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INTELLIGENCE.
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FOREIGN . Persecution of the Protestants in France . No further back than the 17 th October , a fresh persecution of theProtestants broke out at IVismes—seven of its most respectable inhabitants were on that day assassinated . TRESTAlLLON , t"he leader of this Catholic band has since been taken into custody by the
military force . This man had already been seized for similar outrages } but was set at liberty in consequence of threatening * to discover his employers . Morn . Chron . Nov . 8 . We are concerned to leam , that among " the innumerable victims who have sealed with their blood at Nismes , their faith in .
the pure doctrines of our holy religiou we hare to enumerate the Rev . M . Desmont , senior Protestant Minister of that city . This veneraWe clergyman had attained the 80 th year of his age , and had passed his life in teaching * the gospel to his flock , and in edifying * them by his example . But his grey locks and unblemished life were no protection to him against the ruffians who now desolate the south df France in the
iremeofthe Bourbons . Inflamed by their bigoted priests , and misled by a speech attributed to the Duke of Angouleme , they have sworn the destruction of the Protestant Religion in France , and consider themselves
as havi Ug rendered an acceptable service to their G" ) d and their King * , when they have ittm \ olaU > d a heretic or destroyed a meetinghouse . l * t is a strange neglect , or rather a culpable indifference of our government , to view these scenes without interfering . Our
arms have placed the Bourbons on that throne ^• whicli they have already stained with the blood of our fellow Protestants . Our arms maintain them on it in opposition to the wishes am l opinions of their subjects .
But if we are strrcujr enough to smother the general voice of Fa * Ance , can we not employ the means which PVovidence lias placed in our hands , to procure one act of justice for our Protestant bretl / U'en ? Morn-. Chron . Nav . 18 .
L < iusanne , Oct . 31 . The letters from Nismes had been for some time satisfactory , but the most deplorable agitations ha ve again disturbed its tranquillity . The 15 th announced melancholy scenes . Detachments from Bouillargnes and the neighbouring places had advanced to the gates of th e town to second the factions . The Protesta nts were
insulted , menacing and ferocious cries were heard about their houses . On the 16 th these symptons of insurrectio u became still too re alarming . At last in th e night of the 16 th the explosion was dreadful . A certain Trestaillon commanded tine brigands . « lood flowed in many houses in the city . Mr . Lafond , father of the Colonel of that
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name , a respectable old man , after having defended himself for above an hour > wai basely murdered . The next day the assassins divided the fruits of their plunder . Several houses had been demolished j several victims had been sacrificed . However , the armed force put an end to these disorders . M . de Koohemont at the head of it , distinguished himself by his zeal .
Trestaillon was taken just as he had fired on the Commandant of the place , and conducted under an escort to Montpellier , with three or four of his principal confidants . On the 18 th tranquillity was restored m the town , and it was hoped that it would be preserved .
Versailles , Nov . 8 . —Credible persons arrived from Nismes confirm the accounts of the dreadful scenes which took place there in the night of the 17 th ult . It seems that the unhappy Protestants are again persecuted with the greatest fury ; these persons affirm that the tocsin was sounded at Nismes , and that the neighbouring
peasantry , armed with sticks and spades , cam * in numbers with the horrible cry of Vive le St . Barthelemy ' . " to join in the assassinations in the town . General La Garde , however , to whom the Protestants are under the greatest obligations ^ succeeded by hr * wisdom and firmness in restoring tranquillity . It is positively affirmed ui Paris , that it has been resolved in the Council of the
Ministers to bring' to justice the notorious Trestaillon , who was arrested some months ago , but set at liberty ag * ain and that orders to that effect are sent to Nismes . Lausanne , Nov . 7 .- —The accounts from Toulouse state , that in the South people ' s minds are slill excited ; all those who were in place under Napoleon have been removed The officers who have returned home
cannot avoid the ill usage of the people , except by laying aside their uniform , and appearing as simple citizens . The misfortunes of the Protestants in the South have not been listened to with indifference by the Allied Sovereigns . While the King of Prussia was at Paris , M . de Chateaubriand attempting * to soften the picture in the eyes of that Sovereig-n ,
attributed these disorders to political opinions , rather than religious dogmas ; ** you are wrong , Sir , " replied his Majesty , ' . < these crimes cannot be covered—and it' tin ? Protestants have been friends of the revolution , it gave them rights which they scarcely had any idea of , and they perhaps saw but too clearly what they were threatened with by the fanaticism of some incendiaries *
Nismes , Nov . 11 . —The national g-uard * - of St . Mamert , Tons Moulezan , and Montpezal , proceeded the 7 tfr of this month in the r # ad from NUraes to > Lunel , to present
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/53/
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