The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

MEDICAL ADVICE.

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Member of the London Hospital Medic;
1)R. LA'AIERT, Registered
1 the University of Erlangen,&C.,
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...ne following is from the same pacific friend who
favoured us (the Scotsman) with a communication
from the same quarter two or three days ago :
" Naples, Oct. 2, 1860.
"There has been so little doing in the military
line in this direction since the abortive attack on the
fort on Wednesday last, that I have little or nothing
to record on that score. (This, as will be seen from
the sequel, was written previous to the battle of the
Volturno.) Skirmishing there certainly has been,
with no other result than the useless sacrifice of
the lives of individuals on both sides, and I must say
that neither party gains much credit by these fruit-
less efforts. Whilst the Neapolitans are throwing
random shells in every direction, our men are pick-
ing off stragglers with their rifles from behind rocks
and hedges. The King, if he be entitled to the ap-
pellation, ventured out of Capua the other day, and
an aide-de-camp was killed by his side. His Majesty
did not wait for a second chance, but galloped back.
On Saturday and Sunday a great many were killed
at the camp of St. Angelo to the right by shots from
the Fort. There is no end to the " shaves," as they
are termed, which are circulated here every hour.
The chief engineer—Bordone, a Frenchman—in-
formed me 10 ten days ago that the city must sur-
render in four or five days at farthest ; but one thing
is certain, that Garibaldi seldom, if ever, communi-
cates his plans to anybody. One day he observed
that if his red shirt knew what were his intentions
he would burn it. Upon comparing, however, the
best authenticated reports, it can hardly be denied
that the Neapolitan army in Capua is reduced to
great straits either from the bad spirit of the troops
or from want of provisions, and that some of those
high in command are growing desperate. On Mon-
day last I think it was, a Neapolitan general, being
suspected of Garibaldian tendencies, was summarily
crucified against one of the gates of the city. Of
course there are endless speculations assuming to
account for this delay on the part of the Garibaldians,
so apparently mischievous. Some demand why does
not the general bring up the great guns, of which
there are so many in St. Elmo and elsewhere. They
reply to this that there are no carriages for them ;
moreover, as the Piedmontese troops are coming up,
as also the long expected English volunteers, it is
better to wait for them. What the real cause of the
delay of the latter force is, is not very intel-
ligible, unless upon the supposition of something
worse than mismanagement by some parties at
home, who have attempted to impose, in more than
one way, upon Garibaldi's simplicity and misplaced
confidence. The numbers originally reported to be
coming here from England has been reduced from
1500 to about one-third of that number. Ido not
vouch from my own personal knowledge for the
truth and justice of the insinuations conveyed in
the reports and queries here circulated on this sub-
ject. I only state what I hear from those whose
veracity and honour may be implicitly relied on.
" I have no doubt whatever that ultimately the
city will be taken, and that all will go well. I
cannot but think, however, that the rapid success
which has followed the great man hitherto has
made him too confident, and that he expected to
take Capua, astrongly fortified town, with the same
facility as he entered Naples. This slight check, if
the campaign is to be protracted, may possibly do
some good by rendering the generals more cautious,
" Though the Sicilians en masse have fought we!

