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    wQndered at- that in the department of $ e Gard the King should not choose tq pface authority in- ' thosehands which | tti 5 so lately been raised against him . tiiere w , a 5 not a conscientious Protestant who expected more liberality than had been ' exerqised towards them : his Majesty was surel y justifiable in refusing to place power m the hands of the Protestants at the present crisis , but it

    would be proper for him to adopt mild and concfliatory measures . " If this was the case , put interference was more likely to produce evil than good . * The disturbances Were quite local ,

    ipd had been greatly exaggerated . " * fhe Learne 4 Gentleman would not recommend prosecuting one side , without alsp attacku \ g the other [ Loud cries from the Opposition ] j he had admitted that no outrages had occurred since

    I ^^ cember ^ and he now wished to revive the cjisputes $ but b y making ourselves a party , we should only increase the evil , ** \ Fljere was no hope of tranfufiity without a change of ministry . " pt with this parliament could not interfere . "A late communication from

    Iffisjheis coniplained of severity towards ttieprotestints ^ and assigned as a reason the , fetters received from the Protestant Society . in London . * ' ( "Hear , hear f ] " They caused , a strong feeling of

    dissatisfaction and uneasiness among the Protestants themselves . " It was impossible that foreign interference could produce any effect but the contrary of what was wished : the nresent had been

    productive of inj ury * by exciting false hppes on the one side , and jealousy on the qthej ; $ . ndjthe best informed Jprotesjants , thpi ^ gh , Jtbey respected the mo-*} v h $ l $ a $$ '& the consequences of such i ^ terfer ^ pc ^ . ^ The jApuse would see tb ^ ttkere ; was no ground to charge tbie f jeE ^ h wjitjti systematic persecution ^ cl u ^| eta ^ e - that tne disturbances W | ere cprnmefely . looal , and" the departnaeijts on tn ^ v ^ 2 borders f of it were ^ nijuil iijci ^ im 4 nec ; t ? e < l :. he had reason to ^ bope . therefiWy % that this serious mischief Wpt # cl ^ qcn UnA an end , He

    Qiq ^ p t qen ^^ gl tx > e * mi $ chief was se-2 ^* 1 ty # tt Vas not by Mowing a u ^ l ^^^ nd telling a tale , t 6 make K ° W ( fceU ^ V 0 ^ at We were returned to % fi ^ t ry'of lhe Qtl \ centu ^—it was n Py ^ gh lM t col |> tiring the violencas & 9 je par ^;^ at ; we could ptft kti end % W $ i * $ 8 fa *** juggles . It was on W ? Mmm + ~ Gn a ^ erBua ^ ion that the W mkS ^^ etttm < r . biit one feelihir ¦ ¦

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    and one interest ( for who would be benefitted , or what rational object could be gained , by fomenting these disturbances ?)—^ that he thought any proposal impolitic which would lead parliament to interfere , on the notion that we stood in a relation with respect to France , which justified our demanding some concessions . He denied that we stood

    in any such relation ; we were obliged to keep a military force there , because we were persuaded that the government of Louis XVIII . was the most likely to ensure peace . We were pledged tp support him against any revolutionary

    spirit that remained , but we had not given a pledge that we should interfere or administer the internal jurisprudence of France : we were the protectors of our own rights , not of the government of France . He hoped , and was indeed satisfied that the Honourable

    Gentleman could have no design to cast obloquy on the members of that government ; but he knew that there were others who promoted such designs : there were spirits abroad who were anxious to overturn the power of Louis XVIIL and the peace which had

    placed their prospects at an immediate distance . He warned the country against the proposals that had beer * made : there was no prospect of happiness but in peace , and no peace but in , the present government of France . He acquitted the Honourable and Learned Gentleman of any bad intentions , but

    his speech would certainly be attended with bad consequences , containing , is it did , such exaggerated statements , dressed up with all the eloquence of which the subject was capable . His Lordship would not give his consent to a motion so injurious . ([ Hear , hearf ] Mr . Brougham complained that

    the tone and manner of the Noble Lord was not at all justified by any thing that had fallen from hts Honourable and Learned Friend ( Sir S ^ Romilly : ) He begged leave to put in a distinct disclaimer to the objects and principles imputed b y tb ^ NoJbIe Lord—first , as to the hostility of the supporters of the motion to tne family of Boutbofc ^ next , as to their wish to disturb the peace of Europe by destroying the tranqailli ^ of France ; and tftir ^ iv , as to their intent \ pxi of enforcing * a"J ^ recl and offensive iA ( tc * rfe > 4 ai ^ witH ^ tft e internal regvrfatiotis . of . die Vf ^ n ^ t / h vernme ^ t ^ h fr ^ mrfence alien -teWfe plttne ^ t |^^ pl ^^ $ ! cffic ^ Zpk'Vfpu

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    Iyl ? lligg& £ f * ' - —I ) etytie in the House qf Commons on the French Protestants . 429

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 429, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/57/