Star. — London, England, 1816-01-03 00:00:00

~ . NEWCASTLS MEETING, • ON BEHALF OF THE MINCH PROTESTANTS, • On Thursday, pursuant to public advertisement,* Meeting of the Inhabitants * of this town was held on the subject of the Persecution of the French Protes tants; the-Right Worshipful the Mayor iu the chair. The business was.opened by the Rev. W. Tuatara's being called upon to read the 4 4 Authentic Details?' published by the Committee of Dissenters . * London; after which Jesus Lose, Esq. in proposing the first resolution, observed on the inclination which seemed to, prevail among some to defend, and among fibers to palliate the atrocities committed. The facts could not be controverted, having been distinctly recognised, by both Governments. But it had been said that they had notsarisen from disposition to religious per. vcution, but from political motives, kir for plunder.' Perhaps all three motives might be mixed ; but could it be said that .this was not a religious persecution, when the whole weight of it fell on one den of per. sons ; and no Catholic friends to the late state of . things were suffering persecution t If however the three strong motives, of persecution, politics and' plunder, were united, the thing was yet more dermal mg, and more worthy of the interference of the Go vernment: of different countries, and of us all to shew our decided opinion. But it had been said that it is dangerous to interfere in affairs of government. Persons who hold this doctrine must be very ignorant of the principles of our Constitution. One of the greatest privilegesof British subjects, is to assemble, express their opinion, and petition the Government : and it is a privilege in all respects salutary ; if Go vernment have mistaken or overlooked any thing, that they may be set right; if otherwise, it is highly fur their advantage that they should know they are acting . in unison with the feelings of the people. In the present case, our government has in the most ex plicit and handsome manner declared its determina tion to use the best efforts to secure the rights of the French Protestants ; and will it not strengthen the hands of Government to shew that the opinion of this great and enlightened nation is in perfect har mony with their measures ? But it is said to be dan gerous to interfere with other countries : this really appears to be the strangest objection in the present state of the world. Do Gentlemen forget in what situation France now is? Do they forget that there is at this moment a considerable degree of interfer ence with its government ? But we have both prin ciple and precedent for interference in the case before us. Without going regularly through a set oC pre cedents, did not Queen Elizabeth repeatedly interfere in support of the . Protestant interest through Europa. Did not Cromwell interfere through the medium of his Ambassadors, and by this very mode proposed, of public contribution ? And as to William 111. was not the whole course of his reign an interference in protection of the Protestants of Europe ? It seemed ueedless to dwell longer, but one thing he must not forget —it is only a few months since we ourselves did, in this hall, interfere with the Slave Trade ; and with what success? The Ministers of the country hind exerted themselves and failed; but after the sen timents of Great Britain at large were expressed, B snap pie on his return saw its feelings on the sub ject, and wishing, as was natural to him, to conciliate that feeling, immediately did what had not befo re been obtained. And we afterwards saw the very same Government, with whom Lord Castlereagh bad been unsuccessful, give the Slave Trade up at once, distinetlAlating that they had great satisfaction in thus complying with the wishes of the whole British oaths, ! What a brilliant example of the effect of the opinion of one nation on the opinion of a neighbour ing one ! Certainly it was highly creditable both to the French and to us, that they should consider themselves as conferring the highest benefit on us, nut by giving us territory or treasure, but by con sulting the rights of humanity. Now how it could be more proper to interfere on the behalf of the suf fering African, than for our persecuted fellow-Chris ;Luis, the benevolent speaker could not concetve. Mr. LasH said, he would only trouble the meeting with'a few words more, in reference to the resolution which he was about to move. He trusted that in a very short time there would be no more differexce of opinion on persecution than on any other subject.