The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-11
Rifhmunn Qispatth.
MORNING. AUG. II. 1850
FOREIGN MAILS BY THE HAMMoNlA.
The Proposed Italian Conference -Circular
Of the Pope-France and England, &c.


The steamer Hammonia, from SOUTHAMPTON
on the evening Of July goth, arrived nt New
York. Tuesday morning, after rough pas.
sage. Her ncws is anticipated by the Nova
Scotian, at Quebec, but her mails contain
matters Of interest:
THE PROPOSED ITALIAN CONFERENCE
The second edition Of the London Times of
July 26, contains the following letter of its
Paris correspondent, giving the outline of
Count Wale~skis project for the confedera.
tion OF the Italian States, of which we have
had telegraphic abstract:
FARis, July 25-The question Of the Italian
Confederation which Congress is to meet. al
ready occupies the serious attention of the
French, and doubtless, Of the Sardinian cabi-
nets, Notwithstanding the well known dislike
the King has to a confederation in the presen I
condition Of Italy, or even in the situation
created for 1t by the treaty Of viiiafranca-
Ihe French Government, on this point as
wen weiI rs on several Others, by no means agrees
with his Sandman Majesty M. Walewski.
we are told, has set his wits to work and has
drawn mp the draught of n plan Of confedera.
tion, and submitted it unofficially or confidep.
,IaIiy 10 the cabinets interested. In it M Wa
ieWskl evidently takes FOR gran ted the restora.
ZION OF the depossd sovereigns of Modensand
tuscany, and the establishment OF the Duchess
OF Parma somewhere. M. Walewskis con-
FEDERATION consists of seven States By the
Niiiafranca treaty the nominal or honorary
presidency was given to the Pope; that high
Office will be filled in reality by the Kings of
sardinia and Naples, each taking turn about
of defence a federal army will he created for
the defence of the federal territory-the con-
iingents to be fixed according to the extent Of
the States respectively.
The strong places which will be rarrisoned
by the federal troops are Gaeta partly Neapo-
Titan, partly federal; Mantua, partly Austrian
and partly federal; and PiacenZa half federal
and the remaining half Piedmont. Owls exs-
fa1, Ja,1 Hale "a
hoped will disclose the taisman by which he
means to keep such discordant elements as
Parmesans and Swiss, Tuscans and Neapoli-
tans, the soldiers of the Pope, the Sardinians
and Croats, in complete harmony.
The federal Council it is proposed to orra.
nize thus-Parma and Modena are to have one
vote each; the Pope two Tuscany two Aus
tria, for Nenetia, two; and Piedmont and Ma
pies three each. Whether more concord will.
prevail in the Federal Council than in the
federal garrison it is difficult to say; but, sup
posing the same conditions to subsist, Austria
could count on majority of votes.
Mr.. Walewski claims no MONOPOLY in the
fabrication of considerations, for, according to
all accounts, Cardinal Antonelli has also stu
died the question in his own way The
french Minister is said to enter more into de-
tails than the Cardinal. The latter claims not
merely the honorary, but the real and boua-
.tde Presidency for his Holiness. He has no
objection to q federal army not so much to
garrison towns and strong places, as to defend
enemies. Who the domestic enemies are NAV
be guessed. This last seems in contradiction
to the principle of n-intervention said to
form one OF the conditions Of the treaty Of
VIllafranca.
Piedmont would not, perhaps. absolutely
reject the notion Of a Confederation. but I
doubt that she approves either NJ. Walewski,s
plan or that of Cardinal Antonelli, while Aus
tria would probably make no great objection
TO either. If Piedmont accept q aConfederation.
she would not have Austria forming part of in:
and moreover, she desires that liberal Gov
ernment should prevail in the other States a.
well as in Piedmont for the better consolida-
ton of the Independence and liberty of the
whole Italian people.
THE PoNTIFICAL CIRCULAR.
