The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

firing. Only when the steamers were approaching
was there musketry from the line of outposts.
This morning those who had been embarked on
board the steamers were again put on shore, and
Garibaldi himself took up his quarters in the tower
of the lighthouse, in the diminutive chamber of the
guardian. He is there now in solitude, as he likes
to be in moments such as the present, and he has
the terrace above as an observatory, which com-
mands a view over the whole country all round.
How the crowds " attached" in some capacity or
other could manage to find room in the miserable
fishing village of the Faro Inferiore would be a
mystery had I not seen numbers of disappointed
spectators, who had come in the expectation of a
sight, going back in carriages and boats. It was the
best thing they could do, for the artillery, as first
comers, have taken possession of all the accommo-
dation which was available, so that the crowding in
houses reminded one a little of Balakiava in the
early times, although all other circumstances are
widely different.
The troops, although most of them fresh ones,
begin by degrees to make themselves as comfortable
as can be expected under the circumstances. While
there was a probability of an immediate embarca-
tion they were in echelon along the road and alcng
the sea shore. They have begun now to stand on
both sides of the road, seeking shelter from the hot
sun under the trees of the neighbouring vineyards.
Old campaigners looked about for material to make
sheds of the canes which abound, and which were
covered over with branches and leaves. The new
recruits did not remain behind in imitating them,
necessity as usual being a prompt master. That
this camping is not to the advantage of the proprie-
tors of the grapes, figs, and prickly pear need not
be observed; but an order has been given that
after the departure of the troops an estimate shall
be made of the damages done, and the people in-
demnified. It cannot be expected that the troops,
exposed in the air to the sun, with considerable
difficulty in procuring water and rations, should
not touch fruit within their reach, however forbid-
den it be; it is but fair that it should be the com-
monalty, and not the individual, who should suffer
from this inevitable necessity.

AUGUST 11.
Last night passed tolerably quiet. Some boats
were sent across with men to probe the vigilance
of the Neapolitans. They went close to the shore
opposite, but the night being rather clear and still
they were soon perceived and received with musket
shots. The steamers kept quiet enough, now and
then showing their lights. In the middle of the
night—just about midnight—there were three can-
non shots, at equal intervals, evidently meant as
a signal of some kind, a few rockets towards morn-
ing and some lights on the heights, all of them
without meaning for us who have only general
information and conjectures about what is passing
on the other side. The insurgents and our detach-
ment may have approached some of the Neapolitan
positions, or perhaps the Neapolitans were assuring
each other that all was right.
This morning early considerable reinforcements
arrived at the fort of Fiumara. Heavy columns of
infantry could be seen coming along the road, and
information brought since shows that there are not
less than three battalions of riflemen, the picked
troops of the Neapolitan army. The fort being too
small to contain them all, a part is encamped to the
right of it in an open space which seems to have an
enclosure wall. With good glasses we could see
them moving about, and the smoke on one side in-
dicated that they were intent in providing for the
animal man. Some imaginations, more heated than
the rest, saw in those steady columns of smoke
puffs of musketry.

In the afternoon, about three p.m.,, a column is-
sued from the fort and made a regular rush at the
second plateau, which rise.; above the one on which
the fort is situated. The movement was made with
All military precaution. A turning column was
sent, and we could see a few shots of musketry.
This made us suppose that some of onr people were
in ambuscade there, but this seems not to have been
the case, for the Neapolitans, without encounter-
ing any resistance visible to the eye, scaled the
heights, where they encamped.

AUGUST 12.
Last night, unlike the preceding one, was one
of continual disturbance, the causes of which we
can only guess hitherto. It began about 10 p.m.
Just a little above the Punta di Pezzo, oa the
high beach, !there is a Neapolitan fort, end
behind it a succession of detached houses•
The night being clear, a brisk fire of musketry could
be seen in that direction, which lasted for several
minutes. Then all was quiet for some time. About
midnight it began again. The six gunboats which
we have often seen in the neighbourhood had moved
down and opened a heavy sustained fire in the dire'
tion of the land. Soon after, the three large
steamers, which passed the night at San Giovanni'
came up, and steamed round the point, then went
alongside the gunboats. Their fire was very rare•
From the sound of the whistle of the balls one
would have supposed that there ' were guns
on the shore which responded. After an hour or
so the firing relaxed, but recommenced again to-
wards morning, and again about seven a.m. Al"
though it was daylight, the glare of the sun pre'
vented our distinguishing whether there was firing
with guns from the shore. If those who say there
was are right, then there can be no doubt that our
people, or the insurrection, have taken possession of
the fort ; if not, they must be in the neighbour-
hood.

You must wait till next steamer to hear the exact
state of things, for the French steamer leaves in an
hour.

PROBABLE CAUSES OF FIRES IN COTTON WARE' TwosEs.—At the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board Yell-
terday (Thursday) reports from the police were read, rela-
tive to the discovery of bales okotton in the dock ware-
houses impregnated with oil, and it was stated that this
practice, which there was reason to believe originated !I
the United States, was capable of producing spontaneous
combustion, and causing great destruction to life and pro.
perty.

A COSTLY COURT.—In the course of the evidence
taken by the commission on the proposed concentration of,
the superior courts of justice it was stated that the bills 01
costs paid every year by the suitors in Chancery amount to
about £1,250,000, their annual tribute to the Court, the bar,
and the solicitors. The calculation is made by observing
that in bills of costs the court fees amount to about 8 pa'
cent. of the whole charge, and the fees are found to reach*
little above £lOO,OOO aLyear.
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