— An attempts of any kind, however modified, to check or prevent any individual from communion with his Creator, in the way most-agreeable. to himself, he considered as unjust and mischievous. It is impes-, sible by any restrictions to interfere with the senti ments of the heart, to change the real opinions of men : their necessary tendency is only to make men hypocrites, and to protect the profligate who cares not what he professes. Religious persecution can only affect good and honest men, because bad men will immediately change round and profess whatever is required. Mr. Losh concluded by stating his high satisfaction that these sentiments were becoming fa miliar even with those whom we were in the habit of accusing of holding . persecuting principles ; and by swelling to the meeting of the Catholics of the two neighbouring counties, on the very subject which his caused the present assembly, on which they came to certain resolutions, the two first of wjiich he read. The Rev. Mr. PRINGLE, in seconding the motion, went into a long and elaborate history of persecution baneful effects. Recollecting the banishment ;agoras, the death of Socrates, and the perm ed the primitive Christians, we felt some on to the former part of his speech, which seemed sent the heathens as fret from the. crime of lion ; but the speech, on the whole, was able hly interesting. ltev. W. TURNER, having already mad the qhentic Details," simply moved the second reso- Jounded upon them. Alderman Rasp moved the third resolution, ,sive of satisfaction in the assurances of Govern on the subject. Rev. D,'M‘lnziort, after some spirited obutr , moved the 4th resolution, on the french 'Ordonnance, Josaaits cLAnI; made an address, highly ere. to feelings as a span and a Christian, pre , to his motion for the commencement of a sub- Trion; which was seconded by the Rev. Robert rite, in a very peat speech, expressive of hie hope we shall pot, like the pre* Ind the Levite, look 414cliPS igelliffor pass by on the other . Vir. SPA PV C "4 MantiPg • UPPilt of , 1 - s ...--: • —O-e alk ;Coabtanders in Chief. the. main object of ell of , esboti me t the year m4.* -. iii . -4.7 7 B°lle - ..;.;... sru to save the city of Paris from total ruin. The Rev. L Politick' . ,it Inav'Mg the sprite* , President of this Government urgently endea red to obtain a general pardon for all and, every omit of a committee, expreesedbis confident Petina" 'aim that if th e cam had .1100 reversed, and by any 1 possibility the Cathotici had been the object instead . of which they might . be Nachman, Of whatever nature the Crimes Might be accused; but this was flatly of the instruments of persecution, we should have been refused by the Allied . Generals; they merely pro ofequally ready to hare stretched out our hands to mused to pardon the inhabitants of Paris whatever their relief. they might have done against the allied armies, and Oa the preceding day there was a meeting of Re. it was expressly added. 4, If the King designed to man Catholic Gentlemen at the Queen's Head Inn, adopt some measure against his unfaithful subjects, in this town, on the same question, Geo. &Ls/Saint, they. the foreign Generals, bad not to interfere in it." Esq. in the chair. The company was addressed by The provisional Government concealed this ,cir the Chairman in an eloquent speech, and the resolu- cunistatice of the negotiations, and thus save occa dim.: were seconded by Was. THOMAS SaLvrat, Esq. 'ion to an error which has been very detrimental to and passed unanimously. The meeting Ws most nu- many persons. The Article (12) of the Capitula tnerous, and peculiarly respectable. There wasp for don. as it was clearly explained, has been therefore at it, besides several gentlemen from Yorkshire the conscientiously observed ; for no inle.bitant of Paris heads or the representatives of almost every resident was molested. after the entrance of the Allied Armies, Catholic family of property iii the counties of Nor- on account of actions, that related to these armies. thumberland and Durham. The morning of the day The King could, therefore, without violating the vial most stormy. but notwithstanding. several gen- 12th Article of the Capitulation, call to account such denten came upwards of SO miles. The philanthro- of his subjects as had been guilty of disloyalty to his py, the benevolence, and the liberality of the resolu. Majesty. dons, whilst they confer great honour on our Catholic It is affirmed that the Duk