, 1860-08-14
THE IRISH BR1GAE IN ITALY.
Their Sunerin :E and DlaappoIut11se emf

AoSAo7s b0ay ~ AaSH.
To The Editor Of the London Times:
StRs Fer several months past the Iriah
press has been teeming with news relative 10
The organization, to the progress, nEd to tue
{glor.ous) prospects Of the Irish Brigade. l
was ono Of these fools who was tTepanned bY
glow and glitter of those sweeping assertions
that saw in the Nation, a5tu1 three months
since, when il was suggested By some entbuhi-
astie supporter Of the Pafal temporal Rorern-
naent that it would he grand thing for Ireland
10 send cut the pTlde and ehiTairy OF the coup~
Try 10 1tay for such noble purpose. HAny
others we're led aatrsy IS we'll 81 I WAS. Tho
movement progressed naoAt marvelously, until
in the course Of . few weeks seine hundreds
were concentrated within the walls Of Macera~
to, after performing journey Of thousands OF
miles IN Rn incredible space Of time. = hnd
forgotten to state that many Of US were thun.
der stricken on our asri nj in Italy at Tot find
ing the thouszpds Of Americanized Irishmcn
much previous 10 our departure from Ireland.
lwas but rerT short time IN Maccrala until
saw that j, was rot to hght fur religion had
Eoae cut, but ios . teCp-ras goves sunent, with
Which the poor devoted children Of Italy ere,
in my humble opinion, most deserrcdly dissat-
isGed, and from orerturuip.. which they are ou-
~ preveuted By the bayonets point
After stay OF seeersl weeks in Macerta, we
| got the route TO Rome, where we arrired after
long and tiresomc march OF eight days. BY
The time that we got to fane many Of the mere
intelligent amen1 us began to get so1nc~hat
more q: homo. We had TO put up with many
trials and inconverisnces Il: Rome. fer, IS cur
| officers were with teH caceptlols} Young men
WITHOUT military experience or training, 1t Tiny
be easily supposed, that instead of order, regu-
1ari.y, aud comfort, re had nothing int coniu-
sion, "tossca:iou," and .dianay: Some u rs
| took measures and steps by which VIC hoped to
be seat home, md after good deal OF Alserca-
lion and DELAY, ne st length :receeded in get
| ting sway 10 the number Of sixteen-
Alter cur departure from lone we we're de-
layed By passport regulations at Cisita Fecchia
| batch OF men on their Way cut from 1relnnd,
| tue nsjcri:y of whom were young uel *ho
had been il the coDstabulary in ireland lor
come years, ind who threw up their positions
10 :ef out 10 Italy, full Of ent.usl4sn and zsal
for the cause. Al our departure from Cirita
Tdcchie, to our great surprise, ~e iound rang
cd nloug the qnays before US. just embarking
f,r Ireland, the whole body Of consiabul:rg
who had gone on to Rome but 1~o or three
dars previously, but who were 50 dis attaf}et
viii, the orerbeasing conduct-thc 1nperti'
uence, u ranny and dcspot.su'-ot a {ew Of the
commanding officers, taat taey one and all DC
mnnued thxl7 passports urd exptusee hack, ant
returned nome without a moments delay. w
embarked from ciyita Eecelia in body, and
though the roysga to Aarxeilles was to be O
about forty hours duration, we wetc no: pro
yided With any food or kustenauce.
The writer thea goes on 10 relate how the
we're abused u1d starved in passing 'hzoug
France, and finally renrhed England nearl
}a1n,shcd snd oyerjoyed At Getting home. bu
"bitterlv bemoaning cur hard fate, aud londl
reprouc6ing ouz1elvss; md We one aad E
swore. ,hat il the day should ever come whe
! tho liberties OF Great Britain might be threat
ened BY The armies Of France, We would con
forward ourselves, and beseech our couu,r!
| men to csme on a.so, md generously ascF1hs
our liyes in defence OF the most glorious col
s,itu1ion in tbejwhole world"