from the Commencement, yet it is possible That the
hot weather and other circumstances may have
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frantic into Santa Maria, crying aloud, I have
saved the honour of the regiment; I have brought
away the flag!'—a novel mode of saving honour by
running away. A lady, the Countess della Torre,
seeing some of the men upon the trot the wrong
way, struck them with her sword, calling out, Go
back, you cowards,' and she drove them back. This
lady is indefatigable at the hospitals, whatever may
be said to her disparagement.
" As far as Garibaldi himself is concerned, he
seems to unite in his own person more great and
good qualities than has ever before fallen to the lot
of one man. He makes time for everything and
everybody—whether it be for the army, for diplo
macy, or for the care and interest of individuals. His
patienceand kindness are inexhaustible. On Sunday
night about 30 countrymen of the middle class went
into Caserta and demanded an audience of the gene-
ral for the purpose of offering him some good ad-
vice. He admitted them all, although in bed after
a hard day's work, and heard them with a patience
which might possibly have been better bestowed. A
volunteer, a Sicilian, informed one of our party
that he had lost his father and three brothers in
the war, and that he still wished to continue in the
service, but Garibaldi hearing of the circumstances,
would not permit it. A lady of my acquaintance
went up to Caserta a few days ago, with her two
daughters, to inquire after a friend • Garibaldi was
passing by at the time, and asked if he could assist
her. She replied she wanted a guide to take her to
the hospital. He immediately invited the party into
the carriage and took them over the hospital, con-
versing with, complimenting, and consoling the
sick and wounded in their beds. In this way he
spent an hour and a half with the lady, telling her,
in conclusion, that she should have free admission
to the hospital and the palace whenever she
wished. I must however add that the lady is hand-
some, and that the general has an eye for good looks,
as all good generals have.
" Yesterday, Monday, about one o'clock p.m.,
news arrived of a great battle having been fought.
The Neapolitans took up their position about four
o'clock under the walls of the city, and commenced
the attack upon the Garibaldians about five o'clock,
encamped about St. Angelo to the right. They had
worked their guns up to the Santa Maria side of
the river ; and, as my facetious informant expressed
it, some very pretty play took place between the
opposing artillery. The fight then extended along
the whole line, and lasted up to about three o'clock
with various success, when the Neapolitans were
finally driven back with great slaughter. Nor did
our side escape scot free. Col. Dunne and Major
Wyndham were wounded, but not seriously. Seve-
ral thousands were engaged on the side of the
enemy. Five or six guns were taken by some British
tars on leave of absence for 48 hours. They dragged
them triumphantly into Santa Maria. The dead
and wounded were lying in heaps of 20 and 30 about
the fields near Santa Maria.
"Two o'clock,Tuesday.—This morning a gentleman
has
,just arrived from Caserta, bringing some broken
but unsatisfactory intelligence. About 11 o'clock
there was a general panic among the people and
soldiers in the square before the palace. There was
a general rush for the train which was just starting
for Naples. My informant was already in it. An
officer came riding up sword in hand, commanding
the carriages to be off immediately, and away they
went; otherwise, there is no doubt, many of the
brave Neapolitans in the Liberator's service would
have fled by it. The officers were endeavouring to
drive them back in every direction, and partially
succeeded. Such are the sudden changes of war.
The Neapolitans on both sides are cowardly alike ;
to-morrow the Ring's troops may play their wretched
master the same trick. Up to this moment there is
no further intelligence as to the immediate cause of
the panic, nor its results. Think, however, of the
miserable disputes at such a critical moment going
on between the followers of Victor Emmanuel and
the Red Republicans. The English volunteers
have not arrived, and General Cialdini is hesitating
on the frontier. Bertani has, however, left Gari-
baldi, which is something gained.
" Three o'clock.—Last news—The Neapolitans
have been beaten back. All is right, and prisoners
are coming in.—l am, &c.,

" W. ADAMS SMITH."

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of this nature. -For himself ha had no claim what-
ever to have his name conneCted with the toast
which they had just honoure4 except from their
partiality. He himself had n 6 better means than
the public in general of ascertaining what the
present condition of the nary might be; but,
judging from these means, he:had no doubt that
the British navy was at thii moment di ready
as it had ever been at any former period to do
good service to the country, if need be. (Cheers.)
In connexion with this toast he felt disposed to
make one remark with respect )to a'' matter con-
nected with the navy, because he felt competent to
speak upon it from his official e erience. He meant
the question which appeared to upy so much of
public attention of late—as is t e policy and expe-
diency of expending a large su of money in build-
ing armour-covered ships. ( ar, hear.) They
could hardly take up a newsp er at the present
time without seeing strong opipions expressed on
one side or the other with regard to this question.
He therefore felt it to be his du to ..say that it had
been his fortune—it had been li. duty as a member
of the late Administration, topropose to Parlia-
I
ment, seeing that other nations ere adopting this
invention, and as they had real to believe that
the invention would be a most luable one to the
public service, that they shoul adopt it, (Hear,
hear.) It had been his duty to perintend and to
weigh the experiments that had een made in con-
nexion with this invention, and the results had been
that these armour-covered shi although they
might not be proof against eve possible attack
under every possible circumstance, were shoWn to
be so superior to ordinary verse as to weli, repay
the extra cost. The late Govermaftt had built two
of these ships, the Warrior and the Black Prince;
the present Government had orpred others, and
he believed the British public would'think 'that, at
all events, this great experiment should be well
tried. (Applause.)
Lord ELMLEY having proposed " The health of
Lord Coventry," the President for the year,
. The Hon. W. COVENTRY acknowledged the toast
on behalf of his nephew, and explained that his ab-
sence was occasioned by an engagement as Steward
of the Jockey Club. His lordship, however, had
instructed him to offer two prizes' of £2O each for
horses for hunting purposes.
Sir J. PAEINGTON proposed the toast of " The
County Members." He said no one was more com-
petent than himself to speak to the fidelity with
which they had discharged their duties.
Viscount DAILEY, acknowledging the toast, said
the proceedings of the last session of Parliament
reminded him of a rather familiar anecdote. A
gentleman, seeing two of his servants idle, said to
one of them, " Jack, what are you doing ?" "I am
doing nothing, Sir," was the reply. Then, to the
other, he said, " Tom, what are you doing ?" and
the answer was, " Helping Jack, Sir." He (Vis.
count Elmley) must consider himself in the position
of Tom, having been during the past session " help-
ing Jack" to do nothing. (A laugh.) He hoped
that on future occasions he should have a more
satisfactory reply to make to the query at the end
of a Parliamentary session. (Hear, hear.) Com-
paring the position of agricultural societies in the
present day with what they were at their first for-
mation, he said when they had their annual gather-
ing the press next morning used to speak of it as a
meeting of " chawbacons."rhis was not the case
now. They had through the instrumentality of
these meetings brought science to bear upon agri-
culture, and one of these results had been the in-
troduction of ploughing by steam. There had been
a measure before Parliament, and which he trusted
to see carried before long, for facilitating the trans-
fer of land. By this measure those who had debts
upon their property and those who had money for
investment might be mutually accommodated, and
he had no doubt, if the measure were passed, that
more money would be laid out upon the land than
there was at present.
Mr. J. H. H. FOLEY also responded to the toast
of " The County Members."
Lord NORTIIIVICK proposed " The Members for i
the City and Boroughs," and said the amount of
physical endurance which members of Parliament
had undergone for six months of the last session
had been very great. He did not agree with Lord
Elmley that the House of Commons had done no-
thing ; he thought, on the contrary, that they had
done a great deal. Perhaps they had not passed
many bills, but what they had passed they had well
sifted. Indeed, he did not know that they should
have been much better off if more bills had been
passed. For instance, he did not think their con-
dition would have been improved if the Reform Bill
had been passed.

