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ALLOCUTION OF THE.POPg,

RONIE, SEPT. G.
ALLoCuTioN OF u N HOLINESS I'OPF, PIUS VII. It 4

TUE SECRET CONSIVIOXY, MELD TUE
SEPTEMBER, 1615.

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Venerable Brot have' perhaps been .surprised that
to this moment we have mot helm fed our joy to you ; Net
donlit not that it would hare hicreas'ed to satisiactioo could
you haze sooner participated in it.
We would have wished to apirriso:yon earlier of the restitu-
tion of several of our provinces, both that we testify our gra-
titude to the 'Sovereign Dispenser an all and also. to tfte.
glorious Monarchs front whom, next toGod, we have received
so great a Ifindiwas.
lint pow that the Convention relative to the restoration-of
out'-provinces, in execution of the decree Af Cong'ess, is con-
c.:WA with the Minister of ottr dear Son in :Testis Christ
Francis 11. Emperor of Austria, &c. and our j EiSditiiioll com-
pletely established, we 'nay give a.free course t 9,our joy, which
we have with difliculty restN,ini d, and followingst he custom of
the Holy See, let us lejnice at oar success in this business. '
Cardinal Cotisalyi, who was sent to-Paris, folfillcil the corn-
niission to his must Christian Majesty with which we had
.eharg-ed him, and was teryiveil by the King with those demon-
strations of interest and love for us which we had reason to
expect from his high virtues and his piety; and then proceeded
without delay ti)London, -where the Allied'Sovereigns, with
the exception ,of our very dear Son in Jesus Christi Francis 11.
Emperoiof Austria, were assembled.
How could we suppress the feelings of joy and • gratitude
with which we It• vre learning now our Envoy was VC-
crived in the opnlent capital of so Mighty a liing(Con. Ile
there renewed What Lad .not been seen for ta7o centuries, the:
spectacle of a Cardinal Legate and appeared publicly in Lon
don, with the permission.of :the Government, decorated with
the distinguishing marks. of its dignity, in' the same manner as
he would have done in the eapitul of the Christian world.
'Our Legate was lannediatelyadmitted to an andience of his.
Royal Highness the Prince Regent; he delivered to 'hint our
brief, offered tiles our etroginttulations and Our friendshiP, as
well for his Royal Highness as for the valiant Krtglish nation,
which corered itself with such-glory. - . •
-The CardinaLWas tcceived at the Court of the Prioce Be,
gent tcith such marks of kindrYess and-attach ment to our per-
son, that it -a-as inipvssible to manifest more. Anti for this,
reason professing ourselves strongly attached to the' Prince
Regent, and ;to all the classes composirtg that generous na-
tio?), far which we already eherished the strongest inclination,
We most cheerfully embrace this opportunity to give them a
public testimony of our esteem, and of our warmest gratitude.
After delivering our brief to each of the Sovereigns, our Le-
gate submitted to them the cause of the Apostolic See, and
solicited urgently and severally.the restitution of each of the,
provinces; of which the Holy See has been successively iles-
polled, in consetinenee of the revolution which commenced in
1789. He rerresuteil in an official note all the reasdris upon
which the incontestible right of the Holy See are founded,and
in our came implored tic same Sovereigns to be pleased to
take the Rotnish Church under their just protettion.• Such
was the kindness of the Allied Princes,—such are the proofs
which they have given of their good dispositions towards tts,
that we have more. and More reason to congratulate ourselves
on our resolution, and to acknowledge, in a more particular.
manner,- what good grounds we had to place so. much hope on.
CAI- authority and-their kindness.
Ills Hothiess.then notices the departure of the
Legate for the. Congress of Vienna, and his con-
duct there, the result of which was the restoration
of the three Legations ; and thus proceeds -
This glory is also shared by those Prices who do not be-
long to the flourish Church, and whom we have likewise found
filled with good dispositions and kindness towards ns. And
we whom ought' to moire With greater honour than the. most
august Emperor of Russia, Alexander, a Prince as illustrious
for his military glory and his 'victories, as for the wisdom of
his government. This august Monarch took cognizance of
our claims with peculiar friendship, and supported our inte-
rests with all his pewee and authority. Coul4 we pass over

