The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-10 00:00:00

-11031 AN AFFAIRS.

ful little white dog—" somebody's darling''
—peacefully sleeping on the top of one of the
guns. We have hail one or two falls of rain,
which have improved the air and rendered it
more favourable for the exertions the troops
have to go through. On Thursday evening,
we had an unusually violent thunder storm,
which lasted from early in the evening till 3
a.m. As soon as it had cleared off a little, the
dragoons trotted past on their way to the camp.
Yesterday and to-day it has been again fine,
bright, and cloudless, and much cooler than
before the storm.
The religious celebrations of the week, of
course, include S. Ignatius's day, kept grandly
at the Gesii, with a trill zoo before and a novena
after. The feast of S. Aloysius, the pattern
of those who would seek God in their youth,
was also kept with great devotion at one of
the churches (S. Giacomo, if I remember
right), in the Borgo. Communion was given
by Cardinal Borromeo, in presence of the
prelates of the household, to a number of
young girls of the poorest class, gathered
from the four parishes surrounding the Vati-
can. They had been specially prepared by
the Cardinal himself, assisted by some Jesuit
Fathers. A large congregation assembled to
witness the edifying spectacle of a prince of
the Church devoting himself to the direction
and instruction of a class most lightly thought
of by the world. There was likewise a festa at
the Ospizio de Convertendi, whose care of poor
converts I have already had occasion to men-
tion more than once. It is destined to receive
poor persons, who, coming to Rome, desire to
be instructed in. the faith. At the present
time, the number of persons applying for
innosturouractiinoantiaorne
raebqouuirted fiftyt a year. There is o
obtain admission.
An aged priest, long accustomed to combat
error, who is also an excellent linguist, gives
all his care to the neophytes ; and an aged
matron, who has already devoted fifty years to
the work, attends to the necessities of female
applicants. A great number of the Swiss cac-
ciatori come here to abjure their errors. Of
these, however, perhaps still more owe the
ministrations attending their conversion to the
chaplains of S. Spirito Hospital. During the
last year twenty-two Protestants, who were
brought there dangerously ill, died as good
Catholics. Something they owe, too, to the
example of pious Cathelics among their own
comrades there ; the number of communions
on Sundays averaged eighty out of four hun-
dred sick. On the last day of the month of
May nearly all the men received communion.
The Holy Father visited one day this week
the Convent of the Reparation nuns—the same
order as at Harley House in London—who
have a convent also in the Borgo, under the
direction of Madame de Villele. Of course,
his visit and benediction, and kind and cheerful
conversation, was a source of great delight to
the good nuns. Their work is the perpetual
adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the
education of the young in various missions.
They have a house in India, where they have
opened a house of refuge for widows who have
emancipated themselves from the Suttee super-

