Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-18
FRENCH CLERGY.

CIAMBER or PEEus Feb. 60.
The President communicated to the assembly
message containing the resolution taken by the
chamber of deputies on the 18th instant relative
tn the suppression Of ecclesiastical pensions en-
jcyed by married priests.
The order of the day called TO the tribunal VI
the able de Montesguieu, az reporter of the com.
mittee appointed to examine the resolution of
the chamber OF deputies, relative to the clergy
HeprOaounced a discourse Of very great length,
divided into three principal parts
In the first, the orator commenced by expos
ing the total dcstitution i'm which the clergy are
found, and proceeded to show the propriety Of
entlowing them permanently
In the second, he partially examined the eleven
articles of the project, which he deemed mad
mssble because Of the mode in which they were
digested.
In the third part, he displayed with energy +,
rerspicuit, and eloquence, the benefits of the
christian religion. ascribing to the clergy the
origin of civil establishments almost universally,
in short the whole work of civilization.
The reporter afterwards opposed the projec,
OF restoring the local administration, and especi-
ally the provincial estates He had seen in their
re-establishment republic and the destruction
of the royal authority.
The orator finished his discourse, by proposing
to reduce the project Of the resolution to a sim
gle article. thus couched
" Every ecclesiastical establishment recogniz-
ed by law, may accept and possess movable and
iRmov eable property, whether by donation dur
ing life, or by testament"
BY an ordinance of the Sd of February, his ma
jesty has authorised the re-establshment of the
religious orders in the hospices of the Holy Sa.
viour and ST. John the Baptist, at Lille.
SWEDEN.
Administration ofthe Kingdom, in case Of tie
iHness Of the Kfng.
In conformity Of what the states of Sweden
had decreed at the diet ut Orebo closed the 18th
of August, 1912, il was resolved by the Extra
ordinary Storth1ng, under date of the 18th No
vcmber last, That his Royal Highness the Crown
Prince, Charles John, until the next Storthng
bad talk nearer determination, should, in case
Of the illness ofhis Mai esty, also have the go
pernment of Norway, with the same rights that
according to the constitution, belong to his Ma
jesty; which resolution, afterwards, had been
sraciousy sanctioned
In consequence of these resolutions the or
binary Storthing now assembled has, under the
Cd of this month, decreed as follows
Z" Whereas the Extraordinary Storthiug, un-
der the 18th of Nov. 1914, has resolved that his
ROYAL Hghness the Crown Prince, until the
mex, Storthing might nearer determine the case,
should during the illness ofthe King, take upon
hnnsetf inc government WIN all the rights that,
according TO the Constitution of Norway, belong
90 the King; it is hereby nearer determined,
that his Royal Hghness the Crown Prince
Charles John, in case of the illness of his Ma
jesty the King, is authorized TO take upon him
self the government, with all the rights which,
according to the Constitution of Norway, belong
20 the Kong"
The Norwegian nation and its representatives
now assembled nourish no warmer wishes than
that Providence may still IN long series oil
years grant his Majesty undisturbed health ;
but as illness, alas may reach every mortal, and
this, under all circumstances, unhappy event
w en- il happened to his Majesty, would still
more increase this misfortune of the Norwegian
nation, If the royal authority in that c,se were
not committed tn the present Crown Prince ri
the two Kingdoms the representatives should
not be worthy of the confidence which the matt
on have bestowed upon them, if hey did no.
contribute what they could to the placing o
the helm of government in the hands of the above
mentioned lllustrous Prince, standing near the
throne radiant of so MANY signal qualities on the
Inournfnl occasion Of his VI jesty beng unable
from illness to direct it himself
The Storthing, therefore, dare, with the bes
confidence, solicit the gracious sanction of his
Majesty to the above mentioned resolution.
Christiana, at the Ordinary Diet of Norway
goth Dec. 1915
On behalf of all the representatives.
CHRISTIE, (P.T.) President.
Sanctioned by his Majesty the 29th January
1876.