bus, consilio providere, et auctoritate possis efficere, præstes indies impensis sime, apponens te murum pro domo Israel.

In hunc finem has ad te literas damus, ut nimirum insigni testimonio commende mus tuos istos præclaros conatus, et studeamus tamen tuam in id pastoralem sollicitudinem solertiamque magis magisque concitare. Interest quippe summopere communis salutis omne ope et opera conspirare, ad ea propulsanda, quæ in sanotissimæ religionis nostræ perniciem ab ejus hostibus parantur: et proinde Episcopalis muneris est, nefarii in primis consilii malitiam ad oculos, quod jam egregie præstas, fidelium ponere, illudque ex Ecclesiæ præscriptionibus pro ea, qua polles eruditione et sapientia, edicere ; "Biblia nimirum opera Hæreticorum im pressa vetitis libris accenseri juxta Indicis Regulas (No. II. & III.); experimento autem manifestum esse, e Sacris Scripturis, quæ vulgari lingua edantur, plus detrimenti quam utilitatis oriri ob hominum temeritatem:" (Reg. IV.) Idque eo magis pertimesceu dum esse in tanta temporum fœditate, quibus omni undique arte et conatu sancta impetitur religio, et teterrima in Ecclesiam vulnera infliguntur. Standum igitur est salutari decreto Congregationis Indicis (13 Junii 1757), Bibliorum versiones vulgari lingua non esse permittendas, nisi quæ fuerint ab Apostolica Sede approbatæ, aut cum adnotationibus editæ, desump. tis ex sanctis ecclesiæ Patribus.

since of your own accord you have already shown an ardent desire to detect and oppose the impious machinations of these Innovators; yet, in conformity with our office, we again and again exhort you, that whatever you can achieve by power, provide for by counsel, or effect by authority, you will daily execute with the utmost earnestness, placing yourself as a wall for the House of Israel.

For this end we issue the present Brief, viz. that we may convey to you á signal testimony of our approbation of your excellent conduct, and also may endeavour therein still more and inore to excite your pastoral solicitude and vigilance. For the general good imperiously requires us to combine all our means and energies to frustrate the plans, which are prepared by its enemies for the destruction of our most Holy Religion: whence it becomes an Episcopal duty, that you first of all expose the wickedness of this nefarious scheme, as you already are doing so admirably, to the view of the faithful, and openly publish the same, according to the rules prescribed by the Church, with all that erudition and wisdom in which you excel; namely, "That Bibles printed by Hereticks are numbered among other prohi bited books by the Rules of the Index (No. II. and III.); for it is evident from experience, that the Holy Scriptures, when circulated in the vulgar tongue, have, through the temerity of men, produced more harm than benefit:" (Rule IV.) And this is the more to be dreaded in times so de praved, when our Holy Religion is assail. ed from every quarter with great cunning and effort, and the most grievous wounds are inflicted on the Church. It is, therefore, necessary to adhere to the salutary DeCree of the Congregation of the Index (June 13th, 1757), that no versions of the Bible in the vulgar tongue be permitted, except such as are approved by the Apostolic See, or published with Annotations extracted from the writings of the Holy Fathers of the Church.

We confidently hope that, even in these turbulent circumstances, the Poles will af ford the clearest preofs of their attachment to the religion of their ancestors; and this especially by your care, as well as that of the other Prelates of this kingdom, whom, on account of the stand they are so wonderfully making for the Faith committed to them, we congratulate in the Lord, trusting that they all will very abundantly justify the opinion which we bave entertained of them.

It is moreover necessary that you should transmit to us, as soon as possible, the Bible which Jacob Wuiek published in the Polish language with a Commentary, as well as a copy of the edition of it lately put forth without those annotations, taken from the writings of the Holy Fathers of

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prodiit, et quid de ea sentias proponas ; ut ita, ex ipsorum collatione, ac, re mature perpensa, dignoscatur quinam errores insidiose ibidem obtegantur, et nostrum de hac re judicium ad rectæ fidei incolumitatem pronunciemus,

Perge ergo, venerabilis frater, tenere viam sanctissimam quam instituisti; præliari, videlicet, assidue prælia Domini in doctrina sana, populosque tibi concreditos monere, ne in laqueos incidant qui sibi, in Id abs te perennem ruinam, parati sunt.

atque cæteris istis Episcopis, quos etiam nostra hæc spectat epistola, præstolatur Ecclesia; id nos expectamus studiosissime qui, conceptum ex novo genere zizaniorum quæ inimicus homo superseminat, mærorem jucundissima hac spe levari quodammodo sentimus: ac, majora semper tibi ipsisque Co-episcopis, in Dominici gregis bonum, charismata, Apostolica benedictione, quam tibi illisque impertimur, adprecamur ex corde.

