436 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS. 



-Abstract of the Report of the Com- 

 mittee on the Laws and Ordinan- 

 ces existing in Foreign States, re- 

 specting the regulation of their 

 RoHian Catholic Subjects, in Ec- 

 clesiastical matters. 



The various docimients refer- 

 red to were obtuined by instruc- 

 tions which Lord Castlereagh gave 

 in 1812, and subsequently, to 

 the ministers resident at foreign 

 courts. 



The committee refrain from 

 adverting to any question of theo- 

 logical controversy. 



The attention of the committee 

 is directed to two objects : — 



1st. The appointment or elec- 

 tion of the Catholic Clergy, prin- 

 cipally those of the episcopal or- 

 der. 



'id. The rcistrainis imposed 

 upon the intermission of Papal 

 rescripts ; w ith this they have 

 .ioi»ed the ajipellative jurisdiction, 

 exercised by the supreme secular 

 magistrate. 



Under a third head they include 

 other matters of ecclesiastical re- 

 irulation. 



They (hstiuguish between re- 

 gulations obtaining in those stater 

 which are in communion with the 

 See of Korae ; those of the 

 " non-united" Greek and Russian 

 church ; and those of the Augs- 

 burgh and Helvetian confessions. 



I. AUSTRIA, BUIIEMiA, HUNGARY. 



The Austrian bishops are no- 

 minated or appointed by the Em- 

 peror, whi'-h appointment is in 



lieu of the election or postulation 

 of the chapters of their respective 

 cathedrals, and has the same ef- 

 fect ; the papal confirmation being 

 afterwards obtained through the 

 Austrian lyinister at Ivome. To 

 this mode of election the arch- 

 bishop of Olmutz forms the sole 

 exception, the right of choosing 

 liim resting entirely in the chap- 

 ter of his sec. 



In Hungary the Emperor ap- 

 points all bishops, who peiform 

 every part of their functions which 

 relates to jurisdiction before they 

 have been confirmed by the Pope. 

 In other parts of the imperial do- 

 minions this is not the case. 



In Austria the placitum regiuni 

 is the right of requiring that all 

 ecclesiasticid statutes and ordi- 

 nances besuhmittcd to the state be- 

 fore their publication. Absolu- 

 tions are excepted, when granted 

 by the Roman penitentiary, when- 

 ever they concern conscience onl\ , 

 when the case admits of no delay, 

 or when the reputation of any one 

 is in danger. 



No Austrian subject can be ex- 

 communicated without the Em- 

 peror's consent. 



(I. THE ELECTORAL ARCUBISHOP- 

 RICKS 01- MENTZ, TREVES, AND 



COLOGNE AND THE ARCH- 



BISIIOFKICK OF SALTZBUKGH 



AND THE CONGRESS OF EMS. 



In August 17S(> a Congress was 

 held at Encs by all the ecclesiasti- 

 cal electors, where 23 articles of 

 regulation, recognizing the inde- 

 pence of the Church of Germany, 



with 



