The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOY, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29,-'411860.

thing of all this had even been attempted to be
commenced. It is not so long since that the greatest
of all British warriors, Arairtm Duke of WEL-
LINGTON, towards the close of his career of more
than 80 years acknowledged his profound solicitude
as to what amounted, in his estimation, to the abso-
lute defencelessness of England against the perils of
any sudden invasion. This was at the beginning
of the first of a series of panics that have at length
happily resulted in our present preparedness. Sir
FRANCIS HEAD, among others who thought griev-
ously indeed of our dangerous plight, published a
big book demonstrating the unwelcome truth long
suspected that Britannia, by allowing her arms to
rust and her ships to rot, had, after 40 years' peace,
become peculiarly vulnerable. It was hardly pos-
sible to enumerate accurately the enormous num-
ber of the chinks in our ancient panoply ! The
rust is pretty well rubbed off at last by this time,
the uncounted flaws are nearly all repaired—Eng-
land is armed or arming can-apie for any emer-
gency. And we have all been so thorbughly in earnest
in the good work—and Mr. BRIGHT for one has
again been proved to be so utterly void of any ap-
preciable influence at all upon the judgment of his
fellow-countrymen—that we are now, as we have
said, in this year of peace, spending upon our mili-
tary and maritime forces alone some £30,000,000,
or nearly one entire moiety of our appalling an-
nual expenditure of £70,000,000 !
What renders the situation of our present pre-
paredness yet more satisfactory is the conviction
we may now happily arrive at with confidence, that
in doing so we shall not in any way be self-deceived,
the conviction arising that there is no reasonable
probability of our very soon falling back again into
our former indifference. Indeed we have cause in
one sense to be in some sort grateful upon this
head to our dear friend and ally across the water
—who certainly gives us ample reason to keep ever
vigilantly upon the alert, and to have our weather
eye constantly open. The oldest and wisest amongst
us too raise their voices loudly and most persua-
sively, urging England to remain henceforth keenly
on the watch. Instance this, Lord LYNDHURST
in the House of Peers, and Lord
,BROUGHAM yet
more recently out of it. As to the former venerable
Ex-Chancellor, did not TENNIEL'S cartoon in Punch
illustrate by an admirable classic reminder the im-
portance of the warning addressed to his peers not
long since by Lord LYNDHURST ?
As to the Chancellor of the University of Edin-
burgh, he too has, within the last few days, spoken
in a kindred strain down in the province thus ad-
mirably to the point—addressing himself not only
to his actual hearers, but beyond them, through
the press, to the entire population. Lord BROUGHAM
has said—" Now I have recently heard the state of
this country with respect to foreign nations at this
time frequently alluded to. We are in peace, pro-
found peace Nay, even in alliance with those who
used to be our enemies. Therefore I have no fear or
apprehension, no fear of anything happening to in-
terrupt this blessed condition of peace ; but for that
very reason I would be well, well prepared in ease
of accident. And, therefore, I would not have any
of our neighbours, our allies, our friends beyond
the water, in Europe to take it amiss, or to be jea-
lous of those preparations, because preparations are
absolutely necessary on all hands, when Europe is
at this moment filled with armed men, and sur-
rounded with armed navies. Without any danger
of peace being broken, and without any jealousy of
any power' whatever—one power more than ano-
ther—l do greatly rejoice from the bottom of my
heart—l rejoice to find that all over all this coun-
try there prevails the wise, the zealous, the indo-
mitable desire to prepare effectually for the defence
of the country." These are words that must surely
have their weight—words that, weighed in the
balance of public opinion, must make all the windy
nonsense of Mr. BRIGHT kick the beam. They are
the utterances, these words of Lord BROUGHAM,
the deliberate and profound utterances—not of an
alarmist, but of a wise, and far-seeing, and patriotic
Englishman.

The Duke of Bedford has, we regret to learn,
been suffering from indisposition, at his town residence in
Bel grave-square.

The Marchioness de San Carlos has arrived al

Paris from Spain, on a visit to her father, his Excellency
Senor Don Juan de Francisco Martin. The marquis accom-
panied his wife as far as Bayonne, and returned to Madrid
to attend the Cortes.

Lord and Lady Lindsay, and Mr. R. Holford,
M.P., and Mrs. llolford, have arrived at the Queen's Hotel,
Upper Norwood.

