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Foreign intelligence.
1 E N N A, Ottobrzo.
Y lISI IS imperial majesty has dirked the pu^icaticn
11°' "'" f^lloWng ordinance: it is of the date of
the nth of September last.
We Joteph the Jld, &c. &c. &c. The orders of re
gular clergy were received within our flatts, with no
oth^r design than that r 's affixing the secular clergy in
t^t care of fouls, and to be o'u(< to the people in their
fpiriroa/l Concerns; but these falctary views being only
attainable, whilst these regulars be obedient to the bi
(hop ol the dincefes, wherein they hav€ their eftablifh
wei^s : and God himfelf, having placed all the faithful,
wohour the exception of any rank or cond tion what
ever, under Hie Ordinary, who alone, according to the
divine idflhunon, has received the keeping ofthe true
catholic doctrine , that is to fay, the dispensation of
all, which depends on the holy ministry. and general
ly the whole power, which the cate of fouls require,
we think ourselves obliged to root out all abuses,
which, on the one hand are agafoft the inflitution,
add on the ot er which' may prove dangerous to
the Rate. Among thofe,~we confider principally the
exemptions from the authority and jurifdiaion of the
ordinary, granted by some of the popes to convents,
communities, rehgious houses, places and persons, as
well regular clergy as f cular. 'But' as, by Inch ex
emptions, ecclefiaflic orderha. been interrupted and
roach damage has thence arisen to the Rate, by the
fending of money to foreign parts; by a fcandaloui
disobedience of the salutary and n m ceffary regulations
of the bithops ; by the drawing to Rome, suits and mat
ters depending before the episcopal tribunals; and a
bove all, by tar scandalous relaxation of the conven
tual discipline and good order, (abuses, which the bi
shops cou d not reflrain, because of these exemptions)
and that in g p neral, these exemptions' were introduced
without the consent of the sovereign, and should, on
that account be considered as so many invasions of his
rights; and that it is agiinflall good practice, tnat his.
fubjeds be drawn before foreign tribunals: we, of our
full power and authority, have thought proper to order,
by these presents, and we will and order, that tie'
privileges, the charters of exemption, and the other
Conct ffions, given in the form of bulls, briefs,
or any other m^iner whaloever, (half be no longer
avaiable to exempt any from the jurifdiaion of the
ordinary or metropolitan, and that coufequeutly, all
convents, communities, persons and places, without
any exception, (ball be fubjeft to the direction and
authority of tie ordinary, to wh m they fha I be obe
dient whether it be in matter of doctrine or dif
ric :.e; and this aft of nullification (hall extend to all
ptvd.-^es, charters, and concefiions that have been
gra fried, and that may hereafter be granted ; we de
clare void, moreover, by these prefects, the agreements
and Concordats, which may have been made, or which
Ihall be made between ordinaries and convents, com
munities or persons. We expe& wih confidence, on
tor part of the bimops, that all exemptions whatever,
c-ahn; from this moment, they extend all their cares
go the exercise of their paflorai functions over the per
fuis and places which have enjoyed any exemption,
and in so ooing they may be assured of our aid, when
ever jt fril be necessary. Therefore the ordinaries
may, at their discretion, visit and reform the discipline
uthe cloy fieri, and employ the clergy in the care of
fouls. '1 he superiors of convents and others, who dare
to disobey this ordinance, shall be punished as the
case may deserve, either by expulsion out of the coun
try, or by the (uppreffion of the religious houses over
which they preside.
Lastly. We will that all convents, communitiesand
persons, who poffets any grants or documents of ex
emption from the episcopal authority and junfdiaion,
fend, under penalty of severe punishment in ca'e cf ne
gba, betwixt this time and the fir« day of November
nex p , 'he originals of these docu% fntß , a nd alt authen
tie copies of them, to the trifo ua3 fyf j u stice of the
place or province.
LO N D 0 N.
Nov go. It is a melancholy fad, that interest
should absorb every principle that ought to be dear to
a prince, and that to ambition should be facrificed the
refined pleasure of humanizing mankind. Ihe follow
ing detract of a letter'from Warsaw, dated Sept. 4,
refleas no honour on human nature.
