The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-06-26 00:00:00, page 1

r-r x E Emperor having made a general rc-
M gulation for all his dominions, refpe&ing
J the toleration of the different religions
. that profefs chriftianity, we here give the
translation of it for the information of the publick.
Convinced of the pernicious effects of the re
straint upon conscience, and of the essential advan
tages which a true chriftian toleration procures to
religion and to the state, his Majesty, the Emperor
and the King, has thought fit to ettabhfh in that
refpe&, the following principles and rules, and to
enjoin all whom it may concern, to conform there
to, invariably, and with the greatest punctuality,
I. The private exercise of religion shall be per
mitted from this time forward, to the Protestants,
whether of the Helvetic confeffion, or that of
Augfburg, in all the places where there is a fuffici
ent number of them, and where their faculties will
permit them, without regarding whether or no this
has been the custom formerly.
11. By the private exercise of religion, it must
be understood, that although the Protestants and
Greeks, non-united, are not permitted to have in
their houses of prayer, or churches, a ring of bells
anda spire, nor make the entrance of them such as
announces a church ; nevertheless they shall entire
ly be at liberty to build such edifices where they
think proper, and follow their worthip, either with
in their own walls, or abroad in the houses of the
lick, in whatever part the latter may reside.
111. In the places where a more extensive li
berty in matters of religion is already granted to
the Protestants and Greeks, non-united, things shall
remain on the ancient footing.
IV. In the provinces and towns, where, to this
day, the Protestants and Greeks, non-united, were
not qualified to possess estates, nor to obtain natu
ralization, nor to become citizens, nor to enjoy
academical dignities, nor civil employments, his
Majesty proposes to grant in future, constantly and
without difficulty, these different prerogatives by
way of dispensation.
V. Thole who do not profefs the Catholick re
ligion, shall not, in any case, be compelled to take
any oath, the form of which is not conformable to
their principles of religion, nor to assist at the pro
cessions or other fundions of the predominant reli
gion, when they are not willing to do it.
VI. In the elections and collations to civil em
ployments, no regard shall be paid to the difference
of religion; but the probity, the capacity, and the
chriftian and moral character of the candidates shall
alone be considered; as it is pradifed with great
success, and without the least inconveniency, in the
military e ftablifhment.
. This sovereign resolution has been notified to the
several departments of the capital and the provin
ces; to the officers of the circles, to the universities;
to the proprietors of lordships, and to the muni
cipal magistrates, with orders to conform to it ftrift
ly, and fee it punctually executed. The fame or
ders have also been given to the chanceries of Hun
gary and Transylvania, and the council of war, as
well relatively to the military establishment in ge
neral, as refpeding the diftrids under their admini
stration, and the departments of the Low Countries
and of Italy: The whole, nevertheless, without
prejudice to the more extensive rights, in matters
of religion, which the protestants of Hungary and
Transylvania already enjoy, by virtue of the confti
tntion of the country, and the Greeks, non-united
by their privileges.
Vienna, Jan. 19. The Gazette of this city has
the following notification, viz.
“ Notice is hereby given to all those who have
hitherto kept out of their country on account of the
religion they profefs, that his Majesty pardons
them, on condition that they return in the course
of the year 1782, promising that they shall enjoy
the fame benefits as those who, on account of reli
gion, had quitted the place of their birth, and tak
en up their abode in other provinces belonging to
his laid Majesty."
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. V.]
V I E N N A, January 5.
WEDNESDAY, June 26, 1782.
Rome, Jan. 7. The new laws which the Empe
ror has published in his estates, relative to ecclesi
astical affairs, cause great sensation here; the Pope
has held several conferences on the fubjeCt, with
the Cardinals, Antonelli, Conti and Negroni, the
result of which was the fending an exprels to Vien
na, the contents of whose defpatches were at firft
variously reported, but now it seems certain that the
Pope has feat a brief to the Emperor, in which he
offers his Majesty, notwithstanding his great age
and the season of the year, to take a journey to Vi
enna, in order to concert with him the properest
means of reconciling the views exprefled in his Ma
jesty's edicts and declarations, with the rights of the
Church, and the prerogative of the Holy Sea. The
Holy Father impatiently waits the Emperor's an
swer to a proposal which must astonish all Europe.
London, Feb. 1. We have accounts from Vien
na, that the extraordinary proposal of the Pope's
coming to that city, engrosses all the conversation.
The Emperor has, however, it is said, excused
himfelf from the reception of the Holy Father in
the politest manner, alledging that he could not
think of his taking such a journey at his age, and
at this severe season; and therefore, although it
would be a great fatisfadion to him to fee his Ho
linHs at Vienna, and converse with him upon the
affairs in question, yet,he cannot consent to his un
dertaking the journey, and that he proposes in a let
ter to give his Holiness the most ample detail of the
motives which have urged him to proceed as he has
done.
Rome, Feb. 7. The answer of the Emperor to
the brief of his Holiness is couched in the follow
ing terms :
“ Most Holy Father, •
" Since your Holiness persists in ycur design of
coming hither, I can assure you, that you shall be
received with all the refped and regard due to
your high dignity. If the object of your journey is
relative to the affairs depending before your Holi
ness, and decided on my part, it is fuperfluous. As
to me, I conform myfelf always in my resolutions
to reason, equity, humanity and religion. Before I
determine on the execution, I previously consult
some persons of wildom, integrity and knowledge,
in the affairs which 1 engage in. 1 assure your Ho
liness, that, truly Catholick and Apoftolick, I am
penetrated with refped and deference towards you,
and beseeching you to grant me your benediction.
