Star.
London, England, 1814-09-09 00:00:00

TURIN, AUGUST 27.

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, being desi-
rous to our Sovereign a fresh proof of his friend-
ship, and at the same time to rc-establish the ancient
relations of amity which existed between the two
St :le.>, has ordered a complete evacuation of the pro-
yinces ct. Savoy, which were sill occupied by his
troops. His Majesty yielding to the prayers of the
inhabitants of these Provinces, anxious to be taken
once more under the dominion of a Royal Family
which has rendered them so happy during many ages,
has resolved to re-create the Royal Sen Ate of S Iv&

His Majesty has appointed Galleani
ano his Commissioner Plenipot,i.tiary to take posse:.
sions in his name, of the Provinces of Savoy.

ROME, AUGUS O.

Cardinal Pacca, Under Secretary of State, ,has
published an Edict, which forbids all secret associa-
tions, and particularly that of Freemasons. The tul.
lowing are the principal Articles:
" 1. Confotmably to the Orders and Edicti of
Clement XII. and Benedict XIV. which pronounce
excommunication, ipso facto, against the members of
secret societies, and particularly that of Freemasons,
it is forbidden that any inhabitant of Rome or Ru-
ntish. States should continue, should re-establish, or
continuer, 114 assemblies called Freemasons% or any
other similar associations, whatever name they may
bear.
" 2. It is also forbidden to any pets ,n to be pre-
even Once, at ;thy of these assemblies, er to pro-
cur.. members to the society. 'lshii prohibition ex-
tends to those Roman snbjects who maintain direct
or indirect intercourse with the societies already exis-
ting, or which may hereafter be formed, out of the
domains of the Sovereign Pontiff.
a• It is not permitted that any person shall have
in his possession, or to have with his power, instru-
ments, armorial bearings, emblems, statutes, memo-
rials, patents, or any other thing appertaining to the
said associations.
.14 4. Every person who shall be acquainted with
any members of their secret societies, shall instantly
give information either to the Governor of Rome, to
the Commandant of the Province or to the Apostolic
Delegates. Those who shall give such intelligence
may depend upon inviolable secrecy. The punish-
ment to which they would be liable either as accom-
plices, shall be remitted, and a pecuniary recompense
shall be made to them at the charge of the criminal,
as often as sufficient proof shall be afforded. His
Holiness is anxious to remove all idea that there is
any .thing disgraceful or dishonourable in these die.
closures, which are of equal importance to religion
and to the State. In consegnence, all persons -ari
absolved from the oaths they may have taken, which
can be contemplated only as a bond of wickedness.
" 5. The punishments to be assigned to offenders
in this Edict stet proportioned to the nature and.cir-
eumstances of the crime ; they are very heavy corpo-
ral inflictions, and consequent partial or complete
confiscation of property, personal and impersonal, of
v,ltic!i one portion shall go to the Judged and agents
it, the Tribunal who have effectually contributed to
e c sptitre and conviction of the offender.
" 6. All palaces, all town and country houses, all
buildings, or walled and inclosed places, which shall
be employed by thew assoclatious or lodges (as
they are termed) as soon as legal evidence has bcen
obtained, shall beleng to the Exchequer, excepting
in cases vihere the proprietors shall establish that it
was without their 'knowledge that these assemblies
were held."
The principal mdtives that have led to such an
Edict a, e as disclosed as follow :
e. The dark machinations." says Cardinal Parra,
44 w.tich accompany the formula, the ceremonies, the
tat s, and the oaths taken to keep a'secretatleastaesii
vicious, and especially the coligreptien of persons
it all tanks and nations, whatever be theseemorais or
cleir intormation, are all reasons which lead hoe.
arty r. the virposition that the design of these
member; are directed not only against divines, but
t.v:n against religion, sad more particularly-against

th. religion or Jesus Orals?, 'cif which the Roman
Pontiff was constituted the chief and the guardian by
the DIVIVII FOUNDER himself."
The Jesuits have been again put in possession of
the three houses which they occupied in Rome at the
time of their suppression. The Noviciate of St. An.
drew of Monte Cavallo is to be immediately opened,
and it appears that it will bs very numerous. It is
calculated, that there are already two hundred Je-
suits in Rome.