e of Wellin g ton will de brethren, may, it is hoped, silence the vo ice of slander dare himself publicly on this point. against that loyal and meritorous cla ss of sub j ects. The second false ground ot defence was, that the Marshal was a native of Saarlouis which was ceded •••••••••••= l = . to Germany on the 20th of November, and had there fore ceased to be a Frenchman ; he could not, there fore, be tried by the French laws, and the Counsel. appealed to the Law of Nations. The Marshal himself seemechingry that he should cease to be considered as a Frenchman, and stopped the defence ; but the Counsel clearly sheaved how ill he was versed in the L iw of Nations : for, first, the birth place of the accused, when he became unfaitbfal to the King, was still a French town, he himself a French General, and amenable to the French laws ; 2d, a foreigner, who enters the service of another Government, is subject to the taws of the country which now is become his second native land, the fo reigner is especially responsible to the new Govern. moot for all the duties which he has taken upon himself, by accepting a place in another country. —Marshal Ney therefore, in every case, even if he were considered as a foreigner, was amenable to the French lima . as a French General. This principle is fouaded on (Ammon sen..e and on the law of nations. This ignorince of the law ot nations proceeds from the great blank in the public instruction ' there not being in all France any professo r of the law of nations. We remember on this occasion that some years ago, and in the Government of Bonaparte, a Processor at Strasburgh, who was member of the tribunal there, represented to the Corsican the necessity of founding a professorship for the law of nations in the French Universities, as there is in all the German Univer sities. When the Strasburgh Professor pronounced the words droit des gens (law of nations), Napoleon understood droll: des ionsnate (rights of man), which were proclaimed with so much ostentation in the tieginning of the French revolution, and ti which lionapai to himself bad pretended to be a strenuous advocate. But, Bonaparte, who at this time considered all the rrench as staves, whose persons and property be longed wholly to himself, as his hired speecti-makers had loudly- proclaimed, made a wry face at the words Right of Nations, which he confounded with Rights ot Attnt and rejected the proposal with the greatest indignation. The good Strasburgh Professor but n trrowly escaped banishment, or even imprisonment, as a dangerous Jacobin or Republican. GAR MAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DiCEMBEIt ira. • It it positively affirmed, that Count Lavalette passed through this city the day before yesterday. It is added that he had on the uniform of a Power of the Mirth, and that during the few instants that he stopped here, he paid a visit to a foreign Officer, who has been for a short time here. DXCILMBER 29.—A report has been in circulation here since yesterday, that M. Lavalette arrived in this city two days ago, and that after one hour's con ference with a French General, whom circumstances have brought hither, he continued his route to pro ceed to Germany. These reports are uncertain, and it is proper at this moment, to be on our guard, in this respect, against the mancouvres of a certain party, which has ex:ellent reasons for misleading us in re gard to their projects. It is thus that they announced the arrival of Real in Belgium, to seek an asylum there; yet meta is no truth in it. unless this ancient procureur of the Cha:elet at Paris, be hid in some übscure corner. Real is one or the men who, under Bonaparte, did the most iitjury to our country, by his inquisitorial measures, by his subaltern tyranny, by the narrow views of a procuieur in a red cap, and' who finished by being decorated with all the orders of the Great Empire, atter having been an incen diary journalist, a clubbist, and defender of the members of the revolutionary tribunal of Nantes, who were stained with the most odious crimes. It is remarkable, that the three men who did the most mischief in the latter part of the Government Bonaparte, had been journalists. The Duke of Bat sano (.ftret) began his political career with writing for the " Lvografthe." Kell wrote the horrible jour nal entitled "La Patriote," in 1789. Regnault de St. Jean D'Angely, who wrote for a journal. of the day, at that unhappy epoch, and all these became the myrmidons of the must insupportable tyranny. Four hundred French prisoners of war, coming from Russia, and last from Zwoll, are arrived here on thert.returu to their own country. HAGUE DECEMBER 26. Ile reports on the state of the rivers having been more or less alarming for some days past, his E. cellence the Duke Urstl is gone to Gorinchem, which it the depot of the Waterstadts, to take, in case of danger, measures adapted to the circumstances. DEC. 28.