“ Letters from Kaminieche fay, that the arrival of
the Ruffian troops is hourly expected in the Crimea.
The prefect khan, who usurps the throne, from which
he d rove his brotherand lawful sovereign, has a very
strong party to support his usurpation ; or rather he
has fix-eighths of the Tartars on his fide though the
meins by which he thus Brengthened himfelf will ren
d-r him odious in the eyes of all polished nations. The
deposed prince feeing how barbarous and savage were
the manners of his fubj-ds, resolved, if possible, to
(often and civilize them: to this end he intro
duced eHatelithments, and made regulations which
won d havs done honour to any of the polished Rates
of Europe. The barbarians, attached to their rude
babies and barbarous customs, submitted to the new
system with the greatest reluctance, and looked upon
the civilization, which their sovereign was endeavour
ing to introduce, as a Ihameful degeneracy from their
great ancefiors. The brother of this good prince,
burning with ambition and b g with designs of rebel ion,
judged this to be a mot? favourable occasion to shake
the throne of a sovereign, who had loft the affeftons of
his people, though by means whch should -ather have
conciliated them: by his emissaries he founded the
disposition of the Tartars, and finding them ripe for
a revolt, he secretly made known to those who had
most influence over them, his designs upon the throne,
and promised to tefiore all things to their former Rate,
by repealing all his brother's law<, if they would Rand
by him and support him in his rebellion. The ma
jority of the people readi y clofel with the proposal;
and so sudden were the proceedings of the conspirators;
that the reigning prince with difficulty efesped with
his life from the fury of the populace ; and his brother
founded ins new dominion on the ruins of civilization,
3y%eflbring barbarism to fts'wented jurifdiaion ; auu
so firmly has he bound the ,^op!e to himfelf, by tak
ing off every restraint that had been laid upon their
ferocity and savage tempers, "that he has publicly de
clared, that if the Pore fland# neuter, he has ml the
least apprehension th the will foot be able to maintain
himfelf on his throne, notwithstanding all the efforts of
Russia to drive him from it."
Dec. 9. Doftor Shebbe^riow acknowledges his er
ror, and fays the Americans are brave, and that doc-'
tor Price is a very great'polirician.
It is imagined, that fifr. Hancock, Adams,' or St.
Sayre, will be deputed by America, as the firft am
bassadors to the court of England.
it must be a terrible mortification to a crowned head,
to be obliged to (mile and receive with resp?&, men
who were once called rebels, and who in return called
him ——.
, As soon as the American independency was acknow
ledged in France, illuminations were made, and grand
'?'£ rta '° me '" s Provided, to mike the sera as black as
possible for England.
V^hat a pity it will be, if peace should not be con
cluded before the firft of next month! What a no
ble fubj<& for a new year's day ode! but as the mat
ter stands, we shall have a repetition of tie fame
fl rain-alarms —arms—war —for die, vie=-but alas!
there is no rhime to independence. It cannot be in
troduced in English heroics.
Supposing t:e war to be wound up so soon as the
fifthly of J nuaty, the national debt will amount
to the very alarm^g extent of 250 millions ftetling.
The ensuing Christmas reliefs is expected to be a
long one, in order to give miniflers full breathing
time to adjust preliminaries for peace.
England never was, since the beginning of the war,
in such a critical Rate as the finds herfed in at ptefeut;
she is neither at war nor at peace; the business of
commerce ,sat a Rand ; the merchants kriow not to what
ports they may fend their merchandize, or what
premium to offer for insurance; nor do the under
writers know what premium they should demand;
hence it is that the business of infuririg ships and car
goes, so necessary to trade, is compl—tly at a fland,
though a fleet is expected soon from Jamaica.
