of the
elder Bonaparte were forgotten, and too much could not be done to
conciliate the new ally whom the English had found in the second
Bonaparte. So their representative, Sir John Hudson, remained at Turin,
and was the confidential adviser there of Count de Cavour, while Sir Henry
Elliot continued to reside at Naples after that city had become the
headquarters of Garibaldi. The great Northern Powers, Russia and Prussia,
acted a more honorable part. Even before the fall of Ancona was known,
they both withdrew their ambassadors from Turin. Von Schleinitz, the
Prussian Prime Minister, protested energetically against the unwarrantable
aggression of Piedmont. M. de Cavour, who understood the tendencies of the
time, replied to Von Schleinitz, as if uttering a prophecy: "I regret that
the Court of Berlin should judge so severely the conduct of the king and
his government. I am conscious of acting in the interests of my sovereign
and my country. I might reply successfully to what M. Von Schleinitz says.
But, be that as it may, I console myself with the thought that, on the
present occasion, I am setting an example which Prussia, within a short
time probably, will be happy to follow."

The cannonade had scarcely ceased to be heard at Ancona, when the Holy
Father raised his voice in a consistorial allocution of 28th September,
which, although addressed to the cardinals, is intended for the whole
civilized world. The allocution briefly enumerates the several acts of
aggression successively committed by the Piedmontese. It then alludes to
Cavour's audacious letter, which was intended as a justification
beforehand of the violation of territory, and the fearful bloodshed which
followed. It expresses the false accusations, the repeated calumnies and
insults which were put forward as a pretext for the invasion. It also
rebukes "the singular malignity with which the Piedmontese government
dared to call the Pontifical soldiers _mercenaries_, when so many of them,
both Italians and foreigners, were of noble lineage, bearing illustrious
names, and had resolved to serve in our troops without pay, and for the
sole love of our holy religion." The fact is established, to the disgrace
of Piedmont, that the Papal government "could have had no intimation of
the enemy's purpose. The general-in-chief commanding our forces could not
have entertained the thought of having to contend with the soldiers of
Piedmont." The meed of praise is awarded to