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tory, held on Sept. 4th. His Holi- 
ness begins this address with in- 
forming his “ venerable brothers” 
that he could have wished to apprise 
them earlier of the restitution of 
several of their provinces, but 
that he waited for its completion. 
He acquaints them that Cardinal 
Gonsalvi, after fulfilling the com- 
mission with which he was charg- 
ed to his most Christian Majesty, 
proceeded to London, where were 
assembled the allied sovereigns, 
with the exception of the Emperor 
Francis, and renewed a spectacle 
which had not been seen for two 
centuries, that of the public ap- 
pearance of a Cardinal Legate, 
decorated with the distinguishing 
marks of his dignity. He was 
received (the Pope says) at the 
court of the Prince Regent, with 
such marks of kindness and at- 
tachment to our person, that it 
was impossible to manifest more. 
The legate then delivered a brief 
to each of the sovereigns, soli- 
citing the restitution of the pro- 
vinces of which the Holy See had 
been deprived, and stating its 
rights to them. The departure 
of the legate to the congress at 
Vienna is then mentioned, and 
his conduct there, the result of 
which was the restoration of the 
three Legations. For this event 
acknowledgments are made to 
those Princes who do not belong 
to the Romish church, and parti- 
cular gratitude is expressed to the 
Prince Regent of England for his 
earnestness in their behalf, which 
was of great advantage to their 
cause at the congress. The Pope 
then confesses that his joy at this 
restitution is somewhat abated by 
the still continued retention of the 
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province of Avignon and the 
countyjof Venaissin within France, 
and the province of Ferrara on 
the left bank of the Po, belonging 
to the Holy See as much as the 
restored parts, and of which he 
does not despair the restitution, 
or at least an equivalent compen- 
sation, Proceeding to spiritual 
concerns, he mentions that the 
legatehad been instructed toseize 
the opportunity presented by the 
projected establishment of the af- 
fairs of Germany, to secure upon 
their ancient footing the interests 
of the Catholic church in that 
country: but that hislabours had 
not hitherto produced any effects, 
the congress having been dis- 
solved without any definitive ar- 
rangement. 
The attempts of the papal court 
to restore the ancient order of 
things evenin Italy were not every 
where alike successful. At Flo- 
rence the're-introduction of Mort- 
main, and the re-establishment 
of the religious orders, met with 
difficulties from the government ; 
and inthe Austrian dominions of 
Italy little regard was paid to the 
wishes of the Pope. The King 
of Sardinia, on the other hand, 
showed himself an obedient ‘son 
of the church; and some useful 
public establishments were ob- 
liged to give way to the return of 
monks and nuns. That Sove- 
reign, and those of Sicily and 
Spain, appear to have been the 
only Catholic monarchs who yield- 
ed to the application for restoring 
the order of Jesuits in their do- 
minions. 
The occupation of Elba by the 
Grand Duke of Florence, though 
an event of no considerable im- 
