It was thought they could not be annihilated but by maffacring them. There was then no medium left to them between the scaffold and abjuring the Gofpel. Infamous courteians were introduced into the fanctuary, and feated on the marble of the altars. Satisfied with their work, fanatics thought they had annihilated Religion in its foundations after having overturned the temples and profcribed their minifters, the band of' demagogues propofed fharing their lands. On all fides the ftate was verging to ruin. Several departments, however, fhuddered to fee that fanatics had changed the mild manners of the French into ferocity. Atheism was frightened at their exceffes. It changed its language. It recalled from that oblivion in which they had been buried, the ideas of the existence of a God, and of the Immortality of the foul. The Atheists them.felves became the preachers of a morality which they had difowned in fo indignant a manner. The Directory made war against Religion in a manner lefs open, but no lefs cruel than the Convention. It proclaimed the liberty of confcience and worship, yet caufed its minifters to be imprisoned. It entered into an accommodation with the infurgent priests of la Vendee, and tyrannifed over those who had fubmitted. It eftablished Theophilanthropy, which ferved only to prove, that Christianity was the only Religion fuited to France.

In a

word, the 18th of Brumaire arrived, and the people were permitted to acknowledge a God, a Religion, and a form of worship, without danger. The government foon after addreffed itfelf to the head of the Church. The conferences of the Concordat began at that epoch. It is on this labour of two years that you have to decide.

Jancourt, one of the orators of government, faid a few words in regard to the Organic Articles of the Protestant Worship. He beheld in them a term to thofe numberlefs evils produced by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz. The conquefts of the Republic had produced the return of a great number of Protes tants-the Concordat will occafion the return of a great many more.

The Affembly having proceeded to the appeal nominal, of 249 voters-228 were in favour of the Convention be

tween the French government, and the Pope Pius VII. The Prefident then declared it a law of the ftate.

The next bufinefs was to announce the fuperb preparations for the observation of Eafter Sunday, which it is worthy of remark, was the firft. Chriftian Sabbath, openly acknowledged as fuch, fince the days of Robefpiere.

EASTER SUNDAY,

AND CELEBRATION OF PEACE IN

FRANCE.

At fix o'clock this morning, the Concordat, or new establishment of religious worship, was announced by the difcharge of fixty pieces of cannon; and foon afterwards a proclamation to the fame effect was made in all the diftricts of Paris.

About ten, the Administrative and Judicial authorities proceeded, in their official dreffes, accompanied by the infignia of office, to the Church of Nôtre Dame, and were followed by the Tribunal of Caffation, efcorted by a guard of honour, and foon after by the Tribunate, the Legislative body, and the Senate.

The Chief Conful, after diftributing ftandards to the chofen legion, in the Court-yard of the Palace of the Thuilleries, fet out, accompanied by the other Confuls, under a difcharge of fixty pieces of cannon; a fimilar difcharge taking place on his arrival at the Metropolitan Church.

The whole proceffion was magnificent and impreffive. Three chairs, of fumptuous workmanship, were provided on the occafion, richly decorated with gold brocade, affording a moit fplendid fhow. Bonaparte went in the greatest ftate poffible; he was feated underneath a rich canopy of crimson velvet, fumptuously embroidered; and in the Church, he occupied the feat before the altar, formerly the station of the monarchs of France. The various ceremonies of confecration were performed in a very folemn manner; the fword of ftate fparkling with the richest diamonils, alfo received confecration.

Mafs was celebrated, pontifically, by the new Archbishop of Paris. Before the leffon from the Evangelifts, the Bishops took the oath formerly in ufe, and which has been renewed by the con

vention

vention with his Holiness. The whole clofed with Te Deum for the general peace of the Empire and that of the Church.

The fervice was performed outside of the choir, which was filled by the military. The beautiful old pictures of the cathedral have been replaced, and the aifles and galleries have been made refplendent with rich tapestry:

The temple with new glory fhines, Adorn'd the altars, wash'd the shrines. Before day-light the populace began to affemble at the church, for the purpofe of gaining admiffion, though not a tenth part of them could find entrance: The ceremony began between twelve and one o'clock, and was over about four-the return was in the fame order, reversed. In the evening there were the moft fplendid illuminations, a concert in the garden of the Thuilleries, and every demonftration of joy that the vivacity of Frenchmen, under fuch exhilirating circumftances, could fuggeft. No accident happened, though the cathedral itself, as well as all the furrounding avenues, were literally crammed with people.

