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

Ire not fully acquainted with the plans of the Dic-
tator. There are people who still persist in believ-
ing that all this Faro bustle is a mere feint to in-
duce the enemy to collect the whole of his forces in
Calabria, and that he means to steam off to the
Gulf of Salerno, and land there. Other supposi-
tions are afloat, but, as I told you, nobody knows

the inmost thoughts of Garibaldi.
a Frenchmen are always liable to get into scrapes.
Their glorious vanity is so great ; and, I hasten to
add, their courage so undaunted, and even rash,
that when they smell powder they must embark in
the most daring enterprises. I have been told that
last night a party of 20 Frenchmen who are making
War en amateur, without Garibaldi's consent, got
hold of a fishing-boat, and, armed to the teeth,
attempted to land on the opposite shore. A dis-
charge of musketry had, however, the effect of
quenching their ardour, and one of them was
severely wounded in the breast. On their hasten-
ing to reach this shore, they met a Neapolitan man-
of-war, which at first seemed disposed to send them
to the bottom. She did not, however, fire at them,

to that they were able to return to the Faro.
Garibaldi, on hearing the report of this foolish
attempt, said that this was mere braggadocio.
At last we have received news from our friends
Who first touched the Calabrian shores. I hear
that, after having marched the whole of the night,
Alajor Missori met a column of Neapolitan troops
Who seemed disposed to dispute his passage. Missori
41 a man who never counts the enemies he meets,
and he went boldly to attack them. The fight was
hard and long on both sides, but at last the Neapo-
litans gave way. Missori had six wounded, and
lost another, who fell into the hands of the Neapo-
litans. These men had the barbarity to take the
Poor fellow to Reggio, in spite of the advice of the
Burgeon, who told them he would die on the way.
Such was really the case, and I hear that if the
Wounded prisoner had been left at Villa San Gio-
vanni his life would have been spared. From this
fact we may infer that the Neapolitans are not
Changed, and that they intend to carry on a war of
extermination. You may depend upon it that they
Will get the worst of it. When the Neapolitans
retired Major Missori was allowed to march with
his men on Aspromonte, a small village which, as
its name indicates, stands on the top of a mountain,
and I hear that they are still there. In the course
of yesterday they were joined by 150 Calabrian
insurgents, all inhabitants of Villa San Giovanni.
44 the men able to carry a musket, and even some
Women, have left Santo Steffano to join them. It
may therefore be said that the revolution has
already begun in Calabria. This will increase the
difficulties of the Neapolitan army, which will thus
be obliged to keep its ground in a hostile country.
rumour is current in the camp this evening that
au agent of the Neapolitan Court has been arrested.
It appears that this man was despatched here to
assassinate Garibaldi, and that he was caught
Whilst loitering about the lighthouse of the Faro.
am not in a position to state whether there is any
truth or not in this report, but what is certain to
ray mind is, that to perpetrate such a crime would
he very difficult indeed, surrounded as the general
always is by devoted officers. I had just written
Bo much when I heard the fact confirmed by an
°facer, who saw the prisoner whilst he was on the
Point of being taken to Messina. He is a max
about 40, and a Calabrian by birth. The rascal
will be brought before a court-martial, and if his
guilt is proved he will, I hear, be executed to-
morrow or the day after.