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made by communities or whole bodies of men, shall
be available, but all non-catholics, whether men or
women, who shall declare themselves such, may be
Cited to appear again before the magistrate, where, in
presence of a priest, appointed by the bishop, they shall
be examined, in a short but clear manner, concerning
their religious principles and their doubts. Short
notes shall be made of the answers which each shall
make, which he shall sign after it be read to him. The
said priest may then endeavour, by foft and convincing
words, to inftrud, as in duty bound, thole who are ei
ther ignorant or wavering in their principles, in order
: to bring them back to the bosom of the catholic
church. The declarants shall be told at the fame time,
that besides the three religions allowed in the empire,
(Roman, reformed and evangelical communions) that
no other will be admitted ; so that if they varyfrom
these, they will hill be considered as catholics.
Art. 11. In places where any declare themselves pro
teflants, after the manner presented, they shall be o
bliged to fend their children to the catholic schools to
learn to read and write ; and baptisms, marriages and
funerals shall be performed by the catholic priests, till
their numbers entitle them to a church, a minifler and
schoolmaster of their own. The fchoolmaflers allowed
to the protestants shall be natives, who have been well
mftru&ed in the public schools.
^o^ a Hoop lying ^'Rocket's lending, and was
dropped ; his body was taken up in the evening and ex
,nhoed by a jury Summoned for the purpose, who
found no violence committed; he was afterwards car
ried to dh< church-yard and there intered. He was
about 52 years of age, twenty fix of which he resided
in Princess Anne, in the greatest harmony and tran
quility hmongft his "neighbours and acquaintances; as
to relations he had none in America.
count of the persons who shall thus declare themselves
to the fuperintendant of the province, to be reported
fothe regency at Vi-nna. If the number of proteflants
be configurable enough in one place, to allow of the
building of a church and supporting of a minifler, the
regency are to give permission without delay ; and if
any circumftauces intervene, to dispose them to delay
•the request of the proteflants on this fubjeft, report
thereof shall be immediately made to the emperor him
felf, who will decide upon it.
II The proteflants, enjoying liberty of conscience
themfelyes, shall take care not to confirain by threats,
conempt, or other ill-treatment, their wives, husbands,
children or domeflic,, who may be inclined to perse
vere in the catholic religion.
VI. The magistrates of the province are Exhorted
not to a& contrary to this ordinance, and to take care,
as far as in their power, that a Arid impartiality be
observed towards the proteflants, both in granting fa
vours and in infliaing punishments, so as to shew nei
ther hatred nor prejudice against them.
That they neither disturb them in the free exercise
of their religion, nor buffer others to do it, though the
proteflants should meet at the fame hour as the catho
lics.
That in case they be obliged to punish the proteflants,
they do it so as to convince them that it is done, not
on the score of religion,but became they break the laws;
and that catholics, committing like offences, be fub
je& to the fame penalties.
Lafliy, It is recommended to tpe clergy, that in the
pulpit they open up the gospel and preach morality,
without entering into controversy ; and as their duty
calls upon them to set before their hearers the princi
ples, eminence, dignity'and utility of the catholic re
ligion, without bitterness or designed insult of the
proteflants ; and it is added, that priests, who in their
sermons or catechisms shall not conform exactly to this
ordinance, shall be degraded from their functions.
March 20. The Roman clergy remonflrate without
ceasing, on.the danger to which/he established reli
gion is exposed by the great toleration granted to the
protestants, his mperial majesty, therefore, desirous to
prevent all mifeonftrudions of his pleasure on this fub
je&, has directed the following declaration to be pub
1-ifhed:
*fpe&, they shall be puniihed, not on the ground of
religion, bet as disturbers of the public peace; and as
persons, who, though indulged with toleration them
selves, would deny it to others.
V I E N N A, February 12, 1782.
MA NY of the (objects of the emperor, who, be
fore the ediff for toleration, appeared to be ca
thcTcs, outwardly, nave discovered their true
sentiments since it was published. To make themselves
amends, in force fort, for the long constraint under
which they ad lived, many have insulted the establish
ed religion. In order to rectify these disorders, and
to prevent the excesses widen this animosity might oc
casion, the emperor has ordered the following regulati
ons to be mad public: .
