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    present . Three of the Members of the Assembly—Rabbi Andrade , of Bayonne ; Rabbi Sintzheimer , of Strasburgh , and Rabbi Sagar , of Turin—pronounced an oration , each in his respective local tongue . After the celebration of divine service

    in the different churches , Sec . a numerous party of all persuasions , Jews , Lutherans , and Dissenters , were entertained at dinner by the Minister of Worship , and united at the same table in social brotherhood among each other ; and with Cardinals Maury and Spina , and a long list of priests and bishops . The Arch-Chancellor Cambaceres dined with

    the Minister of the Home Department , who entertained the Secretaries and Tellers of the Jewish Assembly . Both in France and Holland the press labours with representations of the

    persecutions and inconveniences which the jews have sustained in former ages ; manifestly with the view of reconciling them to the present measures . The Talmud and their traditions are also exposed vrith no sparing hand .

    Ecclesiastical Reformation In Denmark . — We gave in our last number some account of the tolerant disposition of the Danish Government . We have since learnt , with sincere pleasure , that this country , which has happily kept at a secure distance from the vortex of European politics 3 and which has enjoyed , in

    an enviable degree , the blessings of a mild government and an uninterrupted trade * is now leading the way in a reform of the national religion , and setting an example of liberality and wisdom which we hope more considerable nations will not disdain to follow . A reformation is about to talte place in the

    JLjturgy of tht Established Church J The present Liturgy , which was framed under Christian V . and published in the year 1685 , has been long felt to be , like the old liturgies of all the European churches , little adapted to the liberal and enlightened principles of the 19 th century . With a view to reform it , the

    Right Rev . P . O . Boiscn , Bishop of Soland and Falster , animated by a rare and laudable zeal for making religion rational ; has composed a plan of improvement in public worship , which , in the latter end of last year , he submitted , in manuscript , to the consideration of Government ; desiring , however , that beore any resolution should be taken upon

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    it , it might , be printed , and intelligent divines be " called upon to give in their opinions with respect to it . This has accordingly been done , and the Bishop of Zealand , Professor Munter ., of the University of Copenhagen , and 3 VTr . JLaffen , of the Royal Chancery , have been appointed Commissioners for

    examining and digesting the whole ; the results of whose discussions are to be laid before the King before the end © f December in tne present year . The Government © f Denmark are not , it seems , deterred from the work of reformation by the fear , so powerful in more enlightened states , that if they remove one stone of the antient structure of the

    church , the whole building will fall about their ears ! Funeral Ceremonies in France . STht French Minister of the Interior has lately addressed a circular letter to the prefects and bishops in France , requiring them

    to concert measures for the suspension of all such ceremonies at funerals , as may excite any disagreeable emotion in sick persons . He observes that it is not to be doubted that the too frequent sound of church-bells , the dirges sung in the streets , and all the other

    mournful accompaniments of a funeral which strike the senses , must inspire very disagreeable sensations in sick persons , and in many instances induce paroxysms which prove mortal . The Papal Government have lately issued an order for the removal of all the Madonas ^ or Images of the Virgin , out of the churches at Rome . No other

    reason is assigned for this conduct than an opinion asserted by the common people , that these images have been in the constant habit , for some time past , of opening and shutting their eyes ! j ! The Elector of Bavaria has ordered all the superfluous silver to be taken from the churches in his territories , and to be sent to the mint .

    The Jesuits expelled from Naples by King Joseph , and who retired to Rome , have also been obliged to quit that city , in consequence of an intimation that their residence would be disagreeable to a certain power . This once celebrated Order have at present no refuge but in Russian Poland .

    JLITEHARy . Mr . Combe , of the British Museum , will soon publish an Appendix to his Father , Dr . Combe ' s , valuable york ,

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    498 Politico-Religious and Literary Intelligence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 498, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/50/