as missionaries, and the government will supply
the funds that shall be necessary for their journeys and sustenance.

Articles 11 and 12 provide that the number of dioceses in the Kingdom of
Poland shall remain the same as ordained by the Apostolical Letters of
Pius VII., of date 30th June, 1818. There is no change as to the number
and designation of the suffragans of these dioceses. The appointment of
bishops for the dioceses and the suffragan bishoprics of the Empire of
Russia and the Kingdom of Poland shall only take effect after each
nomination shall have been agreed upon between the Emperor and the Holy
See. Canonical institution will be given by the Roman Pontiff in the usual
form.

In articles 13-20 are contained the following regulations: the bishop is
the sole judge and administrator of the ecclesiastical affairs of his
diocese, having due regard to the canonical obedience which he owes to the
Holy Apostolic See. Certain affairs must be, in the first place, submitted
to the deliberations of the diocesan consistory. Such affairs are decided
by the bishop, after having been examined by the consistory, which,
however, is only consultative. The bishop is by no means bound to give the
reasons of his decision, even in case of his opinion being different from
that of the consistory. The other affairs of the diocese, which are called
_administrative_, and among which are included cases of conscience, and,
as has been said above, cases of discipline which are visited only by
light punishments and pastoral admonitions, depend entirely on the
authority and the spontaneous decision of the bishop. All the members of
the consistory are ecclesiastics. Their nomination and their revocation
belong to the bishop. The nominations are so made as not to displease the
government. The officials of the consistorial chancery are confirmed by
the bishop, on the presentation of the secretary of the consistory. The
secretary of the bishop, who is charged with official and private
correspondence, is named directly by the bishop; and an ecclesiastic, as
the bishop thinks proper, may be chosen. The duties of the members of the
consistory cease when the bishop dies or resigns, and also when the
administration of a vacant See comes to an end.

From articles 21-29 we read as follows: The bishop has the supreme
direction of the teaching of doctrine and discipline in the seminaries of
his diocese, according to the prescriptions of the Council of