Datum Romæ, apud S. Mariam Majorem die 29 Junii anni 1816, Pontificatus nostri XVII. PIUS PP. VII.

COUNTRY NEWS. March 29. Last week a dreadful explosion of the fire-damp occurred in the colliery belonging to Mr. Parsons, near Neath Abbey, by which one man was killed, and three terribly burnt. The name of the former was Thomas James, a very industrious and respectable old collier, remarkable for sobriety and seriousness of chaPacter. His body was not discovered until after a search of two days. He has left a wife and family. Mr. John Parsons, benevolently anxious to render every assistance in his power, descended into the pit immediately after the explosion had taken place, and was accompanied by Captain Wall, of the Britannia steam-packet, who, with the humane promptitude characteristic of a British sailor, ventured without hesitation into the abyss, equally solicitous to assist in restoring to the agonized and shrieking women assembled round its mouth, the relations, of whose fate they were in, such horrible uncertainty. Both these gentlemen, particularly Mr. Parsons, had nearly forfeited their lives by their humanity.

April 4. The Norwich Mercury contains the following particulars of a most shocking accident arising from the bursting of a steam-boiler in the packet which sails from the Foundry-bridge. "Just after the boat had started, it had not gone 20 yards, when the tremendous explosion took place. The vessel was rent to atoms, so that little remains entire, from the stern to the engine-room, except the keel and Aooring: 22 passengers appear to have

our Church, or other learned Catholicks, with your opinion upon it; that thus, from collating them together, it may be ascertained, after mature investigation, what errors may lie insidiously concealed therein, and that we may pronounce our judgment on this affair for the preservation of the true faith.

Proceed, therefore, venerable Brother, to pursue the truly pious course upon which you have entered; viz. diligently to fight the battles of the Lord in soundness af doctrine, and warn the people intrusted to your care, that they fall not into the snares which are prepared for them to their everlasting ruin. The Church waits for this from you, as well as from the other Bishops, whom our rescript equally concerns; and we most anxiously expect it, that the deep sorrow we feel on account of this new species of tares which an enemy is sowing so abundantly, may, by this cheering hope, be somewhat alleviated and, we heartily invoke upon you and your fellow- Bishops, for the good of the Lord's flock, ever increasing gifts by our Apostolic benediction, which we impart to yourself and to them.

been on board. The bodies of eight are found-five men and three women; one child yet missing, and six have been sent to the hospital in a wounded state; six Of these last, one man escaped unhurt.

was standing over the boiler when the explosion happened. It is said Major Mason was another, whose clothes were torn by the shock, but who was otherwise uninjured; the third was an infant, two months old; the little innocent was discovered at the bottom of the vessel in a profound sleep, after the removal of the dreadful wreck. The six who were sent to the hospital, as above stated, are females, and their cases are of the worst description. One woman, aged 58, has had both legs amputated; another has had one leg amputated in both cases they were very bad compound fractures.-Two are dreadfully wounded in the head, and one has had her arm broken and her face The bruises of the sixth are disfigured. slighter than those of the rest, but she has been scalded in a shocking manner.

April 12. This evening, about eight o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out at a farm at Weston, near Baldock, in the occupation of Mr. Farr, which raged with unabated fury until the whole of the buildings (with the exception of the dwellinghouse) were completely destroyed; five horses, three cows, and as many calves, were burnt. The direction of the wind was such as to carry the scattered pieces of flaming timber towards another farm, occupied by Mr. Winney, the buildings of which caught fire, and although every as

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sistance was given that was practicable, this farm was doomed to share the same fate as the former, the whole of the buildings being burnt to the ground except the dwelling house. At this dreadful fire, a quantity of corn, both in the barns and in stacks, &c. was destroyed; no less than eleven barns stood upon those farms, and the premises altogether are said to have covered four acres of ground. It is painful to add, there is little doubt but that this catastrophe was the work of some villain or villains yet undiscovered.-On the same evening, about 12 o'clock, a tremendous fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Messrs. Lungley and Brewer, at Abbott's Hall Farm, Great Wigborough, Essex, which, in a short time, entirely consumed the whole of the farmery, standing upon nearly two acres of ground; also in the barns, wheat, the produce of 25 acres; a large quantity of oats and beans, three stacks of beans and two of hay, with all the farming implements. Such a lamentable scene of destruction has not been witnessed since the fire at Norton Hall, in Purleigh. The estate is the property of Mr. Cline, the surgeon. The tenants are fortunately insured, although much under the extent of their loss. Damage estimated at 40007.

