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It is stated with confidence that the solution of the

Roman ques- tion is once again postponed. M. Benedetti, French Minister at Turin, has returned to that capital without instructions, and the Pope has another lease. There is reason to believe that Louis Napo- leon, though anxious to end an embarrassing situation, dreads the flight of the Pope as a blow to the pride of France and to the super- stition of Southern Italy. The very men who are most anxious to deprive him of his temporal power are most desirous also to keep:

him within his Italian diocese. The Holy Father himself remains obstinate, but he is seventy-two, and six in ten of the Cardinals are Italians by birth, and one-hall partially Italian in feeling.

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