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London, England, 1827-10-08 00:00:00

hurtful to the public ; and that if I should
learn that any intrigues prejudscial to the State are
'carrying en in my diocess,.or elsewhere, I will dis-
close it to the King, my master."
The same oath to be taken by the ecclesiastics of
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the second order, before the civil authorities ap-
pointed by the King; and that there may be no
doubt With respect to the form of prayer as fixed by
the article S of the Convention of 1801, it is to be
modified thus :—" Domine Saloum fac I?egcm nos-
trum Gulielmum.". The Bishops shall have the free
nomination and election of their Vicars-General.
The Archbishops and Bishops will pay particular
attention to their seminaries, where young men des-
tined to the ecclesiastical profession are to be formed
in time like young plants, to purity of manners and
piety, for good labourers in the vineyard of the Lord
are not born such, but must be trained by the
Bishops. In execution of the second article of the
new Convention, the seminary of each diocess shall
be established-and managed on the following princi-
ples :—First, such a number of young men shall be
admitted, supported lodged, and educated in them
as shall be sufficient and in due proportion with the
wants of the diocess, and the due spiritual assistance
of the people : the number shall be duly determined
by the Bishop.
It is also of the greatest importance that those
who devote themselves to the sacred office should
be versed, not only in the ecclesiastical learning, but
also in philosophical sciences and other branches of
knowledge, calculated to prepare them for the for-
mer, so that they may be models in society, and
also ready to answer-every question. The Bishops,
for these reasons, shall establish in their seminaries
all the' professorships which they shall judge neces-
sary for the complete instruction of their clergy ;
and finally, the doctrine, discipline, instruction, edu-
cation, and administration of the seminaries shall be
subject, according to the canonical rules, to the au-
thority of the Bishops, who may admit the clergy to
the seminaries, or dismiss them, and choose freely
he rector and professors, and discharge them if

they see occasion.
The King will provide liberally both for the
existing seminaries and for those which shall be esta-
blished. It is the well-known desire of that mag-
nanimous Prince duly to provide whatever is neces-
sary for ecclesiastical instruction, and in a manner
which shall be agreeable to us. We have received
positive assurances, to this effect from the Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary.
His Majesty will also take care, in his Royal mu-
nificence, that the cures, who, in consequence of the
new circumscription of the parishes which will be
proceeded to as soon as the dioceses are formed,
shall be added to the number already existing, shall
have the same means of maintaining the dignity of
the profession, and be treated on the same footing,
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