Star.
London, England, 1815-11-30 00:00:00

FRENCH PROTESTANTS.

To theeloqeent Resolutions adopted on the day
7..!:en the Dissenting Ministers met to consider this
I.llject, by The Protestant Society for the Protec
cf Religious Liberty." we invite most particti-
fr attention. That Society, which includes many
Meobers of the Established Church, repre-
T:.ts the Dissenters and Methodists throughout Eng-
Lln,l and Wales. Their influence and authority are
great. They principally defeated, by
unequalled efforts, in a tanner r.evcr to be for.
B•ill brought in a few years ago, inter-
with the tnleration of Dissenters; and they
~...11)..tquently procured from the Legislature the
of the Conventicle Acts, and other -disgrace-
• .1,! irjurious statutes. By their promptitude and
• :1 this uctation, they have demonstrat:d that
:ire impelled by no selfish interests, but that they
deLi;ous • to afford " PROTECTION to stEttOlons
fireign countries and throughout tha
'4:1!4." To the remonstrances which they have al,
:lady addressed to .Qoverinetit upon thia subject,
•:!;:cctful and immediate attention has beta paid by
Administration, in a manner hrnonrable to them,
"Al very consolatory to those Christian philinthro-
;::,ts who most deeply sympathisa with the pa:coated
rrotestants in France.
Secretaries of THE PROTESTANT S
f..?•:,03= Resolutions are inserted in another colunin)
!•Ave,as we understanil, received an uficial but fliendly

dOinsumication prom terd Lim:Poor. ge That it has
" been Vie invariable object of the British Govern-
•' meat and of their Allies, to support, and on every
'6 suitable occasion to assert, the principles of Reit-
" pious Toleration and Liberty ; and that, in their
44 recent communications with the Government of
" France, they have brought forward these priaci-
" pies as the foundation of their policy and of their
" just expectations ; and that they, therefore, are
64 using their best efforts to arrest the progress of
44 evils which they most deeply deplore."
May these assurances be realized, and may the
edifice of Religious Freedom be now established
throughout Europe, on a foundation that shall be
extensive and indestructible!

The early and hearty attention manifested by Lord
LIVIMPOOL to the respectful application of both of
these Societies is highly creditable to his Lordship,
and at the same time evinces the decided Fart which
the Government takes in the grand and vital question
of RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Should this one
blessing be a result of the good understanding esta-
blished among the Powers of Europe iu consequence
of the necessity imposed upon them to unite .for the
common defence of CIVIL LIBERTY, the world
141 have teceivcd a bcottit which will more than
counterbalance the evils with which it has been so
lung &acted.
'lle Protestant Society for the prracction of Reli.
gious Liberty having stepped torw4rd with so much
promptitude to succour the perseetwd Protestants,
and the Body of Dissenting Ministers engaging with
equal alacri►y in the same good Cat! ,co the whole
Protestant community. of this happy empire tnty be
eu►tit.iered as now Oiled in faimur of Religious
Poleration—if not of Religious Liberty. This. like
the diffusion ot School S.Kiettei and ot Bible Societies,
will ,iperate more and mare to the destruction 01 pre-
jilJiLe and superstition, and of zeal without know-
ledge ; and will tend not a little to wear ont those
animosities which, under the name of Religion, have
t 4 so many ages retarded the progress of Christianity,
land ranked as enemies those -who should 44 se.:k peace
and pursue it." Such labours as these will be blessed,
because they are of the very spirit of “ HIM, who
came and preemie, Peale."

Vs'e this day received the Paris Pipers of Monday,
but they are extreniely barren of intelligence of in-
tetest. Not word is 34id of NEY or LAVALLTTE.
On the 15th iiist:tut the rrincess of WALxs arrived
at Genoa tioni Milan, and inimediAttly embark-Al
tor 'Merino with a victv to an tutu siva among the
Gut!: Islands.

me French Budget will be laid before their I 1 uses
of Representativei ab'iut. the middle of Decenihor.
The new taxes will, of course, be very hew.,); The
Paris Journals complain loudly of the state (.1 con:
-sion in 'mulch the departmental accounts 3re involved.
Io this cause the delay of bringtng forward the
Budget bas been ascribed.