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Public Affairs in August. — Staie of Franee. [Sept. 1, 



Kshed all the territorial vitihts of the 

 Church, and banished those drones in the 

 public hive, the priests, while tliey encou- 

 raged genius and learning ; the King I'eels 

 it right to act just the contrary — he lias 

 passed a law, that any person may be- 

 queath his propel ty, personal or real, to 

 the church— he has proposed a law, that 

 public instruction shall be confided to the 

 priesthood, that priests shall sit in the 

 Chamber of Peers, and the Chamber of 

 Deputies. Thus, in iTga the priesthood 

 were banished, and the revenues of the 

 church returned to the national coffers, nun 

 cf learning beina cherished; but in 1316 

 l!ie case is precisely the reverse— men of 

 learning aie banished, and the priesthood 

 restored to power. 



" The Pantheon is no longer to be the 

 lepnlture of departed worth, Aux grands 

 hommes la Putrie recunmnsanfe (the inscrip- 

 tion on the portico), is taiccn down, and all 

 proplmni'^ emblems removed. And the wor- 

 thy M. Qiiatreniere de Quincy, under 

 whose directions this national temple of 

 greatness was erected, is the person who 

 has been selected to change its desti- 

 nation ! 



" The Canal of the Ourcq, which, tinder 

 the late government, was undertaken at an 

 immense expense, to supply Paris with wa- 

 ter, like the New Uiver of London, is now 

 deemed an idle exp-en'^e, aud the sums de- 

 voted to its completion are applied to 

 transform v\hat w;is intended to be the 

 temple of glory into the church of S^ J\Iu- 

 ry Magdahn. 



" L'Ecole Polijtechnique, that noble in- 

 stitution, the admiration of the whole 

 world, whether friends or enemies— the 

 polytechnic School is no more ; it has fallen 

 before the withering blast of a royal ordi- 

 nance, aud in its stead the ordcrsof the Je- 

 suits and La Trappe arc re-established. 

 P.iris will soon, therefore, be a second 

 Rome ; the nuihery of a profligate priest- 

 hood. Solemn funeral services have been 

 performed in niernory of every traitor to 

 Itis country ; and all the old superstitions 

 arc revived. St. Louis, that royal maniac, 

 purchased, at an immense price, of the 

 Turks the pretended crown of thorns worn 

 hy Christ ! In the beginning of the revo- 

 lution, this impudent mockery, with a 

 thousand other factitious relics of the hypo- 

 ciites, misnamed sainis, (and worshipped 

 more than the Deity himself,) v.ere pro- 

 perly bmnt by the common hangman ! 

 How will it be believed, however, tliat, in 

 this " enlightened age," after the tiling 

 wvis noiorioiisly destroyed, that any man, or 

 anv set of men, priests in particular, who 

 profess the religion of truth, and declare 

 from the pulpit that a falsehood incurs 

 eternal damnation — will it be believed that 

 thev now have the audacity to announce, 

 in the public journals, tlin irscussitation of 

 tljii piutcaded rulic, nuA iQ stale that it 



would be carried in procession on Monday, 

 the liiih of August, and exposed to the 

 view of the faithful in the church of Notre 

 Dame, during the week? Yet this lias 

 been dune — the procession has taken place, 

 and the crown is now on view ! 



" If I were to narrate all the impious 

 acts of bigotry and superstition which take 

 place daily m Paris, I should till your Ma- 

 gazine ; I will, however, give one trait 

 more. Louis XIII. in a fit of fanaticism, 

 solemnly dedicated France to the Virgin 

 Blartj ! — his successor now asserts that she 

 has, in consequence, a peculiar regard for 

 him and his family, and, in 1814, he dedi- 

 cated his litlle Fiance anew to the Virgin ; 

 yet, by way of a freak or caprice, to vviiicU 

 the sex is sometimes liable, the lady turn- 

 ed her back on him in March 1813 ; but ha 

 is so good, and knows so tvell Iww tn par- 

 don, that he has forgiven the Virgin, and 

 has resolved to make her a present of 

 France anew ; and tiiis very day, August 

 15th, the supposed birth-day of the Virgin, 

 at the very hour and moment that I write, 

 the priests, princes, and people, are walk- 

 ing in solemn procession, to the church 

 of Notre Dame, to make the solemn of- 

 fering!" 



WEST INDIES. 



The Cazettcs of Cape Henry lo th« 

 21liioi' May, are constant in rcpreseiitiii;j 

 I'ction, who governs in tiie sonthcrn part 

 of the isiaiid, and who is a mulatto, as an 

 enemy to flic freedom of the blacks — as 

 being the tool of France, and desirous 

 of returning under her dominion — and as 

 capable of every s;)ecies of crime. On 

 tlie other iiaiid, tiicy exhibit King Hem j 

 (Cbristoplie) as the paltorii of every royal 

 excellence — as resolved to maintain the 

 indcpeudenee of Ha^ti — to court tii« 

 commerce and friendship olall nations — 

 to exercise towards flicm a strict impar- 

 tiality — to patronize the arts and liu- 

 manil}' — and make bis kingdom and 

 reign respected for its strength, resources, 

 and love of justice. He lias a palace in 

 the mountains, about 18 miles from th» 

 Cape, which is stronglv fortified, in vvliicfi 

 are constantly kept immense quantities 

 of ammunition of war, and provisions, 

 and he is now building villages around 

 this palace, which can be protected by 

 its powerful batteries. His troops 

 amount to nearly 40,(X)0, well disci- 

 plined, armed, and paid. The affairs of 

 tills kingdom of blacks appear, indeed, 

 to l)e as well conducted as those of the 

 best organised governments. King Henry . 

 resides constantly in his palace of Sans 

 Souci. 



EAST INDIES. 



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