Star.
London, England, 1831-05-12 00:00:00

ANSWIER.

" The undersigned Cardinal, Pro-secretary of State. has the honour ,
to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's note, dated yeatertlay. ,
and to assure you that, according ro the strict obligations of his duty,
he loot no time in laying it before his Holiness' adding at the same
time an accurate account of what you had stated in the conference with
which you had favoured him.
" The Iloly Father, sensible of the obliging expressions conveyed in
your vote, both in the name of his Most Christian Majesty and from
yourself, has, in the first place, directed the undersigned to return the
most distinct and sincere thanks. In the next, with reference to the
important object of the said note, he cannot dissemble the great surprise
he has felt, upon reading a protest. upon the part and in the name of
his said Majesty, against the generous succour granted by the Emperor
of Austria, for the purpose of subduing a gang of rebels, who had taken
upon themselves to overturn, by force of arms, the Pontifical Govern-
ment;
and also, upon perceiving the implored succour btylL d au occu.
potion ; as well as upon being informed :hat the governmcm of France
does not consider, as admissible, the principle upon te:tich the said suc-
cour has been accorded—as if such principle and such succour could be
capahla of disuniting the peace of Europe.
" The Holy Father, most anxious to make known to the whole
world, the unchangeable purity of his intentions, and more especially
those which may, in any respect, relate to the interest of his August
Allies, could not more clearly explain his conduct, with regard to the
present subject, than by candidly stating the events which preceded his
invocation of an Austrian force. The simple narrative of the facts will ,
be preferable to any, however ingenious, argumentation ; which latter,
however, might not prove utterly unavailing, should there be manifest-
ed an inclination to examine the principle* and maxims, whereon is
founded the project now under discussion in Cabinet.
" The Holy Father had scarcely been seated upon the Pontifical
Throne, whey a multitude of turbulent men in Bologna, having con-
federated with the revolted in Modena, arose for the purpose of over-
turning the domination of the Holy See. Their first enterprise was to
arrest, by treachery and audacious violence, the authority which had
been vested in the Pontifical Representative. Having constrained that
person to depart, the rebels constituted themselves as a Provisinnal
Government. This deceived and seduced the troops stationed In that
city. They enrolled them in their own soviee, seized the public mo'ley
for their own purposes, compelled all the citizens to take aims, hoisted
the oi-coloured flag, ploclaitned liberty, and, declaring themselves to
be a nation and power, decreed the Popes to have, de jure el facto.
forfeited all sovereignty over those provinces.
" Such acts were followed by many others of a similar nature, equally
suggested by the ferocious rage of the most unrestrained licentiousness.
Those insurgents believed themselves called to revolutionise the entire
Peninsula ; and, enlisting and arming persons, collected from all classes
of the people, proceeded to assist the rebellious Modenese, and stise.
quently over-running Romagna, and the Duchies of Urbino and
Pesaro, directed their efforts to effect a revolution throughout those
peaceful provinces.
" Unfortunately, the troops of the holy father almost universally
abandoned his standards to till up the ranks of the revolted. These
masses advanced even up to the fortress of Ancona, which, toge-
ther with its entire garrison, after a short ineffectual resistance,fell into
their power.
" %Within a new days, a similar destiny betided the Marches and
Umbria, and, in less than a month, the rebels advanced to within the
immediate vicinity of the capital, hurling against it calumny and insult
and menacing its tranquillity.
" Here also their confederates were not few in number; and if revo-
lution did not actually break forth within these walls, the immunity
is due to the unbounded affection cherished by the people for its prince
and his paternal government."
(To be continued.)