THE ADVICE OF THE ALLIED POWERS TO THE COURT OF ROME.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 235, 30 August 1848, Page 3

THE ADVICE OF THE ALLIED POWERS TO THE COURT OF ROME.

On the 28th Feb. the House of Commons addressed her Mhjesty for a copy of the representation made to the Roinim Government by the Allied Powers in the year 1831, advising it to adopt certain reforms and improvements. Tl>e Queen has commanded this interesting state paper to be presented to Pailiaraent. It appears that on the 21st of May, 1831, the representatives of the five " great" Powers at the Court of tho Vaticun came to the resolution at once to present their proposition for the reorga'.izntiou of the administration of the Papal States, formally and explicitly, to the Cardinal Secretary of Stnfe. ( |This proposition was embodied In the following " Memorandum," of the which we subjoiu a translation fioin the oiiginal French i — " MEMORANDUM. " I. It appeals to tha representatives of the Five Power 3 that-, as regard* the State of the Church, tlieie are two fundamental points important in tlieir bearings upon the gvneial interests of Europe :—: — " I. That the Government of the State should be established on solid foundations by the ameliorations meditated and announced by his Holiness himself at the commencement of his reign. •' 2. That these amelioialions, which, according to the expression of tlis edict of his Eminence Cardinal Bernetti, will found a new era for the subjects of hii Holiness, should, by an internal guarantee, be insured against the changes inherent in the nature of all representative Government". " 11. For the attainment of this salutary end, which, on account of the geographical and social position of the States of the Church, >= a subject of European interest, it appears in iispensable that the organic declaration of his Holiness should sec out from two vital principles:— " 1. From ths application of the ameliorations in question not only to the provinces in which the revolution has broken out, but also to those winch have remained faithful, and to the capital as well. •' From the general admis-ibility of laymen to administrative and judicial functions. " 111. The same ameliorations ou^ht (as it appears to the Powtis) to embracr, in the fust instance, the judicial system and that of the municipal and provincial administration. " A. As regards the judicial order, it appears that the complete execution and consistent development of the promises and principles of the Motit Proptio of 1816 present the surest and most efficacious means of rediessing the general grievances relative to this interesting department of social organization. " B. As ie;aul« the local administration, it appears tint the re-establishment and general organization of municipalities elected by the peop'e, and the iounJation of muni( ip. 1 franchises in order to regulate the action of th se municipalities in the local interests of the communes, must torm the indispensable basia of c\e y acini nistrative amelioration. •• In ths second place, the oiguivzation of provincial council ;> — either of a permanent administrative council distined to aid ths Governor of the province in the execution of hit functions, with suitable attributes, or of a more nuoie r ous ns<«eml>ly taken from the boioms of the new municipalitids, and destined to be consulted respecting the most important interests of the province —appears txtremdy useful for the purpose of pivmg the way to the amtlioiation and simplification of the provisional administration, of distributing taxation equally, and of enl'ghtening the Government respecting the real necessities of the province. •' IV. The immense importance of a regular state of finance and such vn admin'straiion of the public debt as would alTord the guarantee sn desirable for the financial credit of the Government, and would so essentiully contribute to augment its rcsouices anden&ure'usindependence, appeals to render indispensable the establishment of a central institution in the capital, charged, as Supreme Court of Accounts, with the control of the annual budget in each branch of the civil and military administration, and the surveilanco of the public debt, with attributes, corresponding with the great aud salutaty end proposed to be attained. •' The greater the independence of such an ins'itution, and the closer the impression of the intimate union of the Government and the cotiuiry, the more will it respond to the benevolent intentions of the Sovereign, and the general expectation of the people. '•It appears that for the attainment of this object persons ought to sit in this assembly chosen by local councils, and forming, with councillors of the Government, a junta, or administrative consulta. Such a junta would, or would not, form part of the Council of State, the members of which would be chosen by the Sovereign from the notables eminent by birth, fortune, or administrative ability. •' Without one or fceveral central establishments of this na'ure, intimately connected with the notables of a country so rich in aristocratic and conservative elements, it appears that the nature of an Elective Government would necesiarily deprive the leforms which will redound to the eternal glory of the reigning Pontiff, of that stability the want of which is generally and powerfully felt, and which will be still more sensibly felt in proportion ai the benefits of the Pontiff are great and precious."— Watchman, March 22.

