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London, England, 1828-06-20 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PATHS, Juice 17.
The official part of the Monne:sr of this date contains
a report to his Majesty by the Bishop of Beauvais re•
Wire to the seimmlasy ecclesiastical schools, of which
the following is a summary s
" After the storms of the Revolution, society endea-
vouring to replace i:self on solid bases which might
ensure its repose, the first want that it felt was that of
;Avon. The hoed of the Government at that time
uosiestook to-raise the altars which bad bees thrown
dawn, and France showed itself, what it always had
been, religious and Catholic.
" It was soon perceived to be indispensably neces-
swy co prepare for the Church of France new defen-
der% vilw might first rehifarce, and alterwards succeed
Viola vssterasis of she priesthood, whom persecution had
spared. Seminaries were opened in almost all the
dioceses, but only a small uumber of pupils offered
ilreassetres. • •

" The recollections of our misfortunes were recent.
Fatisiflet had seen the •ranks of the priesthood so
dreadfully thirstsed, that they who would. not expose
their children) to the dangers of those times of fury
and anarchy, instead of encouraging their childreu,
used all their influence t ) dissuade them from em-
bracing the service of the altar. Besides, the spirit
which then prevailed in the nation, and in most
al the establishmearsof public education., diverted from
Ws sanctuary almost all the French youtlls, who
crowded the paths which led to military glory and
fortune. It was eai to foresee that if there were only
the ordinary schools to cultivate the 'early dispositions
01 the young Levites, the consequence would be, the,
estiacrion of !he sacred tribe, and of the Catholic'
fteligioo, in the most Chcigian Liog49lll.
"-it was then that that-Archbishop; nod Bishops of
Franue respectfully laid at the foot of the throne their

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prayers to obtain a new orgatistatioeief the ijleffider. .1
.schools destined to form ecclesiastical pupils. '
•ThOr
("bra .was--lst. To vanquish the nistaral repugnance*
olf families, by- the Sdvantagei of an itrucition. almoit
.always gratuitoui, 'or which required from theni only
trifling sacrifices.
..2d. Entirely to separate the posh
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Levites,from comrades intended for professions,
animoted by a very. different spirit,, ythose coniersa.;
Aka, habits, and example, so often dispelled their first
resolutions. 3d. To profit by that happy . age which
receives all impressions, to.implXot more profoundly
in their ',Ming minds the seeds of that solid and true,
.piety, of those noble sentiments ,of generosity, disin-
terestedness, and courage, which were to render them,
one day worthy ministers of the holy altars.. .
" Thus, Sire, the grand motive of the Bishops in ask-.
iag of your August Brother permission to create new
special schools for Ecclesiastical pupils, Was manifestly.
derived from the Most imperious of all necessities-4*a
of saving the priesthood, which was ready to periCla.".' '
The Reporter having adduced various facts to thaw
the absolute necessity of these-schools, :Wei, that though'
they received a new organization in 1814, they have
hitherto subsisted without any aid from the Government;
entirely at the expense of the Bishops, or tether depen-
dent on public charity, which being tttraed into many
other channels„ has ern graitoilly less productive, and
laid the Bishops under the cruel necessity of admitting
among their pupils young people not intended for the
Church,becattie what these paid for their hood served to
maintain their establishments. Hente have arisen coins
plaints of thelittleseminaries, which areseproached with;
having departed from their oirigin'al destination, anit in-
sensikly reso,formed themselves int') real Colleges; to the
great injury of the establishments*OfilieVniierritf.in
consequence of these'complairits, which have excited'
murmurs and distrust, his_Maiesty,opgoisted a Com-
mittee to inquire'into the condition of •:the secondary
ecclesiaitieal schools,-and to point.outtheptnestos of ob-
taining, with respect to them,-the fijll 44..eiitibtt of the
laws of the kingdom. This COniroitteis, while ii noticed.
the irregularities that may have taken: ilate, the prin-
cipal cause, as Well as the excosefoi iviiich, is-Manifestly
to be found in the total siant_il: iiiionikes, tat unani-
mously acknowledged that the teeohdi'ey'eeclesiastical.
schools are useful, and even necisiliyto feliginii, „sod'
has also expressed its wish that ibey'rnit liehentetorth
encouraged, by suitable aid, erhich'iliWielieve 'thew.
from the precarious condition it which they are-belch.
by the painful necessity of belog•stspOtteik by .altus.
