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The Allgenteine Zeitung, of the lgth, received this
morning, contains the following article from Rome:

ItOMR, Auourt 19.

There is no doubt that a plan for reducing the whole
of the military force of the Papal dominions was in
contemplation ; it is said that it was to be diminished
one half. eery person most regret that like many
others, this plan, which would have essentially relieved
the burdens of the people, and have allowed of the
application of the sums thus spared, to the advantage
of the country in.-general, has been defeated, by cir-
cuinstances over wirich the will of the Pope has no
*coutroul. It k certain that Leo XII. depending on the
spirituel power which the G.)vernment exercises over
its subjects. and cotorinced of the truth cf the prindiple
that when a Sovereign places confidence in his people,
the latter, as a whole, is never ungrateful, was ready to
make this reduction without any political uneasiness.
But it is said that such urgent remonstrances against

his measure were made ta.ltim from abroad,•that be
wsas obliged to comply ; but he may have thought that
the crimes of a few wretches, of the dregs of the
people, might be suppressed by the ordinary proceed-
ings of the Criminal Courts, without a permanent mili-

tar? force.

It may be easily supposed that discontent is excited by
the reforms of his Holiness, who wishes to remove the
abuses that prey on the vitals of the State, especially in
the Finance department (reverenda camera apostolica) ;
but a late and striking example has shewn how unne•
cessary these reforms are. Nine clerks in the Computis-
feria bad not shewn themselves in the office a single
day in the whole monartifJuly, (in which it has hitherto
been the fashion, on account of the hot weather, to keep
holichry); but at the end of the month they came to re-
ceive their salary. Instead of this, however, they re-
ceived their discharge; and were told, that their absence
having been considered as a voluntary resignation of
their places, they had already beeq given to others.
With respect to the provinces, his Holiness seems
resolved to take a very rigorous measure, which is, there-
fore, extremely 'repugnant to his feelings, but is, unhap-
pily, the only one likely to prove efficacious: military
tribunals are to be established there, which are to decide
promptly, and without appeal, in cases of homicide and
carbonarism that for R avenna is already appointed.—
Under the super intendance of a Prelate, it will be chiefly
directed by Col. Ruvinetto, of the gendarmerie, who
has performed such services against the banditry of the
Campagna and Maritime. Very severe penalties are
again denounced against the bearing of arms. The
dislike, entertained in Ravenna towards the Cardinal
pegate seems not to have abated, though, as it is said, by
a special ordinance, the Carbonari, condemned a year
ago to the galleys or other punishments, have had half
of the penalty remitted. It is said that a paper was
posted up on his palace, with the words " Quod differtur
sou offirtur."

The following is a new instance of the noble and un-
suspicious disposition of his Holiness. Four of the
Neapolitan exiles who have sought refuge at Rome,
had a dispute with a Roman, who challenged them.
They appeared at the place appointed, where they found
instead of the Roman, half a dozen Gem d'Armes, who
arrested them, and took them before the Police, by
which they were condemned to leave Rome, because,
as the Roman affirmed, they had spoken ill of the Go-
vernment. They appealed to the Pope, who pardoned
them, merely imposing on them eight days' penance.
—Unpleasant reports are received from the Kingdom
of Naples. It is not only said that troops of banditti
are forming on the frontiers, and towards the Abruzzi ;
but the letters speak of great discontent, especially in
Calabria and Puglia, where the new Excise system was
very disagreeable to the people.
We bear of a hortatory letter said to have been ad-
dressed by the Pope, at the instance of the French
Court, to the province of Poston, and which is reported
to bear the following title : u Ad Galles dissideites
pre-
sertins Diocese Pictaviensis fui vsdgo Anticoncordalisite

appellantun Exhorlatio."
If we may believe persons who affirm that they have
read this document, a kind of schism has broken out
among the Clergy of the diocese of Vienne, to which
Poitiers belongs, which consists in this, that a great
part of them—viz. all the Priests who remained faithful
to the Constitution of the Church existing before the
Revolution, have withdrawn themselves from the two
concordats of 1801 and 1817, and accordingly have
renounced spiritual obedience to the Bishop.