1. When the protestants excite any tumult, the ma
gistrate of ihe place shall caution them to conform to
ti e letters patent ; not to attempt rhe makii g of pro
felites nor cllefling in crouds; bn to acquaint them,
that every one is allowed to profefs another religion
than the catholic, provided lie declare it to the magis
trate,, who thereon shall give him a certificate of such
declaration. Monthly, the magistrates shall fend an ac-
V. The catholics are exhorted to a peaceable be
haviour towards their-proteflant brethren ; neither to
insult or diflurb their worship; but to behave towards
them with mildness and humanity, inasmuch as they
who behave otherwise shall be punished, as well as all
other evil doers.
111. The protestants shall not commit any outrage
against the catholic religion, nor speak evil of it, nor
insult the images or flatues of the faints, the
churches, &c. In case they offend in any of these re-
IV. The protestants are forbid to enter into contro
versies of a religious nature at eating-houses, or other
places of public resort, or to decry the established faith.
The judges shall keep a ftriH eye over their conduct,
and shall themselves be punishable for negled.
Art. I. No declarations on the fubjed of religion.
Foreign Intelligence.
Art. HR As toon as the protestants of an, place
shall be entitled to a church and minifler, they shall, in
conformity to the ordinance, be allowed to them, with
out enquiring out of what funds they are to be support
ed; but they shall leave the care of this entirely to the
protestants themselves. It shall not be necessary that
new churches be built by the protestants; they may
use former buildings for this purpose.
Art. IV. It is ordered in the patent for toleration,
that the protestants shall not hinder the catholic
priests from viflting the tick, in case the tick person asks
for their assistance. To confirm this article in be
half of the established religion, his majesty further
grants, as a prerogative of the national faith, a right
to the clergy to visit once the protestant tick, though
they should not ask for it ; however, the catholic priests
shall take care to use no constraint: they may speak
in moderate terms, and in case their assistance be re
fufed, they shall depart immediately, without making
further inflances. His majesty further wills, that per
missions for churches and schools be granted to the pro
teflants, in case their numbers in any place amount to
500 persons, though they do not make up 100 families,
as prescribed in the ordinance.
March 27. The sovereign pontiff, since his arrival
in this capital, has condefeended to admit to his person,
the cardinal primate of Hungary, the cardinal bishop
of Paffau, the ministers of slate, the ambassadors and
foreign ministers, and the principal nobility.
Saturday the 23d the holy father paid his firft visit
to the emperor, and to his royal highness arch duke
Maximilion. On Sunday his holiness celebrated low
mass in the chapel of his appartments; after which
he gave audience.
The day before yafterday the sovereign pontiff went
abroad in his coach, accompanied by two domeflic
prelates. He was preceded by the bearer of the cross,
followed by the master of the ceremonies, and escorted
by a detachment of the noble guards ; Hungarians and
Gallicions. He went to the church of the reverend
capuchin fathers, where, after having adored the molt
holy facramernt, hecelebrated mass at the colateral altar
of the blessed virgin, and assisted at another by M. Pen
zette, his confeffor. A little after, his holiness went
down to the tombs of the royal family, and prayed be
fore that of Maria Theresa, the deceased mother of the
emperor. He then yeilded to the instances of the la
dies of the upper nobility, by going into the refectory
of the convent, where they were permitted to kiss his
feet. The like favour was also granted to the reverend
capuchin fathers. The holy father afterwards return
ed to his apartments at the palace and gave audience.
We are affhred, that to-morrow, being holy Thursday,
his holiness will celebrate mass at the church of the re
verend augufline Fathers, near the court, from whence
he will return to his apartments, where he will wash
the feet of twelve poor old men. That the next day he
will go to visit the graves of the faints in the church of
the Italians; thofein the 'reverend recollet fathers ; the
Scotch; those in the church of the hotel of war; and
in the church of St. Michael. On Easter Sunday his
holiness, accompanied by the emperor, will, at nine in
the morning, go to the cathedral church of St. Stephen,
and celebrate pontifically ; after which, Seated on a
throne, he will give his blessing ; that then he wilt go
to the church of the hotel of war, upon the haffs and
from the balcony of the portal of this church he will
pronounce the benediction to the people.