--It is said that the budget for 1816 has bees laid before the Council.of State, and Aliat it will be presented to the States General in the course• of the next week. It is affirmed that his Majesty will visit Brussels in the month of February. BALE, DECEMBER 16. The bridge of boats at Huninguen is not yet sold, because the Austrian Commissary will not sell it for '2OOO florins, which have been offered. A great many new mines are made at Huninguen, but powder is wanting. FRENCH PAPARS. GENEVA, DECEMBER 17. The French Custom-houses are removed to the new line beyond the Jara, according to the Treaty of Paris. PARIS. DECEMBER 30. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave another en herb Ball yester4ay, which was even more nume rously attecded than the former one. Among the most di4unguished French personages present on the occasion we noticed, the Duke of BERRI, the Duke of finalte, the Prince of BESInniNTO) and Marshal MARMOST. The principal English persons of distinc tion were, the Duke of Rtcumono, Sir C. STUART, Lord LC/WT=4 and Lord MOUSTNORRIS. Madame HAMUURGH, DXCEMBER 22: They write from Finland, that the town of HA singtors is going to be rebuilt on a vast plan, which it will require enormous sums to execute ; they are blowing up rocks and filling immense hollows to level the ground for the new buildings. The whole ex pense is borne by the public treasury. Those persons who build private houses obtain exemption horn taxes, and many other advantages ; thus a great many handsome buildings have been erected, as well of stone as of wood. ansl e Helsingfors will soon be come a charming town. CATALANI WAS also present. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, DEC. IL M. HYDE DE NOUVILLE ascended the Tribune, and said—" Gentlemen, it has been observed, in a speech which appeared to produce a lively sensation, that the blood of Kings cannot be spilled with impunity. The '4lst of January was not only a day of mislor , tune and horror for the French nation : it was a day of consternation to all civilized people, and became the horrible signal of the calamities of Europe. It severe troubles, it .the tyranny of Cromwell, followed the murder of Charles I. that of our virtuous bia: narch produced the massacres of September, the ter , ror of 1793, the factious Governments which suo,, ceeded, the most odious tyranny, the shame, the sla• very, the perjury, in fine, the 'violation of the sacred altar, and the complete overthrow of Europe. You wish, Gentlemen, that the 21st of January should foe ever be to France a day of mourning and of expia— tion. That the recollection of it may be to all people' a great and eternal lesson, and that a solemn act, is expressing the sentiments- which animate us, may , prove to ages to come that the blood of legitimati' , Sovereigns is always avenged by Hat who only has' the right to sit in judgment upon Kings, I propose that on one side of the pedestal of the statue be placed these words—" France delivered.—To Louis XVIP And on the other, the following declaration, with 1, the names of all the Members of the Chamber who shall sign the original: " 1a the presence of GOD and of Men, we, the Deputies of the French Nation, do declare and aKrm, that this nation, so long unhappy and capthe, was not a party to the etecrable par • tilde committed on the LIR of January, i 798, (a day of mourn lag, of ,grief, and of terror, in all time to come). •• We swear by the blood of the most august of victims, in the presence of Goo and of men, for ourseivei, our children, and our posterity, and for Prince, whom Me rePresent, unshaken fidelity to our legitimate King, regarding, as a fundamental and sacred principle, the inalienable and imprtscriptible right of he reditary succession, by primovnituie, from male to male, NSW blurted by Goo in the family of St. Louis, of Henry iV. Ili Lows XIV. " That whosoever amongst as ;Nall betray, or speak of be traying his oath, shall be declared infamous, and accused of Goo and men."