The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

THE SIIN, LONDON, MONDAV EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 0360.

weather experienced since the beginning of the
week. Reaping has been proceeding vigorously in
all parts of the country, and, with the exception of
wheat, the greater part of the white crops has
already fallen before the sickle, and secured under
" thack and. rape." The wheat is slowly being
reaped, but it will require another three weeks at
least before it is all secured in the barn-yard.—
Courier.
BERIVICK.—We have been favoured with another
week of excellent weather, there having been in
the course of that period not a single shower of
rain, while the atmosphere has been clear, with a
powerful sunshine at the period of noonday. But
the morliings and evenings have been cold, excep-
tions', which have been considerable drawbacks to
the otherwise favourable weather. The harvest
has consequently progressed as rapidly as possible,
and the corn e:at down is now the greater portion
of the eron.—Berwiek Advertiser.
AYWLIIIRE.—With a few more dry days, a con-
sidelable proportion of the earliest wheat and oats
will be secured in the lower districts of Ayrshire,
and hopes are entertained that the quality will be
pretty good. But a great proportion of our cereal
crops are so late that the general quality, however
steady the weather may be, must be inferior.—Ayr
Advertiser.
GALASIIIELS.—We are now in the very midst of
harvest operations in this neighbourhood, and we
are glad to report that the weather has been highly
favourable and dry since our last, although a little
more sunshine is desirable.—Border Advertiser.
ELGIN.--The Courier reports :—" A good deal of
the crop in this neighbourhood is now cut down,
and the latter portion have made considerable ad•
vancement during the last fortnight."
ABERDEEN.—The Free Press says :—" A great
proportion of the barley has been reaped, and on
Wednesday (the early part of which was fine both
for winning and ripening) a good deal of the earlier
cut was carried. The vatting of oats has been going
on for some days past in the earlier districts, but
oat harvest will not be general till the middle or end
of next week. The crop is in general bulky, but
no reliable opinion can be formed of the yield or
weight of the grain till thrashing commence. Po-
tatoes continue in the main free from disease in this
locality."

DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING.
Though the weather is a trite and hacknied sub-
ject of discussion, the peculiar cireumstanees of the
present time afford ample justification for dwelling
upon it, even at the risk of being deemed prolix by
those—and they must be few—who take no interest
in its effect upon the crops. We had yesterday as
forbidding and hopeless a climate as ever alarmed
the classes whose sole existence depends upon
favourable weather, and the indications of its eon-
tinuanco were very marked; but happily fel, once
the indications proved false, and this day has been
as fine a one as need be. Even the cold rain and
chilling blast of yesterday were not general, or at
least not of the severity in the southern and
western counties to suspend farming operations. I
have been informed by persons who have travelled
by the Great Southern and Western and AT'oaland
Great Western lines that reaping is general; and
morn oarmn
nhappy
proved
vleeda learn that
less
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ju galaresi
':Jus to the ripe
corn than I feared it w0u.14. The gale in tbt
Channel blew with extre7rte violence, and delayed
the Holyhead boats several hours on their passage
to Kingstowa. Even on Thursday, when we had
scarcely experienced any storm here, it blew so
hard that the paddle-boxes and boats of the new
steamer Leinster were carried away, and she has to
lay up at Holyhead for repairs. This mishap will
not, however, I believe, delay the beginning of the
improved postal service, which, I am told by people
connected with the Post-office, will take place on
the Ist of next month.

THE CURRAGI.I.
The camp yesterday was really a sad spectacle.
The sentries kept close in their boxes and the officers
to their quarters. No one faced the gale who could
avoid it. Still the "huts" looked comfortable, and
the smoke from the various apertures looked pleas-
ing, and the flag floating above the general's quar-
ters looked cheerful. Yet there was nothing of
"camp life" there but the "huts"and the "situation."
The most dismal-looking scene of all was that to the
left of the main road, where the 14th Light Dra-
goons have been all but submerged, the tents having
been erected on a swamp, without the precaution
of building a raft as a foundation. Notwithstanding,
all, however, the camp appeared calm, though storm
was prevalent. The previous dry dusty days had
opened the lea surface, and the incessant rain,
therefore, left few of its traces behind ; indeed, it
was considered preferable to the simoom which had
swept the camp for a week previously. The head-
quarters of several regiments have received march-
ing orders, but it is thought that the inclement
state of the weather will induce the general to
countermand them for a few days.

