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

77111 PRO7EBfAMS IN FRANCE.

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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 use 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' boot, !
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:,
vigil, 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 Csracast 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.
400 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.6flisiseds
two Sold and registered, also in Shares the Two LAST
d 50,000 Prizes; arid' silty other Canitah in the late
Lotterks. r