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Mouod made his report to the Consistory of Paris pn the 4 th of August last . ' The following is the substance of his communication , He discovered in three villages in the neighbourhood of Pont-Saint-Maxens , within seven or eight leagues of Paris , amongst others at Breuille-Vert and at Ageux , about 120
Protestants , who had been for a number of years destitute of public worship or of religious instruction , but inviolably attached to the Reformed Church , and anxiously desiring the means of religion of which they were deprived . The only custom they have never lost sight of , and
to which they scrupulously attend , is that of performing a funeral solemnity for the dead , whom they are obliged to inter in their own estates , there being no burialgrounds allotted to their use , and being unwilling to make use of those belonging to the Catholics .
In these ceremonies one of the community reads something appropriate to the occasion , to which the rest listen with the greatest attention . Many of their children , although advancing to maturity , have never been baptized . The marriages of the greater number of them have never been consecrated . Some took
the opportunity of the young minister ' s visit to repair this negligence , and the work would be completed in a second journey . The Consistory of Paris takes the most lively interest in their concerns , and is willing to do all in its power to encourage them . It has been decided
that M . Monod , Jun . shall visit them twice a-year , and preach to them on each of those occasions , administer to them the Sacrament of the Lord ' s Supper , consecrate their marriages and baptize their children , &c . The Consistory has also determined to send them religious books , and to take measures to enable them to
have a cemetery of their own , and an edifice for the celebration of religious worship . M . Monod paid a second visit to these interesting families , and made his report of them the 13 th of October . In this account he informs us that he found an
e of zeal amongst the Protestants . They have established a regular service , at which all are present every Sunday , and one of them officiates as minister . M . Monod , Jun . performed a preparatory service for them on Saturday the 7 th of October
: he administered the Sacrament at eight o ' clock in the morning , and ottered up thanksgiving . They joined in these services with the utmost attention , and the greater part of them received the Lord ' s Supper with great devotion . Many , though nearly 40 years of age , nave never taken the Sacrament , because vol
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they have not had an opportunity of joining in that rke . M . Monod also consecrated the marriages of those persons contracted to one another who had lived together for many years , they having only been united by a civil officer . This was a lamentable , but inevitable , consequence
of their situation , and of their very existence being unknown . M . Mo-nod baptized a great many . It will not be surprising to hear , that amongst these persons some were more than twenty years old . He also discovered that there
are many Protestants in the district of Veaux and its environs , ( l'Oise 9 ) from whom he received invitation to spend some time with them ; and the Consistory having so determined it , he set out the 21 st October to pay them a pastoral visit . —Melange ? de Religion .
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Intelligence- —Foreign . France . 32 -f *
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Several learned Frenchmen are occupied in preparing translations of Plutarch , Sallust , Tacitus , Aristotle , Hippocrates * &c , from Arabic MSS ., into which language many or all the best Greek and Roman authors are known to have been translated .
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M . Cuvier , the naturalist , recently pronounced before the French Academy , glowing panegyrics on the memories of Sir Joseph Banks and George the Third ; the former for his exertions in , and the latter for his patronage of , science and the arts .
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The Chamber of Deputies has submitted a law to the King relating to the Clergy , by which the number of bishoprics is to be increased .
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A calendar of misdemeanours and crimes that we have lately received from France , shews us that human nature is much the same there as here . One entry is a pleasing proof of the progress of toleration : at Lyons the tribunal of
correctional police has fined in 41 francs , and imprisoned for 15 days , some youths found guilty of making a disturbance in the Jewish Synagogue . But the influence of superstition is still seen in the punishmeujts inflicted by our neighbours , which are strangely and ridiculously disproportionate to the moral guilt of offences .
For instance , a brazier of Clermont htm been condemned to twelve years of hard labour , for having stolen some churchplate and profaned the host : while at Cherbourg , the sentence on some soldiers for attempting to violate the person of a young woman , is six months' imprison ment and a fine of 16 francs '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 321, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/65/
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