REVOLUTION IN SICILY AND NAPLES.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1470, 9 November 1860, Page 5

REVOLUTION IN SICILY AND NAPLES.

INVASION OF CALABRIA. Onoe more the daring genius of Italy's greatest general has led him into a position to thrill his friends with au admiration that is tempered with concern. Garibaldi is in Calabria, to contend, with not more than 8000 and possibly with fewer tban 6000 chosen followers, in the name of liberty and Italian independence, against the large and well trained army of a king whose government has been an incarnation of the spirit of oppression. The information supplied by the telegraph is in all respects too imperfect to affotd the mateiials of a connected representation of tbe facts of tins landiug ; we may, however, collect its most striking features. The vanguard ofthe romantic expedition, consisting only of 350 men, crossed'

gggß______g_s__a mi i m i i,'j_H_Ha__B_g_a__ the narrow straits of Messina on the night of the Bth of August, under Missori. They failed to capture the fortress of Torre de Cavallo, but established themselves in tbe neighbouring mountains, and attracted around them an insurgent force said tv amount to 2000 men. There appears to have been no further embarkation until tbe 19th or 20th. A telegram from Messina announces the illumination of that city on the 19th— the return ofthe General from ©ne of his mysterious journeys (he had just paid a visit for some unknown relation to tbe island of Sardinia)— bis re-embarkation and departure with Colonel Bixio and 6000 men— and his landing the same day with 3800 men at Melito ; the extreme point of the mainland. A telegram from Naples, via Florence, represents the landing as having taken place on the morning of the 2lst, at Bagnara, nearly opposite the Faro. It announces also the junction of 2000 invaders with the insurgents acd their attack upon Reggio, A later telegram, published at Turin on the 23rd, reports from Naples the capture of Reggio by Garibaldi, a general insurrection in Calabria, and the concentration of the Neapolitan force at Momteleone, on the road northward. Garibaldi bas evidently effected a descent upon tbe Neapoli tan coast, with his characteristic skill and customary success. Dividing the expeditionary force into two bodies, he appears to bave conducted one in person, to the south point of the mainland. He may then have returned, and couducted another and larger body, in a fleet of small vessels— for the most part, of course, mere fishing boats— into the Gulf of Goija; where Bagnara would furnish a convenient landing place, and a march of about ten miles to tbe south would effect a junction with Missori. A nearly simultaneous landing was, at any rate, accomplished at these two points. That no opposition waa offered at either spot is expressly stated ; and if a defence of Reiggo was attempted, it must have been overcome in a few hours. The Neapolitan cruisers maintained a masterly inactivity until, as at Marsala, the stranded vessels were empty, aud could be safely fired upon. An English vessel supplied Garibaldi, before he started on the invasion, with 30,000 muskets and 15 pieces of rifled cannon, On the 14th August, Naples was declared in a state of siege. From Trieste we have a despatch of August 14, touching the expected flight of Francis Wben Commander Wullersdorf, witb a flotilla, was sent in May last to cruize in tbe Neapolitan waters, Count Szecbney, the Austrian minister at Naples, was instructed to inform King Fraucis 11. that the Austrian flotilla was principally destined to be held at the disposal of the young monarch and his family, in the event of the revolution compelling them to quit tbeir own country. It is no longer doubted that if Garibaldi succeeds in becoming master of Naples the King and his consort will retjre on board tbe imperial flotilla, and afterwards take refuge at Vienna. The Count of Syracuse, the King of Naples' uncle, bas written a letter to the Prince of Carigman, announcing that he adheres to the grand principle of the unity of Italy, and is prepared to bail Victor Emanuel as his king. Turin, August 23.— The " Opinione" of to day contains the following despatch from Naples, dated yesterday evening; — "Eight thousand Garibaldians have disembarked on the mainland. An insurrection has broken out iv Calabria. Garibaldi has taken Reggio. The Neapolitan forces are concentrated at Monteleone." [ Messina, August 19. (via Marseilles.)— The city has been illuminated, in honor of the de parture of Garibaldi for the mainland. Garibaldi, on his return from Capra, met and went on board an English vessel. On his arrival at the Faro, be found another English ship, having on board 30,000 muskets and 15 rifled cannon. He departed again without landing, accompanied by Colonel Bixio and 5000 volunteeis. . General Cusenz is 'prepared to leave for another point of the mainland. A Garibaldian vessel was run aground on the Neapolitan coast in order to land 2000 volunteers. The Neapolitan cruisers, as was the case at the first landing o[ Garabaldians at Marsala, fired on the vessel after the lauding had been effected. Tbe " Patrie" of the 23rd says;— The news of the establishment of a Provisional Government at Potenza has not beeu confirmed.