Jenks's Portland gazette., 1802-07-05
PRIVATE LETTER.

which is 10 be called the Sac, ed Legion, and IS
to be competed of men diftinguifhed for their
good conduo or particular talents, or they are
70 be drawn from the different corps civil or
military--among the military, thoie who ihall
have received fwords or mutktts PbcnnsHa ihall
be entitled TO be comprifed in the Sacred Legion.
AL the members of this legion, whatever it,.
tion they may occupy, (hall receive double the
ordinary pay Of that cation. The title of
Member of the Sacred Legion ihall be an bon
orable diflindion, and ihsll alone confer the
executive right Of being appointed TO certain Of
fees. Il lhall be kind of order OF bity,
created in order to fupply the National L5s
which was formed wlh the ldme intention,
bat which failed of anfwering> the wines OF
Government.
General Delmas has received orders 10 quit
Paris the caufe of bis difmiGI is as follows !:
on Eater Day, at the church OF Nofrs Dane,
ore Of hs frisnds obfeived to him, that we aP
peared to be reverting TO our ancient regime.
Trne," replied Delmas, notbiag 'smai.s 10 be
ne bit TO ss3iafe the deafbs Of fbe fqOo sni0ns Of
brace men AUTO died IL fbe eaufe Of Libe,ty." This
fevere fare aim was reported to Bonaparte, who
next day approaching Dslmas, afked HIM what
he thought of The ceremony of the preceding
day. "Gsneral," replied Delmas, " e'etois une
vrais eopaeinaSt"--(a a complete piece OF eanting
hypoerily Bonaparte returned no ani~er ;
but Delmas having boailed OF what be had iaid,
Bonapaste was informed Of i, and lent Bruno
to Delmas, to detire him TO retrad what he
had iaid. Dslmas having sefufed to do 10, re
ceived ordres Immediately to repair TO Vallers'
his uasve town, upon pain of being arrelted.
Several Officers were arrea,d The night De
fore laR, aecuied, as is lupPofed, OF having
formed party in opfofition to the projects OF
the Firlt Coniul, 10 favor Of The Catholic Wor-
ihip.
The new arrangements relative to the Con,
cordat, experience in All their details variety
of difficulties, which do not entirely proceed
from the Unbellevers (InereduAr The Con-
cordat. the Speeches OF Portals, Simeon, and
Lucien Bonaparts, have been burnt at AK !
but il is unknown whether by the Jacobins or
fanatic Catholics, We are apPrehenfve OF re-
volts in all the diocefes to which the eenttitu-
tonal Bifhops have been fsEs. The bihoPs
have been nominated by Bonaparte alone, con
trary to the adviceof al. thole who participated
with him ir the buGnefs. Even On the morn
ing of Eater Day, The Lesate refufed to com
municate with them, and compelled them,
without allowing them the leaf delay, to hgn
recantation Of their oaths. Bonararte IN fur
therance of the fame fytsm requires, that ont
of every twelve curacies, four at leaf ihall be
given 70 the Conlthutional Priehs--that the
fame proportion fhali be obferved with regard
to the Chapters which are about TO be formed
and that it fhall be even more conGderabe with
refped to tho(e who perform the duty OF Paro
chial chapels From all this there already be-
gins to refolt diT-n,ons Of the mott trouble
fome nature, although feveral BilhoPs, as well
as MfIionaries, have written to their ancieat
diocefes, with view TO engage them to iub-
mA1ion, and have entered into correspondence
for that objea The Contitutional BikoP OF
Rouen, IN lie Blanc de Beaulieu, after hav
ing made the necelary recantation, 10 order to
become Bifhop of SoiGons, TENT to the Confttu
tfonal Friets of his ancient diocefe another to- m
of recanta,ion, with which the prefent Arch
bifhcp of Rouen IN. de Cambaeeres) was not
fatis6ed. He demanded of his Prelts differ
ent recantation, which was refufed. He then
declared that he would not be received by
them in his Cathedral, but tho.e who we'e IN
the Caihedial determined to remain there. M.
de Csnbseefss called upen The PEefsa 70 espel