On the fame day the First Conful iffued a proclamation on the fubject of the re-establishment of Religion, in which he obferves, that "a fenfelefs policy ftrove to ftifle religious diffentions, under the wrecks of altars and the ruins of Religion herself. At the voice of that policy, thofe pious folemnities ceafed, in which citizens called each other by the endearing name of Brothers. The dying no longer heard that confolatory voice which fummons the Chriftian to a better life; and God himself feemed exiled from Nature. All the paffions were let loofe; morality without fupport, and mitery without hope in futurity: to stop that disorder it was neceffary to refix religion in her bafis, and this could not be done, but by measures acknowledged by religion herfelf."

The only holidays of Chriftian calendar, allowed to be kept as festivals in France, exclufive of Sundays, are Christmas day, the Afcenfion, the Af fumption, and the feaft of All Saints. Eafter, of courfe, being itself a Sabbath.

The hilt of the fword of the Chief

Conful, which was confecrated on Sunday laft, at Nôtre Dame, is mounted with the crown diamonds of France, and has at its top the famous Pitt diamond.

The Duchefs of Cumberland was prefent at the grand fête in Nôtre Dame, at Paris. Her Royal Highness was accommodated in a box, in which were fome of Talleyrand's relations.

FRENCH WEST INDIES.

THE laft. official dispatches from St. Domingo, dated Feb. 24th, written by Gen. Leclerc, the minifter of the war department conclude in these terms.

Thus the army of St. Domingo has in a five days campaign, dispersed the principal bodies of the enemy, taking a great part of their baggage, and a portion of their artillery. Defection is in the camp of the rebels. Clervaux, Laplume, Maurepas, feveral other black chiefs or men of colour have fubmitted. The plantations of the fouth are entirely preferved. All the Spanish part has completely fubmitted. Health and refpect." LECLERC.

French Treaty with the BEY of TUNIS.

Paris, April 16.-Citizen Devoize, Chargé d'Affaires, and Commiffary General of Commercial Relations on the part of the Republic to the Regency of Tunis, has written the following letter to the minister for foreign affairs, dated the 15th of March laft:

"Citizen Minister,

"I have the honour to inform you that, having left Marseilles on the 9th ult. in the National brig the Lodi, I arrived at Tunis on the 12th.

"I wrote to the Bey from Goulette, acquainting him with the object of my miffion; and the Aga of the forts immediately received orders to falute the flag of the Republic with 21 guns.

At my firft audience, I prefented to the Bey the letter from the First Conful, and my full powers to commence a negociation. The new articles which I had to propofe to him were maturely examined in his council, to which I was afterwards invited to attend the difcuffion.

"The refult is as follows:-The former treaties are completely renewed and confirmed in all their difpofitions. The French nation is to be the most favoured in the ftates of the regency.

The

The commiffary of the Republic is empowered to choose and change at his pleasure the Dragoman and the Janiffa. ries attached to the commiffaryfhip. All articles of merchandize brought from France in French bottoms will continue to pay only three per cent. in fpecie, and according to the rates only fixed by the former tariff. In time of war, merchandizes entered in France on board neutral bottoms will be fubject to no more than the fame duty of 3 per cent. All foreigners under the protection of the French, and the Jewish brokers in the employment of our merchants, fhall be fubject to the jurisdiction only of the commiffary of the Republic.

"In fhort I have procured an order from the Bey for releafing all perfons belonging to countries united with France, who were prisoners in his dominions. He has. fent me 36, among whom you will remark Citizen Klein, whofe father is chief of the 3d Helvetic demi-brigade, at prefent in garrifon at Baftia, and Citizennefs Therefa Galiberti, a Milanefe lady, whom I claimed as a mark of refpect due to the First Conful, in his quality of prefident of the Cifalpine Republic. The Bey inftantly delivered her up, affuring me that from the fame confideration he had ordered all the Cifalpine captives to be treated in a fimilar manner, whatever might be their number.

"I have fubjoined the Bey's anfwer to the letter of the First Conful, and that of the keeper of the feals, to the letter which you wrote to him.

