Star. — London, England, 1815-12-05 00:00:00

77111 PRO7EBfAMS IN FRANCE. t• , TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. • SIR—As a Member of the Committee of the boa ) , of Dissenting Ministers of London and Westminster, whir, by their .Resduanu, and Apireatiper to his Ma. je4ty's Government, have protested against the per secution of the Protestants its France, I transmit you, for insertion, a curious Epigram and its Amer, both f which are to be found in Dr. Isaac Watts's Lyric ?nuns. They made an impression on my mind at an cal,' period of life, and were the means of gene rating that hatred of bigotry which I hope to carry aitlt ms to my grave. Many of your Readers may have never seen them, and they will prove accept ahle to every enlightened individual, who, entertain ing a just sense of She value of religicuts liberty, must cherish a proportionable detestation of persecution. whenever it rears its ensanguined crest to affright and desolate the world! The Epigram and its Ammer refer to the execrable reign of Louis XIV.; who, not content with the ordinary modes of persecution, em ployed his dragoons to facilitate the deciruction of the Protestant Religion in the South of France„uear the very spot (Montpelier and Nismcs are not thirty mike apart) where the tragedy is non revived, and acting `with an infuriated bigotry. When the Protestant Church at Montpelier was de wwilishetl by the French Xing's order, thefanteswits laid u s e stones upon their Burying-place, 'whireon a ' Jesuit made a Latin Epigtirnee-Englisited thus; A Htueliet Cbureh one at *Ripener bib, stood sod preetahied thefeassitnese and their guilt; Tits Limit stood beneath Hammes angry frown, Worthy when rising to hethunder'd down. • Lovas at but, the avenger of the shies, Coseostsds—and ley e) with the ground it lies! The stones dispered, their wretched Offspring cow, Oathsr acrd heap them on their father's tomb. Tbus the awn HOnsefalli on the builder's bend; And chip' beneath the grohna tpeir bones are laid, yet the just.vougeance still pursues the guilty dead! THE attlikWEß, BY A FR ENCH PROTEET4NT. • zaat.ssosti Tape : Chtittian gm* ante at Montpelier stood, And nobly spoke the beilder'i seal for Goa: it stood the envy of clip fierce dragoon, put not deservl eo bu defrayed WI mon ! yet Louts, the vile tytansref the age, Mr* doitint ibis wells, a. vicuna to his rage • Young, Faithful ban 3s, pile op the sacred series, Dear monument—o'er their dead fat hers' boo t , ! The stones shalt move, amen tin. dad fathers rise; start up Wore Or/vie destrtipees eyvs, And may his sia.intss to th' atungin: skiek ! I cailtuft, Sir, cOricltiJe, without thinking ton for I yo'ur patriotic eseetiinss in drawing the attention' of the petbhc tower.* the oJinus deeds perpetrating in • the s6tith of France, against the peaceable anJ tin offending prigesaors of the Protestant religious Civil religiuna lilstrty enter into the very essence of the happiness of every community. And every ksod man, whether Catholic, Churcliroan, or Pro. testart Dissenter, must receive with U. highest gratiticatinn the assurances given to the itutatiGis of th# Dissenting Ministers of Londe. 'lid %Westminster, by his Majesty's Mintetzus—u u • :antes as hontuaralge to themselves as they are highly creditable tb:::the- mild tend tolerant dynasty of the Brunswicklamily--“ that they feel the deepest re ster at thiciteadial scenes lately witnessed in France, and-tharthey-seemeia.raimilliaillitillNaie.Pn 'best ecru, in their communications with the French' Government, to secure to all classes of French sub )ects, whether Protestant or Catholic, thefelleajerequ pi the advantages whicl) the Constitutional Charter provided for them." rcsyipin, Sir, your's respectfully, Plan's-raw, Islington, pec. I, said. Jon* SITARS. 