The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

B, 0 M E.

The horning Post says :—" The great subject of
interest in Rome just now is the approaching pro-
cession, which
is to take place next Sunday, by
express command of his Holiness, in order to ani-
mate the faith of the Romans in the Saviour during
the present grievous necessities of the Church and
State. With all the pomp and splendour which
the Roman Court can confer, the venerable image
of the Saviour, preserved at St. Peter's in the
sancta sanctorum, will be solemnly carried to the
church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and a week after
to that of St. John Lateran for a halt of three days
more, before returning to the Vatican. The Car-
dinal Vicar has put forth a long invite sacro to the
Romans on this subject. I extract from this docu-
ment the following passages :---' Like the sacred
ark brought by sing David with solemn pomp
into the city of Zion, let the adored image
of the Saviour traverse the streets of Rome. Let us
all turn towards it and repeat with humility and
faith, ' Ostende faciem tuam et salvi erimus.' Let
it be introduced into the Basilica sacred to the Vir-
gin, and there listen to the prayers and vows of hvi
blessed mother Mary, instead of our prayers and
VOWS. . • ' It is the will of the Holy Father on
this
now beholds a scene
of
slaughter
unhappy
c a
()lie, and a bulwark against the in-
vasion was alwayso f
etrChoart,eertainly merits our or=yers, that it
no
hcapsp i oy n
a thatnd
Poland,
blood.which
Polish nation, which
for
may be freed from the evils which afflict it, and,
never lcsing its character, may remain always faith-
ful to the mission entrusted to it by God, not only
to keep, but also to guard intact and inviolable, with
theat i unanimous, n the
bn
of all who compose the
n
Catholic faith, and the
nation,
banner
consent
of
the
religion of their fathers."

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AUSTRIA.

publishes under ail reserve
the following on the faith of a letter from
Vienna:—" The Emperor of Austria, in taking in
hand
lhoCe:licnas gni: detailseue iofn e
reform,
that his proceeding would have been interpreted in
a sense hostile to the neighbouring States. What
the Austrian Cabinet wished was to deprive the
reformist agitation of its object, and to satisfy
aspirations of the people. It is
y necessary
to throw a glance over the pro-
jectothnel legitimate
of reform, to be convinced) that it strictly
maintains the bases of the compact of 1815—the
Federative principle
l
member of the e and the sovereignty of each
Confederation. If this project be
plans compared with the
enrseinse, tanfdorwthithitnhethuneiopnrisot-
gramme of the Nationv
ideas of Prussia in 1850, it will be seen which of
the two modifies the international situation of the
Confederation such as it has been established by
treaties. The unitary
and Prussian projects wish
to replace the Federal Council by a single head ;
the Austrian one maintains that Council, represent-
ing the 35 sovereigns,
and developed in the spirit of
the compact of 1813. The unitary projects demand
a Parliament directly
elected by the people, that of
Austria proposes an assembly
which would only be
a central committee of the 35 particular Parliaments.
It is almost unnecessary to insist on those differences
in order t© point
out the conservative character of
the project presented at Frankfort. Mitch bas been
Said abort the famous Article 8, which would, it is
said, oblige the
Confederation to take part in all
wars which Austria
might carry on in her quality
of a European Power, but it appears to be forgotten
that the article 'in (pestion is only a reproduction
of a corresponding ono in the final act of Vienna
of 1820. It confers on the Germanic Diet the right
of taking part in
a war of that kind, if any danger
threatens the integrity or the independence of Ger.
many. Article 8
of the Austrian project has only
repeated that fundamental clause, but, far from in-
creating the guarantees which Austria might find
in it for Ler non-Grman pOtiseisliiollS, it dimi-