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LITERARY REVIEW. ZEFOIMATION in the (:,:vrilor,tc cnuncn of GER MANY, and the DOWNFALL of PAPAL AUTHORITY, -detailed in a Correspondence with the Court ttr Rome, on 'the Subject of the Nomination of the Vicar-General, Baron Von Wessenberg, as Successor in the Diocese of Constance, and Diocesan Administrator. Accompanied 'by the rarirs Documents refe, red to in the Correspondence ; a prelator7 Memorial, gisiag a brief Account if the extraordinary Proceedings of the Court of Rome, on this occasion and the Ms'aitures adopted, in consequence, by his l i toyal High kess the Grand Duke of Baden: and an Introduction, written expressly for this Translation, by the Attorney General of the Ki.l of Bavaria. Translated , from the' Original German. • The subject of the present work is ohe of the most -important that has attracted the notice of maniltol for a very long period. While the Romatt CAbolies in the I3lit - C; Empire are en flea Voutilig by all possible mans to obtain poli• ticnl Power, in hopes evintnally to overthrow the, Protestaht I,i;stablislottent, the enligittened people' Gtolnany have given a shock to l' lobo titv, and art: nitkin4 rapid vrides towards its dowi;fall. We hav e stood resolotely forward in .defence of oor Notional Faith. and hiving been fLe w.istatice of mail distiognishei Mrotberi of the Cloitrelt, wr shall 7rArott!ly per severe in Arrrporring t he same glorious cause.— At present ice shall take the prefatory plrt of this interesting work, awl soon resume oor no:iee of it, earnestly recommending it, in the mean titne, to all friends of our Polttical and liecle siastiral Estsbli,hment, the best security for the freedom and harpiness of the People "The following sheets contain the particnlars and tire documents r,latiae to the contest now 'petniiosr between the Catholic Bishop of Con stanre,* Baron Wesse4erg, and the See of Rome. This event, at the present moment, occupies the attention of all Germany, and the eonsequences . tO be expected from it, will, in all probability, matitthe occurrence as a momentous epoch in the history of Europe. It is precisely three hundred years since a German Catholic Di vine, Martin Luther, threw down the gauntlet of defiance to the Pope, and entered into a contest, :skirl), however apparently tmetpial, terminated in wresting one half-of Europe front the grasp of Papal ti-nrpation. • The other half remains to be emancipated. It is ripe for the event ; the begin• ning is just made ! " The convulsions to which the French Ilevo. bition gave rise thioughout• Europe, have been productive of much temporary evil , but many be neficial consequences have at the same time result sd from them. Amo n ng these stands perhaps fore most an increased freedom .of.opinion, a spirit of sound discussion, ‘t hid) Ima ditrus - ed itself over eve's/ dais of society. People on the Continent have begun to thiuk and speak freely of their own iutettsts. " That this is more conspicuously the case in Germany than ally where else on the Continent, can he no matter of surprise. The Germans are a reflecting, a moral, and enlightened people ; their excellent institutions . shower .down know ledge on the poor a: well as ou the tic!). It is to them we owe the Reion“ation, which, through the zeal of a Swiss Divine (Calvin), unhappily branched out into two separate churches, that differ (tom each other in farm rather than in sub stance. The Germans have just set the noble example of fo ming a union between these t branches of the Protestant faith. This union, which on iginated, we believe, in the grand duchy of Nassau, lms taken place almost universally tiiroughoar Gerniatiy ; er.d the separate appellations of Lutheran and Cal vinist Churches have merged in the common ap pellation of the Evangelical Church. The Lutheran and Refortned Churches of Prussia met in Spool together, on the invitation of their Monarch, the Ist October, 1517, and soon came to an agree ment ; and the union was celebrated on the very day of the tri-centenary festival of\the Rumina tion. A similar Synod of the Lutherans and Cal vinists in Hesse Cassel Was hell at llanau, in Illay and June, ISIS, and attended with the same result. The Royal confirmation was given to the Bavarian Union on the 10th of October last. Saxe Weimar and most of the other:small states have followed this example. The Protest ant Germans have now, therefore, only one tios pet, one Temple, one Divine Instructor, and one mode of Communion; and what is singular, and Lighly hononrable to their liberality, this Union was