The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

GARIBALDL

A letter from Florence, dated Nov. 20, saYs
The fate of Garibaldi is sealed. I wrote three or
four days ago announcing the dismissal or rethive
ment of that patriot-general from his post. rre
information I then gave was again and again con-
information
but it receives now ample and sure con-
&illation. Full of the thought that the only Wily
for Italy to break through the toils of France wee
in some deed of memorable daring; intimately con-
vinced that the Romagnese troops under his coin.
mand could only be prevented from falling into
mand
utter disorganisation by immediate action'
mitted, as he saw himself,in the eyes of his follow
to some decisive course by the resolute language .L:e
they vestAl in him ; tempted,
had always held to them, and the headlong feu.'
tude and facility of the enterprise, Garibaldi ine
dilated a sudden onset on the Marches and thea
Abruzzi, by which he felt confident he could ope
his way to the conquest of Naples, and to
teat.e
wealthy and populous southern kingdom to th
finally-, by the inagfh- ,
destinies of Northern and Central Italy.
It plan !°
seems he communicated his venturous
Fanti at Bologna, and that the latter, without d!ls;
approving it, submitted it to the decision of ti,h.
Turin Cabinet ; this led to the successive call of Ift o
Generals to the Court of Victor Emmaniiel, an
and
that four hours' interview between the King
Garibaldi, at the end of which the latter,
both his own convictions and projects to his age.o
tion for the King and deference to his avisel;
clearly saw that nothing was left for him but
sent
immediate withdrawal into private life. Went
his
back once more to Bologna, probably to resign he
Fonti i
powers into the hands of his superior,
thence returned to Turin to bid farewell to tlielilllfi'l
and was last heard of at Genoa, whence he wl!
all probability, proceed to his rural retreat at Nice,
or to his lonely islet off the shore of Sardinia. hi
I hope there is not the slightest foundation
en-
the rumour that he is bent on come desperate ras
been misjudged throughout; if lie do ne gn° la to
Italy, he is certainly the last person in the wor
ros.
venture on any rash attempt likely to martr pros-
venture
poets, such as they are. For my own p I think
there has been something inconsiderate, no less lire
ungenerous, in the clumsily covert hints of e_.:ens so
of his conluct conveyed by the Prince de Carina.
and Fanti—in the letter of the former to the the
mendatore Buoncompagni, and in the order trotif 10 ,
et
day of the latter to the Central Italian
Much time will not elapse before it is follat the
the boldest measures were also the safest, t°lla
bravest
heart in Italy was joined to the wisestt .0s
and that it was the cause of the country thaiirbst
sacrificed when Garibaldi was set aside, ninci.
sdtrikes me as not a little remarkable is the -rilla
chief abroad, and especially
en ce of the high praises lavished on the lig eiseii
at the moment he ceases to be a prophet ill phis
country. di fall
in England, li,e.c 00
That Italy and her cause succumb with "" efietl
off Garibaldi I think I can perceive from a cai out
o symptoms. With Garibaldi's retirement eved
fafraid the Romagnese legion is but a 10,.9.10S
co
tagot, soon to go asunder. Nor are the ''d sol-
dr.cops, although most of them consist of oi.nieg,
Biers, and subjected to sound militarY,traniffieera
of the choice regiments, cavalry,
much more to be depended on. Among tue - and
grenadiers, there are not a few Retron't
erarted Lorraine dynasty. artillell' ...ho
adist,so. "the
neverd made a mystery of their attachment ` their
froraotbieg
homes for the last four months, they kne,Wl,llg eon'
e
and believe nothing of the change thaD irseribe
oyer the spirit of their countrymen. TheY let of $
theo vote of annexation as the mere result sea
/)! viniento e rumore di piazza (mere street ctith to
riot). They protest they had only gone 1
bflect of
Absent
fight the Austrians; that there only. Austriansuz
quarrel with the Grand Duke was his hears
tendencies ; that they would on no account would
t and in a counter-revolution ; but neither,nee, if
they draw a sword against their lawful Pr".. pi
he disconnected his cause from that of Anstr.l7...ate
attemed the recovery- of his throne by legictle7, it
national
means. Under such circurnstan ~0 to
look
kuld be no wonder if the Retrogradists bfr:aes,
The promise, so often repeated hYr,,..overn.
thato up.
the restoration of the Central Italian treccer
deceives
is to be effected by no arnica ine.ri',...ch $
There is "The
th. no sensible person here.
ibng as a " spontaneous choice " Per force.
