The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-22 00:00:00

hurryiug to meet them, to know "if they had
pratique. He seemed reluctait to do what they
required of him until he had seen their bill of
health; but there was that confounded semaphore
swinging its arms about as if in a perfect rage, so.
the good gentleman was placed in front, and ordered
to walk straight to the semaphore. In about ten
minutes it ceased from its labours. Another party
sought out an individual who was acting as a commis-
sioner for the Government, and was obtaining a list
of the names of persons who had taken part in a
very mild demonstration a few weeks before. He
was found, and. his papers distributed in much
analler pieces than he had intended ; another party
opened the prison gates, and we have heard were
not particularly discriminating as to whether all
the prisoners were political or not.
In the meantime the smaller steamer had been
cleared of men, stores, guns, and ammunition, the
latter being laid along the mole to be removed as
soon as both steamers were cleared.. There ap-
peared some delay in getting boats to disembark
the people from the steamer aground, but at length
they arrived in any number, and of all sizes, and
the -men desCended in a most orderly man-
ner, as boat after boat came alongside the
ladder. By this time the affair was getting very
exciting ; the Neapolitans had evidently caught sight
of them, and were feturaing, as hard as they could
come, and "cleared 'for action too." The frigate,
too, was coining dOwn with every sail set, right
before a beautiful breeze. It was certainly a splen-
did sight to see the cool and steady way in which
the insurgents got into the boats to be paddled to
the shore. But now the steamers are drawing
well within range, and still there are hundreds to
land; the foremost steamer stops—how we watched
that bow gun of hers! Why doesn't she fire? Had
she done so she might have slaughtered them like
sheep. But no, she backs and fills, now ahead,
now astern, signalling all the time to the frigate,
which is by this time getting disagreeably close.
Bravo, time has not been wasted, they are all
landed, and as they reach the mole they are formed
in fours, and marched off, as if from parade.
Ah! there goes a shot from the steamer—short,
by George ! There goes another; the men on the
mole dip, and it passes over them ;, again 'they
march. But here's the frigate—she has _shortened
sail and is passing gently along in a line with the
mole ; now she's right abreast of them. Bang, bang,
bang, gun after gun a whole broadside of grape and
canister. There is not a man to be seen ; they are
all down, the storm passes over, and up they are
again marching as orderly as before. Frigate
and steamers now keep at a respectful distance,
throwing occasional shot and shell at the work-
ing parties as they clear the mole of the
landed stores. Horses and carts have been
pressed into the service, and as they carry the
things along the mole and up the road to the town-
gate they are often smothered in dust from a
ricochet shot, but I believe throughout the whole
affair only one man was wcunded. The whole
was one of intense excitement ; it was one of those
dashing, brilliant affairs that only such a man as
Garibaldi could have accomplished. A landing
effected with twelve hundred men, each armed with
a rifle, a revolver, and a cutlass • large quantities of
spare arms and ammunition, and four field-pieces;
this was done in just one hour and three-quarters
in the very teeth of a frigate and two steamers,
without hurry or disorder, and without returning
a shot. In the dusk of the evening the frigate's
boats towed the steamer outside the mole, and after
dark the steamer towed her away; the insurgents
had evidently damaged the machinery before leav-
ing her. The other was still hopelessly aground,
and there she lies still, perfectly " gutted" by this
time, The Neapolitans were about to fire upon
her the following morning, but as they could hardly
have done that without doing immense damage to
the English factory directly opposite which the
steamer lay, they abandoned their intention. Had
they done so it would have been quite useless, for
the insurgents evidently did not wish to use her
again,. Garibaldi and his men, considerably rein-
forced, having marched away at five in the morn-
ing towards Salemi, en route for Palermo.

TILE _DERBY, 1860.