At the Bedfordshire assizes the Rev. Dr. Free, rector of Sutton, brought a qui tam action, under an obsolete statute of Elizabeth, against Sir Montagu Burgoyne, bart. lord of the manor, for neglecting to attend divine worship for 19 months. whereby he became liable to a fine of 201. a month, amounting in the whole to 380l. The in

former was however nonsuited.

The Earl of Romney has given the sum of 4267. the produce of the sale of sand, dug on Penenden Heath, for the new Gaol, to the poor of Maidstone parish.

The Committee for the relief of the poor at Manchester have distributed in eleven weeks 400,6934 quarts of soup, at a loss of 2,596l. 17s. d. and supplied upwards of 7,000 families with good coals at reduced prices, at a loss, in five weeks, of 4241. 10s. 8d.

We are happy to make known the extraordinary circumstance, that Messrs. Wright and Son, Surgeons, of Bristol, have succeeded in restoring hearing to several born deaf and dumb, who are now gaining progressively the power of speaking, and one not only holds short conversations, but can actually repeat the Lord's Prayer with very trifling assistance.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. Windsor-castle, April 5. The general state of His Majesty has been extremely quiet during the last month; and His Majesty's health continues to be very good, but his Majesty's disorder is unabated.

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Wednesday, April 23.

The Queen's drawing-room, intended to be held this day, was suddenly postponed, in consequence of the indisposition of her Majesty. She was taken ill in the night; and between 5 and 6 in the morning got rather worse. At 12 o'clock a consultation between Sir Francis Milman and Sir Henry Halford took place, who issued the following bulletin:

"The Queen has had a cold, attended by some fever and pain in the side; her Majesty found the pain severe in the night, but it is much abated this morning." Saturday, April 26.

"The Queen has had no return of pain in the side, and is now free from fever: Her Majesty is convalescent."

Mr. Southey has addressed a letter to Wm. Smith, Esq. M. P. by way of apology for "Wat Tyler," which we shall present to our readers next month.

Thursday, April 24.

At the Apposition of St. Paul's School, after three Orations in Greek, Latin, and English, by Messrs. Ollivant, Walsh, and Boileau, in commemoration of the Founder (in which some interesting al lusions were made to several eminent men of the past age who derived their edu cation from this foundation, and particu larly to some of the learned characters who have filled the high mastership ;) Messrs. Ollivant and Backler recited the Prize Poems in Latin and English verse. subject of the former was Divus Paulus coram Agrippa Rege; of the latter, Etna. The chastity of idea and elegance of expression in which the compositions were cloathed, as well as the manly animation with which they were delivered, received, and deserved, high commendation. Recitations from the most distinguished Authors of autiquity, with selections from our own Writers, closed the interesting scene. Messrs. Hockin and Beckwith de

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livered, with all the pathos of which the Greek language is susceptible, an affecting scene from the Hippolytus of Euripides. Messrs. Hinds and Bridgman respectively sustained with great propriety the parts of Samson and Harapha, from the Samson Agonistes of Milton. The other young Gentlemen who had a share in the honours of the day, were Messrs. Morton, Ramsbottom, Weeding, Platt, Harris, Gwynne, Goode, Barnard, Pratt, and Stone. Mr. Platt exhibited great spirit in the fifth satire, second book of Horace. But our limits will not permit us to dwell on the merits of each individual. We cannot, however, conclude without observing that annual exhibitions of this nature give a stimulus to youthful talent: they inspire the breast with a proper degree of confidence, and excite in it an honourable desire to excel.

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THEATRICAL REGISTER.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. James Blackburne, M. A. Gainford V. co. Durham.

Rev. George Augustus Dawson, B. A. Edwardston V. Suffolk,

Rev. W. Tournay, D. D. a Prebend in Peterborough Cathedral, vice Coryton, dec. Rev. W. S. Wapshare, LL. B. Chitterne St. Mary V. Wilts.

Rev. T. Jones, M. A. Stoke by Clare Perpetual Curacy, Suffolk.

Rev. Dr. Dakins, Asheldon R. Essex, vice Morgan, deceased.

Rev. William Molesworth, A.M. St. Erven R. Cornwall.

