The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-14 00:00:00

THE ITALIAN PRIESTHOOD AND 7HE

POPE,

It was lately stated that Father Passaglia had
collected the signatures of 10,000 priests to an ad-
dress to the Pope, praying his Holiness to restore
peace to Italy and the Christian church.
The address is now published, and it bears the
names of 8,943 members of the Italian clergy, of
whom 76 are episcopal vicars ; 1,095 monsignors,
canons of cathedrals or collegiate churches; 783
arch-priests, provosts, or parish rectors; 317 chap-
lains; 861 parish vicars or curates; 343 doctors.
preachers, or professors; 167 schoolmasters in orders;
4,533 simple priests; 767 monks or members of the
regular clergy. Other subscribers, whose names
are daily printed in. Passaglia's journal, Il Media-
tore, will swell the list to the number of 10,000, as
formerly announced. The real spirit and aim of
the address is contained in these few words :
Behold, most blessed Father, from one end to the
other of this our Italy a unanimous voice resounds
—a voice of religion, of catholic piety—" Long
live the Pope !" but another voice is also heard, a
voice of patriotism and of national independence—
" Long live Rome, the metropolis of the new king-
dom!" If these two voices, instead of joining in
unison, are jarring and conflicting, there is no
spiritual or temporal evil that we may not fear, there
is no national and religious blessing that we may
reasonably hope for. Who, then, shall be the holy
man destined to bring these voices to harmonise, to
turn them into a beginning and source of so great
a happiness for the nation and for the papacy,
for society and for the church P You atone can be
he, most blessed Father, as you alone can efficiently
repeat that voice which you inherited from the
Prince of Shepherds, and which, starting from the
Vatican, would fill heaven and earth with exulta-
tion. Let, then, this voice be heard from your lips,
O Pius! Let Italy, which looks upon you with
filial love and prays to you, hear this word—
" Peace!" Yes, Father, do you announce peace,
and we, in our own name and that of Italy, swear
to you immortal gratitude.
Father Passaglia describes the myriads of priests
who have countenanced the movement to which he
gave rise as belonging to the " second"or middle
order of the clergy.
The Arinonia informs us that there are in the
Italian kingdom no less than 34 vacant sees, about
one-seventh of the whole number. Seven of the
Piedmontese prelates, six of those of the Island of
Sardinia, one in Liguria, two in Lombardy, one in
Parma, six in Tuscany, three in the Marches, two
in Umbria, three in Naples, three in Sicily—art
either dead or have been turnmedoountduofa. theirlh dtihoe
ceses owing to their political isc
event of any vacancy a consent of the Pope wit.hatnhde
King is necessary for the appointment of a new in
cumbent. So let the war between Pius x
Victor Emmanuel continue but a little longer, and
every Italian community will be brought to the
condition r
beets
Without its
aand has
p of
'orTutrhien,lawsthichh
nine oars
ten years, lib ish o
managed to thrive without him.

The t mporary road in Hyde Park, which WaS
opened for the purposes of the International Exhibition, be-
tween Queen's-gate, Kensington, and Victoria-gate,
water will bo cloyed on tho 18th inat,