everywhere accomplished with the greatest ease, and without a dissentient voice baying been raised against it. 4 ' Much has here been accomplished ; but a more noble and a more arduous task remains to be performed. Unman paSsinna, accident, and the lapse of ages, have turned the waters of Christian love into diveiging channels ; is it impossible to le-conduct them once more into one pure and vi goroUs stream ? Is a union n ith our Catholic Inathreit beyond the power of hUIII/111 efforts ? " Papal supremacy, we are aware, is the great, perhaps the only obstacle, to this holy consumma tion; but this obstacle, we hope and believe, will not long remain in our way. Our Catholic bre thren in Germany have themselves begun the work of shaking the remaining foundation of the moul dering . Colossus. The work we present to our l'eaders proves this assertion ; it is on that accou n t we have been induced to give it the publicity ofa translation. Every enlightened Catholic in Ger many looks to the cessation of the Papal power, R 3 to an event near at hand. Whoever has re cently trav e lled i n the South of Germany will ac knowledge ,thetrnth of this observation. Some ide a rosy be formed of the prevailing spirit among the CattoiliCs in that country, by a perusal of the ktraduclion prefixed to this publication. It forms ;so part of the Originalwork, butt was expressly * A city and bi , lioprick is thy south of Germany, border ing upon 3witzerlaad. writ - fen for Cite present translation, by a Catholic Gentleman, occupying the distinguished station of At ( ntorY - General, itr the service of a Catholic Sovereign, the King of Bavaria. The enlarged and liberal :opiniOns - of the author, and the un daunted freedom with which be delivers them, characterize the 'country and the age in which he lle.dorst not utter these, were they not in unison with the sentiments of the majority of his fellow-citizens, and of the enlightened Prince in whose dominions he holds one of the highest and most important offices of Governmtut• With respect to the immediate subject of the following pages, it may be proper to inform our readers, that among both the Catholics and Pro testants iu Germany, but one opinion plevails as to •the•condoct and the praise-worthy intentions of Ba ron WrSsenberg : they are 1111a111111t,1/3 in their wishes for his success. He hears the cha racter of a pious, a moral, and a benevolent matt, and his zeal In the good cause is indefatigable. His piety is without superstition, his mural prin• riples are of the purest kind, his chari y is with out Ostentation. and his activity unparalleled. Like the primitive teat hers of Christianity, he frequently assembles the Clergy of his diocese, insirticts them in the Holy Set ip ores and in mat ters ot lteli4ion, and enjoins them to communi c-ile his lessons to their flocks. On every Son 11,iy, the Priests are made to catechize the young and the old, in !heir respective Churches. In tact • liresseoherg, like Luther, is undaunted in his un dertak Ow, and, like him, grounds his reformat ion 011',1 he Scriptures. Wessenberg, Ike Luther, has innumerable followers' 411,1, like him, enjoys the support of. many Sovereigns. " Diurst ot the Cat butte Princes of Germany reel au ardent desire to fre e tlieruseltea awl their people f, nun the shackles of hierarchical usut pa 7 lion, but as greet must he the work of the people, they await the manifestation o t the public voire to promote the signal. The fate of Iloaw.as an ecclesiastical power, is perhaps at this morn, nt determined, or secretly understood among: the august Membcrs of the Holy Alliance, composed of Sovereigns of the three leading ChristiAo persnasions. They have, with the as sistance of Divine Providence, succeeded in hurl ing the political Tyrant from his throne, and re storing the political liberties of I.4:urope. By ci teshing the arbitrary power of hierarchical 11S111'. p+111, , 11, 1111(1 thereby effecting a re-union .of the whole family of Christ, they would raise to them , "I," th e nt ,bl est an d to eat du rable 111 the bieasts of their subjects, and secure the blessings of grateful ages to come. " The following extract front one of the most widely circulated Journals in Gernr.my, will chew how much men's minds are at present occupied ividh this subject in that country As soon as Germany and Rome had time to breathe from their sufferings, one of their first concerns was to place their mutual relations on a proper footing ; and the efforts of the German , Governments, for the most part Protestant, for this purpose were equally zealous and sincere. But the re•iult has not corresponded to their wishes, and the Ger man Catholic Chute!' remains in a state of or phanage. This has excited the serious attention of mail sincere friends of their country, who, any longer to 'bear with the evil, pin . - posed an effectual remedy for it. The Confe rences at Frankfort * furnish materials for a pure and glorious restoration .