The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-06 00:00:00

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after a little introductory conversation, complained of a dis-
tressing headache.

" YOU ought to lose blood then," said Lord Radnor.
"Gad—do you indeed think so ? Then, my dear lord,
do add to the servico,of your advice by performing the ope.
ration. I know you are a most skilful surgeon."
Delighted at the compliment, Lord Radnor, in a trice,
pulled out his lancet 'case, and opened a vein in his friend's
arm.

" By-the--by," asked the patient, as his arm was being
adroitly bound up, "do you go down to the House to-
day ?"
" I had not intended going," answered the noble opera-
tor, "not being sufficiently informed on the question which
is to be debated; but you, that have considered it, which
side will you vote on P."
In reply, Lord Chesterfield unfolded his view of the case;
and Lord Radnor was so delighted with the reasoning of
the man (who had held his surgical powers in such high
estimation), that ne forthwith promised to support the wily
earl's side in the division-
" I have shed my blood for the good of my country," said
Lord Chesterfield that evening to a party of friends, who,
OR hearing the story, were convulsed with laughter.

THE LAST .21141VIFEs2o Or TIIE KING
OF GAETA.

The following is the text of the new note of the
Government of King Francis 11., published in the
Official Gazette of Gaeta, of which mention has been
made by telegraph :

" King Francis 11. had no sooner ascended the
throne than the Revolution began to conspire and
to labour openly against his rights. The peace of
Villafranca left unoccupied all the men of enterprise
and of ardent minds-in Italy; and the adventurers
of all nations who had endeavoured to employ their
energies in the war in that country joined them,
and they selected the kingdom of the Two Sicilies
for their invasion.

" The King, our master, never disguised from
himself the gravity of the events which have taken
place in Sicily. His Majesty knew that the disem-
barkation of Garibaldi's little band was only the
precursor of a more formidable invasion.
" Seeing how menacing the situation was, the
King hastened to provide for the danger—mili-
tarily, by concentrating in Sicily an army of
30,000 men; politically, by preparing the way
for liberal institutions by administrative reforms,
and by the re-establishment of the Constitution
of 1848 ; diplomatically, by denouncing to all the
Powers of Europe the imminence of danger to
them, by proving to them that the cause of the
King was common to all monarchies and all
Governments, and by proposing to Piedmont,
instead of her alliance with the Revolution, an.
intimate one with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,
and which, being founded on the resemblance
of institutions, might have secured the peace and
the future prosperity of Italy. Europe knows
how the prudent measures of the King were re-
ceived. His army in Sicily, after numerous combats,
was recalled, in order to save Palermo from ruin.
" The gates of the Continent were opened to the
bands of Garibaldi. Political liberty, which there
was not time fully to establish, only served as st.
shield and guarantee to all the conspirators, and.
scandalised Europe saw a Minister of his Ma-
jesty boast of having, during his ministry, or-
ganised the revolution which was to take from
the King his crown. Cabinets of the first
order, in reply to the diplomatic communications
of the King's Government, stated that his Ma-
jesty ought to combat the revolution with his own
forces, and they held out to him the hope that mili-
tary advantages obtained by his troops might per-
haps offer a ground for the assistance and sympa-
thies of Europe.
" That is what the King did from the momentat
which he quitted Naples, in order to spare that
capital the horrors of war ; and in leaving it he vo-
luntarily renounced the advantages and resources
of all kinds which that rich and populous city can
furnish to the man who possesses it. But the world
has seen during the last six weeks that the brave
troops which treason left to their legitimate sove-
reign were able, in spite of the most unfavourable
circumstances, to defend the town of Capua and
the line of the Volturno, to take the offensive with
success, and to baffle the combined efforts of the
revolution and of Garibaldi. Europe has seen by
the bulletins which the generals of that condottiere
have published, that there are in the service of the
revolution a Hungarian legion, and troops of differ
ent nations, as, for example, the English legion
which disembarked at Naples last week. She has
seen, too, that battalions of Piedmontese bersaglieri
hastened to the assistance of Garibaldi in the com-
bat of the Ist October.

