The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-25 00:00:00

THE IA QUISITION.

The Correqondance ltalienne of the 19th inst.
publishes the following curious document, bearing
the signature of the Inquisitor-General, with the
observation that comment upon it is needless :

" EDICT OF THE HOLY.OFFICE.
" We, F. B. Thomas Vincent A iral li, of the Order
of Preachers, Master in Sacred Theology, and in the
towns and dioceses of Ancona,Osimo-Cignoli, Jesi, Seni-
gailia, Loreto and Recamati, Macerata and Talentino,
and other lands and localities annexed, Inquisitor-Gene-
ral of the Holy Apostolic See especially appointed
against heretical depravity ;
" Being desirous, as imposed by our holy office, that
the Catholic faith (without which, as the Apostle Paul
writes to the Je:wa, it is impossible to please God) should
be in our jurisdiction main. ained pure and immaculate
from all hereti* contagion ; and experience having
proven unto us tV many persona from malice, others
from disobedience, and, finally, others from ignorance,
do not fulfil the strict obligation they are under of de
nouncing to the Holy Office the misdeeds which come
under its attributions, and that serious inconveniences
and errors result therefrom, not only against good
morals, but especially against the Catholic faith ; never-
theless we, who have especially at heart the glory of
God, the full conservation and increase of the holy faith,
and the salvation ofsouls, to obviate all disorder, with
the apostolic authority intrusted to us, command, in
virtue of holy obedience, and under pain of excommuni-
cation, with( ut prejudice to other penalties prescribed
by sacred canon, decrees, constitutions, and bulls of the
Sovereign Pontiff, by this present edict, all and every
person, whatever his station, rank, or employment, whe-
ther lay or clerical, and within the delay of one month,
ten days of which are assigned for the first, ten for the
second, and ten f)r the third peremptory tern, to inform
against and notify to us judicially, or to our vicars or
resident curates, all and each of such persons as may
come under his or their acquaintance ;
"Who are heretical, or suspected of being so, or bar-
bearers or supporters of heretics, or who may have ad-
hered to or do adhere to Jewish or Mahommedan, or
Pagan rites, or who have become apostates from the
Catholic faith ;
" Who may have committed acts from which sufficient
proof might be deducted that they are in open or secret
league with the Devil, performing acts of sorcery, of
magic, of necromancy, offering to the abovenamed (sic)
perfumes, incense, or prayers for the discovery of trea-
sure, or other unholy purposes ; by invocationa or pro-
mises of obedience, or by other practices in which his
name or others are invoked ;
" Who are familiar with, or who practise necromancy,
no matter what sort of magic, with the abuse of the
sacraments, sacred or hallowed things ;
" Who, not being ordained, should have usurped with
sacrilegious temerity the right of performing mass, or
who are suspected of administering the sacrament of
penitence to the faithful of Jesns Christ ;
" Who may have abused or do abuse the sacrament of
penitence, or the locality (luogo) of the same against the
Apostolic decrees ;
" Who may have held or who hold secret meetings, in
contempt and to the prejudice of, or against, the Ca-
tholic religion ;
" Who may have uttered or utter heretical blasphemies
against God Almighty, the Most Holy Virgin Mary,
and the. Saints, or who may have or do express contempt
for sacred images ;
" Who, despite of a solemn oath in the profession of
no matter what religion approved by the Church, or after
having taken holy orders, may have or do contract or try
to contract a marriage ;
" Who during the lifetime of a first wife take a second,
or who, during the lifetime of a first husband, take or
try to take a second ;
"Who may have, or have endeavoured to impede, no
matter how, the functions of the Holy Inquisition ; or
who, no matter how, may have acted contrary to the bull
of His Holiness Pius V., of blessed memory, which com-
mences as follows :—" Si de Protegendis;"
"Who may have published satires against the Sovereign
Pontiff, the Sacred College, high Church functionaries of
established religious orders ; or who may have published
writings, no matter how, containing abuse or profanation
of holy writ ;
" Who without the regular permission should have in
their possession writings or prints containing heresy or
heretical works of an irreligious nature ; or who read
such, print such, or allow such to be printed ; or who in.
troduce them or circulate them under no matter what
pretext oc motive ;
" Who may have, without reason or permission, eaten
or given to eat to others meat, eggs, or milk on prohibited
days, in contempt of the precepts of the holy Church ;
.‘ Who may have induced a Christian to embrace Ju-
daism or any other sect contrary to the holy Catholic
religion, or who may have prevented, no matter how,
Jews or Turks from being baptised.
" It is declared that by this statement of cases speci-
fied by us as of a stature to be denounced to the Holy
Office other cases are not excluded which come under
the sacred canons, decrees, constitutions, and bulls of

