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ptote:aled to tlie &cabbala of llbistrk*hich caniaried the ed
yaiwegt of religion, the liberty of the church, the honour mita
clergy, the augmentation of the n'ttniber of her sacred
minis-
ten, and suitab e means kr theitaimport. encourWeed by the
coefiderice with whir.h this excellent Prince in lured is. MA
acme that dignibed freedom of communcation with which our
apestolic functions should be exerciaed, we exhlbitel to Ills
Ma:e.ty, both orally and in writing, the injuries and wounds
the Galricari Church had received, in the desvective
conflicts a Latter times, and horn the preponderance of hostile
opinions; in short, we manifested what was due to us iii those
respects. The answea of the Finpemr were replete with pro-
(emirates of conoderation for our ;•ersette-der that merit of which.
we were its some degree enumenses; and they 'Tailed v. the
greatest Whirs, iliat the Gal Kau Church, rising miensib v rein;
its state of languor, would recover its erstine teen and stems,.
Thee.: are evils of ouch a 'mature, at, though they might have
b-e-i suddenly ptoduled, yet, t t attempt an imioelisite cure,
w e dd be to arras ate, rather than to -enterly than.
Think not, power: r, Reverend Brethren, that we do not
still eotertaut the rglearest Mopes. Seya,ai aces have been per-
formed, which ope:ate as a pledge, aa a security for future con-
&mt. The Societies of the Preen, de la Mittaion, and of the
do 110-lame, which St Vincent de Paul had so !woe
F.-U*ly haunted, have been stole re.establia eal, and autleeis vl
to agar these liahit: which formerly ati ll itt (Waived them. ft, a
public deice, the ace:sari fund• for the repairs of Colielial
churches, and the ..xercese of public worship, ham. been pro-
vided ; and suit .hle edifices have been ellerted as arinauirie.
for young Ecelesiisties. It has been decreed, that these semi-
naries shall be eligible to receive Letavoutary bequests of
mor•ies, or of fowled property ; and the expencea of these
atteetted to the Metropolitan churches shaU be defrayed fruit.
the 'while Treasury. The revenuer domineer' fin the Bishops
and Canons of the Cathedral clutches ham been augmented.
The M • epal Ad innistrations of the Pricinces have been
charged with the i..-Aiding for the repair:, and for furnohivg
the md nary churches The Society of the Missions Feat'.
germ, °raciest!, destined to carry the true fitth to the
extramitice of tit- earth, hes been restored throng's the
paternal ere of the Emperor, so as to be able to re-
cover the promety it once possessed, and even to acquire
new Misshutatiet, who have been sent to the moat shstaht
climate. fir the !art jut oaf thy true reliemii, are en-
couraerl rod protected by the (h.vernmerit of the Entp, nor.
We have 'given, with the most heartfelt iov, the
epode:it beriadietien to certain distulguithei mats, who
made part of the mission tr. China. Among such a number of
president cares, we could net have legotten our patria-chal
Church f the Lateran, the mother and alai"( all the eh...relies
its the world. Thu chinch, by the munificence of the most
generous of Emperor:, fat been compenuned for the km of
its proaerty in Vence, which the (my of the times had wrested
from Iter. Oilier measures of conaiderable itnportairee have
also bees adopted. It has been decreed, that the HISIIO,JA shag
freely excr:ise their powers of jutting with respect to Spiritual
off:neva. and those which relate to Ecelesiestieeldecipline, and
to punish, as provided for by the Canonical law. That the at-
tempts made by the civil officers to shackle in a manner, at
once •in,ust and oppressive, the ecclesiastical juri.iirtion, shall
h! .1 e..enta nued ; that the tenter:les which existed to the en.
trance of young men into the e,elesiestieal state abaft be great.
ly diminished, and those which p evaded with resarct to the
edocatien of youth; to the affordieg 1p:1101a1 comfort
to the sick, to the soldrey, or the inhabitants of the country,
entirely dune away. These benefits, which we have .leaved
truni rear discos-eon with this great Prance, guaraittee, as we
have already obsa•ved, the effect of the mta demands which
we have aide trees him, and which we have every reason to
expect irons Ins refigi
We min net, however, paw over in silence those other ip:tituil
benefits, which God, the Father of Mercies, has designed to
grata us in France. You know wit., what zeal, with what
pious mr.lo.sr, ire French people have, in our person, revered
tit/. Sepreiee Pastor of the Catholic (.lurch. That which you
have tarot &incised of, far .roes auraa.sine, even falls abort of •
the truth. It id beyond the powers of language la express the
love, the and, and the extensal veneratien, wb'ch the ?mete of
Frame -acet towards religion Thrilled of Mercies has vouch
safe.) to shower down so many blessings upon our jummary to
Frame:. curt the Bishoas have not hesitated often millilitre
VIAt those are beyond conceprion, as tending to the spiritual
advairt:ge of the peop'e We have not thscoureteel that ge-
neral facility of accts. to us, that we mar hear the cmnplaiuta
of the agent-yet, and rem-dr, as far as in &fres, th ire spiritual
eels which ate. exist ; anti that we may preinete the poi:-cipic
universally emirs% the peope• We love vis.ted all the parishes
in Paris, awl there, a. we afterward. del ag Lyo a, we distri-
buted among many thousands of the faithful, the kuenarntical
bread. We al.* vieted tl s liespiteis where the sick recei,ed
the succours of Christian charity, or which were consecrated to
the religious ',refection of youth. An innumerable crowd of
Catholics fel owed us ever, where, as weal at our return, as 00
our going out, and appeared. never tired of receiving our apos-
tolic bee:diction..

