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111RARY,'Itibiteis , Nov. id, leis: AT. a t . t EXTRAOktIIiNAKY AIEC LING of the General Body of PRO 11g. AN iIISSENTING Mi. /OSTERS of the three t tenominatiosi., convened to reeeNe Report of their Deputatton, appointed on the 'tint instant to re crest.an lotervirw, with his,Maksty's Government on the bobject Of Ont Periecution . of otir Protestant Waren In Fn.nee, , Rev. A. REES. DI). F.R.S.P.L S. In the Chair, It, was unanimously Resolved, , Thai - this Meeting receives with the highest gratification the assirances °ibis Majesty's Gorernmerit, to the Deputation front this petty ; that they feel the deepest regret at the dread ful sCCT!, s lately witnessed in France, and that they are using, and tai) ti t lime to use, their best efforts in their Comm.. nirations with the i , retich Government to s-cure to all classes of French irz'l cc*, whi.ther Protestant or Catbolti, the full enjoyment I,f I . adeartagis which the Constitutlo'nkl Charter rrovided for therm.. 9. 'Out deeply :empassibiteting the case of our Frenzit Protest 7't Brethren, Who have been despoiled of their goods and de preed it the r" holies of prayer, we rceottiniend ft to cur Dm; three, and cite Congrriatiisiis iliroughont. thi Visited Kivedent . ; to ray. peciarht;ry Lentributtutia for the relitt of these st,!ferrrs for C3l'*•:rene.c se-e. • .0. 11 at a Committee of limoiry, SupertnttoJence, and comistiog timid Delemiserit hf each &nomination, be t..p pointed to Cart-eqind with our brethren in the couture on the subject ::f the foregoing Resolution, and otherwi,e to :arty the 124 Re •olLiito into effect. , . 11 htt the following Gl . ntlemen constitute the said Com inittee.—rite Rio. R. Aspliud, J. Barrett,.T. I.lel%hant, J Bur.. der, J. Coates,. T. Clow% P. Cos, S Evans, J. Hawkesley, J. %got , . Dr L!r :,ay,• W. Newina, Dr. Rees, Dr. P,ippon, H. Sinatibeld, Dr.. tiiittli L lownsend, - D. Taylor, Dr. Waugh, Mr. Wake, IN. Winter. . . i. That wish the consent oi the Trances of the late Dr. Wri t:taw; tar Meetings of the CoMmittee be held at the Library, ltvdereter.yeet, *belt all communications and emoributieni 'At be received by, the Rev. Thomas Morgan, the Librarian and Seexetery to tie three denominations. 6. T!lat publicity he given t, these and she foregoing fteso!u• tfons under tie sfirettion of the CoMmittee. • A. REFS, Chslrmati. . . - That the CLairnian be nitgliested to accept the thanks of the Body, for ISIS euutluit at this Meeting. ' TIIGNIAS MOW - •• Secreta • Tye 8AU55121,3 AA'D FRANKFORT PdPERS. FRANKFORT; DECEMaR 14. We hive this moment received the news that the Austrian troops have occupies! Landau. A deputation from Lithuania Waited Upon the Err term Al;iiinder; at Warsaw, tin the 26th last, to congiatulate his Majesty upon the hippy termination of the war, and express their gratitude for the union of their country under his sceptre. On the 3.i inst. his Malec/ left Wareiei for St. Petersburgh. An article, dated Beilin, Nov. 21, say(:—" A Ger- Sovereign is !Wined to have declared to Louis XVIII. tbrodghthe medinm of his A mbascisfOr, that vole's some vigotokni wasures ate taken by the Frenth GOirernmert in respect of the persecution of the Pro testants in the South Of Fisn&, he Will giie these an. happy an asylum in his dominions."—This statement appealed in die AT:en:eine Zietung of the 7th instant: 'REACH Piii s A4S , CHAMBER OF A C v iE s. stirixos ass'' 00 " 1 "" :,._ s IIiZENT 10:R 18. 0 121.90• V . , .4. AUBLANC, Secretary of State for ...(cuur, said, he had 'o present the Projet of a L,w tor the sesta 'Lion of the Electoral Power, ac cording to the. Ct.arter, of which the 37th article Toe Chambei of Deputies ate to be com posed of Deptitict elected by the Electoral Colkges, the orgai.saitiou of which shall be determined by a law:" The 37th article runs thus...." The Deputes shall isi elected for fife years, so that the Chamber shall 14 renewed each year by a fifth." Some per ions thoitent that the Deputies thus elected for five feast should exercise their fiinctiOns f. 4. five years. Btit in this case some Deputies would remain in of fice nine Year.