The Sun. — 1861-07-02 (London, England)

PRICE 40. STAMPED, SD.  FRANCE AND ITALY  If the language of diplomacy is still somewhat pedantic and obscure, it is no longer withdrawn from the reach of popular criticism. There is nothing occult or esoteric about the negotiations now in progress respecting the temporal dominion of the Pope, and every one who reads the papers is quite as well informed as to the merits and prospects of the Roman question as Cardinal Antonelli himself. The excessive candour of Victor Emmanuel and his advisers would be amusing, if it were not quite serious, and withal in harmony with public opinion. They talk of the approaching catastrophe of Papal power, and of their own expectations or rights, as they now venture to call them, before all Europe, without the least delicacy or reserve. They do not pretend to say that anything but the French occupation of Rome prevents their annexing that city forthwith, and they allude to the future in terms which can mean nothing but that they expect this obstacle to be removed on the death of Pius IX., if not earlier. This was the spirit of all Count Cavour's later speeches and despatches, and is cordially adopted by Baron Ricasoli. The French Government, on their part, by no means discourage these hopes, but confine themselves to a justification of their own attitude at Rome, and general expressions of leXalty to the Pope. In this respect, the letter of M. Thouvenel, recognising the new Italian Kingdom, is a fit pendant to that in which he declines the overtures of Spain and Austria. Both these documents are conciliatory, and represent, with a measured vagueness which our neighbours call precision, the double aspect of French policy in Italy. Both intimate that the honour of France is pledged to the defence of Rome for the present, and that no evacuation will take place till " sufficient guarantees" are given for the protection of those interests which the Emperor is engaged to defend. But neither defines the nature of those interests or of the securities referred to, and we can conceive several ways in which the Imperial conscience might be satisfied on this score, short of perpetuating the Pope's sovereignty over Rome and the few suburban districts now attached to it.  rteheeb, The prisoner was brought from the station in custody of Mr. Superintendent Coward, of the &Rnnhinietseornp,reatterth. Surrey Constabulary, and upon being placed at the bar glanced round the hall in a furtive manner, and then assumed a serious demeanour, which he preserved throughout the examination. Greece, e ns oclhi c ti thoart, hoef Ra tet edn- hdi el ld, wwiat sh sworne a na ts e request of the Commissioners of Inspector Whicher, of the London detective force, informed Pstoaltiecet,htaot asssiirstninichtheredinßineyiryn,e ctohpei erso oomf t hwe h ve raer iotus se entriesr inw athe ebropoek_ aatupeand andhed h caused u wishedsedphottooiie ton be taken, and fac-similes of other docugttorro ments prepared, for the purpose of forwarding them to the authorities at Dresden and other places, with a view of facilitating inquiries which were being made respecting the owner of the book, so as to prove it having belonged to the prisoner. He begged also to mention a most important fact to the bench. The prisoner was traced to a lodginghouse in Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, where he arrived the night after the murder, and on the following day he confided to the care of Mr. Gallooney, the proprietor, a checked shirt which answered in every particular the description of that worn by one of the foreigners seen at Reigate and in the neighbourhood of Kingswood. The bundle containing the shirt was bound round with a long piece of new cord exactly similar to that sold to one of the foreigners by Mrs. Pitcher, of Reigate, on the day the crime was committed, and also to that which was found tied round the hands and feet of the murdered woman. When apprehended, the prisoner was searched and various papers were found upon him. These included the following letters :  " Sir,—Alone in the world and in a bad position, and for two days without a piece of bread, andnearly the whole of the week without a lodging—the blue heavens as a shelter, I find myself in a position with which words I cannot describe. lam a native of Dresden, and have been these two months without work, and this is the reason of my horrible position. I hope you will, therefore, have pity on a fellow-countryman, who, like a lost sheep, travels about, and shall starve if some kind-hearted friends do not take pity on me.—With my respects, "