-of the Church. These friends of their country have had no.other object in view than the.real ativancetnent of religion and the Church. This subject has excited the public attention in no ordi►►+ry degree. More than a httodred Tracts have been dedica:ed to it. An miloy of these Tracts, a thorough reformation and abolition of celibacy are insisted ; memo rable signs of a time which can be compared with no former time. IVhat once agitated men's minds, irritated them against each tither, put firms into their hands, and lighted the fires of persecution, is now treated merely as an affair of learniNg. or at most as an affair of diplomacy. Of the* calm ness with which opinions, even in themselves strict, are delivered, we have an example in a small tract, entitled, How the Peace a nut Free- dont of the German Church may be saved— ISIS.' Such is the liberaill:y of a Citholic Priest in Germany, in the 19th century. The Court of Rome nt , ty learn from this the real sentiments of Catholic Germany.' 'For the sake of those who are not familiar with LAtin, an li_lngl.sh transla tion accompanies the documents to that language. TRANSLATOR." • Secret conferences took place at Frankfort, in conse quence of the Memorial of the Grind Duke of Baden to the Diet ; published in the present work. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Post.] Parliament meets to-morrow. After the neces sary number -of Members are sworn in before the Lotto STEWARD, the Commons will proceed to the choice of a SPEAKER, when Mr. MANNERS SUTTON is expected to be re-elected without op position. Friday, Saturday, and Monday will be occupied in swearing in the Members, and on Tuesday or iVednesday the Session will be opened by Commission, the recent death of the QUEEN preventing the Ps/NCR REGENT from meeting his Parliament on this occasion. [Morning Herald.) The house of Campbell, Bowden, and Co. were actively employed yesterday in paying the bills and other demands upon them, which had been suspended for a tew days. [New Times.) The Funds continue to Maintain that elevation which we yesterday stated them to have readied ; and indeed they have gone a trifle higher. They lett off,yesterday 793 looking upwards. Business was, brisk throiigh the day and some large trans actions were effected. The resumption of pay ments by the eminent house which had met with 1 . 1 temporary embarrassment gave a geuerallivrli tress cotstrricte;al .rot Id a-ti /G tb;s ti e payment of the dividelids for the quarter had en tirely obviated ptl complaint of the scarcity of money. The French lettera too speak of the Funds' in . that'eountry as improving. They t , ere quoted ikt 68, and according to priv.ttc intelligence they appeared to be in a favout able state. tMorning Chronicle.] Count lkiandeville will shortly lead to the Hy meneal altar the most accomplished Lady Maria Bruce, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Aylesbury. All the marriage settlements are drawn up and finally arranged. The late Earl of Aylesbury, grandfather to the above Lady Maria, left her in his will 60,0001., which has been accumulating since his Lordship's death ; in. dependent of which, her father, the present Eatl, will add, it is said, 30,0001. Count Mcin• itevffie is said to he a descendant , of a most an cient and respectable French family, the Count himself now holding the high situation of Comp tr,ller of Louis the Eighteenth's Household.— The Earl and Countess and family are expected to arrive at their house in GI osvenor-square, in a few days, trout their seat, Tottenham Tilt shire, it is said that the utairiage will take place shortly after their arrival in town. [The Times ft will appear Irma a correapntnlence .in this day's Piper, that an apolicati-n has been made to Mr. Hunt, that he would he present at a public meeting at Manchester,. COll Velltd fur the pitrpose a pe.ti:ioning Parliament it, abolish the Corti Bill ; a filmier will follow, at. which he it also requested to preside. Hunt's answer presents a sin ~►lar 11111011 of intelligible and consistent ex pressions :—" It is attended with considtr,thfe conve-nience to him to co." " Ile feels great reluctance et en to be present at a meeting Where a petition