The Italian news presents no novelty. Francis IL seems determined
to stand fast in Gaeta, and the Italian army be- sieging him find difficulties in approaching the place. The French continue to prevent an attack by sea, which would pro- bably terminate the war. General Goyon, too, has, so it is said, requested the Italians not to occupy Terracina, or rather to
evacuate Terracina, which they have occupied for military ob- jects. The Neapolitan runaways are a cause of embarrassment, and the French are naturally puzzled what to do when the arms of the fugitives are demanded alike by the ling of Italy and the King of Gaeta. The Pope reniains at Rome, but the talk of his going away is revived. Garibaldi, almost alone in Caprera, looks out from his peaceful home, happy to be free from the worry of details and the throng of courtiers, ready to spring to the van when the hour strikes.
The French Government carries on its war with the seditious clergy, by putting an end to the free and unstamped circulation of political pamphlets in the guise of ecclesiastical documents. But the most remarkable public fact from France is the proposal of M. Coyle, a pamphleteer, to make the Emperor, Pope, as well as Emperor. This, in few words, would be to render the Gal- loon Church independent of the Bishop of Rome, and if effected would, be a revolution. Englishmen can have no objection to a proceeding which has worked so well in our own country ; but whether it would be practicable, even allowing that the Emperor has all the power he appears to possess, is another question. That is for him to judge, if he entertain the proposal.
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