INVERNESS.—AIthough very cold, the weather
has been favourable to the progress of the harvest
until Wednesday evening. A serious storm of
wind and rain then commenced about eight o'clock,
and continued to rage with great violence through..
out the whole of the night and morning. The rain
has now ceased, and the wind has lulled, but things
look cheerless enough overhead. A large portion
of the grain crops in the Highlands has been cut
and partially secured uuder more favourable cir-
cumstances, and in better condition, than could have
been expected.—Courier.

MUNSTER FLAX IMPROVING SOCIETY.
The following letter, announcing Government aid
to this society, has been addressed to its chairman :

"Dublin Castle, Sept. 6, 1860.
" Sir--Referring to your letter of the 10th ult.,
and former correspondence, I am directed by the
Lord-Lieutenant to acquaint you that his Excel-
lency has received a communication from the Lords
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury stating
that their lordships apprehend that the operations
of the Minster Flax Improvement Society will not
be confined to the counties in which the funds of
the re-productive loan fund are administered by the
board under the 2d section of the act 1 lth and 12th
Vict., cap. 115 ; and as they entertain the opinion
that the expenses connected with the formation of
the society will be fairly chargeable in a propor-
tionate manner amongst the whole of the counties
) to which its operations extend, their lordships do
not think that it will be expedient to sanction the
application of any portion of the reproductive loan
fund towards such expenses, but, in accordance
with his Excellency's recommendation, they have
given directions for the issue of the sum of £268 4s.
in aid of the general working expenses of the society,
to be expended in the following proportions, viz. :
—County of Cork, £BO ; Tipperary, £6O ; Limerick,
£42 14s. Bd. ; Clare, £42 14s. Bd.; Kerry, £42 14s.
Bd. Their lordships repeat that it is not to be
inferred that they will sanction any further issue
from the fund ou account of the society. His Excel-
lency desires to impress upon the president of the
society the necessity of confining the above grants
strictly within the prescribed limits. The pay-
master of civil services has been instructed to remit
the money to Anthony Perrier, Esq., of Lotamore,
a Cork, treasurer of the society, as requested in your
letter of the 12th of December last.
" I have the honour to be, sir, your obed. servt.
"THOMAS A. LARCOM.
" Lieut.-Colonel Beamish."
THE ANTI-NATIONAL SWORD.
The Londonderry Standard exposes a flagrant
piece of dishonesty perpetrated by the swordsmen,
in connection with the inscription upon the
M'Mahon trinket, about which such a fuss has been
made here by a few restless malcontents. It will
no recouectea that the Empnrur of tho French au-
thorised the M'Mahon to accept the bauble, and
that the marshal himself agreed to receive it, on
the express condition that nothing political should
be involved or signified in the gist, or testimonial,
as the donors prefer calling it. On that condition
the weapon was prepared, and the deputation per-
mitted to bear it into the camp at Chalons. " That
this pledge was net kept," says the Warder," and
that both the Emperor and M'Mahon were deceived,
are sufficiently Seen in the circumstance of Mr.
Sohn Mitchell being brought down as a member of
the deputation. This was manifestly intended as
an insult to her Majesty." It was, of course, and
a greater insult still, as well as a more flagrant
breach of the conditions imposed by the marshal
and his master, was the allusion to "oppressed"
Ireland engraved on the blade ; but the worst of all
is the perversion of the inscription in the Irish lan-
guage, which purports to be a translation of the
French, but has, tne Londonderry Standard says,
quite a different meaning and significance. The
French inscription means—" Oppressed Ireland to
the brave soldier, Patrick Maurice de M'Mahon,
Marshal of France, Duke of Magenta, descendant
of her ancient kings." The Irish means, according
to the above quoted authority, "Oppressed Ireland
to her valiant champion, Patrick Murchadh
M‘Mahon, Marshal of France, Duke of Magenta,
beloved heir of her ancient kings." This version is
very different from the other, but the accuracy of
this reading is disputed, or rather broadly denied.

DISASTROUS FIRE AT THE SAVOY
CHAPEL ROYAL.

