The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

SICILY.

There appears to be no doubt that Garibaldi has
left Sicily, not, however, for the mainland of Naples,
but for the waters of Sardinia. He announced his
departure in the following addreas to the National
Guards of Messina, delivered from the balcony of
his house :

" I am summoned elsewhere by my duty, and
must quit you, 0 Sicilians ! It is now time for
Sicily to think seriously and vigorously of her own
defence. Yes, you must henceforth defend your-
selves alone against whoever may attack you! I
have done for you all that was possible for me to
do. At present Italy requires that 1 should go
elsewhere, Diplomacy has not been able to check
me, and I will positively not come to a compromise
with it."

It was in the Washington that Garibaldi left,
having 1,000 men with him.
A letter from Turin, dated August 17, says :
" Garibaldi came yesterday quite unexpectedly to
the Island of Madalena (about 10 miles west of the
north coast of Sardinia), where he took in 150 tons
of coals for the use of his steamers. With less cer-
tainty I inform you that he might perhaps have
been at Genoa last night, or he may arrive there
this morning; and, in short, it is possible he may
have arrived here at Turin to confer with an exalted

personage.
A letter in the .Nord says :—" The Calabrias have
certainly been the theatre of the first hostilities in
the States of the mainland, and at the same time of
a small advantage gained by the Neapolitan troops.
Facts have confirmed what I before mentioned as to
the presence of Stocco at Reggio, where he was
engaged in organising a band which was to be in-
creased by partial landings. The electric wire to
Baguara was cut in the night of the Bth, and the
commandant 'at Altaflumana was warned that
masses of the enemy were concentrating themselves
in the plain of Matiniti, above Cannitello. evidently
with the intention of endeavouring to render them-
selves masters of Altaflumana. This attempt was
however repelled by the troops, who also prevented
some invasions at Cannitello. A body of 200 men
however succeeded in landing OR another point and
penetrated into the interior of the country, where
they are closely pursued by the Royal troops. The
Naples official journal concludes its recital of the
above affair by praising the firm attitude assumed
on this occasion by the inhabitants of the province
and of the district of Reggio."
The following is an extract from a Naples letter
of the 15th :—" The news to-day is grave. Whilst
Garibaldi has been organising and superintending
the landing of his volunteers in Calabria for
the last four days without encountering opposition,
the steamer Tukery (late Veloce) yesterday attempted
to cut out the Neapolitan man-of-war, Monarque,
from the port of Castellamare, and only failed for
want of files to cut the chain cable of the anchor.
The following are the particulars of the affair :
For twelve hours previously a vessel had been seen
cruising in the roadstead and Gulf of Salerno under
the English flag, without attracting the attention
of the coast-guard. At nightfall she was seen at
the southern extremity of the isle of Capri. At 11
o'clock she stopped opposite the dockyard of Castel-
lamare, and lowered her boats, which were imme-
diately manned, and rowed off to the Monarque,
for the purpose of cutting her cables. All this had
been done with such expedition that the boats
reached the Neapolitan vessel unseen by the sen-
tinels on the dock. As the sailors of the Tukery
were beginning to cut the cables, the alarm was
given on board the other vessel, and several musket
shots were fired, by which Commander Acton was
slightly wounded and two of the sailors killed. The
captain of the Tukery, having ascertained the im-
practicability of cutting the cables, returned to
his vessel and steamed off to sea. The alarm caused
by this attempt soon spread to Naples, where the
troops and National Guard were called out, and re-
mained bivouacked all night ; but their services
were not required. While these facts were occur-
ring, the Ministry sent to Prince d'Aquila his pass-
ports, and ordered him, in the King's name, to
leave Naples the very night, the Stromboli frigate
being placed at his disposal for the purpose. The
Prince asked the general who brought the order,
what could be the motive for this extraordinary
measure, and was told that its object was to pre-
vent the effusion of blood. The Prince expressed
his astonishment, and refused to embark on any
vessel of the royal navy. As Grand-Admiral of the
Imperial Navy of Brazil, he at once sent for the
commander of a frigate belonging to his brother-in-
law, the Emperor of Brazil, which was lying in the
roadstead of Naples, and made arrangements for
the Princess,, his wife, and their ON tbns, to go on
board that frigate) Nyhilc be taimself embarked in