What .hall we say of the illustrious Froth Clergy? the sen-
timents which they Irm.lly expressed iu our favour, were et
that elescriptiou that we know not how t exposes oo deeply
we hare beast affethrl by such avowa.s: We !re also incapable
..1 desci ibi,ig that arleht seal, that vigilance, those indefinilt-
lee cares, with which the Itlshops miserly governed the
I%eks ,Ittrust....d to their CAM, thus -111 'Lesion, to that re.
ligiun of which they are the ustualie sad limning leaped
even (one its cue •.ies. Huang Wan etarselyea wasjiws, we
have judged it our duty to decree three just praises, is theism
of the universal church, to the meritorious clergy of France.
Neither have we neglected, whitest Pans, to fulfil those
duties, which snore properly Wien; to oar ministry. We as-
sembled, in concisve, our reverend brethren, this. cartliwils
who accompanied us, as well as timer who resided at Paris, and
we presented the list Si Cardinal de Benny, Aichbishop of
Paris, and to Cardinal Candoscates,Arintealior of Rosen, with
those rites and sr.l.Nonities prescribed lay the Apostolic consti-
tutions. We provided the secant diereses with new towline,
and we ourselves have censectated some them in the ex-
tensive chinch of St. Sulpice, amidst au innumerable contsairse
of the f...thful. A few days previous te .sr deliartisie hunt
Paris, we p ,-formrd the ceremony of baptising the Prince Na.
poleos, nepnew to the Emperor, with the ratan amen&
cence, and iii presence of the great even of that spiendid coOrt,
assembled at the Palace et St. Cloud. The Proposer himself,
and his august moan*, in She mast devout saiuiner, presented
the ins Renal infant at the eonseeratett font.
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Such liars bean our labours in Fritnee--serh have been the
works of the glorious Emperor of the French—ouch have been
the of tire attachment of the French for religion--and,
such lre the resole of our *Journey.
The discustotils heirig terminated, and the return of spring
favouring our journey, we deemed it incumbent or us to re-
turn to our City arid to our See. Having fulfilled our duties
towards thcluvincible Emperor, from whom as were now
Iticstd to separate, and after receiving trim him roe tea.
ti. 1.011101 01 his favourable sentiments toward. is, we coat.
metteed Our journey hither. At Chalons we celebrated those
d:ys solemnly enneorated to the men of the uuaoo and
the rrourrecSon of our Lord. How i Mk was the
ardent piety of tire rnhalmants of the !City and those ef the
neighbouring towns ! What affection ite, but respectful eager.
new to his near our person! At Lyons the people manifated„
if peodbk. still greater reiteration L 4 our person and posed
fun-tionsthan on our 6,14 vi.it,and reitilated their probesjeas of
love and devotion toward the hply See. Our Re,. Brother, the
Cardisial Fesch, Archbishop or Lyons,reridereiltle est armed
tine, with equal marnthccoe, the office*of llocldialitY• W. r."
joree in this opportunity of publicly acknowledging owe grati-
tude to his Emilio:ace. We should not forget that, during our
stay at Lyons the celebrated chapel de Tourviere,dodwated to
the Rely Virp in, was reopened Lv us, in the mesence of an
incredible number of the citizatii, aod rustored, as formerly, to
paalie worship. At Turin, where, a s,rorid time the
iuhahi-
taats :madly err wed their veneration for us, we had the inert
prceible hit/pones of again beholding eh.. Emperor Napoleon,
aid of cunferting with him. We took the ooportuni yul etr•
nestly ft:commending again to his coosider.aiiiu thu ecelessani,
cal concerns of Franca and Italy, mid iii r morraiog Ito Ma-
jesty our sincere thanks, for all the b. nenui he had roofe.rel on
or, and the Catholic redg In, we proce,Jed tau our route to
Etruria, mid arrived at Florence.

