The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-27 00:00:00

THE G A.RIBAL E±CURSIONISTS.

The following correspondence has been published :
To THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE GARI.
EALDI SPECIAL FUND, LONDON.

"Feb. 13, 1861.
"Gentlemen,—His Excellency the Sardinian Minister in
London, in consequence of instructions received by him
from the Ministry at Turin, dasires me to make you the
following communication, and I have to request that you
will kindly enable me to give him a suitable answer on the
subject of which it treats.

"It appears that on the 20th of September last a charter
party was signed by the firm of Clay and Co. and an officer
of the English Legion, authorised by General Garibaldi, by
which it was agreed that the Legion of English Volunteers
should be shipped by the steamer Emperor, the property of
the said Messrs. Clay, and the Dictator then ordered the
payment of the price agreed upon— viz., £6,123 10s., or
Neapolitan ducats 35,944.91.

"In consequence of this order the Finance Department
issued a pay-note in favour of the above-named firm, due
on the 13th of March next, against a receipt dated the 2Gth
of December last, by which Messrs. Clay ceded to the Trea-
sury at Naples all its rights and claims on the Garibaldi
Special Fund Committee, by which the Legion was sent to
Naples, and which was to pr.,vide the sums necessary for
its maintenance, transport, and for the reimbursement of
the said sum of ducats of 35,914.94.
" The said departments, being now desirous of exercis-
ing the rights and claims so ceded to the Treasury, has,
through the Royal Lieutenancy in Naples, asked me to ob-
tain from the committee the reimbursement of the sum in
question from the funds collected for the purpose.—Await-
ing your reply, 1 am, &c.,
" HEATH, Sardinian Consul-General."

"J. B. MAUI, ESQ., SARDINIAN CONSUL, 31, OLD JEWRY.
:," 6, Old Jewry, London, Feb. 14.
" Sir,--I 1 ave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your note, enclosing a communication to the Garibaldi
Special Fund Committee, which shall be laid befcre them
at their next meeting.—l am, &c.,

"W. H. ASHURST,

' To nig CONSUL OF MS MAJESTY Tna KING OF
SARDINIA, 31, OLD JEWRY.
" Garibaldi Special Fund, Feb. 19.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Committee of the Garibaldi
Special Fund to cubmit to you a otateilitlif, of the expendi-
ture incurred by them in carrying out the arrangements
for sending to their homes and otherwise relieving certain
Englishmen arrived from Naples, discharged from the ser-
vice of Gen. Garibaldi, and agreed upon with Count Corti.
" The matter has occupied much time and attention, and
every endeavour has been made to keep the expenses within
the narrowest limits which the necessity of the case allowed.
"You will observe that in some instances the committee
have departed from the limit of the allowances suggested by
you, but they only did so in cases of an exceptional nature
which they felt sure must meet wii h your sanction.
" The committee trust that the accounts will meet with
your approval, and they will be happy to submit the
vouchers, and to furnish any explanation that you may re-
quire.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
" G. T. HOLLYOAKE."

"To THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OP THE GARIBALDI
SPECIAL FUND, LONDON.

" Feb. 23

" Gentlemen,—l received the letter which you did me
the honour to address to me on the 19th inst. by direction of
the Committee of the Garibaldi Special Fund, accompanying
a statement of the expenditure incurred by them in carrying
out the arrangement for sending to their homes and other-
wise relieving certain Englishmen arrived from Naples, and
discharged from the service of Gen. Garibaldi,

I naturally referred the account to his Excellency the
Marquis d'Azeglio for approbation, and I have this morning
received his instructions for the repayment of the money,
and I accordingly enclose a draft on Messrs. Robarts, Lub-
bodk, and Co for £156 15s. 7d., for which I beg that you
will send me a receipt in full.
"I am further desired by his excellency to state that in
consequence of inquiries made by this Legation from the
proper authorities at Naples, it is apprised that the British
Legion left that country on the following conditions :--The
officers regularly appointed received six months' pay ; those
whose appointment could not be regularly established, three
months' pay. The non-commissioned officers and privates
received six months' pay, and arrangements were concluded
for their return t 3 England, those arrangements being a
passage to Marseilles, railway expenses from that city to
Calais, and the passage across the Channel.
" The presiding officer of the board intrusted with the
carrying these dispositions into effect states, not only that
these various sums were punctually paid, but from regard
for the British nation, every facility was given in cases of
need, free passage being granted even to officers, who strictly
were not entitled to it.

"By the same rule neither officers nor privates, when
once landed on the shores of England, were entitled to any
assistance whatever. it afforded, however, great satisfac-
tion to the Sardinian authorities to interpret liberally a
somewhat doubtful case, and to afford these persons the
means of reaching the r homes free of expense.
" His Excellency the Minister desires me to inform you
that from this time forward all such assistance will be dis-
continued, and he adds that, according to instructions re-
ceived from Turin, all volunteers who may henceforward
be induced to leave this country for Italy must be informed
that, their enlistment being made against the will and with-
out the knowledge of the Government, they will receive no
assistance under any circumstances whatever.—l have the

honour, &e.,
" J. B. HEATH, Sardinian Consul-General."