His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Gaspard
Le Marchant, Governor of Malta, accompanied by Captain
Graham, A.D.C., arrived at Price's Hotel, Dover-street,
on Sunday evening.

The 200th anniversary banquet of the Scots
Fusilier Guards will take place on Tuesday, the 19th
proximo, at Willis's Rooms, and not on the 18th, as stated
in error yesterday.

ISLINGTON PROPRIETARY SCHOOL—IVO an-
nounced some days ago that two of the pupils from this
school had, within the last few weeks, gained open scholar •
ships at Oxford. Since then Mr. Candy, from the same
school, has been elected to an open scholarship at Wadham
College.

CRICKET.—THE TWO ELEVENS.--This very ex-
citing match was commenced at Lord's yesterday, and it
will be seen by the subjoined score that it is a most inte-
resting contest. There were present upwards of 4,000
spectators, and we anticipate that that number will be ex-
ceeded to-day. The score is as follows :—All England,
first innings, 71 ; United, first innings, 89.
DROVE OF PIGS POISONED .—On Friday a strange
case of loisonjng occurred at Habton, in Yorkshire, which
will entail upon a farmer there, Mr. Barker, a serious loss.
It appears that some powdered hellebore, used for killing
lice on stock, had been found by one of the servants, and,
although labelled, was supposed to be " colouring," and
was mixed with milk. Being a failure, however, the mix-
ture was most thoughtlessly put into the pig-tub, and the
consequence was the poisoning of nearly a dozen valuable
pigs in the fold. Some are dead, and the rest are expected
to share the same fate.

•
ME2,IOILIAL TO THE LATE BISHOP CARIL-It is
proposed to fill in the East and West windows of Bath
Abbey Chufsh with stained glass as memorials of the late
Bishop Carr, Rector of Bath, and the late Thomas Bellot,
Esq., founder of Bath Hospital. •

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT WOLVERHAMPTON.
—Yesterday the inquest was held at the Horse and Jockey,
Wolverhampton, on the body of Bernard Burns, labourer,
who died in the South Staffordshire Hospital, on Satureay
forenoon, from the injuries which he received by the boiler
explosion on the previous Thursday at the Chillington Com-
pany's ironworks in that town. The evidence was chiefly
as to the construction of the boiler, and a verdict of "Acci-
dental death" was returned.

MATTHEW HENRY TESTIMONIAL.---We have
pleasure in announcing that the Matthew Henry Memorial
is now approaching its coupletion. The foundwion has
already been laid in St. Bridget's churchyard, in which
parish this eminent commentator on Holy Scripture re-
sided when he wrote his Con►mentnry. There still exists a
deficiency of about £4O, and the committee feel sure this
need only be made public to secure a sum fully equal to the
expenditure incurred.—Cheshire Observer.

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A BATHER IN THE
SE,IPENTINE.-Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westmi ster,
held a lengthened inquiry at the workhouse, St. George,
Hanover-square, on Saturday, as to the cause of' the death
of Edward Reynolds, 42 years of age. It appeared from
the evidence that on the previous Saturday night the de-
ceased, after the time allotted to bathers, was found by
police-constable 522 A stripped to his shirt, preparatory to
bathing in the Serpentine, and was informed by him that,
as the hour appointed for bathing had elapsed, he forbade
his doing so. The deceased, however, persisting iu his
original intention, the constable seized him by the shirt,
which the unfortunate man, after a brief struggle, slipped
over his head, and plunged into the water and was seen no
more, although he was represented to be an expert swim-
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LOSSES AMONG THE SHEEP STOCK IN THE HIGH-
LANDS.—The sheep stock in the Highlands has already
severely from the recent winter; but we understand
hat in some districts, and particularly about Glenlyon, new
agencies, equally destructive, are now being felt to a conss •
derablo extent, We allude to the depredations committed
by ravens, foxes, and other vermin. 'The ravens Like
vantage of the weak condition of the sheep, and,. darting
flown upon them, scoop out their eyes, and not unfrequently
pierce their lower jaws in order to get at their tongues. A
good many sheep have been mutilated in this mlnner,
while the fox has caused much havoc among the very best
of the lambs. We understand that the gamekeepers are
exerting themselves to the ntmostin carrying on a war of
extermination against those vermin ; but in spite of their
diligence there will always be a remnant which take refuge
amore the inaccessible rocks.—Pertbhire courier.

