The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-27 00:00:00

" My Dear Colonel,—My attention has been
too seriously fixed on the Roman Legion to allow
me to ignore the grave events which have taken
place for some time past. How can the desertion,
no longer individual but collective, which threatens
to reduce your effective to nothing—how can it be.
explained ? The soldier has nothing to envy in
the condition of the troops of the mother country.
He is commanded by French officers, having a
respectable standing in our army ; he serves a
respectable cause, which he asked to serve ; he has
before him what has always animated the French
soldier—an enemy to fight with, a danger to con-
front; and yet he shamefully deserts the flag he
freely chose, and abandons his chiefs, to follow
foreign reprobates, who try to seduce the soldi e
from his duty.
"The desire to return to his country is not an
excuse, for he well knows that as soon as he re-
enters France he will be sent in a disciplinary corps
to Africa, where he will remain till he has served
his time. I deplore this state of things, my dear
colonel, because it is a stain on our army which,
wherever it is represented, ought to conserve its
prestige for honour and courageous self-denial.
But, notwithstanding such sad incidents, I do not
despair of seeing the good qualities which your
Legion possesses wipe away by devotion and per-
severance the remembrance of the past few months.
" Your energy, my dear colonel, is well known
to me • the Government of the Emperor and that
of the Holy Father know that it will not be found
wanting. It is necessary that your officers, on
whom you so justly rely, impart confidence to the
troops by their attitude, by their words, and by
that military spirit which, in France, has been the
source of such great things. I shall be glad to
signalize to the Emperor all whose conduct is meri-
torious, whether among the officers or the privates.
I know thatyou are about to present to me Sergeant
Doussain and two of his men, and it will be with
great interest that I shall examine them.
" Tell your legion, my dear colonel, that our
eyes are upon them, and that I am deeply pained
at any injury to its flag, which is so justly vene-
rated ; I place the legion on the same footing as
other corps of our [army in all that concerns its
military honour and the necessities of its organiza-
tion.—Receive, my dear colonel, the assurance, &c.,
NIEL."
It is only necessary to remark that if the Italians
be sincere in their desire to carry out the conven-
tion, they cannot wish the Antibes Legion to
desert; they cannot be jealous of the interest
which French officers of rank feel in the efficiency
and good conduct of that volunteer corps of French
soldiers who have to support not only the throne
of the Holy Father, but the honour and credit of
the French military character. 'We cannot affect
to doubt that the Italian Government is sincerely
desirous to ward off any Garibaldian attack from
Rome. Overwhelming reasons of policy, involving
considerations of no less moment than the existence
of the Italian Kingdom itself, compel thcmto pro-
tect the Pope from without. We suspect; how-
ever, an arrire pensiv; a secret hope that some
internal uprising which the Pontifical forces may
be unable to cope with, will open the door to an
Italian occupation of the city and adjoining coun-
try. It is a delusive hope. Not only has Gari-
baldi's star long ago paled, but all accounts agree
to assure us that the Pope's Government is per-
fectly able to keep order in his own dominions,
if only he be guaranteed against invasion from
abroad. He will be aided by his own subjects.
There are, in fact, no malcontents in Rome. How
should there be, when Rome alone is prosperous,
and is the one oasis in the dismal swamp into
which all Italy is sinking deeper and deeper ; in
plain English, the slough of despond, of irretriev-
able ruin, national bankruptcy, and social insol-
vency ! The Romans know when they are well
off. The late assemblage of bishops and other
foreign ecclesiastics brought above a million ster-
ling in hard cash into the city. And in a few
months there will be the General Council.

The following letter from Rome, in the Debats,
is worth all the more as evidence, because the
writer is evidently no friend to the Pontifical Go-
vernment. He says :—" I believed for an instant
that an invasion of the Pontifical territory was
imminent, that a rising of the Romans would take
place, and a serious attack upon the temporal go-
vernment would be made. Wbat I see and hear
confirms me in the opinion that the moment for
great events is not yet come. That does not mean
that the Romans have become less hostile to the
domination of the clergy, that they are less desir-
ous to escape from it and to proclaim themselves
Italian citizens ; but it does mean that they do not
judge circumstances to be favourable, and violent
means aro not much to their taste. The fact can-
not be dissimulated that the prestige of Garibaldi
has greatly diminished, and that his popularity is
on the wane. Happy would it be for Italy if the
hero of Caprera could be persuaded of that truth.
His intemperate language and his incessant dia-
tribes against the government of 'bin country,
against the parliament of which he forms part,
against the army which has preserved him from
more than one check, have alienated from him the
sympathy of many. People are at length convinced
that he is a man of action, enterprising, audacious,
always ready for an attack, but incapable of direct-
ing a party, of ripening a project, and executing
it with prudence. His transports are disapproved,
his temerities dreaded, association in his enterprises
refused. Such is the general opinion of the Ro-
mans of a man they have not ceased to admire,
but to whom they are not willing to confide their
faith. The sentiment which dominates here is
absolute confidence in the policy of Victor Em-
manuel and his Government, and a blind submis-
sion to the orders or instructions from the Cabinet
of Florence. What formed the strength of the
former national committee was that the source
whence it drew its inspirations was known ; if the
new junta attempts to depart from that line of
conduct it will expose itself to finding a greater
number of dissidents." So, if the Romans wait
for Victor Emmanuel, and his Italian Majesty, in
his turn, wait for the Romans, it may be long
enough before the " party of action" work their
will on Rome.— Westminster Gazette.

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