The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-17 00:00:00

THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR.

The Morning News has had‘communicated to it
an " important and interesting letter from a gentle-
man resident in Rome," a " translation of the most
striking passages" of which it publishes. Here is
part of the first of them

"At the same time that the ultimatum of Cavour
arrived, we had the news of the entry of Cialdini
and Fanti into the territory of the Pope. That was
the 11th of September; Lamoriciere was then at
Foligno. On the 13th I went to Cardinal Antonelli;
I found him in great joy, that at last things were
coming to a crisis, because he had the conviction
that the Powers could no longer remain inactive.
On this last point I frankly made the objection
that I had too little confidence in the energy and
intelligence of Cabinets to share the opinion of his
eminence. Then he told me, with much satisfac-
tion, that he had just received a despatch from Paris
informing him that the Emperor had ordered M.
Talleyrand to leave Turin, unless the Piedmontese
troops should immediately quit the Roman territory;
and that he (the Cardinal) had at once communi-
cated this news to Lamoriciere for his guidance. As
the entry of the Piedmontese had been arranged at
Chambery between Fanti, Cialdini, and the Spirit of
Lies, I replied again that I would never rely on a
devil incarnate such as N. ; that it was all a miserable
scene of hypocrisy and treason ; but the Cardinal
gave me reasons why he thought he could have con-
fidence this time at least. Twelve hours afterwards
he discovered his mistake, and that the monster had
again deceived him, but it was too late."
The writer of this letter, if it be genuine—and of
this, I think, there can be no reasonable doubt—
must be on a footing of peculiar intimacy with the
" Holy Father" or his chief advisers, for he states in
another passage—
" The Holy Father wrote last week to Bonaparte,
asking him to state distinctly, and without the
usual ambiguous phrases, if he wished to protect or
not the temporal power of the Holy See, and not
merely the person of the Pope, which, he said, had
no need of the protection of the Emperor, since it
would be quite as much respected by Garibaldi or
Victor Emmanuel as by Bonaparte. The reply was
worthy of the crowned canaille. He says that he
regrets exceedingly the conduct of Piedmont ; but,
having recognised the principle of non-intervention,
he could do nothing in favour of the Holy See.
However, he would triple the garrison of Rome if
the Pope required it. This was but adding a new
insult to so many others heaped upon the sacred
head of the Sovereign Pontiff by this infernal
spirit."

The requiem performances for the defunct mem-
bers
of the defunct Irish brigade are being continued
still with laudable energy in every district which
possesses a Roman chapel, and a public meeting of
the regular and secular clergy in Dublin is called
for to-morrow at the Roman Catholic Church, Marl-
borough-street, the object being to express sym-
pathy with " His Holiness." One would think that
His Holiness ought to be pretty well tired of mere
expressions of sympathy by this time.

THE GIPSY COLONY OF YETHOLM.

(From the Scottish County Histories.)

The present strength of the various tribes in
Kirk-Yetholm is about 80, consisting of Blythes,
Ruthvens, Taits, and Douglasses. The strong tribe
of the Faas, from whom the King was selected, is
now extinct. At the death of Will Faa, several
years ago, the throne was seized by Chas. Blythe,
husband of Etty Fan, sister of the King. Before the
death of the late King, the revenue of the tribes had
decreased to such an extent that his Majesty was i
forced to lay aside the diadem and become, for a
time, the protector of game on several farms belong-
ing to the Marquis of Tweedalo. He was an excel-
lent fisher, well acquainted with every pool and
stream in the Beaumont, Cayle, and Colledge
waters. By game preserving and fishing he con-
tiived to scrape together as much as supported life,
and he was well supplied with drink by visitors
from every part of the country, anxious to see those
people who had been rendered so interesting by the
pen of the mighty magician. But times are changed,
visitors are few to the present King, and but for
the generosity of the noble lord who occasionally
resides in the neighbourhood, his Majesty would
often be without supplies. The King is about 85
years old, possesses a fair share of health, but com-
plains that living in houses subjects him to cold,
which he never had while he dwelt in tents. The
chief employment of the gipsies was travelling in
the summer season in promiscuous bands. They
generally left their settlement at Kirk-Yetkolm in
the end of March, and did not return till driven
back by the storms of winter. Most of the men
assisted in the operations of the harvest, and in the
winter carted coals to Jedburgh. When out on the
route they lay beneath their carts, or upon straw
under wicker-frames, with a cover which resisted
the weather. During their progress through the
country they laid the farm-yards, corn, and potato-
fields under contribution to a great extent. They
had a perfect knack of thieving, and carried off
everything that came in their way—corn, hay,
hewn stones, wheels, and axletrees. They may be
said to have lived in a complete state of ignorance,
" without God and without hope in the world, till
the Rev. John'Baird was inducted into the pastoral
charge of the parish, when; through his efforts,
they were induced to attend church and school;
and he obtained from the Edinburgh Bible Society
a grant of Bibles and Testaments, which enabled
him to place a copy of the Scriptures in every gipsy
dwelling. Y
dwelling. A few of the gipsies still travel the
country, dealing in earthenware, hornh
baskets, heather brooms, and mats ; but t
strict-
ness with which they are watched
b y the pone°
prevents any exercise of their thieving
there are
talents.
From the improved state of the
district,tir camp, and
the raising of a fire on the roads].
few waste places for them to pitch. d
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bread. A number of the men have become labourers,
habits and marry out of tl e The gipsy
engage as domestic servants and bondagers, and
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girls, too, are beginning
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snotcorcwaawsimobnoeardelel, stools, chairs, tables, and the ordinary
country, beds are to be seen in many of their dwell-
ings. There can be little doubt that the original
race is fast falling off, and that ere many years run
their course the Oriental blood will have ceased to
flow. The days of the gipsy have passed away.

THE TEMPLE CHURCH.--.This very beautiful
building is again open (free) every day from tell till feur•
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