Sir J. PAKINGTON, having acknowledged the cor-
diality with which the toast had been received, said
that, having thus expressed his sense of their kind-
ness, he felt in doubt whether he should not sit
down without troubling them with any further
remarks—(no, no)—but he rather leant to the
opinion that these societies were tending somewhat
to too much speechmaking. He was happy to say
that these agricultural associations were becoming
very general, but one result of their so becoming
general was that it really appeared that a part of
the agricultural produce of the country was a large
annual crop of speeches. (Oh, oh.) Of course this
crop varied a good deal in quality. He would not
say that the crop contained a good deal of "chaff"
—(laughter)—but no doubt it was adapted to dif-
ferent markets. (Hear, hear.) One of the rules
of these societies was that politics should be avoided
in their discussion. The rule was no doubt an ex-
cellent one, but unluckily the practice was all the
other way. He trmited the rule was better than
the practice. He did not approve the practice of
introducing politics at these meetings. He did not
mean to say that there were no occasions on which
subjects of a political nature might be introduced.
He had before expressed his opinion in that place
that the meaning of this rule was to exclude party
politics. There were great political questions, such
as the late rebellion in India, the famine in Ireland,
the position of our army before Sebastopol, and such
like subjects, which might be fairly discussed at
these gatherings as not involving any party ques-
tion. (Hear, hear.) He might find an illustration
in the present day. They might congratulate them-
selves that they were living in England at this mo-
ment at peace and in prosperity. We ought to be
grateful that the kingdom was not torn asunder by
combined or divided factions, nor tormented by the
distressing anxieties which almost every other nation
but ourselves was perplexed with at this moment.
We were attached to the Sovereign and to the insti-
tutions under which we lived ; we had minor differ-
ences among us no doubt, but there was one great
fact for which we could net be too thankful—
that we were a people happy, prosperous, and con-
tented, and while other nations were struggling for
that liberty which we enjoyed, we were meeting
together in these social parties to enjoy each other's
society. As a rule they were not to indulge in party
polities at these meetings, but there might be sub-
jects political in.their nature to which it would be
almost wrong if they did not refer. The object of
Members of Parliament attending these meetings
should be not to court constituencies, but to pay
their respects to that mother earth from which
endeavoured to extract as much as they could.
His right hon. friend Mr. Disraeli had set a wise
example in this respect in his own county of Bucks,
where he addressed an agricultural meeting with-
out touching on politics, and he (Sir John) could
wish that those who drew up the lists of toasts at
these meetings would not give the Members of
Parliament for the district so conspicuous a position
in these lists. Their object at these meetings
should be to disseminate agri▪
cultural knowledge.
He would tell them that withi▪ n the last few days
he had travelled through that celebrated Arming
district between the Forth and the Tweed. He
had seen there splendid farms with large fields and
small hedges, in which he
:could count the home-
steads because there were few trees to intercept the
view, and every homestead had its steam engine
chimney. There rents were hi▪
gh because farming
was profitable, and farming was profitable because
leases were long. (Hear, Every farm was
farmed with a sufficient capital, and the tenant had
no hesitation in investing his capital because be