The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

ROME.

The Naples correspondent of the Times says that it is
very probable that diplomatic intercourse between the
government of the French Republic and that of the Pope
will be suspended. He adds, in the course of a very inte-
resting letter, that the French army " is now, not an auxi-
liary, but a hostile force. What can the Pope do, or how
can he disembarrass himself from so unexpected a situa-
tion ? He must, of course, full back on the other mem-
bers of the Conference ; but how little consolation can he
find amongst them ! Naples and Spain dare not speak on
terms of equality with France, and, therefore, all they say
at Portici will be disregarded, and we find that since the
18th of August last nothing has been done with a common
accord. Austria is, therefore, the only solid anchor for
the Papal Government to hold on, and if it should chance
that Prince Schwartzenberg takes the retrograde line, and
opposes himself directly to French pretension, to what
state are matters brought at last, and may not a crisis
arise when there will not be twenty-four hours between
peace and war ?"
It is announced as positive that the Emperor of Russia
has offered to the Roman Government a loan of five
milion crowns, guaranteed by the King of Naples to be
repaid by annuities, and to bear interest at the rate of 21
per cent. per annum ; and, moreover, that the offer will
be accepted.
THE POPE'S MANIFESTO.—The Paris papers contain
the manifesto of the Pope, addressed " To his well-be-
loved subjects." His holiness, professing to have the
true and permanent prosperity of the Romans at heart,
decrees—a council of state, which shall give its advice on
bills before they are submitted to the sovereign ann.-firm
a state committee for the finances ; provincial councils
confirmed ; the municipalities to receive an extension of
franchise ; reforms and ameliorations in the civil, crimi-
nal, and administrative legislation ; and, finally, an am-
nesty is accorded. (This document excludes from all hope
of pardon " the members of the Provisional Government,
the members of the Constituent Assembly, the members
of the Triumvirate, and of the Government of the Repub-
lic, the chiefs of the military corps, and those who have
rendered themselves unworthy by their conduct during
the late events. The same reservation is applicable to the
military and employe's of all arms." This amnesty, which
promises pardon to all with the exception of everybody,
reminds us of the sorrowful legend of the three boys,
the whole of whom fell through the ice, and " the rest
they ran away.") These concessions were considered by
the people of Rome to be so niggardly, that the greatest
discontent was manifested as soon as they became gene-
rally known. The proclamations were torn down from
the walls, and the people vented forth their denunciations
in the strongest terms of ridicule and disgust. As for the
amnesty, no language could convey the deep feeling of ani-
mosity and regret with which it was contemplated. It may
be remarked as singular, though not altogether unex-
pected, that throughout the whole of this manifesto, the
name of France nowhere occurs, though she has played so
prominent a part in restoring the Sovereign Pontiff to his
temporal government. This studied omission has griev-
ously wounded the pride of that country, and is certainly
not calculated to heal the differences so long existing be-
tween the two nations.
A SUPPLEMENT TO THE " INDEX PURGATORIUS.”—
The Pope, by a Decretum hearing date the 30th of May,
but renewed on the 6th of June, and first published in the
Giornale di Roma of the 31st August, " condemns and
proscribes" the following works :-1. On the Five Wounds
of the Catholic Church, &c. 2. The Constitution accord-
ing to Social Justice, by Rosmini; with an Appendix on
the Unity of Italy, by Antoni Rosmini Serbati. 3. The
Modern Jesuit, by Vincenzo Gioberti. 4. Funeral Dis-
course for the Slain at Vienna, by Father Ventura—four
books already in everybody's hands in Italy.
A letter from Genoa of the 16th inst. announced the
departure on that day of Garibaldi in the Tripoli Royal
steam boat, for Sardinia, and thence to Tunis.