in cliente the services rendered us by Precletic, king Of Prus-
sia, who leas constantly sheWn himself disposed ini our favour?
Ntire have the sannj aibligationl_to Charles, King of Sweden,
who ha's voluntarily eonctn-red in, and so ardently wished for
; the settlement of oar afrairS. But hoW Can.. we abstain
from'anew expressing our gratitude to ICei Royal Highness the
Print:e egent of England, who has been so earnest in OW*
. behalf. that the orders which lie himself gave have been of
great'advantag-e td*our interests the Congress of Viennal.
We acknowledge that we are the more obliged to these Princes,
because th'ey had fewer Motives for supporting and protecting.
the cause of the APostolic'See. We will not finally forget
the Ministers Plenipotentiary .by whom the import affairs
Of the Princes have been diseu‘s'ed at the Congress ; their ser-
vlces have been :narked in oar behtilf, mid by seconding with
. their. counsels and influence the excellent dispOsitions of their
Sovesvigiis, they have creatly contributed to the happy issue
of the tnisiness of the Church.,
Let sic lun,iEy confess, 0 venerable father that Ih-eon:-
potation which we experience at the restitution •of the
buses iif Which• we. have spOlten, has not been so entire as
• we had hoped, in that tlic province of Avignon, acquired by
the Holy See, and possessed for (irk: centuries, 'the county of
-,Venaissi a likewise, po,:esseil by it during 'a longer space,
and lastly, the province of Ferrara, situated on the left
bank of the PO, al.l districts behinging- to tile Holy 'See as
ranch as the tAtter ecclesiastical domains, remain still sepa-'
-rated from their lec:itimate sovcrei4n. We h:•vt.Yhroeigli
then
miu'istry of our Legate Jaid our reclatnations on this-subject,
be toretongress ; we have moreover petitioned our dearly.
hi iiveil suns in Jesus Christ, Eniprin. of Anstri,s,
and Louis, Old most Christian King, render whose government
these conntries lie,.that they would .with that nnignanimity
which itelopiS to them; restore them to "the, Holy See. We.
Ivipe that our, hthours will not b'c unproductive. We have
placed great con fide dee in the t ried religion and piety of these
two'Prinees, and we doubt not but that sovereigns•so great,.
'so powerful, will perfect their glory, either by restoring- to
us the possession of territ,n-ies which Itching to Saint Peter,
or indemnifying us for their lass by sonic ezitilValent eutopen-
Maims. •

• ;Nevertheless, that the. delay of restitution or compensa-
tion 'might not prejudice the rights of the Holy See, our Le-
gate mode a legal 10.'"otest to Congress against their retention
both in oat\ name and.in that of the Apostolic See.
After this, the Holy Father prOCeeds to detail
the state of the spiritual concerns of the Papacy.
He mentions'that his Legate had been instructed
to seize the favourable opportunity which the pro-
jected re-establishment of the affairs of Germany
might present, to secure inthat cOuntry the interests
of the Catholic Church upon their ancient footing ;
that he had laboured for that pnrpose during the
whQle time 4.f the - sittings of Congress ; that he
had "more particularly endeavoured to exert the
influence of his mission, with the Committee to
whose management the settlement of the Ger-
manic interests had‘been entrusted, and that hopes
had at one. time been entertained of the so much
desired success, but that finally Congress had been
dissared without any'definitive arrangement, and
that the Legate could do nothing further than"
present a note to the AneaSsadots..of the different
Ppwers relative to this impor6nt suliject. His
Holiness expresses strong hopes, that at a second
Congress of the Powers of Europe the ecclesias-
tical affairs, and particularly the rights of the
Church of Germany, meet with a pious,de-
liberation and a wise adjustment• lie ilJen Con-
cludes with an encomium on the fidelity and ta.-
-lents. of his, Legate, and with prayers to the Virgin
niry and the Apostles *for their .intereessipn in
behalf of the Church.