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IRISH ROMAN CAIIHOLICS. e LETTER OF cosGRAITLATioN FROM THE IRISH RO NAN CATHOLIC fIu:LA [Ts, Tr., 1113 HOLINESS PO'E plus VII. To his Holiness Pope Pius VII. the Roman Catholic Pre lates of Ireland. wishing Prosperity. The hope of Christians is at last revived, and the Catholic Cfruch has regained its state and integrity, ID your well-being, good and glorious man of Goo, Pius the Seventh, our Sovereign Pontiff, who, by re• signation .not less than . by chieftaincy, have brought home CHRIST io our view ; and in your most provi. dential deliverance .from those afflictions, which, through one and the same outrage, abased and held captive the supremacy of your holy function, and the majesty of your personal virtues. . To all the several nations ' which, weary of their enslavement - , have burst forth into exertion for the overthrow of Despotism, this event has proved grate ful— to all the good, a snatterff delight; as for the Catholics, it had been the grand object of universal wish, and demand, and prayer. But to us, Holy Fa ther, .who, in :he desolation of the Christian Com monweal, were the foremost to expresi such sorrow, that the v.. ry lamentation of your gloved people of Rome was fully re-echoed by our sighs, on your ac count—who dared to intimate, that such enormous 6-Ituity must be short-lived—who solemnly pro teste.i against any -usurpation on your inviolable riOns during such capnvity--this event has intro &iced more than a return of the Common joy : it has reauzed even the peculiar merit of a victory, humble, in eed, yet allied with, and attendant upon, that ad nit a ,le triumph,. in Which you reign. In the extre ulity of all misfortune, we have proved our adhe %eke to unconquered; ' we therefore shall be uriviieved to avow, with somewhat of ostentation, ol,rattachtitenT, and our jubilee, iii this corjuncture eu all happiness .— Thy right hand, 0 LORD hath wrought for itself renown in mightiness. Thy right hand, 0 Loan ! bath beat in pieces thine enemy ; and in thy multiplied grandeur thou bast laid them IoW who warred against. thee; thou breatliedst thy storm, and a'sea covered them." Ntxt, After the homage of your Holiness, the illus trious *nate of your Cardinals will demand our best and most honouri,ng acclamation. But, in truth, neither would any encomium that we could utter, nor any possible expression of praise, be enough to set forth' the heroic perseverance of that body. Torn stn Ay from your paternal embrace, i m mured in sepa rate prist:ns. collifined to distant places of banishment, fir from crouching under' the trial, they have gained throughout world . an eminent consideration for ni4giv4nim:iy,allegiance, principle, duty, and incor rnptible character: in a word, they have purchased an exceeding renown, and they have saved and res cued this renown ,from the ru i n and conflagration wLieli overwhelmed their exterior dignities. Such renown must endure, and be worshipped in time to came. Through the intervention of your Holiness, we now beg to congratulete our venerable Colleagues, tf3e Bishops of Italy. They also !rave encountered misery, and privations,• and - terror: They have felt lawless authority and expatriation. Their claim is that of Confessors forthe faith.—aheir reputed crime, (a splendid one, assuredly!) had been allegiance to your Holiness. But, ere this, they will have expe., rienced x consoling change. 'Nor ran 'We t'mir to mention your invincible and R : vercilt! Clergy of Role, and of the States perse cattds .is they have been. by thefrantic excess of ty r.;rnt, with deportation into Corsica, or banishment to-the Valtelline. These latter, on their return, will undoubtedly share a distinguished partiality of your Itllittess, now restored. As to fair fame, they will fully .possess it, for they have deserved •nobly. The result of manifold pr.:recce:ions has been to place in esidence this truth--;that the mighty power of CHRIST iii the Catholic Church .cennot be worn out. by the force of time—that in you, and those united with you ti e s same energetic spirit still survives. which of old give.defiance to death, and trampled it down - in the WesSed Martyrs; that wheresoever dwells the.seirit ofCattieq, there also his freedom abides, which knows his immortality to be its own. Let Rdme, the asylum of canonized. Saints, .and • the last strong hold of Religion, lift henceforth the Lead,, which a sanguinary and ignoble domination had. weighed doWn. She may now with safety re collect, that within her precinct the federal altar of Christianity is established for everlasting ; that Apos tles sit these enthroned to deliver judgment to the nations until the world shall end. Let the ashes of her Martyrs exult, artil her Apostolic shrines . give tokens of rejoicing! .And you, the partners in foi.ed ing an. imperishable. Government under CHRIST'S sway, 0 Peter and Paul shall not even your relics be.agit.ited by this joy, for the re-establishment of Pius the Seventh in the place of his home, • and of your tefiose? And, glorious Britain, although divorced from our faith, well may she feel proudly under her burthen