The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-17 00:00:00

THE GARIBALDIANS AT itESSINA.

The number of troops, says a correspondent,
which Garibaldi possesses at Messina might be
reckoned now at about 20,000 men. The
whole city is swarming with soldiers. From
morning to night the streets are echoing the music
of the bands, as they keep playing before the dif-
ferent regiments, either on their march to the bar-
racks, or to their quarters outside the city—drums
arid trumpets calling the men, now to parade, now
to their meals, now to receive their (very insignifi-
cant) pay. To give you any idea of the dress of
the army is beyond my powers, for it may be truly
said that it wears " a coat of many colours ;" in-
deed, if the honest truth be told, it is sometimes
seen without any coat at all. Nay, I must go even
further, for amongst these military costumes I ob-
served yesterday, as a battglion was marching past,
one company of which the soldiers had neither
shoes nor, in most cases, more than half a shirt ;
neither cap nor hat of any kind, their entire equip-
ment consisting of their trousers and their musket.
And yet, though Falstaff would not have marched
through Coventry with them, the chances are ten
to one that Garibaldi will march with them into
Naples !

GA.RIBALDPS AIDE-DE-CAMP IN THE
CITY.

Last evening a very large number of gentlemen,
members and friends of the City of London Trades-
men's Club, assembled at Salter's Hotel, formerly
known as the King's Arms, Snow-hill, to meet Cap-
tain E. Styles, an English officer attached to
General Garibaldi's Staff, who has come to Eng-
land for the purpose of obtaining material aid for
the General.

Mr. TURNER occupied the chair.
Dr. Ross welcomed Captain Styles in their com-
pany. Addressing him, he said, that this club had
expressed its sympathy with the movement of his
General, and heartily desired that it might come
to a prosperous issue. It was their design to call
a public meeting in the city, and he hoped it would
have the effect of awakening public attention
throughout the country at large to the subject.
Mr. A. B. RICHARDS was then requested to
explain the object of Captain Styles's visit. It
would not be doubted, he said, that General
Garibaldi's object was to free Italy from
one end to the other, and his friend Captain
Styles was anxious to get back to take part in the
next combat. He would, however, come to the
practical point. The General was most anxious to
get some Englishmen aronnd him, and for this
purpose Captain Styles had come to England,
where, in three days, 500 men had put down their
names to join the battalion. To equip an English
battalion money was wanted, and it was essential
that any money collected in England should be
strictly devoted to that purpose. (Cheers.)
Captain STYLES, the aide-de-camp of General
Garibaldi, then rose to address the club, and was
loudly cheered. He was very much pleased with
the enthusiastic reception which he had met. He
had been deputed by General Garibaldi to collect a
battalion of English volunteers. It was well known
that he had already a noble English officer in his
service, and there were eight or ten Englishmen in
the ranks, and the General mach admired the valour
which they had displayed. He was happy to say
that in three days he had collected 500 volunteers,
many of them of the highest respectability—some
of independent means ; and while he had been
compelled to take some of the lower class as
servants, yet with these he had received characters
of high respectability. His object was to raise a
battalion of at least 800 men ; but he did not wish
to take them empty. All the money and ammuni-
tion which General Garibaldi had at his command
he required for the troops he had with him. He
wanted, therefore, to collect sufficient to equip the
English battalion, and when he reached Garibaldi
to say, " Here we are, ready to fight." (Loud
applause).

Mr. W. LAWLEY proposed "The Health of Capt.
Styles," which was enthusiastically received, and
the captain, who appeared in uniform, responded.
" Sue ess to Garibaldi and freedom to Italy,"
proposed by Mr. G. WALTER, was the concluding
sentiment of the evening, and received with tre-
mendous enthusiasm, after which
.the meeting
adjourned.

WOMAN'S HEART.—But who knows not that a
woman's heart feels its fullest occupation within itself ?
There lies its real study, and within that narrow orbit, the
mirror of enchanted thought reflects the whole range of
earth,