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      and foot , and fo ^ owed less than a hnndred elegamt carriages filled with fe * niaie ^ of ^ the first rank , went from the CMmter ^ . / oC Ceurfces fo the above-place , wheni tioH ^ itfi ttrriyal , the law was read al ^ ud cfroiiri ^ hfe iwtfcotty -to an immense coneowrae ' tof uhe Inhabitants of Madrid , who ^ rent # he ; air with shouts of joy at

      this new triumph . of liberty and knowledge over the barbarism and bigotry of past days . Two . ftn ^ e , bands of music relieved ^ each other alternately , in playing the most favourite patriotic airs of the day , and ia flourish of trumpets both pfce *

      ceded and followed the promulgation of the decree , Matfyxxf those present did not fall to contrast this procession with those of other times , instituted for the sole purpose of perpetuating tyranny and superstition .

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      . V- Intelligence . ^ Foretgu . ^ HollamL \ 4 kMtqpi ^ y *'> - ^ . IS $ ^

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      Holland . Public Seftoofo . —There are at this * pe * riod in the Latin Schools in Holland 1200 scholars , la the Lyceums , Atheneums and Colleges , established in 29 towns of the Southern provinces , there are 3800

      students . In these latter establishments , Greek , Latin , the mathematics , geography and history are always taught . In the University of Louvain there are 254 students ; at Liege , 381 ; at Ghent , 201 ; at Leyden , 315 ; at Utrecht , 205 ; and 215 at Groningen .

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      Some Protestant German Sovereigns have entered into and proposed for the acceptance of the Holy See , an arrangement for the spiritual government of the Catholic Church , in their respective states ,

      under the title of c * A Declaration , in form of a Pragmatic Sanction , drawn up at Frankfort on the Maine , by the Plenipotentiaries of several Protestant Powers of Germany , concerning the Organization of the Catholic Dioceses in their States . *

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      TThe Grand Duke of MecKtenburgh Sckwerin published an ordinance in February last , in concert with the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz , abolishing personal slavery throughout his territories .

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      Hanover . The Hanoverian journals contain the following statement z—** We hear Uitft j in the present Session of the Assembly of States , it will be proposed to abolish tithes , or at least to substitute for them a tax of another kind . The' advantages arising from this measure could not fail

      to have a ^ great influence on the agrkaltaval prosperity of our kingdom , fot it is , in fact , almost wholly an agricultural country , the manufactures -being fii comparison insignificant ; aad as the * e is a great extent of heath and waste land , which no one has yet ventiire 4 to cultivate , because of the gieat ? expense which sudh an ehterpi ^ s ^ ' # oulf flppj ^ he tithes and land-taic must % ^ addea , Y ^^^

      abolition of these imposts ^ vitlintich facilitate m&BBtolk&n ^ tty $ l $ tet will m ^ -tij ^^ of the ¦ m i&m ^ ^ m ^^^ if ^^^ «»• . Sjffi *^* ¦ ;; ' . : . '

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      4 ^' tfe jejadency ^ ^^^^ P 0 ^ $ g timacy , and . the existing order ^ tljfeg ® ## w % ^ ^ m ^^ MMm ^ tian religion . Al- SchleceL who is

      employed m the Chanqellary under Pjgjjfe Metternich , and who , was formerly : Aiisr tna ^ i Counsellor of Legation to the Diet of ^ J ^ raiikfort , is to be the principal ^ ditorr He vfiJtl have fpr rcolleag ^ es , M * Fredei ? i ^ Von Gentz , Austrian iAh ^ c Counsellor ;

      M . Adam JVlulter , hkhfer ^ o Austrian Con sul-iGeoeral at Leipsic&w aad jMr we ^ er ^ the i ^ mous ecclesiastic , now a priest All these gentlemen are apostates frpin the Protestant religion , and from theknames it may easily , be conjectured what will be the political spirit of their journal

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      GrERMAKY . Austria . The Jew $ . * - ~ $ iis Majesty the Emperor has given the following order respecting the Israelites : Hie Rabbies are in

      future to be examined in the philosophical sciences and in religion before they are appointed to any charge , and in return , their salaries shall be adequate to the learning they possess . Further , the Prayer Books are to be translated into the language of the country , mud all

      sermons and devotions are to be held in the same . The ( LsraelitisSh youth , moreover , shall heBfefcforUh partake fully of the public institutions for instruct tion , religion excepted . in jfine , the Israelitish subjects themselves , swre expected to accelerate , by the induction of

      pioper mann ; era , professions jand other en ^ ployn ^ ntQ , the piinfe When the state can treat them like the rest of the subjects , and when their . longer separation will be unnece ^ sai ^ . Goverameiit will not fail to facilitate and encourage % he HSS JRfjB&Uti ^^

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 627, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/63/