"After.. having considered thresePiiftliresetited to
your Majesty byishe Colariaittee, awl conferredizra:t
with my :Colle.anoes, 1 liae* i1ie.51*.4.....ttU.:1i ....
your Majesty the following .Ordinancet ~: -.-- -••
"The object of it is" (the Reporter-pfoceeds:tu dip;
cuss the measures which he piorifitihdkrhiffil-aranitit
embodied in- the Ordinance):;,,. .. *-...•,:;: :.* .• .. ~ :; ~. s
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Csiaatzs,-by the grace of • GOD, -Kiwi Trance an 4 Reeser,. -:
To all to whom these presents shall comeLgreeting.,%. •!" l•
On the report of our Minister, Seiretary of Slate 04./ccireina:
deal Affairs; • • -
By the advtce, of our Council of Ministore-,..4:hipSiedille4.
and ordain as follows:
Att. 1. The numberof pu:)ils in tbefleecaki)l4i'e4l,.c :s
clesiastical Schools, instituted by theresdinaticencf. that
sth October, 1814, shall:be limitectiti eiteh.district,:ac..
cording to the table ?IMO our Minister of EcclesieStiJ
es' Affairs shall submit to our 'approbation Within tiree'
,nionths•from this day. • s-:- 4: . • , .•• .... :.
This table shall be inserted in. thelilletio•Of the:laws,.
as -well as the changes which maf Se-subsequently Called,
for, and which we reserve to ourself to approve if it
.shiruld become necessary io modify thetitst arrangement.
However, the number of pupils pracedin the. &Coo--
dory. Eiclesiastleal 'Schools masa. oceed 20,000:.'-• . ••
2. 'T he number of schooll,•and'the desigoation'Ofibe
Communes in which they. shall be established At* to
determined by ut on the:application of theArchbisho
and Bishops, and-the proposal of our Minister of kW
siastical Affairs.:
3. No strangeri can bcoceiactUit..themicii. :OOltaZH e. ,'
By strangers are nietolit pllpils not lodged andlioarstltd:
in the establishment itself.-- ' "4. a"l' '; l' "7: '' ; 7d4. After the age of - fourteen items.. all • pupiit.lsd-::',
milted above two years in these schools, shall be bouhd-I
to wear the ecclesiastical habit. .„..
5.. Those pupils who preseot theM;eties fOr.i.,heScle-•
tree of Birchelier-es-kitres cadnot, 'till they have. taken
holy orders, receive any thing more than i iliiiiii 'di-
ploma, which shall have no effect except to attain D.
vinity degrees; but it may be rxthanged.tor an ordinary
diploma of Bachelier-es-kttres, after the pupils hare
taken holy orders. : •
6. The Superiorcor Directors of Secondary Eccle.
siastical Schools shall benamed by the Archbishops and
Bishops, and approved by us.
The Archbishops and Bishops shall,,before Ist•Octo.
'ber neat, send us the names of the superiors and .di
rectors actually employed in*Our department of cede-
siastical affairs, to obteia our appktbaticii.
•-• 7. Eight thousand half pensioners (demi bourses) of
150-francs each, are created in the Secondary Eccle-
siastical Schools. These shall -be divided among the
dioceses according as we shalt decide, tt the instance of
the Minister. of Ecclesiastical Alfaiss.--..We shalt deter-
mine the mode of presentation and 'nomination to theist
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pensions.