(From the Correspondent of the Westnanster Gazette.)
RoME, Aug. 1.
The preparations for another Garibaldian
campaign continue unchecked—not only the
efforts at enlistments, but the lately-established
firearm practice in the neighbourhood of the
depots. Rumours have likewise been sedulously
spreadthis week that Garibaldi has left Capeera,
and is now at Florence, and announces to his
committee that he will go to Rome in the course
of this month. There is reason to believe this
is a mere party report, but its invention shows
the wishes and feelings of the sect. Those who
have the best opportunities of gaining informa-
tion are of opinion that Rome is not the pri-
mary object of attack, that the monarchy has
first to be stripped of its remaining supporters,
and the army, once under the orders of the De-
mocratic party, it would have the means of
making the long wished-for attack on the
headquarters of religion. Meantime, if Rome
were unarmed, and unprepared, she would, of
course, temptthem to come down upon her in
the more direct way. It is likewise said that
the noisy and ostentatious preparations at
Terni, Orvieto, etc., are only feints to draw
off attention from a more serious expedition
which is preparing in the kingdom of Naples
for an attack on the southern frontier. Go-
vernment is well informed of what is going
on, and vigilant in its preparations. Pieces of
artillery, of large calibre, have been mounted
on the fortifications of the city, the arsenals
provided with munitions of all sorts, and the
army is continually reinforced from day to day.
The Pope is reported to have said lately that
the present was a time favourable to the peace
and prosperity of the Church.
The French, at Civita Vecchia, are likewise
alive to all eventualities. The two men-of-war
stationed in the port have orders to exercise
themselves in various evolutions, and at the
same time keep an eye on the coast so as to
overhaul any suspicious craft which might be
attempting to land men or arms.
The English rifles, which ought to take their
place in this making ready, are still delayed.
I do not speak only of those to be provided by
the English Committee, but also of those
ordered by M. de Charette when in England.
The report we have of them now is that we are
to receive them by monthly instalments ex-
tending to the end of the year ! It is sincerely
to be hoped that these will be hastened, as
the state of preparation of the Pope's army is
a subject of close observation to the enemy,
and materially affects their tone.
The preparations for the Council are not
relaxed. A report has gained circulation but,
it may not have the best foundation, that the
Pope intends to invite the schismatic bishops
to the council, to afford an opportunity, when
they come to Rome, of exhorting their return
into the pale of the Church. There is also
another rumour of the same character afloat,
that he is about to issue a bull, allocution, or
act of some sort, condemning every system of
education which makes profession of religious
indifference such as that which pervades in the
college founded at Constantinople under the
protectorate of France, where, under pretext
of paying due deference to the belief of each,
no word of religion is spoken to any student of
any of the various creeds which frequent it.
Such a condemnation would indirectly touch
M. Duruy's scheme, and the French Govern-
ment through him, and that at a moment when
the Holy See appears to stand most in need of
the support of France. It is not this considera-
tion, however, which will withhold the Holy
Father, if he should think such a manifesto
otherwise desirable.
A very significant fact, which I have not
seen mentioned in any paper, has just been
brought to my knowledge, showing how little
confidence the Emperor of the French feels
in the stability of the kingdom he has set up
in Italy. It would seem that secret overtures,
more or less explicit, according to the nature of
each case, have been lately made to each of the
dispossessed sovereigns, by the French Go-
vernment, designed to ascertain whether, in
the event of the disintegration of Italy, they
would each undertake, as a primary condition,
to recognize the quotient of the Italian debt
appertaining to the State of each. I am not in
a posiii9n to give you the answers that were
returned, but it is clear that the difficulties of
the case are not inconsiderable. At the time
of the Piedmontese invasion, the finances not
only of the Two Sicilies, but of Tuscany, Mo-
dena, and Parma also, were in a most flourish-
ing condition. On the statement of the Bud-
get every year, surplus was declared, and
in -Naples, at least, the funds were always
above par. We all know how different is the
condition in which the former princes would
now find the public revenues if they were
called to resume the reins of Government. The
contrast is palpable and striking, and with
almost poetical justice, a reign, which com-
menced with spoliation, bids fair to end in utter
financial ruin. The treasury of the Holy See,
during the same period, notwithstanding the
most adverse circumstances, has maintained
its balance, and Monsignor Ferrari, the Minis-
ter of Finance, was able to state the other day
—" If Italy repaid us all we have expended to
satisfy the interest due on the debt of the
provinces torn from us, we should from this
source alone have enough to meet all possible
contingencies for two years to come." And
yet the Holy See has never swerved aside from
any of its obligations, nor neglected to pay off
any of its bonds as they fell due. Only one
day this week the Giornale announced that
a sum of a million and a quarter of franc,
would be applied to paying off a certain num.
ber of bonds of the so-called Catholic Loan
—that is of the two united loans of 1860 and
1864. Six hundred and eighty-six bonds of
1,000 fianes, 665 of 500 francs, and 1,389 of
100 francs will be drawn and paid off at par.
A public Consistory is shortly to be held,
in which the Pope will bestow the cardinal's
hat on two of the last created Cardinals,
Mgrs. Barili and Ferrieri, who were absent
—the one as Nuncio at Madrid, and the other
at Lisbon—at the time the dignity was con-
ferred. There is some talk of a creation of
Cardinals at the same time, but I do not think
there is any ground for the report.
Had there been a little better house accom-
modation in the sequestered village of Rocca
di Papa, it would have become a favourite
resort while the camp is there. As it is, the
few houses available for letting, are objects
of lively contest. The King of Naples, with
his brothers the Counts of Caserta and Bari
are already installed there with a limited
suite. They live very quietly, and take great
interest in the exercises of the camp. The
scond brigade have been going down in de-
tachments this week. The Zouaves took up
their quarters there on Wednesday. They
were under orders to muster for starting about
half-past three, but I had to keep up a pro-
mised look-out for my friends among them as
they passed under my windows, till seven in
the evening. And then they came by, about
a thousand in number, in good spirits and ex-
cellent order, though it was it pretty severe
taste of campaigning for some. I recognized
one slim stripling in the van guard, whom I
had known as a delicate boy, in England,
where to have carried his own carpet bag
would have been considered an unnecessary
exertion for him, trying to look very strong
and easy under his weight of knapsack, mus-
ket, and other impedimenta, and it required
more exertion than lie cared to show to look
up at my window and nod. And he had nine-
teen miles before him all uphill, in a strong
hesifocco, and then to mount guard as soon as
arrived. But pluck and a strong will carry a
man through a great deal, and. I heard that
on arriving he showed less fatigue than many

