The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

NEWS FROM ROME.

Through various channels of correspondence
coining via Vienna, Paris, and even in one instance
New York, we have the following from different
writers :

As TO THE POPE'S LEAVING ROME—says one
correspondent—the Pope has, I think, to a great
extent, abandoned the idea of leaving Rome, and
expresses to those around him perfect confidence in
the future. He has, in like manner, forbidden the
religious orders to send away their novices to foreign
countries, and told them that now, more than ever,
it was necessary that every one should remain at his
post, as he himself intended to do. This change of
view is attributed to recent despatches from the Nun-
cio in Paris, and still more so to the news received
from Vienna, which is very reassuring. M. Hubner
returns to his post in a day or two, and passes a
week in Paris on his road.
As TO THE MAINTENANCE OF CATHOLICISM IN
ITALY—The return of all the Italian bishops to
their dioceSes is one of the stipulations of the treaty
of peace, and this will give immense strength to the
Catholic party in Italy itself. The news has, though
not yet published, been communicated to Rome
from Vienna, as an earnest of the desire of Austria
to contribute as far as she can to the preservation
of religion in Italy. Mgr. Caccia, the courageous
old Vicar-General of Milan, died last week ; and as
the next of the canons in rank is in domicilio coatto,
the chapter have elected Mgr. Pertusati in his place.

As TO THE DEBTS OF THE PONTIFICAL PRO-
VINCES.—The question of the annexed Pontifical
provinces by Italy is as yet far from settled. It
forms part of the convention, and the French
Government insists on it ; but it is very difficult to
believe that the Parliament will vote the necessary
sum, and this may prevent the execution of the
treaty. The French officers say that any attempt
at a revolution in Rome will be followed by the
return of the French troops in a sufficient number
at least to ensure tranquillity.
As TO THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO.—The Count of
Flanders arrived in Rome yesterday, and after a
brief audience in private with the Pope, returned to
the hotel de Rome, and early this morning his
Royal Highness left for Ancona with his sister, the
Empress of Mexico, whose nervous state continued
to give that great uneasiness to her attendants. An
Austrian corvette awaits her Majesty's orders at
Ancona to convey her to Miramar. Another ac-
count says in regard to this lamentable malady of
the young Empress Charlotte :—" The malady of the
Empress of Mexico has painfully moved the pater-
nal heart of the Holy Father, and excites in the
highest degree the sympathy of the Roman people.
There is every reason to hope that she will recover
shortly from an indisposition, the character of which
was exaggerated by the public, who had witnessed
some acts of a rather eccentric nature. The Empress
remained for several days without taking any food
in the hotel where she had alighted, and when
pressed by hunger, went and ate some cakes at the
pastrycook's shops, or took her meals at some dining-
rooms. She has been even seen to buy chestnuts in
the streets and eat them, and to drink water which
she had herself taken from the Bernin fountain. She
went frequently to the Vatican and remained there
for hours. She also took much pleasure in being
present at the Pope's mass, and would willingly
make her meals on food served on the Pope's table,
but refused dishes brought expressly for her from
the Papal kitchens. Calm and repose will probably
suffice to put an end to a nervous excitement which
is only too natural after the prolonged fatigue and
moral uneasiness she has had to support—trials
which even stronger natures would perhaps have
been incapable of resisting."

As TO THE SUB-ATLANTIC TELEGRAM TO HIS

HolANEss.—The following is the telegram received
on the 12th instant, by the Holy Father, at 3.50
p.m., which left Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.) at
11.30 a.m., by the Atlantic cable. It contained the
good wishes and adhesion to the temporal power of
the American hierarchy assembled in synod, in the

following terms :
"Seven archbishops and forty bishops, assembled in
council, unanimously salute your Holiness, wishing you
long life and preservation of the ancient and sacred rights
of the Holy See.
(Signed) " MARTIN JOHN SPALDING,
Archbishop of Baltimore and President of the Synod."
As TO ENGLISH VISITORS OF NOTE IN THE ETER-
NAL Crry one account Says—Lords Clarendon,
Granville, Stanley of Alderley, and Mr. Gladstone,
are announced as desirous of assisting at the crisis
in Rome.