The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-15 00:00:00

ROME.

The Milanese journal, the 22 Marzo, publishes the
following address to his Holiness, signed by the de-
puties of the Italian Diet at Rome. It is entitled—

" ADDRESS OF THE ITALIAN STATES TO HIS HOLINESS.
" The representatives loudly protest against the inter-
pretation given to the allocation of the Holy Father by
the Consistory of Cardinals. Nationality is the work of
God and not of man. The cause of justice and truth
ought to be proclaimed or defended by him who repre-
sents the incarnation of truth on the earth, and this:: has
been done by the Holy Father as the leader of a religion
of justice and truth. Thus we and the Italian people,
of whom we are the representatives, are sure of ho ving
you always amongst us and before us in the paths of jus-
tice, religion, and liberty.
" We proclaim it, as envoys of Venice, Lombardy, and
Sicily, secure of the approval of our Governments and
the assent of our fellow-countrymen. Prostrate before
you, blessed Father, we implore your paternal benediction
with great humility. We implore it for the Lomb.ird—
fur the Venetian—for the Sicilian—for all Italy."

The following decree of the PorE, dated May 1, is
published by the Roman papers of the 2d :
"Pius PP. IX. When God, by a wonderful elm2ree,
called us to succeed, undeservedly, so many Suvreme
Pontiffs, illustrious for their holiness, their wisdom,
prudence, and other virtues, we recognised at once! the
importance, the immense weight, and the most serious
difficulties of the great charge which God confide d to
us ; and having in our mind raised onr eyes towards
Him with a feeling we frankly admit of discourage-
ment and oppression, we emplored him to enlignten
us with an extraordinary share of wisdom and grace.
We were not ignorant of the position, difficult
under every respect, in which we found ourselves; it
was, therefore, by a miracle of the Lord, that we did
not, in the first months of our pontificate, give way
under the mere consideration of so many evils which
appeared sensibly to undermine our life. The proofs of
affection which a people whom we had every reason to
believe attached to their father and Sovereign con-
stantly gave us were insufficient to calm our ap-
prehensions ; wherefore we turned with redoubled
energy to implore the assistance of God, by the in-
tercession of his Most Holy Mother, of the Holy
Apostles protectors of Rome, and of the other blessed
inhabitants of heaven. This premised, we examined the
rectitude of our intentions, and then, after consulting
several, and sometimes all the cardinals our brethren, we
published all those arrangements relative to the organi-
zation of the state that have successively appeared up to
this day. These were received with the satisfaction
and applause well known to all, and proved an abundant
consolation to our heart. Meantime great events took
place in Italy, and in nearly all Europe, which, by ex-
citing the minds of men, awakened the design of form-
ing Italy into a more united and compact nation, so as
to stand on a level with the other principal ones.
This sentiment caused a part of Italy to pant for
emancipation. The populations rushed to arms, and
with arms in their bands, the contending are still en-
gaged in the struggle. A number of our subjects did
not hesitate to join them, placing themselves under
military chiefs ; still, though organized, and provided
with commanders, they received instructions to stop
at the confines of the state. And these instructions

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subjects who, against our will, are now exposed to the
hazard of warfare. Our words have excited a commotion
which threatens to break out into open violence ; such
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to expect for the numerous proofs he has given
of his love for his people ? Popule mta e, quid feci
tibi ? Do not these ill-advised men see that
besides the enormous excesses with which they would