_ere__
Yesterday (Sunday) morning, between six and
seven o'clock, a most disastrous fire—which quickly
reduced to ruins the splendid organ presented by
his late Majesty George IV.—happened in that
venerable edifice, the Savoy Chapel Royal, situate
in Savoy-street, between the houses in the Strand
and Waterloo-bridge. This sacred place is, with
the exception of the Abbey, the oldest ecclesiasti-
cal building in the city of Westminster. It appears
that about 20 minutes past six o'clock Sergeant
Burcher, 2 F division, had his attention directed to
the chapel by seeing smoke issuing from the roof
and also through the windows, which had been left
open. Knowing that the Rev. H. White, the
chaplain, had entered the chapel at five o'clock to
dress the communion table, he at once became ap-
prehensive that there were some doubts as to the
safety of the rev. gentleman. He at once opened
one of the doors, but finding the fire was progress-
ing, he very judiciously closed it again, and sent
for the fire escapes, brigade, and parish engines,
and in a short space of time the parish engines of
the various precincts attended, two of the Royal
Society's escapes, and the brigade engines—two
from Chandos-street Station, and others from King-
street, Golden-square, Crown-street, Watling-street,
Holborn, Waterloo-road, Southwark-bridge-road,
and many other depots. The fire-escape conduc-
tors, upon arriving, were advised by the police not
to again open the doors, as it would be the means,
if they did, of causing the fire to extend.
Having received that information, they did not
attempt to open the doors or windows, and much
property was thereby saved which must otherwise
have been consumed.
The Rev. H. White, the chaplain, had had the
communion-table dressed out with the plate, wine,
and bread for the early sacrament to take place at
8 o'clock in the morning. The fires were then
lighted in the furnaces for warming the chapel, and
when Mr. White left, a little after 6 o'clock, he did
not detect the least appearance of smoke or the smell
of fire, and he left the chapel feeling fully confident
that all was perfectly safe. A short time after that
gentleman had left, the sergeant above alluded to
saw the first appearance of the fire, and in the course
of a few minutes Mr. Superintendent Durkin, of the
F division, and Inspector Felton arrived with a body
of police. Mr. Durkin gave instructions for the
communion plate to be removed by some of his
officers to a place of safety. This was accomplished
by Sergeant Butt, 13 F, Cox 4, and Sergeant Rogers
17. The plate and wine having been conveyed to a
place of safety, during that time the fire continued
to spread, and at length the whole organ, bellows,
pipes, and beautiful appointments,,:became en ye-
lopedin flame. From that valuable Royal gift the
flames extended to the magnificent roof—one which
is not surpassed in grandeur except by that of the
Chapel Royal at Whitehall. The fire next seized
upon some of the stalls at the side of the organ, and
two or three were quickly in flames.
At this conjuncture, nothing short of the destruc-
tion of the whole of the venerable structure could
be apprehended ; but the firemen under Mr. Fogo,
the foreman, and sundry engineers, including Paul
Girard, Perryer, Wilkinson, Holloway, and several
others, a good supply of the New River Company's
water having been obtained, went to work
in tbeir usual praiseworthy and intrepid manner,
but as the water was thrown upon the great
organ, the barrels continued to burst like the
discharge of small fire-arms. The men, how-
ever, nothing daunted, kept to their work,
although the flames were raging over their heads,
but they were unable to get the fire subdued
until the roof was destroyed at the south end of the
Such has been the rapidity of harvest work dui- chapel, the beautiful organ nearly destroyed, some
ink the last fortnight, that fully two-thirds of the of the pews totally destroyed, and several severely
wheat crop have now been carried. Another ten damaged by fire, and the rest of the extensive edifice
days of fine weather will nearly complete the har- damaged by water and heat.
vest in this country. In Scotland large quantities The origin of the fire has been traced to the over-
of produce have been secured in good condition, heating of the stove used for warming the chapel.
and the accounts from thence in reference to the At present it is impossible to
ascertain whether or
potato crop are very favourable. The growth al)- No one, without having seen them, could form the
qua- not the building was insured.
pears to be unusually large, and of excellent
least conception of the beauty of the internal decora-
lity. The demand for wheat, and nearly all other
tions of ceiling, and the splendid monuments. His
kinds of produce, has been much restricted, and
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who paid a
prices generally have had a drooping tendency. visit after the recent alterations and decorations
In Ireland the bulk of the crops has been carried,
but our advises state that disease is general amongst were made, expressed the greatest admiration.
the potatoes. The corn trade has been devoid of On the western external wall is a large slab, on