stition.
Mgr. Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algeria, is
here, and he has had several audiences to ex-
plain to the Holy Father the situation of his
vast diocese, the ravages of famine and typhus
among his flock, and the means taken by
the clergy for alleviating their suffering accord-
ing to the best of their power. He has with
him a number of photographs, one series of
which shows the attenuation to which num-
bers were reduced by suffering and privation,
an exhibition by which the Holy Father was
greatly affected. I believe he had himself
planned this visit, in order to consult with the
Archbishop on the means of diffusing the light
of the faith over the peoples who inhabit the
oasis of Central Africa. The condition of these
once Catholic people, isolated by the effects of
Mussulman invasion, and in their isolation
losing much of the purity of their faith, has long
been a matter of serious preoccupation with
him. Though they have not been brought to
venerate the Koran, and are still monoganists,
and wear the cross tatooed in their foreheads,
they venerate Mahomet as a prophet. They
have the monopoly of the caravans of the
desert, and conduct the whole traffic between
Northern and Central Africa; for this reason
they are very jealous of the intervention of
extraneous persons, and forbid all Europeans
to set foot on their territory. The Pope has
now resolved to erect an apostolic vicariate in
Sahara, to be confided to a body of zealous
missionaries, under the direction of Mgr. Lavi-
gerie ; and thus the Pope's missionaries will
penetrate where the French army has not been
able to set foot.
A subscription has been oponed to purchase
and present to the Pope the picture of the
battle of Mentana by Emile Lafont, which I
mentioned lately. Without claiming to be a
work of surpassing merit, it displays a lively
appreciation of the chivalry of the heroes of the
day; and though the success of the painter may
not be judged to be complete, he has yet left
pleasing traces that his dead soldiers have not
fallen merely in stern obedience to duty, but
in warm devotion to the holiest of causes. If
he has not conquered the almost insurmount-
able difficulty of massing his cohorts into one
self-dependent scene, some of his groups show
undeniable merit and good feeling. Among
these may be noticed a Zouave giving drink
to a wounded Garibaldian, and an army chap-
lain holding the crucifix to the lips of a dying
Zouave, while he tenderly supports his head
with his hand.

MISCELLANEOUS NETVS.

(From the Anglo-American 2 inter.)

Paris is comparatively empty, though occasion-
ally straggling tourists find their way to the mighty
city, where the heat and the flies remind one of the,
country and misfortunes of the children of Israel.
The Legislative Assembly has broken up, leaving a
loan of 429 millions to be raised in Rentes from the
6th to the 13th inclusive. Great preparations are
making for the celebration of the Imperial Fete on
the loth, and a circulai has been addressed by the
Minister of the Interior, M. Pinard, to the various
Prefects of the Departments, one of the most pleas-
ing instructions contained therein being—" Forget
not the poor." Building and other improvements
continue upon the same extensive scale. The new
opera of the Vaudeville is nearly completed, and
gives an allitional attraction to the Boulevards ; a
national library has arisen upon the Boulevard
Haussmann, whilst the Rue de la Paix is arising
again, like the phoenix, from its demolitions, in
increased extent and beauty. The Rue de la Paix,
commencing from the establishment of Messrs.
Roberts and Co., well-known chemists, and extend-
ing to the Boulevard Italiens, has been always con-
sidered one of the very best streets in Paris, but
now with the new opera in face, the square, foun-
tains, &c., which are in course of completion, it

would be difficult to find in any capital a more
beautiful locality. Talking of the Rue de la Paix
reminds me of the New Passage and Express De-
partment established by Bowles, Brothers, and Co.
in connection with their bank at No. 12, an
arrangement calculated to prove of no ordinary
advantage to the travelling public, not only in
affording a choice and bird's-eye view, as it were, of
the various lines and routes, with every practical
information applicable to each, but in supplying
through tickets, circular travelling credits, certifi-
cates of deposits, &c., available with the cor-
respondents of the house of Bowles, Brothers,
and Co. in any part of the world. A move-
ment of this kind, which unites the advantages
of a perusal of a Bradshaw with a practical oppor-
tunity of carrying them into effect without further
trouble, reflects the greatest credit upon the house
in question, and cannot• fail to be appreciated by
the travelling public. The manager appointed for
the immediate conduct of this branch is M. Hewitt,
whose courtesy during his long connection with the
Post-office and other departments of the Bank, has
been:thoroughly appreciated by all who have had
occasion to require his willingly rendered services.
Several of our friends have looked in during the
week to acknowledge the satisfaction afforded them

