Star.
London, England, 1816-03-02 00:00:00

trzIN.4.:2'EAD PARK.

TO THE EDITOR. OF TUE sr. t.
Stu—l beg leave to infirm tl e Poblit, tbrenlgh
the medium of your Paer, that a Bill is now quietly
going through the Hours of Ctirismons which will
have the effect to deprive the Puhlic of the ‘retificae
Lion of enjoying the beatities of Wenstcatd Perk. No
notice has been given of this Act on the Church.
doors, or is any public paper that I know ot.
By the Bill now before the liouse, mmy of
the parishioners will be compelled to scerouiii two
mires to the Church, which stands in the rtii.Ole of
the Park. All the roads will, of course, be 01::t up ex.
cept one. I trust that the Bish..p will in:triere in
this shameful case, so far as the Cliurz!, is s...,ncrned.
The Public at large have, I concei the mime
right to the recreations of Wanstea,l ak they
lure to those of HyJe FAA. I am, Sir, r, ur eie•
dient servant, Art thiLkurrAßL
Wamtea4, March 1. ,

PROTESLINTS IN 111.1Nef.

Miss H. M. WiLLIANIS has pUhl:Sh;•d a Pamphlet
an the Psesecurross in ruttier, ;sal we presume the
Tares and Courier twirl allay, her to !re same authot it y,
assured, that she would say as little that may 'ae
off:nsive to the Irene!) Governmect as pet.ictle. ,She
makes however the ftilioe ins important collets:duns
‘4 Ainitht alt the p'rasts the Revolution the star
of relig:ous liberty had moved calmly in its orbit and
her domain appeared to be const.crated ground. The
persecutors of the Orli century, had :narked their
victims, had plundered and murdered as their fury
directed, wherever they found Protestant property
and Protestent faith. Nisaiee has been the centre of
this desolation, because it had been called Protestent
Rome. Protestants dew have been the eic.ims—had
it been a local insunection, as in the time of the re-
volution,i the assailants would net have been so dis.
c. .
nsmate. It is on Protestants done that the rage LAS
I fallen, and this appears as an unequivocal proof that
it was an organised religious persecution—that the
fact was disbelieved, because the country was in pos-
session of Protestant Powers, who might have crush-
ed it instantly, but they were too much occupied ill
reforming the Museum.
Their foulest enemies can bring no charges against
the Protestants. Their conduct, since the epoch*
which teeinned their rights should have disarmed
their most rigouruus foes, they strewed no exultation,
sought no private advantage, and had always cheer.
fully borne their share in the burdens of the State.
Rol by se oeertight is the Moe:Charter there %as men-
tion of a State Reh:gion,and the Protestants enure olliged to
sink back to toleration. The Charter had been I.:ss fe-
You:able than the Concordat:, but they little dreamt
of religious persecution : however, the Pastors of the
South, who visited Paris during the winter of 1S f-t•
said. that if any peen took place, the Catholics would
pervert it to the mischief of the Protestants. When
Bonaparte returned, he glided by the southern pro-
vinces and established himself at Lyons.—his presence
affected Protestants in no other manner than ad other
Frenchmen. After the second reiteration of the King.
partial insurrections took place ; but when these were
hushed. horror hupg over devoted Nismes ; ma:saere
and pillage prevailed ; the National Guard, composed
of respectable citizens, WAS dissolved, and a new one
was formed, six titnes as numerous, and of which
many were fanatics. Here, and here only that guard
betrayed its trust ;—Protestants invoked their aid in
vain—their murderers were undisturbed. At length
England fixed her eyes On the Protestantsot the South.
The high-toned and generous resolves of the flare
Denominations were heard—its sound in Paris was
noble and persuasive, it glided over the South like
that sacred harmony of the heavenly hosts which
spoke, to the watch of shepherds, of peace and goad,
sell:." She asks, 44 Did tue !`tench Government du
all it could r' and she answers, it exerted all its
poser, but its power was feebleness ; and tome roil in- r.
'tome rote between its tut-pose and its oat." Sae con- e
eludes by cuLvii.bittg the King with ferdinand the
Seventh.