animation, and prices generally have had a droop- which is the following inscription :
" This chapel was repaired and improved at the
ing tendency. Very few shipments have been
made to England. expense of his Majesty King George IV. in the year
" 1
Throughout the north of Europe harvest work is 1826 and 1830. The following cannot fail to be read with interest,
progressing steadily ; but most accounts agree in showing the many reminiscences connected with the
moderate. The trade for most articles has fallen
stating that the yield of the new wheat is only sacred edifice, obtained from authentic sources :
rom America continue to confirm the statements off, and prices have not been supported. Letters The proceedings published by the Archaeological
Society of London and Middlesex state that Henry
f
previously transmitted, that the yield of the cro 111. granted it to Peter of Savoy, from whom it
ps took its name. He was uncle to Queen Eleanor,
generally is very large. Immense quantities of
and the grant was singular, being all the houses on
the Thames where this building stood, on condition
wheat, maize, and flour continue to be shipped to
this country.—_Economist.
of rendering to the Exchequer three barbed arrows.
HAMPSIIIRE.—The continued fine weather dui- of
Jack Straw, and William Wran
The history of the palace states that, in the year
ing the past week has enabled the farmers to push 1381, wat Ty
on their harvest operations with increased vigour. plundered the Borough of Southwark, broke open
Of the quality of the grain the accounts con- the, Marsh alsea and King's Bench, and induced the
prisoners to join them to effect the destruction of
thine to be most favourable, and the general
opinion, with which actual examination to some ex-
the Savoy Palace, or castle, as it was then called.
tent agrees, is that the yield will exceed that of last
They alleged that their only object was to punish
year, and the weight and quality nearly equal. The etraitors of the realm." The Duke of Lancaster
potato crop is, we fear, much injured ; here and
having been pointed out as one of the most obnoxi-
ous on account of his then recent quarrels with the
there a glimpse of hope appears in reports of par-
tial freedom from blight, but that much damage is citizens, they ran with one accord to his palace at
dene there can be no doubt, though not up to the the Savoy, which, in external and internal elegance,
extent reported. The turnips, swedes, and man- surpassed all others in the kingdom except the
gold wurtzel are looking well. The plants are thin King's palaces. They would not then allow a single
and healthy, but blackened. It will require a pro- individual to enrich himself with the jewels, plate,
tracted continuation of fine growing weather to or other valuables there found, but they consigned
give a weight of roots equal to that of last year.— them altogether, and the palatine residence to the
.Hants,lndependent.
flames, and such things as the flames could not con-
YORKSHIRE.—The weather has been all that sume were thrown into the river Thames. One of
could be desired this week for the harvest, and reap- their party, however, could not resist the tempta-
ing has been carried on with great vigour. The tion of taking a piece of valuable plate, which he
reports of the crops are now generally of a favour- placed in his bosom ; but bein g detected, his com-
able character, and should there be a continuance of
fine weather for a few weeks longer, the cereal har- panions mit both him and the silver into the flames,
vest, both as to yield and quality, will prove not to for which they excused themselves by saying they
be much less below an average than was antici- were zealous for truth and justice, and were not
pated at the beginning of the present month.—
thieves. The duke's cellars contained much choice
Leeds Tntelligencer, wines, and 32 of these depredators, having entered
LANCASHIRE.—The fine weather of the last ten them, drank to such an extent that they were
days has completely allayed the fears of those who buried beneath the ruins of the house before they
were watching the harvest, except the speculators, could be got out. Their voices and cries could be
who hoped to reap their own harvest out of the heard for seven days, but they all perished.
misery of the people. Corn is being cut and car-
The sacred edifice having been transferred in and
reed in all directions, and, to the surprise of every satisfaction, by all lovers of antiquities, that the
for the purpose above-named, it will be learned with
one who examines it, it appears to be of first-rate
quality, and very little injured by the continuous done, however, by fire and water is very consider-
church will be able to be restored. The damage
rain of the sunamer.—Preston. Chronicle. able, and, judging from the appearance of the roof,
SCOTLAND.
there must be something like 40 square fees of the
lIADDINGTON.—A slight check was experienced I medallions of the ceiling totally destroyed, to say
towards the end of last weekin the cutting of the crop, nothing of the damage done by heat and smoke to
but this has been more than made up by the fine other parts of the splendid ceiling, and also the pews.

