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existed from the month Of June down to the pre. •
sent period, without any eft.ective meant:. ',ay.ail
been taken to prevent them: Under these tnretains. '
roust, statices the question was, whether the Coma nt.tlit
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oniii to interfere?-(Hear, hear,
,front Mr. Dixon.,'-. 1
int( \Viten the Gentiettunit opposde cried; 't 11.'‘,r,
turd,turd, Brier," it prohaltiv of-rut-red to.hitii, that, on lawny
set i occasions, he (Klr. M'ait litila a) li • d ilmmtitit .41, •
testa. that out! country hail wil a right to interfere with
-iene this internal eotterne ol' another. This tioctriite he i
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bus as to itrglie or to imagine, that two foetidly state!' t
(setting aside the circimistinices which created tit:st I
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: ftiendsliip), should not interfere with each other.
ad t in the cause of religion and humanity : He slid ~
not think his conduct rontri bear out such slit nits
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Potation.taint But, if it were eevenlntierwitte, there • i
er were circumstances W wouldhich mild jootily theca in t
o.s such a proeredurg, It was oteilly imp ibte for
7or t them forget to formet the 610'ra-ices this country had made,
for inauy years, to place the King of• Pressen fre
the thrdnt of his auction's. They Could not forget,
60.11: the earl-limits of this country the people of
Fratire had received that eonatitoijonid titherter,--io4ll*
which the King deiltired, that its all titaitrs of re:---'
ligiao they should he pe.efctlit li,ec. Knotting
• what this country lord dope for the restotation
of the filing of Pratice-knowing, that to the
exertions of British troops, lie was chiefly indebted
for his throne-it cowing that, in eollllllll'llre or the
siititess of our antis, whiris.. ;placed I.ini in flint
Iii:411 situation, lie was est:titled to win,: the Con:. J
stitutirmal Charter-knowing that he stici sit prea: •
field supported in that situation by Eitighina and
her Aliies-.-knott ing these thitigs, sorely no man
. would get up and My, that, in the exdolitz state of
aflai EN, tlll% country was to stand still, aial hike 110
part whatever in the emits me of religion and buena-
iiity,-aml in 'lncome, from the horrors that had
been described, so large a proportion id" our Pro-
testant brethren. - ( Hear, hetr.)-W ith r.spvct ; •
to the right which every individual enjoys, to wor- 1
ship God accoiditerto the dictates of in, own Mil*
science, there could lie no doubt. Ile conceived
it to be the foundation of all other rights; • and he
who would not permit his fellovr:nnati tit exercise
that pt iviiege, would certainly prevent him
from exercitting any other „to witicn lie might
lay idiom, and to winch he was joittly eutiCed,
:On political matters, a great ditieretwoloof opiatoit
necessarily existed. He, for instance, iiriltslit main-'
tail), that another individual was supporting a syss,-
tent which would create Itaxittion, and take 1110111 y
front the pockets of his fellow-sphjecte. He might
feel angry with his opponent -on that account, hes
cause what he slid not only injured himself, but
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othersa In the ease of religious opinion, the matter
was quite ddrei•esit. If he (Mr. W.) were in the '
wrong road, he did tint injure his neightiour there..
In.-the injury fell entirely on lisinself. I'.
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The LORD MAYOR direpted the
ssaliest iis, to give *ay:: exttlimation thariin%.
deemed' neressary on this subject.
Mr. S. Dt scum rose, lie said, tcsi.sw the attention
of the Court to a linietire,•which, lie hoped, would
Le discontinued. If the Court did nut pre-torve its
freedom of debate, it had better cease to meet.
Ile hail Imig observed, that, before the amnia'
election of Common Councilmen, on St. Thonots's
dav, some motion was regularly made in that
Court, that nu opportunity might he given for the
public:aim, of a Ilia, iii wind, the names of nil
tilos,. who votot were inserted, for the ptirpo-e of
raising some persons in the estimation of their col-
leaguss, and of depressing others. He hod always
allowed to othtrs the free exercise of their judg-
ment, and he thought ,St Wild but fair that they
slwithl allow the same privilege to him. He did
not complain that those lists had ever done him soy
injury—he stood too well in the opinion of those he
*represented to fear any thing from the attack of such
engines—but there were individuals, whose minds
were not so strong as his, and whose connection with
that court was more recent, to whom they might
provi exceedingly 'millions. In a list which lie had
lately seen, there aere many gross ioaccunicies—
several persons. who had voted on one side, wete
stammi to haye supportesi the other with
their suffrages. Eyery• act of his In that Court,
ass a public act, moil was open to' fair l ttt ad-
version ; but lie did, not approve or Huy members
of that Court taking secret means to depreciate the
cletracters of those who dissented front their. opinion.
l'hey should recollect, that if, by such mean% they
hiiaded his privileges, they, at the same time, must
necessarily injure their own.
Mr. WRITE said, that so far from being angry
with those who iiibiemeil his constituents of his Iwo-
cerdings in that Court, lie really felt indebted to
theist. Those wlto.wswe afraid or ashaineil of their
0 conduct; 411146i:es feel uneasy atiti 66N; made
known.