the Sovereign Pontiffs.
" The present edict does not abrogate the apostolic
canonical regulations and other edicts of the ordained
clergy and inquisitors. It is, moreover, declared that
those who do not inform as ordered by the present edict
cannot be absolved from the excommunication incurred
without having first informed judicially against the de-

Unguents ; and, although the month allowed may have
passed, the obligation of informing remains the same
under the same penalty until the person who has infor•
oration has mode a clean confession of it. That this
edict may be brought to the knowledge of all persons we
ordain and command it to be placarded in all vestries
and churches, and that no one may remain ignorant of
these orders and endeavour to avoid obedience, we order
all publishers, libraries, customs, hotel-keepers, shop.

keepers, &c., to have a copy posted up in their respec-

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tiv© establishments, in a prominent place, that it may
be read by all comers, and we order all curates to read
the same to their congregations at specified periods.
EXIIORTATION.

"As the principal or rather the sole object of the
tribunal of the Holy Office ia, as already stated, the

glory of God, the exaltation of the Holy Faith, and the
salvation of souls, we therefore, after having commanded
/and ordained as above, now exhort, paternally, all those
who may be guilty of some offence against the Sacred
Office to appear before us, or our vicars, voluntarily,
before they are informed against by other persons, to
make a full confession of their faults and errors. We
assure them that should they not be under accusation
already before some other ecclesiastical tribunal we will
receive them with the bowels of compassion, and they
shall be treated with that mercy which belongs to the
sacred tribunal, and will be allowed to depart in peace,
without expense or penance.
"SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
"In obedience to the /orders we have received relative
to the press, the introdu,3tion or circulation of perverse
and forbidden books, and having much at heart that in
the towns and localities under our jurisdiction the pure
faith may be preserved which, by the grace of the 'AI
mighty, actually exists: there, we expressly ordain and
command that men shall beware of publishing, intro-
ducing, selling, or circulating in the towns, or beyond
the walls or anywhere wit in our jurisdiction, any books
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that have not first been eubrnit';ed to the examination of
the Sacred Office, under the penalties established by
apostolic decree., especially those of Clement VIII.
aid Gregory XV.
"Finally, we ceder and we command that no one
shall iufriugn the apoAolical orders, decrees, constitu-
tions, and bulls which prohibit Jews and Christians
from entertaining certain private relations with each
other, such as sleeping, eating, playing, and disguising
and, moreover, that all familiarity with them be avoided
under the penalties' for J,isA,B as well as for Christians,
expressed in the bull of Pope Clement VIII. of blesse.
memory.

'• Given at the Sacred Office at Ancona this Bth of
August, 1856.

" F. R. THOMAS VINCENT AIRALDI,
Inquisitor• General.
"Sign of a cross, which it is prohibited to remove
under pain of excommunication.
" Countersigned by,
"JOSEPH BIRARELLI, Priest,
Chancellor of the Sacred Office."

AUSTRIAN TRBATY FOR THFC ENSLATE-

MENT OF NAPLES.

The Frankfort Post Zeitung lately stated that
gc Naples was bound by treaty not to establish any
institution similar to the Spanish Cortes." The
Leipsic Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung denied the
statement, and the Post Zeitung replies by pub-
lishing tha subjoined important document, whieh
is the secret article of a treaty concluded be-
tween Austria and Naples on the 11th of June,
1815 -.- -

" The obligations which their Majesties take u
themselves by this treaty, for securing the internal.on
peace of Italy, make it their daty to preserve their
States and their respective subjects from new reaction
and from the misfortunes. arising from imprudent ins'
novations, and it. is, therefore, understood by the high
contracting parties,
.that
.his M.Majesty the King of the
on again taking into his hands the govern.
Two Sicilies,
went of his kingdom, not make any changes
which ars not in keeping with the old monarchical insti•
lotions and with the principles adopted by his Imperial
Royal Majesty in the internal government of his Italian
provinces.

THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE
TREATY OF PARIS.

The Moniteur de la Flotte contradicts the state-
ment circulated by several journals that Russia is
building a new Black Sea Fleet at Nicolaieff, and
that she is reconstructing the defonsivo works of
Sebastopol.
A recent letter, it affirms, shows that th,3 Rus-
sians are scrupulously executing the treaty of Paris,
that they are not restoring any of the old land or
sea defences, and that at Nicolaieff and Kherson
they are only building the number of light boats
which they are entitled to have according to the
terms of the treaty of peace.

Aron:imamEte-RALL.—The following are the names
of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science
and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, Oct. 23 :--Wm. Powne Fowey,
Cornwall ; John Moorhead, Queen's University, Dub'in ;
Griffith Richard Jenkins, Cardigan ; William Parson,
Godalming ; and Wm. Williamson,' Fest' • North
wog,
Wal es.

TEN POUNDS REITAI CD.-ABSCONDED,
GEORGE AARONS, age 22, height 5 feet 5 inches, full
face, and slight red mark on his Ibrel lead, wears a mot istache, full
whiskers, and very much sunfred sled ; had on su iall checked
trousers, black stripes down the side , black frock coat,, black vest,
black brow-brimmed h At, or whitefel t, gold watch and Albert chain,
locket with dog's head, a set of three charms, small Ileted shirt,
black tie, and set of di ,mond studs., enamelled short; !lack boots,
with elastic sides. He took -with him 47 Gold Geneva Watches :
has been to New York, and talks li to an American Whoever will
give Information to Mr. MARKS. 1., Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe, of
his whereabouts, so that it will lead to his apprehension, shall receive
the above reward.

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THEATRE ROYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING
LONDON ASSURANCE.

Followed by
PAS DE FASCINATION.

To conclude with
A BALLET DIVERTIS4EMENT.

ROYAL PRiNCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of qr. CluaLse 'LEAN

THIS EVENING,
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

To conclude with
PIZARRO.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bncitatont
THIS EVENING,
WILD OATS.
Followed by
The Spanish Dancers.
After which,
THE LITTLE TREASURE.
To con:dude with
THE GALICIAN FE • E.

LYCEUM TTIEATRE ROYAL,
Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon.
THIS EVENING,
BELFIIEGOR.
Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Mon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon.
Followed by (the 9th time)
THE KING'S MUSKETEERS,
D'Artagnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Const tnce, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with
The 15 ALLET from the Burlesque of the " Winter's Tale."

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Wet ster.
Directress, Madame Celest,.
THIS EVENING,
IRELAND AS IT IS.
Followed by
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
After which,
THE IRISH TUTOR.
To conclude with
OUR GAL.'

STRAND TIIEATRE.
Manager, Mr, T. Payne.
Tfi S EVENING,
THE OLD COM3IODORE.
After which,
OUT ON THE LOOSE.
Followed by an original Burlesque, entitled
BELPHEGOR.
Mesdames Cuthbert, Woollidge, and E. Jacobs; Messrs. 11. J.
Turner, Herbert, Clarke, &c.
To conclude with
The Ballet of POLICHIOELLE.
Messrs. W. A. Barnes an t Mithenson.
Commence at 7.
Stalls, 3s.—Bozes, 23.—Pit, lg.—Gallery, 6d,

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EN ENING,
RETRIBUTION.
To conclude with
THE FIRST NIGHT.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Leasee and Manger, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
t72d Night!) Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD
with Equestrian Illustrations by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained
Korses. Richard, Mr. James Holloway.
Aftar which,
The SCENE-4 in the CIRCLE.
To conclude with a Pot Pourri of Amusing Entertainments.
Commence at seven. Boa-office open ft-y-11 Eleven till Four. Stage
Manager, Hr, west. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

JIGFI WATER. AT LONDON' BRIDGE.
Tus D k7—Morn. 0 min. aft o—Evening 5 min. aft. 12
r RRO gq—Morn. 26 min. aft.l2—Evening 45 min. aft 12

THE WEATHER—SUN Orricz, OCTOBER 25.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
5E —highest since noon yesterday.
55 —lowest this morning and during the night.
56 —this day at noon.
B AROM Mint , 30.54.
WIND, S.E.—Light, with fine weather, but cloudy.

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