Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-02 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR AND THE POPE.

I ' ?.I;cr,:v.
The Constitutionnel' of-Tuesday publishes the
following article in prominent type :
"The Sovereign Pontiff has just addressed an en-
cyclical letter to all the bishops. We at first doubted
whether we were 'legally authorised to publish that
doeument. The organic law which regulates.the rela-
tionship of the political power of our country with t 6
Court of Rome leaves no doubt upon this question, and
resolves it negatively. In fact, Art. I. of that law,
says :

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"" No bull, brief, rescript, decree, mandate; provision,
signature serving as provision, nor other documents
(expeditions) from. the Court of Rome, even when only
concerning private individuals, may be received, printed/
or otherwise made public, without the permission of the
Government.' •
"This enactment is formal; and we could not have
infringed it had not the moderation and the toleration
of the Administration thought fit to derogate from so
absolute a prohibition. We were informed this evening,
with our contemporaries, that we might reproduce the
Pontifical letter without impropriety.
" This letter is a declaration from the head of the
Church, addressed to his venerable brothers of the epis-
copacy. On the first grounds, it imposes upon us a re-
spect which we shall scrupulously observe.
"But it does not concern questions of faith, for the
settlement of which the authority of the Pope is only
absolute when conformable to the sacred canons, and in
accord with the universal consent of the assembled
Church.
"A political question alone is here under consideration,
and on this point the competency of the Court of
Rome could not be admitted without disavowing all the
traditions of the Chur4 of Fran Ce. The memorable
declaration of 1682, to which the name of Bossuet is so
gloriously attached, says textually :
"'That Si. Peter and his successors, Vicars of Jesus
Christ, and that the whole Church itself, have' only re-
ceived power from God for spiritual things and which ..
concerns salvation, and not temporal and civil things...
" Thus, in the encyclical letter of the .19th of January,
it is the temporal Sovereign who speaks in the name of a
temporal interest, but in the forms and with the particular
character which appertain to the head of the Church. '
"There is, then, here, an abuse of jurisdiction, which,
without dispensing us from a respectful deference, can-
not prevent a free judgment.
" Let us not hesitate to express our full opinion.
" The adversaries of the Papacy have always reproached
it for its efforts to overstep the spiritual domain which
is exclusively its own. They have raised against it the
minds of many independent men who refused their sub-
mission except in matters of faith. It was in wishing
' to subject, according to the very terms of the declara-
tion of 1682, Kings and Sovereigns to the ecclesiastical
power,' that whole nations were alienated from that .
unity of which Rome is the centre.
-4, Thanks to Heaven, we are no longer in the times of
schisms and heresies ; and our epoch is too enlightened
for such distractions ever to arise from a passing mis-
understanding.
" But it is impossible for us not to deplore the attitude
which has been forced upon Pius IX. under circumstances,
when the spirit of conciliation appeared as if it ought to
ally itself so well with the august character of the Holy
Father. Is it not sad to see in so grave a document as
that of which we speak the eternal cause of the Church
mixed up with and lowered by interests so little worthy
of it, and associated with the fortunes of those princes
who, in Italy, only maintained themselves by the arms
of Austria, and could not return there except at her
back? '
"In fact, one of the reasons given in the letter of the
Pope for refusing the separation of the Romagna is, that
he could not abdicate that portion of his territory with-
out 'detriment to the rights of the Princes of Italy, sow
have been unjustly despoiled of their domains.'
"Here we have, then,' the Head of the Church
making himself, as in the days of Boldface VIII. and
Innocent XII., the arbitrator of political Sovereignties!
And, mark it well ! this theocratical arbitration, which
in our day would be the most dangerous prerogative for
the Papacy, is, by a strange contrast, only the undeniable
proof of his dependency ; for, before as after the War of
Italy, we find Rome bent under the influence of Austria,
—under that , influence which Father Lacordaire so
justly considered a cause of decline and fall of the Holy
See.

