ITALY AND THE POPE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2211, 22 August 1864, Page 6

ITALY AND THE POPE.

The Opinionc ot Tunu publishes a long article exhorting the countiy and the government to be propared for the death of Pope Pius Tiie Opinionc msists that tins event will affoid an oppoituuity to Italy of taking a. upw step m iusunug its mdepeudence and iv completing its internal ~oigauisation The cabinet of the Tiulenes, it thinks., cannot at such a moment oppose the expre^siou of the wishes of the populations. Acorrespjndent of the Palis Dcbats, writing from Turin on the 27th of May, sajs that the fact o£ the Pope having taken pait in the Corpus C'hnsti procession had somewhat calmed the agitation produced by his condition of health. It was nevertheless thought that his state was serious enough to justify the belief that in a short time the cusis -would ocom which must necessanly lead to the vacancy of the Holy See The Italia says that on the first announcement of the Pope's death moitj than 2,000 Roman lefugees, who have been supplied w ith passes by the Neapolitan authorities, will at once return to their countiy. A popular m<n emcut \\ ill take place on Roman terutory in seveial places, collisions with the French being carefully avoided, until by peisisting in pacific agitation, the Italian Government is forced by public opinion to accept the dnectiou of this movement and appeal to the votes of the Roman 2>eople. It is hoped that France will allow the King of Itilv to be pioclaimed on Roman temtoiy, and accept the fait accompli. The following vciy ingenious dialogue was found on a placaid posted on i statue of the Pope :—: — Query. "What ails the Pope ' Answer, Tumore (tumour) — Q What's the cause of it ? A Stnko out the initial T — Umore (moisture) — Q. What w ill be the consequence of it' A. Strike out the initial "0 — moie (he dies) — Q When is it going to happen ? A. Strike out the initial i] — Ore (vutlnn » few hours). — Q And who'll take his place ' A Stuke ont the initial O— P.e (the king). — Q. Which king? A . Strike out the intttal U — B ( Emanuele).