of trophhs, and in the enjoyment of her high ambi tion. Is4g,grinciple had been to repulse the strides of Despotism, to vanquish Usurpation, to give back Peace to the world at large. This principle never declined or tottered during the protracted struggle. It but justice to assert, that Britain, as the promi nent lcackr, and the presiding spirit, was that one which raised the standard of Unanimity and Enfran chisement to an utterly despairing world; that she prodigally expended her immense resources and the blood of het pepulation, in sending forth, and in every direction, renowned Generals and invincible armies, of which brave Irish Catholic legions formed a part; whose achievements in Egypt, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and in the heart of France, will, stand forward in his tcry. The measure of Catholic gratitude due to such an. empire is no other than that which may be claimed upon mankind by the deliverer of the human race. We remain persuaded that you, Holy Father, not only are the most 5t to repay this debt of gratitude, on the behalf of all, but may do so with the most splendid effect. • In conclusion, embracing heartily and affectionately the knees of your Holiness, and demanding for our. selves and our Churches your apostolical benediction, we pray that our Loan GOD, JESUS CnersT, as he has miraculously rescued you, ' a successor of Peter, from the arrest of Herod, may prosper you in length d establish your throne in peace. coney, marioott, o . ssost.Fress "*.9 1 . 4 - • cf.days, and t litir t aa . Cschoi l luau a STATE PAPER. ANSWER TO MR. MORIER'S DECLARATION. The undersigned Secretary of State to his Majesty, has had the honour to receive the letter sent under cover to him, and although you are not willing to accept any o ffi cial answer from a Government whose authority and legality you do not acknowledge, you will permit me, in reply to the said Z.:ter, to com municate what I know his Majesty my most gracious Sovereign, wishes you, as the Envoy of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, pal titularly to notice, in judging of the conduct of the Norwegian people and his Majesty towards Great Britain. The Norwegian nation has always regarded Eng land as its best friend and natural ally. In the treaty between Sweden and England, respecting the annex ation of Norway, the English Government exhibited a regard for the liberty and happiness of the Norwe gians, which was sincerely estimated, and served to encourage a hope, that England would never lose sight of what this liberty and happiness consisted of, especially as the Ministers had expressly declared, that they had got guaranteed Norway to Sweden; that is to say, they had not guaranteed the loss of that country's freedom and happiness.- It was con sequently to be hoped, and the Norwegian people did hope, that Great Britain would have proved a friend and protector, who, in securing to the Nor wegians the possession of this benefit, would first ex amine into what it consisted of; and, if it could be accomplished by their being subjected to a State, whose Government has ill-treated the Norwegians, by, even in a time of peace, establishing a most op pressive and disgraceful system of starving a'whole nation, and which has served to increase that national hatred which, it is well known, exists between both neighbours. After such treatment, it is scarcely ne cessary to produce any other evidence, to contradict the assertion of the Crown Prince of Sweden, that the Norwegians wished nothing more than to be united with Sweden under his benevolent guidance. Both you and your Government will feel it incum bent to examine into these truths, for the purpose of laying the foundation for a strong mediation between Norway and Sweden: the most honourable office a great State can undertake, when it is influenced by principles founded upon the rights of nations, and a generous policy. The proceedings of the Diet, and the universal sen timents of the people, will prove to you that a sub jection to Sweden, such as is contemplated in the Treaty of Kiel, was totally incompatible with the happiness and liberty of the Norwegians ; and every Englishman, every one that feels warmly in favour of freedom and national worth, will not be surprised that a nation, who never acknowledged itself to be a province of Denmark. but as a separate and freely united kingdom, should refuse to *ow itself to be given away as moveable property, or any other trans ferable thing; the Spanish nation would not submit to this degradation, and was supported by England in her glorious opposition to the efforts of tyranny. The national feeling, though noble, would, without a director, have produced anarchy and contusion, as no Norwegian would have submitted without resist ance to the entrance of the Swedish troops into the country. It was this consideration that induced the then Stadtholdcr, Prince Christian of Denmark, to take upon him the management of the State. and as Regent to watch over the internal tranquillity and ex ternal safety of the kingdom. He acknowledged that the rights of the people were given back to them by the King