The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-24 00:00:00

-SOUSE OF COMMONS

Colonel GORE LANGTOSI prtsvnted 2 Petition from Bath;
s'wpied by 5240 persons, against a: ring the- Corn ;.mss.--
Ordered to.lie on the table.

Several other Petitions presented en the sate snbject
ordered to lie on tl:e table.

Mr. Kt xosToN, from tie India House, presented Account
of the Revenues :lid Charges of the East India Catnpuy for
the last year.—Ordered to lie on the table.,

The motion respecting the'Army Extraor'dinaries was post-
poned to Friday.
The Crown Lanids.Bilr was ordered to he read a third tittle
on Wednesday.

The Committee on the Cape Wine Bill was postponed to
Wednesday. .
' The further consideration of the Report of the Copyright
Bill Naas postponed to Friday se'nnight•
The Highway Bill went through a Committee, the Report;
of which was,receired,an,d the Bill ordered to he read a third
time on Friday, and to he,engrssed.
Sir .1. NEWPORT postponed his motion respecting the pu-
nishment inflicted for the crime of murder, sloe die.

DE BERENGER.

MreWnrrsßEAD said, that, as Many Members
now in'the Home had not been present when he
presented a Petition from Mr. De Berenger,. he '
should, on that account, briefly recapitulate some
of the leading statements of his fOrmer speech.—
Mr. De Berenger was the only person now in
custody, of those who were accused of having
committed a fraud on the Stock Exchange, al-
though he had offered to give bail that he should
remain in the kingdom. By being, thus detained, ,
he was prevented from seeing many persons whose
evidence would be material on his trial, and from
-transacting many affairs which he could not do by
the intervention of any agent. His personal li—
berty he had stated to be essential to his deletiee.
In conseyrence of the assertions of the Attorney,
and Solicitor-General, he had, as in 'the case of
Colville, moved for the appointment of a Secret
Committee. From all ,the information he had
'been able to 'collect, the apprehension of Mr. De
Beeenger had arisen from the affair of the 'Stock
Exchange ; and this would, have been his belief,
had it not been contradicted by the Rt. Hon. Gent.
But for sich contradiction, he must have believed
that the Secretary of. State had wished to assist
the pro'secution on the part of the. Stock Ex- ,
change; and in. so doing would have been guilty
of a high crime and an abuse bf the meaning of.
'the ace. De Berenger had not been
_told why
he was seized, nor had he been shown a copy of
the warrant. He came to London on the .12th.
of April;- and from that day had been detained in►
confinement till the bill tad been fonnde and.,
after that he had been confined in Newgate,
which he preferred _to the custody of the Mes--
stiger. Mr. De Berenger had not, been told of:
the grounds of his in-rest, and a copy of the war-
rant bad been refused him. All his clothes, his.
Writing-desk, and money, had also been seized,
and not been restored till the 13th of May ;
and when restored, the impression of his sea! hail
been broken.' It was not true thaChe Irtd ap-
plied for the restitution of his money and pa-
pers, to prevent their appearing against him in
evidenc. No such thing ; had applied for
his money, with a view to, retaining Counsel,
and, paying the prison fees. The licence given'to
Mr.Deßerenger. was a
,general one, in 1804, after
a minute inquiry into his conduct and character,
' iwtead of a limited one, which be had before.—
The powers of the act in the case of this indivi-
dual had been abused. Sonic Members of that
House had been charged with being implicated in
the fraud on the Stock txchange ; but they went
at forge ; and,would the House suffer a foreigner
to be upon :a worse I:ooting than, any of their. own
Members ? (liear.) By the Alien Act, the Se-
cretary of State could admit to bail; and hail to
any amount had in the present case been ofie-red..
On a former evening he had been asked by a
Learned Gentleman, (the Solicitor-General) if ha
would not detain goods in a case of felony : the
cases, however, were not parallel ; and in the event
-of his having ordered-goods to he detained, he
should have given them in charge to the proper
officer, to be kept sealed till the trial. The pre-
sent case; prinio facie, called for inquiry ; ;earl the
Right I-lon. Gentleman had admitted, that,,coU'il
such a ease be made out-,
.he should vote tor_the
appointment of a Secret,Cominittee. The Hon.
MeMber -concluded by, moving " that a •Seeret
Comoiittee be appointed to inquire into the cir-
cumstances connected with the epprsheasion.and
detention 9f C. R. De Berenger•"
Mr. C. JOHNSTONE said, that the object .ot
Petitioner had been stated to be to get pnsses,iion
of his papers, that they might not appear in evi-
dence upon the trial.. A report of this nature li'nl
a necessary tendedcy to prejhdice himself: and hin
Noble Relative in the mind of the public:
was their anxious wish that every.document what-
ever shoald be,brought forward, illorder twreceive
the fullest and most accurate investigation.
Mr. BATHuasT replied at considerable length, .
and defended the conduct of the Secretary of
State. No coniplaint had evq
,been made against
Government for any abuse of.theAlien Nct, e. 7(
cept in one instance (that of Col'ville), and that
had turned out wholly unfounded,• Were every
indMclual case to be brought before Parliament,_
it , was impdssible that the Act cotild ever be
executed, and' the-f:Aetions ,of the Executive. Go,
vernment would he wholly superseded. Had nofrand
been practised upon the StockExchaugc, the art.:at

