Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-06-14

The revolutions IN the ClsaiPlne ne
nuhlic.. which will add new titles TO the
.Emperor Of France, has been prepared
! byJevery public testimony OF the general
! codsen. and is in event Of sufficient mag
niEhde 10 engage the notice OF all Europe.
Ii Holland. all things are ready for
change, which the spirit Of the republic
= Fl Z Exhibit al FIRST in some novel form,s
= e surely in the end, 20 accomplish the
fnll pufptse, without too great an alarm
b de pfriudices Of parties which have
existed from the infancy OF that industri-
ous republic. in England, the Catho-
lic pstition from Ireland, arrests the at
tentidn. Theconcessions which the Ca
fholies win probably obtain, had they
ebeen granted TO our foreiathers, woald
have retarded the settlements on the A.
msrican Continent. Upon the great
scAls. Of Justice, the petition has some
thing very interesting. In regardto the
policy Of Europe, and the habits Of nati-
oss, too much wisdom and ability Is re-
Sdired, 10 enable any man 70 eontem-
plate the subject without serious aPPrs-
kensions. The petifioa. however. i
drawn mp With great address. y re-
nounces every political purpose which Is
not dictated by regard to the subject OF
the petition, and the union of the natl.
on. Il abjures all foreign influence, I'M
der any, even under the most sacred
name. Itempioys the kiad opinion exc
pressed Of the Catholics in ireland, in
the Statute of l778, IS proof Of public
opinion. Il represents feehngly the in.
capacity for public honours - operating
against allthe political hopes and private
virtues Of society, and most Ingenious
Hmakes this motive for the petition,
even in lhs present crisis OF public Affairs.
We cannot refuse to recite the para
graph Your petitioners humbly state
Is their decided opinion, that the enc,
mics of the British empires who nedi-
tate the subjugation Of Ireland, have no
hopes of success, save ii the disunion Of
its inhabitsnts; and therefore it is that
your petitioners deeply anxious at this
moment, that measure should be &C.
eomplished, which viii anaihilate the
principle ofrcllgious luminosity, andani-
mate all descriptions of his maiesty's
subiectsin IN enthusiastic defence of the
best constitution that has ever yet been
established. " The objections are les
sened by the milder form which proper
: 81 has assumed, yet such have been the
constant jealousies from the successful
iatrigues ofthe religious orders, that
I the French emperor has refused to liz
+ eenee them in the Gallican church. The
secular clergy are not so direct objects Of
the public fears, as their interests can be
. allied to the civil constitution but the
regular orders might be we'll enough pro-
nounced, the standing army ofthe church,
WHICH il can disband only at its own plea
sure. Much depends upon the petition
of the Catholi,ksin ireland, rs the event
Of suecess would probably connect itself
with an entire change in the Ecelesiasti-
cal state of the British empire. =
! The commercial state Of the West. In
[. dies, by the late transactions in that quar-
Ter, 10 becoming more favourable to the
!, United States OF America. The late re-
strietions in the Rritish =Islands have
been attributed to the discretionary or
ders of the Governors. -Z--s5z---- r. -
Pa From Mariinico, we learn that affairs
are =tnruing fast to. thrir=anciieat state.
lnEegard TO the churrhes IN tlss island,
provision is made for their Temporal.
~ supply, till the cures are. furnished
with their proper pastors. Such pa
fisiies As are vacant, must make a stipu-
lated payment for the extraordinary la