The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

WE'LL STAND TO OUR GUNS.

Never trust the soft breathing that preaches of Peace,
With an oath-giving lip and a smile-lighted eye;
Hear it all with good-will, but be provident dill,
With men that are earnest and powder that's dry.
Here's our hand in fair fellowship, open mad free ;
Here's a health to the brave, be their land where it may-
But however frank-hearted Old England may be;
While we join in the feast we'll prepare for the fray.
Let us cherish our bull-dog while petting our dove,
And be ready for storms 'neath the brightest of suns
With a cheer for our white cliffs, our home, and our love;
And a spirit determined to "stand to our Guns,"

Though we launch no defiance and offer no wrong,
Red coats and blue jackets shall be at their posts,
And the light of bold hearts—steady, vivid, and strong,
Shall keep Liberty's watch-fire alive on our coasts.
Let the Rulers that dwell in the East or the South,
Come with friendly saluting, and kindly we'll meet;
But we'll show them Britannia has teeth in her mouth,
In our death-scorning " Guards" and our staunch Channel
Fleet.
Let "Ready, aye Ready," be traced on our shores;
Be it read on all bosoms where British blood runs.
We may drink at the chalice whence olive wine pours,
But we'll look to our powder and "stand to our Guns."
ELIZA COOK.

LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO LEEDS.—The
soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution and Literary
Society, at which Lord Palmerston will preside, is an-
nounced for Thursday, the 25th instant. One hundred
orchestra tickets have been reserved, and are offered at 108.
6d. The other prices of admission are, for reserved seats
ss. and 45., and 2s. 6d. for unreserved seats.—Leeds
Mercury.
THE TEMPLE GARDENS —The phow of chrysan-
themums in the two Temple Gardens are now open to the
public (free) every day from nine till dusk. Visitors are
respectfully invited to an inspection of the extraordinary
collection of pompones, a dwarf variety of this beautiful
autumn flower, in the garden of the Middle Temple; the
entrance to this garden is from the broad flight of steps in
front of the fountain within a few minutes' walk of the
larger garden, and near Essex-street, adjoining the library,
now nearly finished.
PACKET ARRANGEMENTS..--SOUTHAMPTON, MON-
DAY.—The following are the packet arrangements for this
week :—The Fulton will take out the United States mail,
the Tagus the Peninsular mail, and the Shannon the West
India mail on Wednesday; and the Ceylon the Australian
mail on Saturday. The Adriatic is expected here to-mor-
row with the American mail, and the Ripon on Saturday
with the India, China, and Australian mail.

COUNT CA'.'OUR AND THE CHILD MoLTARA.
The secretary of the Universal Israelitish Alliance has re-
ceived the following letter from Count Cavour :—" Turin,
Oct. 3, 1860. Sir,—l have received the letter which you
have addressed to me in the name of the Society of the
Universal Israelitish Alliance, soliciting the aid of the Go-
vernment in the steps which the father of the young Mor-
tara is taking in order to recover his child from the convent
in which he is at present retained. Persuaded of the justice
of M. Mortara's demands, I have the honour to assure you,
sir, that the King's Government will do all in its power that
this child, in whom the public opinion of Europe is so
strongly interested, may be restored to his family. Be good
enough, I beg of you, to acquaint the members of the
Jewish society of these intentions of the Government of the
King,_ and receive, &o.—CAvouß."
ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETV.—The
quarterly meeting of this society was held yesterday at the
Thatched-house Tavern, St. James's-street—Lord Col-
chester in the chair. The object of this society is to afford
relief to officers of the royal navy, their widows, and fami-
lies, under circumstances of misfortune and consequent dis-
tress. The report stated that the receipts for the last quar-
ter amounted to £1,047 15s. Bd., outof which sum £469 had
been paid for grants, and after providing for the necessary
expenses a balance of £4BO Is. 6d. was left in hand. The
amount of stock was £36,916 14s. Bd. The report having
been adopted, the sum of £350 was distributed among 72
applicants for relief. A vote of thanks was awarded to the
chairman, and the proceedings terminated.
The article of the Constitutionnel against the in-
vasion of the Neapolitan States by Piedmont has had the
unenviable privilege of displeasing all the other Paris jour-
nals, no matter of what shade of opinion. Some of them '
devote a certain space to refuting the principal arguments
of the article, whilst others omit even the compliment of
examination, contenting themselves with some curt but
decisive declaration of disapproval.
WHISKERS IN THE ARMY.—Considerable con-
sternation has been caused in the camp at Aldershot by the
issue of the following memorandum, by order of Lieut.-
General Pennefather, the general in command :—" Me-
merandum.—The Lieut.-General wishes that general offi-
cers commanding brigades at their half• yearly inspections
will direct their particular attention to the length of the
whiskers of the officers and men. The Lieut.-General has
observed that some officers of the division have whiskers of
a most unusual size and length.—By order, J. W. Anse.
sTRONG Assistant-Adjutant-General."
THE SECRET OF FRENCH WEALTH : WONDER-
FUL STOILY !—Tho New Rai-Jerald is responsible for the
following " tale of mystery and romance :"—" A gold field,
more prolific than those of either shore of the Pacific, and
worked with greater secrecy than the Russian mines in
Asia, has been opened by France, and steadily developed
for the last six years. Acting upon the suggestion of an
American citizen (Mr. Parrish), Louis Napoleon sent a
secret expedition of 13 vessels and 2,500 men to the
before neglected colony of Senegal. From that time
the progress of French rule and French enterprise in
Africa has been rapid and remarkable. Algeria has
crossed the desert of Sahara and linked its posts
with those of the advancing colony of Senegambia.
The British flag has been. bought off from a large portion of
the western coast of Africa, and the French tricolour has
been planted in Abyssinia. The new colonial region has
been separated from the colonial system of the empire, and
placed under the immediate presidency of the Emperor.
Numerous institutions and offices have been created, which
have no ostensible results, and yet their officers attain fre-
quent rewards and promotion. Why is this ? It is because
Louis Napoleon is secretly working hundreds of thousands
of African slaves in the new gold fields of Africa, de-
riving therefrom not only the means for extending his
empire on that continent, but also the resources to
supply the immense workings of the French mint, and
to give life and energy to his vast political schemes. In
these revelations we may find also the secret of his steel-
clad ships, his efforts to change the balance of power in the
Mediterranean, his creation of a navy to earpass in num-
bers and efficiency that of England, his sedulous cultivation
of an African policy that has been constantly a puzzle to
Europe, and the care with which Algeria is fostered. A
war with England would cut off his Atlantic route to the
Senegal gold region, and hence the path lie is opening with
Artesian wells acres the deserts of Sahara. A few years'
continuance of the immense supply of gold ho has been
drawing from his new African possessions will enable him
to realise even the dreams of his uncle for the resonstruc-
tion of Europe, and snake his reign the Augustan era of the
ilis
French erosive. It well known that France is steadily
pursuing its project of re-occupying the negro empire of
Hayti, and Spain is at this moment enpged re,.establish-
ing her rule in the Dominican republic. She has already
sent a co of active and energeti9
officers to St. Domingo,
where they have entered the sersfee the republ,
established a newspaper ; and from Havana we ere
that many persons there believe that the largo expedition,
ostensibly being prepared to operate in Mexico, is really
iatvutled for St, Doaainp."