The new Pope was crowned in the Basilica of St.
Peter last Sunday in the presence of forty thousand spectators, chiefly belonging to the lower classes of Rome. The ceremonial was of the old magnificent character, and the tiara, or " triple crown," was placed on tho Pope's head, and he was recognised as "Father of Princes and Kings " and " Vicar of Christ." The Pope, who looked " most dignified," recited his prayers and gave his benediction in a clear, ringing voice ; but the length of the proceedings, the intense heat, and probably his own emotion, exhausted his Holiness, and when the ceremony concluded he was in a fainting condition. Indeed, it is said by an observer who was in a position to watch him closely that Pius X. showed symptoms of heart weakness, which will cause among those about him lively anxiety. He has ap- pointed Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli, brother of the better- known Cardinal Seraphino Vannutelli, Secretary of State, which may or may not indicate some decided change of policy. It seems now to be admitted that although Austria did not interpose a formal Veto, the Austrian Government did formally signify through its Cardinals that the election of Cardinal Rampolla would be regarded as an unfriendly act. That Government may possibly have made a mistake. The Pope is a Venetian, and was a grown man before Venice was emancipated. His love for the Hapsburgs, therefore, must be almost entirely official.
