The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-24 00:00:00

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TES.

A letter from Rome, dated November 17, says—
There have been rumours within the last two or
three days of an increased probability of the Pope's
leaving Rome, but as yet they do not seem deserving
of much credit. Some of the Cardinals, it has been.
said, are turning in favour of his departure, allured
by the hope held out of a good position being;
cured to to them under the new order of things. A seat
in the Senate and a large increase of revenue are
talked of as among those inducements. Probably
these reports are at least premature, if not alto-
gether unfounded, but I give them to you in the
absence of more authentic intelligence. This is
the chosen home of fable. Yesterday all manner
of wild reports abounded. The Pope was going, the
French were going, the Sardinians were advancing
from the South, and the French retiring as they ad-
vaneed—such were some of the tales in circulation.
Many voices declare that if the Pope does not go it
is because he is blind to the fact that the pro-
per time e fyor his departure has arrived. "He
surely," sap those who would fain see him
" will not wait until the last crown
in the treasury is expended, the last
candle burnt out, and till he finds it necessary to
depart for a foreign land in forma panperis. His
expenses are very heavy, and his revenue exceed-
ingly small. Does he reckon on the offerings of the
faithful ? As yet they flow in but slenderly." A
leading paragraph in a recent number of the Gior-
nale di Roma announced that the Holy Father had
deigned to allow the society instituted in Rome for
the collection of Peter's pence to take the name,
character, and privileges of an arch-confraternity
under the patronage of St. Peter the Apostle, with
the power of annexing other unions and confrater-
nities throughout the whole Catholic world tending
to the same object—to that, namely, of succouring
with prayer and pious works the Holy See. None,
it is added, who are acquainted with the present
private poverty will deem the offerings of 3,132
scudi in September and 4,301 scudi in October,
deposited in the hands of the Holy Father, in-
considerable. Those who may smile at the smallness
of some of the contributions are reminded of the
widow's mite. " Certainly," the paragraph con-
cludes, " these sums are very unequal to the enor_
mous and increasing neeessities, butthey afford a pre-
cious and irrefutable proof of the love which the
Romans of all classes profess for their prince and
father, whose danger, if they cannot diminish, at
least they alleviate his sufferings." This is all
very admirable as a matter of sentiment, but some-
thing more substantial will soon be absolutely in-
dispensable. Set against the expenditure, the
3,000 dols. or 4,000 dols. a mouth extracted from
the people of Rome will be, even should the
offering continue, as a bucket of water to Lake
Thrasimene, and it is certain that from the
Catholic countries of Europe very little has
as yet flowed in. Austria has not the power ;
Spain finds plenty of occupation for her money at
home, she is anxious for material improvements,
she wants to have railroads and a fleet, and her
respect and sympathy for Rome are by no means
sostrongas
Ferdinand in the
days of the petticoat embroider-
ingVll. Strange to say, the only
potentate who shows a real disposition to supply
the Pontiff with funds is Victor Emmanuel, who
would, we are assured, have purchased His
Holiness's renunciation of his lost provinces.
Queen Christina of Spain, it is reported, has
made her offering, and Don Jose de Salamanca,
moved by sudden piety, has it has been rumoured,
followed her example; but, even if this be true, their
resources are but those of wealthy private indivi-
duals, and all that they could give would stave off
but for a little while the exhaustion of the Papal
finances. Meantime the expenditure increases. There
are the Neapolitan troops to support, and the pri-
soners taken in the late war are coming back by
thousands, sent by the Sardinians with, it is under-
stood, the friendly desire of supplying the Pope
with more mouths to feed. Two days ago the
Sardinian corvette Cambria arrived at Civita
Vecchia from Genoa with 1,116 released prisoners
on board, making up about 3,600 that have lately
been sent from the same port. It is certain that to
a portion of those who have arrived (I cannot say
whether to all) arms have been given, so that the
project of a new Papal army is evidently not aban-
doned, although it possibly may be limited to the
carrying out of the suggestion, said to have proceeded
from Lamoriciere, that an army of 5,000 men should
be maintained for the preservation of tranquillity
in Rome in the event of the French leaving. If the
French left, it seems more than doubtful whether
5,000 Papal troops would long maintain the Pope
at the Vatican.