of De wool elnAy Itar e talon plae-e-
-(Hear, hear 1)--e--He did not wish to say anything
harsh or severe, but he thought several circum-
stances in the case of that person were calculated
Oeeitt. sespiciow. lie had resided within the
toles of the King's Bench prison, whence he had_
ahsConded, 'leaving his bail liable for the debt ;
and both at Sunderland and. Edinburgh he had
t9zhitned a felgoed name The whole of the argu-
ments of the 'Hon. Gentleman rested upon the as=
snm.••ioe, that the Secretary of. State had mise
conducted himself in die execution of his duty._
The Police-office Of 13°w-street could not go on
tiur some of the arguments used ; if articles were
evert, for instance, for preservation.—
Wfiat' would title House say, if the Secretary of
state 'Lehi, taken up a dangerous person, andeby
leaving all his papers, 'reelected all the gratinuls
of proving their suspicions; or of profiting by
inforunation ? , The first house in the kingdom
mieitt he searched; if an Alien resided therein.
Every demand of Berenger was acceded to in
a reasonable time. He was apprehended on the
Bth of April, he tape to town on the 12th, and'
on the 15th he applied for the admission of his
Solicitor ,and friends, and for leave to write in
the' newspapers. On the 16th his Solicitor
was
informed; that there was no objection to
access ; and he saw Berenger without the slight-
est restraint. On his application for leave to epo..
suit his papers, he was - told ,t,hat his Solicitor
might see them and take copies of them, and that:
the originals shbalti tie preserved:to he produced
in Court, if -tequh•ed. Berenger expressed his
thanks as to the notes, and his opinion that they
were equal in value to the originals. When
brought op to plead, be could not at first find
hail, and was detained. It might -be regretted tihie
Ile was in a worse sitnatioothan others; but while
a mats was amenable to the Alien Laws, that must
be the case. Those persons indicted, who were ,
Members of Parliainent; were not ap;drehended Or
pat to hail, on account 'if their privilege. Sup-
pose Berebger had been in Newgate for debt, and •
indicted for some offence, coold he have got out
to seek for witnesses ? He was in one of the best
roOnis in Newgate, about a third of the size of
that room they were now sitting in—(A laugh.)—
No man 'had been introduced to him whom he
did not wish to see : and none refused but at his
own klesire. The persons from Rochester did not
see him. As to his clothes, beilead the full accommo- •
dation of his linen. He preferred staying in New-
gate to being elsewhere, and complained of no
thing. It only lately occurred to him that that
House was the most convenient place for discuss-
ing
his claims. He Was told-, in answer to his
memorial of the 10th of May, that every thing
would be returned to him, except what might be
necessary to the ends of justice. He- received his
1861. though not in the same notes which were
taken tram him. WOuld any sensible mom give
back to an apprehended pervn notes which,
though they might be Used for a different ()hied-,
might yet be material, for public justice, and the
destruction of which might prevent important-
evidence ? There was no question of sustenance,
medicine, or counsel, For he had she supply-.within
three days atter he asked it. As to the matter.of
right, he might try it. There was nothing ,re--
taieed but the original notes, a telescope, a !me-.
ket-book, and a few trifles. No ground whatever
Cad been shewo for the present motion.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE had no sympathy, for Mr.
Bereoger ; but maintained that the practice under
the Alien. Act had been frequently productive of
vexatious proceedings',-and a denial of justice.—
He loAed to a farther discussion of the subject,
should a renewal of that Act be proposed. Par-
liament, in passing the Act, contemplated only
the giving power to Griveinment to commit for
the detention, or transportation from this coun-
try, of dangerous foreigners. COM the Right
lion. Gentleman state, that Berenger's departure
tvould have been hdangerous to
.the State ? The
11101111.1tt it aprarf:d that these WRS 110 such (lan-
per, the Secretary hail no right to detain a man.
lie wished to know where the power was given,
in such cases, to seize opOn' and hold an indivi-
dnal's -papers. 'The Act was never intended as a
mode of getting at evidence for other purposes.
11 was not stated that what was detained was ma-'
terial to the State. There might be circumstances
under which he should' he disposed to give all
confidence to the Government ; but these were
not the times, when there seemed to be no.cojin-
try to which Berenger could go, wherein -he
cold& do us any injury.—(Hear, hear !). In -Col-
case, a ground for detention was made
Clear : but 'Compared With his, Berenger's 'was, a
case of great aggravation. Had not the Alien_ Act
been enforced, would the 'prosecutors have had
'their evidence against him ? The notes returned
were as good as any others for the butcher and
baker ; but there Was all the difference in the
world between them to Irerenger. The identifi-,
cation of I3erenger might rest on his being seen,
through his being in custody. The Act gave no
ithority, tenseize papers : if it were deficient,
Ministers should have come to Parliament to get
it amended ; -but they had no right to set up their
practice as-law. All theicircurnstances of the case
should be considered. Bereuger had resoled here
long, and in' 1804 received licence to go tO any
part of the kingdom. This made the case pecu-
liar, and rendered it necessary to make it mani-
fest that theme was ample ground for detaining
bitn. Now he must go to trial, with-the assertion
of the Secretary of State.that'his remaining here
was dangerous to the country ; that he was the
(veiny of Liglandeor in the pay of foreigners'.—
(Hear I)—Was this right ?
Air. B. BATFWRST said, he had argued not
-merely on the Alien Act, hut on the general au-
thority of the Secretary of State, which might be
oef- -,elson why nothing particular was stated in