411. Accounts from Spain, by the Corunna packet, in dicate the rapid growth of despotism and degrade. sion, blendtd with the silent murmurs of an oppressed people, fully . si;nsible of their wrongs. The new Court instituted by FEBDIN 4ND to try the Liberal!: . proceeds apace ? Ruiz PADDON, the clergyman who snide so brilliant and solid a speech in the late Cones in favour of the abolition of the Inquisition, has been, .on this 'recount, condemned to perpetual imprison ment ; h ItTINEZ de la Ros.e, also a Member of the late Cortes, to ten years hard labour ; and Lopez, generally called El Clio de Ilialairy, to the same ter four years ; but, as 4 special favour, he has been allowed to commute his punishment for a slim of money. A merchant vessel has reached the Downs, with lruelkenee from Cadiz, of the date of the 10th ult. The Aurora had entered that port from Lima, and had brought 3.000,000 dollars. Another ship, with a hke supply of specie, was daily expected from the SJl)e4Vltirter. A/eutiim have been received from ivsraeoa stating, th:it a Spannit diviyien ,ender General CAIZADA lutd been dilitaied by thy lud/penomt troops eirder Ge• T.J kVA NAT 5, Mi.orc ) i .*:td-qtaters were at Grenta, m the Lavine: of Vatinas. The provilicts of Truxillo and Morio are also in pose,ssion of the lodoiftlidentsi cor of w)loie Chief., named Tonne:, vig il, 4 leap. forrc a:nder his command, occu pied Pilgrims, Carache, itlyhalor, and other points. The whole of Or , nukn and Cum: pia is now in pos ecraum of the iiidcpentiestls. A Royal order has received fri , in Spain at Csracas t prohibiting the , Yaorioge of all native Spaniards w ith American women. An action has taken place at San Carlos, 55 leagues firm CATAVAC., in which the Spaniards were defeated, and their wounded sent to Valencia. Carthagega privateers are Lisily employed ip making Spanish captures. They , vri:e from 'Switzerland. that by a Comrwo. lion concluded betAern the Aliied Powers, the Hef. vetic Diet, and the French Goverunint, the Duchess of Sr. 1.4:1, is permitted to reside with her sou and anne in oue of the Swiss Catitcms. 4 00 Tlit'itsibas , IslexT, the TwA *50,000 Prizes pout kayo's, plgethre with all the ether Capitals in the Small Lottery of only 5000 Ticket,. While there are any Shares for Sale; they May be Obtained at the duly Fortunate Office of Wain, No. IT, Lud gete•street, (pear St. l Pot's) where the Ticket No. 600, .a Prize of 520,009, in the Loucri just . 6flisised s two Sold and registered, also in Shares the Two LAST d 50,000 Prizes; arid' silty other Canitah in the late Lotterks. r . t 37 GERALIN PlPsitt MX 1.11-CHAVI.I.II. ItIOVEMBIIit Our touch honoured and beloved Commander Field Marshal Prince ll:Hitcher, whosis we've so happy Its to have now among us, has experienced very lively joy at some !cacti; which he received yesterday from England. and in which he is made acquainted with thebilliant result,of a subscription begun there , for the poor soldiers. the instruments and the victims of the victories obtained in the Netherlands. it was 'first occasioned by the well-known, and, for usi.lio nourable, reports of the equally modest and Mitsui. , ous English Commander, tits Duke of Wellington, upon which his Royal Highness the Prince ge 4 ent of England ordered this subscription to be begun ; which, under the direction and active co-operation of several distinguished Bs kith statesmen and Phi lanthropists, has been prosecuted with the tonal li berality of the British nation. We the more readily profit by the permissiint of his Highness to comma-' nicate this joyful news to the public in general, as it gives a desirable opportunity of paying a just tribute, of admiration to the generous spirit which animates, the Riitish nation, in acknowledging what redounds to the glory arid dipity of others, awl to combine it with a renmed commemoration of the ..great ac :ions of their and our Commanders in chief. We begin with the following eittract of a letter from Mr. Wilberforce. the firm and vicioriouspro- WO' of the rights of man, so disgracefully violated in the Slave Trade, of the man whose voice has been often heard in the British Parliament in support of TiE lONIAN !stamps. . • , 4 , • 1 1 4 lonian Islands being open. are not till? a , ..politkal object of the greatest importance to tbit connefig but a commercial one also. Let one Itia 4 this* look at their position, and they will see that one' of them. Corfu, is the key to the Adriatic, whilst another, Cerigo, is the key to the. Archipelago.