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Show FOREIGN. AT KO.HE. the Paul and tbe 'aTure Romo, S. Forty-three cardinals are now here and ten more have aenl notice by telegraph of their intention lo come. A public lying m state of the pope t remains is anticipated. The ultramontane ultra-montane candidates for the papacy re Cardinals Luigi Bilin and Autonoi Pau-i'iMjcu. Tue liberal candidate! are cardinals Innoceute Ferrieri and Camilla di Pietro. The Portugese government, which enjoys a right of veto in the papal elkjctiou, is endeavoring, in accord with other Catholic powers, to obtain the election ol a pope who will put an end to ihe conflict between church and state. Ad soon as the pope died the am-basiadois am-basiadois to the Vatican asked tho oauieriergo to follow the ancient usage regarding the funeral and the election of a successor. Cardinal Pecci replied re-plied ttiat such was tbe iutenlion of the maj uity of the Sacred college. The ofDciai declaration of tbe physicians phy-sicians who attended the pope during his last illness is published. It states that the immediate cause of death was paralysis of the lungs. Tho Italian prefects and military authorities have been ordered to pay the lato pope sovereign honors, but await an ecclesiastical invitation .he-lore- attending the funeral. ine llano says the congregation ot cardinals has decided, only by a ma joriiy ol three, to hold the conclave in Rome. It will await the arrival of fore'gn cardinals before taking any final resolution. All the cardinals here, except Monaignora A mat and Ponabianco, woe aresick.attendedthe preliminary congregation in the hall of the consistory con-sistory to day. They decided that the pope Bhrjuld lie in state three days in iIk- basilica oSt. Peter's. Tho cero-monifs cero-monifs will last altogether nine days, after which the conclave will meet. The Italian court and ministry have notified the Cardinal Vicar that they will attend the funeral, if proper places arc allotted them. At Naples, the bourse, theatres, acd tho maturity of shops are closed. In Ppain, the churches will ba draped in black for ten days. |