The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-18 00:00:00

being officially communicated to the foreign con-
suls. Your able ♦ice-consul, Mr. Rickards, has

positively and peremptorily intimated to the com-
mander of the citadel that such a communication

must be made to him according to the rules of war.

Her Majesty's ship Scylla is in the harbour to back
the just intimation of yoar consular agent. There
is no fear for the safety of your countryme n ; they
are in good hands, for nothing can exceed the
activity of Mr. Rickards when the interests of Eng-
land and the lives of Englishmen are in danger.

AUGUST 9.
There they are on Neapolitan soil ! After 11 long
years of sorrow and despair, the national flag is
hoisted again upon the misty tops of the Calabrian
mountains. Yesterday, as the sun was setting, a
S.W. wind was driving dense clouds towards the
Calabrian coasts. A dark night was, therefore,
announced—a night favourable to the bold enter-
prise so long meditated by the Italian hero of our
times. The rays of the rising moon were not able
to pierce the dense vapours of the atmosphere, and
the whole tract of land which skirts the Sicilian gulf
was wrapped in a dense veil of fog. At 8 o'clock
the general, who was still on board the City of
Aberdeen, gave his last orders to Major Missori—
the noble fellow to whom Garibaldi is indebted for
his life, which without Missori's courage would
perhaps have been lost at Melazzo. Ten men were
asked to volunteer out of each company of one of
the encamped brigades. Fifty Carabinieri of
Genoa, twenty guides, and twenty of the engineer
battalion and of the artillery were besides asked to
join the select party, together with some English
and French volunteers. The party on which thus
devolved the honour of crossing the Faro and show-
ing the way to Naples did not number more than
350 men. Major Missori was the officer in com-
mand, and bad under his orders Majors Salomone
and Nulla, of the general staff. At half-past eight
o'clock all the men were on board of fishing boats
and ready to sail. But here an unanimous com-
plaint was heard amongst the ranks of the brigade.
Those soldiers who were not of the envied number
made most urgent requests to their officers to be
allowed to share the fate of their comrades. It was