to the House of Commons is to he agreed to ; and yet he accepts with pleasure the invitation of the Ccimmittee,"—that is, he is very reluctant to do that which he has a great plea sure in doing. The elocution, however, of such is man will no doubt satisfy such auditors. But will he not take his friend John Gales Jones with him Hudihras should not move without his Squire. Or - have nor the worthy Patriots of i Manchester been somewhatimpolite in not ask ing both INTENDED MEETING AT MANCHESTER. Copy or a Letter addressed to Mr. Hunt, Wi an invitation to .bins to attend a public meeting, to be held at Manchester, to petition for the re- peal of the Corn Bill, with Mr. Hunt's Answer : Manchester, Jan. 7, 1819. Sta,—Tamidesired to inform you, that a public meeting* held iu this town, on Monday, the 18th instant, fur the purpose of tahing into consideration the propriety of pe titioninz the House of Commons for the imiuediate repeal of the Corn liiil ; after which, on the same day, there will he a puhlic dinner r.t the S 1 read Eagle Inn. ile Committee fur inanaging the business have directed me respectfully to solicit the honour .of your attendance at the ineetine; and dinner. If you can oblige them with your company, a reply by return of pOst will be much esteemed hy, Sir, your obedient servant, NICHOLAs WHITWORTH, Sec. MR. 1-11.7 N T'S ANS%VsER. Middleton Cottage, Jan. 11. Ikl9. • rt,- , -.Altbough my absence from home at this tilitte' Win be attended with considerable in'...onvenicnce to myself per sonally, yet I feel now, as 1 ever hare, and as I trust I always shall, that no. private consideration {night to prevail, when pitt in e”itipetition with a great public dots'. Although I should feel.great reluctance at being even pre sent, where a petition was 'Again 3grCed to by the people to be presented to a corrupt and packed assembly, impudently and falsely deriontina•ed the House. of Commons; yet wY great anxiety to assist my fellow-countrymen, by every means in my power, to ptocure the repeal of that infamous starva tion-law, commonly called the Cornliill, will induce the to waive this objection. And although I perceive it is the intention of the Com mittee to discuss the propriety of petitioning' the present House of Commons—a House in no respect differently eon- Whited front the last, which treated the prayers and peti tions of the people with contempt and derision,—a House constituted of the same materials, with the exception of s o me half score o f its M e mbers being add e d to the number of the worst faction, the Whigs, who are by far the greatest enemies of real reform and th e liberties of the, pe o ple ; yet the irre sistible impulse to become better acquainted with the bravest of the brave Reformers, the Men.of Lancasbit e, impels me to say, that I accept with pleasure the invitation of the Com mittee, and, with the blessing of Providence, I will not fail to do myself the honour to attend the Meeting and Dinner at ' Manchester, on Monday, the I sth inst. " t amiSir, your obedient humble servant, HENRY HUNT. P. S. I will endeavour to-reach Stockport on Sunday night, and proceed to the Meeting in the morning. To Mr. Nicholas Whitworth, Manchester. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. TH EATRE ROYAL, • DRU RY-LAN E.—The Gamester: Beverley, Mr. Rae; Nlrs. Beverley, Mrs. W. West. After 'which (sth time), The Silver Arrow. THEATRE ROYAL, CI vENT-GA RDEV.--She Stoops - to Con quer: Young Marlow, Mr. C. Kenihle ; Miss tlardedstle, Miss Brunton. After which (15th time), Harlequin Mon chausen. For Z. on Justus, and STACItiotTBE . (Letter VIII.) see the First Page—For PROVINCIAL JOURNALS, see Last Page. PRICE 0 F STOCKS weLyE ()'CLOCK. "THIS DAV"AT r Bank Stock ?li7 4fiB prt Cent. lied., ..7Biii S per•Cent.'epus' ..7741 34 per Cent 4 per Cents.. 960 S per-Cent. Nary Ann.. TOtli Bank 1.. Ann...,20 3.1001 India Bonds . 84s. Ms. pi. Exch. Bills, 2d: 19i. 20s. pr. Cons. fur Account. -9 if Agawan-1 Waterford, t Fiance: DtlE—t Guernsey and Jersey, 4 Sweden, i! Llantburgh, I Huliand. HIGH WATF.It AT LONDON EiRpC4F. TO.MOBROW. Mtaning, 15 milautts after 4. Everong, 4O (imputes after 4 THE SUN. 881.4131 QUIS DIUERE FAI,SUM AUDICAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1819. I'Ve received ibis morning the Palk Papers of Saturday and Sunday last. The following are extracts : " CHAMBER OF PEERS. " SITTING OF SATJRDAY, JAN. R. " On the Order of the Day for the discussion of the proposition relative to the Duke de Riche lieu, the President having announced that a Royal propositiou tending to the same object "'", it aPPeAred, about to be itnitiediAtt l Y t' dressed to th e Ch am b ers, th e Assembly, ° °t d respect to the announced proposition, de ferr be the consid e r at i on o f t h e one su b m itted t° t Chamber. fi%c d " The Chamber separated without all aqjournment. " CHANIBER OF DEPU " I'IE'• " SITTING OF SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 . " Marshal the Marquis Gouvion Saint CY ° Minister at War, presented a projet resP ectill6 the trade in, and manufacture of, Saltpetre , for its object, by means of a low duty, to all ° $ free importation o f S a l tpetre i nto a ll the I'orts °i France, and t o f ac ili tate t h e manu f ac turing of .6 dt home. th t " The projet was ordered to be referred Bureaux. " The Baron Louis, Minister of Finance, P re ; rented a prniet, fi x i ng t h e pr i ce o f gunpot ttle manufactured at the Royal Manufactories• " The Minister of Finance presented) another projet for continuing the exclusive rnanufactilr. of toh.teco and snuff, in the Crown, till the 161 of January, 182 G. , " :Both these projets were re f e rred .° t Borettox. . " The l'resident gave notice, th a t on Ai n " Mg the Bureaux would be orcupied by the cotoi` re/ 7 7 tio,) of the proposition relative to the Diih e tbe. li.ebelieo. " The Chamber separated. : Sitting is expected till the. 14th. No further public " PARIS, JAN, 10 —The King transacted how news yesterday with die Maionis Dessolles, M i° !lister for Foreign Affairs, and on Friday wi tii the Coma Decates, Minister of the Inferior. " It is said, that Lieutenant-General Gatolef is amongst the ntiniber of General Officers appointed by a Royal Ordonnance to form the Staff of tb ° Army. " We learn from Nladrid;the 29th ult., that / 1 Courier Extraordinary had been sent to :staple° for the purpose of deterring the marriage of t" Princess Louisa Charlotte with the' Infant 1:)° r/ Francis Pal; the celebration of which, accord' ing to the powers given, was to take place th t ' 12th of January Ilex% It is possible, botmvert that the Courier will no t ar rive at Naples befo lc the ceremony is performed. " The Duke of Gloucester paid a visit yester'' day to Monsieur. " There is living in the village of Salowia, in Lithuania, in the Government of Grodno, an oht man, named Nicl►olas Butanowski, who is 1. 14 years of age, and xvlio, With his children ( ts " P sons and a daughter), the youngest of whoa) is 60, still labours in the fichis. A farmer of Louvain suddenly the 2' l in the 107:1) year of . Lis age. lie C °ll.° s antly eojoyed good health. FIVE PER CENTS. Friday 6" f 50 c. Saturday • 67 1. c. DEFERRED STOCK. Friday. Saturday. Of the 22(1 March, 1817.... Sof. —c.,.. 79 1. 90q. 22d Sept. 1817.. ,78 f. —e.....77 1. 9il C. 2:UlMarch, ISIS ..76 f. e. f. .9 1 )c• 22d Sept. IS I 5... 74 f. I 0 c.... 73 f. JO c• _ _ " NAPLES, DEC. B. —Mount Vesuvius has Pr" stinted again a terrific spectacle. The fire t"' s burst forth iroin the summit, and the luv3 extended to th e f oot o f t h e v ill age o f Torre d` Greco. " IRUN, DEC. 22.—The armed bands from the Sierra Morenna have tkscended into La Matt: cha, have l ev i e d contr ib ut i ons at S anta C ru z, anw even in the centre of La 'Mancha, at Madridejos' " It is said, that the Court of Rio Janeiro [45 formally adopted a resolution to give op utotiril/g. of its projects upon Monte Video and its WO' tory, until Spain restores Olk'enza, and °tl►e'? cantons beretottne belonging to' Portugal. Tbesa di , cussions will lead to unpleasant results, unto' td►.! Allied Powers interfere to arrange the dif" rerenecs " The Expedition at Cadiz is said to be nearli ready. The' COnnt d'Abisbal, the Commander'. in -Chief, is charged to employ every means of Conciliation on his'arrival in A merica, and, the'o oiling, to pntilv the war with the gteatest up! perseverance. • "At the Custom-honses in the- Pyrennees, be" ween Pampelima iamd Saint Jean Pied' Elel Port, there have been seized within thes e) few days a tintnbu of foreign Journals 9nd Brochmes liroserthed by the Inquisition. TbeY have all been sent to Madrid, and will probably be made an auto dale of by the litgnisition. " MaDttp),-Dec. 27.- 7 --lt is said that the GO vernMent intends to re-organize the Police, and to make it in Net, a Military Body." Chin - leston Papers to the 12th Dec. arrived this morning. (From The Charleston Courier of the 10th.) FROM ST. DO M I NGo.—By the schooner Martha. KiELEN, arrived yesterdiy in . 10 days flop ?Cap; Henry erkttliq %ono Pl enty Gofer hour' th ati - t th li ri. 'le„ (h or ht. 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