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    educated men , which prevents th $ ir ridiculing them , at all events , in the presence of those who profess them > The season of Christmas is held particularly sacred : this may , probably , be owing to the circumstance of there having been a solemn feast held at

    this time of the year , long ere the Christian religion was introduced . During Lent , the church organs are not used , ( excepting on the day of jthe annunciation of the Virgin Mary , ) and in some places the altar , coinmuaion-table and j pulpit , are covered with black cloth .

    There are but few Catholics in Sweden : the greatest number reside in Stockholm , where ^ 07 ^ ave * church and priest ; they consist principally of artisans , manufacturers and labourers , and scarcely amount to one thousand persons , including women and children * A few Russian ? , who

    reside iji Stockholm ; Uav $ a church there , and the Reformers have two . From all that has been said , it may be perceived that Sweden pffers no encouragement to friars or Jesuits ; she cannot be disturbed by them , even though no prohibition exist against their admission .

    The clergy in Sweden are better paid than public officers , civil or military . There are some rectors who possess larger incomes than the ministers of state . The archbishop receives yearly the value of at least 2000 Swedish barrels of grain , which contain about 8000 bushels . The Bishops of Linkoping and Westeyose receive about 1500 barrels ( 6000

    bushels ) . The Universities are constituted principally for the formation of priests . They retain nearly all their ancient forms . Instruction in the art of preaching is afforded , but none in political economy , none in statistics , none upon the constitution of th §

    country . The public institutions are generally under the controul of the priesthood ; for although it is not necessary that the instructors at the universities , colleges and schools , should be priests , most of them take orders , in order that they may obtain a benefice in addition to their

    situation of tutor . In most towns there qre public schools , where the instructors arc piud by the state . At these

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    places , little else j $ 3 * igfetr&ea 2 cfcft ihf doctrines of Christianity , and Latin . At the priaeip ^ i $ aes * they coinmenc * th $ study of Gteefe , Wrom these places the student i ^ sentr t& o # e of the colleges , which € ^; i » t in evfcty & | o * cese except Sesjifo * Jfen he is in *

    structed by six lecturers $ two readifig upon theology , ; an < i the remainder upon logic * @eripan , h&tjqry v morals * matheinatics , Latia an 4 Greek . Up&n hh arrival at t&

    . U - selectwhat siA ^ be ^ te ^ fi ' A ^ and generally to read as much or » 3 little as he may think proper . -, In oi ? der haw * - ever , to obtain a testHnouyof iihe time he has Fem ^ ined at the univreraity ^ he must submit to an examination in

    such sciences & $ he may have applied himself to . There are two universities in Swe * den—Upsala and Lund . The instructors are called professors , and are JSberaUy paid by the State . Their

    income is not affected by the numbei " of students they h * ay have to in $ tract > their salary being a fixed amount * They devote certain appointed hours of the day to teaching that sciepce which forms their branch <> f

    instruction , and afford particular instruction to such students as may require their services . Each university lias a pro- ^ tector , who is denominated a Chancellor , and who watches over its interests . The Crown Prince is at present the Chancellor of Upsala > and Count

    Von Enge ^ trom , Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , is the Chancellor of Lund . The Archbishop of Upsala and the Bishop of Lund are entrusted with the duties of a narrow Inspection of the universities , and are called Vice-Chancellors . Besides these , there

    is a , a annual election of a cliief from among tho professors , who superin ^ - tends the academical regulations , and possesses the title of Rector Magni ficus . The annual number of students at

    Upsala is about 800 , and at Lund about 500 . They divide themselves according to the province in which they were bora , calling themselves nations . A species of council , named Consistorium Acadetnicum , collating of the professors , has the care of the economy of the University , and pos *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1824, page 196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2523/page/4/