"Immediately after the fignature of the treaty, I prefented to the Bey, on the part of the Firft Conful, a mall box decorated with diamonds. He appeared to be very much flattered with this mark of kindness.

has entirely abolished the humiliating obligation of ftriking our flag to English veffels-an obligation which our anceftors have fo frequently in vain attempted to get rid of."

SPAIN

Begins to emerge from its lethargy, and to attempt the cultivation of useful arts. The Royal Society of Saragoffa has propofed the following premiums.

Eighty pezos (about fixteen guineas) and admiffion into the fociety, for an exact geographical, statistical, and mineralogical account of the district of Barbaftro.

Three prizes of 25 piaftres (about five guineas) to thofe who plant confiderable numbers of trees, not less than 500, which fhall be in a flourishing state in the fpring of 1803, on the banks of rivers and waste land in the kingdom of Arragon.

Three horfes fit for plough, waggon, or pack faddle, to the three poorest peafants who have moft diftinguished themfelves in cultivation and induftry.

Three prizes of ten piaftres to the labourers who excel in the making artificial meadows of clover, and other profitable herbs.

Eighty piaftres, and admiffion into the Society, for the beft treatise on the improvement of Agriculture.

Thirty piaftres to him that has furrounded his farm with the best quick-` hedge, provided it is not less than four caniches, which we understand to be about 16 acres English.-Moniteur.

A perfon was lately apprehended at Carthagena, in Spain, and foon after put on board a fhip of war, to be conveyed to South America. His face was covered with a mafk of black velvet, and as a further precaution against difcovery, even that was covered by a black crape or handkerchief. It is fuppofed he is fome nobleman in difgrace at the Spanish court.

GERMANY.

All parts of the continent feem to prefent the most favourable profpect on account of the peace; but various are the reports of the intended movements of Auftrian and Ruffian troops towards the frontiers of European Turkey, the truth of which cannot yet be allirmed or denied. The Diet of Ratifbon was to af femble early in May, about the fame

time

Peterburgh, Feb. 23. On the 12th of this month the Senate iffued the following remarkable Ukafe, figned with his Majesty's own hand.

"As we defire to give new encouragement to agriculture, proportioned to the means which Ruffia poffeffes, in confequence of her extent and pofition, we have judged it neceffary to extend to our fubjects the right of acquiring lands without peasants (with the exception of lands which belong to gentlemen), and to give them the exclufive property of all that is produced either by the furface or the foil of thefe lands. In confequence we permit merchants, citizens, and all perfons who enjoy the rights of the city, peafants of the crown, to whatever de. partment they belong; alfo pealants freed by gentlemen, to purchase land of thofe who have the right to fell it, and to fecure their acquifition by articles of fale, which fhall be made in the name of each, and preferved according to the ordonnance in the courts of juftice, intended for this purpofe, in order that each man's property may be guaranteed in an inviolable manner.

The Senate publifhed the fame day another Ukafe of his Imperial Majesty, by which the school for gentlemen founded by the late Emperor is not only preferved, but receives an additional income of 12,000 roubles, 2700l. his Majefty having found that the former allowance of 11,200 roubles was infufficient; its prefent income is therefore 23,200 roubles, or 5270!.

Peterburgh, March 16. The Em peror has ordered that a fupplement fhall be added to each. Ruffian Gazette, which fhall uniformly contain all the most im

portant difcoveries and inventions cal pable of being turned to the advantage of Arts, Commerce, or Agriculture. This fupplement is to be under the fuperintendance of one of the Members of the Academy of Sciences, and is to be fhewn to his Majefty before it is printed.

SWEDEN.

Stockholm, March 16. There has appeared this morning an inftruction from the King to the Chancellor of the Court, by which his Majefty confides to this eminent officer an inspection the moft extenfive and the most fevere, over all printing preffes, and the fale of all books and periodical works in this kingdom. Conformably to this inftruction, the Chancellor of the Court is folely charged with the police refpecting the objects above mentioned, and he is to decide without appeal, upon all differences relative to them. As M. de Zibet, the actual Chancellor, is one of the mott celebrated of the Swedish Literati, there is reafon to hope that the Arts and Sciences will flourish in this kingdom under his adminiftration.

BAVARIA.

The Munich Gazette of the roth of March contains the following official article: His Electoral Highness ordains, that henceforward no French clergymen (thofe excepted who fairly fubfift by their talents, and the fervice which they render to the State) fhall refide in the Electoral dominions, as, agreeably to the Concordatum agreed upon between the Holy See and the French Government, they can urge' no reasonable motive for refufing to return to their native country, which is ready to receive them."