The following circular Of the Pontifical Gov
ernment TO its representatives at foreign
Courts, has been issued
Palace Of the Votican July 12-Amid all the
apprehensions and anxieties occasioned by the
present deplorable war, the Holy See had rea-
son to think that ii would be unmoles ted af.
ter the many assurances ithad receiyed-assn.
RANGES with which even the King of Piedmont
had associated himself; for on the advice of
the Emperor of the French. his aIly he refus-
ed the Dicta torship which was offered him in
the reyolted provinces of the Pontifcal States
But it is painful to state things have turned
out very differently, and facts occur every
day under the eyes of the Holy See and it's
government, which show more and more how
ine1cusable is the conduct of the Sandman
Cabinet towards the Holy See-conduct which
clearly proves that it is intended to strip the
Holy See Of part of its temporal dominion.
"Since the revolt at Bologna, which his Ho-
illness in his allocution of June 30 has already
taken occasion to deplore, that city has be-
come the rendezvous of a multitude of Pied
montese officers. coming from Tuscany and
Modena Tor the purpose of preparing quar-
ters for the Piedmontese troops. From these
foreign States thousands of muskets have been
brought, wherewith to arm insurgents and
volunteers; eannons, also, have been imported
TO aggrayate the troubles in the reyolted prov.
inces, and to encourage the audacity of the
disturbers of order.
Another fact, which renders the refusal of
the dictatorship completely iilusory and adds
to fiagrant violation of neutrality an active
cooperation in the maintenance Of the States
OF the Church, is the nomination of the Mar
quis d'AZeglio Us an extraordinary commits
sloner in Romagna TO direct the movement of
the legations during the war; this step under
specious preteIt of preventing the national
movement from leading to any disorder. is a
manifest usurpation Of power which affects
the rights Of the territorial sovereigns Of these
States.
"Evenis have moved on rapidly that the
Piedmontese troops have already entered the
Pontlfical States, occupying Tore Urbano
and Castelfranco, in which places Piedmon-
tese Bersaglieri and a part of Nervis Brigade
have arrived. The sole object of this move
ment is to JOIN the rebels in opposing an encr-
getic resistance to the Pos tifical troops, which
have been sent to restore legitimate power in
the rebellious provinces.
"Finally, and to complete the usurpation of
the legitimate sovereignty of the Pope, two
officers of engineers, one of whom is q Pied
mon;ese, have been sent to Ferrara to mine and
destroy that fortress
''Such odious proceedings-in the perpetra-
ton of which fragrant violation Of the law
of nations is manifest in more than one point
of view-cannot but fill the soul of the Holy
Father with bitterness, and provoke in him a
lively and just indignation, which is rendered
more poignant still by the surprise with which
he sees such cnormities proceed from the gov
ernment of n Catholic King who had accepted
the advice OF his august ally to refuse the die
tatorship offered to him.
"All the measures taken with the view of
preventing or extenuating this series OF evils
having been In vain, the Holy Father not for.
getfui of the duties incumbent upon him for
the protection Of the States and for the pre-
servauen In its integrity of the temporal do
main of the Holy See, which is essen tally con-
nected with the free and intieDendent exercise
OF Inc supreme Pontificate, protests against
the VIOLATIONS and usurpations committed in
spite OF the acceptance of neutrality, and de.
sires mat MS protest may be communicated to
all the European Powers. Confident in the
justice which distinguished these Powers he
Ieeis assured that they will support him thew
VIII not permit the manifest violation of the
Jaw OF nations and the rights Of the Holy Fa-
ther. He trusts that they will not hesitate to
cooperate in the yindication of those rights
and to that end he inyokes their assistance and
protection.
"Ine Undersigned cardinal Secretary of
State, conformably to Pontificai custom. sends
the present note to yonr Excellency, begging
you to transmit to the Court to which Won ara
accredited, and takes this opportunity, &c.
sG. @. ANToNRLLIn
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
From the London Times.]
That one great military power, with long
prepared armament has rapidly wrested .
large province from another, is only one of
those events, and, as far as we are concerned,
by no means the most important The most