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part of the German parochial fchooi- 
mafters are ina wretched condition; 
and that even among the’clergy many 
of the re€tors of parifhes are worfe off 
than the poor curates in fome parts of 
England; as they are obliged to main- 
tain themfelves and families on fala-. 
ries that had been fixed at a period 
when money was of more value. The 
diftrefs of that meritorious clafs of 
fociety 1s painted in glowing colours 
in a pamphiet publithed at Haile,-and 
entitled “*Hulfe! Huife! ein Aufruf 
der Lutherifchen Religionflehrer an 
gute Furften und edie Men{chen, drin- 
gende Bitten und befcheidene Vor- 
ichlage die drucken de Lage der Evan- 
gelichen Religionfler betreffend.”— 
(Help! Help! or, the Voice of the 
diftreffed Lutheran Paftors, addreffed 
to good Princes, &c. With Plans for 
bettering their Condition. )—Still,how- 
ever, there is no want of candidates 
for holy orders, as is the cafe in fome 
of the Catholic ftates of German 
(efpecially in Auftria), where, befides 
other caufes, the oppreffive conduct of 
fuperiors, and in particular the ftri¢ 
enforcement .of the law of celibacy, 
have a tendency to deter many young 
men from entering into the facerdotal 
order. 
We remark, however, with pleafure, 
that a more liberal fpirit than formerly 
.begins to prevail in feveral of the Ca- 
tholic provinces of Germany. This is, 
in a particular, apparent in many of 
the writers on education and theology, 
who continue to keep pace with the 
progreflivetmprovements of the prefent 
age,—At the laft Michaelmas fair, we 
find announced, a continuation of 
‘Krepzter’s (of Landfhut) “ Kleines 
Magazin, fur Religionflechrer.”—Small 
Magazine for Teachers of Religion.— 
A fociety of enlightened Catholic di- 
vines began a ‘* Journal fur Katho- 
lifche Theologie,’’ (Catholic Theolo- 
gical Journal); and at Linz there ap- 
peared the frft volume ofa “ Bibliothek 
fur Geiftliche auf dem Lande und in 
den Stadten,” (Library for Clergymen 
in Towns and in the Country) by 
Se1Tz; as likewife a ‘* Theologifch- 
practifche Monat-fchrift.” (A Theo- 
Jogico- praétical Monthly $orrnal.) At 
‘the fame place, Proéeflor GeisnHuTT- 
NER publifhed a “ Theologifche Mo-. 
ral in einer Wiffenfchaftlicher Darftel- 
lung,” (Theological Syftem of Morali- 
ty), Which is very different from the 
eid afcetical works of the Monks. 
Retrofpeé? of German Literature.—Furifprudence. 
The converfion of the celebrated poet 
and philologift, Count Stollberg (the 
fame whofe “ Travels in Italy” were 
tranflated by Mr. Holcroft) to the Ro- 
man Catholic faith, ftill continued to 
give rife to various controverfial publi- » 
cations ; as did likewife the refufal of 
a foreign gentleman, refident in a Pruf- 
fian town, to have his child baptized. 
There was likewife an 
controverfy between two learned men 
of a very different character, De Luc, 
the geologift, and the exqually learned 
and enlightened theologian, TELLER, 
of Berlinw—At the Michaelmas fair 
there appeared, at the fame time, two 
tranflations of the former’s ‘ Letter” 
to Teller; and the latter’s “* Alltefte 
Theodicee, oder Erkiarung der Drey 
Erften Capitel im eriten Buche der 
Vor-Mofaifchen Gefchichte,” (Expla- 
nation of the Three Firft Chapters of 
the Ante-Mofaic Hiftory); which will 
confidered as valuabie contributions 
towards the illuftration of that part of 
the Bible, which has of late years fo 
frequently engaged the attention of 
biblical critics. 
To the hicher clafs of critical works 
belongs ‘* Widerlegung einiger der 
Wichtigften Einwendungen gegen die 
fEchtheit des Evangeliums Joannis,” 
(Refutation of fome of the Objections 
againit the Authenticity of St. John’s 
Gofpel), which was recommended in 
a preface by Profeflor ZIEGLER, of 
Roftock. 
Profeffor NosseLt, of Halle, dif- 
tinguifhed by his exertions to intro- 
duce a more rational mode of critici{m, 
and by the great number of pupils 
whom he has formed, has, after many - 
years, again favoured the public with 
‘*Exereitationes ad Sacrarum Scrip- 
turarum Interpretationem.”’—In this, 
asin his former works, the Profeflor 
fhews himfelf a profound and cautious 
iluftrator of Holy Writ, and freely 
enters into the merits of the hypo- 
thefes and explanations of the modern 
biblical commentators. 
JURISPRUDENCE. 
As ufual, fewer works on jurifpru- 
dence were publifhed than on theolo- 
gy.=T he profeflors of law at the Ger- 
man univerfities, to whom an appeal 
lies in many cafes from the_ inferior 
tribunals, and the members of the 
courts of juftice, are fo bufily employ- 
ed about the procefles before them, 
that they cannot Jpare much timefer 
readng 
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