of Denm3rk, having discharged them from their oath of ailegianA, and assembled a Diet that the representatives of the people might themselves adopt a national constitution. How these represen tatives appreciated his Highness's kindness towards the people, may be judged of by the address that was presented to him on the 1 lth of April, and, in fact, no Norwegian could possibly mistake his great sacri fices for the state. It will be easy for you to convince yourself of the liberty that• reigned in the delibera tioiss of the Diet ; and evident marks of it appears in the adopted constitution, which is not dictated 11 an ambitiGus Prince, but formed by men truly desirous of promoting the welfare of their country. The ma jority cf these men (as is proved by the :tcts of the Diet) saw the necessity, for the completion of the Censtitntion, that the election of . it King should im mediately take place; and situated as the Regent was, at the head of g tieteimiued people, fully resolv ed to risk all in the defence of their independence and Concitution, he no other choice than imme diately to accept the Crown presented to him by the love and confidence 9f the people. The King has sworn to govern the kingdom of Norway agreeably to the Constitution ; and the Diet, at the same time, presented him will an address, all of which is communicated to you, and wherein the nation utters the wish that peace might be maintain ed and mutually beneficial connections be formed with Sweden ; and expresses its confidence, that the powerful States who lately with so much exertion and success have fought for the restoration of peace and tranquillity to Europe, would not consent to the sub jugation of a people who have given offence to none, and who only demand what the rights of nations' ought to secure to them—liberty and peace ; at the same time adding its determination, in case these hopes Should be disappointed, to prefer the sacrifice of their dearest interest, and even death itself to slavery. His Majesty, at the request of the Diet, bas trans mitted this Declaration to the different Courts, and, of course to that of Great Britain ; and he cannot doubt, but it will be taken into due considerationby a Government which represents a people capable of estimating the value of liberty; and who, if placed in the same situation, would most assuredly be pre pared to make the same sacrifices as the Norwegians. His Majesty is also persuaded, that his Royal High.' ness the Prince Regent of Great Britain, who so well knows what is due from a Constitutional Regent to his people, will not admit that he could ever be capable, of his own authority, of sacrificing the rights of that people, who, with a firm confidence in his integrity, delivered to him the Crown. • It is only the people themselves that, through their Vepresentatives, can undertake to alter the Constitution, or allow of the union of Norway with any other kingdom. ( Vide Contiiitaion 14 and 110.) Every Norwegian, and every Englishman, as well as every one who feels properly for human worth and happiness, must regret that at this period, when the Powers of Europe have conquered a Continental peace, -and restored national liberty, that at this very time the same rowers should unite In acting in oppo sition to principles that hitherto have been their guide, by subduing, at the suggestion of Sweden, a free and respectable people. But as yet, the sword is only halt drawn, and the voice of humanity uttered by truth, which may still be heard by Great Britain, and the other Powers, will, it is to be hoped, cause them to reflect on the undeserved conduct they are about to adopt toward the people of Norway. It mu►t also be acknowledged, that true policy, and even the welfare of the Swedish nation, urges the preference of a reasonable arrangement between Sweden and Norway, whereby liberty and honour would not be compromised, to the renewal of a shed ding of blood in the North ; and in the persuasion, that the Prince Regent of England is possessed of noble, just, and benevolent principles, his Majesty, with the fullest confidence, applies to him to grant his mediation between Norway and Sweden, on a basis, whereby the happiness and liberty of the Nor wegians would be secured: the Norwegian people and their King, demand only the principles of the rights of nations to be acknowledged, and require that the events that have taken place in Norway should he properly known to be justly judged. It is certainly not the attacked, but those that unjustly at tack who urge a war. In conclusion, permit me, by his Majesty's express command, to add, that if the expected mediation of England is not directly in opposition to the constitu tion of the kingdom, or the Declaration of the Diet of the 19th of May, which' for the present are his Ma jesty's undeviating guides, he will IGok upoa it.