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ofany Affembly like tliis ; fn, In like manner, 

 yoii, fof the firft time, ;ire to be impartially 

 judged, and your fate decided by a Chriftian 

 Prince. It is his Majefty's wifli that you 

 fhouM become Fi'ench ; it is your duty to ac- 

 cept this title, and to coniiderthat you, in laft, 

 renounce it v/henever you /hew yourfelvcs 

 unworthy of it. 



" You ll-.all hear the queftions read which 

 are to be propcfed to you. It will be your 

 Hucy to decJare the whole truth upon each 

 of them. We now declare to you, a.nd we 

 iiiiW never ceafe to repeat it to you, that when 

 a Sovereign as firm as he is jult, who knows 

 every tiling, who can punifli as well as reward, 

 interrogates his fucjects, they would render 

 thffmfelves as culpable as they woaid ihew 

 themfelves blind to their real interelh, if they 

 should hafitate about anfwering freely and 

 tfranlcly. 



«' It is his Majefty's wl(h, Gentlemen, 

 that yon fhould enjoy perfeft freedom of de- 

 liberation. Your Prefident will communicate 

 your anfwers to us as foon as they are pre- 

 p.ired. As to ourfelves, we have no more ar- 

 dent willies than to be able to inform the 

 Emperor, that among liis fubjects of the Jewifli 

 leiigion, there are none whole loyalty is not 

 unqueftionable, and v/ho are difpofed to con- 

 iurm to thufe laws and morals vvliicli it is the 

 duly of all Frenchmen to praiSice and follow." 



The following queftions, propofed by 

 Ills Miijelty were then read by the Secre- 

 tary of the meeting r 



I. Is the Jew permitted to marry more than 

 one wife ? 



y. Is divorce permitted by the Jewiih 

 religion .' 



o. Can a Jewefs intermarry witli a Chrif- 

 tian, or a Clififtlan female with a Jev,' ; or does 

 the law prefcribe that Jews alone ihould in- 

 termarry } 



4. Are the French, in the eyes of the Jews, 

 brothers or aliens .'' 



.5. What in all cafes are the connexions 

 which their law permits them to maintain 

 with tiie French, who are not of their religion .' 



6. Do the Jews who were born in Fiance, 

 and have been treated as French Citizens by 

 t!ic laws confider France as their native coun- 

 try .' Are they bound to defend it } Are t'ley 

 under an otligation to obey the laws, and to 

 follow all the regulations of the Civil Code? 



7. Who are they who are called Rahljins ? 



8. What civil jurifdiftion do the Rabbins 

 cxercife amon^ the Jews } What power ot pu- 

 nilnnient do they poll'efs ? 



t». Are the mode of chcofing the R.a'jbins, 

 anrl the fyllem of puniflioient regulated by the 

 Jewift Laws, or are they only rendcied facied 

 bycullom? 



10. Were the Jews forbidden by their laws 

 to take ufury of their brethren } Are tliey per- 

 inlttcd or forbidden to do this of Ihangeri i' 



II. Are thofe things proclaimed whit h are 

 iori/idden to the laws by their law ? 



Ala.NTHtv Mao., No. 118. 



It is underllood that the Jews are to 

 be forced to pay a large fum thtit they 

 may continue to erijoy the advuntui^ts ot* 

 Trench citizenlliip. 



ITALY. 



We hitcly have luid occafion to record 

 tlie overthrow of the kingdom of j>»ap)es 

 and the attempt to ellabliih a new dy- 

 nally in the government of tliat country. 

 The attempt fo far fucceeded that tht: 

 French obtained poifeflion of Naples, 

 and Jofeph Buonaparte has for fevcnil 

 months exercifed the regal authoritv. 

 The Neapolitans however, who, in com- 

 mon with all the Italians, hate the 

 French, have difphiyed a fpirit worthy of 

 their caufe, and there is' fome reafoii 

 to hope, notwithftanding the apparent 

 ftrength of the enemy, that the kingdom 

 of Naples may ere long be relloredlo its 

 legitimate fovereign. 



Iniiead of fimpiy defending the iflancl 

 of Sicily, Sir John Stuart, the general of 

 the Britilh forces alfembled in thau 

 illand, gallantly made a landing with a 

 body of 4800 men on the oppolite fliore 

 of Calabria. The refults, as might be ex- 

 pected, have been gloriou., to the Britilli 

 troops, and lignally tlifaftrous to the 

 French, who were "defeated and finally 

 driven out of both Calabrias. 



The particulars of tliefe interefting 

 events are' contained in the following- 

 copies of the Official Difpatches. 



Camp on the Plain of Maida, July 6, 180G. 



Sir — It is with the moft heartfelt fatisfac- 

 tinn that I have the honour of reporting to 

 you, for the information of his Majefty, the 

 partkulars of an action in which tlie French 

 army quartered in this province have fufiained 

 a fignal defeat by the troops under my com ■ 

 niaiid. 



General Regnier, having been apprifed of our 

 difcmbarkation at St. Eufemia, appears to 

 have made a rapid march from Reggio, unit- 

 ing, as he advanced, his detached corps, for 

 the purpofe of attacking, and with his cha- 

 rafteriltic confidence, of defeating us. 



On the a ternoon of the 3d inllant, I re- 

 ceived intelligence that he had that day en- 

 camped near Maida, aboiit ten mdles dirtant 

 from our pofition, that his force confifted at 

 the moment of about 4000 infantry and 300 

 cavalry, together with four piece; of artillery, 

 and that he was in expeftation of being join- 

 ed within a day or two by .'3000 more troops 

 who were marching after him in a fecond di- 

 vifion. 



I determined therefore to advance towardi 

 his pofition, and, having left four companies 

 of Watteville's regiment under Major Fhher 

 to protect tlie fUires, and occui>y ^ work which 

 Jiad fceeu tlwijv.'fl up at our landing place, the 

 U bud/ 



