, 1860-04-13

/ that when the Yankee nation is once we
understood, the1raGe will be to q great c!
tent transferred and that the dollars lai
out thus in diplomacy viii be returned i
commercial favors a thousand fold. o
these accounts the Embassy will douGtlcs
he received with honor here ;aand in til
east, when they arrive there, there will bl
yond question be q time Of brilliant fcstiy
ties unparalleled in oar republican history
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PEINcE MErdRNIcH NAPoyRoS ], an
PoPE PITS VII.-Thc Paris Uairrs pub
fishes "reminiscences of visit paid by Loui
Veu.lIot to Prince Mcttcrnich at BgasseI
in 1850. The Prince relates to NJ. Vcuil
lot the following curious conversation whicl
he had with the elder Napoleon, touching
the disposition OF both France aud Austria
in regard TO having a control over the per
son of bis Holiness Says Mctternch:
| once spoke on this ubject to Napoleon
when the Pope was prisoner of France al
Sayona. Napoleon he'd a certain afTec ion
for me- and he knew that the Pope honor.
ed me with bis confidence.
One day he sent for INC and said:
" via you do me a serYice2 | am tired
of seeing the Pope in captivity. No good
can come of this situation, and it ought not
to be pFotracted | wish you wouId 90 to
Savona, The Pope is wcl disposed to-
wards yOI. You will talk to him a COM
mon friend of both of us, and yoa will get
him o consent TO plan which have drawn
up for a settlemsnt of this unfortunate bus
mess"
| objected that must have the permis-
sion of the Emperor of Austria before ac-
ceptiug such a mission.
Do you refuse me 2" lie said. al
think you would in no way compromise
yourself by taking such step as this in
the interest of the peace of the world"
" But" said | 4, smiling, doubt wheth-
er peace would result from what your Ma,
jesty would promise to the Pipe. VIII
your Majesty be good onoughY to tell me
your PLAN" <
"This is it," said Napoleon, calmly " for
the future the Holy See would not be at
Rome, but at Paris"
| could not repress movement of sur
prise
" fes." rrjoined the great Till
hFing ~tlfs Pops 10. .Rans,asnU tuere siii
establish the seat OF the Church. Bat j
mean the Pope'1O be independent. l will
give him handsome residence 10 the enVir-
olis Of Paris; win declare all the country
for several leagues around his residence to
be neutral ground. LIE shall have the col
lege of cardinals, hia corp diploh hatique, his
and bis court; and further,
that he may want for nothing, Kill settle
upon him 100000 francs year. Do
you not think that he will refuse that 7"
d am quite sure that he will, ami that
all Europe will support him in his rtfusal.
The Pope will think, aud rightly SO, that
he will be as much prisoner in your six
millions as he is now in Savoua."
Napoleon loudly exclaimed against my
opinion and urged many arguments in favor
of his plan.
At last | said TO him, Your Majesty
forces me to betray secret TO you. The
Emperor of Austria has a similar idea to
your own. lie sees that you will not re-
store the Pope to Rome, be does not like
10 see the Pope in prison, aud the idea has
struck him Of Offering his Holiness an asy-
Ium Your Majesty knows the royal cha
teau Of Schebrun; the Emperor proposesto
offer that to the Pope, with ten or fifteen
square leagues Of neutral ground, and H..
600, 900 frances year. If the Pope ac-
cepts this arrangement, will you agree TO
it 7"
Napoleon perfectly well understood the
drift Of my suggestion; but he was the
strongest, and was determined to have an
answer from the Pope to bis own plan.
The Sovereign Pontiir replied, as | had
anticipated be would do, that Savona was
just as gool prison as Paris; that there,
US elsewhere, he knew that he was the cen
ter of the Church; that be had conscience
Tor free territory, and that as to the six
millions year, they were not necessary
to his wants; he could live upon twenty
sous a day, which he would eheerfully re-
eeive FROM Christian charity