others.
In the Piazza di Venezia they met the Holy
Father returning from his drive. They filled
the width of the street, and he stopped to see
them and bless them as they passed.
The Artillery went down on Monday night.
They passed at about eleven o'clock, quietly
and silently in the moonlight and- a beauti-

THE SUlq, LONDON, ISW.rJAY EVENING, AUG UST 10, 1868.

by a visit to Asnieres ; but one, a Boston boy, does
not imagine the refreshment saloons sufficiently
American at present. He was greatly impressed
with the courtesy of the direction ; he thought the
new fountain with its green water lilies, illuminated
on the surface of the water, and its showers of
rainbow tinted spray, one of the most beautiful
effects imaginable. But, lie could not get a
gin sling. We arc happy to inform him that
since the first week the direction have taken the
refreshment department into their own hands, and
that, carried out for the future upon the principle
obtaining at Cremorne, will assimilate more nearly
to American and English requirements.
Au Exposition of Insects has been opened at the
Palais d'lndustris by the Agricultural Insect So-
ciety, to last until the 30th of the present month.
The insects are divided into two classes—useful and
injurious. A rather good thing was uttered on the
occasion by one of the gamins of Paris, who,
in company with a comrade, was loitering in the
neighbourhood of the Exposition. One of those
exquisites, known in Paris by the designation of
Petit Creve, was passing the Exposition in a velo-
cipede. " Ah," said the urchin, " voila one (insect)
whom they have forgotten to exhibit."
I had an opportunity the other day of witnessing
the singular and beautiful process by which M.
George, of the Rue de Rivoli, deprives dental ex-
traction of its terrors and surrounds it with a pleasing
reminiscence not usually its accompaniment. The
person operated on was a lady of about 23 years of
age, who, after inhaling the gas for a brief period,
which was carefully administered by M. George and
a medical assistant, appeared to fall off into a most
pleasant slumber. The tooth, a molar of for-
midable proportions, was drawn without the ope-
ration appearing to cause the slightestinconvenience.
One hardly knows which to admire most, the beau-
tiful effect of the protoxyide or the skilful manage-
ment of the operator. However, the reader can at
any time judge for himself.

Our correspondent, writing from New York,
July 24, says—Yesterday morning rain commenced
in Baltimore, and, after a short cessation, again
fell in torrents until 9 p.m., when the water rose at
the rate of two inches par minute for an hour,

flooding the streets in places to the depth of 18
inches. Lives are reported to have been lost, but

the number has not been ascertained, though ru

mour ranges from seven to one ; but there is a re-
port that the granite mills at Elicot city were carried

away and sixty persons drowned. The flood
subsided almost as quickly as it arose,
though for the short time that it lasted,

it turned the streets into raging torrents,

overwhelming everything in its course. You
will be 'able to judge of the violence of the
flood, as a street car loaded with passengers was
swept from the track and carried away several hun-
dred feet. Telegraph communication was stopped
with Washington and the South. The loss is variously
estimated, but it is considered that it will not be short
of $3,000,000. The annual boat race of Harvard
versus Yale came off at Worcester, Massachusetts,

yesterday, and attracted much attention. After
several minor races the college boys made their
appearance, and were greeted with loud cheers.
They are becoming personally celebrated—the
youngest of the Harvard crew named Simmons,
eldest son of the late Rev. George F. Sim-

mons, is the largest of the rowers. The
boats are each six-oared shell-boats, the Harvard
51 feet by '2O inches, and the Yale two feet longer.
The distance was three miles. The Harvards started
with a clear rapid dip and a strong stroke, and led
at the end of the first quarter of a mile by a length,
which they kept steadily increasing until the end of
the race, coming home an eighth of a mile ahead
of the Yale boat. The Harvard time was 17 mi-

nutes 481 seconds ; Yale, 18 minutes 381 seconds.
The Harvard time on Wednesday, although beaten
by the Wards, was 17 minutes 53 seconds against
18 minutes 13 seconds last year ; and the Yale time
of 1866 was 18 min. 421 secs., which shows that Yale
has madelittle improvement, while the progress among
the Harvard boys has been considerable. Mr.
Bateman's French opera bouffe has met with great
success. Since the opening night, last Monday,
Niblo's house has been crowded, notwithstanding
the heat. With this exception the theatres have

