The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICM, MAY 15, 1 60.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAWL
69 —highest since noon yesterday.
51 —lowest this morning and during the night.
63 —this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.92.
WlND—South-Westerly ; moderate, with fine weather,
but rather cloudy.

RIOT! WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tilts DA.y.—Morning, 9h. 48m.—Afternoon, 10h. 20m.
T i-Arouiww.-Morning, 10h. 49m.—Afternoon,1 11h. 17m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1860.

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GARIBALDI is in Sicily. The vessels which con-
veyed him thither are sunk or captured, but his
men have disembarked, and
-he is with them. These
main facts are established even by the telegrams
from Vienna and Naples. The Lombardo, which
the Neapolitan telegram tells us was sunk, was
the vessel which GARIBALDI himself commanded ;
the Piemonte was commanded by one of his friends.
At Naples, even, they could not conceal the fact
that the KING'S ships had merely captured or de-
stroyed the two empty vessels, to which, indeed,
they add, that the fire of the frigates had killed four
of GARIBALDI'S men ; while they had to confess, in
fat, that after sailing about for six days he had
completely out-manoeuvred them, had accomplished
his only object, and lift them the glorious achieve-
ment of mastering two empty commercial vessels,
when they could be of little further use to him,
though the company to whom they belonged will
be losers if he cannot pay for them.
We learn also that arms had been previously
landed by a vessel "Nom the Levant." The import
of this is not. quite clear, probably the ship, as a
blind had sailed first for the East, and had then
turned round and landed her valuable cargo in
Sicily.. The telegram from Vienna, of all places
in the world, tells us that two English men-of-war
interfered for two hours with the firing of the gal-
lant Neapolitan frigates which attacked the
steamers, and that the frigates could not resume
firing till the English officers had left the shore and
returned to the vessels. A strange tale, if true—
irregular, of course, the act would be, but Chan-
cellors of the Exchequer, and Governors of
Madras ,even, can be irregular in these days—
and most surely all Englishmen would be but too
well pleased if we had given GARIBALDI a little
sly help. It would Le but tit-for-tat for the WATT
and PA ItK ES affair. It is to be observed that the
frigates, so far as can be seen, did not venture to
close quarters with the hero. They knew better than
to attempt boarding him, or giving him the oppor-
tunity to board them. " Long balls" were the
measure, of their courage, and their expertness seems
very much on a level. with their bravery, since they
in (Feted but little d triage to life in vessels crowded
with men.

The result of the landing seems to have been
quickly seen. iiiija-3rto the insurgent patriots had
no commander, at Least no name in connection with

the rising has yet In en mentioned—all at once they
find they have a -world renowned leader,
disci-
pl;ned troops, alai a man who can add to the
national courage od. Sicilians, the strength imparted
by discipline. TI-.e joy at Palermo—which is the
nearest large port; and town on the North of the
Island, to Marsala, which is situated at the ex-
treme eastern poin t —could no longer be restrained.
The people shouted :aloud even in the Churches " Italy
for ever," Liberty for ever," and highbred ladies

joined in taunting the garrisons till at length
the enraged troops fired on the unarmed
multitude, and killed and wounded several of them.
Hitherto the inhabitants of the towns, in awe of the
garrisons, and knowing that they had no means
whatever of resistance, have kept quiet; but the
appearance of GARIBALDI has given them confi-
dence, and it is quite possible that they may openly
join him as they may find means of doing it. The
Government at Naples still endeavours, it seems,
to make out that all is over in Sicily ; but the fact
that they were still sending over troops and ammu-
nition contradicts their own representations. If one
account from a contemporary's correspondent be cor-
rect, Calabria itselfis in a state of revolt ; if so,
the diversion on the mainland will aid the
islanders ; it was rumoured at first that GARI-
BALDI himself was to land amongst the Cala-
brians and rouse them to insurrection for this
very purpose. We must, however, wait a few
days to know the truth. It will not, however,
be easy to get correct accounts of what is doing
in the interior of Sicily. The KING can with his
ships and soldiers probably hold the sea coast
and its towns for some time. The interior,
mountainous, but barren, is, however, the strength
of the insurgents, and from that we shall hear but
ttle.

