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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. [Aug. 



sions were confined to the two es- 

 sential points — Firsts whether they 

 should unite in one church } and, 

 secondly, what was the best means 

 of effecting this union ? 



The first question was unani- 

 mously decided in the affirmative 

 in the first session. To decide on 

 the second, the Assembly was di- 

 vided into seven different Com- 

 mittees, which united to deter- 

 mine on the points proposed by 

 the Superintendents, and to trans- 

 mit in writing to the Commission 

 their opinion on this matter. Ac- 

 cording to the majority of these 

 opinions, which were almost una- 

 nimous on the principal object, 

 the following points were esta- 

 blished : — 



1. The United Communions 

 shall bear the name of Evangeli- 

 cal Christian Church. 



2. The general superintendence 

 over all the clergy shall be divided 

 between the two superintendents, 

 according to a geegraphic line, 

 and shall finally be united in him 

 who shall survive the other. 



3. The districts of inspection 

 shall be, &c. 



4. In the places where the two 

 confessions shall be intermixed, 

 the respective property of the two 

 churches shall form one and the 

 same fund, and shall belong to 

 the church for the necessary ex- 

 penses. 



5. The central property of the 

 two churches shall be united into 

 one fund, and shall serve for pay- 

 ing the expenses of i.rganizing the 

 seminary of Herborn, for the can- 

 didates of theologj'. 



6. In the places where there 

 fhall happen to be two clergymen 

 of the different confessions, they 

 shall remain there provisionally. 



and shall officiate together at the 

 same altar. 



7. The Palatine liturgy is pro- 

 visionally adopted. In the distri- 

 bution of the communion, a large 

 host shall be regularly provided, 

 expressly for the purpose, and 

 shall be broken into several parts. 

 This mode shall be followed by 

 all the cwmnmnicants who shall 

 be confirmed for the future. The 

 more aged persons shall be per- 

 mitted to receive the communion 

 in the accustomed manner, but in 

 private, and after having explained 

 their reasons to the clergyman. 

 This general decision has been sent 

 to the reigning Duke, and we ex- 

 pect his sanction immediately. 



15. Berne. — The Federal Direc- 

 tory has communicated to the Can- 

 tons, in a circular of the 2d inst. 

 the following note from the mi- 

 nisters of the allied powers, re- 

 specting the residence of the per- 

 sons included in the ordinance of 

 the ^24th July : — 



The ministers of the cabinets, 

 who signed the treaty of the 20th 

 November, 1S15, having decreed, 

 among other things, that all the 

 French individuals comprised in 

 the two lists of the 24th July of 

 the same year, would be permit- 

 ted to reside only in Austria, Prus- 

 sin, or Russia, Avhere their Royal 

 and Imperial Majesties are willing 

 to grant them asylums, the under- 

 signed ministers of the four al- 

 lied courts have the honour to re- 

 mind Mr. de Tschann, intrusted 

 with the affairs of the Swiss con- 

 federation, of these regulations. 

 They wish also to inform him, 

 that, impressed with the necessity 

 of enforcing their execution, they 

 have adopted the determination, 

 that all the above-nR-ntioned indi- 

 viduals 



