The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-07 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

SENDING EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS BY RAILWAY.-At the
Manchester City Police Court Frederick Hill, match
dealer, Oak-street, Shudehill, has been charged by the
London and North Western Railway Company with having,
on the 15th August, delivered to the company a quantity of
hydro-carbon gas matches without marking their nature on
the outside of the packages, or giving notice thereof to the
servants of the company. The information was pre-
ferred under the Railway Clauses Consolidated Act,
1845. The Act sets forth that if any person shall send
by a railway any aquafortis, oil of vitriol, gunpowder,
lucifer matches, or any other goods which in the judg-
ment of the company, were of a dangerous nature, with-
out distinctly marking their nature on the outside, or
giving notice in writing to the servants of the company,
he renders himself liable to a penalty of £2O, which
cannot be mitigated. The goods in question were in
transit from Manchester to Stockport, when one of the
boxes was broken, so that the contents were exposed. The
defendant, who did not deny the charge, was convicted in
the full penalty of £2O.
"ICONOCLAST'S" LECTURES.— At Manchester on Saturday
an application was renewed.to the stipendiary magistrate
to put down Mr. Charles Bradlaugh's lectures on the same
grounds that Murphy's were suppressed. In giving his
decision the magistrate said that the cases of Murphy and
Bradlaugh were different, as in the case of the former it
was sworn that elsewhere by reason of the lectures there
had been riots and disturbances, but with Mr. Bradlaugh
such was not the case.

KIDNAPPING CHILDREN.—A strange story comes
from Chicago of a systematic kidnapping of children there.
It is said to have been discovered that they are seized,
and driven away to a great distance, where they are kept
gagged in a house surrounded by high-walled grounds. A
Chicago paper suggests that the children are wanted as
subjects for dissection. A New York paper hints that
there may be a view to rewards likely to be offered, and
also that the story may be exaggerated.

THE PROPOSED VOLUNTEERS' VISIT TO BRUSSELS.
—A meeting was held on Saturday, at Parkside, Albert-
gate, of the executive committee, appointed by the general
committee, of which the Prince of \Vales is honorary presi-
dent, for the purpose of arranging the details connected
with the proposed meeting of the British Volunteers at
Brussels about the 21st inst. Colonel Thompson occupied
the chair, and Colonel Beresford, the honorary secre-
tary, stated that from the correspondence which had
come to hand there might be expected not less than
300 efficient volunteers to attend at Brussels. It was
resolved that the £l5O given by the King of the Bel-
gians for competition among the English Volunteers
should be shot for with any military rifle (without
fancy sights), as is allowed in the Tir-National itself,
while the prizes given by the committee to be shot for Ly
Belgians and English will be competed for with the regu-
lation arms of both countries; which will be the Enfield on
our side, as the Snider is not yet the regulation arm of lhe
force. Captain Dighton, of the London Rifle Briade,
undertook to start off at once to Brussels in order to
confer with the directors of the Tir-National as to their
arrangements ; and Colonel Maltby undertook to inquire
as to the cheapest means of transit, and also to arrange
about special rates for the Volunteers entered to shoot.
The cheapest route yet offered is that of Cook's, by the
Great Eastern, via Antwerp, which is a very pleasant way
on good boats and express• trains, the return fare, first
:lass and saloon, being only 303. The entrance fee is 10s.
to the special prizes, and without the pass of the com-
mittee no one, in uniform or out, will be recognised as a
oluOrr,

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1868.

theatre erected on purpose almost on the slope
of Monte Cavi, and inscribed "Teatro di Marte
(Mars' Theatre). The first piece was a drama,
dealing rather too freely in murders to be very
pleasing ; the second was a very spirited and
well-acted pantomime, in which the genuine
Italian Arleccltino and Pagleaccio ("clown"
being the nearest English equivalent by which
I can render the latter) appeared in full
humour. There was another character very

well put in. It was a small person, appearing
to wear an enormous head. This actor had a
genuine appreciation of gesture-language, and'
he contrived to make every movement ludi-
crous, without any exaggeration ; and at the
end, when he came to be hanged, for such was
his fate, as he passed his grout's head through
the noose the neck lengthened out to an incre-
dible extent, and continued lengthening till
the curtain fell. The female parts were in-

tensely grotesque and well sustained. There
were some pieces sung, and an Italian Zouave
declaimed a piece of poetry between the acts.
Towards evening a fire-balloon was sent up,
but by far the most beautiful effect of the day
was kept for the last. It was an illumination,
in which many hundred men of the depot, there-
fore of the rawest and least trained, were formed

into a living and moving framework, for the
production of varied luminous patterns. The
quickly falling darkness of a Southern evening
had hardly closed around us as we were guided
back to the grand stand, when we found the
air suddenly alive again with hundreds of
lights, flitting like gigantic firefles over the
plateau. Suddenly the band struck up, and
a loud word of command from De Charette