—(The signatures will follow.) Several Members delivered their sentiments upon this proposition, and one or two verbal amendments were suggested. The proposition waif then referred to the Commission to report upon it. A 4 the 21st of Jason/ 1415 NMI a Sunday in MARSHAL NEY. Upon the manner in which Marshal Ney was de fended. The sentence in. this important cause is now pro-' flounced and executed, and re may therefore be al lowed to clear up some points without violating the duty which we owe to the unfortunate. The counsel tried to save the accused upon two false grounds, one of which in particular seems to us not to have been placed in a due light. One of the Marshal's Counsel alleged the 12th Article of the Capitulation, concluded under the walls of Paris, before the Allied troops entered that city. By this article the Duke of Wellington pro mised, in the name of the Allied Sovereigns, that the inhabitants of Paris should not be molested for their preceding political opinions and actions. Now, says the Counsel, • my client was at that time an inha bitant .of Paris, therefore the Marshal cannot be, brought to trial for his preceding actions. The answer to this, that Louis XVIII. did not ratify the Convention, seems to us not a proper one, for the capitulation was executed, and might there fore be looked upon as ratified. We have Tetteived, trom a source that may be perfectly depended upon, the following explanations, which place this affair to a clear light. .Wheq the Allied armies were before Paris, and threatessed to enter the capital by force, the provi *el Govenuntio enlscdPit.Q. Rea°4.4oo with the 111Witib ••••`• so ot cl A i l ts a x b a ; cution of jectiOo tC to repress perbeCUti on d high The Authe I.atial gt Mr. szpraasii mint on The I vations, ditable ',ions In scriptioi that. we OR out ; Aide. °Po 1816. it is believed that the faiteral soletrinititso be postponed to the nest day (Monday). THE NEW CRUSADES. [FROM THE HoNITEUR OF TIIR 30TH ULTINIO.] • is The Knights of the different Orders, and the ft sons who have subscribed their names to coa tt it tt : cowards the formation of the funds necessary t o 34 ; , fish the trade in white and black slaves in the am*. Qf Africa, a trade still carried on, contrary told; gion, humanity, and the honour of Christianity, lot informed, that the President of the Association have the honour to make his Annual Report on tht progress made towards the attainment of the esd oi , posed ; he will explain w them at the same time[th; state of the Funds given in trust to his manage nka for this service by the Sovereigns and other illiistn o , ; subscribers, and will submit to them the & enter , on which the Report is founded. The first will be presented at Paris, at a time and pl ace t 44, specified, when his Most Christian Majesty, w h obt deigned to subscribe as Grand Master of d,e On* St. Louis, shall have made known hi pleasure on head. (Signed) , 4 W. Moser &urn, President of the Knie s Lther atmai White Staves .- Africa.* P. S. - The Subscribers will receive pr ited coo t . the papas subsequent to the tirbt associstom at` , on the 29th December List. Subscriptions are received at 1 1 :11;5, at the k w , Messrs. Pcregaux and Lafile At Vienna, by M tv , Frio and Co. at. Genoa, by Mev-ss. GAuli * Kies by Messrs. SchumAler ; at Fran Bethman. THE PROJECT OF AM PRIVATIC LETTIA ktiONI PAI:Is, " The Commission yesterday ma ted Report to the Chamber on Ainaesty Bill. On the Ministerial MM. de Richelieu, Dubouchage, Caze. It was easy to read on I nance the dissatisfaction he ie:tt; gave to a conciliatory law, whete pered with mercy, a proscript;ve rouse all the dormant passions, a‘ sions that might shake the State ti not attempt to describe the agitatic on hearing the seven different every thing your imagination can 46 When M. Corbiere, the Rei the preliminary discourse, and w; proceeding to the suggested amen' hers on either side were obstruct the tribunal, in order to be the names to speak for or against the Commission. The two Secretari( the President take down the names Deputies; as many on the left party. The President ordered Members to their seats, where, or was watching, and every heart phrase of the Orator. When t ' such a rush I never witnessed Mates, Attorney-Generals, Minister of State were literally tumbling More than shoves were given al rent the Hall, and no argutnew amounting to little less than attended to by those grave legi of their country. 64 The Tribune was taken Corbieres, the Reporter, who assistance, wee pesitively jammed the two invading lines. 