8. The Secondary Ecclesiastics' Schools in which
the decisions of the present ordinance, and of our•ordi-
mince of this day shill noc be- executed, *ball cease to
be considered as such, and shall come under the gel
garment of the University. Our Minister Secretaries
of State, each in which concerns him, are charged with
the execution of the present Ordinance, which shall be
inserted in the bulletin of the laws.
Given at our Palace of St. Cloud, June lath, the year of our
Lord tans, and the 4th of our reign..
(By the King) CHARLES.
The Minister Secretary of State for Ecclesiasiical Affairs,
(Signed) : F. J. H. Bishop' of Beauvais.
The Journal des Debats gives a pastoral letter of the
Bishop of Amiens, dated Paris, June 12, which is a de-
fence of rte respectable Priests (Jesuiti); add the little
seminary of St. Acheur, against the violent and unjust
attacks of which they have been for some years dap ots7
jects. He declares that they never professed any doe-
Vine subversive of morality and of the authority of
Kings, as they have been accused of doing by men who
'do nor know them—that they have never meddled its
political intrigues, but have exclusively. devoted Iberia-
selves to the cultivation of letters, to the.study. of sacred
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earning, to the.educatiou.of pitch, and the eiescise of
'the
Holy Ministry-7theirlife is, pure. their Piety, is ge-
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:11I:e poor.iDe• and their bands dit;l:rdiuty • abundant aka to
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The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition from seve-
pl paesherin the county of. Derby, for the repeal of the Act fox •
thg,elippressiun of Small Notes.
.. The Marqids of CLEVELAND presented a Petition from the
floriuratlat and Inhabitants of Stockton, for the Amelioration
the.Ciindition of the Shires lathe. West Indite, and a similar •
Petition; which also stated the readiness of the Petitioners to
afforffull compensation to the Planters, front Launceston, in the
Cotioty sit Cornwell. • '
Tin' Sae of NEWCASTLE presented a Petition from Not-
tifighint, against the Bill fort is of Small Notes.
. • ofairstsCia.AGAlSsr THE PERSON BILL.
t .:The Marquis:of LANSDOWN, in moving that the
Tlouse.agreeta. -the Amendments of the Commons in
this Bill,lbought it ..his duty to. call the attention of
-their Loraithips- to the .nature of some of those amend-
ments. Oae of them selated to the crime of attempt-
ing to poison ; and. although he was not himself con-
vinced of its necessity, he did not intend t.) recommend
to their Lordships to object to it. The next Amend-
ment related to a cettain class of crimes to which he
would not .more explicitly allude. The alteration in
the law of evidence respecting them, had' the sanction
of the highest legal authorities, fortified by, the most
ample experienve. The third Amendment was to allow
two Magistrates to determine finally incases of assault.
In the last of these he.had a verbal Amendment to pro-
pose; which was tendered necessary by what evidently
appeared tite a clerical error.. . ' •
The Earl of MALMESBURY had some, difficulty
in agreeing tolthat clause•which conferred new powers
upoti thesMagistrates.' He said this not from any want
of respect for the Magistrates as a body, but because
he, as a Magistrate, under this clause, would feel himself
often in considetable difficulty. There was' ho
.appeal
from the first decision, and the Magistrates were.ro-
golfed, in case they dismissed the complaint, to give a
certificate to the defendant, which would have -the:
effect of barring any further proceedings.: But the Act
was deficient, in as much as it did not contain any forii
of such certificate. The clause, however, had the ap-
probation of many persons fir whom he entertained-the
highest respect, and he should not oppose it.
Lord COLCHESTER supported the clause. , • •
Lord SKELMERSDALR, although he Mt the same difikulty
as the Noble Earl, would not oppose the clause.
The Amencluielt;.which consisted in the'substitution of the word
" Justice" for "Indices," was then agreed tot . •
• The Amendments of the Coauncop, wish! this
Amendment, were
then agreed to, and a Message sent to the CoMmona arcerdingiP.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. • '
The SPEAKER took the Chair feiv mimites before Poor
o'Clock, and was immediately summoned. to tbi House. of Pars.
