops belonging to the 12th
(Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers, Royal Artillery,
Madras Artillery, Ist battalion of let Royale, 43d
(Light Infantry), 60th (Royal Rifles), 68th (Light
Infantry), 69th, and 74th (Highlanders) Reg.:vne:4s;
together with the Ist and 2d Regiments
of Mad
of
Native Infantry, the whole under t.he,cao
dmaLieut:
Captain Barber, of the Indian Eider. vall
echarge of As-
Talbot, 43d Regiment, and in mLe.
M.D., 43d The
sist.-Surg. Madden,ln_fantry,
board, only three
troops were generally health?'
of the men having died during
the voyage. Two
men, however, we
re washed overboard and lost dur-
ing one of the frightful hurricanes which the ship
encountered.
The troops were landed at Custom-
house quay, Gravesend, yesterday morning, under
the direction of the officers from Chatham, who su-
perintend the disembarkations,
when the whole
were forwarded to Chatham garrison, with the ex-
ception of the Royal Artillery and the Indian ser-
vice men. Notwithstanding
vice most of the men have spent in India, they are
all in a comparatively
healthy state, the medical
inspection made yesterday afternoon resulting in
only five of the number being ordered into Fort Pitt
Hospital for treatment, including one man who is
suffering from coup de solidi. The remainder on
their arrival at the garrison were conveyed to St.
Mary's invalid depot to await the usual order for
their discharge from the service, or to join their
respective depots.
The 61st Regiment, under the command of Col.
Rainey, disembarked at Portsmouth yesterday morn-
ing from the Donald M'Kay, hired troopship, and
loft by special train at 9 a.m. for Plymouth.
A squadron of the 9th Lancers will leave Exeter
on 'Wednesday next for Aldershot, under the com-
mand of Capt. Marshall. A troop will follow on
Thursday, and the remainder, with head-quarters,
on Friday.
It is said to be the intention of Government to
fortify the Castle-hill at Tenby ; during the pot
' few days levels have been taken of the site.
•
The camp erected at Penally, in the ylcinify Of
Tenby, is now occupied by troops from the
tgarrisonisei
, at Pembroke dock, who are regularly P
encampedT°
rifle practice at longranges. The men are
for
prtiC-
and are succeeded by other detaehmencred.
tice. Permanent barracks are heir
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hats been ordered to assemble -at
the 3d of next month, tor2.Bda_2s' training.
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THE SUN.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1860.

LAMORICIERE must soon now be brought to bay.
He had ventured oat, it seems, as far as Macerata,
to meet one portion of the Sardinian army, but has
had to retreat in hot haste, we suppose to Ancona,
"closely pursued by Gen. PIMODAN'S corps." One
of his generals, having a name, we confess, quite
new to us—KANGLER—has also had to " return
to Ancona, after a bot fight tvith the Sardinian
troops." All the towns in Umbria, Urbino, and
the march of Ancona, are surrendering to the Sar-
dinian Generals, almost as quickly as they are
visited by them. The garrisons are, we believe,
all, or nearly all, merely foreign mercenaries; who,
as there is no hope of plunder and pillage, except
at the hazard of the gallows if they are cap-
tured, have no inducement to resist the stronger
forces of the Sardinians. The inhabitants of
of the towns are all, of course, bitterly hostile to
their garrisons, so that the generals have merely to
expel or capture the latter, and the towns are
completely gained, and but too happy to aid their
deliverers. LAMORICIERE is thus driven more and
more into a corner, and that corner, though strong,
is not a Torres Vedras. Its citadel and the fortified
hills connected with it, though not to be taken
without serious loss, if the resistance be deter-
mined, will accommodate but a small garrison, and
we presume could not long hold out against a well-
pinned combined attack both by sea and by land.
An army of forty thousand men, and a pretty
strong fleet under Admiral PERSANO, would surely
soon give a good account of the place.
It will be matter of regret should LAMORICIERE
resist to the last. It must be so much bloodshed
in vain. He cannot hope, with GARIBALDI Com-
ing up from the south, and the Piedmontese
masters of all the northern and western parts of
the Roman States, to gain a final triumph : at
most he could only obtain favourable terms by capi-
tulation, and he could probably obtain those now.
PANTI and CIALDINI would doubtless be willing
enough to let him ship off his foreigners to the
lands from whence they came, and to furnish
them with a fortnight's provision too for their
journey. The old Algerine General, however,
will probably think it a point of honour to fight it
out. He has not been used to concern for human
life in fighting amongst Arabs, and will enjoy
a useless slaughter for the slaughter's sake.
Perhaps, however, the mercenaries under his
immediate command, like those in the garrisons,
will think better of it. Cutthroats as they pro-
bably are, they do not like being killed themselves.
They would run any risk if the result might be
the sack of a tolerably rich town, with the gener-
ally accompanying treatment of helpless women ;
but to run tae risk of being shot for glory is not in
the bond—at least as they read it. Spoleto, where
LAMORICIERE lay till lately conveniently sick with
the gout, has set them a very sensible example.
It was said that the General was to held nut a long
time there ; but it seems, by a telegram we have
just received, that the garrison of 600 men were
Irish-men. And with the admirable logic of out
keen-witted friends, they did not think the
chances of serving the Holy Father worth
one drop of Irish blood. They were
quite right. It was no want of courage to
refuse to fight for such a cause. We like them a

great deal better as the King of SARDINIA'S pri-
soners of war than as the POPE'S mercenaries ; and
we could only wish, if enlist abroad they must, that
they would efface the stain of Irishmen enlisting
against Italian liberties, by enlisting at once in the
service of Italian freedom.

A foreign contemporary seems
to think there is
yet some chance for the King of NAPLES and
the POPE together. None at all. The former is
said to have 30,000 men at Capua and Gaeta, and
he talked of joining LAMOEICIERE with them
The latter seems indeed to need his help ; but
how arc the KING'S troops ever to get near him,
.with the Piedmontese hemming him in on all sides,
and quite
strew., enough to give battle to both at
once.
-hen, again, what are the 30,000
worth ? Can he rely on them ? If 120,000
have shrunk to a fourth of that number,
who can guarantee the loyalty of that
fourth, especially to a runaway King, and
one who has bet't small chance indeed of ever

paying them again out of the National Exche- '
quer. Add to this the dreaded name of GARI-
BALDI, His invincible volunteers are now nearly
all arrived at Naples. He fetched them up by
the steamers he recently acquired with the Nea-
politan fleet, and there they are all fresh and ready
for service. They leave nothing behind requiring
their attention, for we learn also to-day that
Messina has accepted its inevitable fate, and by
its surrender left the whole Kingdom south of
Naples completely emancipated. It is absurd,
therefore, to imagine that the conqueror of Palermo,
Messina, Reggio, and of Naples—so far
as compelling its military evacuation—will be
delayed long by Gaeta. We should not
be surprised if it be surrendered without a
struggle. That that will be GARIBALDI'S
object we are perfectly sure, if only from that noble
aversion to bloodshed with has so marked the
whole conduct of --this truly brave warrior.
Whether be move promptly or deliberately north-
ward, we are confident his object will be one, to
liberate Italy without shedding the blood of
Italians. Different indeed would be his feelings
if he came in contact with any of the Perugian
class of mercenaries. We can well believe that
even his gentleness would know no mercy to
men who had hired themselves to enslave his