GARIBALDI has addressed a proclamation to the
Italians, calling upon them to aid, by contributions,
arms, and men, the cause of Sicily and free Italy—
the appeal will be responded to enthusiastically.
He points to the tried men he takes with him ; and
his " Hunters of the Alps " will doubless prove as
efficient " Hunters of Etna," whose rocks, he
says, shall resound with the shouts of
Italian liberty. We have the best hopes
—the V ish, perhaps, father to the hope—
that the leader and his " hunters" who " chased the
Austrians like rabbits" will chase the Bourbon
mercenaries in like style. Bloody and fierce enough
those mercenaries have been against the unarmed ;
and when pillage and plunder was their ob-
ject; it remains to he seen whether they are
not co wards when matched against a real
guerilla chieftain. Nothing better for all
could occur than that the inhabitants of the
I district of Italy he appeals to, should rise also,
should divert and distract the attention of the
Neapolitan Government and its Generals, that
Sicily should regain her freedom, that Calabria
should go with her, and that the revolution should
spread northwards till it joined the territory of the
Romagnese. Then let the POPE and LA3IORICIERX,
and his cutthroats, and Archbishop CrLLEN'S Irish-
men who are to join them, all, look to themselves.
A free Italy will do without them and be content
with a Bishop at Rome.

• It is impossible not to turn occasionally a glance of
wondertowards that flood of immigration which still
continues to pour and pour westwards and south-
wards from the shores of Ireland. From Clare,
from Kerry, from Carlow, from Wexford, from
Limezick, from Tipperary, the crowds still press
onwards—men, women, and children, new-born
babes and decrepid grand-parents borne along in the
great "rush" towards the outward-bound vessels
waiting there periodically off the shores of the
Emerald Isle, to carry thousands annually to a
new world either in America or Australia—
" Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail,
That, idly waiting, flaps with every gale,
Downward they move, a melancholy band,
Pass from the shore and darken all the strand."
It is not that the long continued drain of immigra-
tion upon Ireland has in any way appreciably
diminished this extraordinary movement. "Every
day," we read in one of the latest numbers of the
Cork Constitution, " Every day the quays are
crowded with people making preparations for their
departure, and at times it is almost impossible to
pass by the doors of the emigration agents' offices,
so great is the crowd by which they are besieged."
In all directions the " red box" of the emigrant is
encountered by the wondering spectator. The
northern parts of the island, we are told, no less
than the counties already enumerated, " are all con-
tributing their quota to the general rush." Nay
—descending from generalities to particulars—we
read in the Cork newspaper already quoted—
" From Dingle 126 came up to this city last week
for the purpose of proceeding by the steamers leav-
ing this port direct for the United States, and on
Monday g nearly similar number arrived." And
further—" So great is the number applying for
passages in the steamers sailing from this that the
booking had to be limited, and no more than 500
will be carried each voyage by the mail packets
leaving our harbours every Thursday. To take
passage by these, two river steamers, crowded with
country people, left this city on Wednesday and
yesterday," observes the Irish journal in
words of seemingly awful ambiguity—" two
more went down." This, however, is by no means
a comprehensive view of the outward movement.
It is merely an incidental glimpse of it as seen in
one direction. For our Irish contemporary adds
in so many words to the foregoing description—
" Yet, great as is the number going from this port,
it represents but a small portion of that actually
emigrating from this country. Not a Channel
steamer trading between this side and England
leaves its port without carrying many who intend
sailing from Liverpool. From this latter place the
emigration is enormous. Vessel after vessel is
being despatched with full cargoes, and so great is
the rush of applicants that sufficient ships can
with difficulty be obtained. The charge for pas-
sages has been raised as a natural consequence,
but the applications are still increasing, and pro-
mise to become more so as the season advances."
The significance of all this is without doubt appre-
ciable, one might say, instantaneously. This eon-
fizued flood of Irish immigration has been ingeni-
ously compared of late to the draining of a syphon.
The symbol, however, we believe to be erroneous.
For we are perfectly convinced that the movement
will gradually come to an end long before the po-
pulation has been prejudicially lowered. Refer-
ring, indeed, to the particular class of persons now
leaving the country, ono of the Clare journals has
recently remarked that " the emigrants are chiefly
composed of the remaining members of families
who are hastening to join some relative, who,
having previously pioneered the way, and been
successful,
,had, perhaps, transmitted money to
enable the rest to emigrate." So far from this
continued Exodus, as it is called, proving injurious
to Ireland, we rest assured that
.it will turn, and
that very rapidly, to the benefit not more of the
Irish emigrants than to the Irish stay-at-homes
themselves. The multitude in the sister islands
have long wanted elbow-loom—they have merely
been out-at-elbows for a long while, from tl.e
simple reason of their rubbing elbows with 01:0
another in such close contiguity.

On Saturday, then, the 9th proximo, the Levia-
than is, at length, to steam across the Atlantic. It
is impossible not to look forward with profound in-
terest to her departure. That interest being in-
creased rather than diminished, we believe, by the
delays that have hitherto occurred to retard the
progress of this great enterprise. Such have been
these delays, so frequent have they been, and so
protracted, that the good ship has passed through