% others eight, The literal sense of the Charter dint; would 'hot be etecutecl—;-a new law is thermore necessary. On *hit piintiplet shall it be established ? • a In a MonaiChiCal bovernriterit, btery poet ought to be subordinate and- depenJect. Such is the ptinciple laid down by Montesquieu, whose work has acelaired Mil greater ltirce by the experience afftzded by the Revolution. The electoral poweq , of which the cositequenees would be the most dangerotis, is that aver which the Sdvereign should exercise the get atest ilifluence: 66 Several reliant have beets presented. There were it first propcised three degreethe Primary Assem blies, the Colleges of the District, and the Colleges of the Department. The mode of the Primary Assemblies is essen tially. vicious. There must be one of these two things ; either all the citizens assemble it it; and then they are turmilthons ; or the citizens vote sepa rately: 13ut iii the latter case the vote, as has been lately witnessed, was almost always dictated and commanded by the,Officers of the Buieaux. • 66 The name and talents of the author of another System, adMitung only one degree, demands an at tentive examination. That the Colleges of the dis trict, iotturd by eititehs paying 3(X) francs tales, should nominate the Deputies directly.' This sys!eni, attractive by its ettreme simplicity, is inadmissible. We hate already found that 364 Colleges Of Dis erlets, holding the electoral power in their hands, 'Amid not be sufficiently under the influence of the supreme power. '1 he great number of Presidents whom it sitould be necessary io assign to these assem blics, would not have the influence which the Prcti dents of the Elect..l4l Coiltg-s should have. 66 Moreover, a eel y r icli and populous depnronent, having only two districts, would consequently have but two Depu. it s, stole departniefoiless rich, having 6ve districts, x. uld ! ave five Deputies; " This project being rejected, that which has united 0.0 suffrages ts A entribinatioo of the Colleges of the Cint t, and thl; Depaitriient. Tbis Coilegei of the Canton will be rosined of 60 of the principal Members ot the Council tit the District ; of the Presidents of the First Instance; of King's Attotnies ; of the Presidents of the Tri inals and Chambers of Commerce; of the Press is of tl:e Committees consuli.ng oft, Arts and Ma icteriet ; ot the Cntineds of the Prudhoe:ma ; ot e Justices of tier Peace; of the Mayors of Cantons; 'kart; Gineral, Chrates, Ministers et other Chili ` Wet ships ; Rectors attd Inspectors of Aeolic- Desna of Fatultiesi and Prusisort Of the .oyal " Cou:d there be dared a Selection of persons dila rein IMma what has been now presenteil 1 It is not 'lout reason that there Joe been associated in iese honourable dutiesLlt itliellll44 of cordon. toinbinatkio hat sweated to us the *on pto'per mike the excellence of the choice. The Wit efueiptee hate 'bow *lied 1p the &Jim.' , T the bona .4 d ent smut; , 4, , the J Viet . , 4 4 Cad inks Roy: r .6 , feral watt' e:icee 'rills to am a' feitiiation - oi.the &afield eollegei of dePteimenes• 6 The colitOas of Diatifiets th4ll likewise nominate the candidite piesenred to the Ring for forming. the COoncils of Districts; and the ljeneral Council's of VepartMeniii and the Members of those C , ithcilsi, after having passed ths , proof of a double nomination ' shall be electors of right. ' . " We have thought that the Electoral Colleges of the Canton should - present the candidates: In reality,. to confer on a man the qualiti of Elector, to send him to an assembly so august. is nothing more than to confer cn him the quality of candidate: In nu , urinating him an Elector, his citialifitation as Deputy 1 is implied. 1 ,, We are of opinion, that the strict earcutinn of the Ciarter atTorJs great advantages. The first SA that shall go out of the Chamber will probably see a great utimbia of its Members re-elected. The new Depu ties•will imbibe in the Chamber, fear-tlitlis of which • will sun tttaro their fpncticils, that spirit whieli you h eve manifested, and Which is at the smile time the happiness . and the hope of France. 44 Why shcnld we renounce an arrangcriert which will he attended with this effect, that the Chamber tuccess:vely renewed will preserve the same spirit and be always the same " This arrangement will not prevent the King ftom exercising, whenever he shall think tit, the right of dissolving the Charriber ; but he will exercise it very rarelY, and only when the new Chamber shall have been composed in the spirit of the moment—in the spirit announced by the Government, If ever it were poss!Lle that it could be in npposi►:on to the Chant- Fer.