LATEST .NENI.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, MAY 29.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes the
speech delivered by M. Fould, Minister of State, at
an agricultural meeting at Tarles.
After having shown the material progress which
has been obtained, the Minister Fould said:—
"The economical course which has recently been
inaugurated will create a fruitful era of wealth
and prosperity." M. Fould recalls the moderation
of the Emperor shown after the late war, and said
—" The moderation in the past is a certain gua-
rantee for the future. The Emperor has several
times proclaimed that he only wished to ensure to
France the rank which belonged to her." M.
Fould advises people not to be led away by the
feeling of uneasiness which parties are strenuously
endeavouring to spread. " Notwithstanding the
events which disturb some States, notwithstanding
the agitation and mistrust which those parties at-
tempt to excite in the public mind, France, quiet
and prosperous, can devote herself with safety to
public works. She knows the Emperor to be strong
enough to inspire all with respect for her rights,
and to be too loyal a neighbour and too faithful an
ally to menace the rights of others."

PARIS, MAY 28.
In Sicily everything is going on well for Gari•

baldi.

A service cf small steamers, French and English,
has been established between Naples and Palermo.
The Patrie of this evening says :
"The despatches received from Sicily are very
contradictory. One of them again asserts that
Bixio has been killed."
The Patrie adds :

" The insurrection is being organised to such an
extent that its definitive result is no longer doubt-
ful. The fall of Palermo is inevitable, being only a
question of time. As soon as the insurrection
becomes mistress of Palermo, Garibaldi will declare
Sicily annexed to the Italian kingdom, reserving
the ratification of his resolution to universal suf-
frage. A provisional government, under the
presidency of Garibaldi, would then direct the
insurrection."

VIENNA, MAY 28.

A telegram from the Austrian Embassy at Naples
has been received here, which asserts that Gari-
baldi and his volunteers had been completely

a.m.

tenente, Castelcicala, went away for good yesterday
to Naples, bag and baggage, and has been replaced
by General Lanza, who was formerly a colonel of
cavalry here in 1848. Government business and
eTerything else seems to be at a dead lock, and, for
my part, I feel persuaded that the Government must
succumb, the entire island being in arms and
against them. It is believed that the above Colonna
was destroyed by the country squat-11i alone, and
without any assistance from Garibaldi's band,
amongst whom there are some English and French
chaps, and a lot of students from Pavia. Altogether
the English officers said they were a brave set, and
managed their landing like chaps that knew what
they were about. The English steamers Argus
and Intrepid, at a distance they took for Neapolitan
cruisers, or they would have been in and landed two
hours sooner, and the steamers would have got
away again. Yesterday there was a si dice that
Lanza was going to make aprenunziamento with the
troops and tri-coloured flags, and to cry out, 'Viva
Francesco, IL ! ' Viva la Constituzione del 1812
But it is all bosh.

" There are steamers going to and coming from
Naples daily, but we have had only one letter so
far, and that was kept at the Post-office 24 hours
after arrival; and as to sending away letters, we
never can know when the steamer is to leave, or
which is the one to go, and at the Post-office they
know nothing at all.
" The Argus having returned to remain at
Marsala for a time, the Neptune is the only British
man-of-war here.

"The Marsala folks were anxious to get a
steamer to keep them company, not, however, that
they are in the least danger within their baglios,
which are like little fortresses ; besides, they took
good care to keep plenty of arms to defend them-
selves from any attack (by no means probable), and
the Argus ought to have remained here, as her
presence is much more likely to be needed here
when Garibaldi comes to the rescue.

" The people are not allowed to go out or come
in at the gates after a certain hour. Nearly all the
gates except the four chief ones at right angles have
been barricaded by the troops to form breastworks.
One Colonna has been stationed at the end of the
Madina these two days, and the poor devils have
had to sleep for two nights and days on the ban.
chetta, without any covering except the clothes
they stand in. Another larger lot is out at the
Barazzi, just beyond the madhouse, but all the
troops in this direction—except what there may be at
Girgenti and Trapani, if this last place has not given
in—have come back to Palermo, so that all the
island, save perhaps Catania and Messina, may be
said to be in the hands of the people, who will now
no longer accept anything Francesco 11. may offer
them, constitution or anything else.
" The Colonna Disfatta is, as that of Garibaldi,
composed of carabinieri, Bth and 10th regiments of
the line, cavalry and artillery ; and besides the
great number of killed and wounded, four cannon,
the military chest, and a lot of muskets were taken.
Several of the inhabitants who have landed, I hear,
have already come into Palermo to see their rela-
tions, but have gone out again. Garibaldi, I am
told, is to sleep at Partinico to-night. On Sunday
most likely Monreale will be attacked, and after
that we might look out at Palermo, which will be
the scene of the great fight if the Neapolitans
intend to fight at all. The poor fellows most cer-
tainly appear to be very much discouraged, and
with good reasons, because it is impossible they can
withstand the fury of the entire island. The
squadri are beyond numbers; all round Palermo
every night they light their fires on the Monetrim
by way of showing that they are in the neighbour-
hood.