In about a putter of an hour Niir. SrliSmas returned,-and stated
to the House, that the Royal Assent bad [teen even by. commies'
don to severaliforty) Acts of Parliament.
The Surrey and *isms • Road ripprovevottat,BM was reed a
third time and passed.

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Union, to the Id of July next. .. .: • -,.. .. :,..• • i
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Mr. Altierman;WOOD presented a Petition from toe Cowl:py
of Butchers against the/moves' of Smiilifiehd.. Market.
On the Motion of Mr. /3ssizai; tile RePert. Or ilt-i M. indtee. of
Evidence taken before the-Committee of thelloard:el Wthifii,*se
brought mvand laid. on the table. ••• •..•: . , .. ... ~ :.:
.•11 r. SUGDE•N brought in a Bill for the. Avner. regolation, of
Mortgages on Landed Property.—Read a first time, and ordered
to be lead a second time do hibadaf nest. ' ' ',.
• • Mr.• W. W HITMORE:moted for Return: of the afficiNvalhe
afall'eaports to China anal the East Indies.: sod.also of. the imparts
front the-same places for the.year 1828.—Ordered. - • ~,St
Mr. PiANTA.Drought up•a Return of. the Surplus Fiethp-
plied-b4ythe.CormaissioiterS fa liquidating the claims oh the FfeliCh
Government to that and other porpost•s.l.eid on the table. • •
Mr. MONCK presented a Petition from Muses Levi; les'efltg
for the arnelioration.of tbeeondicion .9f the Jews:. If the Airs of
Naturalizatipn were abolished relakiye •to -the Jews, they yould
materially Veneht the people. of this country,. and potictilarly of
Iretalid.—Ordered tO.belaiLd on the table.
'.Mr. HUME presented a Petition from a person of the hint.
of Farrell, now *maned* in the •,-Polarahalsta Prison of •Oublin,
complaining ot. the hardships-of: his Imprisonment for:Debt...aka .
Petitioner stated, that himself and; many others were coofinctiVor
many years for debts under. ten, fifteen, and tweety.pouncts.i.The
Hon. 'Member expressed his surprise that' so trdel 4 laii stlpbld be
longer continued in our Statute Book; but while it said rlirdkin
there, he would not fail on evert occasion to rater Abrade agabut
it.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. ~:,, .. -.
Mr. HUME then moved for- 4 I.
a Return of the Timbers::4're-
toners confiked.for more than oiie year In tile Mirdialsei 'Pries:in,'
• Dublin, distinguishing those fOr &tit and for criatt•erpt.Lr:Olcdsfeed.
Mr. S..lllCE•postponed his motion relative to "the :Estateltsh-
turnt•of Schools in Ireland, until Monday next. : :). • -••- '.....-4-
. 'The Cknque Ports Jurisdiction Udiwat read;a. tbird,.4trtstand
passed, on the motion.of Dr. Pnii.iiiman '
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A Message from the •Lrords announcedithtii'LuidthipiAtifte
intent toleveral Public and Private Bills. - • ' ••• - ,-• t-• s •
. . Mr.•FYSilld ALlSipt.ehtained. tepee rcobstas la. jilt*. to.
amegd Ctria'a flats, and repeal . the Duty on Licenses for. .apejain
:of Beer. . . .
atutuoystt ctotaistNo. ...
••...-01.... the olotioci.Of the • PHANCaLLOIL. of Ike fislcitiQUßVbe
liosise.resehted' itself inoka Committee Undo' Atairsc 4 as
'COnieltdation Acts-ilinsendaiint UM. .' • . • - • • '
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' ' Mr.. BERNlif.t.,".4oted ko -the 'OA*" 'tshic'h pro. •
:poses tagiVe cotiZtirtfnCjattiediattdn ta Cowl', Plop-
tratel, at'Sessiripefieid its bareiligKi;mlotXsen--;.-Tai the
purpase of gr arithig 'Rake*. , This fie ifibstgisitiiiloi-
dious clatise, -laid -3esestlnii'ildiiiitually-in„ tiirii4.ifed
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reflection on'the Kagistispis or bpiotighs ati'oins.
