The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

THE GERMAN REFORMATION.

The latest accounts of the important reformation now
taking place in Germany give a most interesting account
of the reformer ltonge's arrival at Worms, on the 15th
instant, when he addressed the people from the Market
Place, where, 300 years More, Luther preached the doc-
trine of the reformation. The coincidence made a deep
impression. He entered the town, followed by thousands
and tens of thousands, who greeted him with continual
shouts of joy. Two of the most notable citizens (t he one
of them an Israelite) voluntarily offered their residences
to serve for a place of worship, where the German Catho-
lic Divine service should be performed. The ihhabitants,
Catholics and Protestants, undertook to arrange tie place,
and succeeded in changing it into a well-adorned temple,
with also several galleries, and other necessary accommo-
dations. However. the number of persons wisting to
attend being very considerable, it was found necessary to
resort to another expedient, and on the very day of its
performance a tent was erected in the open air, in which
more than 15,000 could thus listen to the great reformer.
The ladies of the town presented a cup and other vessels
necessary for the occasion.
On the following day Itonge entered Darmstadt, where
the same gratifying reception awaitei him. 0 entering
the town, the Philharmonic Society chaunted the hymn.
" Eine feat Burgist unser Gott," " A Strong Citadel,"
&c. The joyous acclamation of the multitude was at its
height when M. Ronge addressed them from the balcony
of the hotel. On the next day, Divine service was per.
formed by the German Catholics, in the grand room of
the hotel, it being prohibi•ed to perform the same in the
open air, nor was the use of a church allowed.
At Frankfort-on-the-Maine, on the 4th instant, Ronge,
accompanied by his brother and the German Catholic
preachers, Messrs. Dowiat and Keilman, as also by seve-
ral members of the German Catholic communities of the
neighbourhood, arrived, followed by an incessant shout of
joy from a great crowd of people. From Offenbach the
road was covered by thousands of persons, and in Sachen-
hausen, which place they had to pass, the streets and the
public places were decorated with flowers and garlands.
The German Catholic Divine service was performed in
the Reformed Church, and the sermon preached by M.

Ronge.
At Auras, on the 30th ult.. the German Catholics bad
Divine service performed for the first time. Dr. Thimer
officiated, and thirty-six persons partook of the sacrament.
In order to heighten the solemnity of the services, thirty
teachers of the public schools in the neighbourhood joined

the chorus of church music.
At Offenbach, Koningsberg, Breslau, Ulm, Btunshwig,
Reisin, and a multitude of other places, similar gratifying
demonstrations are taking place. At Breslau, on the Ist,
the anniversary of Rouge's writing his famous letter to
the Bishop of Treves was duly celebrated. At 13runsh-
wig, on the same day, the first marriage of a couple of
German Catholics married by a Protestant clergyman
took place.
Ronge left Darmstadt on the Oth instant, amidst the
shouts of thousands, who bade him a most hearty fare-
well ; and after his having taken a most affectionate leave
from all the members composing the committee of our
German Catholic congregation, they in their turn made
him some valuable and significant presents. M Ronge
seems indeed to have been chosen by Providence for car •
rying into execution the great project which was enter-
tained in the 11th century by two celebrated persons, viz.,
Berengarius, and Arnulph, Bishop of Orleans, hut which
was stifled in its birth by the powerful Roman hierarchy
of that time.
The commissioners appointed to inquire into the recent
disturbances at Leipsig have presented their report. They
state that the most unfounded rumours had prevailed re-
specting Prince John, and had excited the populace
against him ; and that there is not the slightest ground
for believing that he is any way concerned in commanding
the troops to fire. They do not, however, state who is
the party responsible.
The Frankfort Journal of the 11th states that when
the Abbe Ronge left Worms he was accompanied by
nearly two hundred persons, that when upon the point of
embarking at Gernsheim he was insulted by a crowd com-
posed of both sexes, and that the women showed more
animosity than the men. M. Ronge, however, escaped
in his carriage. The merchants of Worms who had
accompanied him took shelter in a yard, intending to
wait for the evening boat to return to Darmstadt, but
they were pelted with stones and obliged to fly for their
lives. One person had his head cut open. Upon em-
barking in the evening they were again attacked. An old
man was knocked down by a stone and severely injured.
One of the party retaliated and struck one of the aggres-
sors, which was the signal for a general attack. The
fanatic crowd, headed by a police agent, rushed upon
them, and severely beat the person who had struck the
blow. The Journal, from which we quote, adds, that
" but for the timely interference of the gendarmes, the
affair might have terminated fatally."