Mr. "AITIIMAN said, he rose for the purpose of
tinbinit!ing to the consideratioa of the Court, a
proposition,' unquestionably on :is in:porta:it a sub-
ject a 9 ever demanded their atteution. If it were
a mutter difficult to be liron•dit fo: word, lie W:l3
sure it would sober touch front the feebleness of his
efforts, in itetroducilig it ; but, iinisortatit as it was,
still it was of Stich a nature, as must, he was (NM-
viiire4i, prevent any. diffeteuce of opinion iu the
Court. That he had to propose, would, oil the
contrary, conciliate the summit of every friend to
religion and humauitv. He knew of no opposition
that could be offered to it, unless, indeed, it was
argued, that the facts on which lie proceeded were
not sofficiently before the.court. Un thi—s,a,ccumit,
lie tlubught it forttutatii4ka4ilmb 11111.41101AR,.1110t

Dust Clui,luval de 'Forum,. Mr. Fawcett; Don SOO° de
Flans, Mr. Dartiset Pacheco, Mr. Liston ; Battuln, Mr.
Nauman*. DAIIIIft 11,1410111, NICal Steplwus; Daum Camilla,
Miss Logan ituttau:lte, MisN Matthews; Mrs.
Limon.

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br.,:iu at Haltpatit Six.
The new Costedy, tailed Solilea and Tears; or, The
WirNor's- ilt...it-tgriat, will •he retreated on. every night out
'iated In Miss trivows perftweitatici tomorrow
wah the D matte itconaitre of Croon.

On Monday, the Tragedy of Venice Preserved ; after
%thick, The Magpie nr the Staid'
Wrdne.olay, the Tragedy attic Orphan.
Ile Stu-14mnd Chi imams Panton % i ttttt %%Inch has heel)
/nice the animater iu preparation, will he produced at the
uwal period.

Mr. S. Maori staid, the Honourable Gentleman
entirely misunderstood him. lle bud no objection
to his conduct in that Court being made as public
as possible; but he objected to the dissemination of
lists, in private, which were frequently false.
The Surveyor was then called in, and, in answer
to a question from the Lord Mivor, stated, that
the coldness of the Court erase (rum the circum-
stance of the flues, which were intended to dissemi-
nate warmth throughout it, having been very re-
cently lighted.

introducvd at an earlier iwriud. This delay was
accounted for by the circumstance of two requisi-
tions having been set on foot :—each party hearing
the fact gave way to the other, and thus, through
courtesy, they both stood still. Although many
persons might wish that they had embraced the
earliest opportunity of stating their opinions tau
a iu!►ject of such magnitude, *till, it could not
be denied, that souse benefit had -resulted from
the delay. It prevented an opinion going abroad,
that the question had been taken up lightly,
and without couaidtfration ; that it had beets
entertained merely from the impulse of strong
feeling, awl that a sober and steady view had
not been taken of it. With respect to the collec-
tion of forts, there was a difficulty, frOlil the situa-
tion of France itself, which rendered it impossible
to procure Inch information, us would be necessary
in ordinary cases. But the reports. were so Coil.
villeins:, that not a doubt cold(' be entertained ou
the sulqcct of the persecution which the Protestants
in the South of France experienced. This matter
had already been taken up by a u her of respec-
table Ministers of the Gospel, who had drawn sip a
Report, fouuded on most accurate information, de-
rived from individuals, who resided on the spot ;
and though, from obvious circumstances, he could
not furnish the Court with the statues of those per-
sans, he (lid not, on that account, fed the slightest
doubt of their veracity. The whole Report was so
interesting—the facts were so simply narrated—
they went so directly to .the feelings and minds of
all those who read them, that, though he did not
feel it proper to take up the time or the Court,
its reading it at length, yet he found it a very diffi-
cult matter to select any particular passages frosu
it.