— They open to us an easy. communication with e th Mona and with the Grecian Islands , and give Us vast and exclusive advantages in cur Levant Trade. • When Venice held phe first rank in point of com merce, the possession of these Islands was one of the sources of her superiority. She lost them during the, French Revolution. which dein ived her o f that inde-! pendent station which she had held for so many cen-1 twin. Russia took diem front the French in 1800, and formed them into an aristocratic Republic, witich the Treaty of Amiens recognised. Their dcsti:ls now decided; and while the Unitml States of the lonian Islands increase the power wa d the conse quence of their guardian and protector, Great llrip tain, they will derive front that protection, security, prosperity. and peace. Corfu, th e cient Comm, and Thsacla of Honor, who places here an his Widens of Alcinous, le a bout 4$ milts long, an 4 20 broad. It is situate opposite Albania, near the Cotalnel, between 39 and 40 demo of North latkude, and 19 sus 1 en of East longitude. The air is heilthy end the roil fertik, particu larly in the northern part, and the fruits of every kind are es oelient. especially a delic ious kind of fig, called Fracasseel.— . The other principal profluete of the' island are —weak, dl. and Macy.. The waitther of inhabitants is sheet MOM% The wig of eprfu v velsich is the capital. has an ezcellent•ltaelmor, and Is a place of cenalderable strength. PASO or PANtr, situate at a little &stases us the floods of Corfu, Is shoat is miles in circumference. It gradates wine, oil, and almonds, but hallow inhabitant*. Th,e.keyen Is called • San Nicol° and bas a good harbour : opposite tp it Is a sod island, cal led Antipasti SANTA44AORA, the ancient I.eucadia, is Shout 110 Isinsi circumference. It was anciently joined to' the Continent, the isthmus was cut through by the Carthaginian,. or as otheN say, by the Corinthians. 'lle Channel between the bland and the Continent is, it is said, at present not more than JO paces broad. It produces corn, wine and ell, citrons . pensestanalees almonds, and other fruits. The principle article of trade Is wit. The town of St. Maura contains about WON inhabitants, and is well fortified. Port Deprano, In this WW I is an ricelhint . X truly liberal and patriotic motions ; " My countrymen," says Mr. Wilberforce to the ?iin:e, in his letter, dated Amptun Park, October 31, " had afreally, at - . an earger period, with one voice, and in the strongest etre.- dens that the language affords, pronounsed their heartfelt grad fade towards aU the brave men who partook in the gloriously fought battle of La Belle Alliance; it remained fur them. by more convincine proof than any words, even the most aspret• eke, to *hew the full ardour of their overthwing gratitude. And, in fact, they have tailisciibed for the support as well of the surviving relations of the slain, as of the wonacle 1 amt crippled Warriors of both nations, with a liberality steer known on any al tedlir nee sobs. 1, for my tart, rejoice in this reesdr, nut only en account et the individuals who arc diCrehir soFrorrede Wit especially for the honour of my countrymen. " I retake, my Prince, at being the messenger of this news en you, who, by the warm attachment to you person, which is diffused among all classes in my country, have so much contri buted to animate this public spit it among us, and to heighten the natiessal gratitude, I may appeal to your lawn experience while 'tat were in England, to prove that I de my countrymen no more than justice when I say, that they know bee , IA appreciate., as they merit, the services you have performed. 1 4 May you Uwe long to enjoy your high and briilian reputa tion ! May our two nations enjoy in peace t4e security and wen fort, to obtain whets your indefensible exertions have n inli • ePely contributed 1 But should we be again involvei in war, may our two nations be again allies ! May we then have again to thank a kind PROVIDZN ce for baring, hi the hour of danger, united the well-proved skill and valour of our own waeriurs with the intrepid spirit and restless energy of Prince Blucher!" In the same spirit another generous Briton, Mr. Robert Marten, who, as well as Mr. Welsford, the highly respectable Secretary to the Watelloo Cgm. maw in London, has most honourably distingrahhed himself in this noble cause, had written a month be fore to. Prince Blocher. " The bolded Waterloo will be an epoch hi etv'elern history; But I hare thil confidence that the result, of British waft& gra.! Au* for the alleal‘4o4o.4ll.llllWl'velialt the Awry. and the glorious victory thereby olitajneti, will not be unworthy to he' placed meat it. Posterity in Britain, as In Germany , proud of the glory which both nations, each for its own part, have acquired In the overthrow of an oslientv and