New-York tribune., 1872-02-12

which they belong collectively, managed W 'o'a -
their own keeping all the valuables OF inc Guy
certain aristocratc families and reducing tno p'op
mere pittance in return for their work. Ihro"s p
suasion fright many on their death DedS "e'o
by tho servants OF the church. to hand over ai .,n
worldly goods IN the Cardinal Vicar the benetof inc
Holy See It was no uncommon thing to near uhuer .
former regime OF old bare-footed mohR-he anu "'
liko had the best OF the pavement liz 'ioSo u"'
woe TO those who did not take OF the nat W 'hcn
be owned palaces. or whole Docks oi nou'o'
To-day 1t Ia estimated on competent authority that DO
tween the Cardinals the priests, and tho regioS 'i'
the church actually half the city OF Rome a ''
property. Not only the Romans, but all itaianS ho
thinking over tue way get back their own property
| THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHlC CON
FERENCE.
| RESULTS OF THE sESsIoN-DEBATE UPON THE
PROPOSITION FOR NATURALIZATION OF TEL
EGRhPHs-THE CONFERENCE fAvORS TIE
| MEASURE.
lPROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNBl
ROME, Jan. 14.-The Telcgaphic Conference,
after sitting six weeks and three days, adjourned
sine die TODAY at the Capitol. All the business before IL
finished In the sitting Of yesterday and the meehg
to-day at ~ merely formal one for the fnal sig
nature Of the documents to be transmitted to each GOV
| ernment represented. The body, although constantly
feastcd and otherwise entertained has been working
one and consequently its meeting here In Rome cannot
be considered TO have without good influence either
as an example TO the Italians for the ameoraton OF
telegraphc intercourse. The actual bringing INTO con-
tact of so many official business representatives from the
various countries will Of itself have produced bene
cia effect for men work all the better from knowing
each other and the members at this Conference have han
the most ample opportunity to become fully acquainted
with acb other They the chief directors OF the tel
egraph In their respective countries. There nave Deeh
80 many sights to many dinners to eat in com
mon the most pleasant and agreeable relations be
tween the delegates have sprung up and been cultivated
There been IS public sittings since the Conference
was first opened by the Foreign Minister. ViscOnu We
nost, until to-day when it was closed by him in a neat
little speech During the interval the members worked
earnestly both private committees at the Hotel dc Ia
Minerva and at their own hotels ana apartments At
the first sitting the official decgates occupied them
selves with the matter Of giving tocns sdndi or nd
mission the Conference to the representatives OF p
vgte companies The privilege of being present at ana
taking part in the granted but without the
| right OF voting. Three Committees were appointed
one on Tariffs Regulations, and one on revising
the Paris and Vienna Convention in regard to Icle
| graphy. These Committees worked daily ana
| well. Tho various amendments proposed on the
| part of the different countries and the prl-
vate companies taken into consideration
during general sitting fully discussed and decided, or
referred the Committee for disposal. Nothing has
been done either very novel important as an improve
meu upon the rules and rates already established, but
otherwise the debates generally exhibited liberal and
progressive spirit The ground taken on the part OF
the official delegates throughout that the companies
sbouIdnot be admitted equal rights with the Govern
| mcnt telegraphc administrations, unless they were
willing to abide by all the rules and rates liked In the
Conference The companies declared that It would be
simply ruDOus for them as private enterprises 10 ahoW
their tariffs made revised by others. and there
fore while willing to keep up amlcabe relations as here
tnfn, all GOV
Convention lically. This conclusion finally an
nOunccd the part Of the private submarine companies
ator their scntatves had been long in vain seeking
TO bring down The high requirements put forth by the
Governments. The regulations for international tee-
graphy only very slightly changed-the modihca
tons 80 slight be scarcely worthy OF mention
The first article OF the Regiemcni being under dis
cusson the delegate OF Norway proposed the ncorpora
the Convention OF the dispositions for the
protection of submarine cables those made for the
protection of land nes but being persuaded that such
proposition would not receive support nor be ratified
probably by the various Governments, the delegate, Mt
Nielsen withdrew it. Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, who arrived
| after this DISCUSSION carried this point after a
serious. persistent aud formal effort. Turkey proposed
single meridian for the fixing of hours for use in all
teegTaphc bureaus and Italy proposed to count the day
by hours instead of cutting it in two series of II hours
each; but these motions did not prevail The Morse and
Hughes teeGraphc apparatlses maintained as The
sole Instruments 20 be allowed for the next three years.
|
maintained. allowing each contracting state the
| right 10 propose its language. which il TO be adj
mitted in all business bureaus its presentation
conventional language or cipher Is also to be admitted
but without any assumption OF responsibility the part
OF any office. Italy proposed TO introduce new cate
CORY of dispatches that OF urgent dispatches entitled
in transmission to priority ordinary kilograms.
Both the delegates OF Italy and Belgium contended that
such system had worked most successfully in their
spectve countries; but IL opposed the ground
that it would be building up monopoly for the rich aud
interfere with general extension of elegraphc
benefits, and not adopted Many articles TO which
amendments offered referring purely to the
and routes of transmission OF messages left
they revised at Vienna in 1863 Twenty words the
old allowance for single messages is retained and ono
is still fixed equivalent for the moneys OF the
different countries. For English money 10 pence
cepted by the representatives of the CORE
spending to franc.
The company representatives made earnest efforts TO
the Official privileges consequent upon becoming
members Of the Conference while claiming the right to
alter their tariffs twhether reducing increasing
the rntes) at will; but their propositions TO this effect
not entertained and they leave Rome considerably
disappointed and dsgused with official pretension. The
official table OF the tariff, revised, has not yet
been printed; but, while am unable TO send copy of
IL in this letter. enabled to state examina-
ton of it, that the internal tes remain unchanged and
the international taxes have only undergone dminu-
ton here and there much TO the disappointment OF the
public which is eager and anxious for cheaper facl-
tiles In eIegraphng between countries. NJ. dc Luders.
the delegate OF Russia informed the Conference the
close OF tho year, that their designation of st. Peters
burg the place for the holding Of the next
TeleTaphic Conference had met with the ap-
probation OF the Emperor Alexander and, in ac- \
oordanco with instructions sent him, he had therefore
the honor invite ali the delegates present TO meet In
St. Petersburg in 1875 Both the official ami the company
delegates although separately opened subscriptions
among themselves $50 buy bronze statues presents