The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-10-01 00:00:00

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LETTER OF VICTOR EMMANUEL TO

THE POPE.

The following in the text of a lette:r from Victor
Emmennel to the Pope :-

" Most Holy Father,—With the eduction of • son, with
the faith of • Catholic, with the loyalty of a king, with the
feelings of an Italian, I address myself once more, at I have
done before, to the heart of tour Holiness. A storm full of
danger threatens Europe. ruder cover of the war which is
desolating the centre of the Continent, the party of cosmo-
politan revolution to gaining in boldness and audacity, and
Is preparing Especially in Italy and In the praline" under
the Qdvernment of Your Helium, to deliver a dual blow at
the Monarchy and the Papacy.
"I know, Most Holy Father, that the greatneas of your
soul is such that it will never give way to the greatueu of
events; hut I, a Catholic and Italian King, and at such
responsible guwdian—by Ike disposition of theme Providence
and by the will of the nation—of the destinies of all Italians,
feel it my duty to take on myself, in face of Europe and the
Catholic world the respon.ibi by of maintaining order in the
Peninsula, and the security of the Holy Sue.

n tinkles, Most Holy Father, the state of Laing among the
populations governed by your LiMidest, and tile presence
among them of foreign troops come from various places and
with varhms intentions constitute a hotbed of agitation and
evident dangers for all. Chance and the rifervercence of
passion may lead to acts of violence, and to an effusion of
blood, which If is my duty and yours, most Holy rather, to
avoid and trona.
"

"I see tl:e Inevitable necessity, for the security of Italy and
the iiily See, that my troops already posted to guard the
frontier, shoul I advance and occupy such positions as may
So requisite for the security of your Holiness, and the matu-
ten an co of order.

" Your Holiness will not, I hope, see any act of hostility In
this measure of prec:ution
" M y Government nod my forcee will confine themselves
solely to the duty of Guardians of the rights of the Roman
people, and the inviolability of the Sovereign Pontiff, and
his spiritual authority with the independence of the Holy
See—things unite compatible with one another.

_ .
111 your Ilolir.ers, as I do not doubt, end no your sacred
character, and your go iciness of heart, give me the right to
hope, he Inspired by, dadre equal to my own, to avoid all
conflict, and to recaps the peril of violence, you could arrange
with Count roves di San Martino, the bearer of this letter,
who Is furnished with the instructions deemed opportithe by
my Government, the means which appear best fitted to con-
duce to that end.
" Your Holiness will permit me} et tollopethatthe present
moment, as solemn for Italy as for the Church and for the
Papacy, will render active that spirit of booevelonce which
has never bet n extinguished in your heart towards that laud
which is also your country, ano the sentiments of consulta-
tion which I have always studied with Indefatigable perse-
verance to carry Into action, In order that while sathil)lng
the national aspirations, the Chief of Catholicism, sur-
rounded by tho devotion of the Italian peoplo3, should pre-
serve upon the bucks of the Met a position glorlotut and
Independent of all human sovereignty.

" Your Hobnail.% in freeing Rome from foreign troops, in
removing the constant peril of Its becoming a battle-field of
revolutionary partio., will have accomplished. • marvellous
work. given peace to the Church, and shown to Europe,
horrified by the terrors of war, how It is possible to gain
Crest bittbei sad to win immortal victories by or. act of
justice and by one single word of affection.
• • •

' I beg your Bodiless to begot' upon mettle Apoetotic bene-
diction, and I ronow to your liolinem flue exprcesion of my
profound reeved
Your Holiness's molt humble, most obedient, and most de-
voted eon, " Fiero& Eunnntab.
" Florence, Bth Sept •

LOUIS NAPOLEON IN HIS CAPTIVITY.
One if the correspondents of the Daily Ttleyraph
cniimunicaten the teaming particulars respecting the
ex - Eui pi. ror :
W hen lest the Emperor C 9,1110 to Wsittelmelteme, he for
loots tinlo 1,1)0 seed to be almost unconsitiont of external
times. The harrowieg and exetting scenes through which
he hail passed had for the moment exhausted his energies,
and the gigantic events which had heel. going 611 around him,
for a time left him unable to take an interest In ordinary
things. Trie consequence was that for some time after his
arrival he appeared to pny no attention to hit appearance.
Th, nr,usteche, that used to be so carefully trimmed, hung
loose, and his hair appeared to he faded lii colour tilt this
did not, last long lie seen resumed his usual ha its of order
and regularity; lie robs early, and took in the morning his
custennsiy walk.