THE HARVEST.

The front is also much scorched and blistered, and
one or two of the ancient carved wooden monuments
have been completely burned off the wall at the eastern
side of the grand organ. The cushions and hassacs
in most parts of the ancient chapel have also been
greatly damaged by water, and have been obliged
to be taken from the respective seats, but it is
hoped they will not be irretrievably damaged, and
that by drying and dressing they may be in a fit
condition to be used again at Divine Service.
It is hardly necessary to state that Divine Ser-
vice was suspended yesterday, but it is in contem-
plation to call a meeting of the inhabitants in a day
or two, and to make application to Royalty for as-
sistance, which no doubt will be granted, so that
there is strong ground for concluding that, in the
course of a few weeks, if not restored to its primi-
tive state, it will be so far repaired as to be able to
be used again for public worship.
One very fortunate circumstance is, that large and
lofty as the chapel was, it had no galleries ; if it
had there is not a shadow of doubt entertained by
those competent to form an accurate opinion, that
the flames would have quickly entered the windows
of the bell tower, and have traversed the galleries
and roof until this splendid place would have been
reduced, including the remains of some of our great-
est men in science and literature of past centuries,
to ashes.

Great praise is due to the firemen, and also the
police, under Mr. Superintendent Durkin, for re-
moving and taking charge of the communion plate,
as well as for keeping the doors closed.
An immense number of persons applied during
the morning for permission to enter the chapel to
see the amount of damage done, but Mr. Durkin
and also Mr. Fogo very properly refused to allow
any one to enter unless they had business to tran-
sact in connection with the sacred edifice.
For the gratification of our readers at a distance,
it ought to be stated that not one of the beautifully
sculptured monuments at the north end of the
chapel has received the slightest injury, except by
smoke and water, and they can be cleaned at little
expense, but those onward, at the side of the Royal
organ, have been consumed, not a vestige being left
behind.

THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH
MINISTER FROM TURIN.

