THE PAPAL QUESTION.
A letter from Turin says : " Mention has been made of a note on the affairs of Rome drawn up by Baron Ricasoli and presented to M. Benedetti. An article in the Opinion speaks of this document, and explains in what respect the propositions made in it were considered too liberal by the French Government. The object of this communication is to declare anew to the Italians that it will be very imprudent to leave the door open for an intervention of the Catholic Powers in Italian affairs, by placing the position of the Pope under their guarantee. An immediate result is not expected here, and no great importance is attached to the nego- tiations which are going on, except as a means of winning over the public opinion of Europe to the Italian cause. As to the reception which the propositions, though so liberal, will obtain from the Court of Rome, no one entertains any illusion."
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