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London, England, 1816-01-08 00:00:00

POr.TSATOtriIi. JANUARY 7.

Put back ye;terday Cumbcri..l4, Lady MPI, Ile
and Ethdha East Indi imen. The Eagle, wisso :,
for Africa, was run on board of e4rly yesterday urn--
fling by the ship Grantham, off tSe Owers, wllich did
her much damage—she must go into. Dock. Aril% ed
his Majesty's ship PIV,METHEILJS fr rrt Plymouth.—
Sailed h.s Majesty's ship BRAZEN-pn a cruite.—Wi.td
North-West.

RAMSGATE, JANUARY 7.
Wind at N.W. and blows hard, so that no arrivals
can be exFected from France. The Lord Liverpool
nicket is, looked for hourly from Ostend.

DEAL, iANLYARY 7.
Arrived the Philippia, MottoLs, from Calcutta
Tidos, CIIITTON, from the River Plate ; Earl r'it2.
william, CANNON, from Hull, for New York ; Mary,
Moss, from Seville ; Swift, DtAslitN, from Water•
ford ; Golden Fleece, JONES, from Du!Ain. Came
down from the River the St. Mary, Saurus, for Ja-
maica ; Neva, ADAMS, for ditto; Shannon, HIP-
PENSTALL, for Rio 'Janeiro, and tennain with thejest
of the outward-bound as before. Saikd the Cabalva,
Marquis of Huntley, Castle Huntley, Marquis of
Ely, and Emma,for India ; and the whole of t:.e rut-
ward•bound, fur their different destinations.

MEETING AT ULASGOIC
IN FAVOUR OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS.