but lie had no right toiit-iirtrwit the
worship lie went to, neither could lie be justified
in seeking his life. Such proceedings cculd not
serve the cause of rejig' and liumattity—aitil, 1w
MIS sure, that those who established the Inquisi-
tion, and similar institutions, sad not the interest
of religion in view—their object was to debase the
human mind, that they might exercise, without
tsmtrol, a gulling tyranny over the civil rights of
those who were subject to their power. A great
deal inure might be said on the subject, because it
is snore interesting than any other—inasmuch as
those considerations, winch are connected with our • I
eternal welfare, far transcend those which ipply
merely to our temporal concerns—and because he. ,
considered rchaions tyranny to be the foundation of
every species of oppression that has heretoftne been
practised upon mankind, or that may be practised
hereafter. On other occasions, he had canoed *
good deal of dissatisfaction in the minds of souse
persons, because he had maintained, that no mad
should he debarred from the exercise of his political
rights on account of his religious persuasion. U.
still was of that opinion. He thought lei human being
should be deprived of Isis political privileges, on
account of his religious creed--(Hear, hear.)—
If he entertained this opinion, with reference to
this Roman Catholics, ought he out to usseit it,
with all his power, when the rights of Pruttsbnits
were trampled on ?—when he knew that they were
prevented from performing their religious duties—
when their propeity was pillaged—and their lives
were destroyed ?—(Hear, hettr.)—There was no
necessity for him to dwell longer on this subject—
because he was persuaded that the feelings tit every
individual iu the. Court were arrayed ou his side.
But he thought, though it was enough to carry the
motion. that it ought oat to be carried silently. It
would be most laudable in the Members or tlidt
Court to stand up, and to declare their feelings on
such an uccasma. It was one, on which, above till
others, a strong opinion should be expressed. Al.
ter sacrificing so much blood and treasure, for up-
wards of twenty years, in the cause, us it had been
termed, of humanity and social order, they were
now called on to attain, as for as they were able,
the fruits of those immense exertions. It would be
recollected, also, and it formed another strung
ground for the interference. of this country, that
.the professed feeling by which the Allies were actu-
ated, was to benefit mankind—to rescue the peo-
ple of France from a hideous tyranny, and to give
them peace, security, and happiness as well as to
other stations, who groaned under the stone despot-
ism. Now, he would call on the Court to our.
whether their expectations had been fulfilled'
He would ask theta, had sill the objec;s been
attained, for winch those exertions had bees
made? Fle considered that they were not, if,
under the mild and parental Government of the
Kucg of France, the Protestants did not enjoy that
freedom and safety, which, beneath the late Usurp-
er's sway, they possessed. If they admitted that
such was the fact, then all who liartl lion must tie-
ktiowledge that enough had not been done. lie
hoped that uo argument made use or by him won tl
remit other gentlemen, who thought as he :tat,
from expressing their feelings; because much i;tet

IRELAND.
'WI BROWS and Co. 1;u...5e11-Mews, 11nwhimi-
street, who have an °Hier in Dinblin, and the most
liettable eolitiesions in almost every part of the (' try.
rv•ratel)rders for any part of Ireland N ills inviolable eon.
fidelity and the ntnite.t fidelity.
Money lent on Irish Security; and all Business between
the t.vo Countries francirteil, by applying to Borrows and
OS' to Meredith and Lewis, Fowlives,treet,

EXPENDITURE AT CITY ENTERTAINMENTS.
A Member gave notice that he would move. at
the next Court
“ That no person be permaitted.to draw, from the Cham-
ber, any moos of mogul, for the expenses of entertain-
ments, tauten the C mrt of Comasou Council first approve
of era entertaionseuts."

[Mr. Waithinau here introduced several extracts from the
Report. It stated, that. f the mouth of June, to the
p.esent time, with the exception of occasional and treacher-
ous moments of tranquillity, the Southern provinces of
France were the swede of persecution, murder, and pillage.
The Protestant inhabit:nits were compelled to retire within
their houses—each of them as appeared in the streets were
immediately pursued and secured Many of them bail fled
front their nearest relatives and friends, who, by their ab-
sents; became exposed to greater danger. A very strong
and interesting Petition, it appeared, was presented to the
King of France, iu conse•quence of those excesses, where,
a iiiii iigst others, the folios nig. expressions were used
Save us, Sire—preserve 1 children ! Speedily terminate
the civil war which depopulates your provinces ! A single
act of yours would save a wort of your dominions, respect-
able for its commerce mid manufactures ! call on you
to investigate the conduct of those Chiefs who have seen
those excesses, and have nut prevented Orin !" Nu notice of
these proceedings was, however, taken by the Government,
while a pamphlet, written in favour of the Protestants, and
in which, with a noble frankness, they thanked certain of-
ficers, who had assisted them, was humedistely suppressed
by the police of Paris. The Report then goes on to slate the
excesses committed by a body of troops, who called them-
selves volunteers, sod who wore a cockade and uniform dd.-
ferent from those authorised by the Government. They
were exceedingly active in persecuting the Protestants—of
whom upwards of six hundred had been destt oyed—the pro-
perty and habitations of others bad been pillaged—and
sixteen thousand were obliged to tly to the muntitaius fur
protection

M. WAITHMAN entitinued.—Whatever might
he the disposition of the French Govet 'intent, their
power seemed to lie too feelde ni pot au end to
theft disorders; end they bad, in consequence,

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