The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

711 E ROMAN QUESTION.

A Paris correspondent of the lndependance Beige,
writing on the 19th inst., says :
Ityion in conformity
evinces alarm at
the "
consequences
t which
i ag or
ef s
lt
tal
with the desires of the nation might entail upon the
country. lam informed that Victor Emmanuel is
inclined towards a return to a policy of expectation.
According to the statements of those of his ouncil-
lora who encourage him in that view, his Majesty
will address to the nation a manifesto, in which he
will explain frankly and open the present situation.
lie will declare that ho shares and will continue to
share the sentiments Which animate his people ; that
he abandons no one of the national aspirations of
Italy ; that he would desire to march at the head of
his people immediately in order to complete the
work of unity, and to satisfy the legitimate wishes
of his country, but that it is a duty incumbent ou
him to weigh well the responsibility which would
fall upon him and his Government if he were to
expose Italy to the risk of provoking war with a
powerful neighbour ; that such a war would have
for its immediate consequence the complete financial
ruin of the country, and might also imperil the na-
tional work, which has only been accomplished at
the cost of great sacrifices and groat efforts. lle
would state his belief that, under the circumstances,
he will be performing a patriotic action in restrain-
ing the feelings which he is known to entertain, and
in receding from a resolution of which the conse-
quences might be incalculable, and that he is con-
vinced he will be best serving the cause of his
country by yielding to the superior forces of a Power
which he reckons among his most faithful allies, and
to which Italy owes a debt of gratitude. The mani-
festo will add in express terms that the King yields
in this manner without prejudice to the national
aspirations, without renouncing any pretension of
Italy, and solely for the purpose of avoiding the
calamities of a dreadful war, and he hopes that the
nation will understand that ho enjoins upon it simply
a period of delay—a delay of no long duration, and
during which Italy will be able to prepare herself
for the fulfilment of her task by
applying herself to
her internal organisation and the re-establishment of
her finances. The King will conclude by appealing
to the patriotic devotion and wisdom, and to the
resignation, unhappily necessary, of all citizens."

NEW SPIRITUAL PEER.—The Right Rev. Dr.
T. L. Claughton, who was recently consecrated Bishop of
Rochester, becomes entitled to a seat in the House of Lords
in consequence of the death of the Bishop of Lichfield, and
in his capacity of junior bishop will have to attend each
sitting of the house for the purpose of reading prayers,
thus relieving the Bishop of Chester from the duty. The
new Bishop of Lichfield will be without a seat until a
vacancy arises in a diocese other than Canterbury, York,
London, Durham, and Winchester. This arrangement
takes place under the Act of Parliament constituting the
bishoptic of Manchester.
THE MURPHY RlOTS.—Twenfrfive Irishmen
surrendered and pleaded guilty, at the Birmingham
Quarter Sessions yesterday, to the indictment charging
them with having assembled on the 16th and 17th Juno
last, and made a great riot and disturbance. The counsel
for the prosecution (Messrs. Bennett and modal.) said
the authorities thought it right to recommend .that the
prisonere be discharged on entering into their own res:ng-
nisances to appear when called upon. They never woula
be called upon unless they miscondueted themselves.
They were, therefore, discharged.