Nor did he seclude himself within the narrow Limit; of the
grounds in the Immediate vicinity of hie residence. One
day, whilst etrollit g about, he came in contact with a
number of young urchin, running borne from school On
Sight of the great man their boisterous merriment was, of
course, hushed ; anti their heart's. You may be arise, began to
beat uneasily. But Lite Emperor's manner sJor. reassured
tit: in Ile nook,' to them in their own tocgue, and, having
kindly patted one fine, ehubby.faced lad on the head. Napo-
iron enrceeded in eliciting front him EOM° Information about
the school, hie lemons, (Cc. Sometimes, too, the Emperor
drove out ; anti, on one occasion in 'articular, when he
west towards Catherine's Valley, his equipage was in regal-
like as to become the subject of observation in ill the paper..
But smee that day the Emperor has resumed his early habits
of retirement. lie now rarely, U ever, appear' out of &Kea

Various rearms are assigned for this cooduct. Some my
that Wllhelmst dhe Caudle Is very cold. and that now, whs.
the frost is beginning to appear, the Emperor his found h
present quarters uncomfortable. It is even said that be is
already suffering from a cold, brought on by the exposed posi-
tion of his apartments. Some maintain that the Chateau
Bellevue, Grmetly honoured with a short, will before
long be honoured with a lengthened visit from the
Emperor. Should this report turn out true, we shall
hove another lestance of that repetition of Ilene/
in the part of history which, in tnese days Cl extra-
ordinary changes, Is a subject of such common remark.
For the Château Bellevue was formerly, I believe, the whiter
residence of Napoircu's uncle But lam bound to tell you
tlmt there is another and rely different reason assigned for
the Emperor's Becluxii 0 for the hat three or four dabs. Some
foolish people—why, I know not-have taken it Into their
beads that, because Napoleon's -State Visit," as they call it,
to Catherine's Valley took place just about the time of the
arrival of the news of the explosion at Lion. that the one
even had something to do with the other. They even go so
far as to say that the Emperor deliberdtely selected this
mode of showing hie triumph and approval of an action that
all Germany has so unanimously denounced as treacherione
and disgraceful It may be that them very dtragreeable and
unfounded observations have come to the ear of Naptileov,and
that, io prevent the occurrence of any n npleassut maidissta-
Wm on the part of their primoters, ho considers it better
not to make his appear.co in public for the present.
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A rather amusing occurrence took place here • few night.
ago. In one of the public Inns, a conversation arose In re•
Science to the present denizen of Wilhelmst ohe. Apart from
the central cowpony, a lady warn sitting, whose face was
muffled up, and who evidently wished to "keep her dis-
tance. A German woman began to abuse Napoleon Cu the
most unmeasured terms, lie had been a tyrant to France,
and to Germany a scourge. Look at the tens of thousands
of line, honed young fellows that, through his fault were
! now lying dead On (he battle-field !low many women had
he made widows—how many children orphans! How
long the German lady would have proceeded ii. this
eloquent strain, had she met with no obstacle, it
In impaasible to tell. Unfortunately, hoverer, ohs-
, VMS stopped very short. The muffled lady maidenly rose up,
I and, going over to the reviler of Napoleon, adminietered to
her number of by no mean, gentle blows. Asimilant and
assailed screamed with equal loudness the male members
of the party began, mom. to laugh, seine to shout for he!
Al last the attention of "mice host" was attracted. Ile
rushed into the room, separated the combatants, and began
to expostulate with the muMsd lady. After some time she
consented to leave Ids house and seek for lodgings elsewhere.
After her departure, awl when tranquillity was restored, the
Innkeeper Informed his customers that his late guest was one
of the Emperor's servants, just sensed from ran., and ow
her way to IN'tliielmstiilla