(tar entty into that city tea. attended with much splendour,
atd p:o,:octive of great public rej; uotious
Queca of Etruria again receietat mo.t magolci•iit
mamter, ,t the 2atue times t',- most becoming !let...
Toe Lord, in his usiLoJiid:d metey, ha 4 prepared lot twin
titer, the Most gratitying of all consolation.
in our krrawr route, thr.,ugh .11111 CItY, a prc•Nroti•
Merl?, that our reeeierwl brother, Scipio .e,eot
of Po.toy s2:iott,lw intaitiod to bo recoomdsol CO us, aliti
IIG:y Roman CIIWCI,I j &thing winch we laed dewed fur sem:

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tir7N, in eentitan wit iri trod men. ItemMinaiikesiv
truly filial confidence, that he was ready, in tM sineinty of
heart, to subscribe to the formula, which wit should please to
propose to him. II" has performed his promises for the formula
',ht.+ had been tranittinted, by our reverend brother, the Arch-
bishop of Pliillipo,_ his been acknowle lied and signed by him.
Py thas declaration, which lie has requested may he published,
in re. aration of his former scand.l, he 112, testified that he
has r.ceit ed purely, simply, wad in full sincerity and re.
vermee, the constitutions of the Holy Apostolic Seer by
which are prescribed the errors of Lill% of Jansenies, of
Qa.efitel, avi tneir stetaraan followers; and especially, the
doernaliy Bull Airethoreat Fidel, by which are c.milemti..al
eighty five propositions, taken folio the Synod of Powys,
emelt he ht.i himself col' ected anal p-ablished. Farther, he
liar d,clar..l, that he reprobates anal condemns all these Immo-
sit .101119, anal each of theirs, and r the qualifications, and in the
sznieexpressed thereof, in the B-all above mentioned. Anal fin ally
he declare, hi. determination to live a al die in the faith of the
Holy Roman and Apostolic Cfitnek, and in perfact submission
in her, and also to us and our successors in the chair of Sr.
Peter, in our wraiths-a of Vican of Christ on earth. After this
solemn declaration, we have called him into our presence, we
have heard him orot?st anew the shcerity of his sentiments,
and Iris implicit submission to the dogmatical cl.teisions of
Peas VI. his attachment to the orthodox faith, and to the
Apostolic See,whicb, he said, had in fact preserved him in the
midst of his errors. We thereupon paternally einbra.:ed bim,
re haveacktionledged all the merit of Ms conduct, and in the
fell affection of our charity, we have reconciled him to ourself,
anal the Holy Catholic church. In congratulating us in his
letters on cur happy return to Rome, he declares himadherence
to the recantation nude by him at Florence, which consider-
ation affords OA the greatest pleasure.
Reverend Brethren, we have caimeived it our duty to com-
municate thane important matters tar yon; itt consideration of
which, it b,hoves in to prostrate oursslves at the foot of the
thome of the author of all these benefits, and humbly to sup.
plicate him, thnouth the intercession of the bleised .Apostles.
Peter awl Paul, to protect, and accomplish in his mercy, all
that we, in our weakness', have end savoured to beein, for his
Glue, ext.m iru of the true Religian, the safety of all
Souls, and the advantage of the Church and the Holy Apos-
tolic See.

PARIS, JUIT 15.
The Marquis de Imechesini, Minister Plenipoten-
tiary from the King of Prussia, arrived here last
Thursday.
The Emperor has appointed M. d'l lauterive, Chief
of the Division for Foreign Affairs, Counsellor of
State.

Peace has been concluded between America and
the PachA of ipoli.
French Funis 61 f. 80 c.

EXTRACT OT ♦ DISPATCR PROM ADMIRAL VIL-

LINEUVI.

Fort De France, May 21.
The lait intelligence *Lich we have received from Sr. Do
ming° bof the 13th Flnteal. Every thing goes ire perfectly
well ; the Ivaddi of Dessalines have been completely beaten and
rvitriserl from the part of the island.
'l:tramlines, obliged to raise the siege of Saint Domingo, ha.
lost the half of his army.
The blacks are divided, and in a state of complete anarchy.
St Diant;ngo and the Spanish pain are completeli
al, and the S;taiiilih Calumet or a good Qitnation
Terror prevails in all the English Island., Martial Law has
been every where p-nehi.ried.
The rep etc circulated here lead as to believe that Trinidad
is defencvlet<, ald that it sa already evacuated. 1 have 'not,
liere7ver' any ii.isitive news, and I wait the return of several
vessels which it have sent 0.. CIAO,' or expeditions.