1 could unfortunate Deputies, whose art constrained to develope itself so tranquillity was restored, and written lists, they were nearly the Report 39, for it SO spokesmi or fifteen on either side will be will then be closed, and the rem, to unwilling silence, will lue red! of printing their discourses, from the press, or are read ea and the happy few, the se.eL. relations; with an occasional v . pinioned to the stake. 46 Immediately after this scene, mandalour appears too indulgenr proposed by the ultra-royalist Dtspallieres in the important to the Chamber. It is not a conscientious uprightness of regardless of the quarter from candidate was presented, •ther tried friend of the unfortunate partizan of the House of Bourbon, which be bad devoted his best • long and severe persecution. port was, that out of 9.80 voices ,favour : he is the private Reader ANOTHER LETTER, DATED 64 I send a specimen • of the . to encouragiuuponymous informers. our Legitimates have no objection imitators of the Venetian Aristocracy scions of being hated by a people have usurped, they are squall' whatever denunciations malic ply. Our Ministry is in confusion. two others have insisted on ' Marbois ; and Richelieu will is turned out. The Russian be alarmed at the instabilit, under the auspices of his mL..__ off a courier with secret dispatches But however much the infinencr shaken, it does not appear that • to or considered. The Mini duty being paid for the cloat imported for our army, end menu on their march. 44 The Russians have late! , troops through their eztensiv text is the discharge of thei sure is considered here in ti or a menace. The spirit supposed to be the motive When Alexander left Paris, have to assist his friend the lin, as he bad his Ally, Lou " Mon stsua-11 est de votre personnel qui se dispensent de faire addresser, sans signature, au Serpent. meures de celles qui sent dans ce au. nonciation i eest leur etre utile, puisqu s un ulliCalionorable et qu'elles doive StAAT. Sagent-itiajOr, • in Awl I i* to V PRICP Red% 4 peg 011111 Lai from press t in eirc mina Of rad 1110 t sa M. R ,hintsal ite has at ie j b !, :. ; 1 1 . 51 dinner G and in Frankfort, by :Is, Dt:Cl4tesn 91. y mada its long : c ll7 ,,e 7:chAP : fic keal lieo a e al : VAtibi2pC, m id • e pasuye. the tigkt ti tho Dukes aka; A t amendments nu mein justke waste ru force th at tended ity and generatecen n 181 Le to its centre. luz hi :ation cl the Asser s i A uch Articlns ;it b i z.. is COD can picture. ranch had 6ttitbtr e ß tru e u po critei r ns t g er o , :hi I was on the potato nited mendtuents, the M s Th he fi rst to inscribe th e, a l et the propositions o t a SOS :redf‘er todthoseobeying, i beatinge ° l s these y t l i t h f u o e eer m: v t h u ,gepes in i lAMAi of the app • d the e ring en the signal was g . linistere and Cognit tor . lig over one another ' 79 k and received; the c • s Adj tents, save nuncio, null% in blows, seemed to the ti :gislators of the . nby assault, and . f tat to WAS roaring Oat netted in by the flan' ould not hel2 pity c d c ardent pairiousa ; , so actively; at 1 • id at the inspection .rly as tollows :—a, Id, kesmen. About a d fox be heard ; the di • th e remainder, con- ar d l reduced to the ex - • w s, which fell dead enly by their hooka! • ac circle of Weeds • t visitor, who sits b an ssi scene, for whichtle. • rent, M. V. Concha/ list party to succeed nt functions of ' for : a little creditable a the Conotitutionsion an, .from whence this* , cu r' they in him oh obtai mate Pichegru, the ,ourbon, for the • • tar , mat years, and es - • seen s. The result of their aim oices he united 240'. header to Monsieur." A ED PARIS, DECEMSE& ch of the system ad3pted to nformers. In such objection to be '6l Aristocracy. EVA/ b a people whose 600 _ pre equally ready to • e malice or treachery css confusion. Vaublue ' I on the dismissal of • Frill resign if Bar k ian Ambassador is ~ , lity of a Miniserfs 1 ' master ; and to have atue dispatches to the • tifi ne nce of Russia. whit r that we are more d, Minister of War iasi' ginl :loathing and accou ca find refuses them all " • Sy lately made a fresh Th! !nsive d o minions. " slot heir veterans ; b u t the a the light of a pee fa rat 'of liberty in rive for this detneso •ed 'aria, he said, he migh t. the King of Prussiass I Louis XV 111. at Pos. cei "•Ce to Decembrei o • I me rot rairesersen re in k te r re .mrvi t a dj oe.r f: l iv r es s oi ctr e est I iL t: 3 les doivent sower ii tame . ent-klajori Hotel slcs ' ' I,Pursq C u'ou e in ' mat et Pa a r eay.P' gl 11.* e SOW 1.1=2 3