Dec. 10. The politics of the present premier are all
°' , piece, and every part of the system fufficiently
indicates the spirit and tendency of the whole. From
the firft moment of his assuming the prefideocy of the
treasury, every possible exertion lias been made, and
ever little manoeuvre adopted to impress the public
with the conviftion of his deriving all his pol tical
knowledge and principles, from ' the late earl of Chat
ham. The popularity of this illuflrious name, is the
bladder that has hitherto buoyed him up. To this in
terested idea the son of his immortal master owes hi#
present elevation. In hi, "apprehension the very name
of Pitt will cement the most heterogeneous arrangement
that ever constituted anEnglifh ministry. In short, in
all matters that require cunning and finefr Malagri
dz will always be difariguifhed ; for if tfha ß any torts
at ad, it is hypocrisy ; and if ev&f there was an hy
pocrite, he is cue,
It is very remarkable that the bench of bishops have
observed a perfe& taciturnity on the present pfafped
of peace. W bile war was the topic, their reverences
trumpet of Moses as loudly as if they
had been under the walls of Jerico —but the indepen.
. me , ca Deprives them of a land of promise,
Philadelphia is ne longer considered as a new Jerusalem.
Nr hierarchy. No epifeopacy to be established there.
'%" °' a " P e °P' e under the fun, the American
loyalifls ffioft loudly challenge our compassion; their
property confifeated, and poverty entailed upon their
posterity. they roust become the wretched dependants
for fubfiftance upon the bounty of the very people by
whom they have been deferred.
American News.
SALE M, February 27.
We have the pleasure td hear, by the vessels lately
arrived from the Weft Indies, that the privateer ship
Porus, mounting 22 nine pounders, belonging to this
port, and commanded by captain Crowell, arrived at
Martimco about the 12th of lafl month. This ship, not
being heard of for upwards of five months after her
failing, was thought to be loft
Tae Porus has captured and carried into Martinico
with her, a fliip of about 350 tons, called the Friend's
Glory, bound from the Jfle of Wight to New-York.
Her cargo consists of provisions, the principal part
flour and peas.
March 6.
Since our lafl, the Captains Orne, Hodges and Den
nis, have arrived here from Hispaniola. They failed
from the Ocoys on the 3d ult.
A Jamaica paper, of January 15, brought by cap
tain Orne, mentions the arrival, at that island, of the
British frigates Emerald and Endymion, and Hornet
sloop of war, with about 4I fail of vessels under their
protection, having on board a great number of the in
habitants of Charleftown, with their hegroes, &c. as
also the 3d, 63d, 64th, and 71st regiments, and a part
of the 84th.
BOST O N, March 6.
Head-Quarters, Newburgh, February 6, 1783.
THE commander in chief, who whiihes, on the re
turn of this auspicious day*, to diffufe the feelings of
gratitude and pleasure as extensively as possible, is
plcafed to grant a full and free pardon to all prisoners
now in confinement : any hoh commissioned officer or
private who may come under this predicament, are
ordered to be released without delay, and j^in their
refpefbve regiments: the general flatters himfelf, this
a& of grace will have a proper influence on the future
condud of these immediately concerned-arid that
well timed inßances of lenity will operate on generous
mind, more effectually towards establishing a proper
system of discipline (which he has determined shall be
• The Alliance with Francs.
A P a 'r,s' enclosed in a neat brass case, came is
captain Demon, superscribed to the president of the
honourable the congress at Philadelphia; but no let
ters or papers, are yet handed toany public or pri
vate characters in this town, frora which we are able
to gather any thing coriciufive for the gratification of
our readers this evening.
March 15. Thursday arrived here the slate sloop
Winthrop, captain Little, from a cruize, during which
Mhe captured two prizes, viz. a brig and fchoon^r, fadea
with lumber, both which she carried into St. Kit t's
and told. *
Yesterday captain Poal, in the ship Fox, arrived ia
'port, in 23 days from Port-au-Prince, by whom we
learn, that captain Thomas Fowars, in the brig Gene
ral Washington, had arrived at that island, in a passage
of 38 days from this port
Two prizes have been taken and carried into Provi
dence, within the week past ; one a retaken brig, frora
Cadiz, with fruit, railing, oyl, &c. & c . fie other a
vessel from New-York, with but a small carzo.
March 17.
Extract cf a letter from Amsterdam, December
1782."
“ Europe never appeared so hoflile as at present,
the exertions of the contending powers are great, and
if the war is determined on, human nature will Shud
der at the tale which will be told before the close
another year."
March 20.
