2 JULY 1870, Page 2

Acurious ceremony has been performed at Solferino. An Ossuary, or

huge brick grave for bones, was consecrated there on 24th June, and at the banquet which followed Prince Humbert proposed the health of the "Three Armies" which had there fought and fallen. Herr Pollack, the Austrian representative, replied, speaking of "the sympathy which unites Austria and Italy," which was "born on the field of battle, and which he trusted would endure for ever." The audience applauded enthusiastically, and newspapers in France and England are full of sermons about the decay of international hatreds. The incident was, no doubt, a striking one, and mutual forgiveness is unquestionably a Christian precept ; but we must confess, nevertheless, to a little latent doubt. Supposing Austria had not wanted to detach Italy from the Prussian alliance, would Herr Pollack have been so exceedingly effusive ? Love your enemies, particularly when they can attack your Southern frontier, —that is, we suspect, the present Austrian reading of the Gospel.