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rounded afid over-shaded h ? shttibs and flowers ; seats were prepared for the President and the officers of the assembly , for the Rabbies , and some ether persons ! The deputies formed a circle , into which were admitted many Jewish and Christian spectators , from among the most distinguished citizens . The ladies , according ( to custom , had a separate gallery . Order and serenity prevailed every 'where ; all countenances exhibited the most heart-fek satisfaction ,
manifesting , on so glorious , so fortunate a day , their gratitude to a monarch , who , amidst so many labours , has made the fate and the social happiness of the descendants of Israel the special object of his attention . Chorusses and hymns began the ceremony . The President , M . FttPtadOj afterwards delivered a
dis-Jcourse , tracing a rapid sketch of the persecutions which the ews had to encounter during two thousand years , till the epocha when , recalled in Frsnce to the enjoyment of their civil mnd political rights , they saw the first dawn of their complete regeneration ^ He concluded by exhorting his brethren te bestow the greatest care on the education of their children , in order to
enable them to ^ epay the countryihe jttaniibld benefits conferred upon them , and those which "were still in expectation . This discourse of the President ' s was received with loud plaudits . MM . Segre , Zinzheimer , and Andrade , Rabbi es and deputies , delivered sermons ; die first in Italian , the second in German ,
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AFRICAN INSTITUTION .
The annual meeting of this laudable society washolden on Saturday , the 25 th instant at the Freemason ' s Tavern , his highness the Duke of Gloucester , patron and president , in the chair . The Report of the proceedings of the directors was ordered to be published , and will be analysed in this work , as soon as it appears .
The Earl of Moira having informed the meeting : ia a very impressive speech , of his having recently learnt that Sir Sidney Smith had been presqxitied by the Prince Regent of Portugal with an estate , and with a number of negro-slaves , to be employed iu cultivating it ; and that the iv e Sir Sidney had made of this gift was immediately to liberate the
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and the third in Fffchch . M . Segre clothed the sentiments of a mild and persuasive morality in elegant language * The sermon of IV ! . Andrade was marked by numerous tttrd appropriate quotations from the Holy Writ . M . Zinzheimer
traced a more detailed picture of the different epochas of Jewish history The same Rabby , in taking from the ark the buok of the law , and in presenting it round the temple , pronounced a prayer for the happiness of all Frenchmen , \ vhich excited the liveliest emotion .
Psalms and Hymns were afterwards sung ; and when they came to the prayer which Jews are accustomed to put up , for sovereigns , enthusiasm knew no bounds . Cries of Long li * oe the Emperor and King , in Hebrew and in French , proceeded from every mouth . Thus Was this festival rendered remarkable by all
the peculiarities which charaeterfjie the most ancient people on earth , blended with the patriotic efFiisioRs so natural to all Frenchmen . During a symphony of Haydn , collections were made by Mdlles ^ Julie - Theodore Cerf - Berr , Caroline Wolf , and SchmoU , accompanied by M M . Avigdbr , Rodrigues , sen . and
Castro , jun . The produce was dis «* fcributed among the poor of all persuasions . In the evening-the synagogue , and the hall of the sittings of the assembly were illuminated ; the deputies met afterwards in private parties , in which the health of the Emperor , and of his aueust family , were drank with fresh enthusiasm .
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slaves * and to allot to each of them a portion of this estate , to be cultivated by them as free labourers , for their own exclusive benefit : — It was resolved unanimously , on the motion of Mr . Wilberforce ; -+ — -That his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester be requested to communicate to Sir Si 4 ner
Smith , the high sense entertained by this meeting , of his # dmiruble judgment . and liberality , in -ttj ? e above -instance , and to return him their warmest thanks for a conduct wlvkh is aO t * u ly . honourable % o the British name and character ^ and which may he expected in the way of example $ 0 be productive of lihehappicst eficcts-
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Intelligence . — -African Institution , VfH
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/53/
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