An address to lord Shelburne, printed in the Lon
don Courant, the 16th of last December, doles with
the following striking paffAges:
" The last point 1 have in view, my lord, it to fay
a few words upon that part of the king's speech, and
especially upon your lordfhipl comment upon that part
which appeals to the feelings of Antrica. she fpetth
fiys, " religion, language, intereß, affeaibns may,
and I hope will yet prove a bond of permanent unroa
between the two countries." My lord, nothing but
convidion that this speech, is the speech of the mihi
fler, can prevent the universal contempt of all America
from falling down upon the royal speaker himfelf. You
appeal to the feelings of America ! You, the leadef and
principal author of all their calamities!
" Who was it that tore open the wounds which were
healed by repealing the Ramp-a&? Lord Shelburne.
Whd was it that passed the NeW-York reflraining bill?
Lord Shelburne. Who was it that passed the tea or tax
a&? Lord Shelburne. Who was it that insulted the
pride, and roused the feelings of America, by his dis
patches to the governor of Massachusetts-Bay? Lord
Shelburne. Who was it, after a (even years cruel and
calamitous war, which deluged the fields of America
with the blood of her children, And spread defoliation,
famine, and the wq.r f lof miferiesj throughout her vast
continent; that said, " America could have no peace
" unnl it was writ in blood, and that the minifler who
“ gave her independence must be a traitor .?" Lord
Shelburne.
.“ And yet, my lord, you appeal to the feelings of
America. What opinion mufl the people of that coun
try entertain of the prince who (offered himfelf, with
out possibility of benefit, to appeal to their feelings.
Had you determined to draw the marked contempt of
all America upon your sovereign and yourfelf, I do
not fee how you could have done it with more effetl,
than by the Reps you have taken,"
Extra& of a letter from Philadelphia, dated February
22, 1783.
[ Refpeaing the Englilh king's speech. J
" I cannot forbear, fir, on this occasion, to recom
mend to your notice the prayers, this humane, gene
rous, peaceably and religious monarch addresses to the
Almighty for our prosperity and out happiness.—What
punishment has he then prepared for a Howe, a Corn
wallis, a Rawdon, and tor all the other executioners
and incendiaries he has sent againfl us? What will be
the treatment of the commissioners, Carlifle, Clinton,
arid Eden, for having declared, that Great Britain
would, by every means in her power, destroy or ren
der useless a connection contrived for her ruin, and for
the aggrandizement of France: that under such cite
cumftances, the laws of felf-prefervation should direst
the conduct of Great-Britain, and if the British colo
nies were to become an accession to France, the British
nation would render that accession of as little avail a#
Possible to her enemy.
“ These united dates are not become an accession ta
France ; however, it is but too true, that according to
the declaration of the commissioners, they have been
during five years the theatre of massacres, robberies,
execution, and the violation of the mod faertd laws of
nature and of nations"
Yeflerday, being the anniversary of the ever memo
rable 51b of March, a spirited oration was delivered
by Dr. Thomas Welch at the Old brick Meeting house
at the request of the committee appointed for the choice
of an orator, to impress 00 the minds of the inhabi
tants the fatal tendency of standing armies being plac
ed in free and populous cities in time of peace - in
commemoration of the bloody tragedy on the night of
'tae s th^f March, 1770, perpe rated by a,party of sol
diers of the 29th regiment, under the command of capt.
Thomas Prefton.'
We hear from Marlborough, that on the 16th ult
Mamn Stow, a lad about eight years old, son to Mr
Heman Stow, of that place, fell from a high fcaffoiJ
in a barn, and immediately expired.
Mafch 8. Wednesday last arrived in port the
ship Antwerp, captain Delhon, in 41 days from Am
sterdam, Holland.
Lad Wednesday captain Ifaae Brown, arrived a^
Providence in 14 days from Cape-Francois. He in
forms that intelligence was received there, th a^ Ite
French fleet uedr monf. Vattdreuil had arrived either
at Ocoys or Curacoa, from Porto Rico. The Brunn
fleet of 21 fail of the line, which had been cruising off
the Cape, had quitted that fiation, and failed, as was
fuppohd, for Jamaica.
Last Lord'^-day a carte! arrived here in 7 days froro
New-York—By her we barn, that the enemy have
mvd.u.ug ui & m<wu _, ... CT <. t v^verca examples could
have done.