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few persons within the church were ignorant of this assassination , and divine service was begun . But no sooner did the mob hear the sound of the organ , than they cried out to burn the edifice and sacrifice the
hereties with it . The horrid cry reached the ears of the poor people , chiefly women , within— -and by the noble exertions of a few individuals of authority , they were preserved from instant death , by being carried out at aback door leading into an adjoining lane . The ruffians then broke into
the church , demolished the pulpit , the seats , &c . The-organ was brought out in triumph and a bonfire made of it in the front of the place—the volunteer army of the Due d'Angouleme assisting in the conflagration ! M . de Lagarde was not dead of his wound , but he was not expected to live . "
We can assure our readers that the above comes to us from a known and respectable source . Several letters that we have seen , besides others that we have ourselves received , confirm the principal points in it . And we are informed * - that our own ministers have an account of the indecorum of
the Duke d'Angouieme in marching through the streets bareheaded and barefooted in the procession of the bigots who had provoked the rabble to all the previous massacres . Is it
too much then to expect from the British government , that as- they sup * - pprt the king on his throne—they shall not merely remonstrate with him on these continued horrors—but
actually withdraw our troops from his capital , if he does not forthwith maintain the constitutional charter by which he promised civil and rirligious freedom to the people } - ~ Mbm . Chron * Nov . 28 .
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While every day increases the me * lancholy detail of the enormities and designs of the bigots of France , we rejoice to record the regular and benevolent efforts of the friends to natural and religious rights .
The Dissenting ministers of London , who have set the example to the British nation in these honourable exertions , have determined to correspond with their friends throughout the
United Kingdom , and to recommend collections in all their congregational—their Resolutions , breathing the moat noble and Christian spirit , M m * ert this day , and in addition to
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the tone which they will give to public feeling , by the circulation of such sentiments , they are entitled to the ^ gratitude of their countrymen and Europe , for the diligence and accuracy with which they have obtained and furnished information , as the ground of proceeding for other
persons . The assurances which their deputation received from ministers is encouraging to those who feel for the miserable victims of relentless bigotry , to use their strongest efforts—to avert calamities which threaten to be augmented in an incalculable degree .
rhe following extract of a letter from one of the most respectable persons in France , we have from the best authority , and are requested to make public : — " Places of worship are shut up throughout nearly the whole southern
provinces of France . The flourishing churches of Nismes and Uzes are nearly annihilated . Although we enjoy a state of comparative tranquillity « s citizens , we fear that the professors of the college cannot long hold
out * They have received no salary for nine months , and the time when any part of this may be expected is very far distant , and sooner or later they must look out for some othermeans of subsistence and- labour in a
less offensive profession . M We have yet much reason to be thankful , that we have been hitherto spared and strengthened . So many provinces laid waste—so many houses in flames—so many of our . brethren mercilessly murdered—so many pastors without asylum and without bread . Alas ! alas ! Still let us adore
the incomprehensible , but always wise ways of Providence with resignation . Let us hope , and let us pray . "—Worn . Chron . Nov . 29-
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Paris , Nov . 25 . —The wounds of General Lagarde are not mortal . A ball which had lodged in his false ribs , had caused in the first instance a good deal of apprehension . The last letters from Nismes stare r that he is not only out of danger , but even in a state of convalescence .
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Nismbsj Nov . 15 . —It was reported yesterday that search had been made at the house of the assassin of Ge * neral Lagarde , and , that he had ^ fled . Every thing is , in the mean time ,
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Intelligence—Persecution of tlie Protestants in France . 767
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 767, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/39/
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