Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

ITALY.

TURIN, AUGUST 17.
Between this government and that of Naplea'
there has lately broken a very serious difference,
which threatens at no distant peried to lead to an
interruption of diplomatic relations. The quarrel
is, of course, ascribable more or less to the recent
Mazzinian attempt and the capture of the Cagliari,
but, although the real views, of the Neapolitan Go-
vernment on that matter were well known to all
Europe, its official language in communicating
with the Government here always gave promise
that the laws of nations and of-humanity would be
respected in dealing with the persons and property
of Sardinian subjects taken in that ill-fated vessel.
The Sardinian government expresses its willing-
ness to aid the Neapolitan in the most searching.
inquiry as to the culpability or innocence of all
concerned; but it naturally insists that those who
have' been unfortunate enough to fall into the
:power of the Neapolitan government should be
treated with.the decency due to civilised beings,
whether they be guilty or not., The appointment
of the Due de Gramont as French ambassador at
Rome, is believed by people in authority here to
be a fact of great significance. Taking into con
sideration all the circumstances of the case—that
the Count de Rayneval's subservience to the views
of Rome were well known from the first year
-of his residence at that Court, and had
become undeniable. since. the publication
of his celebrated despatch—that the Duo'
de Grarnont was one-of the most active agents in
bringing' about the Sardinian alliance with. the
Western. Powers, and has greatly contributed to
the consolidation of the same since by his ow-n•
personal good qualities—and that the Court of'
Rome has- just again given a touch of its quality,.
by showing its old disposition to continue irrecon-
cilable to this country, notwithstanding the recent
advances made by King Victor Emmanuel, in,
sending a special mission to compliment the Pope
at Bologna ;—taking these things into considera-
tion, it- is not unnatural that the Government here
should attach great importance to the removal of
the Count de Raynevat and the nomination of the
Due de Gramont in his stead.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, AUG. 17.
The diocesan of Augsburg in Bavaria has fol-
lowed the example given by his right reverend
brother of Pavia, and pronounnod sentence. of
excommunication against M. Spindler, a canon;
I. Fernsemer, a rector ; M. Fischer, a
rector; M. Lutz, a dean;. and M. Egger,
a chaplain. The offence committed by the,
reverend gentlemen was, that they openly saret
their religion was based on divine revelation.
alone. The Augsburg chapter received instrue,
tione to examine into the religious opinion of
the five priests, and its report was, that there.
was no trace of heresy in their doctrines. Tha
Church of Rome, however, abhors innovators„
and the offenders were ordered publicly and
in writing to. declare their belief " that there
ws no salvation to be found out of the pale
of the Roman Catholic Church, and. that ihe
Pope and the Bishops of his nomiaa,tion were
organs appointed by God to govern and
ale over his Church." The reply given by
the priests was, that they firmly believed
that salvation was to be found within the pale
to the Roman Catholic Church, hui. they declined.
to express their conviotion that no salvation was:
possible for the many millions of Christians be--
longing to these oriental and occidental Churches
whieChad not the word " Roman " prefixed to.
them. This answer gave such offence to the
Bishop that he publicly denounatd the five priests
as heretics, deprived them of their livings, and ex-
eommneicated them. Two of them, M. Ferosemer
and M. Fischer, have been expelled by the Bava-
rian police from the kingdom, and the other three
are confine.l to their native places, and will be
treated as common malefactors if they should at-
tempt to leave them,

Koiessional potitieians in this country do not
Ev.free with their French colleagues, in thinking that
tho British Government will find it excessively
t7i ii .-salt to put cicmn the military insurrection in
Bengal Pfcsidency. The energy &splayed by
the head of the Cabinet, and the equanimity of the
British no,tiov. inspire respect and confidence,