I am, &c.
Bologna, Feb. 12. We learn, that since the Em
peror's anfiver to the Sovereign Pontiff, his Holi
ness, after holding a secret Consistory at Rome,
hath suspended the journey he intended to take to
Vienna. It is also said, that independently of the
suppression of the Carthufians, Carmaldules, Car
melites, Clorifles, &c. in the Austrian States, the
reduction of the Benedictines and Franciscans into
one order is in agitation.
LONDO N.
March 5. By a letter from Vienna, dated the
7th of February, we learn the following very im
portant information: That on the morning of the
2d ult. at ten o'clock, war had been declared in
that capital against the Turks, and that every thing
was in motion. These advices further add, that
Ruflia was expected to proclaim hoililities against
the Ottomans loon after the arrival of a courier,
who had set out in the afternoon of the 3d from
Vienna to the court of Peterfburgh.
March 9. The Emperor of Germany and Cza
rina of Ruflia have agreed to a war upon the Turks,
in order to drive them out of Europe, their troops
are to consist of 600,000 men in four divisions. A
new trade is expeCted to be opened by this channel,
when affairs are fettled.
The war which the Empress of Ruflia and the
Emperor of Germany are conjointly going to un
dertake against the Turks, will probably be one of
the most bloody wars since the Holy. War, in the
reign of Richard the First. The object is to drive
the Turks entirely out of Europe, and to open new
sources of trade to Russia and Germany.
THE
The motives which have induced the Emperor to
declare war against the Turks are purely political.
Religion, thank Heaven, is totally out of the case;
yet it will have its influence in assisting the Imperi
alists with volunteers, and we shall fliortly hear of
fanCtified emigrations from all. parts, offering to
fight for the honour of God and the good of their
own fouls, and laying down their lives in this world,
to get into the holy army of martyrs in the world
to come.
March 30. The Secretary's office for the Ame
rican department is totally abolished ; as will be the
boards of trade and green cloth, immediately after
the Easter recess.
ExtraCt of a letter from Commodore Johnftone to
Mr. Stephens, dated on board the Diana, at
Spithead, February 19, 1782.
" I have the honour to acquaint you of my arri
val at Spithead, in his Majelty's frigate Diana, af
ter a palfage of eight days, from Life n.
" We have brought Lieutenant Reid, of the
Romney, who commanded the Dankbaatbeyt prize
taken in Saldannah-Bay, together with Mr. Virgin,
a Swedish officer, midshipman and volunteer in the
Jupiter, who was likewise laved from the laid prize,
together with John Duitman, John Belfoor, Philip
Hodge, George Ludgnie, 1 homas Roe, William
Boyer, and David Ball. They report that tie
Dankbaatbeyt after losing all her malls on the 28th
of January, near the channel, had the pi mp choak
cd on the 29th, that she gradually filled with water
to the upper deck, and was on the point of finking,
on the 30th at dark, when they left her in afmall
boat during a hard gJe of wind. That the crew
had prepared a raft, and taken every precaution
with coolness and a&iv© intrepidity; but from all
circumstances, I can entei tain little hopes that fa
many worthy men would survive.
" The fmJl boat was forced to keep rigirt before
the wind, which then blew from N. N. E. Next
morning at ten o'clock, after running about eighty
miles to the southward, the weather became tempe
late, and they were taken up by a Swedish brig
bound to Leghorn, who was prevailed upon by a
premium given by a bill, to run off the bar of Lis
bon, and to fend them into the • agus by a fifhing
boat, where we all endeavoured to communicate
such comfort as so great a misfortune, and fucli
manly perseverance have a right to command."
Late on Friday night arrived in town, from
Portsmouth, Commodore Johnftone ; and on Satur
day he waited on the Lords of the Admiralty, at
the Admiralty-Office.
March 6. Yesterday Commodore Johnftone din
ed with the Earl of Hillsborough, at his house in
Hanover-Square, and afterwards paid a vift to the
Lords of the Admiralty.
They write from New-York, that the Americans
carry on a most beneficial trade to the French set
tlements from the Delaware for corn, flour, and
other provisions. They are building at Philadel
phia 7 frigates of war, one of which is to mount
40 guns, and will be boon finished.
The supplement to the Amsterdam Gazette of
the Bth inti, mentions a great misunderstanding to
have taken place between two superior officers at
Minorca; but we forbear particulars, in refpeCt to
the established reputation of both those distinguished
characters.
It is confidently said in Paris, that an expedition
is planned against our remaining African settle
ments; and from the strength of the armaments fit
ting out, there is every probability of their being
fuccefsful.
Last week the Dutch guard-snip lying in Helvoet
Road, went down at her anchor, and near 130 per
sons perished in her.
Storelhips are now taking in provificns at Dept
ford, profefTedly for Gibraltar; so that the relief
of that garrison is to be undertaken dire&ly.
A draught is now making at Greenwich from the
pensioners, to do duty on board the guard-flips, in
the room of the able feamcn, who are wanted or
board ships going to sea.
[Numb. 235.]