Having looked on this picture, let us turn to the other, and, together with Captain Lambert and the consul, pay Marshal Clary a visit in the citadel. At the Terranova, which is a large plain extending betwixt the fortress and the town, we find a double line of sentries, the one Garibaldian, the other Neapolitan. This is the line of demarcation agreed upon by Medici and Clary; at the same time the Neapolitan officers and soldiers are to be allowed free ingress and egress to the town to purchase provisions. We are permitted to pass to the entrance of the outworks, but no further: a messenger is then despatched for the Marshal. The quay, which margins the Terranova, is crowded with infantry and artillery, the latter uncommonly well muled. All are embarking in steam transports for the Calabrias.

After broiling under a relentless sun for half an hour, Clary arrives, rather out of breath. He suffers much from asthma. He is tall, slightly bent, and about twoand-forty years old. With all their errors, the Neapolitan Government have not committed their troops in one single instance to the care of old officers. In all cases of important command they seem to pursue a system of selection, the officer who is chosen receiving the local rank of Marisciallo di Campo. He tells us that he has signed a convention with Medici, and that the citadel will only defend itself in case of attack.

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Moreover, that he has received orders from Naples to withdraw all men from Sicily, except a garrison of 3000 men, to be left in the citadel, and he expects those also to be withdrawn soon; adding that his Government were much displeased with him on account of Bosco's failure at Melazzo; that the expedition was undertaken entirely contrary to his strong convictions, as he always wished to make his stand on the heights above Messina; and that he only allowed Bosco to depart against Medici, on the express condition that he would on no account allow himself to be shut up in Melazzo, but, if necessary, fall back and join the garrison in disputing the heights.

In the evening Garibaldi returned from the Faro, whither he proceeded almost immediately after his arrival. The town and all the villages on this side the strait were brilliantly illuminated; as for the population, they were, as well they might be, frenzied with joy, yet there has been no tumult or disturbance. After having allowed the masses to feast their eyes on him in the balcony of the palace, Garibaldi made them a brief speech, and retired, as usual, early. Not so the Messinese; they were still shouting and singing in the streets when the Dictator rose, as his wont, at two in the morning.

To-day the convention was signed between Medici and Clary. The principal features are that the Regi,

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as the royal troops are termed, shall retire within the citadel, giving up the forts Gonzaga and Castellaccio, overlooking the town, together with their matériel; that the Neapolitans shall have free access for the purchase of provisions; and that the castle shall not fire on the town unless attacked. The sea is declared free to either party. The port, which had been closed to all shipping, and cleared, in the expectation of a bombardment, is opened again, and the various menof-war and merchantmen have commenced to return.

In the evening Garibaldi made the inhabitants a speech from the balcony of the palace. He had been repeatedly obliged to rise during dinner and show himself at the window, in answer to the incessant cheering that rose from the street beneath, which was so densely thronged that it seemed paved with human heads instead of stones.

Leaning with his elbows on the balcony, he gazed earnestly around for some minutes. His noble weatherbeaten countenance, radiant with goodness, looked like some ideal apostle of old, half-human, halfdivine, who had undertaken an earthly mission; flowing white robes instead of a red shirt were alone wanting to complete the illusion. Order at length restored, he commenced in a clear silvery voice, “mi trovai sempre bene col popolo "-a very simple assertion, you will say, but from this man it meant everything; and

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its simplicity and earnestness went to the soul of his hearers, contrasted as it was with the fatherly rule of the Bourbons. In a persuasive paternal strain, he went on to tell them that, if they wanted to preserve that which they had acquired, sacrifices were necessary; that he must soon leave them, and he hoped that they would then be strong enough to take care of themselves.

If applause means anything, the Messinese will do much, but one cannot help misgivings; there is such a gulf between the man and his audience.

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CHAPTER XI.

THE FARO OF MESSINA,
August 13.

HERE all the bustle and excitement of the last ten days has been suddenly brought to a close by the departure of Garibaldi. Yesterday morning one of his steamers, the "Washington," arrived, having on board two of the chief actors in this drama, Count Trecchi and Doctor Bertani the latter the Dictator's agent at Genoa, and the former his confidential medium with Victor Emmanuel, who left Melazzo with personal explanations when Count Litta Modignani's mission failed. They bring the news that Colonel Pianciani's expedition of 2500 men has been stopped by the Sardinian Government, but at the same time they undertake to set matters to rights in the Roman States. The object of the expedition was to land in the Abruzzi, and carry out the idea of raising the Pontifical States, as attempted by Colonel Zambianchi, near Orvieto, three months since. France has been interfering again; however, Garibaldi will cut the matter short some day. On finding out that this expedition was forbidden at