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 fall 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 CnILDREN.—A strange story comes
from Chicago of a systematic kidnapping of children there.
It is said to have been discovered that they arc 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 Wales 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 by
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 the
force. Captain Dighton, of the London Rifle Brigade,
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, rid Antwerp, which is a very pleasant way
an good boats and express trains, the return fare, first
:lass and saloon, being only 30s. 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
►glteer,

ROMAN AFFAIRS.

(From the Correspondent of the Westminster Gazette.)

ROCCA DI PAPA, Aug. 29.
In spite of the moderate and unostentatious
line of conduct adopted by Cardinal de Reisach
in entering the usurped portion of the Roman
State to take possession of his see, the Italian
Government has nevertheless resolved to molest

him. A process has been commenced against
him for so-called " usurpation" of his title, and

for coming to take possession of his cathedral
church (part of the Roman territory) without
the exequatur of the Government which has
usurped it. He had been appointed by the
Pope to the See of Sabina, and had no choice
but to take possession of it in the Cathedral of
Magliano ; but, to give no unnecessary offence,
he refused all public demonstrations at his

entry, and decided to make it by night. It
is true numbers of people gathered round him,

and some went out to meet him outside the

town, but while he could not repress such
evidences of cordial goodwill, he allowed no-
thing which could be construed into an appear-
ance of triumph or bravado. It does not ap-
pear that this is likely to weigh with those
who are bent on opposing him.
The 4th of September is named for the
audience in which M. de Sartiges will take his
farewell of the Pope., His successor is M. de
Bonneville, in spite of the assurance in the
Independance Beige that M. dePersigny has

been intriguing for the post, and is expected to
replace him by the end of next week. But I
have not heard from Paris the date of his
leaving, as the inundations in Swiczerland and
Savoy have caused vexatious detentions of let-

ters and papers.
One of the acts of the last Consistory, which
I think I failed to note at the time, was to

create Mgr. Namenowsky Vicar-Apostolic-
General of the Prussian army, with the title
of Bishop of Agatopolis in partibus, the effect
of which will be to give Berlin a resident
Catholic bishop. The parish church of S.
Michael will serve as the pro-Cathedral.
The Italian papers continue to harp upon
two notes. The first, how to find out some
means of inducing the Emperor to withdraw
his troops from Civita Vecchia, a discovery
towards which they seem to have made no ap-
proach as yet, but still their orders are to con-
tinue writing it up ; and the second to argue
what may be hoped of the popular assemblies,
for deliberating on the state of the country, to
be held shortly in various towns, and notably
at Naples, where Garibaldi has been invited to
take part. One of them had gone so far as to
assert that the Florence Parliament will be
dissolved, in order to leave the deputies free
scope to act each in their respective centres.
The Perseveranza affirms that the first act of
the Naples Assembly will be to declare Rome
the capital of Italy ; of course the second and
the third and all the remainder will be to de-
vise means for getting possession of it. Mean-
time the satisfaction of the Roman people with
their own Government, and their determination
to have nothing to do with any attempt at
change, continues• to offer -a- striking com-
mentary on the nature of that''ivhich.' it is
sought to foist upon them.
The Gazelle d' Italia occasionally enlivens its
readers with manifestoes, purporting to ema-
nate from a " Roman democratic association."
They are frantic appeals to the Romans to join
the revolution. The latest of them is worth
notice, for, in the first place, it is fain to confess
that though dated " Rome," they are really
written in Florence ! Further, the terms of

