The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

SARDINIA.

A letter from Turin of the sth inst. says :
Garibaldi, at the request of the Ministry, and by
the advice of the King, has dissolved the society
called the " Aimed Nation." The day before yes-
terday and yesterday remonstrances of every kind
arrived at Turin. The alarmists at home, and, as I
have reason to believe, oar diplomatists abroad,
have urged the Cabinet to diminish the effect of
Garibaldi's acts at Turin, the foundation of the
" Armed Nation," the Trombetta, &c. In short,
being appealed to, urged, and even blamed, Gari-
baldi was fain to leave the field, into which he had
been driven by Brofferio. He drew up yesterday a
new proclamation, which I send you:—

" To THE

" Summoned by some of my friends to try the
part of conciliator between all the fractione of the

Italian liberal party, I was invited to accept the
presidency of a society to be called the Armed
Nation.

" But, as the armed Italian nation is a fact that
terrifies everything disloyal, corrupting, and tyran-
nical, whether in Italy or out of it, the crowd of
modern Jesuits has become alarmed, and cried out,
Anathema !'

" The government cf the gallant King has been
importuned by the alarmists, and in order not to
compromise it I have decided on abandoning the
noble object proposed to us.

"With the unanimous assent of all the members
of the society, I declare, then, the Society of the
Armed Nation dissolved, and I invite every Italian
that loves his country to assist by his subscription
towards the acquisition of a million muskets. If,
with a million muskets, Italy, in presence of the
foreigner, should be incapable of arming a million
soldiers, we should have to despair of humanity.
Let Italy arm and she will be free.

" G. GARIBALDI.

" Turin, Jan. 4, 1860, 5 p.m."
* * Garibaldi left this morning for Milan.
I just caught a glimpse of him. lie looks bored, he
is always very calm, perfectly self-possessed when he
has to take any important resolution, but as for his
speeches, his discussions, his secondary proceedings,
he lets himself be acted upon too much by those
about him. In this piece of business, exhibiting the
phantom of party-union, they have gone very
bunglingly to work under the cover of his name.
The Perseveranza of Milan, of the 3d inst. says :
"At its sitting of the 2d, the Communal Council
of Milan voted unanimously the sum of 40,000 f.
towards the monument the Italians iatend erecting
at Paris, as a mark of their gratitude to France.
The council voted also 6,000 f. towards the monu-
ment intended to be raised at Magenta in comme-
moration of the glorious battle which opened the
gates of Lombardy to the liberating armies."

SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
The following is the official despatch of the battle
of Castillejos, sent by the Spanish Commander-in-
Chief to the Spanish Government

" Camp of Loss Castillejos,.Tan. 1, 7 p.m.
" At seven o'clock this morning I mounted on
horseback, and have not left the saddle till seven
this evening. The enemy obstinately opposed our
movement, without, however, being able to prevent
it. General Prim advanced beyond the limits I had
traced for him, and he took positions where his
Division encamped.

"In addition to his Division, eight 'battalions
only of the 2d Division took part in the combat.
The Hussars gave brilliant proofs of courage; one
of their charges was heroic; they penetrated into
the enemy's camp, carrying off a cavalry standard.
I look upon this feat of arms as the most important
which has as yet taken place, as the enemy showed
obstinate resistance. 'We are encamped on the
positions we have taken. The troops fought
bravely. Generals Zabala, Prim, and O'Donnell
especially distinguished themselves. I cannot give
an exact return of our loss ; I estimate it at from
400 to 600 men ; that of the enemy at 1,500. Their
loss was very considerable, owing to the deter-
mined attempts they made to retake and maintain
their positions. According to the statement of
prisoners the enemy's force under Muley-Abbas is
from 40,000 to 50,000 strong. I think this is
exaggerated."

The Madrid Gazette of the 3d contains a tele-
graphic despatch from the Queen to the Commander-
in-Chief of the army in Africa, expressing her
satisfaction at the conduct of the troops in the affair
of Castillejos; also a despatch from the general at
the latter place, stating the loss of the Spaniards in
the combat of the Ist, already announced by tele-
gram from Madrid, to be 450 wounded and 50 killed ;
also that the Moors had raised their camp and were
advancing parallel to the Spaniards, at a distance of
a few miles. At Castillejos there are some remains
of fortifications and some defensive works con-
structed by the Moors.