The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-26 00:00:00

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Ito recognise the privileges of the States of the
Church"—and France has "announced a firm de-
termination to maintain the POPE in his present
territory"—and " Italy must renounce her preten-
sions to Rome." All of which look very much like
keeping up the barriers between Rome and Italy.
But what is the PorE's part then to be ? He is to
"return to ancient traditions, and to recognise the
privileges of the municipalities and provinces, so
that they may govern themselves." Does any one

of our readers understand all this ? If he is mysti-
fied, perhaps another sentence or two may
put him
in the way to guess the enigma. It was placed be-
fore M. THOUTENEL on the 20th of last May. On
the 30th the Minister wrote to the Frenoh Ambas-
sador at Rome, M. LAVALETTE :
" The words of the Emperor have never held out
a hope to the Cabinet of Turin that Rome could
beco&e the capital of the kingdom of Italy with the
consent of France.

" All the declarations of France announce a
firm determination to maintain the Pope in the pos-
session of his present territory. The only possible
arrangement would be the maintenance of the terri-
torial status quo. Italy would have to renounce her
pretensions to Rome, and engage with France to
respect the Papal territory and assume the greater
portion, if not the whole, of the Roman debt."
And this M. THOUVENEL calls a policy of conci-
liation, says that there is nothing in it of a minatory
character, exhorts ANTONELLI, the holy butcher of
Perugia, to lay aside the doctrine of immobility,
only adding that if he does not, the EMPEROR
would be compelled—we suppose it is what he
means—to withdraw his troops from Rome : which,
from no love to the POPE, but from love to the
EONA.PARTES alone, he will certainly not do. This,
the holy murderer for his Holiness knows as well
as the EMPEROR, so he still coolly replies " we are
immoveable"—non possumus.

Europe is sick of these farces—but what cares
the master of sixty legions ? And what care the
Cardinals at Rome ? The position of the French is
confessed to be unjustifiable, but the despot is
strong enough to confess and go on. A pretty
woman weeps to him, and the woman's POPE must
be sustained in his unrighteous power over the
bodies and soils of the poor Romans. An ignorant
clergy, and yet more ignorant peasantry, worked
up by designing and thoroughly worldly bishops,
threaten to vote wrong; so, the poor Romans must
be kept out of votes altogether to please them. And
so it is that, to the infinite scandal of religi,-n,
and the joy of all the atheists and infidels of
Europe, the head of one of the largest of Christian
sects is exhibited to all the world as the trampler
on all human rights—and that for the basest of all
motives—in the eye of religion—worldly ambition.
Disguise it how mea will, but for the worldly ambi-
tion of the POPE'S advisers (for the good old man
himself is, we are told, as well meaning as he is
weak, notwithstanding his allocution curses) all
this wickedness woald be at an end. The POPE
would be advised not to " lower," but to destroy
the barriers between Roman and Italian Catholics
—to assume the independence of freedom from
worldly ambition—to tell the French that he no
longer wanted to murder his fellow-citizens' liber-
ties by foreign bayonets—and to set all the bishops
of Christendom an example worth following—tha
of renouncing temporalities, and being content
with spiritualities.

Some, comparing Sir HUGH CAIRNS' scheme with
Lord WESTBURY'S, still accord to the former a very
decided preference. Altogether idle, however, at
the present moment, is any such comparison.
What we have to deal with, is the actual
measure passed into law last session the
act which is nominally to come into operation on
the Ist of this ensuing month of October : a date
that will probably have to be abandoned from the
difficulties still remaining to be cleared away,
so that, in all likelihood, the commencement
of the operation of the act will be postponed
from the beginning to the end of October.
Sooner or later, by a few days, in any case that
act will unquestionably come into operation.
There need be no alarm at all, nevertheless, even
amongst the most timorous, because of this cer-
tainty of its coming into operation so very speedily.

And for the one simple reason, that the act itself
is purely permissive. Advantages of a very
obvious and of a very considerable value are
held out to all those who will avail themselves of
the enactment by registering. But their doing so
is a matter purely optional. And even when they
have called the Act into operation by registering
their title to real estates, they can at any subsequent
period, at their own pleasure, cause the fact of their
having done so to be erased from the books of re-
gistration. The very preambleot Lord WESTBURY'S
Act states the object of the Act to be threefold ;
namely, "first, to give security to the title of real
estates; secondly, to facilitate the proof of such
title; and thirdly, to render the dealing with land
more simple and inexpensive than it is at present."
As to the greater simplicity ensured by the
new enactment here is an instantly appro.
ciable exemplar of that advantage. Here, in
other words, is the very brief and lucid
form of transfer of land which will have to be filled
up after the enactment comes formally into opera-
tion some time in the course of this next month of
October :

Dated this day of . I, AB, of &c., in
consideration of (five thousand pounds) paid to me, grant
to C D and his heirs for ever, all (insert description of
land).