the A.
Mr. Alderman SMITH bore testimony to Beren-
- gees omfortablc. accommodation in Ne•vgatd,'
, 'which he himself admitted.
-Sir SAmtni.r ROMILLY thought the-Secretary of
State had no power under the Act to.seize papers
in such a 'case, nor iinder,iiisgeneral authority.
Taxtrau e dinary powers wervested in him at a time
of alarm and .dangtr, by which, without any cri-
minal charge, he could appiehend, detain, or
*end away kite:l4ller:: ; ado many,- he 'believed,
had becn so dealt with, xvithout positive infor.-_

tp.eimlen:;Ce Aral to be .This question was
confontitied with that of a criminal charge. Were
this power to be e.twi-eised,on a mere asstiMptioii,
it might too tar; for sunny foreigners might
become obnoxious for various privAte reasons.
ti WA:s alarming such a wide extent of con-
struction should-be given to the Act by persons
in office. .

, .
Mr..PETEn MOORE never heard of itcrenger till
the hoax. It seemed-suppoied that his apprehen-
sfon would afford a chic to the discovery of the,
parties concerned in that ho'qr. The object Of the
Alien Act was %N ell kmiwn c Talleyrand, the pre-
sent French Minister, was sent out of this coun-
try undei\ it. Did not the Secretary of State open
Berenger's trunks at his office, and send a message'
to the Stock Exchange people, who were hoaxers
themselves, to come and• inspect the papers
Mr. 11. ADDINGTON never heard of any such
truuks being at the office. No such message was
sent.

Mr. C. WY NNE 8;141, the point of authority
might he, made a grave question It the ori&nal
measure were wrong, there would be a ground of
action. It was not illegal to make use of papers for
the furtherance cif public justice, however those
p pers might have been conic by ;' eyei) though
the original taking were blameable.. .

livniu admitted that he saw no parti=
cidar dan,4er in divulging the reasons of Beret:-
ger's apprehensioh to a Secret tortunittee. •

Ater WORTL2Y COIIC6Ved that it would
be inconvenient for Part.iinnent to interfere in
cases where the Secretar:i of State assured them.
there was cansc for the arrest.

Sir J. Nuw.poiT,"cotzld not conceive any incon-
venience from, t.,. precedent, 7IY this was a time
Of no dangrr, and the Act was abo.ut to expire.