THE EAST INDIES.

Advices have been juft received from the Baptift Miffionaries in Bengal, by which we learn, that Serompair, their refidence, a Danish fettlement, fell into the hands of the British laft fpring, but no interruption whatever was given to their proceedings. The New Teftament complete, in the language of Bengal, tranflated by Mr. Carey, and printed at their prefs, is now in Edinburgh, and will be depofited in the Univerfity Library. It is well understood, and eagerly fought after by fuch of the natives as can read the language, and the Miffionaries are diligently employed in

teaching

teaching the children to do fo. Mr. Brunfdon, one of the Miffionaries, who was moved to Calcutta to be under the care of Dr. Hare, died in July laft. The Hindoos, who joined their church, have fuffered much on account of their profeffion of Christianity, but are ftedfaft in this, and exemplary in their conduct. Additions have been made to them;

more are expected, and a great field of ufefulness has opened both among Hindoos and Europeans.

Mr. Carey, in particular, has received very encouraging teftimonies of the approbation and countenance of the Marquis of Wellesley, and the whole affairs of the miffion are in the most promifing ftate.

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The first claufe enacts, that from the paffing of the bill, every fpiritual perfon who hall, before that period, have incurred any pecuniary penalty under the act of Henry the Eighth, and against whom no action has been brought in refpect thereof, fhall be indemnified and difcharged from the fame; and that all contracts made by spiritual perfons before the paffing of the prefent act, agreeably to its fpirit, fhall be good and valid in law.

The fecond claufe provides, that any perfon against whom any original writ or action fhall have been fued out, or profecuted for any pecuniary penalty incurred under the faid Act of Henry VIII. may apply to the courts of Judges to difcontinue fuch action or information, upon the payment of the cofts incurred up to the time of application, to be taxed in the ufual way.

The third claufe enacts, that part of the Act of Henry the Eighth, which impofes a penalty upon any fpiritual perfons taking lands, &c. to farm, or underletting the fame, or who fhall buy or fell grain or cattle for profit, fhall be repealed, fo far as it relates to every fpiritual petfon not holding any fpiritual dignity or benefice, or any parfonage, vicarage, donative, or perpetual curacy, or ferving a ftipendiary curacy. It is, however, provided, that nothing contained in this A&t fhall authorize any fuch spiritual perfon to buy or fell any cattle or corn in perfon, in any market, fair, or other public place of fale.

The fourth claufe enacts, that it fhall. be lawful for any fpiritual perfon holding any parfonage, vicarage, &c. and not having thereon any houfe of refidence, or whofe refidence fhall be legally dispensed with, to take to ferm for any term of years, or at will, any meffuage, Vol. II. Churchm. Mag. April, 1802.

manfion, or dwelling-houfe, with or without orchards, gardens, &c. for his refidence, although not in any city or

town.

It fhall alfo be lawful for any clergyman holding any parfonage, &c. and not having thereon any fufficient and fit houfe of refidence, and by the confent of the Bishop of the diocese, to take to ferm in like manner any meffuage, manfion, or dwelling-house, for his refidence, although not in any city or town; and, in cafe he has not any fufficient glebe or demefne lands annexed to his benefice or cure, he may take to ferm ny lands, &c. that may appear to the Bishop proper to be taken for his better fupport, without being fubject or liable to any penalties. Provided always, that nothing in this Act shall be conftrued to extend to authorize any fuch clergyman to take any meffuage or premiffes for refidence out of the parish of such parfonage, &c. unless by consent of the Bishop as aforefaid.

The fifth claufe provides, that it shall be lawful for any fuch clergyman to occupy or ferm any lands, &c. leased or granted for life by any body politic, corporate, or collegiate, provided the confent of the Bishop of the diocese is obtained thereto.

The fixth claufe allows all fuch clergymen to buy to fell again for profit all kinds of cattle, provided they do not buy or fell them in perfon in places of public fale.

The feventh claufe provides, that any fuch clergyman may occupy, in ferm of the leafe, a grant of any perfon, the im propriate, parfonage, or any part thereof, of the parish of which he fhall be perpetual Vicar, &c. without being fubject to any penalty,

The eighth claufe enacts, that no leafe of any glebe or demeine lands, or any G g

tithes