The town and all around it since Saturday last
has been as silent as the grave, and that alone tends
to damp the ardour of the troops—put out of the
question the name of Garibaldi, who must certainly
be a generous fellow to have undertaken his present
enterprise.
" All the English are still in town."

MAY 23.
The subjoined telgraphic despatch has just been
received :

" MODICA, MAY 22.
" Catania rose in insurrection yesterday at 6

"A very large number of the movable column of
all the communes of the valley of Catania and of
the neighbouring valleys have moved forward to
attack the royal forces.
"A strong body from this place is now setting
out in aid of its brethren of Catania."
It is reported that the Neapolitan troops are
quitting Palermo for Naples in their vessels of war.
All Sicily is in arms.

A correspondent from Sicily writes as follows :
Accidental circumstances led to my being an
eye witness of events of the highest interest which
occurred on the 11th at Marsala. It was a most
beautiful day, bright sun and perfectly calm sea.
Her Britannic Majesty's ships Argus and Intrepid
were lying at anchor off the town, having arrived
about 10 o'clock that morning from Palermo, in
consequence of some complaints that had been made
by the English residents here against the Neapoli-
tan authorities. Two paddlewheel vessels, which
had been observed-cruising in the offing most of the
morning, at 1 o'clock steamed rapidly towards the
breakwater. As they approached the shore they
hoisted Sardinian colours, and were seen to be
crowded with armed men, while field pieces were
distinctly discernible on the deck of the larger one.
The men were not clothed in uniform, but a large
number wore bright red woollen shirts, without
any jackets, and felt hats. On the bridge of the
first steamer stood an individual, also in red,
whose identity was then little suspected, but
who turned out to be the illustrious General
Garibaldi himself. The steamers came on at full
speed through the shallow water, and stopped, one
inside the mole, the other a few yards from it. The
work of debarkation commenced immediately. Of
course, there are various accounts as to the number
of men, but, from my own observation, and from
the statement of the new corners themselves, I
should say 1,400 was about the mark. Every man
was armed with a revolver, Minie rifle, and sabre,
and many carried two rifles. They had four field
howitzers and several ammunition carts. Nothing
could excel the able way in which the landing
was effected. In two hours and a half not a man
was left on board either vessel. Almost imme-
diately after their arrival the smoke of two or
three steamers *and the canvass of a large frigate
were seen in the horizon. The steamers proved to
be a aix-gun sloop and two Palermitan tugboats
chartered by the Neapolitan Government. The fri-
gate was the Parthenope, 5.) guns. Just as the
last batch of man were landing the Neapolitan
steamers came creeping along shore, and the sloop,
which was first, hovered about for a long time,
apparently in a state of extreme perplexity and
incertitude. After the exchange of many signals
with the Parthenope, which had hauled her wind,
and was rapidly nearing the harbour, the sloop
steamed along the beach and opened fire on thelittle
army that was marching in detachments along the
road from the mole to the town. She did not, how-
erer, do any homage to the patriots, but some of
her shells went right over their heads and burst
among the houses. By this time the frigate
had arrived, and sailing under reduced canvass
about 800 yards from shore, she fired a whole broad-
side of round shot, with the only effect of splashing
water and scattering mud. She then went about and
lay to in the offing. 'The sloop continued firing shell
at intervals till dusk. I only saw one man struck
and I think that was the extent of the execution.
Shell after shell, however, dropped in the town and
the Parthenope, with her 8-inch gees, made one or
two holes in the walls. The patriots behaved with
the utmost coolness. As each puff of smoke appeared
from the ports of the steamer they fcll flat on the
ground, and when the danger had passed went on,
lustily draping their gaps across the open space
between the mole and the town. The frigate mean-
while sent her boats to take possession of the aban•
cloned steamers which were aground and aboard
which the tricolour was still flaLting, By 8 o'elcck
next morning one of them, in tow of a tugboat, was
out of sight, the oth•_r was scuttled and plundered,
Garibaldi and his men in full march to Salem],

en route to Palermo, and the Intrepid gone to
Malta with the news. These men came from Genoa,
having pressed the steamers into their service. I
know that an English screw steamer, two or three
weeks back, landed 1,000 rifles at Leghorn for Gari-
baldi. The strangest part of the affair is the won-
derful luck of the General in juLt escaping the
Neapolitan cruisers, and the utter absence of troops
in Marsala, which was so likely a place for a land-
ing. Perhaps Qum Deus milt perdere is applicable
in this case.

