The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-27 00:00:00

THE POPE AND THE CONGRESS.

The Constitaitiorinel says :
The impreemen produced in France and other parts by the
new pamphlet has surpassed our expectations. From ell
puts, and especially from England, the telegraph gives us
decisive information on the point. It is a noble privilege of
France, that when she ?alms her voice io an appeal to gear
roue sentiments, she is sue to find everywhere • empa-
thetic response. And is this cam the fact is the more sulk-
leg, that In foreign countries no inquiries bare been made ea
to the origin of this work, and, without too car fully prying
Into the name of the author, it has been judged on Its own
intrinsic =tits.
The writer proceeds to remark on the Tarim'
divisions of the pamphlet, and then comes to the
very essential point of paying to the Pope his yearly
income. The following is the mode of proceeding
which the Corsaritutionnel reommends
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It should be a proportional payment, freely agreed to, but
irrevocable, whatever might happen. It should be, if re- I
gaffed, a tribute sanctioned by usteraational treaties, end one
which no nation having ono. contracted could without '
honour disregard. It is well known that this kind of inter-
nationalengagements hove never been disregarded, even at
the wont o times. To quote only a recent peoot of this, the
jointure of the Duchess of Orleans wee sanctioned by the
vote of a republicio parliament, and honourably paid until
her death by an imperial budget. The objection will doubt-
less be made that an engagement of this kind is most
important; end the question will perhaps be raised, why
France should burden the national budget with this perpetual
obligation, sad why in this country of liberty of coneolecca,
Protestants and lOWA !should be made to contribute to the
dotation of St. Peter? We reply that, in addition to catholic"
uncomplainingly contributing to the szpoeses of every form of
&merit, France is above all, and in her very enema, a catholic
nation; that she =swot lose that glorious title; that her
satire future depends on it, and that to preserve it she incurs
no disgrace in valuator* declaring banal( the tributary of
St. Peter. This is a suzerainty that she well may
for, in this case, the vowel is only a devoted and euspeetfal
daughter of the shared.

"It is stated," says the Pays, "that, owing to the
lionising importance of the French establishments in
Omsk, there is Dome idea of modifying the organisation of
the possessioss In that part of the world, so that for the
future there Mall be two distinct divisione, each having its
own governor. The lint would comprise Tahiti, the Mar-
, and neighbouring Islands; and the mond, New
Caledonia and its dependencies."
The Univers states that it has received a number
OE oommunications inquiring what coarse ought so be adopted
at the present **tincture. Some of the writers suggest
publio subscription ; others, an address to the Pope, express-
ing love and devotedness.
The weather is still severe at Lyons. " Last night,"
says the Gaulle de Lyon of the 23rd, "a sentinel was found
frozen to death at his poet. Another, who was mounting
gaud at the grand camp, had his feet froot-bitten."
THE INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPII.—•
We gather the billowing &sells from Mr. Oieboree's
memorandum of his proposal to mamma Australia by a line
of telegraph with the asters extremity of the island of Java.
The whole distance from Java to Moreton Bay Is 3,024
nautical milee, being 60 mike more than the proposed line
from Aden to Hurracluie. The estimated cost is 8080001.,
being the dame as the estimate for the Wt-mentioned line.
This sum Mr. Crisham proposes to divide among the colonies
in the following prop mica, :—Victoria. 68 6-18 per
mat. ; New South Wiles, 22 12-16; Sonih Australia.
7 4.16; New Zoilissid, 6 11-16; Tasmania, 6 6.16; and
Western Assails, 16-16. Tin new colony of Queensland
Is not looloded, but, If nothing occurs to prevent the in.
mailed esparailon, that °obey will be able to beer a fair
Crrof the above divisions, as Monaca Bay is likely to
reat
benefits from the andectelchig if serried out.—
.dastrifirs and Ncic Zraiateit Gout to.