" TO TILE CONSUL OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF
SARDINIA, 31, OLD-JEWRY.
"Garibaldi Special Fund, Feb. 24.

4' Sir,—l am directed by the committee of this fund to
acknowledge your letter of Feb. 13, which was duly brought
under their notice by Mr. Ashurst, according to your re-
quest to that gentleman, and to inform you that Mr. Clay
never had any claim whatever upon this committee, the
facts of the case being as represented in your letter--viz.,
' that a charter party was signed by the firm of Clay and
Co., and an officer authorised by General Garibaldi (though
not an officer of the Legion), by which it was agreed that
the Legion of English Volunteers should be shipped by
the Emperor, the property of the said Messrs, Clay, and
the Dictator then ordered the payment of the price agreed
upon.

t,) whom I have transmitted your reply of the 24th Feb.,
desires me to make to you the following observations before
submitting the contents of your said letter to Turin.
" The information officially received from the Ministry at
Turin states that the charter party with Messrs. Clay wee
signed by the Captain Do Rohan. Ought this officer to be
considered or not as belonging to the English Legion ?
" I shall feel obliged by your reply, and Remain, gentle.,
men, your obedient servant, •

" J. B. HEATH, Sardinian Consul-General."

"To THE CONSUL••GENERAL OP HIS MAJESTY TUN
KING OF SARDINIA.

" Garibaldi Special Fund, March 13.
" Sir,—Your letter of Feb. 23, addressed to the corn'
mittee of the Garibaldi Special Fund, accompanying a
draught of £166 15s. 7d. in payment of the expenditure
incurred by the committee in carrying out the arrange'
ments for sending to their homes and otherwise relieving
certain Englishmen arrived from Naples, and discharged
from the service of General Garibaldi, has been duly sub'
mitted to the committee. lam instructed by the committee
to request that you will convey to his Excellency the Mar'
quis d'Azeglio, and through him to the Italicin*Govern'
ment, their sincere acknowledgments for the prompt and
handsome manner in which that Government came forward
to provide for the exigencies of an exceptional case, involves
ing a large expenditure at your offices beyond the amount
covered by the draught remitted to the committee.
" The committee gladly take this opportunity of further
recording their sense of the liberal consideration shown by
the Italian Government, both to the men and to the offi•
cers of the British Legion generally, which they accept aa
graceful recognition of England's hearty sympathy for the
Italian cause, eminently calculated to strengthen those
bonds of mutual friendship which cannot fail to redound to
the honour and advantage of both countries.
" With reference to the last paragraph of your letter, I
am instructed to beg your permission to publish this cones.
pondence, which will bring the intimation therein conveyed
under the notice of all whom it may concern._l am, eco.
" CRAUFURD, Chairman."

" Tv TILE CONSUL-GENERAL OF HIS MAJESTY THE NINO
OF SARDINIA, 31, OLD JEWRY, LONDON.
" Garibaldi Special Fund, March 14.
" Sir,—Having submitted your letter of the 4th inst. to
the committee of this fund, I am instructed to state in reply
that the charter party with Messrs. Clay was signed by
Capt. De Rohan, as agent for General Garibaldi, with the
knowledge of the committee. Capt. De Rohan was not $
member of the British Legion, but a naval aide-de-camp of
General Garibaldi, who subsequently ratified biq acts by
accepting his drafts ; and, possessing the entire confidence
of the committee, he was requested by them to superintend
and carry out the arrangements for the transport of the
legion to Italy.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
" CRAITFURD, Chairman."

"To THE COMMITTEE Or TUE GARIBALDI SPECIATt
FUND.

" 19.
" Gentlemen,—l beg to acknowledge receipt March of the two
letters which you did me the honour to address me on the
13th and 14th of this month, the originals of which I imme-
diately forwarded to his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio.
As his excellency has not yet transmitted to Turin the
various documents connected with the payment of the sums
disbursed on behalf of the English Legion in the service of
General Garibaldi by the Government of King Victor Em-
manuel, these letters will be added, and the whole corres-
pondence will be submitted to the Ministry at Turin. But,
until the answer shall have been received, the matter can-
not, of course, be considered as closed.

"With regard to the publication of the correspondence
which had taken place between your committee and myself,
his Excellency offers no objection, provided that such pub-
lication embrace the entire correspondence, because his
.Excellency, appreciating the spirit in which the Italian
cause has been viewed in this country, is anxious that it
shonld be apparent to all that his Government, ever desi-
rous of carrying its liberality to the fullest extent, even
where no legal claim could be preferred, has defrayed the
expenses incurred by the English legion in Italy (in the
raising of which the Royal Government was in no wise
either instrumental or even consulted) without canvassing
either the various items of expenditure or their amount.
"Should this correspondence be published, allow me to
renew my request that notice be given to all volunteers
who may be induced to leave this country for Italy that
his Majesty's Governmext will not sanction the enlistment
nor afford assistance under any eh cumstances—l have, &c.,
"HEATH, Sardinian Consul-General,"