The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

T H E

O X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET.
EVERY EVENING.

A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Boc-
canegra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by
Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, !Worley,
and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame
Enderssohn and the entire Company. Full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonp.;hmans. Varied Comic entertain-
ments by Harvey and French (the Nerves), Wood and his
Son, E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony
and Stalls, Is. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TAI I 8 DAY.—Morning, 6h. 27m.—Afternoon, 6h. 54m.
To-monßow.-Morning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, Sh. 6m.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1861

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
59--higheit since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
60--this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.0; rising rapidly.
117 r m---)Fouth-Westerly; light, with fine weather, bui
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THE SUN.
LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1861.

We learn from Galignani that another pamphlet
has appeared in Paris—" Guarantees given by the
King of Italy for the Independence of the Holy See."
And certainly if what it recounts be correct, we
agree with the writer that the opposition to them
might be expected to arise rather from the Italian
nation than from any one else. While almost all
the Powers of Europe assume more or less of a kind
of secular Popedom, Victor EMMANUEL proposes to
leave the POPE the most entire control over religi-
ous matters, while yet tfte State is to pay ecclesias-
tics, of course, as it pays them now, and even to pay
the POPE himself. But for a vulgar and coarse
ambition of which most ecclesiastics in all ages
have proved themselves the subjects, the dignified
independence now offered would be seized with
thankfulness.

Of the authority of this, as of other similar
Paris pamphlets, it is impossible to speak. Our
readors, like us, must judge for themselves; all
we coin say is, that it reads like the statement of
one who knows what he writes, and there is nothing
against it but the extreme generosity of the con-
cessions. Our Parisian contemporary says The
first and most important point is a free Church in
a free State, and interpreted in a manner as it has
been nowhere else. Direct nomination of the
bishops by ecclesiastical authority, without the in-
tervention of the State, the right of Synods and
Councils, free correspondence with the POPE, and
complete latitude for the publication of Pontifical
bulls and charges. The pamphlet explains
that all these restrictions were made against
the encroachments of a foreign Sovereign,
and fall away with the temporal power."
It is not likely, in these days, that the POPE would
be liable to any restrictions of a personal kind; he
would be free enough, both from insult and coercion.
He must, as things are, be at the mercy of some
one's soldiers, and there is certainly no reason why
an Italian bishop should be guarded by French
soldiers. Bad must the case of the bishop be, if he
were not safe in the hands of his own flock ; we are
told, therefore, that—" The personal security of the
POPE is intrusted to the filial loyalty of the King of
ITALY, and the indePeudence of the Holy See placed
under the guarantee of the ,Powers. The person of
the POPE is inviolable as well as that of the mem-
bers of the conclave."
All the States of the Church, and all the so called
patrimony of ST. PETER, will, as their
Populations
desire it, unite with the rest of Italy. But the
natural capital of Italy will remain the seat of her
first Bishop. The arrangements proposed would
seem to be far more pliant, as well as natural,
than to have 14rench soldiers gnawing, as
it were, at the heart of Italy. "Rome," says the
writer, "capital of Italy, remains the scat of the
Sovereign Pontiff. His Holiness will exercise the
Pontificate while conserving all the honours he has
enjoyed. The Ambassadors, Ministers, &c., of the
Powers sent to the holy Father, as well as the
Ambassadors. &c., of the POPE to the Foreign
Powers, will enjoy all the immunities and privi-
leges of the Corps Liplornatire. The PorF, to
conserve his propaganda, his penitentiary, and
his archives. Tile landed property and palaces
of the POPE, both in town and country) will be
exempt from all taxes, jurisdiction, and domi-
ciliary visits. The Church of St. Peter and the
Palace theof Vatican, with ali its dependencies,
belong to
the POPE and his successors."