GLASGOW, JANUARY 3.
At a Public Meeting of the Eltabitants of Glas•
gow, called by Advertisement to express. disappro.
bation of the Persecution of the Protestants in Prance,
ViILLIANI Mum, Esq. one of the Magistrates cf
Glasgow, in this Chair, it was revived unanimously,
Ist. Tl.a:, as Protestants, we catinot hat feel a bretherly Int •
pithy with Pro:es:silts, and a profound interest. in t!, a grew and
common cause on acc,..ont of which they lave been nt tee so ottel
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ed. 'iliac we have heard with deep concern of some late move.
miens), on the part of the Court and Church of Re:r.e, intitea.ing
a theign to suppress, wherever flit it power .nay eta:et!, the rfebt
ut pr,eate judgment, and the redeioes Feerlies • 1 ry kind, pert.
tienkriy the expelsioo of rrotestarts fro'' 'elepal dominions
'nd adjacent tearitot tes of huts, die revival of the abaorred in-
an.: the reetoratinn et the or ler of the Jesuits wilt&
bad beta abolitlied by the cemnion consent of all Europe.
• :Sol. That our sorrow and serprie• have been heiehreited bte the
jieellieence of the suffatines of .e.r Protee:ant brethren in the
South of France, inn:thee:nee the truth- is.; which his been admft-
, tea by the *igliest authorities, both ia Fiance aud In :As Country;
and confirmed hy the most aucheatie private !: fe: Tuathin.
I bat, while we reflect all circutneaeces, we cannot
but ne convinced, rotwah st ending the attempt, tthieh have been
ma& to cisgeise tor deey the facts, that :bete eitilerii•gs !lass
arisen, in a great degree at least, from teilgicias prejudices, and
partake of the nature of Pat sr curial; for conscience sake.
fith. That the inkebitantsul chit cotiniry will, we bavere•aeon
to believe, be greatly.disappoitned and if the result of
that struggle in which the nation has been so long enrige.l, and
in which so much treasure and bleod have been execialtd *hal
base teen to place the Proteetates iv Francei,wtth whom me are
united by the the of a common prufessioa, and to Mitten we owe
so inech m a reliviend view. in a worse sittlethin as tiSheety of
conscience than they 1.1 under the preceding Covet entente
6th '1 bat, rt eol.ectine the many effectual inter,eiencee of the
Government of this Couitry on behalf of persecuted Pre:en-elute
on the leintinent of feitelee in former time., an.:, contdroptart,g
the pectilier relative situation. of Great Britain and craves: ae pre-
sent, we conceive ourselves au: horized and called upon t* remon-
strate tbns publicly against the viola:ion of what we &ens the
newt level of all testae—the right which every man has to cur- 4
Alp Goo according to the dictates of hi' men toaecieirc t—an
we feel entitled tc expect that the Gel/ern:nein Frauce, whici
ewes so much to this country, and is upheld at preieut ht part by
the British arms. will speedily adopt the too energetic end el.
cient meistires to repress this ap:rit of outrage, and to secure to
its Prutestant subjects that fell freedom of woe-sap, and et the
pubic and peaceaele pplessani of religion, in t ryreepect,whiek
is guaranteed to them by the Constitutional Charier.
7th. Ilia: we regard with the liveliest satistaztion the "assu-
rances early and prometly •given by his Majesty' Government to
the first application made to them, on behalf of our Protestant
Breibien in that country..." That they feel the de. p.et regret at
the dreadful scenes lately witnessed in France, and that they are
wing, and will continue to use their best effarts in their comma-
nicatiens with the French Government to seceee to a'l classes of
11 French subjects, whetha Protestant or Catholic, the ful en-
joyment tithe advantaged which the Connitational Cuarter pro-
vided fir them," and contained 3130 in a letter from Lord Li-
verpool, in reply to another interposition in their taveer from a
[omat respectable quarter, " That the Prince ik,l.-nie Govern-
Illeat are using their Lest efforts to arrest the proems of the evils,
which no persons can deplore more deeply than th-
and we Milt that the Xlin:etry will redeem this sacred
Pledge, and will counnue to exert themselves, fur the Protest-
ants oaf France, with that propriety and energy which become
their character, as well as the cause, and which may be sujustly
expected from the Government of one of the first Protestant
States in Europe. and one which has been so signally instrumen-
tal in accomplishing the recent: Revolution to that
Bth. That one warmest thanks are due, and be given to the
Dissenting Ministers of I.ondoo, and to " The l';otestant So-
ciety for the Protection of Religious Liberty," who ,o promptly
took up _this subject, obtained front the British .Ministry the
communications quoted aboye, and besides have been at such
pains ha exciting the attention cf the public, by their address and
resolutions, as well as by the circulation of other important and
authentic documents relating to matters of fact.
fith, That the Thanks of the Meeting be also given to the Cir
poration of the City of London, aid to such other public Bodies
and individuals as have manifestedstheir sympathy with the Pro-
testants of France, amid their present afflictions. ,
10th, That, desirous of keening the interesting object of this
Meeting is view, till it shall have beeri brought to a favourable
issue, we appoint a Committee to watch over it, to kelow cut
such measures as may appear to be necessary to give effect
to these. our Resolutions, and (ii tt shall seem to them expedient)
to call us together ageei at any future period. to express, our seri-
tinteuts regarding circumstances which may occur in the progress
of an interppeition, the success of which mud[ be near the heart
of every affecting and. zealous Protestant.
11th. That the Cheirmen be iinitrneted to transmit a coma
these our resolutions to los Majesty's te.tvernment
(Signed) WILLIAM Moil' Chairman.
The Chairman• having quited the Chan', and Mr. Mathew
Uric being called to it, the unanimous and warm thanks of the
meeting were given to Raabe Muir fur his conduct in the Chair.
(jigged) MATIAMM
••• 7b-morrow we shall endeavour to mike room
for the eloquent speeches of the Rev. Dr. Dicx. Rev.
GRIVILLIt Ewing, Rev. R:Baorns, ace. itc. on the
occasion of the above Meeting.

A few days ago, a poor man named Thomas Salt,
labourer to Mr. Peiin, .at Hanley, as the tuncrat of
one of his acquaintance waspaossing al6ng the riml,
exclaimed, " Alas 1 what are we in this world?
"LORD, have mercy upon met" and droPPed• dowa
Land expired in a moment.

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