The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-30 00:00:00

BULLETIN OF TffF. INDAPENDENT ARMY ON

THE MAGDALEN A.

CARTH tGEN 1, JUNE 16.—E:tract of a lever from
the Commandaat.Geiiesal of the Army on the Magda-
lena :

'• The enemy are posted at the fort of Carabano,
witb a part 4 their light troops ; and in spite of the
threat. they have held out, and the panic with
which they have struck the inhabitants of Baran-
q •i'IA they are on the point of falling back upon the
(Aeneas.

" 1 hare been informed by our spies at Sabana
Grande, that the inhabitants of Monpez have put to
the sword the Royalist garrison that were in that
city ; the unhappy victims are variously numbered ;
sonie a counts soy 200; some accounts, on the con.
War), 500. One woman alone killed five men with
ber own hand.

66 ThP 111.1411 is confirmed by the spies of Morambo,
w o have heard it at Cienego."

PERSECUTION OF TILE PROTESTANTS

IN FRANCE.

MR %CT FROM THE BULLETIN OF NIMES.

On the sth July several domains belonging to Pro..
textants were burned, and on the 6th a still greater
,reber. The Steward (Gerisseur) of the Estate of
GJiraudin was stretched over a fire. After his death
th'y took him down and exhibited the body to pas-
sengers. The 7111, Bth, and oth were more Calm
dap: ; there were only pillages. On the sth they ,
re •sset•red almost all the prisoners who were Pro-
t.. A pretended national guard, formed of,
ell he malefactors, and of all the worthless
«• •ti lies of tho environs and the town, are ac-
eosed of these crimes. One of the Captains is a
poison of the name of Toislajon, a sweeper of the
stunts, who alone has killed 14 Protestants. They
bloke open the grave of a young Protestant girl to
throw her into a common receptacle of filth. Those
Protestants whom they do not kill they esile, and
throw into prison, and yet there were a great num-
ber of Ito)alists among them.
From the 10th to the 14th July no Courier from
Paris arrived. On the 16th the King was proclnim.
ed b) if e Urban Guard (composed of men between
40 and 60 years of age•), followed by all the most
respectable persons iu the town, and the white Gag
W 3% hunted.

O, the 17► h armed bands of brigands, and the
National Guards of Beaucaire came to cli.arm the mi.
litary, who sustained an assault in the barracks, and
they were almost all massacred. Their numbers
amounted to 200.

On the 18th many peaceable citizens were massa-
cred—many houses pillaged. On the afternoon of
that cruel morning, the mad wretches run about the
town calling out that they wished a second Saint
Hirt helpmy.
On the 19th the Prefect published a Proclamation,
recalling the peaceable persons who had quitted the
to% n ; they obeyed this order, and a great number
we! e assassinated.

From the 20th to the '29th the pillages and assassi.l
nations did not discontinue. Those who sought their ;
surety in flight were assassinated on the roads. Some
mete conducted into prisons, where they are still
groaning.
Qn the 79th the Prefect of the King arrived. The
other Prefect had been named by ---, the
Royal Commissioner.
On the 30th a l'e Daum was chanted. On the 3lst
the new Prefect published a very prudent Proclama-
tion, but he quitted Nismes. ►
Oti the Ist of August, M. de Calvlere, the person
whom the Royal Commissioner had named, resumed
the functions of Prefect, and siateen Protestants
were massacred. They went about seizing them in
their houses, and they cut their throats before their
own doors. Many were massacred in the fields.—
The night bet ween the Ist and 2d was the most
cruel. M. de Calriere cause,' an order to be posted
up, wl.ich seen) to hive somewhat calmed these pre-
tended Ruyeli.its. On the 4th several country seats
were set on fire.
The peaceable citizens, the Members of the Ur.
ban Guard, have been again forced to flee to save
therncelves from destruction. The Prefect sent an
order to them to return, under the penalty of having
the laws respecting emigration put in force against
tliem. Thee ‘ilin returned into the town ezpe.
rienced either death or captivity. It is uncertain
voi..ther M. de IV. atocalm.or M. de Calvlere is most
goilty of allow ieg or causing the commission of all
these horrors. but suspicion falls principally on the
termer, who is Royal Commissioner, and whom, it
Is said, the King had a considerable time ago ordered
to (Taste hist.incions.
Nothing promises any senility to the friends of
en!er; for all the Authoritirs, with the exception of
sro persons, are composed of the mast timid and
!erde men.
The Attarnies Notoires) and the 'howls have
fnr'eed resolutions ry,t to retain or to receive into
their bodies an) but 'man Catholics.
Nismes has lost its 'auk nniongst the com-
mercial too ns. It t.. on the blink of complete mini-
hil7titut.
by th
'kKing was a M. d'Ar-
We P refect TI-11.•d the
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