The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-17 00:00:00

TEE STATE OF ROME.

The Roman correspondent of the Standard writes
on October 7 :—I see by a leader in the Times of
this morning that your contemporary has received
for a second time the cue to calumniate the Ponti-
fical army ; but how the epithet of "foreign cut-
throats" can be applied to the men who served the
sick and dying at Albano with the abnegation and
courage of Sisters of Charity, and are now serving
the Head of Catholic Christendom in his last ex-
tremity with the chivalrous daring of French gen-
tlemen, lamat a loss to conceive. It would be
much more fitly used in reference to the hordes
which, in defiance of treaties, in contempt of the
usages of civilised nations, unrecognised by any
European Power, and unsupported by the popula-
tions they pretend to deliver from an unendurable
tyranny, are ravaging the Roman confines, robbing
farms, pillaging communes, and imposing taxes
without the smallest right or motive for doing so,
save the filling of their own pockets.
The odds are no doubt tremendous against the
Pope, but the gauntlet has been taken up so chival-
rously that, whatever be the issue, the combatants
have a right to the respect of Europe. So far not
an incident has occurred to cast a doubt on the
fidelity of the Italian regiments of the line in the
service of the Pope, and the fidelity, energy, and
courage of the gendarmerie are above all praise.
They have everywhere rivrlled the Zouaves in dar-
ing and steadiness under fire, and as far as human
effort can go have nobly sustained the honour of the
Papal flag. If all fails, at least it may be said, in
the words of the old Jacobite ballad—
" Now a' is done that man can do,
And a' is done in vain ;"
and good taste and gentlemanly feeling should at
least dictate respect for those whose convictions lead
them to pour out their best blood in a cause dear to
them as Catholics.

The internal state of Rome continues most tran-
quil, and not the slightest symptom of insurrection
exists. The cholera has entirely ceased, and the
beautiful October weather gives every assurance that
the epidemic will not return. The cases yesterday
were reduced to one, and that case is a convalescent
one.

The Pope drove out yesterday, and was well
received. His health is excellent, and those who
surround him state that his courage is unshaken,
and his confidence in the help of Providence as high
and reliant as ever.

The same correspondent writes on October 10 :
-Not a Roman has joined the movement ; not a
Papal soldier has either fled or betrayed his cause,
and I cannot too strongly stigmatise the conduct of
the telegraphic authorities in circulating such base-
less falsehoods. The bureaux are in the hands of
the Jews. The loss sustained by the Roman troops
is, so far, five wounded, and one Dutch soldier
dead. The Garibaldians have lost 75 dead at
Bagnorea, and 165 prisoners, who were brought in
last week, and are now in Fort St. Angelo. You
may rely on my writing you the naked truth, as
there is no use in disguising facts, and no good cause
stands in need of falsehood or exaggeration.
We expect 400 Zouaves on Sunday, all veteran
soldiers, and ready to re-enter the ranks at a
moment's notice. Last night we received dis-
patches testifying to the entire tranquillity of the
provinces of Frosinone and Viterbo. The Gari-
baldians threatened Nerola, but retreated imme-
diately on the advance of Charette's column yester-
day morning. They are encamped, about 500
strong, on the flanks of Monte Carpignano, just
opposite to, and in full sight of, the Italian post.

The attack is almost certain to be renewed in a
day or two, probably on the frontier of Subiaco,
which is the point threatened.
Rome enjoys the most entire tranquillity, and
there is no sympathy whatever for the party of
action. We expect, however, that if any check
takes place on the confines (so far the Papal troops
have been everywhere victorious) the Italia❑
Government will enter the province of Viterbo,
ostensibly to restore order.

The Pope walked down the Corso yesterday.
Lie was in excellent health and spirits.
The recruitment for the Zouaves continues in un-
abated proportions in France and Belgium, and the
service of the Valory and Faissinet packets is in-
sufficient to bring away the volunteers who crowd
to Marseilles for shipment to Rome.

THE LITERARY announcements for the coming
season are in many ways very delightful. Al-
though Christmas is still so far off we have
already the foreshadowing of the usual Double
Number of All the Year Round—to be written this
time entirely by CHARLES DICKENS and WILKIE
COLLINS—the bulk of the double number being ex-
clusively from the master-hand of Charles Dickens
himself, who (may we whisper it ?) turns his pen for
once among the eternal snows, into an alpenstock !
The QUARTERLIES just now are coming out in
with more than ordinary vigour simultaneously.
The Edinburgh, comprising among its contents a
most attractive paper on "Miss Edgeworth—her
life and writings." The Quarterly being chiefly
remarkable for au enthralling paper on the "Por-
traits of Christ." The Westminster devoting one
of s articles to the consideration of "La Bruyere,
his Life and Works." The London Quarterly dis-
canting, among other important themes, on " The
Catholic Revival." The Dublin Review comment-
ing anew the " Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga,"—and
the British Quarterly upon that of "St. Patrick,"
the Apostle of Ireland.
A Farewell Dinner to Mr. Charles Dickens is
about to be given immediately at Freemasons'
Tavern—the day fixed for it, .we believe, being
Slturday, the 2d of November. It has been pro-
jected, this public demonstration, simply with a view
to the bidding him Godspeed before his departure
for America on the 9th prox., and as affording the means
for evidencing, in some signal and public manner, the
affectionate admiration with his name, with which he him-
self, personally, his genius, his works, his career, his whole
character have long since come to bo regarded by all classes
of his follow-countrymeu.
The most attractive book, in point of political
iuterest, of the coming season, will most probably be one
on the great and complicated "Roman Question," entitled,
" The Trinity of Italy ; or, the Pope, the Bourbon, and
the Victor." It is written by an Englishman who for
eight years was in intimate official connection with the
Court of Naples, and throws new light on the past and
present revolutions in Italy. The work will be published
by Messrs. Moxon.
Mr. John Oxenford, who has just returned from
America quite restored in health, is engaged to write a
series of "American Social Sketches" in the new weekly
paper, the Leader.
In offering the new Tennyson-Dor6 book to the
trade more than the first edition was taken by the London
booksellers alone.
A bottle has been picked up in Shields harbour
with a goodly-sized crab inside, which had evidently ob-
taiued an entrance therein whoa young.