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roof, directing the operations of 

 the firemen ; and, wlien part of 

 it was broken in, he descended 

 into the part on fire, with a rope 

 fastened to his body, and the pipe 

 of one of tiie engines in his hand ; 

 and this intrepid example being 

 followed by several of the firemen 

 and others, the water was soon 

 made to play with more powerful 

 effect upon the part of the build- 

 ing which was in flames. 



DECEMBER. 



3. It appears from the Dublin 

 papers which arrived yesterday, 

 that the typhus fever increases in 

 certain parts of Ireland. In the 

 space of 26 days, 246 patients 

 were received into the fever hos- 

 pital of Limerick, which consi- 

 derably exceeds the number dis- 

 charged in that interval. 



Munich. — The Concordat en- 

 tered into between the Holy See 

 and our Go-v-ernmcnt has been 

 published here. It was concluded 

 on the 5th of June last, but was 

 not annoimced in the allocution 

 of the Pope till the 15th of No- 

 ^■embcr. 'I'he foUoAving are it6 

 princijial articlee : — 



1. The Catholic Religion shall 

 remain untouched in Bavaria and 

 its dependencies, with the rights 

 and prerogatives which it ought 

 to enjoy according to the Divine 

 arrangements, and the canonical 

 laws. 



(Articles 2 and 3 regulate the 

 number and position of the dioceses 

 and chapters, witli the jurisdiction 

 of the latter.) 



4. The Archiepiscopal and Epis- 

 c-oi)al revenues shall be established 



on fixed funds, which shall be left 

 to the fi'ee administration of the 

 Prelates. Then follows the state 

 of the church revenues. The sums 

 of these revenues shall always be 

 preserved entire, and the property 

 and funds out of which they arise 

 shall never be diverted from their 

 end, nor changed into pensions. 

 During the vacancy of the sees 

 and benefices these revenues will 

 be preserved for the uses of the re- 

 spective churches. Bishops, Arch- 

 bishops, Dignitaries, Canons, and 

 Vicars, shall have, besides, con- 

 venient residences provided for 

 them. 



(Art. 5. and 6 relate to the 

 establishment of seminaries and 

 houses of retreat for superannuated 

 ecclesiastics.) 



7. His Majesty, considering 

 what advantages the Church, and 

 even the State itself, have derived 

 from religious orders, and wishing 

 to show his good will towards the 

 Holy See, engages to establish, 

 in concert with the Holy See, some 

 monasteries of religious order? of 

 both sexes, to form the youth in 

 religion and learning, to assist 

 the pastors, and to take care of 

 the 5ick. 



8. 'ihe property of seminaries, 

 of parish churches, of benefices 

 belonging to all kinds of ecclesi- 

 astical establishments, will always 

 be prcservetl entire. The church 

 will have in addition the right of 

 accpiiring new possessions, and all 

 that it shall acquire will belong to 

 it, and will enjoy the same kind 

 of security as the old ecclesiasti- 

 cal foundations. No suppression 

 or imion can be made either of 

 the old or new without the inter- 

 vention of the authority of the 



Holy 



