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pletely abandoned. It is only 

 with .'ime, patience, and great 

 circumspection, that we can re- 

 cover what we have lost. If any 

 thing could console us, it is the 

 conclusion of the negotiations 

 with France. That business is 

 no longer a mystery. His Holi- 

 ness made known in the Con- 

 sistoiy of the 23d, the happy re- 

 sults of the policy of the church 

 of Rome in that delicate and im- 

 portant affair. This much is said 

 to be certain — The Concordat 

 concluded under the Government 

 of the Usurper is annulled, and 

 things are replaced on the foot- 

 ing of the statu quo established by 

 the Concordat between Leo X. 

 and Francis I. with some modi- 

 fications. The affair has been 

 discussed directly between the 

 two sovereigns, by autograph 

 letters. Secrecy has prevailed 

 throughout the progress of the 

 negotiation, and nothing was al- 



lowed to transpire to the public 

 until all was finished." 



In the other parts of Italy, no 

 public events have occurred dur- 

 ing the present year, which re- 

 quire historical notice. States 

 fm-merly independent, having in 

 the late general settlement of Eu- 

 rope been portioned off among 

 greater powers, of whose domi- 

 nions they are rendered mere ap- 

 pendages, have lost all political 

 existence, and can only partici- 

 pate in the movements of greater 

 machines. Complaints of con- 

 scious debility have been occa- 

 sionally heard J and an accotint 

 transmitted from \'enice, of the 

 depredations practised in the Adri- 

 atic by Albanian pirates, was ac- 

 companied with an indignant re- 

 flection on the powerlessiiess of 

 Italy to guard her own seas, which 

 office was delegated to the marine 

 of England, by which it was im- 

 perfectly executed. 



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