"We should pity French Catholics who could not
feel the sad position assumed by the Papacy coming
forward to restore against the popular will Princes who,
having fallen at Solforino, had no other refuge than the
baggage-train of Austria. This position deceives the
hopes of all those who would have liked to see the. Head
of Christianity resume the prestige of his political power
in.his union with regenerated Italy.
"The encyclical letter will doubtless serve as a rally-
' ing point for many _passions which have nothing French
or Christian about them, and which will wrongly
endeavour to abuse the authority of this document and
its venerable origin. We do not fear that they will
succeed, for the policy of the Emperor cannot_ give
occasion, we are certain, to any legitimate anxiety.
The • Emperor, inspired by a devotion whieh for ten
years has never belied itself one single day, first
counselled to the Pope reforms which might 'have saved
the integrity of his dominions. Those counsels were
rejected ; the evil has become aggravated, and now it
seems no longer possible to lead back the populations of
the Romagna, unless compelling them by force.
"The Emperor thought that it was more advantageous
for the Pope to give up the Romagna than to reconquer
it at the cost of the blood of his subjects by foreign in-
tervention. He said so sincerely to the Holy Father in
a letter worthy of the eldest Son of the Church and of
the Sovereign of France. The Pope was at liberty to
follow or reject that advice. He rejects it.
"We are far from contesting his right to do so, and
we have the conviction that the advice of FrAnce
never be turned into menace or constraint.
" Thiis,' then, the duty of France is fulfilled. The
injustice towards her, however great it may be, will not.
have the power to make her desert her task of modera-
tion and protection. At Rome she would still, if needs
be, defend the Pope against anarchy ; but if the politiCal
authority_ of_the Holy Father, everywhere else _is
destined to go. through other crises, the responsibilty
must not fall upon the generous nation which has done
everything to obviate them, and which will be always
ready to grant that trusty support which is ignored to-
day."

THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL.—In the year 1869 it
would- appear that the total receipts of the Duchy of
Cornwall amounted to £63,704, and the total-payments
to £53,712, leaving a cash balance of £9,992. £40,785
was made over for the use of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales. The cost of management was £6,638.
A FACT FOR NATURALISTS.—MT. JAS. Macgillivray,
son of Bugle-Major Macgillivray, of the Permanent
Staff of the Inverness, &c., Highland Light .Infantry,
in a letter dated Victoria, Melbourne, 13th Noieniber,
1859, enclosed, for the sake of curiosity,_a mosquito
alive. The letter reached Inverness in due course, and
was opened by a daughter of Mr. M'G.'s, who had not
read much of the letter when she felt a sharp sting on
her wrist. She looked to the part affected, and espied
a bright and gold-coloured insect stuck on her arm.
Feeling the sting rather keen, she hastily brushed it off,
and thought no more of the matter until she had read
the letter through and knew of the insect being enclosed.
A search of two hours followed for the insect, but was
fruitless. But the fact that the mosquito came home
alive, notwithstanding the different post-offices gone
through, and amid the pressure, &c., of so many letters
together, can be proved, and affords a subject to the
naturalist.--Inverness Courier,

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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.,

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening,

The Cotton Market to-day, though quiet, was
characterised by a fair amount of demand, which
led to 'the' transaction of a nioderate,, or rather
good business, but without change in prices. The
sales were reported at 8;000 bales, of which.
1,000 were for export or taken on speculation.
In the Liverpool Share Market to-day a slight
recovery was manifested in the early part of the
day, and rather higher prices were paid. In the
afternoon, however, business drooped and became
flat, and. at the close the tone had beeome feeble,
with nothing, stirring. The transactions included
Blackburns at 111; Great Western, G 6; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1004- 991 ; London and. North-
WeStern, 981 1- 79 4 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 38 7Z- ; Midland, 1099 .8i; North
British, 61 South Eastern, 251 r 1-16. 5 4 15-16;
Dutch Rhenish, sd. ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
8:4 15-16 fr:-; Chester and Holyhead, lea Sect by
London and North Western, 501 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire 6 per Cent. Preference Shares,
13$ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 6 per
Cent. Preference Shares, 1241 ; North and South
Wales Bank, 9 ; Union Bank (Liverpool); 15e ;
Royal Insurance, 41 o. p.

