The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-03

LONDON, June -, 1871.
Stirring Ere,lis IN ProgresS-Co Counter Occupation NJ
RoBle By Apstria-S,cra Flight Of the PoPe -db
dication-1le Succession, &C., &c.
It's highly probable that before this letter reaches
you, and while 1t is yet its passage, the curtain
Of the great Roman drama will have been lifted up,
and the farce will have been performed before the
world spectators. In the scene to be played
the actors are Pho Mono, Cardinal An.onelli, and
the Jesuits. in full array, the Austrans the French,
and the hing Of Naples. The Pope it is expected,
will, if lie has not already, leave Rome clandes-
timely, some specious pretext, and proceed for
time to Gaeta. Hereupon the hing of Naples,
who has been busy some time past in preparing his
troops and strengthening his army, Will march
towards Rome on the south side. On the opposite
side, Austria is to march her armies simult aneously
towards the Holy City. What the French will do,
who have rendered both the Pope, the Cardinals,
and the people Of Rome intensely hostile and bitter
against them, disgusting the Pope and all the de-
voices by their liberalism aud irrcligion, and re e
voting the people Of Rome by their illiberalism
and support of the priests-what they will do, and
what the people Of Rome will suffer between their
foes on all sides, time will reveal. The drama, how
ever, l. now ia course Of enacting, aud will be
pretty early II not precisely, according to the above
yrtgramme, and with the above mentioned Ser
formers. Truly We live in a highly dramatic era.
The political confusion, misery, and perplexity
in which the Pope will infsllibly involve himself by
his timidty, piety, and regeneration may proba.
bly, lead to the realisation Of the ramon Of the
PoIes sbdicaton, which at one ii me prevailed. IL
suffered TO live, he will abdicate and retire az a
saint to monastery. Then comes the question Of
a successor; and though it certainly will not be
Bishop HugAes Of New York city, tfor he Is not yet
a cardinsll yet there many who believe that il
ha anil 4llfo ho uf.sfs
call Cardinal Wiseman, a. 4 mentioned to you in q
former letter. But unless Russia should give the
word to Austria, IL is not 1T all probable that the
cardinal would be elected to the holy see for he has
in some de gree offended the conclave of cardinals,
who are m sd at the Russell ministry rem aiming in
office, blaming him 10 part for the opposition so un-
expectedly encountered in England They had
fondly conceived aud fully persuaded themselves
that the English, IL not quite, we're almost alto
Refher converted. Excessive piety is generally al
led with excessive credulity; and they believed,
crednlously enough, that few Puseyites and con-
yerts of rank from England, who talked big at
Rome, were the English nation. But Russia is
Jealous Of England, and would by no means exert
her influence to make Pope out of an Englishmsn.
There only has been one Englishman who ever
ascendcd the pspal chair; and that was Nicholas
Breakspesre, who assumed the denomination OF
Pope AdrianV. The only motive Of Russia, II
che consented TO such thing, would be to embar-
fsss ard undermine the Western Church, or the
church of Rome, which, as q Greek, the Russian
tossibly be induced to elect sim War; and Malice in
the vain hope Of thereby re. annexing the jewel
England ~ the RSpsn diadsm, and rs uniting her