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London, England, 1801-10-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SEPTEMBER 30. •
THE POWS MEE TO THE COWITITUTIONAL 1I•
SHOPS OF FRANCE.

The Pots has fens to MTSr.n4a a Brief, dated
the isth of Auguß (the fame date as that of the
Concordat and the Brief to the Legitimate Bi-
fhops), for the purpofe of obtaining their refigna.
tion.
The fubllance of the Brief to M. Sme• is, that
his Holinefs had teen at length happily terminated
the negotiations with the French Government, and
the Catholic Religion re-eftablifhed in that country
after fo many.troubles and agitationf; but that his
fatisfadion was not complete; and that he Should
even be extremely unhappy, fhould any of them
neglect this happy opportunity of reuniting them-
felves to the Holy See, and not conform zealoufly
with the reconciliation which his tendernefs offers
to them all, in imitation of our Samoa and of
I)ivine Charity.
That for this reafon the Holy Father deemed
it neceffary to make his difpofitioas known through
the medium cf M. SPINA, and tbe means which he
thought moll expedient to be taken by all thofe
who held Archbifhoprics or Bifhoprics in France,
'without being instituted into them by the Apollo-
lical See.
That for that purpofe M. Seima would inform
them of the gracinus will of the Holy Father, and
his ardent withes of putting an end to all the dif;
fenfions which agitate France, to reunite all hearts
within his bofnm, and in all the bonds of glowing
charity. That he does not entertain a itifpicion
that they will deny his folicitations, or hefitate to
tellify to him in writing their obedience and fub-
snidion to the Sovereign Pontiff; their fincere ad-
}teflon to all the decifions of the Holy See refpeca
ring the ecclefiatlical affairs of France; and, final-
ly, their prompt refignation of the Archiepirco-
pal and Epifcopal Sees which they occupy without
his authority.
That he recommends to M. SPINA to negled no-
thing which may bring this great work to a happy
termination ; and to perfilade them that his Holi-
refs will receive them with the more good will,
and will give the more proofs of his paternal and
apoflolic Tove, in proportion as they haften to yield
to his requell. That to him it would be a fubjed
of Much grief, if any individual of them rejeded
his paternal advice, or refufed to comply with his
requett ; in fine, that his Hoboes conceived the
itronger hopes, as the declaration of his intentions
was made at the period of the feflival which the
Catholic Church celebrates in honour of the Al-
fumption of the Virgin Mother of Goo; that he
confiders-. that circumflance as a happy prefage
in favour of Religion, the glory of the Church,
the profperity-of France, and the tranquillity of
the whole world, having every confidence in the
interceffion of that Virgin, whom France has for
a long time recognized as its fpecial patronefs, &c.
The moment the Bifhops refiding in France were
made acquainted with the difpofinon of the brief
of his Holinefs, dated the isth of Auguß, they
battened to comply with it. The Bifhop of Mar-
feilles, who is siz years old, wrote on the zt R inil.
to the Bifhop of Corinth, as follows r—o I receive
with feriae& and filial febmiffion the brief which
you addrefs to me on the part of our Holy Father
the Pore. Full of veneration and obedience to
his decrees, and always defirous of being united
with him in heart and fpirit, I liefitate not to tranf-
mit to his Holinefs my refignation of the Bithop-
ric of Ivtarfeilles. It is fufficient that be deems it
neceffary to the prefervation of religion in France,
to induce my acquiefcence."
v, From a regard to religion," lays the Bifhop
of Senlis, late Grand Almoner of France, in his
ktter of the fame date, 44 to preferve the unity of
the Catholic Church, and to ama the paternal in-
vitations of his Holinefs, I voluntarily- and cheer.
fully abdicate the epircopal• fee of Senlis, and de-
liver my free refignation of it to his Holinds."
