The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

HELSTON.

The new Solicitor-General arrived at Helsten on
Friday evening, where he was warmly received by
the leading members of the Conservative party in
the borough. On Saturday morning he issued a
brief address, soliciting the continued confidence of
the constituency, and immediately commenced an
active canvass. Notwithstanding the near approach
of a general election, the Liberal party are evidently
determined to contest the seat, and have issued a
placard calling upon the electors to withhold their
pledges. The placard is signed by Mr. H. Rogers,
the leader of the party. In the meantime a Mr.
Lea, who dates from " 30, Blomfield-terrace, West-
bourne-terrace, London," has issued an address,
soliciting the suffrages of the constituency on inde-
pendent Liberal principles, but his chance of success
is considered to be very small.

711 E INVASION OF THE PAPAL STATES.

ROME, Feb. 5.

The Giornale di Roma of this day publishes a
report addressed to the Pope by General Kanzler,
pro-Minister-at-Arms, respecting the invasion of
the Pontifical States in the autumn of 1867. This
lengthy document fills 20 columns of the journal
in question. The general goes a long way back.
After a preface addressed to the Holy Father, he
commences by a rapid sketch of facts—as the de-
parture of French troops, the official report of
the distribution of the Papal troops, the festivi-
ties of the 20th of April and of the centenary
of St. Peter, as also a history of the cholera and
brigandage in the province of Frosinone. Passing
these to the preliminaries of the invasion, the
author of the report draws a picture of the
situation of the Papal troops at the commence-
ment of the war. We give this passage
textually :—" The numerical force of the troops
of his Holiness was about 8,000 men towards
the end of 1865. At the end of 1867 the sum
total of the Papal troops, including all arms,
amounted to 12,981 men and 929 horses." After
this statement General Kanzler enters into the de-
tails of the events of October, and of the battle of
Mentana. The repor'u concludes by general con-
siderations and conclusions, from which we take the
following passage :

" In laying this report at the feet of your Holi-
ness the pro-Minister-at-Arms cannot refrain from
expressing his sentiments of admiration for those
brave soldiers who have been killed or wounded in
the actions, fighting in the defence of the most holy
and most just of causes."
General Kanzler here enumerates a number of
officers and men who had more or less distinguished
themselves.

4, When the invasion was at an end we had the
satisfaction of finding that there remained in the
hands of the Pontifical troops about 2,000 Garibal-
dia❑ prisoners, a number of standards, no less than
5,000 rifles (not counting the damaged ones), shells,
a large number of side-arms, ammunition, &c.
The causes to which such happy results must be
attributed are, in the first place, the constant firm-
ness and serenity of mind of your Holiness, which
has been a striking example for us all ; secondly,
the fiedelity and good feeli❑g of the populations ;
the provident foresight and care of the authorities ;
the valour and self-denial of the troops ; the arri-
val of the corps of the French expeditionary force
in the very moment of the greatest danger, and the
numerous mistakes of the enemy, which it is need-
less to point out at the present moment."
The report concludes as follows :
" Most Holy Father,—Doubtless the heart of
your Holiness has suffered much through so many
days of anxiety, but you must have felt some conso-
lation at beholding the eagerness which all Catholic
nations displayed to have themselves represented in
the ranks of yonr soldiers, and the desire of so
many families of every class to send their sons to
serve in the ranks. These troops have had the hap-
piness of rendering a solemn homage of devotion
and fidelity to the sacred person of your Holiness in
your quality as Pontiff and King, and they have
had the glory to signalise, by the success of their
exploits, the commencement of new triumphs of the
great cause of public order. For these reasons the
Minister at Arms implores for himself and for the
troops of your Holiness the Papal benediction.
(Signed) 44 HERILANN KANZLER,
Pro-Minister at Arms."

MAGIC AND MAGICIANS.—In the City of London
Court, on Saturday, a rather singular case—"orris
Delight"—was heard. The plaintiff
to recover,
under very singular circuxn stance!, o. guinea and a half,
for his own and his wife, s services as magic
grand entertainment given by the City of Londonians at a
Tem-
perance Association, at the Albion Hall, on Boxing
Night, defendant being a member of the committee. Mr.
Morris
pr
at the fete in proved the engagement of himself and his wife to
question. He stated that when
perform
he got to the hall he found people behind him on the
platform, and refused to perform unless they were re-
moved, as they would see through his tricks. The de-
fendant would not remove them, and he di3 not perform
The defendant said that they objected to paying the plain-
tiff, as he did not carry out his engagement. The last
conjuror they had performed with people behind him.
Mr. Commissioner Kerr—He might have boon a cleverer
magician than the plaintiff, who is not to be bound by
what other people have done. The plaintiff is entitled
to object to perform when ho is overlooked. The people
go to see him and Mrs. Morris for the purpose of being
deluded, and if they aro allowed to be on the platform
or behind the magician while the tricks are being per-
formed, there is an end of the delusion. Verdict for
plaintiff.

At a recent meeting of the fellows of the Royal
College of BUrgeons of Edinburgh, on the proposal of Sir
William reigusson, Bart., seconded by Dr. Spence, sur-
geon to her Majesty, and president of the college, Dr.
Alexander Marsdon, surgeon to the Royal Free and Cancer
Hospitals, London, and son of the late respected founder
of UMQ was elected a follor.