Roman Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 31, 25 November 1887, Page 27

Roman Notes.

The seventeenth anniversary of the Breach at Porta Pi a has bean StSfl h •f>, Acrea Iter1 ter - degr f ° f eclat than ÜBUftl was lent (o the festival by the explosion of thre^ bombs in the colonnades of 8t Peter s-Fortunately no one was injured, but a proof was given of th« the Holy f"?! eXiBtB am ? Dg a ° ert " a 8^ tiOQ ot the PopXSnl f and the Holy Father received another hint as to what he might expect were he to venture on making any appearance in public durineX occupation by the Piedmontese of the city. D.nEonstratioM ff the more ordinary kind also took place ■uwiwuawoM ot the

h fl » » V fl ß g f ° r Crißpi t0 Priace Bismarck at Friedrichsrnh has been the general topic. It has caused surprise as the Minister wax hitherto supposed to favour aa alliance rather with France than 3^^*Si nV 'fl Va « OBBOpinioMare «P res^ concerning i? The North German Gazette, meantime, a aemi-official organ TeDroducea An internet between Crispi and a leporter, in «hfch 'thl ? former ?s pTb 1?. iB,-^^i 8 ,-^^ th » t ,. P ' ia « a Bl9m "ck. undersunding Zt the iTtlZtt* keoth k er J ta ' iaQ citizens under the laws of thl Kingdom and that it was no* his duty to interfere in the domestic affairs of %Z£?32Z%£2. of a " Beet t0 meddl « wuf«S"SL2

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nH,^ Tg ? have.been interested by the discovery made the other da, m working at a new sewer, of a portion of an ancient frieze supposed to represent the Battle of the Giants. Among the figures represented is a striking one of the Goddess Diana S

thp i ?P!? P ! ( r oa c tnbut ed a sum of money for the foundation in the town of Anagm of an Agricultural Institute, where the theory and practice of scientific agriculture will be taugh to some 200 pupils EZh! or H?h° f i earQin^ £jr which h,s Holiness does not SS bought, or which he does not personally assist, even beyond what the means at his disposal might appear to admit of.

Notwithstanding the pronrnj not only^f immunity but of ready assistance given by the Government respecting the 7 approaching juo lee certain ob^cts of devoMon forwarded as an ofEeriSg to hS XIII k*? °T» SeiZ °' bet ' lll " e the^ bore the inscription El XIII, PonUfex et Rex. As tho Pope is and must continue a very real king, apar; even from his claims to the Temporal Power the insolence rs well as the injustice of tbe seizure is apparent

..•i \f ' x? Vl f- YlcarY Icar A P°^ ol 'c of Abyssinia, who has recently befn, n?^R Pleß tor had an interview with the Pope m-ftl na f uTu^ '« Wblch hia Holin^ especially exhorted him to make use of all the influence h? ould bring to bear upon the Negus for the preservation of peace with Italy g

to th? S v c Present bjing conducted with France relative to the treaty of commerce which expires on January 1, and concerning whese renewal there are some difficulties. Delegates have been s«nt to rans tor the purpose of bringing about a settlement, but it ia feared in some quarters that Signor Urispi's visit to Prince Bwmarck may prove an additional binier to a satisfactory agreement.