The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-23
SCRAPS.
THE HOLY sEPULCHRE.

lates the question of the Holy Places -
Hatti'humayun Imperial decree,) published
towards The end of the month Revi.ul.ahir.
OF the year l26S of the Hegira tIS52) con-
cerning the question of the Holy Sepulchre.
Nc., in dispute between the Greeks and the
Catholics
= This is my Royal decree concerning the
question of the Holy Sepulchre, &c., Of Jeru.
salem, hitherto in dispute, after q rigorous ex.
animation OF al. the documents which are in
the possession OF my Greek and Latin SUBJ
lects-a decree which confirms all the privi.
ieges accorded to the Greeks by my glorious
ancestors, and particularly by my Iillustrious
father, and which have been already sanctioned
oy myself. Let this decree be for the future
superior 10 every other acr.'
"Firman addressed to the Governor of Jerusa.
lem, Hahz Pasha, and to the Cadi of the
same city, as we'll as to the members OF the
Council of that place.
"'Whereas the differences which have fre.
quently arisen between the Greeks and the
Latins concerning the holy places. inside and
outside Jerusalem, have again been renewed in
these latter times, commission, composed of
several Ministers, illustrious magistrates, and
others, was formed with the consent of both
parties 10 examine the question. The object
of this examination was the question of the
places in dispute between those, two religious
sects, and which consist of the great cupola
OF the church of the Resurrection: the little
cupola in the enterior of that church, covering
the place where the sepuichre of Jesus Christ
is situated; the descent from the cross, the
GOlgotha, situated in the interior of the same
church; the arcades of the Holy Virgin; the
church of Bethlehem. and the cave where Je-
Gus Christ was born, and the birthplace and
tomb of the Holy Virgin. Ofall these places,
the claims OF the Latins for the great cupola,
as it belongs to the whole building, for the lit
tie cupola, the descent from the cross, the Col
gotha, the arcades of the Holy Virgin, the
Church of Bethlehem, and the birthplace, are
not just, and in consequence it has been re
solved that all those places shall remain as
they are But. as a key of the northern and
southern gates OF the great church, and of the
entrance of the cavern mentioned above, was
previously given to the Greeks, as well as to
the Latns and Armenians, and as that conces-
sion was confirmed by firman published in
the year l16D OF the Hegira (I74d,l let them
al present be contented with that concession
As TO the two gardens rear the franciscan
Convent of Bethlehem, also claimed by the
Latins, since, according to the ancient and new
edicts, they were under the superintendence of
the two parties, let them still remain so. The
representations on the part of the Latins for
exclusive possession of the tomb of the Virgin,
founded on some ediets which they possess,
are not just; but, inasmuch as hitherto the
Greeks, the Armenians, the Syrans, and the
Copts exercised their religious ceremonies in
the holy tomb mentioned above, and consider
ing that the religious worship in the interior of
that place. in consequence of the exercise of so
many religion forms of worship in the same
place, does not belong exclusively 10 a single
one OF those Christian creeds, and that it is
known that in virture of ancient concessions
the Catholic Christians also perform their
religious ceremonies there; in consequence,
and on condition that not the slightest change
is TO be made in the administration and present
state OF the tomb in question, the confirmation
of that concession to the Catholics is declared
to be just. The rights accorded to the Greeks,
subjects of my puissant empire, and confirmed
by me in virtue of imperial DEGREES, and the
maintenance of which is one of the particular
objects of my Royal solicitude. having been
solemnly approved ofby me, no person what.
ever will be permitted to undertake any act
whatever contrary to the present decision. In
what concerns the Church OF the Ascension, in
the Garden Of Olives, at Jerusalem, since
hitherto the Latins have exercised their reli.
gious services there once year, that is TO say,
on the day OF the ascension of Jesus Christ, and
that the Greeks exercise their religious SER
vices outside the church, and that in the same
place Turkish mosque exists, the church in
question does not belong particularly and ex-
clusively TO any of the Christian rites above
mentioned.
But considering in my Royal justice that it
is not proper that the Greeks, being subjects
of my puissant empire, should not be able to
exercise their religious worship in the church
ITSELF il has been decided that hereafter the
Greeks, the same as the Laiins, are not TO find
any obstacles in praying and performing their
religious ceremonies in the interior of that
sk.
on the condition that the present order and
staIe of things be not in any way changed, and
that the door of the church, be kept as hitherto,
by a Mussulman porter. In order that men.
iion may be made of this state of things 10 the
firman issued in the month of Deval of the
Hegira u254, and in the Royal order passed
on the subject, we have rendered an Imperial
ordinance, in conformity to which the present
RoyaI decree has been published by our lmpe-
rial Divan, and which has been handed over
TO the Greeks. Yeu taking cognizance OF thar
act, are to direct all your attention to prevent
any violation OF the above mentioned decisions
not only on the part oftbe Greeks, ArmeRians,
Syrians, and Copts. but also OF the Latins."
Under the head OF Revolutionary soldier
gone" the Auburn Advertiser publishes no.
lice OF the marriage, on the 9TH iDsf., of MIR.
Asaph Morse and Mrs. Cynthia Whittaker.--#
MIR. Morse is one of the few surviving soldiers
of the Revolutionary War, and is " years of
age. Having served his country faithfully
during the 4ieims that tried mems soui's," he
has now retired to The '.shades of private life, =
to spend the remainder Of his days under the
soft Establishments and smiles Of beauty. Mrs.
Whitaker was blooming Eidor OF 81.
- CossEQuEncEs Or FoLLY,--Mary
Grimes. aged about twenty years, vile Of Mr.