Star. — 1815-12-25 (London, England)

THE EVENINU STAR.  LONDON.  MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1815. C 11111111146 Das4—Hollday at the Pubhe Mee.  We have rtceited the Paris Papers of Wednesday and Thursday last ; they contain mere routine Intel. igence, but the private letters of the same dates ant:ounce that M. LivAutrra has escaped from prison i female habiliments. It is said that Madame LA. Aunt Changed clothes with him on the occasion, nd of course remained behind as a dtteasse to await it KING'S pleasure. The French Journals do not sable us to say a word in confirmation or discredit n this statement : the report reached Brighton yesInlay by the Duke of Wellington packet, from -)iceppe.  According to our promise we have this day in%erted a copy of the pretended 44 Accurate and anhentic Detail of the Events that have taken place at Nismes." From a perusal our Readers will see that It is precisely of that character which we ascribed to :t—a tissue of abuse against the Protestants, and a lamt justification of the Catholics. To follow it through all its windings would be a useless labour: It may not be improper, however, briefly to point out the general sophism which pervades this production. It is briefly this :—ln that District the cause of the BM/Rama had enemies—the Royalists were opposed by Bonapartist: and in the same Districts there were Protestants. Therefore the disaffected were all Protestants; and being thus proved to be anti-royalists, they deserve to be exch.. paced by the loyal adherents of the Bouasosi ! ! ! How lame must that cause be which can support itself only by such an abuse of common sense ? Let us sce whit would be the conclusion afforded by a similar species o!. logic, applied to those districts in which the Protestants are so few in number as not to have temples, or even to be known as such. In these Bolia,PAltra was received with open arms; the Royalists were maltreated, obliged to hide themselves and conceal their principles. In these the people are Catholics ; all the Catholics are therefore Anti-Royalists, and deserve te be put to death by the loyal adherents of tba.AoUltisOns ! ! The Catholics themselves—the defenders of persecution—the calumniators of the French Protestant, would be the first to expose such an abuse of all legitimate reasoning. •  We shall only at present notice one point in the statement which carries a contradiction on the taco. of it.-44 The iron band of 805 4PARTE repressed all: Catholic and Protestant, equally subdued, were at first united by the common hatred of the Tyrant ; but this sentiment soon yttlded among the Protestants to their invincible aversion to the House of Bourbon." If the Catholics were equally subdued with the Protestants, could it be more criminal in the latter than the former to be carried away with the stream ? But which current gives character to the torrent i... The little brcok or the sweeping river ? the feeble Dissenting minority, or the overwhelming orthodox Catholic majority? If the Catholics were not the majority, even now when the Protestants are left unprotected, we doubt much if they could have wound up their courage to attack them.—But the Protestants have an invincible aversion to the Efiurbost"..." they became sealons partizan; of she Usurper." So say their eaemies. Assertions are easily made. Such charges will need other plod; than any lurnishid by the detail. It promised authentic particulars, and for these it pours birth unsupported calumnies. These charges, however, call lot tit other recollections. How many reasons have the P:otestants to love the Bourbons Alas! alas ! they have every season to curse them, were it allowed to Christians to curse their enemies. On the other hand (for we shall give the devil his due) Bonaparte gave them many reasons to bless him —he gave them the same protection in kind and degree which he gave to his other subjects. Who dared to persecute a Catholic in France on account of his religiun during Bonaparte's reign ? Who dared then to persecute a Protestant for his religious, opinions ? No one. There is riot a single instance known of one of them suffering for his faith, during the reign of Bonaparte.—How many suffered on that account during the reign of the Bourbons kfors How many have been maltreated, robbed, nay, murdered rime, under the reign of a Borba; I Kings, however, cannot prevent crimes—they can only punish them. '!'rue.. How many then of these murderers have been brought to justice ? Not one!!! Ytt the Protestants should love the