The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-15 00:00:00

own language, besides giving the news of the
day, is, I am glad to inform you, so far flourish-
ing that it has just doubled its number of
pages. It is now giving its readers a French
translation of Padre Franco's " Croises de St.
Pierre."

General Kanzler's full Report to the Pon-
tifical Government of the Campaign of 1867,
was published on Wednesday. It begins with
describing the condition and distribution of
the army at the time of the departure of the
French troops in December, 1866. He speaks
of the commotions which, it was predicted,
would succeed their removal, but far from
seeking to ascribe his strategy or foresight the
complete tranquillity which continued to reign,
he owns, in a manly way, that it was entirely
due to the attachment of the people to their
Government, " which they continue to show
by a tranquillity more perfect than is to be
found at this moment in other countries." He
makes allusion also to the special demonstra-
tion which was made by the people on the
12th of April (the anniversary of Pius IX.'s
return from Gaeta. He then traces the mea-
sures taken for the repression of brigandage in
the province of Frosinone—" a scourge which
visited us in consequence of the political
changes in the neighbouring kingdom of
Naples "—and makes special mention of the
services rendered by the squadriglieri (the
peasant -volunteers) armed to supplement the
gendarmi. " This expedition imposed great
sacrifices on our troops, and cost us many lives;
but it also afforded an excellent school of war-
fare inuring them to hardships and night
marches, and teaching them to be on their
guard against surprises, and to practise sharp-
shooting. We may also advert to the fact
that, in the early lustres of this century, it
took many years to reduce one band of brigands
in the same province of Frosinone, and that
now a few months sufficed to rout out many
bands was a good augury of what our men
would be capable of doing when brought in
face of other enemies.

"To brigandage succeeded the cholerawhich,
though hardly recognized on its first approach,
assumed alarming proportions in the later sum-
mer months. Of the Pontifical troops (then
12,981 in number) 238 were attacked, and 112
carried off by it.
" It was at Albano that it attained its greatest
height, where it was least expected, and, conse-
quently, where nothing was in readiness to
meet it. In its midst Cardinal Altieri attracted
universal attention by the zeal with which,
disregarding all danger, he went in and out
among his flock, fulfilling the duties of his sac-
red ministry. The genclarmi and Zouaves in
garrison emulated his noble example ; without
distinction of grade they might all be seen
carrying the infected to the hospitals—all
associated in the work of burying the dead ;
and it fell to the lot of many of them to share
in a to-be-envied death the end of the illus-
trious prelate."
Then follows the account of the first warn-
ings of the approach of the Garibaldians, and
the order of distribution of the troops who
were to await their onset.
The first attack was made on the 28th of
September on a little place called Grotte S.
Stefano, in the province of Viterbo, succeeded
by others at neighbouring small places of un-
familiar names along the frontier. They were
engaged entirely by the Gendarmi, who rooted
their predatory columns at Ronciglione on the
Ist October, taking ten prisoners. Concerted
attacks by small bands of Garibaldians ap-
peared simultaneously at various other points,
the invaders probably not expecting to find
troops distributed to meet them pretty nearly
wherever they appeared. The most serious
affair at this time was at Bagnorea, where 500
Garibaldians had succeeded in taking up their

quarters. Their outposts were carried by troops
of the line and Zouaves, aided by detachments
of other corps commanded by Colonel Azzanesi.
The enemy then took refuge within the town,
but the gates were soon stormed by the troops,
who entered amid the glad applause of the
people. M. de Mirabal, sub-lieutenant in the
Zouaves, fell here, and five others were wounded,
against forty of the enemykilled, fifty wounded,
and 178 made prisoners. " This exploit had
an excellent moral effect on the army, and
dealt a severe blow on the audacity of the in-
vaders, another band of whom passing through
Ischia, Farnese and Valentano, were likewise
beaten by a handful of Genclarmi and Zouaves
commanded by sublieutenant Burdo."
The hour of post warns me that I must defer
my pr6cis of the rest of this interesting docu-
ment until next week.