"Notwithstanding all this, the -King was pre-
pared to combat the troops of the Revolution
and Garibaldi, and he had every confidence in
success. But an imposing reserve which had not
been calculated on has arrived to take part in
events : the King of Sardinia has crossed the
Neapolitan frontier at the head of bis army, and
he is now traversing and subjecting by force the
fait%ful provinces of the kingdom, after having
sent infantry and artillery to Naples by sea. Not-
withstanding so many treasons and so many mis-
fortunes, the King, we repeat, was ready to com-
bat internal revolution and Mazzinianism, the
Italian bands of Garibaldi and the adventurers of
all nations assembled around his flag; but he was
not and could not be prepared in addition to his'
enemies, to combat the regular army of Piedmont
also. His Majesty could not be prepared for that
eventuality, not only on account of the insufficiency
of his material forces against so many adversaries,
but also—and that was his principal reason—be-
cause his Majesty believed himself, like all other
sovereigns, under the protection of international
law. Full of confidence in the promise of the
King of Sardinia, he could not expect that this
monarch would, at the head of his army, invade the
Neapolitan territory, and possess himself of it
without any pretext, before any declaration of war,
and whilst the respective Ministers were still
accredited to the two Courts.

" The King's troops will be perhaps crushed by
this unjust aggression ; the independence and
sovereignty of this country, and its ancient and
recognised monarchy will perhaps succumb; but
at the same time will fall all the rights, all the
laws, and all the principles on which the inde-
pendence and security of nations repose. The
example of the Two Sicilies will teach the world
that it is permitted to trample under foot all senti-
ments of justice and loyalty, to carry revolution
into the territory of a friendly sovereign, and to
seize in the midst of profound peace his States in
violation of right and treaties, in contempt of the
most legitimate interests, and in defiance of the
public opinion of Europe.

(Signed) " CASELLA."

TILE FRENCII INTERVENTION AT

GAET.A.

A letter from Naples, dated October, 31, says
Hitherto Capua has been left open on the side
leading to Rome, and an opportunity thus given to
the garrison to evacuate ; but on Sunday it was
intimated to them that if they did not leave the
city every avenue would be closed against them and
they would be bombarded. The answer was a
sortie ; but to-day a serious engagement is ex-
pected, and in all probability at the moment I am
it Deathheirsegaetn sheruinagdai
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bridge over the Garigliano, and defend his opera-
tionswerrsiang o
left
from the sea on that side—that is to say, if
he is not again prohibited by the most inexplicable
intervention of the French. Before this reaches
you you will in all probability have heard the de•
tails of what took place at Gaeta last Saturday. I
need scarcely remind you that the French Admiral
is there with a small squadron, consisting of the
Bretagne, which bears his flag, the St. Louis, the
Redoutable, and several other smaller vessels ;
there are also Austrian, Spanish, and Sardinian
Vessels. On Saturday morning a Sardinian officer
went on board the French Admiral's ship with a
flag of truce, and begged him to withdraw his
ships, as it was the intention of the Sardinians to
attack. Instead, however, of complying, the
answer given was that such a step would not be
permitted, and the St. Louis received orders to
Put herself between the Sardinians and Gaeta,
and signalled the Redoutable to get up her steam
and do the the same. The incident is here viewed
in various lights ; some regard it as a mere " seem-
ing," an appearance of concession to the Powers of
the North, but others less hopeful regard it as the
the last effort of imperial France to embarrass a
government whose progress in the way of conquest
it has probably regarded with no favourable eye.
Of course nothing else could be done than comply
with the orders of France. For myself lamby no
means disposed to regard this act of intervention by
France as an amiable deception to conciliate the
northern powers, but as a spoke to the wheel, as an
attempt to upset what has been already done, and
to throw difficulties in the way of what is yet de-
sired, and what is desirable for the peace of this
unhappy country. If this, however, be true, the
Emperor will raise up a host of enemies to himself,
and the republicans to a man will number them-
selves amongst his determined and active oppo-
nents.
Her Britannic majesty's steam ship Recruit,
Clptain Forbes, returned on Sunday morning from
Gaeta, where he had gone, as I unders' and, to place
himself at the dikposal of Francis 11. The offer was
declined for the present. through General Caselna,
with whom Captain Forbes had an interview, and
by whom he was asked if he desired an audience of
the King. This, however, I believe, formed no part
of the instructions Of Captain Forbes.