My. WILBERtgIICE saw do ,ufficient ground for
theppointweat of a Couirnittee, or for suppos-
ing
..lat Ministers had pot exercised a soimd dis-
cretion.

B.Luts'rsrl.t. spoke slimly against the ap-
pointment of a Committee.
Air. Bart-,11%i was surprised to hear it stated,
that the interference, of Parname= would be in-
convenient, tn defiance of the only case of this
nature—that of Mr. Colville..
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL vindicated-the obser-
vations he had made on the, subject on a former
n;ght, and had not, as stated by an lion. Gentle-
man (Mr. Whitbread), endeavoured to puzzle•a,
simple conntsy Magistrate. Did the Honourable
Gentleman mean to charge the Secretary of'State
as having acted from any improper motives ? The
honour, of the persons concerned was enough to
rebut such a charge, and to silence any such sus-
picion. The seizure was for reasons arising
out.
,of the Alien Act. Ile would neither be
at Earle in the country, nor sent out of it.
'Would.' it be convenient, if this was- the case,
to make a disclosure of the circumstances ? It
was the duty of the Magistrate, at the same time,
if lie understood that these papers might contri-
but to the administration of public justice, to
-keep them, and not give them up. Cases of this
sort frequently occurred in courts. of law. lie
nientionedacase of t wo' people of Bedford, which
he had no d'oubt the lion. Member knew something
of, 'in which a document was brought in proof
of a claim, and failing, it was impounded, and the
person, on this., evidence, tried afterwards for
forgery. If the Secretary of State got accidentally
papers of rhis sort in his possession, he was bound
to detain them. -tic denied that any person had
been admitted to Mr. Berenger for the purpose
of 'putting interrogatories to him, and averred that
be was at .liberty to refuse seeing any body.

Mr. IIoRNER was ip favour of the motion.

'Nil'. C. GRANT SpOke-agairrit it

The Sor.RATotiGENEIAL hoped that nothing
he had said on the farmer day of debate %vould
injure either of the parties.. He vitidicAted the
Secretary of State from the imputation of having
exceeded his powers, and argued that he was in
duty bound to detain De Berenger'S papers. --
Lord MILTON.--If any of the Hon. Gentlemen,
on the other side of the House could assure him
that this subject should be matter of inquiry next
Session of Parliament, he should not be unwilling
to negative the motion.
Mr. ADDINGTON, in answer to a question, whe-
ther any com►nuuication had taken place with the
Stock Exchange, stated, that an application had
been made to-the Secretary of State's Office, that
the papers should not, be parted with, as they
might be necessary for the' furtherance of- public
justice. The Chairman of the Stock Exchange
cninmittee had also sent to the Secretary of State,
wishing him to undertake the prosecution, which
he declined.

.Mr. WHITBREAD replied at some length. He
ridi§ided the idea, that the delusion attributA to
the Petitioner could have produced any disastrous
effect upon the proceedings of the Confederacy
op the Continent; and anini3dvertcd with peculiar
point and humour upon what lie called the exten—
sive legal learning and oracular authority of the
Attotney-General the accuracy of whose
opinion. upon any question of law, the liberality
of whose sentiments upon any great constitutional
topic,or the susceptibility of whose feelings upon
any appeal to humanity, could -ifever fora moment
be doubted.

The tioise then divided, when there were,--
For the 'Motion
Agihist it
Majurity against the Motion -125
CORN.

Mr. litisKtsSON, in the absence of the Chancel-
lor- of the Exckequer, vho was indisposed, moved
'that the Corn Imp Oft Biil might pass thrqugh•the
Committee merely pro forum, without discussion.
Export to-morrow.

On the motion for the third reading of the
Corn Ex'port Bill,

Mr: RosE mowed, that a rider might be added
to the Bill, enabling the King, with the advice of
hiS Privy Council, to suspend the exportation of
corn when circumstances should require it. He
supposed that the Hon. 13am:et would have no
oppos;tion to make to this clause; for he was. ,as-
sured, that, without it, his Right Hon. Friend,
now absent (the Chancellor of the Exchequer),
.would have voted against the third reading
Sir IL PARNELL said, he had every reason to
believe that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Would have voted for the third reading.
Mr. Ross then Proceeded to ask what must be

cite ‘'-he oe24fil'e, 'if in timC 4 grtat
city they should sCe the Can carried Out of the
cciVtiti.y. A system which had stood' for four
hundred years; and was force tip to
this koitr, was ro be entirely overturned, and on
such evidence as Parliament had never before act-
ed upon since its Wry commencement, lie had
doiie his duty, and challenged the possibility of