The expeuces of his holiness and his train are defray
ed by the emperor. He has daily three tablet, one for
the venerable guest himfelf, one for his officers, and a
third for the bifhups. His apartments are very mag
nificently firnifhe'd.
The pope is pretty tall, well made, has an acquiline
nose, a frefh, redifh complexion, and his whole'manner
is very affable and highly prepossessing in his fa vour.
The emperor met him firft on the highway, between
Newftadt and Nenkirken. As soon as the carriage of
his holiness drew near, the emperor lighted from his,
advanced towards the door of that of the pope, took off
his hat, reached out his, hand and complimented him
in Italian. The pope having throwntff his furred cloak,
hastily came out of his carriage, took off his hat and
{prang upon the emperor's neck, embracing him with
thegreateft tenderness. The emperor, preserving all
the majesty of his rank and of his person, gave to the
Supreme head of religion, those marks of refped and
attachment, of which he had assured him in his letters,
and which difiniffed on both sides alicold and ftiff ce
remony.
The arck-duke, Meximilian, in his ecclesiastic ha
bit, accompanied the emperor ; he offered to kiss the
pope's hand. His holiness would not fuffer this, nor
even permit him to kiss the cross which he wears on his
breast, for he embraced him and gave himthree kisses,
as he had his majesty. The emperor then offered a
feat in his coach to his holiness, and covering his head
went in firfl, in order to give the pope the right hand,
who then entered with his hat on. The hat of the so
vereign pontiff is red, edged with a narrow gold bor
der; his cloak is the fame, and his eaffock is of white
silk. The bells of the churches of every town and vil
lage through which be passed Svere rang; as were those
of the suburbs of Vienna.
From the NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
To every VIRTUOUS CITIZEN in the State
of NEW-JERSEY.
IT is evident that our enemies, infead of abandon
ing their wicked purpose of enslaving us, have only
altered the measures which they at firft adopted, and
havehitherto fruitlefsiy profectiied, to accomplis that
abominable design. Finding by their own confeffion,
that America cannot be reduced by force of arms, they
have concerted a system of intrigue ; and profeffing
the most pacific disposition, endeavour, by every effort
in their power, to introduce their manufaaures among
us. By this project, they expea at once to find em
ployment for their artifices in Europe, to drain us of
our circulating fpeeie, to re-attachus to England, to
render the payment of taxes more burdensome to the
people, to make us fufpeaed by our ally, for throw
ing into their hands, those commercial advantages which
are fojudly due to the French, and to give the great.
keep regular accounts of the net proceeds of every feiz
' ure they shall make, to pay out of them their own
est discouragement to all honest and lawful commerce-
For the prosecution of this plan, fir Guy Carleton, (who
might really have served their purpose of cajoling and
deluding, it the time when their blundering politics cal
led him from the feene of action to make room for a
pack of unfeeling ruffains) is sent out to coax, to con
ciliate, and to effect by secret sap, what his predeceffor#
have been found incapable of atchieving by open as
sault. This gentleman is to make a parade of all the
virtues of humanity ; to write complimentary letter#
to congress and to individual characters of influence a
mongst us. As an irrefragable proof of his refo4ution
to carry on the war in the most honourable manner, he
is to restrain a number of loyalists who have hitherto
made a most brilliant figure under the banners of his
Britannic majesty, and by the immediate direction of
the high-birthed nominal governor Franklin, he is to
restrain them frern—horfe-Stealings All this time our
ports are mod sedulously blocked up by the English
cruizers, to prevent the importation of any French
commodities ; and every exertion is made use of by the
enemy in New-York to deluge the continent with the
manufactures of their nation. This trade at firft arose
from mere accident ; and as the English were never
famed for invention, though they have a tolerable
knack at improvement, they did not even Rumble up
on this obvious expedient to embarrass our finances.