—:-Ought commerce to have its p:triiculat elec tors and representatives ? This question has been much diScussed. We have thought it unnecessary to assign distinct representatives to commerce; but it will; of course, have teri electors in each Electoral College; 46 On this subject, the example of England has been falsely quoted in my opinion. There; we are told, commercetas its deput a tion; this is a mistake. The Deputies of the commercial towns do not repre sent commerce, but the towns themselves. Besides, are not the interests of landed proprietors, manuf sc. turerP, and traders; one and the sane " Consider, Gentlemen," said the Minisfer, as he ,finished, " that you are placed between the ancient Monarchy so dear to your forefathers, and this Go vernment, which begins, it is true, amidst grara cot:. mitres, but under the auspices of seated on the Throne. Forget not tfint , law, by new 4trengthenieg that Thrones transmit to the most remote posterity one ale:se and self-same monarchy, overcast by fot " gloriouslytbeo bet which already is breaking ,ugh :de clouds of adversity ; which is 4 ‘ 14 4 34 ":, nett maxims, but such as are in harmony * . an trirMer ones. Guarantee to future ages the otoinises of your forefatheri, your own, and those of your children: " It is to you mote especially that I addreis myself —you, Who still young, have witnessed from your childhood nothing but the dreadful calamities which have overwhelnid us. Prepare for yotirtelves the noneur-•-• prepare the happiness of lie; ng ab,e wtne Jay to exclaim with generous pride—We were of tke number of these *hn checked in its course the de sttuctivecat of the Itcvolivion _ _ _ The Miniiter then .I:ad the prejel de M, drawn up: in conformity with the sentiment. tipiessed in his speech. It *as determined that it should be printed and sent to the Gureaux. PARIS, DECEMBER O. According to the Journal de Tonklub the Diike d'Anoulenie was to quit that city the 13:h to pro• ceed to Bourdeaux. The same Journal states, that this Prince is expected to return to 'Toulouse in the month of March next, accompanied by Madame. The Journal de Nimes dt the 9th, received yester- I day, does not give any detail as to the state ut health of General Legarde. This Journal announces that I tranquillity continues to prevail there, and that the greater number of those persons who had quitted the city had returned. This Journal, however, states that agitators have led astray the public opinion on the side of Vaunage, where they have excited some agitation. Crimes and very repreheniible acts have been Committed, the perpetrators of which have been apprehended, and are to be brought befOre the Tribunals. The chiefs of these disrubers are known, and a sufficient forte will be sent to restore tranquillity. Letters from. Witisembourg, dated the 12th of ember; announce that according to the orders of the Duke of Wellington, Landau has been surrendered to the Austrians, and that the Prussians have r-tired from the euviront of that town. The Austrians dude their entry into Landau 'oh the 11th. The first permanent Council of War of the Ist Military Division is continding the ptoceedings against General Drouet, and the second Council there against Gerieial Debelle. Them is oo certainty yet with respect to the fate of M. de Lavalette, but his family and friends have some hopes of delay in the elocution of the judgrneut. It is said that the Kit* of has 11144Cap 'plication to the king of Fiance for the purpose of ob taiMng a mitigation of the punisnment of M de La valettit. It is added, that the Duke de Richelieu has interfered in this mission of clemency, and that a Pt ivy .Council is to Be held this day upon the subject. It appears that the Piojet ot Amnesty has expe rier.ced some opposition in the Bureau. Thi Reporter of the centrai Committee is not yet appOinted. Informed that there still exist in the department of the Cote d'Or, a great number of copies of a cate chism for the use of all the churches in France, in which a whole chapter is consecrated to duties and attachment towards the person ot Napoleon,_ and cons sidering that it is ot importance to e ff ace from this catechism all that is contrary to the duties of a good Frenchman and a good Christian or that may Mai odious recollectiont, the Prefect Of the Cote d'Or has ordered that the chapter whicii prescribes the duties towards the [serum and the family ot Napoleon shall be suppressed in the copies of the catechism, Ike. which may be found in the eititiolishmehts of public instruction, by the diligence ot the Maynto, the l;ons lisissaries of Police, and the institutors. With respect to the tatechiamns which *be in ute by