* his duty to lay.before an assemblage of the States the progress of such mediation; but as three or four months would be required for the assembling cf the Diet, it would be necessary to prevent in the mean time all blood-shed, and which in all probability must be useless; that Great Britain should use her influ ence with Sweden, to procure for Norway, what she has indeed a right to expect from an impartial me diater—a perfect neutrality, a free import and export from and to England, which all Norwegians, accus tomed to view the English as their greatest friends, look upon as their highest advantage. How happy am I in having this opportunity of applying to a man who is a lover of truth, and whom it is my duty to address with that sincerity, which is also expressed in the assurance of esteem with which I remain, Your most obedient servant, Christiana, June 8, 1814. V. HOLTEN. , To J. P. Mortcr, Esq. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUGUST 18. The creation of a new Order, to be called the Or der of the Dove, is talked of. With the consent of the King, the honours are to be distributed by her Royal Highress the Duchess of Angouleme, and it can even be conferred upon females. It is said that the Duke of Wellington has made a considerable purchase of land, in the neighbourhood of Marfontaine, in order to form a race-course. The Prince of Esterhazy has been appointe I Am bassador from Austria to Rome. According to the last intelligence from Vienna, he is immediately to commence his journey. We learn from Ancona, that, by advices from Naples, it ae..,ears that the Sovereign of that K.ng dom has chat} .ed his former title of Joachim Napo leon, King of he Two Sicilies, to Joacliii.l I. King of Naples. PARIS, AUGUST 19. The King has just lost two of his old and faithful servants, the• Dukes ci'Aumont and Villequier, who died each in the 78th year of his age. We learn from Leghorn, that Charles IV. Etc-king of Spain, was expected there with his family, whence it was understood he would proceed to Majorca. We learn from Bayonne, that the Madrid Gazette of the 21st of July contains a Decree of his Majesty Ferdinand VIT. by which the entrance into Spain is forbidden to all Frenchmen ; and all those established it: that kindgom are ordered to depart, under pain of being arrested and imprisoned. The Decree is founded upon there being merely a suspension of hostilities between the two Powers.— We have seen the Madrid Gazette of the 21st July, in which there is no such Decree; but if it has positively appeared, as our correspondent states, it must have been inserted in a Supplement, which we have not received, The Minister of the Interior, the day before yes terday, went to the Chamber of Peers with the law relative to the Liberty of the Press. It was referred to the Committee in the Chamber, and the discussion in a general Sitting will commence when the exami nation in the Cominittees has terminated. PARIS, AUGUST 20, Accounts from Altona state, that in consequence of the hostilities between Sweden and Norway, it was understood that the Russians would advance still farther into Denmark, and take possession of Gluck stad t.—Caricatures rapidly succeed one another, and the windows of the print-shops are surrounded by crowds of amateurs. Many of these productions are laughable, but many may become dangerous if cir culated in the country, and might excite the peasan try to use violence towards the Overseers of the col lection of certain taxes. The same prudence which has restained the liberty of the pen, will, without doubt, repress the licentiousness of the graver. MADRID, AUGUST 7. The Proclamation published at Cadiz by the Cap tain-General Villavicentio, has not produced all the effect that was expected : a continental and maritime blockade must be established, to keep out the intelli gence, whether true or false, which arises from all sides respecting the claims of King Charles IV. Un fortunately, the political edifice raised during the four fast months is net yet solidly established. The dis order of the finances, the coldness of public opinion, the state of America, are so many causes of disquie tude which no declamation can succeed in stifling. It is said chat M. Blaise Ostolazza, and the Reve rend Pere de l'Ataya, have lost some of their Clod influence. It appears that our Minister wishes to concert mea sures for averting the consequences of the dangerous system already adopted, of giving loose to the pas sionli of the people, for the worst purposes, instead of employing them in the accomplishment of some ho nourable purpose. The principal members of the Cortes, who incur red hie Majesty's displeasure, are still in prison ; and it does not appear that they will soon be brought to trial. It is said that they display a great deal of firmness and obstinacy. MADRID, AUGUST f. A Royal ordonuance has just been published, by , which his Majesty abolishes the torture, 314 fcrbids all superior and inferior judges to enploy that kind of punishment towards crimitrils or witnesses, in order to extract from them conlessicns. His Majesty at the same time orders, that in the construction of prisons attention should be paid that they be at once wholesome and secure, in order that those confined may ry.t be subjected to anticipated pz. nishment. He has also sig2lEed his pleasure that soners be set to work. Note of the Editor of the Jcurnil thr Dfbats. —lt would appear that the Decree against