the appeal are a fresh acknowledgment of the
utter abstention of the people of Rome from
the commotions of last autumn. "The last
attempt was the work of imported Garibaldians,
and a few shopkeepers. Hence the bitter
defeat, the disillusions, the painful conse-
quences, the thankless relinquishment, making
us the scapegoat of the affair. The majority
of the Roman people held themselves aloof, not
only from all participation in, the act itself, but
even in, any antecedent demonstration." And
then it discloses the disunion reigning between
the various sections of the democratic party,
and their readiness to throw discredit on each
other, the insignificant fraction of the Roman
people which was mixed up in it, was made
the instrument of the iniquitous policy of the
National Committee, which shamefully deceived,
defrauded, and betrayed •it.
The weather continues intensely hot in the
daytime, with a sudden lowering of tempera-
ture, accompanied by heavy dews in the nights.
If this continues, it will not be possible to keep
the troops here so long as was talked of last
week. I saw a third Zou.ave funeral to-day ;
but I am not sure that the weather has to bear
the blame of all three losses. Still, anyhow,
the general health is certainly not so good
as it was a little while ago, and every day I see
several sent up to Rome to go to hospital. If
there is one respect in which I should like to
see our army better provided, it would be with
ambulance waggons. There seems to me a
lamentable deficiency in this respect. The sick
who have passed my windows lately have been
conveyed in the common ice-carts of the coun-
try, and the discomfort of this mode of trans-
port is distressing to witness. But it would
be more serious if it came to be wounded men
who had to be so conveyed. I have often had
occasion to enlarge upon the praiseworthy
economy of the administration, as well as upon
the general attention to the wellbeing of the
men, and I am persuaded nothing but defici-
ency of means would have occasioned the ab-
sence of such necessary appliances. And yet
it is not a great sum that is required, and
not ruorq than one or two individuals might
readily put together. I sincerely wish that the
spirit which rendered such ready and abundant
assistance to the men in the Crimea, as soon
as their wants and sufferings were made known
at home, would inspire some charitable hearts
to hasten to provide our devoted soldiers here
with so desirable an assistance, bearing in mind
that great as are the general powers of endur-
ance of our countrymen, for going through hard
work and fatigue of various kinds better than
most, changes of temperature tell upon them
sooner than upon others, and in sending such
help at this moment, it is specially on them the
boon would be conferred.
The spirit of the troops is all the same.—
in excellent condition. They have been all the
week occupied with preparations for a day of
athletic sports, which came off with great suc-
cess on Thursday ; a brighter day could not
have been. Although the games were not to
begin till three in the afternoon, crowds of
persons of every degree, in carriages and carts
on horseback, donkey-back, and on foot, came'
flocking in all day from an early hour in the
morning from all the neighbouring villages, as
well as from Frascati and Albano, and from
Rome itself no less. The piece of ground
allotted for the games was that contiguous to
the platform, put up on the occasion of the
Pope's visits, and when he sat to receive the
homage of the various colleges when they were
admitted to the bacio del piede. It was on
this occasion fitted with seats for the ladies,
and commanded an excellent view of the sports.
Here Princess Orsini, Prince and Princess Sar-
sana, Prince and Princess Lancelotti, Marchese
Serlupi, Prince Borghese and his sons, Prince
and Princess Barberini, Mgri. Pacca and Casali,
as well as a host of less illustrious Romans and
the sprinkling of foreigners who are always to
be found hanging about Rome even in August,
found place, and here ices, etc., were liberally
served throughout.
The programme included many trials of skill,
but regard had been had chiefly to general
amusement in the selection. In front of the
ladies' stand was a table on which the prizes
were arranged. They comprised a silver race-
cup bearing the inscription, " Corse ai Campi
d'Ansibale, 27 Agosto, 1868." Three watches,
one of which was given by Lieut. Franquinet,
who subsequently won the cup ; pipes, riding-
whips, portemonnaies, packets of cigars, &c.,
and a beautifully embroidered blue velvet ban-
ner.

The more laborious sports completed, the
next amusement was theatricals,. given at a

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 Arlecchino 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 mathematicalfigures
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
ring, 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
"Evviva 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 ahoUts
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 qXhibition, Trie'day:wound up
in due militilrefaiiii4i*lairo tct or even-
tatoo, pederinatqinEtis 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 know-
ledge ; the Villa Barberini, which serves as a
place of diversion for those mentally afflicted;
the Vigna Pia, where the boys of his indus-
trial school are 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
boys of S. Sirigi attached to the University
of Sant' Apollinare ; the Orto Botanico, for the
cultivation of rare and useful plants, and more
pharmacopoeia; and if
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P.S._Cardinal Reisach's affair has had a
very remarkable denouement, 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 l'homme 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
1 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 Cacciatori. 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 ofNaples, 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, Y
- ussouf 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 much 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. Gurdon 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

hymns. A French Dominican then gives an
address for the French, and afterwards there
is benediction for all. All the different com-
panies have night prayers in common every
evening, led sometimes by a chaplain, but
generally by the Sergeant-Major, after the
night appel, i.e. about 9.30.
There is a report that some more of the new
rifles are at last on their way from England.
It is to be hoped this will prove correct, as it
is expected that the troops at present here will
remain on rather longer than was expected at
first—that is, to the middle or end of Septem-
ber—so as to give them the opportunity of
practising with them. Ordinarily rain might
be expected before that date, but as we had so
much more than usual in the early part of the
year, we may perhaps yet hope that the rifles
will come in for use before this befalls.