the Cubes and Minister, fur the instruction of children, the Bishop, Grin his default the /icars Ge neral, are invited to give orders to the Clergy, in order to avoid the simile *high might be. made of unconnected copies. We have beva anosithed tjD observe Ear NM days • in.the aloft I the jewellers the Palate Royal' crosses of the luiperiolOrder of itottninfli having on them Ilet'ohly the N. but evin.all the letters of the Legends -:--" Nap: Aeon a jamaii," and 4 • tout pour l'Empire." . The debilt of two London beers drew, the day betne yesterday, 1 great crowd of Spectators to the circus of M. FTMICOIII, whose expectations were com . - pletely gratiffed. General Cambacerei was aerested the day before yesterday he was conveyed to the house of military arrest at the Ahhaye. Order's are issned, teat by the Ist of January there shall not remain at Paris a single Officer of the Al lied Troops. These circlets extend tea air the Officers pr the Line, of the Military Administration, ur; the OlRcers of ' Health. Madame de Lavalette went yesterday morning to the saloon of the Marshals.. When the Xing passed she threw herself at his feet to implore the pArdon of. her liu.hand ; but his Majesty, although much mov ed; did not accede to her request. M. de Lavalettt, it is said, is n'o lodger at the Con ciergetie, bat has been transferred to Vincennes. There is a report in Germany of transferring the Germanic Diet to Nurenih.*g. LETEER 07 TIIE PRE? CT 07 THE DEPARTMENT OF CARD► TO THE WE PREPECI's AND MAYOI:‘, OP THE SAME DEPARTMENT. _ _ _ Ninne4, November 3^, 1815. Messieurs—The public tranquillity requires tha all the signs, all the emblems of a Government, which, atter having for so long a period afflicted Europe, has finished by precipitating Prance urn Xn abyss of evils, shtoull entirely this ippear. Such is the ish of all good Frenchmen. Such is also the !Sill of the King. 4 , The preservation of monnmentS, busts,. portraits, or engravings, representing the Usurper, P.,r the mem bers of his family, is a Scandal which iyight to cease. They serve to keep up hopes, fool's ► it is true, • bet which are not the less criminal. They tecall recol lectiuns which ought to be etfacea, since we cannot be happy but in the obliviop of istir errors, which the malevolent wish to perpeiaate. 4 4 I invite y:;u. Me ,ours, to make a careful search for all dies!' effigies, whether they std.' ex.st in public Pittc" . .,, which I do not belieife, or wht.ther they are concealed in private aparttrivoti, and cause them tc) be conveyed without delay to the Hotel the Pte. lecture; in order that they miy he broken or &sir •y -ed; and to cause to he fficed itli the inseript•crus relative to Bonaparte or his re __S ve r a toent, which may I have escaped the lance of the total authority. •• Your cares ought not to be limited to the exe cution of these Measures: if you learn that there etsts similar ()fleets or other moderns ei the ancient Government, such AN CPAIS of arms or sear belong ing to individuals, you ought, atter having employed means of persu +5lOll e n engage the proprietors to de. paint them at }he Mayoralty, to make us- of your authority to procure their destruction. You will &anguish the igreirance or negligence of We I nth. NI subject from the guilty obstinacy of the enemy of the Royal authority. 66 You cannot but. range in this latter class he who, Stotwitli.nandnig your ordsts and invitations, proserves eagles, tri-colonted standards or cockades. These emblems, prohibited by the law, are to br considered as .he means of cart /log into- , ff ct sedi tious acts, and are to be s .ii,J even , ftv ct, without prejtarce to any - jtaci .1 vice -rings instituted monist the proprietors iit dtese objects, or the persons hating them in their possession. 46 It is well understood there the material of, these articleiiso:iiimule, authieity is hawed to de facing them, in the presence of the proprietor, and remit:it% them. 66 I know toci well, Messieues, your principles and your Zeal, nett to be convinced b .lure-hand of the eagerness with welch you will set ail, tit conformtm! to these instructions, and iiitormilig the o f the result. (Signed) Cif rise Preti ct of Gard, 66 The Marquis D i Attimou Roodues." VIENNA, DECEMBER 8. The Auitrian Observer, do mrofCcial j awns!, pub lished on the 6th tit Oet,embet, the hollowing article: " The, results of so many negociatilins for peace,' which have terminated at Paris. are now known to all the worl.o They require neither long explana tions norap Bogies, nor eul'ogies. cud we should not venture td publish our observations upon this subject, if we were not persuaded that after the idle reports and the rash opinions, which a great many public journals have circulated upon this important topic, simple and modest attempt to Pace it in its proper point of view would be agreeable to the public. 