Thiy.were in ciaiiteissii intrusted WWI. a right cCeile-
riding on the life or deith if theififillipe stibj-cts, and
he would ask hoar iotit4' thb-rbe r4fuietr e.ie iiiarrting
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of licenses?
Mr. GORDON supported • the '.clause, ;whilch, he
thought a most' iinpOttant one.
Mr. MABERLY thought. the trade in public houses
should be thrown open. He was entirely opposed to
the clause as an infraction of chartered rights, ,and an
unmerited imputation on the Magistrates of.Corpasate
towns. It should first be proved that those Magistrates
bad abused the confidence reposed,- in them. If this
clause were passed into :claw, it would create cissen-
tiens between the County and the Corporation Mag s•
crates. It was true the clause did not extend to such
towns as had more than six chartered Magistrates; hut
such towns were numerous, and lie had no doubt but
that the same enactment Would be attempted-Jo be
extended to all the towns in England. -.- ..
Mr. ESTCOURL said, that the elisusC.l pd ; e
Unanimous sanction of the Committee, ancrihOldhavi
his best sapport. Ike did not think the'Clausecobtained
any violation of chartered rights. T4e—ACt of „flOth
George 111. went much further. Even so bang ago as
the reign of William 111. an appeal woe Oh:ivied from
the Quarter Sessions of Corporate tovint to .ille Cuunty
Sessions, in certain cases under the Poor LaWa....He
did not. see what fair
.objection Chartered- Magistrates
could hfurg.,to give the County Magistrates a tOnwteitt
jurisdictions, in case that did nut .affect. any tights of
the COrporstion.
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; ...hI7..BAR.ING,,itti. maintained that the'clause was
a vlotaiton of: cliattere4,righti ; but dig:tie:were other
objectinn'ilitehe Clause, among which war, that alai/ger
was tg,;tie weal..? County.Magistratesovho cou,l4.nc r
,poujbl 'know any thing of. the character of the...Lail--
ill
.i:isias•oip ioi: for' -lioepse. i and it likewise took the
4: otier. mil .thi!,toeal Magsstrates, who ,ire looked to
M. I .
• • akthe "reopo.nk le persons. -• i . •
:: • Mr: e....TWOM) supported- the chits"... • Ile, would
- '.take uptisibioiself, tiik,.sif; Oat the Citininittee.dicr.riot
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eisrespeeesou limo •the:sehar t er.ecl iVlALiiis-
intend..to-cast
irate', butt thdtu ihtilidesito a-istrfEcient number
of disinteiested peesOini
.-• preseuiP•vilien ..)icenses„ were
grapted. - It war,wellAufern; thattvenf,some,tpw,os Om
.were nut more than one Ort%ipa:htiglefaiikanOcAid
not see what inconvenience, AtAratistiffroin 41,16,07ing
the County Magistrates tasoct, Itic:t!..A.*. limier ilas
Bill. He looked. upon the: ch.' 1111filkulziOlig..mmt
ast4al parts. of •thaßill, and 11C 4rAdltsg4ontigictee
would not reject it. . .
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.hiltoi.:,ri..test..v.
.. . Sir J. GRAHA NT could not loots
.bpon tke as aplomb'.
Lion of vested rights. He *as Tairoarable ii't 'cLitie;frlitVould
• support it. . . - . . !:•., .11,t IV ..',-,
•• Mr. F. PALMER, in sopportingttie• claiase, diftt...tiorsiirrk he
. was casting any imputation on the Magistrate* of cerpors.,±r4toille•
Hccotaid take upon himself to tiay.Abgt or bt,givi.lesidri
mita of Reading would be glad to haire a Colletirrenf 'MLitt
to °veiny Magistrates. . ' • -
s' Mr. K. PMalikßit stabilise's*. utaisostisopamothoplaa

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