In a former letter I mentioned a nightly demon-
stration, by hissing and applauding, which took
place at the Apollo Theatre during certain scenes
of the ballet of " Giorgio it Negro." As long as
Monsignore Matteucci, the civil governor of Rome,
had the direction of the gendarmerie, that demon-
stration was not interfered with by the police;
it continued night after night, and seemed likely
to do so as lon allk,e_ll;liztay.„,4ziten But M,

army under his. direction, had (or some time; it
appears, desired to have the Gendarmes also un-
der his immediate control, and he lately succeeded

in obtaining this from the Pope. Thereupon the
frequenters of the Opera one night beheld, to their
surprise, a large number of Gendarme's establish
themselves in the pit, while others filled two of
the upper boxes. The inflexible Merode, who in
the exercise of his functions as Minister of War has
acquired a very high idea of the value of military
discipline, even in the pit of a theatre, had resolved
to put a stop to the harmless demonstration,
which consisted merely of hisses during one scene,
in which an alteration had been made by order of
the authorities, and of applause during the follow-
ing one, in which some liberated slaves were seen
dancing. In spite, however, of the presence of
the Merodian sbirri, the demonstration took place,
although in a more subdued manner than usual:
The next night the same thing. occurred ; the
Gendarmes mustered strong in the central
avenue of the pit, where they were placed
evidently to intimidate the audience, who again
modified, although they did not omit, their
demonstration. But, in the meantime, on these two
nights other demonstrations had been taking place
in the streets of Rome, which seemed much less safe
than usual. Malefactors showed themselves; persons
were stopped and threatened, if not robbed; and
more than one sleek Monsignore, returning home on
foot from an evening party, or perhaps from confess-
ing some fair penitent, was startled by the sight of a
glittering knife. This would never do. It was evi-
dent that M. de Merode's talents, however compe-
tent to the direction of the War-office and to the
organization and supply of a large and efficient
army, were not adapted to the proper employment
of a corps of military police. It was indispensable
that the Monsignori should find proper protection
on their evening rambles, so the gendarmes reverted
to their Matteucci, who received them with open
arms, and who, being of opinion that
lit mattered
which
would
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very little whether people hissed or apapttaeniaddeadncaebaadt
ballet, dispensed them from further
the theatre ; on observing
of.their own accord what they on.
compulsion, and entirely suspended the demonstra-
tion. With respect to the nocturnal attacks above
referred to, and which seem to have been rather of
an alarming than of a very dangerous nature,
of
people here of course say that they un were
object by
agents of Monsignors Matteucci,
with thegot
proving that under his sway alone were the gen-
darmes efficient protectors of persons and
property
after nightfall. Cosas de Roma
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ANOTHER GALE.—SHTEL- _,
usFriday.—Another
violent gale has been experienced here. Yesterday evening
the wind commenced to blow in fearful squalls from .S.E.
and E.S.E., and it continued to rage until daylight this
morning; the sea on the coast running "mountains high."
Heavy rain also fell, and the night was pitch dark. Be-
tween 7 and 8 o'clock last night the brig Union of Ipswich,
drove on the coast south of the harbour, and the sea made
a complete breach over her. With great difficulty the
Tyne pilots were enabled to get the south pier lifeboat out,
and pull her through the raging sea to the rescue of the
crew. After a good deal of dodging with the great
breakers that came thundering on to the shore, *9'
suc-
ceeded in getting alongside the vessel and rescuing the
crew. Between 10 and 11 o'clock last night signals of dis-
tress were noticed further south along the Durham cot_as t,
and it was observed that a large bark had driven aniefffaitl
rocks to the north of Frenchmen's-bay,
3 to approach
that she
.would break up and drown her crew iert
sistanee could reach them, as it was impossible
and pilots
her with the lifeboats. The coastguards
ennd after
brought the rocket apparatus from Man H ,
wbasefore as-
ttinVg a lino to the
numerous fruitless efforts, succeeded in aehy
--d 1 o'clock they
crew from the cliffs about midnight,
an extremely CB-,
hausted condition. They were i
were all hauled on to the cliffs, thouglneind
reevered this morning.
iniately removed to
comfortable quarters, and were all
,ena.
She has 200 tons
f copper ore and
of lead lead on boar I, besides other c e
'oSne has been 39 clays
The vessel is the Arno, from Cartha„
She will be a total wreck.
phut.fearful weather all her
a linrriceee in the Chops of•the
passago, being ten days 111_,eit. ,
h and other steamships are
Channel. The London,
thel harbour, which is a good deal
from Spain, and has experience . , .
lying weather-boundtia,
he , The weather is more moderate
flooded with
:other ships are (2 p.m.) reported to
A brig, the 113. zantium, is ashore
be ashore nor
t. The Arno has just capsized and gone
on the Scotch coal
this atternoon"t.hfreeSfso-hroere.

to pieces.
AD ITI THE CE OF A DYING EMPRESS.—The
•
ce in speaki f the concluding moments of
3f-wager"
ss Dowager or Russia, had said that the last re-
ehoanlesindr:tion of her Majesty to the Emperor Alexander
favour of the King of Naples, in remembrance of
the reception which she met with some years ago at the
Court of the Two Sicilies. That journal again reverts to
the subject, and says,—" A private letter from St. Peters-
burg received here confirms the dying words of the Em-
press Dowager to her son, such as we gave them. Only,
after hexing recommended to the Czar the King of Naples,
the august Princess is said to have added,-4 But, above all
things, make no Alliance With. Austria; She died soon
after."