resounded, and the fireflies silently and in
perfect order gathered themselves into the ap-
pearance of a huge serpent, interlacing his
shining coils into a perfect maze. Another
command and the serpent stretched itself into
a straight line, which was subsequently bent
and broken into a hundred mathematical figures
and elaborate devices, dazzling the eye with
their constant but perfectly regular motion ;
at one time a helix seemed to be pouring itself
out in the rapid succession of its concentric
curves, and at another a vast wheel of flame
was rending over the plain, the spiral spokes
turning in a contrary direction from the outer
rings like the ceaseless spreading and twisting
of the chromatrope. Though darkness and dis•
tance concealed the moves of the fiery lines,
you felt that they kept perfect time to the
music of the band. Presently the band gave
the Pontifical hymn and a word from Col. de
Charette, like a stroke of an enchanter's wand,
brought out in letters of flame, streaking the
great hill-side, the tribute dearest to every
heart assembled there, "VV (evviva) Pio
Nono." An irresistible burst of what may more
properly be called delight than merelyapplause,
burst from every one present, and the cry
"Evtriva Pio Nono,". was taken up by the people
and echoed back by the mountains. There is
no doubt also that a good share of the shouts
and claps and hurrahs, was dictated by the
genuine recognition of Col. de Charette's skill
and success in conceiving and carrying out
and affording to the public, the very beautiful
and appropriate exhibition. The day wound up
in due military form by the Ritirata or even-
ing tatoo, performed on this occasion by the
whole lanterned host—for the fireflies were
men bearing coloured lanterns on the ends of
their muskets —winding through the camp
lines, playing and singing as they went, and
then red and blue Bengal fire lighted up the
place while the assembly
dispersed.
The only drawback to the complete enjoy-
ment of the day was the absence of Madame
Kanzler, who is gone to Vichy for her health,
and whose interest in all that concerns the
men makes her, of course, duly popular among
them.
It is not expected that the Pope will take
any other outing this year than his visits to
the camp, notwithstanding that Rome has been
very hot, and he has been much urged to take
change of air. I cannot forbear quoting on
this propos the following interesting paragraph
from the pen of Mgr. Anivitti :—" It is the
delight of most sovereigns to beautify their
palaces and country-seats, and render them
delightful by the amenity of their position and
the refinement of their arrangements. Pius
IX. has his villas no less, which it is his great
pleasure to lay out to the best advantage ;
but they are—the Villa Gabrielli, which is de-
voted to the advancement of agricultural
whichknow-
me
nta
mentally
serves
afflicted;
d a;
where the boys of his indus-
lpeldago
oe ;0
ft hdiversion
B fora r b ethose
ttrhiealVscitrnooal Pia,ai taught husbandry ; the Villa
Santucci, which affords pure air to the pupils
of the Seminario Pio; the Villa Palatina, which
makes ample pleasure ground for the college
fanthde useful
pharmacopoeia; and if
a
boys of S. Sirigi attached to the University
of Sant' Apollinare ; the Orto Botanico, for the
cultivation
plants, and more
especially
least, the gardens destined
for the enjoyment of the boys of the night-
schools,
in which he takes so great interest
_n
ls t byno
those of
means
e rarean s o
opened by him for the school of the
o
remarkabledin al
dßenoeisuaeerneynt,
Borgo in 1853, and the other for that in the
Trastevere, last June."
P•S._Car
s affair has had a
very
and one which
will have the effect of confirming his authority
over the minds of his flock, much more than
any opposition of the Italian Government will
serve to lesSen it. After due debate and form
of law, the Cardinal was found guilty of the
offence with which he was charged—of setting
at nought the (usurped) power of the Govern-
ment, and of taking possession of his see fur-
nished only with the authorization of the right-
ful sovereign, and his arrest was consequently
decreed. But rhomme propose, et Dieu dispose.
The order for his arrest, despatched in all haste,
is delayed by an incident, before which even
the reckless Government of Victor Emmanuel
is powerless. An inundation renders com-
munication impracticable, and the sentence
becomes powerless. Meantime the Cardinal
has finished the work he came out to perform
—has satisfied all the canonical obligations,
and all traditional ceremonies, has received the
homage of his flock, and made! their personal
acquaintance. His work complete, no inunda-
tion hinders his' peaceful return to his Roman
residence. But the warrant of arrest only
reaches Magliano after he is safe at home.
*** The following arrived too late for our
impression last week
ROCCA DI PAPA, Aug. 22.
The sham sieges came off on Thursday, as
arranged. The scene was very pretty in the
midst of this beautiful country—the only fault
was that, perhaps owing to the heat, there was
a little want of animation. Nearly all the
Zouaves stationed here took part in it ; most
of the Dragoons and Artillery, with four guns,
and the Caceiatori. They left the camp about
half-past four, and arrived before Castel Gon-
dolfo soon after six. Castel Gondolfo was un-
defended, and the attack had only to be made
upon old walls and hedges; but at Albano they
formed into two parties—one erecting defence,
barricaded with surprising celerity, to which
the storming party set fire. They began to
arrive back at the camp soon after six in the
evening ; all the visitors staying at Rocca di
Papa, including the King of Naples, who came
up to the entrance of the camp to see them
come in. They took nearly two hours filing
past. Many a beardless face had got well
bronzed under the day's exertions. The Maro-
nite chief, Yussouf Karam, who, in company
with two Oriental priests, has been staying
for some days with General Kanzler, rode by
his side all day. He was dressed in a mag-
nificently embroidered blue and gold suit, and
attracted renal attention from the peasant
spectators, some of whom imagined he must be
the King of Spain ! It is said that he pro-
posed a troop of his countrymen for the Pope's
service. If he is a fair representative of their
phisique they would form a fine-looking corps.
Mgr. Stonor left on Wednesday for Eng-
land, and the English Zouaves are left to
the care of F. Guidon in spiritual matters.
He has a short service for them every Friday,
including an extempore address ; they attend
it in good numbers, and join heartily in the

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