24 NOVEMBER 1860, Page 7

It is said that as the Pope refuses to consecrate

Monseigneur Maret, the Bishop of Vannes, the Emperor has resolved to dispense with the Papal exequatur. It seems there is a precedent by which the imposi- tion of hands by three bishops can be substituted for the consent of his Holiness, but the episcopal body does not furnish the requisite number of docile prelates.—.Letter from Paris.