Rev. Jonathan Townley, Gaywood R. Norfolk.

Rev. William Squire Mirehouse, Sandburst V. Gloucester.

Rev. John Weston Phillips, Brockhampton C. co. Hereford.

Rev. Thomas Street, Curacy of St. James's, Bath.

Rev. James Price, M. A. Munden Magna R. co. Hertford.

GENT. MAG. April, 1817.
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BIRTHS.

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March 1. The wife of Robert Cracroft, esq. of Harrington Hall, Lincolnshire, of two daughters. 15. At Nun Monckton, Hon. Mrs. Butler, a dau.-At Lisbon, the wife of Col. A. Ross, a dau.-18. At Camden Hill, Kensington, the lady of Sir James M'Grigor, a son.-20. At Hythe, the wife of Lieut.-col. Goldfinch, Royal Engineers, a son.-21. At Chester, the wife of Rev. Richard Massie, a son, (her 20th child.)— At Mevis Bank, Edinburgh, the wife of Major M'Gregor, 70th regt. a daughter.— 23. At Ramsgate, the lady of Sir James Lake, bart, a dau.-24. In Southamptonstreet, Bloomsbury, the wife of Francis Bedford, esq. a son. — 28. At Ham, Surrey, the lady of Sir Henry C. Montgomebart. a dau.- At Brighton, the wife of Hon. D. M. Erskine, a son. 30. In Gower-street, Mrs. Henry Ibbetson, a dau. — 31. In Saville-row, Lady Sarah Lyttleton, a son.

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Lately. In Arlington-street, Lady CharItte Duncombe, a sou. The wife of Albany Savile, esq. M. P. a son. —' The wife of Dr. Adolphus, Surgeon to the Forces, a -The wife of James Wedderburn, esq. his Majesty's Solicitor for Scotland, a At Eastbourne, the wife of Davies Gilbert (late Davies Giddy) esq. M. P. a dau. At Whiteford, Cornwall, Lady Louisa Call, a dau.- At Erriviatt, co Denbigh, the wife of Lieut..col. Foulkes, a dau. At Castle Mona, Isle of Man, Lady Sarah Murray, a dau. - At Milton, Castlemartyr, the Countess of Shannon, a Scotland, Lady Hunter Blair, a son. — At dau. - At Naples, the wife of Hon. Mr. Clifford, a daughter.

April 2. In the Fleet Prison, the wife of Charles Henry Baseley, esq. a dau.4. In Gloucester Place, Viscountess Hawarden, a son and heir. -6. The wife of Mr. Alderman Magnay, a dau.-11. In Hamilton Place, r. h. Lady Emily Murray, a dau. 12. At Calais, the wife of William Petrie, esq. Deputy CommissaryGen. a dau.-14. In Lisson Grove North, the Countess of Rothes, a daughter. — 20. At Manningford Abbots, Wilts, the wife of the Rev. Francis B. Astley, a son.

MARRIAGES:

Feb. 27. At Whiteparish, Wm. Geo. Matcham, jun. esq. eldest son of George Matcham, esq. of Ashfold Lodge, Sussex, to Miss Eyre, eldest daughter of the late William Eyre, esq. of New-house.

March 1. James William Taylor, esq. to Sophia, youngest dau. of the late R. H. Boddam, esq. Governor of Bumbay.

3. Lieut.-gen. the Hon. Sir William Lumley, K. C. B. to Louisa Margaret, widow of the late Major Cotton, bro her to Lord Combermere,

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Rev. J. L. Mills, M. A. fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, to Anne Cecilia Craigie, niece of the Hon. Lord Craigie.

5. Rev. E. Carr, A. M. of Trinity College, Oxford, to Anna Maria, eldest dau. of the late Wm. Whitmore, esq. of Dudmaston, Shropshire. And, next day, Rev. F. Lainy, A. M. Rector of Longmejis, Glamorganshire, to Mary Dorothea, the second daughter.

8. Lieut.-col. Francis Miles Milman, Coldstream Guards, to Maria Margaretta, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, bart. M. P. of Tredegar.

10. Lieut.-Col. George Granby Hely, Major 11th foot, to Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Nichols, widow of Thomas Nichols, esq. of Southampton.

Rev. J. G. Thomas, Rector of Bodiam, Sussex, to Elizabeth Anne, widow of the late Lieut.-col. Gray, of the 30th regt.

Colonel Maxwell, late of 7th Dragoons, to Anne, daughter of Charles Hamilton, esq. of Fairholm, Lanarkshire.