Signed and sealed by A. B.
Witness—E F, of, &c., a Solicitor of the nigh Court
of Chancery, or a certified conveyancer.
Again, turning from the mere simplicity of these
new arrangements to the manner of the order-
ing of them—supposing that any proposed title
be approved, the applicant for registration will be
required to furnish to the registrar--
1. An exact description of the lands to be registered.
2. A statement of the several persons interested in such
lands, and of the nature of such interest; and

3. A statement of the charges and incumbrances (if any:
on such lands, and of the persons entitled thereto."

Finally, in illustration of the scope of the ope-
ration of this new enactment, it is especially notice-
able that it expressly provides that all registered
land may be dealt with or conveyed—

„ 1. By a statutory disposition in any of the forms de-
scribed in the schedule to the Act.
2. By endorsement on the land certificate.
3. By deposit of the land certificate.
4. By any deed, will, or other instrument by which land,
not registered, may now be conveyed or dealt with.

As to any doubts that may yet be entertained by
the cavillers against Lord WESTBURY'S measure,
as one appreciably inferior (according to their
view of it), when contrasted with Sir HUGH CAIRNS'
earlier and certainly more comprehensive and elabo-
rated enactment—but a very few months will suffice
to demonstrate the validity or the perverseness of
those objections. So hampered, hitherto, has been the
transference of land throughout, that it is impos-.1
sible not to wish that all possible success may
attend the earnest, vigorous, and conscientious
efforts embodied in this enactment of the Lord
Chancellor's efforts, namely, to clear away,
henceforth, and for ever, a mass of costly, and
worse than idle, of absolutely pernicious obstruc-
tiveness.

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apparently only enough so to prevent the Federal
troops being withdrawn thence into Maryland. In
South Carolina also they have attacked the Federal
troops, and suffered a repulse ; the attack being
probably with the same object. It was repelled,
as of old, by gunboats. Ohio is frightened, but
thinks itself safe. Pennsylvania is still more
alarmed, but probably with little reason. It would
be madness for the South to attack States it could
not hope to gain. An opinion is indeed expressed
by the New York Times that the Confederates
really aim to subvert the LINCOLN Government and
install their own. JEFFERSON DAVIS is too shrewd
to think of that.

MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS
211A.R1 A PIA.

TURIN, SEPT. 23.

The civil contract preliminary to the wedding
ceremony between the Princess Maria Pia and the
Marquis of Louie, acting as proxy for King Louis I.
of Portugal, is to be signed to-day. For the wed-
ding ceremony the 27th, Saturday next, is ap-
pointed. There are to be grand Court dinners both
on Thursday and Saturday; on the latter day a
serenade and illumination; on Friday a grand con-
cert at the palace. The bride will leave Turin for
Genoa on Sunday, accompanied by the Prince of
Piedmont, her brother, the heir to the throne.
Three Portuguese men-of-war and the best part of
the Italian fleet are awaiting the youthful Queen.
An Italian squadron of four ships, under the orders
of Admiral Albini, will follow the nuptial cortege.
This is the first instance on record of a " daughter
of Italy" being given in marriage. The congratu-
lations which both the Princess and the King her
father received from almost all the most conspicu-
ous cities of the newly-united kingdom, are as many
proofs of the depth of feeling to which loyalty to
the reigning dynasty has already penetrated in
Italian hearts. Handsome, elegant, and sumptuous
presents also come in from all parts.
The corporation of the city of Turin presents an
album of beautiful drawings in water-colour paint-
ings, illustrating the localities among which the
childhood of the young bride were spent. Florence
and Milan are quite determined not to be beaten by
Turin in their token of devotion to their King's
daughter; and we hear from Naples that the muni-
cipality are sending over a splendid ornament in
pink coral, of native manufacture, of the value of
4,500 ducats.

The most important present, however, comes
from that once most ardent of all Italian patriots,
his Holiness Pope Pius IX. The good Victor
Emmanuel, however, deemed the marriage of his
daughter too auspicious an opportunity of laying
aside political rancour, and the Abate Stellardi, his
chaplain, was sent to Rome to announce the forth-
coming wedding. The sleek, soft-hearted Pius IX.
seemed to take great interest in the welfare of his
god-daughter, who bears his name Pia (the pr-
nomen, Maria, being common to all the ladies of
her house), and on the Abate taking his leave, his
Holiness gave him a parcel containing his wedding
present to the bride, consisting of a magnificent
album, all studded with precious stones, with two
fine engravings, representing the Virgin and an
Ecce .Homo. The Pope's autograph is on the title
page, and Stellardi bears with him the Pontiff's
blessing for the bride and bridegroom. The sister
of the bride, Princess Clotilde, and her husband,
Prince Napoleon, will arrive in Turin from Paris
to-morrow, and great festivities are prepared by
way of greeting to them.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.---The visitors
to the Exhibition yesterday numbered 41,369, of whom
4,052 were admitted by season tickets, and 37,317 paid at
the doors.

STOKE ELECTION.—A somewhat strange course
of proceeding has been adopted with reference to the elec-
tion of Mr. Grenfell. On behalf of Mr. Hope a protest has
been entered against the validity of his election, on the
ground that the seconder of his nomination (Mr. Hill) is
not an elector.