The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-29 00:00:00

PRUSSIA AND THE POPE.

We may, says the Tablet, give to the public q, passage
from the letter of our Italian correspondent this week,
which bears out the general impression we are receiving
from other sources as to the policy likely to be adopted by
the King of Prussia towards the Holy See. The Marchese
Migliorate, the representative of the Florentine Govern-
ment at Munich, has recently come unexpectedly
to Florence ; his object being, it is affirmed, to apprise
the Ministry of the great Catholic movement going on
in Germany in favour of the liberation of the Sovereign
Pontiff, a movement which cannot fail before long to
impel the Bavarian Government, in concert with Prussia,
to some decisive step. That Prussia is by no means averse
to support a cause which concerns so deeply the great
mass of its Catholic subjects, is very. generally
believed, and it is a somewhat significant sign that the
Augsburg Gazette, hitherto so acrimonious against the
Pope, and rightly regarded as quite a Masonic journal,
but which, it is said, has lately been sold to Prussia, has
begun to assume ouite another tone about the Holy
Father, and to admit articles by correspondents in favour
of the maintenance of the Temporal Power, and
shewing how suicidal would be the policy of
European Monarchs did they permit the over-
throw of the most ancient of thrones. Such con-
tributions would certainly find no place in its pages,
without the permission or inspiration of those
who have purchased the right of controlling its dicta. •
. . . . We have also the right to draw a surer, because
more direct, inference from the language of the official
Prussian press, which is full of expressions of warm sym-
pathy for the Holy Father. The Tablet says to these
considerations we may add the following facts : Ist. that
the King of Prussia prides himself on being, as he is
t
the enemy to the Revolution 2nd, that Garibaldi ands
his Italian followers have linked their cause with that
of France ; 3rd, that Mazzini and his party are sworn
foes to the Prussian dynasty, and have pledged themselves
to found a Republic in Germany as well as in Italy and
France ; 4th, that the Catholic people of Germany are
known to be the friends of order and of monarchy ; and
sth, that the King entertains an affectionate and chival-
rous respect for the Sovereign Pontiff, and is therefore
personally disposed to assist him. These form a catena of
reasons, to which others might be added, for entertaining a
hope that help may come even from Germany.

On. Wednesday night upwards of six hundred
ladies and gentlemen responded to the invitation of the
Mayor of Birmingham '(Mr. Thomas Prim) to meet him
at the Town Hall. Departing somewhat from the usual
custom, this year a soirée and ball were provided for the
guests.

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