oppressive tyranny, will And, in the tender care oi their contemporaries for the wounded war. donned the families of the fallen, a proof what a different sple rit aelmated the victors, awl how she victory was appreciatril AMt by the philanthropy of the age." Lastly, in a letter from the PAissian Consul General in London, M. Giese, of the 9.7 th ultimo, the result of the subscription to that time, and of the partition to be made among the German troops who fought at Belle Alliance, is expressed in nnntb.frs as follows For the wounded and families of the killed of the Prusithe. army For the Hanoverian troops • For the Netherlands and Nassau troops Fur the troops of Brunswick - harbour. etratoutx, the ancient Cephalleina, Is situate opposite the Guth of Lepanto, anciently the sea of Crissa, and i* about %ID nada indength and from 10 to 20.1 n breadth. The climate is extremely mild ; IhaVeri bloom Lu the *rawer which corresponds to winter, and the tree. bear ripe fruits twice in' the year; in April and P and luvember, but those of the latter month are snullec than the others. The number of inhabitants is between 61) end 70000. The aricise of commerce are oil, ntutraihne wine, and, the species of grape call-d Aurrauts •. Tbe principal town IX a the same riot as the island. • f Tif EAR f, Of LIT I I.F. 4.:CrA Loma, a small island oppri*treVe. falmita, claim* parilCtiLlC iiet•ce, because It sea* the anclevit•• Moe% the birth.place mud kingdom of Uty ascii. It contains only 900 n inhabitant& 'I hr lame of the pi imiipal town is YAW, whirr has a spacious harbour. e ZAWTa the ancient Zae mains, is situate onnsite the wrsteys' coast of the Nora, and is about •14 miles wits and eight Wood. —The climate and produce are similar to those of the other Islands. lti printipal,riches consist in currants, which are cul -1 neared its a large plain, miler the shelter of tuuuntain4, which give the sun great power its bringing them to maturity. Here are alto the moon peaches in the woe* each weighing eight or ten ounces. • ThoprloOpal untsta-is ashwhichis fortified and loya, a Vilaaliiertworr • • r CRUM, tboandent Cythera, acelliglop to the mythologist*. the favourite residence of 'Venus, is /hum to the south of the, Morea, and is about 50 miles in circumference. '1 he crate , parr Is mountainous and rocky, bat the rest Fashion con awl • • teething grapes. The to*, of Sal Maal s. ill thh tahilfilit hall Nat ti.sti a good nod fop ships. • Se called tribal a clarruptiost of Coring!), whence - t - - were originally brought. f . ~. - _ BitMILS 4WI) F47;110V KT Pinar' MON, NUVEMBIitt 2S. , On the 19th his Majesty gave a tirit andietfee to Mr. Rose, who is just arrived here as Ambailador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Great Britain, in which hi* Ercellettcy had the honour to present his credentials, in that quality, from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. •. BRUSSELS, •KOVEMBER • The Treaty of Pans, concluded in 18l4; had afilicted the Belgians ; several manufactories; reat importance to our country, were ceded to France, and we lost the hope of recovering the master-pieces of art which an abuse of conquest had snatched from I their native soil. The events that took place in France last March, the unjust invasion of our coon try by the army of Boniparte., the bloody and me. morable victory of Waterloo, have changed this state of things. The new Treaty of Paris has restored•to Belgium the cottons which had been torn from it ; the fruits of the genius of our Artisti are returned, among us; and, lastly, two fortresses, with their districts, are ceded to the Kingdom of the Nether lands, Marienburg was nuilt in 1544, 'by Queen , Mary % sister to Charles V. ; it h four leagues from Charlemont, and was ceded to France Is, the Treaty of the Pyrenees : this little place is well fortified.—• The second, Philip/scenic, was built by Philip 11. of Spain, whose name will be for ever written in our annals in characters of blood. This little town, si. Marcel on an emownce, is legulArly built. The for-1 tilications are the work of Mal shal Vauban. Thy: 3d column of theist corps of the Prussian l army, 12,000 strong, arrived in this city-v . 