imputing to ftim any improper motives.
Sir Jot:: 1.`417.-WroRT observed, that in' 180 it
was advkvd, as now.. that the King should have
the power of suspending the e.portation front I:c -
land, and it was predicted that such a tweasurc
would soon he, necessary. _He had then answered;
as he would now, that the Minister should take
upon himself the responsibility of any rA quilted al-
terations, and Should then come to Parliament for
'
an, indemnity. The discretionary power now
sought to be given was had, inasmuch as on Leery
fluctuation of priec' it would goad on the people to
importune the Government.- As to the motives of
Gentlemen, he supposed they were equally honest
on both sides : for his own part he would not
support the \measure, ir he did 'not believe- that
it would coutribitte to equal and re,ular prices.
• Mr. DAYiEs GIDDY SkipliOrtell - 'clause, *
be-
cause though he thought agrictd I re should lac
encouraged (o.the utmost, yet it was still amore
important thing to avert impeluliug famine.
General .):'otinFs nurvt.d, that the disCussion
might he postponed till Thui'sday, because several
AlentberS had gone away, on an tnidersianding
that this Bill would not be carried through to-
night ,
'Mr. Rosc mach' a few further remarks against
the Dili, but was celled to 'order by \1 r. Wynne.
Sir 1-1. PARNELf..ttlotialit the Bill should not
have beeti sulfered to come. to this stag-z before
the Right Hon. Gentleman gave any hint of the
nature of his clause.

Mr.Cßosi..7 said, he had been. desired by his
Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exche-
(luer) to delay the clattse : that. his Right Hon.
Friend had corrected his manuscript, and tilt the
contrary had been this night asserted, he believed_
that he would have supported the clause..
Mr. LUSI-11:24T0N felt it his duty to state, that
the Chanctllor of the Exchequer would, if pre-
v ti....,
sent, have voted ag;:iint.th s claoe. He then ar-
gued in support p 1 the Billt: •
'Alr. NVi,,sTEßN.said, no W s Were so beneficial
to the farmer as those whit i encouraged him to
look beyond the home market. Should anv ex-
traordinary circumstance arise, it would be better,
for the Minister to act upon his responsibility.
Air. BRAND, though not prepared to agree to
the proposed clause, woqld have no objection to
one which should.fix-the price 4 which exporta—
tion should cease.

. .
Mr. CANNING strongly reprobated such au
amendment as that proposed by the Hon. Gentle.-
mail, as it tended to convert a Bill of pure prin-
ciple into one of mere regulation. It was totally_
at valiance with the preamble and whole object
of the Bill, which was to allow a free trade with-
out any limit. As, to the-douse proposed by his
Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Rose), he had no insu-
peoble objection to it ; but he thought it entirely
useless. It. was merely pointing out to Govern-
ment to dolhat which they must do, of course, if
the exigency of circumstances demanded. It was
better, there ore, to leave such matters altogether
to the discretion and responsibility of the Minis 7
ter. He again protested most strongly againit
the clause which would fix a price : he said .it was'
'to destroy by a side wind all that bad hitherto
been done in the debatei on this subject ; and
this, too, in a moment, without any deliberate
discussion.

Mr. Alderman COOMBE said a few words, but
they were inaudible.Tne House then clividedcM
the third reading, '
For the Io7—Against it, 27.
When the Gallery Was opened, we foundon his
legs Mr. PON*SONBY, objecting to Mr. ftwe's
cause, on the ground that it went to counteract
the entire object of the Bill.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS objected to hurrying the
Bill through the. House, in the manner in, which
it seemed likely to be pressed.
Sir H.PARNELI, denied that there was any.inten..
tion to hurry the Bill through the aottsv.

Sir C. MoacK was against theiclause.
Mr. CANNING was on the same side.
Mr. P..GRANTmpposed the clause, as tending
to destroy confidence in the growers of corn.
Mr. WF.STERN opposed it on the same principle.
- The Gallery was then cleared, bht no division
took place, anti we understood the. clause to be
negatived.
APPRENTICES

On the motion of Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW, the
further consideration of the Report on the Ap-
prentices Bill Tts.postponed to Monday, the 6th
of June.

,The other Orders were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at twelve o'clock.