The announcement of the withdrawal of the
French Minister from Turin naturally perplexed
Europe with the fear of new complications. The
Emperor of the French is such a subtle player that
the lookers-on draw a long breath when any unex-
pected move discovers some new opening in his game.
A feeling of uncomfortable suspense and apprehen-
sion always follows. Napoleon and Victor Emma-
nuel had beaten the coverts of Piedmont and Lom-
bardy together. Napoleon had afterwards kept the
passes for his weaker comrade, while he stretched
away over a great deal of ground beyond the fron-
tier of their common manor. While Victor Emma-
nuel drove the Duchies, walked over Tuscany, and
followed his game into the Romagna, Napoleon pre-
tended not to see what his friend was about, but
kept watch at a distance. Even when his enterpris-
ing friend sent his dogs into the standing corn,
keeping close by to secure the game as soon as it was
driven out, Napoleon winked hard and would not
see how very irregular such conduct was. Suddenly,
however, a double shot is heard across the little
stream of the 'Pronto and on the road to Ancona. It
was not a much greater trespass than had been be-
fore ventured and tacitly approved—although M.
Grandguillot would not persuade us that this was a
cause of desciccord between the two companions.
The Romagnas, where Victor Emmanuel had hunted
as openly as Earl Percy upon the Cheviots, were
just as much off the proper beat and belonged to
the same proprietor. Yet this report seems to
have suddenly wounded the conscience of the
old comrade who watched and guarded. Napo-
leon was shocked and angry that Victor Emma-
nuel should have poached upon this particular
farm, and made demonstrations of calling together
his dogs and keepers and going off in dudgeon,
leaving his companion to the wild mercy of the an-
cient owners of these wide free warrens. It was
a formal quarrel—division, severance of interests,
and renunciation of all companionship. " Mere dis-
accord," says M. Grandguillot, " was now changed
into complete disavowal." What did it mean, and
where would it end ? Was the adventurous poacher
to be left to reckon alone for all his irregularities ?
Was his game bag to be emptied and himself
smartly fined ? and were the ancient rights to be
re-established upon every foot of land over which
he had carried his unlawful gun ? If so, what was
the consideration for which France had so suddenly
returned to a reverence for the old franchises of
free warren, and had so suddenly renounced her
complicity in this great European poaching party?
These were perilous possibilities in this last specu-
lation which set the world wondering, and it was a
kind act to hasten M. Grandgvillot's pen, and to
formulate an assurance that when France with-
draws her Minister from the capital of Sardinia she
is by no means in earnest anger. It is welcome in-
formation that " a disavowal is far from meaning
a rupture ;" and that France only means what a
lady means by a gentle tap of her fan, or what a
disinterested passer-by means when he sees a ruddy
urchin up a tree in an orchard and calls him a
daring young scamp and walks on. This diplomatic
demonstration is a simple sacrifice to propriety.
Her friend was shooting indecently near to the
proprietor's manor-house, and France was bound to
appear scandalised, but they are just as good
friends as ever; and, as to the game which they
bagged when in company, France is ready to main-
tain its possession in spite of Squire Hapsburg and
all his game laws.
We believe that for once M. Grandguillot is
well informed as to the immediate intentions of his
master. For the present, at least, Napoleon 111.
is satisfied to let the revolution in Italy flow or ebb
as its mood may sway it, so that it does not
trench upon the fixed precincts of that Holy
City where the Head of one of the largest sects of
Christians sits enthroned beside the mouldering
glories of Heathendom, and awaits the slow advance
of those pestilential influences which must seine
day make the Quirinal as entirely a museum as
is the Via Sacra. The Emperor considers it indis-
pensable that this matter should be left to the ope-
ration of Nature. Remembering that other great
metropoles have been peacefully blotted out by ad-
vancing sands, and observing that Rome, if left
alone to the inertness of an ecclesiastical rule, must
at no very distant time be as quietly stifled by
miasma, he sees no reason to set religious frenzies
flaming in order to contend for aplace which Na-
ture herself seems to have destined for a vast mau-
soleum of dominion. So that this city and its port
are left untouched the Emperor will only gravely
shake his bead at anything in reason that may be
done outside it. If we are well informed, the Em-
peror has good reason for this non-interfering po-
licy. When the Emperor was at Nice all that has
since happened at Naples could be as clearly fore-
seen as it can new be told. That Garibaldi would
absorb the South of Italy without effective resist-
ance had become like a future fact in the calendar.
As to Naples the course of events was easy ; Naples
would be absorbed quietly into the kingdom of
Italy. But when Garibaldi advanced to the Roman
States, as a few days later he certainly would, the
case would be much altered. There would be divi-
sions of counsels. Moderate men would advocate
moderate revolution, but there would certainly be
found a party of fanatical Unitarians who would
insist upon going through with their scheme of
unity. It was no secret that insurrections had
already been planned in the city of Rome. A.
Mazzini party was again arising unner the appre-
hension of Rome being left alone. There was some
probability that the small French garrison might
be overpowered, and a Red Republican Govern-
ment, such as that of Mazzini, Saffi, and Avezzana,
again established. All this was stated to the
French Emperor at Nice by; Cialdini and Farini,
and he was induced to believe that Garibaldi
might either of his own accord take the extreme
Unitarian policy, or might be forced into it by
his followers and by the populace of Rome.
It was made plain to him, also, that the only
course open to defeat the intentions of the
Mazzini party' would be that the Sardinian

army should anticipate the arrival of the Garibaldi
levies, and occupy in force that part of the Papal
States which the French do not garrison. We are
informed that under the pressure of these represen-
tations the Emperor acknowledged the difficulty
both of his own position and that of Sardinia, and
intimated that, while he must gravely disapprove
so irregular an act as the invasion of a neighbour-
ing State, the circumstances were so exceptional
that he would not actively interfere to prevent it.
France, therefore, disapproves, but does not oppose.
She leaves Sardinia alone to take the risk and re-
sponsibility of the act. If Lamoriciere can beat
Cialdini and Garibaldi, or if these last should stir
up any other enemies who should drive them out of
Florence, and Naples, and the Duchies, they must
expect no aid from France. France will continue
to guarantee Lombardy, but Sardinia has placed all
the rest by this act enjeu.
This explanation at Nice makes the immediate
meaning of the present events more clear than
French policy in Italy has usually been. Rome is
strengthened by two regiments and the presence of
Gen. Goyon, and Cialdini is running a race to con-
quer the Papal States before Garibaldi arrives in
force. Up to this moment every march has been a
triumph, and the city of Perugia has been once
again swept clear of the foreign cutthroats of the
great Christian Pontiff. Lamoriciere's mercenaries
do not seem to fight. Perhaps he has hardly had
time to flog his scamps and runagates into soldiers;
and even, brave men require confidence in their