" Sunday, 13th.—One thousand armed men have
joined Garibaldi to-day from Trapani and district."

NAPLES, MAY 22 (AFTER POST).
The following important information I copy from
official despatches, dated Messina, May 19. From
want of time I must give it in brief :
" On the 19th a proclamation, posted on the walls,
saying that the troops had dispersed the Garibaldini
with the bayonet; many dead and wounded; one
chief and a banner taken. An English steamer
arrived directly after this public lie. The authori-
ties greatly put out. The open letter from the
British Consul at Palermo to Mr. Elliot war com-
municated to us, saying, in substance that Gari-
baldi had beaten the Royal troops near Calata Fimi,
dispersed them, and made a number of prisoners ;
that the anthorities at Palermo were much dis-
heartened, and serious consequences were expected
to follow. A few minutes after merchants received
letters with a proclamation, saying that Garibaldi
had destroyed a column of 4,000 men between
Calata Fimi and Alcamo. Chase given to 1,000
fugitives many prisoners. A new landing of
'sympathisers' at Sante Stefano di Camastre. Luigi
Laporte occupies Termini. Soldiers shut up.
Royalists defeated again yesterday at Robuttone,
near Parco. Enthusiasm everywhere. Armed
squadrons moved to the spot where waves the stan-
dard of Italy in great numbers. Francesco di
Terro, a famous inspector of police (whom we
name at his wish), has placed himself under the
protection of the Comitato ; others promise the same
thing, and we shall publish their names.

" THE COMITATO.'
" Palermo, May 17.

The following is an extract of a letter from an
English resident at Palermo, dated May 18, received
in Liverpool yesterday :—" Our posts with the in-
terior of the island have quite stopped, and all the
telegraph wires have been cut. Garibaldi is march.
frig towards Palermo. The first batch of troops have
been well thrashed, not by Garibaldi's men, but by
Sicilian bands. A columna mobile, of 4,000 men,
came back yesterday from Calatafimi. More than
two-thirds of them were either killed or taken
prisoners; only about half a dozen brought back
their muskets. A great many were naked, and one
dressed as a woman. Another column, of some
three thousand men, has also returned from the
Parco, having shared pretty much the same fate.
Every day proclamations are issued by the com-
mittee of the insurgents. Some 800 Swiss troops
have arrived from Naples ; they have been sent
twice into the country, and returned. They are
now stationed in the town. When Garibaldi gets
near us the people will all come out and attack the
troops, so that between the people inside, and Gari•
baldi outside, they will play Old Harry with the
Neapolitans and the police. All goes right.
Francis 11. may now bid good-bye to Sicily for ever.
You cannot imagine the enthusiasm in the town ;
every man is waiting joyfully for the signal to
come out and fight, and the police, in the mean-
time, are all evaporating. The soldiers have not
the courage to look at the Palermitans In the face.
The next tme I write to you, no doubt Garibaldi
will be here with us."

(From the Times' Correspondent.)
NAPLES, MAY 20.
I have hoard many in Naples express their righte-
ous indignation at the invasion of Garibaldi as an
infamous violation of international law, and I know
not what else ; but I never heard these persons
utter one word of censure against a family who,
assuming themselves to be the Divine proprietors
of the soil, have, foi half a century, broken every
law both divine and human, and revelled in the
miseries of many millions of human beings. Out
on such inconsistent cant ! Let no man who has
defended or viewed in silence the infamies of the
Government of the Two Sicilies, as even men
calling themselves English have done, dare to
lift their voices for a single moment against
Giuseppe Garibaldi. No post boat has been per-
mitted as yet to come up from Palermo, and con-
sequently all who have friends or commercial re-
lations with that city are in the greatest anxiety. A
French steamer came in this morning with despatches
for Baron Brenier, and from these I derive ample
confirmation of the general statement I gave you in
my letter of yesterday. The Neapolitan troops were
well licked. They fled in a marvellously short time
back to Palermo. They lost two cannons; and Gari-
baldi, with at the smallest computation 6,000, and at
the highest 12,000 men, was on the confines of
Monreale, preparing to follow up his success. An
attack was expected to be made last night or this
morning, and little doubt existed that Palermo
would be taken, so utterly demoralised and dis-
couraged were the troops.
A letter from Marsala says that in the encounter
with Garibaldi the Carabincers took off their shoes
and ran for it--perfectly credible for the peasantry,
from whom the troops are mostly recruited, wear
no shoes; while the Chasseurs stood the attack not
more than half an hour. The Saetea went off today
with a great quantity of shoes among other things.
The Etna, the Government steamer, has come up