6. In order to appreciate in the flist place, and in an equitable manner, the negociations of Paris, with out any r.-gard to the principles upon which they were concluded, we must consider the effects which they hate piodeced, and Under what circumstances they have operated: 66 The conferences which led to the conclusion of peace were not in full activity till the month of De cember. Up to that period. the Ministers of the Al lied Powers were incessantly occupied with measures relative. to the march and maintenance of troops, with determining the districts winch they were to oc cupy, the connection they were to have with the na tive Government, and (which was All object of no minor Importance) with the re-establishment of order and tranquility in the interior of France ; measures which required an active and daily correspondence with the French Glavernment. • 44 It was not until the month of September that they began the preparatory labours of the diplomatic conferences, and it was only on the 2gth of that month that the negocittions themselves began.— From tharperiod, until the day of the signature, not only all the Treaties were concluded, both principal and accesory with France, but also a great lumber of Conventions of the Utmost importance, between the Allied Courts, and of wbieh, even to the present moment, only the Treaty of Alliance that renewed them has been published in an authentic shape. 66 It is sufficient for every impartial man to tast' only a gleam upon these acts to. hol•cobvinced that in the Conveatioas between France and the Allied • Powers, they have Bled and determieed every thing which eqttity permitted Europe to exact as a repera lion for the evils which France had indicted (as tar at least as.they admitted of reparation), and as a se curity. for tranquillity in Nunes Every point . was discussed ; the greatest egorts were made to regulaie dtelit in 04 mai sitis(riifort Mattel' and eVelf thing that was possible has been done. 6. The great Allied Powers did not labour ezein sively for their ewn advantzge. Each mensher the alliance was indemniEed without distinction, et_ cording. to the share which he contributed to the co °-• mon catve. They also steeple) ovliy atterd , d t. thz just claims of individtials, and onati:tainc: l them w;rh as much firmness as the moat sacred hoe:este, ' ,l'. States. Nothing was left imperfect or equivocal. le the saw: manner, as we can conffientiy affirm, they 'discusses and reguived the ref &tins lietweei. the Al. lint Porvers. No object Of any iMportince Ontle:lded ;- no argent question remained u•isiilv e ,• A great number of those which, at the ca the Cinizre.ic. had. not bred sufficiently di•!•!,.. e admit of being determined, were erneweit it Never were there affairs so insporiant, so re, ;, and presenting so many difleculties, term•ii itoi in short a time,. -iswil-wiels-posinnefr SUrcebr, -- Or e ; r ,i on. and efnct. UpOn this point even' they they have a grreroci• for marring some rsill'em 4, cannut edit se the tribute oi their iiistiot statesmen who superintended the Whole. As to what concerns the spirit And tier which, have d;rectud all the negoc:atiun:, slaJit hazard the following reflections : 66 To establi.h a true state of peace with Prince a Manner TF solid as circtiniaantes will 'semi.% tope should require iudemoities for the po-a, security for the future. The last treaty has this double end in the most advanuoteoas 'lf we consider, in the point ait view of indemniti,:i. the Worth of the territorial cessions, imd the - pecu. niary contributions which it ireposes on France, sur passes much the expenses of the last campaign, besides have been supported in the most put by Fraseee. But considered in another paint of vi ew more important, the territorial cession: ut oi, niary contributions of all the neln!toonfitig States, the greatest solidity for their future saiety. it a great part of the sttnls which France is to i,ay, is, by oieriie of a formal Cnovention conclu:led bete.. ' the different Comet, destined to the con•truct•.iii •.: net/ fortresses at different points on the frontiers, lin a military view the aggLiadisem.nt of croon, German provinces on die Sarre and the Lours, cession of Fhitlippevihe, Maiieubierz„ irre-Lo:n and Landau, arid the der:blition of the itittitic. 