Frenchmen, of which our Bayonne corre.:pladent spoke yeste•day, has only been published in Arragon and Cataloaia,• provinces where there have been popular commo tions, and where some Frenchmen, as well as those called their partisans, (lor afran:a::.lo;) have been as- 91 ' Eassinated. A great many reports are 5..:11 current here, as to the intentions of Charles IV. but nothing is positively known. It is probable that the enemies of the exist. big order of things have excited these dangerous ru mours, in order to produce disaffection even among the partisans of the old order cf things, who have had reason to be satisfied with all that has beta hitherto done. The Pope's Nuncio is now *ell repaid for all the affronts which he received t Cadiz. He enjo7s the highest consider:it:on at Court, and every thing is expected from tR,e generosity r.l his sentiments. He is the brother tI,P late Admiral Gravina, distin guished for his iion-...rable character, and by his glo- Timis death, in conicquence of the wounds he received at tlie bath: vi '.lit4lg3r. General Lacy has received orders to repair to Ma drid, and General Louis de Bassecourt, Fri lite Chief of Staff, has been appointed to succeed him as Cap. tain.General Galiicia. We have air:44 taken oc casion to remark, that this officer is of foreign origin. well as the Odunells, oJuly-bins, Wimpffens, and Compignys, Blake, Espagne, Oned, Reding, &c. It is currently rei orted that Ustolaza, the Father Confessor of his Majesty, well known for his tirades in the Cortes, has been ordered to quit this capital, as well as the Reverend Editor of the iltalaya, or La Mancha Sentinel. NAPLES, JULY 28. The division of Neapolitan troops, which formed part of the garrison of DAntzick, arrived on the 12th at Chieti. A privateer, under the Spanish flag, in contempt of good faith, had taken two Neapolitan vessels in our gulf, which it carried to Peliza. The English Commandant of that Isle, consider:ng th it the King of Naples was at peace with his Catholic Majesty, as well as with all other powers, h is seized the privateer, and declared the two captured vessels bad prize, ROME, AUGUST a The feast of St. Ignatius of Lnynla, founder of the Order of the Jesuits, w 45 celebrated (It the 31st ult. with very great pomp, in the church cl Jcsus. An immense concourse of the faithful were present, and a number of Cardinals assisted at the offices. A Decree of his Holiness, dated the SOth of July, orders that the feudal jurisdiction be immediately re l stored to every Baron, with the rights and- ;ill/lieges thereto attached. At the period of the Holy Father's return to Rorr.e, there were 911 persons conriled in the prisons, of whom 600 have been set at liberty. VIENNA, AUGUi 8. There is some talk of establishing mt army of ob servation is Gallicia. Our paper-money still continqes on the decline.--, Some people ascribe this to the Arrival of foreign commerce, which deprives us of our spec;e. We Are assured that the camp of Plaismice, amount ing to 30,000 men, which was to have been formed in the neighbourhood of Minicendorf, towards the end of September, has been countermanded or post poned. GENOA, AUGUST 3. Lord Beatinck has issued a Proclamation, in which he announces that he has appointed the two-thirds of the Members who are to compose our Great and Lesser Council. Auousr 4.—Our commerce is still much fettered by the Corsairs of the Barbary Powers. A deputa tion has been sent to Sweden to request payment of the sum in the Bank of Swed:n, lent by the States of Genoa some years ago, and of which neither principal nor interest has been received, on account of the war. AUGSBUROH, AUGUST ii. The Governor of the Grand Dutchy of Tuscany has invited the inhabitants to enter into the military service. if a certain number of volunteers do not present themselves within a given time, the regiment& will be completed by a forced enlistment. Several Journals announce a Brochure which is cir culating in Saxony, for the purpose of proving that the safety of Germ my requires that all Saxony should be incorporated with the Prussian Monarchy ; but the author insinuates, that the organization of the country will remain nearly as it is at present, and that Frederick William will in future take the title of King of the Prussians and Saxons. VENICE, AUGUST 1. Strict orders have been issued, that in future all the Bishops of the Venetian States shall reside at their dioceses. CARLSRUHE, AUGUSC IL The Countess of saint Leu (cidevant Queen of Holland) arrived the day before yesterday at Bakieflo from France. TURIN, AUGUST 4. It is said that the King of Sardinia will take a jour ney to Vienna, at the period of tne Congress, to dis cuss with the Allied Sovereigns the righ s of Isis Crown. • We expect with impatience the termiustion of the arrangements relative w our country. Tau, state of uncertainty causes great disquiet. SPEZZIA, AUGUST 3. The English cause the works an our harbour to be continued. Yesterday the ship the John, sailed from hence for London, laden with marble, from Porto Vecere, des tined, it is said, to form a facAde for St- James's Pa lace? on the park side. ot • 'T ', ~