RECORDER'S RF.pottr,—,Yesterday thejlecorder
made his Report of the following capital'Convicts
under sentence of clath iu Nevvgate, viz. -

Joseph Mirfiehl and William Featherstone' 'for highway rob-
bery; William Robert Cletrents, John Becket4:leinents, Eli-
zabeth Evans, James Whiteman, Thomas Dodn]an, Michael
Ward, and Margaret Bryan, for stealing in dwelling-lion, es ;
Mary Willianis and Eliza Williams., for uttering counterfeit
money; Robert Johnson, for horse-stealing; William Henry
Botterill,lotforgery; :Tames Smith, for a like of Eliza-
Gibbs,-for housebreaking; William Smith,.Joseph Ban-
nister, William Ruggins, and James Stock, for burglary; and
Robert Howard, for returning from transportation.

When William Ilenry Botterilt was ordered for
execution on Monday next. The others were re-
spited during pleasUrc.
STREET-ROBBERY.-Yesterday ---- Sturges was
charged, at the Marlborough-sneer Office; with
putting Mr. Scotland in fear, and taking from h's
person a quantity of silver. It appeared.by the
statemenvof the prosecutor, that he was walking
along Lisle-street,_a few evenings since, when he
was su'rrounded by the prisoner, another mall, and
tWo women, and the men charged him with vio
lence towards onc of the women, whom be had
never seen before. The prisoner stated himself to
be an Officer of Justice,. and, by patting' him in
tortor, obtained of him half. a-crown. The other
man swore that was pot.a compensation for the
prosecutor's 'Misconduct, and Mr. Scotland gave
them all the silver' lie had for protection,
prisoner was fully conialitted for trial.

i TTr- `r

The following imperial Ukdee, or ProcAl7.4til's
was read 71t the General. Meeting- of the
17.:icerr::)rei -n
,c;re
ar BibleQ Sen7itTe,t, wns:
nesctay,niy 4, 1814, by the Rev'. Pi ttiN aT,li\r;
frOni Moscow', as evincing the iivehTintcresi
which the tlniieror ALEXAiIDER takes in thetausJ

. .
ET A st. ATI° NA
1. sea•osl II CC
cc BELOVED SurO.EcTS!-HA year is e,or
we were called u;?on to retnryt thanks ,to t°l,
delivering our realms from the. bands 0f crue'
e ,
potyeritil, enemies. Sbarcel i 3 vthe p'reselit Yl rie`
o;Pired, and already Our victnrlons Oanllers,:ve'
erected on the Banks of the lihine:•'°"Thist'
:41; eki which
i tlg, v
V43."ai tl 1)71 sr i against the u sr;atiisolo
w ~'oltirr
tRi
c~hicil lie be;
!wren ltus3ia and France follow our
and, having united their arms with (turf) kt"..'.

them against the Oppressor of the Natio":
So great a change 'upon earth could 014
been effected by the ...!peeial power of (-7:Od.
destiny of Nations • aniVStatus A-nd
the power of Wi,o is po,veir
without hith ? Who' Strong and stablr,
eis
h will,y his? Let tfs-Nrn to him with our
heart and mind Let us not.be proud of oilr
re.
deeds. Let us-never imagine that we ilf:.'"P;‘)ps
than weak mortals. What are we ? Sts
.he hand 0.00 is with us, we are posse,,ss.,:re
of xvisdom and might ; but without
.'lu;
nothing. - Let all the prise of Man,. iheiaifOrc'the
silenced before Let each of 'us present 6-0:
sacrifice of praise to him to whom it is (hie, ,
true glory and honour: is humility before hill ',b.:
.We are coui'inced that each of our faithf"l.s,o
Jects always' feels 'this, and especially alter Lfs.
much divine goodness has been poured Out ulquiriv
Animated, therefore, by these sentiMents.bl
tuilitt and zeal, we ordain, on the present ,
sion, that throughout our whole empire
temple of God-be opened 3 'that in everych'ifrol
solemn thanksg-ivings he presented, on bel":,s; •
knees, to the Maker. and Disposer ofi.
andAhat all present tears of the wariAol,gra„,
tilde- to him for the unspeakable mercy 1-levr,ll
By the power of his almighty arm he bath "31:1,..
us.out of great deeps,' and placed us on the :-:,11
nacle of glory :—Whitt shall we render ut-qq

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but tear§ of gratitude and jdy !. , ilt. ,
(Signed) • " ALEXANDP
" 'ellen at the fired-quarters, Carlsrutie,
Dec. g (0.5.), 1813."