7-d 'y. • -4 1 His Majesty's squadron, which &lei from Flushing, for the Vest Ineies, his been forced to put back by contrary winds. • sTU'ITGARD, NOVEIVLBBR 14. As little al the King has ever the appearance in the documents communicated of seekillg to trifle with the States by equivocal words, as/Ittle can the States (unless they will lose all their poll . tOarit,y) now delay to enter into negociations without tiny reserve, except that which the King has nude for them. They must do so the more, since it is expressly re served to them to bring forward, in the way of nego. dation, even the slightest wish, and since (in case the negociations for a common constitution should fail) the ancient constitution is seemed to the heredi tary states, with ail its excellencies and all its defects. if the States chew themselves as the worthy delegates of a wily, bit at the same time eaint Anti mode. rate aerrnan peoplt;, they and the King rill give an exam l e of which eatr age stands so moth in need; but i the States . trrspass beyond the limits of Huth and justice, that will indeed takit place, which •Goo will ; but the misrmunes through •which we shall have* made or way to the desirable goal, will be upon their consciences; while the King, great and a hero among German Princes, can stand before Europe, with the Ovit telf.conacious. nest, and ask-Who halt sboght a better abject, pf offered surer means - to attain hi - Ehan I 1:` • • ' 100,170 &Una. 25,000 dcllara so,cno Raring. 20,000 dollars. • THE EVENING STALL LONDON. CAT'ITAI. LOTTERY WITH TWO GRANI4 PRIM gy r y THOUSAND POUNDS, AND ONIN PIVR THOUSAND TIOKITS, man: ALL IIL NEX THURSDAY. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1315. PRICE OF S TOCK'i THIS.Drt Y A e 'I %VEINY. MLR Reduced 591i—Coos. duo. ate.t--tor °pg. o 1.11 • prr Cent. 7111-5 per Cent. shut—lion& O. pre. Oriiniest 14! pr.—Do. pay. l a} pre.—Zsch. DM* t to ;a ir The liberality of Britons in contributing so cheer fully to the Relief of the Sufferers of Waterloo, ano their copy of ff the good Samuitan" in pouring wica ,nd oil into the %%vouch of &Cu- ff m.ighbours," i.e. elevated 411 P n itional cha:aetur iiu ea estimation 0; Europe. We were envied for cur reslurces, respected' for our power ! but now we lie beloved for mit dm interested liberality. The Gentlemen who loma t , nobly exerted themselves and sacrificed ti:eir owr. gomfort and couver.ience to the turthereicz of. great work of benevolence , had a Ili v!1 reward! In er. consciousness of the m alty of their 'actives; hut 7. mast prove higl.ly gratify ing to Clem to fin-I their Libco:rs propel!) , appreciate 4 by those who know 11;14 2 can estimate their value. On this soLject we i..,..ve given an interesting extract from t:ie 011ic:a1 Jolrnr.: of ifix-is-Chaprile, which reached us at a !ate Lc,..7: last night. tit the course of yesterday Captain DI-:ISAN I c. the. Iternicu.e, arrived at the Admiralty, with d s, patches from Admiral Sir GEORGE CGcs.iit..nN, dated 'in the '22d of October, being the day ca which the REDPOLE sailed. The squadron which conveyed BONAPARTE and his companions in disgrace to Helena, arrived at that Island on the IStb, - and they were immediately landed. The passage etas ea. tremely boisterous, but the whole of the passengers and crew were in good health. BONAPARTE Was to inhabit the house on the top of the hill, called Long. wooa, the usual residence of the Lieutenant-Governors which is the most pleasant situation on the whole island, and, what is still better, the most central and safe, it being, as we learn. utterly impossible, witli common cats, that any person can either approach it or depart from it•without being seen. According to the private letters received by the above arrival, BONAPARTE lias cnndected himself with mue/ nonchalance, and seemed determined make himself comfortab:e. Ad his companimn however, censplained loudly ct the length and incon venience; of the voyage, and several, with the aye versatility ri t: , i. French character, had begun- to speak Aivanai ig to Europe. When his Majesty's ship Rim= %glut:lc. Helena. on the 22J of October, there fiad arrived there about ten days before. tram England. his Majesty's ship, FERKET, Captain STIRLINQ ; Hevadgatt, Captain HAMILTON ; and !CASIO; Captain DEVON the Ledy i:dreini ton East Wittman. from Bombay, .nii the Aurora trader, from Bengal, had also arrived at St. Helena, and sailed for England Frevious to the Rte. eoftr.. We learn, not wily by the printed j-, , trrals, but by private letters from the Netherlands, thst ate Treaty of Peace just concluded has diffused great satitfac don throughout that country; and well it may, core. tributing, so much as it does. to the security of the new kingdom. The erection of the Seventeen Prc• winces into an independent Sate has been. eve: the time of our truly glorious Itevoituton of 16S8, the favourite project of every great statesman whti. since that time, has appeared in th s is country. 