The Bishop of St. Claude bad prreioafly made
the fame declaration. His letter of the tk of the
fame month fays, 6, I too much refpee the orders
of his Holinefs, not to conform to them. No fa•
orifice will give me pain, when it tends to the re-
eftablithment of religion, and the glory of its di-
vine AUTHOR."
• 66 Being appointed a Bifhop for the good of the
people," fays the Bilbop of St. Papoul, in his let-
ter of refignation, I cede to be Co, that nothing,
may oppofe their future union ; overjoyed at hav-
ing it in my power, at this price, to contribute to
the peace of the church, and the profperity of
Frenchmen."
u I think myfelf happy" rays the Bifhop of
Alais " in being able to concur, as much as poffi-
hie, by my refignation, in the views of wifdom,
peace, and conciliation, which his Holinefs pro-
pofes to himfelf. I pray GOD to blefrhis pious in-
tentions, and to fpare him thofe contradi&ions
which may airlift his paternal heart."
The refignations of the Bilbops of St. Malo and
Angers are written in the fame fpirit ; and thefe
fentiments are perfeftly conformable to the decla-
ration made by thirty Bifhops who were members
of the Conftituent Alterably on the 3d of May,
1795. " We deliver our refignations into your
bands," Paid their letter to the Sovereign Pontiff,
44 in order that there may be no longer any obfta-
cle to fuch means as your Holinefs may take in
your wildom. for roellablithing peace in the bo-
fom of the Galilean Church ;" and a little farther,
to pledge as it were the affent of their colleagues,
they add, 64 we have hitherto had the advantage
of obtaining, in the explanation of our principles,
their unanimous fuffrages, and it is not when se
farther offer every thing in our power to remove
every obftacle that we have to fear being dif4p-
pointed by their noble and generous difpofitions.'
M. Juno •. Mailer of the Houthold to Cardinal
Caprara, arrived in town yzfterday. He expels
the Legate in a few days.
l'he Government d, as the fubje& for the
premium in p.iintiniat year, the battle of Na-
zareth, gaineu by General Juwor. Four !ketches
of the haul:, which are ii competition for the
rite, ha we /nen feveral days exhjbittd in the
'cry of Apollo.

A convention has been figned at Milan for the,
re.effablithment of complete harmony between
Piedmont and the Cifalpine Republic. It confills
of eighteen articles, of which Tome relate to the
reciprocal conveyance of corn of all kinds, and
others fettle the differences which arofe between
the Communes on the frontiers of the Sella.
- On the asth init. the FIRST CONSUL iffued a de•
tree' conferring marks of dininition on 22 foldiers
and failors who ditlinguifhed thenfelves in the Taft
engagement off Boulogne.
OCTOBER 1.
The IA letters from Madrid announce that the
ICING'S health is much better.
We iearn from M. ERSKINE, that the Bifhops ,
of COSIMINGES and Escaa have given in to him a
refignation of their Chairs, in anaver to the Pore's
Brief.
In confequence of the fame Brief the Bilhops of
Nisi is and CHAUMONT have fent in the refignation
of their Chairs to the Archbifhop of Coals rM.
Re fignation of the-Bifhop of Ni sits addre aid to
Monfignior SPINA:
" Your Excellency will find here annexed the a&
of my refignation of the Bifhopric of Nimes. There
is no facrifice for which a French Bilhop in the
communion of the Holy See, does not find an in-
demnification in the happinefs of contributing to
the unity of the Holy Church, and to the elk-
blifliment of the Catholic religion in France, by
the only meafure which his Holinefs thinks calcu-
lated to produce fo great a bleffing.
" I am fully fenfible of the value and importance
of the fervices 'which your Excellency has been
pleated to offer to render to me in the prefent
cumftances. I have g:ven you a faithful declaration
of my fentiments and wither. (Signed).
" P. M. KCORTOIS DR BAWER, BilhOp of Nimes."
The Bifhop of Saint Dlez, from the heart of
Germany, has alto given in his refignation---.Mo-