m  the  murder  of  the  French  ^nfibaflador,  Bafleville  ;  to
ft-t  at  liberty  all  perfons,  whether  French,  or  the  na-
trves  of  pther  countries,  or  his  own  fubjtfts,  who  were
held  in  confinement  on  account  of  their  political  opi«
nions ;  to  deprive  no  man  in  future  of  his  liberty,  or
perfecute  him  on  account  of  his  religious  fcntiments  ;
to  prohibit  the  inhuman  cuftom  of  mutilating  children
through  bi^  dates,  under  the  mod  fevere  penalties  ;  and
utterly  to  abolifti  the  tribunal  of  the  inquifition.  It
was  alfo  required  that  the  Pope  (hould  make  his  ftates
the  aiyiuni  of  the  members  of  the  monadic  orders,  and
of  the  priefts,  who  had  quitted  France,  and  that  he
ihould  renounce  all  right  to  the  territories  which  he
formerly  pofleired  in  France,  and  which  now  were  in-
tegral parts  of  the  French  republic.
To  thefe  conditions,  others  were  annexed  of  a  more
private  nature,  under  the  defignation  of  fecret  articles,
by  which  the  Pope  Ihould  bind  himfdf  to  the  payment
of  30o,cco  Hvres  each  month,  till  the  ratification  of  the
peace  with  the  King  of  Naples  and  the  Emperor  ;  and
by  which  he  engaged  to  cede  to  the  French  republic
i^arious  duchies,  and  leave  them  in  pofleffionof  the  lega-
tions of  Fenara  Bologna  and  its  dependencies.  Other
conditions,  under  the  title  of  "  treaty  of  commerce
and  navigation,"  and  articles  relative  to  confulF^  made
up  this  i'eries  of  propolitions,  to  which  the  Pope  was
required  to  give  his  prompt  and  unequivocal,  undecided
affcnt.
His  holinefs  held  a  congregation  of  cardinals,  who
unanimoully  decreed,  that  the  conditions  were  not  only
incompatible  with  the  tenets  of  the  catholic  religion,
but  alfo  fubverlive  of  the  rights  of  fovereignty,  and  of
coHife  refufed  their  affent.