indeed a moving sight to witness the grief of those
who had been left behind, and to hear their ap-
pealing supplications. Order was, however, soon
restored, for the sentiment of duty was uppermost
in their hearts. Half-past nine was pealing from
the bell tower of the Faro church, when the little
expedition of the Italian patriots sailed amidst the
surrounding darkness of the night. The moment
was really an imposing one. Three hundred and
fifty young men—the flower of Italy—were start-
ing on the most audacious and dangerous enterprise
of this wonderful campaign. I say the most dan-
gerous, for the coasts of Calabria are manned with
hundreds of guns, and its narrow sea is swarming
with Neapolitan men-of-war. The party had
scarcely reached the middle of the gulf when it
was known here that it had been directed by Gari-
baldi to surprise or storm the Fort of Cavallo, which
nearly faces Faro Point, and stands upon a rocky
hillock which skirts the coast. A signal had been
agreed upon to inform Garibaldi of the safe land-
ing of the expedition. I will not attempt to de-
scribe the anxious expectation of that long, long
hour. Ten thousand men were waiting there to know*
the fate which was in store for their noble com-
panions. At last a faint light appeared along the
opposite shore. God be praised, the expedition had
landed in Calabria! But half an hour had scarcely
elapsed when the rattle of musketry was brought
to this shore throught the fresh breath of the sea.
A few more musket shots, and then all was
silence and mystery again. In less than an hour,
however, a messenger arrived from Major Missori,
confirmed the successful landing of our friends, and
explained the cause of the firing. The expedition
was nearly touching the opposite shore, when one
of its boats, either drifting with the current or in-
tentionally separated from it, and went towards
Villa San Giovanni. In that boat were the few*
Frenchmen and Englishmen who had joined the
expedition. As they did not know the coast, and
had not been made acquainted with Garibaldi's
orders to Missori, they landed close to a Neapolitan
battery. Although the night was dark the sentries
of the battery saw the boat approach and gave the
alarm, speedily followed by a discharge of Mug"
ketry and a cannon shot. Two men were
wounded, but this was not the worst, for they
were obliged to sail back as quickly as possible.
By the time this unfortunate accident happened
Major Missori had proceeded with his men on the
road towards Forte del Cavallo. But suddenly
hearing the report of a gun and the rattling of
musketry, and not being able to explain it, be
thought that the surprise of the garrison of Forte
del Cavallo had become a matter of total impossi-
bility. Major Missori, therefore, took the path of
the mountains. Nothing has been heard of thew
since, but we hope they are safe, and making their
way through the districts of Calabria, which are
waiting the moment to begin the revolution. 131
this time the Neapolitan generals must be full)"
aware of the first landing of Garibaldi's forces ; but
no important movement • that we know of has yet
taken place on the other side of the Straits. Te-dal
General Clary was suddenly summoned to Naples
by telegraph, and he left the command of the citadel
of Messina to General Fergola, one of the most de-
voted adherents of the King, and therefore a most
ardent adversary of liberal institutions. Two days
ago we had at Messina an alarm caused by some Nea-
politan soldiers who tried to desert. The poor fellowS
were shot at by their comrades of the outpost, and
two were severely wounded, and two others made pri-
soners. The Garibaldini tried to cover their escape
by discharging their muskets, but only one Neap°
litan was lucky enough to reach the national
came. News has just come from Bronte that Gen.
Bixio has shown the greatest firmness in
restoring
order and in putting down the outrages committed
there by a band of ruffians who wanted to disgrace
the spotless banner of Garibaldi. The ringleaders,
about 30 in number, were shot in the square of the
town. Martial law was besides proclaimed at
Bronte, and disarmament ordered under penalty of
death. A war tax has also been imposed by Bill°
on the city. Those who are always calling Gari-
baldi and his officers revolutionists of the most
dangerous character, will, I hope, agree with your
correspondent that they know how to maintain
order and make law and life respected.
While Garibaldi is thus busy preparing to ill"
vade Calabria with an army of 20,000 men, the
Neapolitan cruisers are steaming up and down the
strait, as if they had resigned themselves to p 1351
the part of passive lookers on. What is still mere
strange is that they do not even intercept one of
the numerous boats which are continually taking
arms and ammunition to the other side of the
strait. Members of the national committees of
here every
Calabrian towns and villages arrive
hour of the day in the teeth of the Neapolitan fleet.
I have just spoken with one of these gentlemen,
and he told me that as soon as Garibaldi himself
has set a foot on the Neapolitan continent the whole
of the country will rise at the cry of " Long live,
the Dictator ! Long live Victor Emmanuel
'lown with the Bourbons'."

AUGUST 10.

GaribalZ,
s head-quarters have been established
here since yesterd-IY, or, to speak more correctly,
have been establishes at the Lighthouse of the
Strait. But now and then, especially during the
night, he goes on board the City of Aberdeen'
Last night the Neapolitan men-of-war which are
cruising in these waters were continually exchang-
jug signals by
of fresh means of coloured rockets. If I aril
rightly informed, this did not prevent the sailing
expeditions. lam told that, in spite
of a bright moon, a party of 80 men was sideli
landed between the villages of Azzerello and Villa
San Giovanni. A second landed at Cannemiele-
A third, of about 150 men, were equally successful
in reaching the opposite coast at Fiumara Zacche"
rella, between Alta Fiumara and Cannetello. A 0
these expeditions, if this really occurred, had n°
fight to sustain with the Neapolitans. Judging
from these small draughts of men, Garibaldi's plan
is to collect an army little by little, rouse Calabria.,ll
and then proceed to Naples. I say it seems, for
n:
is very difficult to know what Garibaldi 's
pla
really are. I have been told that even Genera;
Sirtori and Hebert—the first the chief of his sta.....tt
the second a most able adviser in military mattea