Sentiments of Odilmon Barrot.— At ft meeting of the electoral committee of Laon, M. Odillion Bairot took occasion to express his sentiments. Speaking of the late government, he said, amidst load applause, he had combuted its policy with perseverance and wish some energy ; but now that it was overthrown hs had not the heart to trample on it. After some general observation?, he went on to say :— " My <lear fell w citizens— Above all governments \s the sovereignty of the nation ! By the fall of the late government the people has found itself sufficiently repossessed of all its supremacy, and it is that sovereignly you are now about to exercise. This high mission imposes on you all the weightiest duties, for we can say without exaggeration that on the choice you shall make, on the constitution which yonr representatives are called on to found, depend the destinies, not on y of France, but of the whole civilized world." He spoke slighting!} oftluhewho would wish the people to believe th<?\ were not educated enough to exercise the franchise ; and of ihose who would persuade them (hat theio uab no necessity to have enlightened reprcicnta'ms. As to the form of Government, lie said, " I will be the first to recognise it, because I think that the repi blicao form of Government is, from the piessnt moment, at least in fuct, definitely and irrevocably acquneL (acf/uhe) to this country. Foo'ish and ciminal should LGhi who look back and meditate on any species q.

tnonarHfiical restoration." Henvo«'cd I'dilly that lie liad been a republican ; that all he had contemplated i* his opposition for seventeen years to the governnie-.t was to attain great refoims and to have a purlin I y constitutional monarchy. He concluded with qrnnal reflections on the deficiency of all governments, unless the people posiesaed courncje and perseverance in. looking after them. In the snocch tl-cre does no{ appear to be any avowal of »h lulcntion to solicit the buflraeos of ihe electois.

A French Jri'Y.— A parcel of lettci s w found amonp; the pipers of M.Gabriel DcU>ss>eit, Ihe late prefect ol police, wtiiteu by a person of the mine of Delahodo, who. it turns out wui a Fj\y of the police, under the late Government. This man Di-lahode hail contrived to acquire a consulorable depree of influence among the republicans, lie was in possession of nil their secrets, and w»a even un occasional editor of the lieforme, one of their principal organs. So great Wj3 the faith placed in him, that after the abdication le was appointed by the Provisional Government cecictary to one of the most important commissions. The letters found are to the number of 500. They go back for some yeirs, and the last is written as laic as the iiffernoon of the 23rd February — that is to say, the second of the three glorious days In this last letter he inlorms M. Delessert that he has at Lu.t induced the republicans to make a stand in the streets-— that the most ardent republicans were that evening, at eight o'clock, to be nt the fort St. Mai tin, and the Port St. Denis, und it' he would send a party of Municipal Guards nt that hour lis might seize the whole of them. M. D;lessert acted, it appears, on tlrs in'ormation. He s' nt tlui Municipal Guards at the hour appointed, but they nrrivrd nine minutes before tic hour fixed, and the republican* consequently escaped fulling into the trap. On Sunday, on discovering this corrcjpondence, M. Causidicit-, the republican picftct of who was, himself, one of the person* denounced, anil who had been on intimate terms with Delahode, had him taken into custody. If) the evening a party of indent patriots, who had access to the pribou took him out and carried him before an exteiupoiaiieously-formed military tribunal, which soon found the culprit guilty of U eason and sentenced him to bo sbot. It was with diffi rulty that some of the National Guards prevented them from carrying the sentence immediately into execution, but ultimately they allowed him to be taken back to prison, on the promise that he would he bj cedily brought to trial but'oiu the regular tribuna's.