New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-17

and Viterbo and retain but Rome and the province
tending TO Civita Veeeha; but Italy would renounee TO
the Pope and of the College of Cardinals Rome would get
independent municipal Institutions and every Roman the
Italian citizenship.
10 augment the power and influence of the Pope Napo
leon proceeds still further and has initiated already nego
tations with the Patriarch of Constannople in order TO
bring about union Of the two great branches OF the
Catholic Church. The Patriarch is 10 acknowledge the
supremacy Of the Pope; that thus cut loose from CON-
muniOn with the Emperor of Russia, the Christian popu-
Stons Of the East might be out OF Re Pae
Foreign Affairs 10 very busy about that question: and the
Pope has already yielded regards Of the vital points
which divide Rome from COnstantnople viz, the mar
rage of the priests Not asf cebacy introduced Pope
Gregory the With but scarcely enforced TO Innocent the
IId would be abolished in the Roman Catholic Church;
but the Pope valves any opposition TO the marriage
OF the until now sohsmatlc priests who, according TO
st. Paul and the Greek Church, were married
should become united with the Roman Church. Nor is
such concession any novelty In Italy, especially in
Sicily and portions Of Naples there for the last
four centuries Abanese colonies who enjoy the same priv
ilege Mr.. Cnsp for instance the famous leader Of the
advanced party in the Italian Parliament to such
a united Greek priest aud in Hungary, Transylyania,
Gallcia, aud Bukoyna, there numerous such
churches which, originally Greek have accepted the
union with Rome, and whose priests are married But
the Pope objects to married bishops which not unfre-
quen among the Greeks According to Pho NoRO bishop
must either be widOwer or bachelor
1t is difficult to say whether that negotiation may sue
coed or not so much is certain that after the failure of the
Mexican scheme, Napoleon will try TO wipe out his
discontinue by some glorious diplomatic success as the
union of the Churches the arrangement OF the Oriental
question the reconstruction of Poland would certainly
prove The fate Of the unhappy Empress OF Mexico now
unatic at Miramar wearing straight jacket has pro-
foundy impressed the PasHn population, who had seen
with pleasure the sparkling beautiful granddaughter of
Louis Philippe the Tuileres as Napoleon guest That
impression must BIO got nd or since she IS regarded
victim not of her AMBITION but OF tho Imperial idea
10 regeneate the Latin race. Some great deed IS there
fore required that people should forget the misery OF
that unhappy lady Napoleons chances in that regard
Italy follows still in the track of France in every i'm
portan foreign question, and Austria wants TO ally her
self most intimately with the policy Of the Tulerles
NJ. Beust. the late Minister of Saxony, is soon TO DO
appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs at Vienna, aud, since
he is Protestant Prince Richard Metternich is TO oc-
cupy new ministry, that Of the Imperial house Now,
both Beust and MejeTnich known 10 be Napoleon
vontes ready to co6perao with him both IN the East
and IN Poland IL is true that Beust personally antpa-
hetc 10 Bismark who refused TO receive him when the
King of SaXOny sent him 10 the victorious Prussian Minis
ter; but such is the hostility Of Vienna Berlin that just
that antagonism might have decided the question Of APP
pointing foreigner and Protestant 70 tho most import
ant Office ID Roman Catholic Austria. i do not know
whether Is wise thus 10 provoke Prussia but ceaniv
Beust shows considerable ABILITY and seems fully to real
iZe AustTas difficulties His platform Is the following:
complete CANCELLATION with Hungary, friendship with Ma
pCOn, aud emancipation from the thrGdom OF the toh-
corda IL be IS able TO carry these points ne may become
Ausras savior, bat tho general hopeessness and helpless
ness Of the Austrian Empire forbOde good. Nobody
believes a better future; the German population begin
10 nourish seeossonst feelings nobody is satisfied The
Poles arc al present the onlv nationality which
is-fOT the enthusiastically attached to tho En-
pre-. Count GOluChOwsk, Pole by birth and latnohe
feeling, having been appointed Governor OF Gallcia
Prince Lidislas Czar,orys, the leader q the Polish
arsJcracy who has left Paris TO return TO Austrian Po
land does his best 10 maintain the good feeling between
the Poles and the Vienna Government and the RutheDCs
Of Eastern Gaea the pets Of Austrian Bureaucracy
altogether thrown into the background. The Russian
press il rather savage against that turn Of Austrian
policy; they cannot bear that any portion o. the unoT
tuuate Polish nation should be Justly treated and credit
ably administered In fact the anagonism between Rus
and Austria begins TO develop stronger and strongeTi
but Russian diplomacy does not less distTust Bsmarks
schemes. The bold maneuver by which Hohenzolen
prince occupied the throne of Roumana has not yet been
forgotten and forgiven Ut ST. Petersburg and II has been
remarked that when tho foreign COnsuls at Bucharest
made their visit of congatuaon To the prince upon his
being recognized by the Sultan the Russian Consul did not
Join his colleagues DO not therefore be astonished IT,
during the next year you hear of the Eastern qucs
ton than of any other in your correspondence from Eu
rope.