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kingdom , of Italy , and of Europe , to announce to them , that on the aoth of October a Grand Sanhedrim wi ] be opened at Paris , under the protection , ! asjd by the express permission of his Majesty : That the Rabbins , members of the Assembly , shall be invited to-make part of the Sanhedrim .
" That twenty-hve of the Deputies , members of the Assembly , shTall be elected bj secret scrutiny , to make also part © f the Sanhedrim . " That his Imperial and Royal
Majesty shall be humbly intreated to give the necessary orders , in order thdt twenty-nine Rabbins , chosen in the synagogues of his Empire , and of his kingdom of Italy , may proceed to Paris , to assist at the Grand Sanhedrim .
" That the A ssembly do proceed to the election of a Committee of nine members by secret scrutiny , having three scrutinies of the list ; which Committee shall be charged with the preparation , in concert with the Commissaries of his Majesty the Emperor and King , of the matters which shall be submitted to the deliberation of the
Grand Sanhedrim ; that the Assembly shall not separate till the Grand Sanhedrim has closed its sittings , and that they request the ImperiaL Commissa ies to transmit to his Imperial and Royal Majesty the desire which they feel of laying in a body at his feet the homage of their love and respect . **
The following is the address of the Assembly to their nation at large . ( From the Monitcur . )—The Assembly of the Deputies of the Jews of France , and of the kingdom of Italy , to those professing the same religion : " The goodness of the Most High
manifests itself visibly upon us . A great event is preparing . That which our fathers did not witness for a long series of ages—that whifch we could not have hoped to have seen in our time—is about to be made manifest to the eyes of an itotonL-4 ied universe .
" The aoth of October is the day appointed for the opening of a Grand Sanhedrim in the capital of one of the most powerful Christian empires , and under frie protection of the immortal Pr . nce who governs it . < c Paris is about to offer this spectacle to the world , and this cver-mcJiuorablc
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event will be to the dispersed remnant of the descendants of Abraham a nevr era of deliverance and felicity . * ' Animated by sentiments whicli breathe the same origin and the sam £ religion , we wish to express them to you in the effu ion of ou r joy . " Who but must admire with us thd
secret designs of that Providence who hy ways inscrutable to our feeble 'ninds * changes the face of human affairs , con * soles the afflicted , raises the humble from the dust , puts an end to the trials decreed by his divine commands , and restores those . faithful to his laws to the esteem and affection of nations .
" Since our dispersion innumerable changes have signalized the inconstancy-, of human affairs ,. Nations have sue * cessively expelled , intermingled withj and overwhelmed each other . We alone have resisted the torrent of agefe and revolutions .
Every thing presages to us in Europe , a destiny more desirable , an ex- ? istence less precarious ; but this ttate of affairs is nothing yet but a pleasing perspective . But in the midst of pub *
lie commotion , in the midst of the agitations of an immense nation , the reality of this prospect rises , c © nductc < J by a divine hand , and by one of those powerful minds , around which nations rally by a natural instinct of
preservation " This benevolent genius , and consoler , -wishes to make disappear every humiliating distinction between us and his other subjects . His penetration ha $ enabled him to discover in our Mosaic Code , those principles of duration and
of strength , which have triumphed over the ravages of time , and "whicfr gave to our fathers that patriarchal simplicity , which , in our times , is still venerated , and that heroism of character of which history preserves such admirar b ] e models
" He has decided in his wisdom , that it would be suitable to his paternal views , to permit the convocation at Paris of a G and Sanhedrim The objefct and the functions of thi- body are . tr ced in the eloquent speech of the Commissioners of his Imperial and Royal Majesty , We address you , our dear brothers , to inform you , that the mind which dictates this measure , has no other objecfc
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 553, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/49/
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