French Papers to the 18th inst. and the Etoik of Mon-
day, have been received. Accounts from St. Peters-
burgh to the end of August, make no further mention
of the Persian invasion. The Constitutionnel gives a
long letter from Coustantinope, dated August 12, which
states that it is the intention of the SULTAN to make a
levy of 300,000 men, to replace the immense numbers
of Janissaries, wto can no longer be considered or
trusted as soldiers of the State, even when they consent
to serve in the new corps to which they are attached.
The writer, however, draws a lamentable picture of thel
finances of the empire, and contends that an addition ofl
100,000 is the utmost that can be made to its military
force. Meanwhile we are told that the SULTA N continues
his plans and his exercises ; fences with a spear, fires a
pistol in the dress, and with as much correctness as a
Cossack, and turns the whole capital, lately the seat of
slaughter and conflagration, “into a dancing room,
where the Mufti amuses himself with singing *des,
*ended as epitaphs upon Christianity, which he ,pur-
poses to regenerate at the point of the bayonet."

The following is from a French Raper :

M. MORlERitonsul General from England, set off on
Thursday for London, and returned again on Saturday
evening. We were well informed, in speaking of the
discussions between our Commissioners and those of
England. It appears that these discussions took place
in consequence of an English Governer claiming a sum
he bad advanced 30 years.ago to one of the Governors
a our Colonies, for the public service, for which he had
received a Pill of Exchange on the Treasury of France,
and the Bill was accepted by the French Government
•but by some neglect of the clerk it was mislaid, and the
Minister now disgusts its validity. When further par-
ticulars come to our knowledge, we sill publish them.

We are, as every public Journalist should be, ever
ready to hold up to public observation and comment
any arbitrary proceedings of Magistrates or other per-
sons in office, or any decisions of theirs which may ex-
ceed their legal authoriiy, and trench upon the liberty
of ,the subject. It is, however, equally our duty to set
the public right in cases where Magistrates are er-
roneously supposed to have stretched their powts, it
being very important that the administration of justice,

in any par t of the country, should be free even from
suspicion: With this view we copy tCe following from
the Cinque Ports Herald of Sunday:
„
s.syrsos TO BOATMIT Ala Orness.—On Tiesday. the 12tb,
Thomas Marsh, Thomas &erre, John Lawes, William Basuto,
and William Stevenson, all of Folkstone, were convicted (the three
forme► for the naval service, and the two latter in the penalty of one
hundred pounds each) before James Brockman and George Stringer,
Esqs. Justices of the County, for having been on board the Susanna
boat, to which some half ankers were seen to be attached while at
sea, off Folkstone, on the 4th inst. and on the arrival of the boat in
Folkstone harbour, she with the crew were seized by Lieutenant
Brockensha, of the Coast Blockade at that plate, although the half
ankers were not discovered. The three men fit for the Navy, were
immediately after conviction, impressed, and sent on board the
Ramillies in the Downs ; and the two convicted in the penalty, in
default of payment were sent to Maidstone Gaol.

And from another part of the same Paper, the follow.
ing observations, written with a creditable moderation,
but which cannot fail to leave an impression that the
smugglers in question have been illegally convicted by
Magistrates for the county of Kent :
A statement of the recent proceedings against five Folkston Boat.
men has been received; the insertion of which, would subject us to air

action for libel. We presume that conclusive evidence was adduced
upon which the Magistrates decided on a conviction agreeably to the
'recent Act; and although so convicted the parties have the right of
appeal to a higher power, and of representing the grievance which is
alleged, by the County Magistrates deciding upon a case within the
jurisdiction of the Folkstone Justices.

Now, all doubts on this subject will be at once re-
moved by turning to the Act 6 Gao. IV. Cap.loB, Sec.
74; by which it it enacted, that all smuggling offences
on the high seas, are to be deemed. to have been com-
mitted at the place where the offenders are taken ; and
that offences committed in any city, borough, &c. shall
be deemed to have been committed within the county
in which such city, borough, &c. is situated, and that any
Justices of such county shall have jurisdiction to hear
and determine the same.

Much useful information on this subject, to Magis-
trates, Revenue Officers, and others, will be found in a
small Epitome lately published, called The New Smug-
gling Prevention Act, with notes, referring to the •arious
cases, decided on seizures, convictions, and penalties.