The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

Yesterday we received Dutch and Ilamburgh Papers to
a late date. The full: wing are extracts :
Ilgtot Lamto, Die. 25.
Extraordinary attention is excited by the law respecting the
Roman Catholic Churches and Schools which has been lately
priced by the Legislative Assembly of Saxe Weimar, sanctioned
by. the Grand Puke, and regularly published. The principal
points of this new law are—
" That the Grand Duke reserves to himself all the right of
sovereignty over the Boman Catholic Churches; that a Commis-
sion is especially charged to take care of the rights of the state; that
no Papal brief, no archi-episeopal or episcopal ordinance can be
published till it has previously received the approbation of the
Government ; that complaints respecting the exercise of ecclesias-
tical authority shall be directly made known to the Government ;
that no application shall be made to the Pope, except in affairs of
the Church; that the processions at 11'eimar, Jena, &c. shall not
take place, except within the Churches; that the processions of
Catholics of other States shall never enter into the territory of the
Grand Duchy; that the right of seeking an asylum in the
Roman Catholic Churches is abolished; that the funds of the
Catholic °hutches shall not be sent abroad ; that none but natives
of the Grand Duchy shall be appointed parish priests or prelates;
that the Grand Duke appoints all the priests where he has hitherto
ezerriseel the right of collation ; that the others shall be appointed
by the Bishops, after obtaining the approbation of the Covent.
went ; that the priests, being at the same time Catholic teachers,
are citizens of the Grand Duchy, subject to the laws of the country,
' and amenable to the ordinary tribunals; that all laws relative to
christenim„ni, births, aril burials, are binding on the Catholic
Churches;' that Catholic Priests cannot refuse to consecrate mar-
riages between persons of different religious persuasions, under the
r pretext that one of the parties sill not consent that the issue of the
marriage shall be educated in the Catholic religion; that priests or
others, who are suspected of using their influence to make prow-
l' lytes, shall be called to account before the tribunals."
ST. PETERSIBUBGH, DEC. 19.
General Vs/chattier, in the service of his Majesty the King of
Wirtemberg, set out in the night of the 17th for &wager* to
brirg to his Sovereign the account of the celebration of the
marriage of the Princess Charlotte and-the (hand Duke Michael.
STOCKHOLM, DEC. 30.
The State Gazette of the 27th, 28th, and 29th, contains at full
length, all the speeches which the Speakers of the Estates of the
Kingdom severally addressed in their farewell audience of the,
King, the Queer, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and the
Princess Sophia Albertine; also that of Count 3lagnus Braise, as
the Senior Count, in returning the Landroarshars staff to his Ma-
jesty, together with all the gracious answers, making altogether
ferty.two speechet. Booms', Dec. 30.
Couriers continue to pass frequently to and from Paris, St. Pe-
tersbureh, and Vienna.
In •• Dale's Astronomical Calendar for 1825," we find it stated,
on the ground of repeated astronomical measurements, by 31. Von
Wiariewski, that Mount Elboras, in the western branch of the
chain of Causasus, has on its eastern summit an elevation of 2,1178
toises, and on its western 2,893 toises, and consequently that it ex-
ceeds Mont Blanc in height by 2,500 feet.
Ilaxevann. JAN. 8.
The number of ships from various parts of the world that at-
tired here the last year was 1531.—Amongst them were, from the—
East Indies . 9 England . . 530
West Indies . 77 Husks and the Baltic - 99
South America - - fi3 Sweden and Norway . 47
North America - - 51; Denmark, Jutland, &c. . 34
r=pain and the Mediterranean 79 Holland, Bremen, East
Portugal . . 35 Friesland, &c. . 393
France . . 98
Sailed 1250, exclusive of sntal er vessels.
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A MSTERDAIT. JAN. 9.—London, 34 8; two months, 39 s.
ST. PETLIVIBUROII, DEC. 19.—London, 7.16; Paris, 1001.
BERLItt, JAN. 3.—London, three months, 7 24.
LEI rate, JAN. 2. —LJndon, two months, 610.
Ilastauston, JAN. 6.—No list published on account of the
holiday ; business done on London, (ten wteks) at 36 8.