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London, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

the . relating to the part
division, of the 4th corps, took in
yesterd-ay at the debouche of the
Ticino ; but I think your Majesty
interest the summary of the info;
have been able to procure.
"At the moment it had bivouacked at Trecates
on arrix, <n Novara, Vinoy's ' division was
called by the Emperor. The distance from Trecate
to Ponte Nuovo di _Maputo was nearly all passed
at quick step, and I had to restain rather than ex-
cite the rapidity of the march. It was time the
division should arrive. The great superiority of
the enemy's forces was inflicting loss on the Impe-
rial Guard, which was hard pressed in its positions.
I was obliged to send reinforcements to the points
most threatened. The troops of the division, fight-
ing in groups of two or three battalions, were seve-
ral times in critical positions. In line, we were in
danger of being broken, and when we formed in
columns of attack we were nearly surrounded.
" The enemy were driven from all the positions
which we wanted to occupy, and which remained
strewed with dead and wounded. The second
division made more than 1,000 prisoners.
"An engagement of so determined a character
has been attended with considerable loss. From
returns which have come to hand to the present
moment, and which are nearly complete, INnoy's
division has had 11 officers killed and 50 wounded;
the number of non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates is 650. The 85th is the corps that suffered
most. Commandant Delort, of that regiment, fell
bravely fighting at the head of his battalion, and
all the other superior officers are disabled. General
,de Martinaprey was Wounded at the head of his
brigade.
"I shall have many acts of bravery to notice,
but I think it my duty at- once to Sall your Ma-
jesty's attention tothe brilliant conduct of General
Vinoy. It is imposible to _comhine in a higher
degree the ardour which electrifies the soldier and
'the presence ,of mind.which provides for difficult
and unforeseen conjectures.
"Every man, Sire,. has done his duty ;in the 2d
division of the 4th corps.- .All were happy to fight
under the eyes of your Mitiesty.—l am, with the
most profound respect, your Majesty's 'most devoted
servant and subject, • " NIEL."

PRINCE METTERNICH, NAPOLEON L,
AND POPE PIUS VII.

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The following very curious coversation between
Prince Metternich and M. Louis Veuillot is ex-
tracted from the . Univers, which has just published,
in a series of three articles, reminiscences of a visit
which M. Veuillot paid to Prince Metternich at
Brussels in 1850
_:
" On my third.visit the conversation on the affairs
of Italy and the. Church was resumed. The Prince
again spoke of. the Catholic sentiments of Austria.
Austriai? he said, like every other nation in the
world, has an interest in the independence of the
Sovereign Pontiff, and she would make an immense
mistake if she did not respect it. It requires no
extraordinary intelligence to understand that this
independence, which is so-iinportant to us is no less
so to other peoples. This. is what I have invariably
endeavoured to impress upon the minds of all those
with whom I have; had -occaSion to discuss this
matter, which" so deeply concerns all, Europe. I
never resort ta-sTiirtual reasonS to show the neces-
sity of-the liberty Of the Pontiff arid the mainten-
ance of .the .pontifiiial.Statei; 'heeinse the short-
sighted politicianh*otild' reject or deriilenll such
considerations. '.WMA I say- to them is
_thisl:—You
cannot dispute with facts. You cannot deny that
Europe lives by. Christianity; and that consequently
the head of the Christian religion must of necessity
bes Eery great and powerfal personage in Euiope.
It must be admitted that this- great and powerful
personage must live somewhere. Therefore he must
either-live in his own home or in somebody else's.
If he liVe with somebody else, he is in the power of
somebody else. Now, how can I, who have Catholic
'Subjects, that is to say subjects who acknowledge
the Pope, allow the-Pope-to-have a master *Anent
subjecting myself to the.utmost inconvenience?
The other person, acting through and by the Pope,
who we assume to be dependent upon him, would,
in very many cases easy to conceive, be master in
my state, and more master than I should be-myself.
It is not, I ani in the habit of saying, as a Catholic,
but as representing the Emperor Of Austria,
that :I desire to see the Pope living at hothe and
not in another person's house. I .would remit-
'mend you not to lose sight of this point of view in
your polemics. This is the sort of argument whiCh
makes an effect upon men's minds.'
" Alas !' said I.
__ • ,

'I ' Ali, yes, fa, R 1 Evidence ic in valii when ofWg
,to boss who will not sec-ft,and to a co;- gvho, dada.
they cannot help seeing it, pnsillanisno:My do lA*
best to forn•et it. I once spoke on this subject 'to
Napoleon when the Pope was a prisoner of France
at Savona. Napoleon had a certain affection for me,
and he knew that the Pope honoured me with his
confidence. One day he sent for me and said : ' Will
you do me a service. lam tired of seeing the Pope
in captivity. No good can come of this situation,
and it ought not to be protracted. I wish youwould
go to Savona. The Pope is well disposed towards
you. You will talk to him as a common friend of
both of us, and you will get him to consent to a plan
which I have drawn up for a settlement of this un-
fortunate business.' I objected that I must have the
permission of the Emperor of Austria before accept-
ing such a mission. 'Do you refuse me ?' he said.
' I think. you would in no way compromise yourself
by taking such a step as this in the interest of the
peace of the world." But,' said I, smiling. ' I
doubt whether peace would result from what your
Majesty would propose to the Pope. Will your
Majesty be good enough to tell me' your plan ?'
''Phis is it,' said. Napoleon, calmly,' For the future
the Holy See would be not at Rome, but at Paris.'
" I could not repress a movement of surprise.
" ' Yes,' rejoined the great man; ' I will bring
the Pope to Paris, and there I will establish the seat
of the church. • But I mean the Pope to be indepen-
dent. I will give him a handsome residence in the
environs of Paris ; I will declare all the country for
several leagues round' his residence to be neutral
ground. He shall have his college of cardinals, his
corps diplomatique, his congregations, and his court;
and further, that he may want for nothing, I
will settle upon him six millions of francs a year.
Do you thidk he will refuse that ?'

"‘ I am quite sure that he will, and that all
Europe will support him in his refusal. The Pope
will think, and rightly so, that he will be as much
a prisoner with your six millions as he is now in
Savona.'eleon loudly exclaimed against my opinion,
anurgNap
d
urged many arguments in favour of his plan.
At last I said to him, Your Majesty forces me to
hbeatsrlay iadaasseicoireitliator
iydoeua.to Tyloleu
rEomwpoe.rornoefseAesustthlta
u willseneotthreesptoorpeethieo Pope to Rome, he does not
you will not restore the Pope to Rome, he does not.
ike
to
struck him of offering phriissonn,olainnedsst idea has
Your Majesty knows the royal chateau of Schcen-
brun ; the Emperor proposes to offer that to tho
Pope, with 19 or 15 square leagues of neutral
ground, and 12 millions of francs a year. If the
Pope accepts this arrangement, will you agree to it ?'
" Napoleon perfectly well understood the drift
Pf my suggestion ; but he, was the strongest, and
was determined to have an answer from the Pope to
his own plan. The Sovereign Pontiff replied, as I
had anticipated he would do, that Savona was just
as good a prison as Paris ; that there, as elsewhere,
he knew that he was the centre of the Church ;
that he had his conscience for free territory, and
that. as to the six millions a year, they were not
necessary to his wants; he could live upon twenty
sous a day, which he would cheerfully receive from
Christian charity."

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