LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 428, 29 November 1861, Page 3

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

Home News Office, September 26. The Moniteur, of September 25, says:— •The negotiations between the Porte and several other Powers, for the conclusion of treaties of commerce in conformity with those which have been signed between it and England, France, and Italy, not yet having been terminated, the Porte has demanded that the application of the treaties of commerce with the latter Powers, which had been fixed for the Ist of October next, should be postponed until the 13th of March, 1862. France has acceded to this proposition of the Porte. A telegram received this morning from the Hague states that the projected visit of the King of Holland to Paris is fixed for the 12th of October—that is, several days after the visit of the King of Prussia to the Emperor of the French. The Turin Official Gazette of yesterday publishes a circular addressed by Baron Ricasoli to the Italian consular agents, in reference to the natural resources of Italy, Baron Ricasoli says the national flag, towhich Venice is still wanting, covers, 800,000 tons of shipping, manned by 100,000 sailors. He reminds the consuls that the international engagements of Sardinia are the only ones which are valid in Italy, and that the treaties of the former Italian States are to be considered as abolished.

One aim ol those who think the time has come for the abolition of Papal sovereignty ii to show that the guarantees to be given are sufficient to insure the independence of the Holy See. The papers have been asserting and contradicting the existence of a note of M. Ricasoli on these guarantees. Whether in form pf a note or not, these guarantees are understood to have been laid before the Powers, and now they are placed before the public in a pamphlet which has just appeared at Paris entitled ' Garanties donnes par le Roi d'ltalie pour l'lndependence dv Saint Si&ge.' This pamphlet may be considered as being for the public what Ricasoli's notes are for the governments. The guarantees are essentially those laid down by Cavour, and the)' are such as to justify the rema k made by that statesman that he apprehended greater opposition to them on the part of the Italian nation than on that of any one else :—' The first and most important point is a free church in a free state, and interpreted in a manner as it has been nowhere else. Direct nomination of the bishops by ecclesiastical authority^ without the intervention of the state, the right of synods and councils, free correspondence with the Pope, and complete latitude for

the publication of Pontificial bulls and charges. The pamphlet explains that al) these restrictions were made against the encroachments of a foreign sovereign, and fall away with the temporal power. The personal security of the Pope intrusted to the filial loyalty of the King of Italy, and the independence of the Holy See placed under the guarantee of the Powers. The person of the Pope inviolable as well as that of the members of the conclave. The countries which formed the States of the Church and the patrimony of St. Peter will be according to the wishes of the populations united to the kingdom of Italy. Rome, capital of Italy, remains the seat of the Sovereign Pontiff. His Holiness will exercise'the Pontificate while conserving all the honors which he has enjoyed. The ambassadors, ministers, &c, of the Powers sent to the Holy Father, as well as the Ambassadors, &c, of the Pope to the foreign Powers will enjoy all the immunities and privileges of the Corps Diplomatique. The Pope to conserve his propaganda, his penitentiary, and his archives. j The landed property and palaces of the Pope, both in town and country, will be exempt fiom all taxes, jurisdiction, and domiciliary visits. The church of, St. Peter and the palace of the Vatican, with all its dependencies, belong to the Pope and his successors. The Holy See will receive as a sort of tithe, public revenues from his former States. For this purpose a perpetual rente of will be placed on the Grand Livre of the public debt of Italy. Each power is invited to contribute an annual income proportionate to the Catholic population of the country. The Pope will be allowed to choose as much as possible his cardinals from among the different nations, according to the poportion of Catholics. A rente of will be given by each nation to the cavdinals belonging to that nation. Each Catholic nation to give a certain number of guards of honor, chosen by the legate of the Pope, and kept at the expense of each countiy. During the election of the Pope, no crowd or troops other than the Pontificial Guards, to approach the palace of (he conclave within a distance] of . The King of Italy to take the solemn engagement towards the governments and people to protect the person of the Pope and the independence of the Holy See/ The trial of Becker, for attempting the life of the King of Prussia, was commenced at Bruchsal on the 23rd September. The accused, on being interrogated, declared that the pistol which he fired at the King was not loaded with ball, and that it was the wadding only which injured his Majesty. He further declared that his intention was only to frighten the king, and to provoke a movement favorable to German unity. Becker then asserted that it was quite by mistake that he took a loaded pistol, but, upon being pressed by the Judge, he admitted that his ideal was Orsini, and that he had hoped the consequences of his deed would have been similar to those which followed the attempt on the Emperor Napoleon. The whole of Becker's speech was very confused and contradictory. The jury gave their verdict on the same day. They declared the accused guilty, and denied that his state of mind was such as to render him irresponsible for his actions. The tribunal then sentenced him to twenty years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and at the expiration of that time to be banished the kingdom. Becker received the sentence with a smile. A despatch, dated Constantinople, September 24, says:—' On Sunday last the first conference on the union of the Danubian Principalities took place here. The Porte, England, and France were in favour of, and Russia, Austria, and Prussia opposed to, the union. The conference thus remains without any result.' There comes to us from Warsaw the text of a proclamation addressed by the Polish population to the Catholic clergy, with a view to exhort them not to abandon-the cause of the people, to which they have always been attached, but to redouble their patriotic effoits in the cause of religion and their country. In connection with this appeal to the clergy of Warsaw, a proclamation is about to be addressed to the representatives of all the provinces of Old Poland, to convoke them at Herodlo, where the first assembly of Poles, Lithuanians, and Ruthenians took place 400 years ago. The deputations are directed to meet at Herodlo on the 10th of October next, and the principalities, provinces, and palatinates of the whole kingdom are to be represented. An imperial ordinance was published at Vienna yesterday, September 25tb, prohibiting the meeting of the General Assembly of the Comitat of Pesth, which was |to take place on the 30th, and threatening to employ force should the prohibition be disregarded.