But when pointed out to them by rascals in our own
bosom it was warmly embraced, and pursued to consi
derable extent under the moon-light command of fir
Henry Clinton. The honour however of carrying it
to full perfection was, it seems, referred for that great
solar orb of pallavaring emanations, which is lately ri
sen in the horizon of Manhattan's, to eclipse all the
twinkling glow-worm luminaries, that have hitherto
preceded him. His plan is known to be that of exhaust
ing all our fpeeie for the worthless baubles and trinkets
of Great- Britain, to corrupt the patriotism of our ci
tizens and to weaken the foundationofour public credit;
and in order to tempt those execrable villains known
by the name of Loadon-traders with the highest possible
allurements, to run every risque in carrying on this
nefarious traffic, the national treasury of Great Britain
is qt the devotion of the ministry to enable their factors
in New-York to fell the cheaper.
To check this % peflilent trade, which mull otherwise
reduce us to beggary and finally to slavery, the legis
lature of this Rate have at their last fitting enabled *
law, that for vigour and efficacy greatly surpasses
every former act upon the fame fubjeft. As there is
however reason to think that the magistrates will not
be able, from the number of mifereants concerned and
associated in the said diabolical commerce and their
infinite arts to elude the ju slice of their country, fully
to execute the law, it is thought necessary to have re
course to a more competent expedient. It is proposed
that the virtuous whig, affociat-e and form themselves
into committees in every proper township or diflri&,
and especially near the lines, and the different ferries
in the Rate, for the exprTs purpose of carrying this
salutary law into execution, upon which, next to the
blessing of Heaven, depend our political salvation and
existence. It is recommended to those committees to
A LT, persons indebted to the elate of Mr. WJL~
R LIAM COTES, deceased, ire desired to make:
immediate payment to the fubferber ; and those who
have any demand s sg jut said estate ate requested to
brin^ them in without dlay, to
SAMUEL GIVING, Ying executor.
Baltimore;, June 22.
expences, and the wages and rewards of such horse
men and others as they ^iay find it necessary to employ
fpr watching the different roads and avenues by which
the accursed thing is conveyed through this Rate ; to
examine all travellers for the passes required by law,
and to fearoh all carriages that can with the least pro
bability be Tuppofed to contain prohibited merchan
dize, to keep a regular correspondence with each other;
to advertise in the news-papers the name of every
scoundrel who fliall be deteded, that he may be trans
mitted to the latest posterity with everlafling and in
delible infamy, as a monfler in nature, preying upon
the vitals of his own species, and enriching himfef at
the expence of the blood and treasure of thousands of
his countrymen, by his infirumentality in protracting
the war. And it is in the last place recommended to
such committees to appropriate either the whole or such
part of tt e remaining monies arising from their seizures
(after deducting all expences) as (ball be thought bed,
to the public use. Rouse then my dear countrymen,
to repel the danger which threatens you- The mol
alarming depend upon it, of any that has hung, over
us since the commencement of the war. ForGod'e
fake be aroused and exert yourselves like men: nor
fuller to be reduced to bondage by a fet.of deteflab'^
{peculators and traitors, a country that cannot be sub
jugated by all the power of Great-Britain. Once more
I fay rouse and be free.
HORATIUS.
P. 8. To shew how agreeable the associations above
recommended will be to congress, I shall subjoin two
resolutions of that august assembly of the 21st instant,
viz.
Resolved, That it be and hereby is recommended to
the legislatures of the several Rates, to adopt the mol
efficacious measures for Jupprtffing all traffick and
illicit intercourse between their refpe&ive citizens and
the enemy.
Resolved, That the legislatures, or in case of their
recess, the executives of the Several Rates, be earnestly
requested to impress, by every means in their power, or
their respective citizens at large, the baneful confer
quences apprehended by congress from a continuance
of this illicit and infamous traffic, and the necessity
of their co-operating with the public measures by such
united, patriotic and vigilant exertions as will detect
and bring to legal punishment those who shall have been
in any measure concerned therein.