Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-03-18

cl.rat&o1E before n mus uate, mat
they did not Acknowledgements letters adj
Dire ed to them, nor know Vicente they
came, and the counsel for gshe accused
{ onsented that these observation-disclosures
be received as evidence. But the rourc
decided otherwise, and, besides the
line, issued an order tossompsl their
witnesses to appear and OPPOSE ID tho
presence. They were Also ordered to
lay the cost attending the postpone
ment Of the trial.
GERMANY.
A bout the 25th of Dec. extraordina--
ry attention was excited BY the law resA
pecting the Roman Catholic Churches
ani Schools which had been Just passed
by the Legislative Assembly of Sake
Weiner, ratified by the Grand Duke
and regularly published
The principal points Of this new law
are, 'sThat the Grand Duke reserves
to himself all I'll right Of Sovereignty
over the Roman Catholic churches.
that acommission is especially charged
TO take care of the rights Of the states
that no papal brief, no hrchepiscopai
or episcopal ordinance, can be publish.
ed till it has previously received the APT
probation Of the Government; that
Compensated authority shall be direct.
~ made known to the Governments
that no application shall be made to tho
Pope, except on affairs OF the ChurciS
that the professions at Weimar, Jena.
SIC. shall not take place except within
the churches; that ffe professions ofs
Catholics OF ether states, shall neveN
enter into the territoryof the Crane
Duchy; that the right Of seeking an
asylum in the Roman Catholic churches
is abolished; that the funds Of the Ca
tholic Churches shall not be sent al
broad; that none but natives Of thea
Grand Duchy shall be appointed PARISH
Priests or Prelates; that the Grand
Dukr'appoints all the Priests where hAk
has hitherto exercised the right Of CALI
lation; that the others shall be appointa-
cd by the Bishops, after obtaining the
appreciation of the Government, thak
the Priests, being at the same time CaS
fhokc teachers, are citizens Of thu
Grand Duchy, subject to the laws %
the country, and amenable to the orr
binary tribunals; that all laws relativ&
To christenings, births, and burials, ar4
binding on the Catholic churches; that
catholic Prizes 81 cannot refuse to corA
secrate marriages between persons ~
different religious persu asions. undct
the protest that one Of the parties viii
not consent that the issue Of the marA
riage shall be educated in Gre Catholic
religion; that Priests o. others who ars&
suspected ofusing their influence Ia
! make proseiytes shall be called to ac4
count before the tribunals.
SUCCESS OF THE GREEKS.
i $40 LONDON, January ID a
A letter from Ancona, Of Dec. 90 en-
closes the copy of one from the Greet.
Minister, Petrobey, fo,his son il Zante
and, by the way Of Maf,eiiien, the adj
vices from the. Morea are dated on thu
10th December These communicsi
tons agree in confirming The accounta
previquslp published Of the defeat Of
the. Captain Pacha by the Ghristi1{
fleet, near the island Of Skiathe. 1T
the action the barbarians, suffered thu
loss Of ten ships sunk, twelve burnf
and eight captured.-They also stati4
that the Captain Chief, Mavroc,rdatsi
in bis passage with fourteen ships III
the relief Of hIissoIonghi, fell in wiz
the Algerine feet off Patras, that So
we're engagement immediately ensi.
and that the result was the capture II
one frigate. and one brig. Five orr
Algerine vessels were sunk during tits
battle, and the remainder Of the pis@.i-
cal fleet escaped.
A person, who styles himssif frn
f,sser Odion, Of Washington COR ae !,
District Of Columbia, and who ststess
that he was appointed by a. comrAiise
IN Washington TO travel the Eastern
section OF the Union, to deliver
lectures and solicit subscriptions for the
Greeks, is advertised in the ETstsrn
papers as an imposser. He is. d man
u middling stature, about IS years &c
age, dark compiexion'and hin features.
When at Norwich he wore q browns
coat and pantaloons, cut in the Gus kerr
fashion, and green plaid cloak, rn,cts
soiled.--N T. Daily Aduertise
r 1t is said, that about thirty Of the
members Of congress, have been PIE.