11. Josiah John Guest, esq. of Dowlais House, co. Glamorgan, to Maria Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Charles Ranken, esq. E. India Company's service.

17. Major-gen. Sir William Parker Carroll, to Emma Sophia, only surviving daughter of Markham Eeles Sherwill, esq. of Kew.

13. J. H. Alcock, esq. Major in the Waterford Militia, and High Sheriff of the County, to Anne, only dau. of James O'Hara, esq. of West Lodge, Galway.

15. John Bushe, esq. eldest son of his Majesty's Solicitor-gen. for Ireland, to the Hon. Louisa Hare, daughter of Viscount Ennismore.

Captain H. W. Powell, of the Grenadier Guards, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late T. Buckworth, esq. of Spalding, Lincolnshire.

J. Peddie, esq. Major of Brigade to the Forces in Guernsey, to Louisa, daughter of the late W. P. Price, esq.

17. At the British Ambassador's, Paris, Thomas Clifton, esq. eldest son of John Clifton, esq. of Lytham Hall, co. Lancaster, to Mrs. Campbell, widow of the late D. Campbell, esq. of Killdaloig, co. Argyle.

18. At Desart, by special license, Col. James Campbell, 94th regt. to Lady Dorothea L. Cuffe, daughter of the late Earl of Desart.

19. In the Elector's Palace at Cassel, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, to the Princess Maria, second daughter of the Landgrave Frederick.

20. Major-gen. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, K.C.B. to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Sir William Douglas, bart. of Kelbead.

R. B. Johnstone, esq. of Upper Wimpole-street, to Sarah, eldest daughter of John Garrett, esq. of Ellington House, Ramsgate.

Holton Peel, esq. to Elizabeth Isabella, and J. W. Yates, esq. to Charlotte Anne, daughters of the late John Peel, esq. of Pastures House, co. Derby.

Charles Green, esq. of Upper Gowerstreet, to Anne, only daughter of W. H. Crowder, esq. of Clapham Common.

Capt. Thomas Fraser, 83d regt. to the only daughter of Simon Frazer, esq. of Foyers, co. Inverness.

At the British Ambassador's, Paris, Lieut. Thomas Lillie, 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert Hunter, esq. of Kew, Surrey.

22. Walter Newton, esq. of Duulechny, co. Carlow, to Anne, fifth daughter of the late Hon. George Jocelyn, and niece of the Earl of Roden.

24. T. C. Glyn, esq. third son of Sir R. C. Glyn, bart. of Gaunts House, Dorset, to Julia Grace, dau. of the late T. C. Bigge, esq. of Benton House, Northumberland.

27, Charles Harvey, esq. M.P. to Miss Haynes, of Twickenham.

29. William George Cherry, esq. late captain in Royal Horse guards, to Eleanor, youngest dau. of the late James Sackville Tutton Phelp, esq. of Coston House, Leic. 31. Col. Cunyngham, of Malshanger, Hants, to Gertrude Henrietta, eldest dau. of Wm. Kimpton, esq. of Brompton.

Rev. W. Jephson, master of the Grammar School, Camberwell, to Miss Anne Armroid, of the same place.

Lately. Capt. Sir Edward Tucker, R.N. K.C.B. to the daughter of the late Samuel Leeke, esq.

John Hesketh Lethbridge, esq. eldest son of Sir Thomas B. Lethbridge, of Sandhill Park, Somerset, and Wincleigh Court, Devon, bart. to Harriet Rebecca, only dau. of Mrs. Mytton, of Halstone Park, Shropshire.

G. Sheridan, esq. to Jane Juliana Darnley, youngest daughter of the late Sir R. Perrott, bart.

3ir Neil Meuzies, bart. to Miss G. C. Norton, daughter of F. Norton, esq. one of the Barons of the Exchequer for Scotland.

April 1. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, Capt. Somerset, son to Lord Charles Somerset, to Miss Heathcote, daughter of Captain Heathcote, R. N.

8. James Parke, esq. of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, to Cecilia, youngest daughter of the late Samuel Bartow, esq. of Middlethorpe.

5. Lieutenant-col. Thomas Stourton St. Clair, to Caroline, daughter of the late James Woodbridge, esq. of Richmond.

10. Charles, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of Richmond, to Lady Caroline Paget, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anglesey.

15. Rev. Theophilus Abauzit, D. D. to Lucy, daughter of Johu Nicholls, esq. of Kensington.

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