13u: dirli .culties, which genius and the resonrces of thi.; couu. try could not surotouat, had thw.arted its eveution. till at last it v'as given up as an impraeticahie scheme. For our time the accomplishment of this great object was reserved ; and it - Must be hailed as ore of the noblest and most substantial e ff orts of our oo licy and arms. pr we must Bounder on the absurdity of pronouncing the reigns of WILLIAM and Aeon to be merely romantic periods in British history. —We must still plunge deeper into extravagance' and consider what Go/mettle planned, and MARL. ZOROuGii achieved. as visionary and useless' or adtPig that the accomplishment of what they ineactaallY attempted, reflects the greatest lustre upon the Coun cils of our time. • But it will be perhaps said (for what will not pervetsity say 1) that the new State is un7ble to defend itself, and that its•eyection is conse quently a delusive project. This objection is as vapid as most of the others which are used upon the subject of this Treaty. The Netherlands are not left to their own means of defence ; the Prussian Monarchy. completely renovated. has been rendered vitally in terested in their support ; and every precaution which present prudence or that species of wisdom which penetrates the future, could suggest, hat been employed in that part of the Tretty that par titularly embraces the security of the env kingdom. —lt is also a profound impression this, kind whic h petty packed with . A Steam Engine of 40 horse p M ower when ro tire, y , be WW I' iced alone can have produced the satisfaction told confi . - night and day for upwards of nine month s wi t h t he deuce which are felt at this monient by the inhabt same parking, and without any other applicati o n— tants of Belgium. Thev see their destini es, to use a the expense of which will not exceed £lO : and to work the same Engine, for the same length of besides the expense of re.packiog every time, France, which will prevent her for a long time froth with Tallow, it would cost nearly s €loo for that French 'expression, secured ; and t he condition of article only, annoying her neighbours, strengthens those sent i m ents. three weeks or a month, which is saved by the ma of On the other hand, the feelings o f the french people ANTl-MI.11111M; which also saves wear and tear to may be judged from the Lingo ige of their Papers; it she extent of saving nine parts in ee A . is cold , ITS44Ved, 1164 insipid. Indeed, it would be . • With respect to the very large share appropriated to Pruv.ia, the Prince is employed on a general plan, according to which, in conjunction with the large sums coltected by Prussian patriotism, it will be ap• plied in the most worthy and affectoal manner, to at tain the object of the generous donors. Britous.and Prussians, you have become tkar.and estimable to each other, as faithful persevering com- panions, forgetting every personal feeling for the great common cause, stood together in the field of danger, when the glorious and common victory, with all us golden fruits, sprang from your united manly peraeverance and valour. As nations too, you are worthy of each other, and formed by n ature for cor dial friendship I In both of you, the mind loves the profound and sublime ; to both superficial splendour and empty shew are an abomination ; the hearts of both are affected by nothing so much as by the thought of the country and national glory; both arc gifted with a rich vein of love and desire towards every liberal and mental concern'ot the man, and of the citizen. May your union be durable as the memory of those • glorious days which has founded it anew I May it, to the remotest posteiky, present an adamantine against discord, as often as the monster shall ati, rn ft to brandish her serpents over Europe I May tour armies never be without leaders like /Mitchel and , Wellington ; your thrones never without liber a l a n ti enlightened Sovereigns like Frederick William and George Augustus Frederick • .t 5 ll`