TWO AMBASSADORS AT ROME.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,--YOU have permitted Mr. Bishop to advocate the appoint- ment of an Ambassador at the Court of the Vatican ; and this step, which has many supporters, might be advantageous to England ; for the Pope wields in Ireland a power which has no superior, except the underground shocks of the National League. Nor would the anti-Papal cry offer any obstacle ; for the selection of the Home Secretary, and his two elections for East Birmingham, have shown that this is dormant, if not extinct. The only objection to the proposal consists in the fact that the Bishop of Rome, having ceased to be the King of Rome, has 'Income a persistent pretender to that crown. And this being the case, the Italian Sovereign, who now receives our Am- bassador at the Quirinal, might be expected to look coldly on that functionary if another representative of his nation were to present credentials at the Vatican. However, no offence has been taken at this proceeding in the case of other countries less friendly to Italy than we have always been, and proper explana- tions would be given, as a matter of course.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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