_uieti
public apprehension for the esent is rather er:role
by the " Reds" than the " Blacks;" as th„eascend'
agcy,
or Moderates, are lately losing ?Pio their
, the Mazzinians are ready to step into
Place ; and is it to be wondered at if the
..,0 letter
whoh read in the /f/oniteur and the Eroperel
submit
w at is to be their ultimate fate, Prefer °hog the
to it at once rather than arrive at it throug.sgraced
their
phases of the rampant anarchy which_dgiel rots ja
cause when they trusted the Pe's,
1849 ? icon
g it
What, '
. in the meanwhile, would be riale.ninie'ss•
it were not too melancholy, is the utter heilerrs is
ss and apparent apathy of the Tuscan rut', sena
the
midst of this fearful emergency. ,t, vais
telegram upon telegram to Turin, Waiting i to eni,'
for orders from the Sardinian Go-vernalelL shoul'i
brace resolutions which their own licarl'f ~elief
t dictate. They consider it a grand stroke ° 4.00 in
o put off for two or three days the publicnriegs
the _Monitore of the news which the telegraP.,`: moot
them hourly, and to put in the Sazione the
bulletiq
cheerful construction on the gloomiest
,eese ot
from Paris, by straining and distorting the aped
that
the plainest words. They are deternilligoocisl
Florence shall dance to-morrow evening, ut of re:
(the ball having been ut off for 24 hours pglisP
gard for the Sabbatarian scruples of th,,,e,,e to ge_,
guests), though the town should be hie"; to-dO7
forth in sackcloth and ashes ; and they af hies
sinel
celebrating at the Cascine the cereraonY ° ~,rotion
and distributing the standards to the -';vthet
Guards; though it is by no means sure is 00
the Archduke, who, according to Nalvle°l'supPrer
by the
restored, will not usher in his reign
sion of these very National Guars. tilnreglillf;
That the Tuscans, or at least the ' '',i 0f te
have every possible reason to be Pron' Thef:
citizen militia is matter of doubt to no Lma.,lll,aye le
,1:
are now, lam told, 4,000 of them. The, oa ha'
aside their provisional summer blouse, awl red,
donned a gray capote, with hood lined with
lip,
which gives them a very gallant and rna teaiq'
pearance. They march briskly and s this
salvoes t
manoeuvre skilfully, and are to fire .5010
praetris which
morning at their solemn mass. They
Sunday for the purpose. The four banile ions are
are to be distributed io the respective leforh.`fl
described as masterpieces of Italian needle oa 3
names of the fair embroiderers-23 titled in priot.
untitled ladies of rank—are made kri°Wileieraulti
The day is gorgeously bright, and, as the si‘s of IV
is only to come off at 11 o'clock, the whole the
rence will be there, to testify the inter t
people tke in their efenders. Lao ou
Whata seemed at first mere venial faults I ~400
Italy belied
very fatal blunders, now the future of its AO
to loom dark before us. The elements °lO-Leoiled
enfranchisement were at hand, and the Wessfeclit'
to the guidance of the country /night ave, jeoiente
had they relied on and utilised those f aid, of,
rather than rested their hopes on foreigfolatioo,
tried by their exaggerated horror of " re:l.or,', 0
or by their inaction, which they called ,°, woof;
propitiate treacherous and inexorable aIP
boles°
Garibaldi prescribed for Italy the only. Wiwi Go-
Th Ita pelt''
remedy—" a million of muskets." 43,er r...
vernments ought to have supplied the °''''' 11 M
' a million of men to carry those mukets,.
ribalai•
As I began this letter by telling of usreiatilig
" disgrace, ' I may just as well end it bY , other
what I hear of the state of mind of the elqeirt."-
man who took the Italian cause really Oeribed i?.
King Victor Emmanuel. The king ie ele _.5 ae in lit
eating his proud heart in silence and solitcrthat but
palace ; in so sullen and savage a mood Stre°4:
most intimate friends dare not accost hiin'while 1111
that their King should be so downcast,
nioto thel
would-be subjects at Florence are tu
fiddles for d I ,r Oh a
a dance . 4 o'cLocci'e to 0%
I have been unable to go to the Casel-froni 1
the show, but people who are just back Ai tiler,
assure me it went off with great eelat,tlw." of ls'
practicueriog re;
was no firing, perhaps because the
Sunday did not lead to sufficiently real ar e i tie
sults. The different legions of the Guar.th 0 not
now marching under my windows. wl.dered rite
of drum and trumpet. The new einr°l thew "elhe
nor they bear aloft in their front has noti lily,,e,
cross of Savoy on a red ground quarterea.
00+
red
white of the tricolour, but simply the r. so:1
to
Florence. They are municipal standaras; ofa
who 11
such they may be suffered to abide even w 001
has decided that the balls of the iNledici are
to be " the 1 uscan national cognizanc)•
cost of the
eff.Stirigoe•
I here sure reports of renewed
Murat party in Naples, backed by French 1 '
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expected hardness of the material through who',B3 Ow 'be
vela have been driven. It is calculated that A, ;ea to
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£1,500 to the colonial building fund, and
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