Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-08 00:00:00

THE PAPAL STATES

On the 30th of July, at a funeral service celebrated
at Rome ,in honour of the victims of the war, the fol-
lowing address was circulated among the troops of
the French garrison who were present. A copy
i is alsor placed in the catafalque, in the midst of a
heap of flowers and bouquets :

To the -French Soldiers.—On this day, when you are
doing honour to the memory of your valiant comrades
fallen on the plains of Lombardy for the holy cause of
or it independence, we unite our vows to yours, and swear
'to you eternal gratitude. -Here, where we are not
permitted ',to express our free thoughts, or to pray
publicly for our fellow citizens who have died by the side of
.yoUr,cOmrades, it is
.Very sweet to 'be: able to join our
prayers to yours, and to shed a tear on the tomb of your
brothers in arms. We had hoped to .celebrate' fresh vieto-
xies with you, and to commemorate together the complete
enfranchisement of Italy ; 'but, though that none object'
which your magnanimous Emperor proposed to himself has
not been attained, the generous blood of France, which has
mingled with the blood of Italy, will not have been shed in
vain. Sooner" Or latter, the natural alliance of the Latin
nations; which has been recognised by. the EMperor, 'end
cemented by that noble blood, will certainly bring about the

compl6te inklopead3co of Italy. lIE ROMANS.
On tho. 27th ultimo, a Capuchin monk, named
Giovanni di Corso, was seized in the,Barberina Con-

vont and conveyed to prison. It was stated that
some correspondence with the partisans of the revo-
lutionary movement had been found in his cells,

111 DISTURBANCES AT PERUGIA

. A most "severe judgment of the military Commis-
:i.on appointed by the Papal government to inquire'
into the outbreak, at Perugia, and which .has con-
demned-by default seven inhabitants of that city to.,
death for having taken part in:the late events, is
indignantly branded with reprobation by the Sieele :
• The great loss of life which has already taken place at 'i
Perugia (it •saYs). doe's . not satisfy Cardinal - Antonelli ;
he must have sentences pronounced against those left'alive:
To barbarism of means is joined hypocrisy of language—
the eulogium of the mildness of the Papal government
appearing in every line of the sentence ! In the eircum-
stancesin which the Italian Peninsula is placed, would it
'not have been better' to calm public opinion; to forget dis
sensions.which were so painfully suppressed, to regain the
people's hearts by' moderation ? But what bitter irony ! The
journal of the Ultramentanes 'lauds the clemency of the sove-
, reign pontiff,' because, according to a note publiihed,'
"the papal government ill' its paternal solicitude is not
indisposed, to take measures to allow volunteers, who have
been dismissed in consequence of the peace, to return
to the Roman states and rejoin their families." Thus,
to have ' combated the Austrians, defended their native
country, . and . acted in concert with the French army,
is a eiiime in the eyes of the government of the cardinals ;
but that . gto .•pardon ! many thanks for the pardon !overnment, full of paternal solicitude, is not
indisposed
. The Univers, weeping. from tender , emotion,: exclaims,
"We ask if there be in the world a sovereign sufficiently
element to adopt such a measure on behalf of his misled