The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-28 00:00:00

ITALY.

The following documents were posted on the walls
of Rome on the 20th :

MANIFESTO OF THE POPE.

POPE PIUS IX. TO MS WELL-BELOVED SUBJECTS.
Scarcely had the valiant armies of the Catholic powers,
who, with a true filial devotedness, have co-operated in
the re establishment of our liberty and of our independ-
ance in the temporal government of the States of the Holy
See, delivered you from that tyranny which oppressed
you in a thousand ways, than we not only addressed
hymns of gratitude to the Almighty, but we at the same
time hastened to send to Rome a governmental commis-
?nun, in the person of three considerable prelates. They
were charged to resume in our name the rains of civil
government, and to advise on the measures which were
cdlled for by circumstances for the interest of order,
security,
and public tranquillity. Wo arc occupied
in establishing the bases of institutions calculated
to secure to you, our well-beloved subjects, suitable
liberties, and at the same time to secure our inch pen-
d,.ence, which lie are obliged to preserve intact in the
lace of the universe. This meavare has for object to
satisfy those who have merited our kindness and our
esteem, and to undeceive those unfortunate, misguided
men who had taken advantage of our concessions to
overthrow social order. To convince every one that we
have only at heart your true and permanent prosperity.
wo have, of our own accord and with the full know-
ledge and plenitude of our authority, decreed as
follows:
" Art. 1. There is instituted at Rome a Council of
State. It shall gire its advice on bills before they are
submitted to the sovereign sanction. It shall examine
all important questions in each branch of the public ad-
ministration on which it shall be consulted by us or by
our Ministers. A special law shall determine the num-
ber and the quality of the councillors, their duties, their
prerogatives, the rule of their discussions, and all that
may be connected with the regular working of so impor.
taut a concession.

" Art. 2. A State Consulta shall be instituted fur the
finances. It shall give its opinion of the budget of the
State, it shall examine into the expenses, it shall advise
on the establishment of new taxes and on the reduction
of existing ones, on the best mode of assessment, on the
most advisable means to be adopted for the re-establish-
ment of commerce, and on all which concerns the in-
terests of the public treasury. The members of the
Consulta shall be chosen by us from lists presented by
the provincial council 4. Their number shall be propor-
tioned to that of the provinces, which number may be
increased by a determinate addition of persms which we
shall reserve to us the right to name. A special law
shall determine the mode presentation of the members
of the Consulta, their requisite qualifications, the mode
of managing the affdirs of the finances, anti all which
may effectually and promptly contribute to the re-
organisation of that important branch of the public
service.

" Art. 3. The institution of the provincial councils is
confirmed. The councillors shall be chosen by us from
listi presented by the communal councils. The provin-
cial councillors shad discuss the local interests of the
province, the expenses to be bid to its charge, and the
accounts of receipts and expenses of the interior admi-
nistratiJn ; Oita administration shall be directed by an
administrative commission chosen by each provisional
council, and for which it shall be responsible. Some of
the members of the provincial council shall be chosen to
form part of the council of the chief town of the pro
viece, to assist in the functions which fall on the munici
panties. A special law shall determine the mode of pre-
sentation, the qualifications and the number of the coun-
cillors for each province, their duties, and the relations
which are to exist between the provincial administrations
and the great interests of the state, and the limit to
which the latter is to extend.

" Art. 4. The representatives and the municipal ad-
ministrations will enjoy the most extensive franchises as
far as regards the local interest of the communes. The
election of the municipal councillors shell be based on a
large number of electors, principally having regard to
property. These elected, besides those qualifications
which are intrinsicelly necessary, must be in the pay-
ment of a certain amount of taxes which shall be deter-
mined by a law. The chiefs of communes shall be
named by us, and their deputies by the govern3rs of the
province
from a triple list presented by the communal
council. A special law ehall determine the qaalifica-
tions and the number of the communal councillor s, the.
mode of election, the number of members of the mu-
nicipal administration, and shall regulate the duties
thereof, making them consistent with interests of the
province. _ _

" Art. 5. The reforms and ameliorations shall also
extol(' themselves to judicial order, as well as to the
civil, criminal, and administrative legislation. A com-
mission shall be named to occupy themselves with this
important object._

Art. 6. Pinally,heing alviays led by the inclination
of our paternal heart towards indulgence and pardon,
we wish on this occasion to perform an act of clemency
towards the misguided nim who were impelled to felony
and to revolt by the seductions, the incertitude, and per-
haps by the inertness of others. We must fmve present
to our mind in this circumstance what is called for by
justice, by the rights of others oppressed or destroyed,
by the duty which is incumbent on us to protect you
against the return of the misfortunes which have over-
whelmed you, by the obligation to remove you from
the pernicious influences of the corrupters of all morally,
and from the enemies of the Catholic religion, that eternal
source of all happiness, of all social prosperity, which
has caused your glory, and which distinguishes
you as an elect family of God, and favoured with
his especial gifts. these feelings we will
that there shall be published in cur name an
amnesty, for the penalties incurred by ell those who,
within limits which shall be chtermined, shall not be ex-
cluded from this benefit. Such are the dispositions
which, for your welfare, we have thought it our duty to
publish before God. J the same time that they are
compatible with the duties of our Apostolic functions, we
have the firm conviction that they may, if faithfully
executed, produce the happy result which is desired by
enlightened and honest men. 1 have for guarantee the
just sentiment of each of you, whose heart sighs for
happiness in proportion to the trials undergone. But,
above all things, let us put our confidence in God, who,
even in the midst of a just anger, never forgets his mercy.
" Done at Nantes, in the Faubourg of Portici, the 12th
September:lB49, and in the fourth year of our Pon-
tificate. "Plus P.P. IX."
With the me* praprio of his HourtEss has been
published the following notification :