4 !:,,.. of Hitningitee, }say be considered its great tages, as well at the augrtraitation of the S.ei::; tory, and the cession of all S irhy t tier luny (.• Sardinia's Srates. Those adeantagi•ous tenon , 1( geiher with the satisfaction of so many private chin. which had till pow been dine imperfect justice to, i. the desigO had not been adayted of ruining France. 66 This, in truth, is what many pessow woio. wista—personi who regard the abuse of force, as sidle lul policy,' or blind policy as an elf..-ct of hale of coui, There have risen among ethers in ditterer points of Germany, many voices which have angiii condemned beforrhano this Treaty, the knit of 5 much reflation and labour. In the opposition tii.. it would not be admitted as a basis of a negociathi • that France should reliuquish three or four of la mest productive frontier provinces, could such a pia be executed without proloneiag indefinitely the sta.• of war, so as not on:, to deprive France of her pc:. tical existence, but to bring down incalculable eri on all Europe. This question is the first which will be necessary to examine, and to resolve it will 'equine inure profound knowledge of politics than we eats suppose any of their passionate judges to posses- Another, not less important question, is Olis, sul posing we could obtain these conditions without ev - dent danger, would, it be prudent to require thee ' Would this be the Method of insuring or facilitate, ; to it Stare shaken to its foundation, its political reg . - neratioo, 'that ';teat prob!ool .1 state knowledge .rope ? nit all the risources .f policy offer at.: ether ponciple, or consideration, or interest, than : weaken Fra'tce without end—without martin What, in short, would have been the conseqiiences this dangerous attempt it it had tailed ? \Vita ev ls w.allit it not have produced if it had sowed the ger,. of misunderstanding among the p ewers otiose unit,: has ssved Europe, and laid ,he foundation of a kr.. and durable peace ? Motives ot that importance on! , which can explain the uniform views and the Wit concerted proCeedings of the Powers, whose utile less than ever could be disturbed on t!:,s ire t+ t question, for all that has been said of their differeii, of opinion, and lung and warm dehates which it g a-,-; rise to, may be ranked with the tables of the day. 66 The internal state of Fr.mce is not yet of t ture to make us regard as without tot:aid:awn the . • ,quietude which has been manifested on this subje,t. Happily, this restlessness, as to the interest an other States are interested in, is confined in oari bounds. Fiance is, for a long time, out of e=dit o to threaten her neighbours ; and if, in otter respect, it were not of the highest importance for Eurpei a solid and durable order should he estahlis! ed int it unhappy country, she might, without d..nso, he t to herreit- - -such is the strength of the I 1 syst of Europe. But such a resolution would he inc.:T• patible with the principle of the Allied SUrefeig .'• l'he measures which they have taken are eusol' worthy of their wisdom and moderatiod. h . 44 The permanency of a numerous army, suer' ted on the frontier plates of France, must ail the uneasiness which new troubles iii the intsr: of France might cause to the neighbouring States : - anti at the same time maintain the Royal Autoocf. in the most energetic manner, without hampering open ati. • ns. " To this measure the Allied Courts have joi other proceedings, of which the wise and object cannot he mistaken by the French Gov All has been &tie in this respect which permit—we must expect the rest from time, if developement of the present Constitution, whe! , , withstandit.g some dettctshas so many good 'from the favourable influence ef a happy and Pe hal neighbourhood on France, which at last has L . • • • rigorousiy enough punished fur its past errors. " But if the horizon is not entirely cleared 0 : this point, it is not less clear in other parts. At epoch since the establishment of the European once has the harmony been more perfect and than now. The negociations at 1814 left still In 6 : to be desired and much to tear. Those of I OIL; L. consummated the great work. The moment is ct when the perspective of the golden age for Ete should not be put in the number of poetical flaw! :‘ The new l'reaty baLwast the four C"