been thinly attended during the summer, and some
of the minstrel halls have cl sed altogether. John
Brougham, at Wallack's is, however, an exception,
as his new play, the " Lottery of Life," is a
great success. Regarding politics, both parties
have opened the campaign by mass meetings
in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, the Republi-
cans last week, and the Democrats this; equally
large and enthusiastic. At the former the speakers
were General Woo lford, the Lieutenant-Governor
of the State, and the Hon. H. Greeley. At the latter
the Hon. 11. C. Murphy, and S. S. Cox, of Ohio.
Disaffection prevails in the Democratic ranks,
caused by the Repudiation plank, and it is found
nearly impossible to raise funds to carry on the
campaign. Rumour says that Mr. Belmont, who
is the richest among the men of influence in
the party, reluctantly gives money in aid of Sey-
mout's election, prophesying financial difficulties
in the event of success. Mr. Belmont is a heavy
holder of Government Bonds, as are his correspon-
dents in Europe, and he is not likely to favour a
policy which would decrease the value of this pro-
perty. Neither candidate has as yet taken any
active part in the canvas. Mr. Seymour is at work
on his farm near Utica, and Gen. Grant, with Gens.
Sherman and Sheridan, is on his way to the Rocky
Mountains. The heated term is over, and we are
enjoying comparatively cool weather, which the
New Yorkers highly appreciate of ter their recent expe-
rience. Congress will adjourn next Monday(July 27).
All the Southern States, except Texas, Virginia,
and Mississippi, are now fully represented, and the
Fortieth Congress may so far be satisfied with its
work. The Union League of New York has re-
solved that Congress should remain in session to
protect the negroes. The Hon. Reverdy Johnson
has taken leave of the President and Mr. Seward,
and having obtained his final instructions, has just
left Washington to start ou the lst of August
from Baltimore Mr. Adams has been well
received in Boston by the best people of the
city and i's vicinity. He declined in his reply
to discuss questions connected with his mission to
England, which, in spite of every effort, he skilfully
avoided.

The lion. W. P. Howland bas been appointed
Lieutenant-Govornor of the Province of Ontario, and the
Iron. L. 13. Wilinwtt Lieutenant-Governor of New Bruns-

The Utah contested election came up July 23,
and the House decided unanimously that Mr. M'Grorty,
the contestant, was not entitled to the seat, and on the
same day Mr. Clarke, of Kansas, from the committee on
military affairs, reported a bill granting the right of way
to a railroad company over the military reservation at
Fort Leavenworth. Passed. _ _ _

The ordnance committee decline to interfere in
the court-martial of General Dyer. They say the judge
advocate is the proper officer for that purpose.
A Western editor, in response to a subscriber who
grumbles that his znorning paper was intolerably damp,
says"that it is because there is so much dew (due) on it."
Mr. Watts, the new Minister to Austria, •is a
wealthy citizen of Philadelphia.
Moses Y. Beach, the veteran editor of the New
York Sun, died at Wallingford, Connecticut, Sunday
morning, July 19. _ _ _

Among the guests at the great dinner to his Ex-
cellency Reverdy Johnson, given at Baltimore, were
Governor Swann, of Maryland; Senators Hendricks and
Nye; Collector Webster, of Baltimore ; Judges Crane,
Merrick, and Bend, and others, representatives of the
commercial, mercantile, and manufacturing interests
of Maryland. Mr. John W. Garrett, President of the
Balt:more and Ohio Railroad, presided, having on his right
the distinguished guest of the evening, and on his left Mr.
Thornton Letters of regret were read from the President
of the United States, members of the Cabinet, Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and many of the Senators.
The Vermont Democrats have nominated a full
State ticket, with John L. Edwards for governor.—The
New Jersey Democrats have named General Theodore
F. Runyon for governor, and Peter D. Broom and Adolph
Schalck for electors at large.—At the Missouri Republican
State Convention, Colonel Joseph A. M'Clurg, now re-
presenting the third district in Congress,. was named
for governor; for lieutenant-governor, E. 0. Stannard ;
for secretary of State, John Rodman ; for treasurer,
Judan Moyer ; for Auditor-General, Daniel Draper ; At-
torney- General, Horace B. Johnson ; Supremo Judges,
David Wagner, Philemon Bliss and Henry A. Clover;