from Palermo with a load of persons, but it is im-
possible to extract anything from them, for every-
one speaks with bated breath, as if a policeman
were taking notes. By the bye, a report is going
about that the Electrice post-boat had been taken
by the insurgents. It appears she was sent down
from Palermo to Messina with despatches, and that
somewhere between these places she was met, and
taken possession of by another body of immigrants.
The following is the proclamation of General
Salzano, reimposing the state of siege on the 16th :
" The Marshal-Commander of Arms in the Province and
Place of Palermo.—The greatest violation of the rights of
nations has again renewed the dangers of this island and
this city. 800 adventurers, coming from Piedmont in two

Sardinian steamers, the Lombardo and the Piemonte,
dressed in uniform, and armed, with a Staff and a General,
landed in Marsala on the 11th inst., with the design of
creating a revolt and throwing the country into anarchy.
The city having been threatened to be invested by the in-
vaders, assisted by the bands of the factious who rise upon
their road, the Marshal Commander-in-Chief orders as
follows :
"Art. 1. The city of Palermo, and its district, are from
this moment in a state of siege.
"Art. 2. Rebels taken with arms in their hands, as also,
those who assist the insurrection, shall be tried immediately
by a Council of War, according to the decree of the 27th of
December, 1818.

"Art. 3. During- the day the inhabitants shall walk one
by one in the streets. At night, after 21 o'clock (7 o'clock)
it is forbidden to any one to walk in the city. In case of
seditious meetings the public force shall disperse them with
arms.

"Art. 4. Private persons are forbidden to receive strangers
into their houses without the permission of the police.
"Art. 5. The sound of bells is forbidden by day and by
night, as it is also forbidden to affix any paper or seditious
proclamation whatever on the walls. The violators of this
order shall be tried by a Council of War. During the state
of siege the printing-offices shall be closed.
" Art. 6. Whenever an insurrection shall take place in
the city, the inhabitants shall keep their doors and windows
shut. The troops will occupy those houses from which
there is any firing.
•
" Palermo, May 16, IS6O.
" The Field •Marshal Commander of Arms,
" GIOVAI‘.:NI SALZ ANO."
MAY 22.

No post boat has come in yet, though it was due
on the 18th, nor has the Intrepid yet made her ap-
pearance, from which I infer that no decisive fact
has taken place. The Government steamer, the
Etna, which came in on Sunday at mid-day,
brought up letters privately for official persons, and
from these I gather that the political rosition was

worse and worse—doors and windows ~hut up, com-

mercc annihilated. The troops had been repulsed,
and had returned to Palermo in small groups tho-
ioughly beaten. The 13th Chasseurs had been sent
to Castellamare, thence to be forwarded Lo the scene
of action ; but on arriving found it too late, and

returncd ciLeouraged to Palermo. The sbirri go

about and give up their arms to the people, asking
that their lives may be saved. The officers of the
defeated brigade have done something similar, and
many of them, it is added, have joined Garibaldi.
We apprehend an attack from day to day. The
Jesuits are preparing to start, and a vast number
of families have already done so.
The monks of the Guancia have been liberated as
innocent, and so have been a great number of those
who were arrested at the beginning of the revolu-
tion. One of the eustodes of the principal prisons
said that there were now more exits than entries,
and that only 1,800 persons were in confinement.
The, nobles in prison—as Montelani, Niscani,
Giardini, Trebia, and others—have been transferred
to the fortress of Castellamare. Such is the state
of Palermo. A letter from Marsala speaks of the
number of the Garibaldians who landed as having
not been 800, but 1,800. The people, says the
writer, are flocking en masse to the standards of
Garibaldi. '