BRACT 01 A ELTTEN IRON NEW YORK, JUNE 14.
TRACT
a:f.t.rs of the French ate.dhl atunce re-establoshed in the
S,An.sh part of St Denning).
The Slack Army, which had advanced under the walls of St.
Domingo. retreated to the French. part, in a state of downier, of
which Geomal Fernand wonted with much ability and success.
The negrtew have been cut to pie...es by the forces which par-
aded them.

underAaud that a general probing!, has beea.laai at pie
Hatans.ah. A:1 the trJuspocts which could be 'found hate
bees am; proviaiollo. I for 43.4 ebdarfi They teem
4:lll.ined to take on bard about 1:0}0 Svanish and 17,00 French
troop-, cum iosing an oxpeettion, winch ie supped:A to be des-
hated for St. Domingo.

•YSTIIDAII, JILT 19.
According to advises from North Holland, Vice
Admiral De Winter, appointed Commander in
Chief of the naval force in the Texcl, ha hoisted
his flag on board the if4rAtelle.

• BOLOGNA. JUNE 24.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, the Gonfalonnier, and
a deputation from the Republic of Lucca were. in-
troduced to an-audience with the Emperor and King.
who received them surrounded by his Ministers and
Grand Officers. M. Ek4lecomini, the Gonfalonnier,
then addressed him in a long speech, in which, after
enumerating the imperte3ions of the present Go-
vernment, he .aid,

A Prince allied to your Majesty ran alone insure to our
count.y, the neceleary a Ivantages. Ir is there we hod the
power which surruuodi, aid roust protect its. It it there we
bad the guarantee of proiriples, which, eve.' in the mid.t tt
pdrtical ag.tationg, have always poled our fathers which are
iiecesaary to our pushiest, and fur 4 e pre-ervation of
we have, with minium:nu imeetit, res. 'ad h. take advantage
ef the eminent when your IMINSTPII Mtiusty was near our
Matthias, to pray you tons one lot."
The Goirfalorusier then read the Constitutional
AR% containing the Resolutions of the Gonfalon-
niers and Elders of the Republic of Lucca, dated the
4th and IStk of June; and the A. sif the 14th of
the same month, by which the Grand Council con-
firms these deliberations. The principal articles of
which propose, that the Emperor the French, and
King of Italy, shall be requested to give to the
State of Lucca, a new political constitution, and to
confide the Government thereof to a Prince.of his
family; that his Serene Highness the Prince of
Piombinu, Paschal 13acciochi, as well by his own
p~re.-r`og-atives, as the eminent virtues of her Imperial
Hi the Princess F.lisa, his august spouse, by
whom be has the honour to beleis to the Imperial
and Royal Family of France, merits the respect,
confidence, and most sincere affeCtion of the Luc-
e*** people ; the Deputation be charged to testify to
his Majesty, the extreme joy which the people of
Lucca should feel, it this choice should fall upon
the person of his Highness the Prince of Piomhnio,
Pascal Bacciochi, and of the Supreme Dignity,
should be hereditary as well in favour of het Impe-
rial Highness Princess Eliza, as of their descend--
ants, male and female, in such order of succession
as his Imperial and ltayal Highness may judge
proper to establish.
The following is an eztral from his Majesty's
Answer :

Mnitsimir le Gonfalonni,r, Messieurs the Deputies ul the
Ehlers, and of the people of Lucca, my Minister to your Ile-
pU6le has apprised me of tie step which you have taken
rho republic of Lucca, without strength, and without au army,
has found its s. euri,y during the passed ages, in the general
law of the Empire, upon which it depended. I now con.ider,
as a chary. attached to my crown, the obligation of conctli-
sung the different parties which may divide t .e of your
e imitry. The repoblic of Florence, of Pisa, of Stoic., of
Roingita, and all the other I:tile republics which divided Italy in
the Fourteenth Century, hare felt the same inconsenioncies.
They hare all been agitated by the popular Corium, and by that
of the Nob,cs It is only from the conciliation of these dit-
fercat interests, that tranquillity and good order can Si,.'.
The Constnuti,m whieh you hare had for these three years is
treble Ido net duoetuele, that it ill nut competent to +Wm
its 4;1,0'3."