CLOSING
Cheatei & B'head 75 751
Caledonian .. 921 93
E. Counties . 114, 111
G. N. Stock.. —lO7l 1071
Great Westerns.. 651 651
Lan. and York. 991 100
La. Nor. West. 974 98
l-shares a 9-16 d
M. S. and Lin. 37a ex d 371
Midland Stock 1084 1091
N. British Stock . 61 614
N.Stafford .... 4 3iti

PRICES.

FN. E. Ber. e. Stock 941 951
Yorkcapital Stock 78k. 79
Leeds Stock .1.. •481, 481
S. Eastern . . 24 15-16 25
Dutch Rhenish .....`5l 4-Td
Gt. Luxem 6 6a
G. T. of Cana.. ,8y 8 15-16
G. W. Cda • 12.4 12.,1_
, new shares 81-
Buffalo &L.Haron 41 41
Lomb-Venetian 14. 21p
Great Ship ....11/0 12/0

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Wednesday Evening.

The market for English Securities was rather
firmer in the morning, and Consols, up to an
advanced period of the day, exhibited a fractional
improvement upon last night's prices. Late in
the day some indication of weakness was shown,
and Consols were quoted 941 to 4 only for money
and the account; Bank Stock has been dealt in
at 2301 and 229 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 94i
to 1 ; New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 781; India
Debentures, 961 and 97 ; and Exchequer Bills,
15s. prem., large and small. Indian Five per
Cent. Loan.is steady at 1031 to 1. New Canada
Scrip is quoted 21 to d pm. Turkey Bank Shares
are at 1 dis. to par, and Ocean Marine, 2i to
1 pm. Money is in demand on the Stock
Exchange at 4 per cent.

In the English Railway Market business
though inactive was firmer in tone. London and
North-western, Midland, and South-eastern may
be considered per cent. better. Great Westerns
have advanced a fraction.
The Market for Foreign Securities was limited
in amount of business, but excepting Turkish
New Stock, which shows heaviness, values gene-
rally were supported. Original Turkish Six per
Cents. have been done at 78, 781, 79 ; the New
Sixes are affected through sales, and have
declined about 1 per cent.

French Rentes were first quoted 67f. 50c., sub

isequently 67f. 30c. and then 67f. 35c., with a vet
flat market.

The Royal Mail steamer Tasmania has arrived
fronythe West Indies with specie to the Value o
£148,437.
The London and North-Western traffic showed
paincome of .i7l,94l,beinian increase_of £5,227..

' THE PUNDS:-CLO,SING Prticis. - '
1
Consols,Xoney... 94k I Bank Stock v.. 2281 30,2
„ Account .. 944 i Three per. Cents.. 94! fi
Exchequer Bills.. 18 22

RAILWAY 811A.RES.-CLOSING PRICES;
Amb. Not. &E. J. 61 I Lancas. & York.. 99-'1- 100
Caledonians .. .921 L. &N. West... 971., 8k
Dutch Rhenish.. 1.. &S. W. .... 95/ 61
Eastern Counties. 561 ¢ Leeds Northern,. 451
East Lancashire. Sheff. & Lin 374 8
Edinburg & Glas. 794 804 Midland Stock _lOBl 9
theatNorthern 1064 7 North British... 614
A. 961 7 N. Staffordshire.. -
2_ ,7
Gt._2 Westerns .... 654 IS.E. & Dover .. 831
G. W. Canada . . 12e #, York, N. &B. .. 941 5
Gd. Tk. Can. . 8 1- I York &N. Mid... 78
Gt. S. & West . . 112 14

The following. appeared in a portion of our
impression of yesterday
THE SHARE MARKETS.

. .
The :Times says, that yesterday the railway market
was again_ depressed during the early part • of the day,
and recovered towards the close,
.Midland and Lanca-
shire and :Y,Orkshirel showing a fractional advance, and
Most of ,the ether stocks leaving off without alteration.
The Daily Nave says, yesterday, securities, including
British. ,railway stoCks, after receding in • the morning,
had recovered at the close to Monday's quotations..• The
stock markets generally showed remarkable steadiness,
and a decided tendency to recovery was manifested to-
wards the close, operators for the fall buying back.