The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-19 00:00:00

tary officers here that a long and sanguinary
struggle must ensue before we march into Capua.
The English battalion, of which we have heard
so much of late, and many of whose officers have
long since arrived, is still expected at Naples.
Mr. William Hale, whose name is well known
in England in connexion with the manufacture of
rockets, arrived here a few days age, and after
having exhibited to General Garibaldi a few speci-
mens which he had brought out with him, received
an order for 5,000. Mr. Hale undertakes to com-
mand the battery in person, and returns to England
to-day to bring out his materials immediately.
Numbers of English travellers and amateurs visit
daily our advanced posts, and clamber up to the
top of the mountain which separates San Angelo
from Chiazzo. Garibaldi's officers treat your
countrymen with great urbanity, and seldom refuse.
them a pass to the front. The Neapolitans, too,
salute them, and even :their rifle balls and shell
seem friendly—falling innocuously around.
The Dictator has issued a decree for a special
medal to be distributed to Brigadier-General Dunn's
brigade, for its distinguished services in the engage-
ment of the Ist. General Dunn has sine his land-
ing in Sicily merited the thanks of the Italians
and the friendship of Garibaldi, by whom he is
esteemed as one of his most valuable officers. The
1 total loss of his brigade on the Ist inst. consisted of
807 men killed and wounded, of whom 32 were
officers. Dunn himself received a ball in the thigh,
but is progressing favourably enough to be able to
resume his post within a few days. Col. Wyndham
has in his absence assumed the command of the
brigade.
I regret to have to state that a person calling
himself an Englishman, and who has been con-
nected with certain subscriptions sent from Scot-
land, has been arrested here by Garibaldi's orders
on a charge of embezzleinent.

(From the special Correspondent of the Times.)
SANTA MARIA, OCT. 8.
I have no stirring military events for you ; every-
thing has been as quiet as possible under the circum-
stances—that is, with two armies one in front of
the other at musket shot range. We have batteries
at St. Angelo, and they have batteries on the oppo-
site side of the river. They have their outposts

along the river, and so have we. Thus occasional
musket and cannon shot are difficult to avoid, espe-
cially as there is a decided tendency on both sides to

waste ammunition.
Four days ago Garibaldi had decided to make a
movement across the river with our right flank,
and, indeed, all was prepared for such a move, which
was to be made by the forces of General Bixio, but

the equinoctial gale the next morning put an end

to it, and it has not been renewed since.

The day before yesterday a Neapolitan colonel,
and soon after him two majors and a captain, made

their appearance at the outposts. They had been
dismissed from the service, according to their own
account, because they had behaved humanely to-
wards our prisoners and wounded, but probably in
reality because they had not quite behaved in the
fight of the Ist as they ought to have done. Ac-
cording to their account the confusion and demo-
ralization on the other side are very great. and
much dissatisfaction reigns both among officers and
men. Of the former they said 36 had given in
their resignation in one day, while the latter had
shaken off all bonds of discipline. All seem to be

kept in the darkest ignorance about what is pass-
ing around them, and the greatest part of the army-
is still labouring under the impression that Lamo-
riciere is coming with his Austrian mercenaries to
take the command of the united armies, while the
Austrians are to disembark and co-operate from
Naples. They would scarcely believe it when they
were told that all was over with T,amoriciere, and
that the Pialmontese troops had crossed the fron-
tier in the north. The officers were sent up to
Naples under an escort, as had been done with those
who came before.