The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 6, 1762, Page 1

A Fripay; Avcost 6. 1762. eidscfocfos Nunei 305 Weeks fi”r;-ée’_firfi' Pablifld. e =t i kS " The New-Hampf & e GAZETTE, ! "’,‘ ,«-;‘-" .‘i, — i ‘_ !;:l}“i: ' . 5 yé ;Gbfi i ie ‘8 .‘ ‘._.' Mgy .‘.;* ")‘1:'.‘ ? T i« -+ Containing the Freflmefi;fiéfix_cé,s,-l?‘orcl_gq and Domeltick. v« i wie 1 T B B A e S S S AR A lait'é?trégicall.?\;FFA,lR. : Which woy firbe as”a Siuphlement to that s puifiyb_'td S’ our lafl, as it-w0as tranfalted at the Jame Place.” ~ : bl d ‘Bxirad of 4 L:{:flr from ATOULOUSE in ‘+y~HE blind MZgfl;‘w\ta Igpcak ' B moie properly, the Spirk of Fana: DE o u&%}’mp:nfe Pe:lécm'('on thet has al- ot !n@' sied in this Pace, is at-prefent ex %&ff’i TM; moft upjuft and unre- Jenting Fury sgainft o protcfian;' Family, ‘whole difmel'ftory is as follows :— Mr. “John Calas, 2 Merchant 6f unblemilh’d re putetion, is fo ushappy as 1o have _h.d a ‘Son, who thought proper 10 hang kimf(elf “4n the Month oi O&ober 1761, without any ':Bbdx"a' being sble ‘even to guels at the Motive that impeiled him to this defperate ‘Mesfure. Atter having fupped’ with his ‘Family, and one of his intimate ’F riends, ‘named Laveiffe, he ftepped down 1nto his ‘Father’s Wiarchoufe, and having _comuved ithe Means of (xing s« Co.d beiween the two Leaves of a tolding Door timt feparat- ed the Warehoufe from the ‘Shop, be ex- -ecuted the horrid Deed already mencioned. About two Hours afterwards, as Mr. La- “waiffe was ‘reiiring, conduéted to the Door by snother ot the Sons of Mr. Calas, they perceived that the Door of the Warchouie was open, snd flepping in were filled with “Horror at the Sight of the wreiched Youth banging. —They raifeds hideousCry, which immediately ;{armed the Family. The Father fan to'the Place and beheld, full of Aftonithment and Anguith, the melanchol- :{ Spe&ucle. 'The other Children ran in- fta nly for & fargeon, to fee il there were * yer any Means leftof recalling o Lite their urheppy Brothery The Surgeon arrives " and finds _th‘e,BaE’ glready cold, and void of the Jeaft’ remaining Spark of Life. In the mean Time, the €ries of the afflicted Family, snd the Noile.and Hursy ot this difmal Scere. drew agreat Crow’d of Peo- ple before the Doors, who were fcon in- formed of the Matter. The Shesiffs foon came to'the Houle of Mr. Calas, and took Minutes of el that had pefled. While they were thus employed, a Voice was heard - crying from the midR of theMulutude, that young Calas had been firangled by his Pa- rents, tg prevent his embracing the Rpm:ih Religion, to which (sccording to his un known Voice) he had & focret Inclination. On the Strengih of this Vigue, EJ\n.ccruin Clamour, fupported by no legal Evidence, the Father, Mother, and B other 'of the Decess’d, together with Mr, Lavific and the meid Servant of the Houle, were com. mitted to the public Prifon. The Wext Day this trsgicsl Story was Ipresd throvgh the whole City, end all was in Uprosr and con fufion. Malignent Bigotry was zealoufly at Work ta clothe it in the blackefiColours, $0 the Difadvantsge of the unhappy Femily, whofe Religion drew upon them a genersl Indignstion, and fhut up agsin®t them thole Bowels'ofCompaflion, which theirAffl &ion muft have excited, had matthe feelings of Humaaiiy been fupprefled by the infernal Spiriz of Perfecution, T'he eredulous Mul titude fwallowed with "Avidity the barba- rous Calumnijes that were forged againft them ; snd, without even the Shadow o' a Proof, they were univerfully fuppoled to have committed a Crime, which nothing but the higheft - Frenzy and Diftraltion could fuggeft Every one was perfuaded that Calas had died a Martyr to Popery ; and in Confeqaénce thereof, he was busied with : folemn Pomp in confecrated Ground, snd *the Funera] Rites of the Church of Rome were performed at ‘higfirmenr. At the fame Time, s!l necellary Prepiraions were fiade for the Thial of the'] recended Cri- minals, and Iqlo‘rimti'&xis taken, but with fuch Precipitation, AfiBofity Ind Partislity, lz Rever, perhaps we “herd of in (he An- nals of the moft barbirous Nations: Every Step that has been faken under the M. fk of Jultice, thews a fix-d Deiermination.. to charge the saligppy Prilonera 'with this gnor- mons Crime. “Pre f305c8 feem to tile it' forgranted that chey are guilty, 'end only {eck for piaufible Pretexis to juftily, at leatt in Appearance, the iniquitous Sentence which they heve already pronounced. It is pretended, among other 'IEhings, that tha Decea’ed was to have abjured the Proteftant Religion on the 14th Day of laft O&tober; and «hat to prevent this, his Parents formed ‘and executed the horrible Defign of which théy ar. accufed. The Servant maid is fuppofed to have been an’ Accomplice in this deteRiblePlot; :nd yet it appears, that this very Servant msid, who has lived 70 Years in the Family of Mr. Calas, is not only s rigid Papift, wha went conftantly to ‘Conleflion, and received the Sscrament re- gularly twice a Week, but elfo that fhe had been salready the Infirument of pervert- ing to Popery anotier ot the Sons of Mr. Cales. How then can it be fuppofed, that fhe thou'd be acteflary to &« Murder, which was defigned to prevent the Decess’d irem embracing that Religion ? but this s noc all ¢ A Proclamation hss been publithed by theBifhop,commanding all the £cclefinfiicks who may have had sny Converfarion with the Decesaled upon the Subje&t of Religion, to sppear befcre the Judges to give in any Evidence they may be able to produce of his Intentions to become a Profelyic (o Po- pery. ThisProclams:ion has not produc’d he leaft effe@ : Noc one Ecclefisftick has ep- pesred, nor has there been any Attempt made to prove, that the Decesied ever had the lesft Converfation upon that Subji& with any Perton whatever ; or the: he ever tock any Step that difcovered the moft re- mote Intention to change his Religion : On the contrary it hes appesred, that this un- happy young Men, having formed the De- fign of embracing the Profeflion of the Latw, ebout 18 Months ago, had derhaqded of & Curste the Certificate, required in al!l fuch Cafes* ; which theCurate refufed, nnfels he brought him a Teftimonial of his having been confeffed by a Pricft ; that Calas wes {o fer tiom complying wich this Conditien, that he renounced, on that Acecount, hi:ln- clinstion to the Lsw, and turned hisViews towsrds T'rade. Tt Kas alfo been proved, that fince that time, he has been frequently feen st the religious Meetings of the Pro- teflants, and given the meft fatisieflory Maiks of his Zegl and Atcachment 1o the ProteflantCaufe. Amoeng his Books, Papers, andFurriture, that were imniedistely feized after hizDeath, there has been found mneither Miff3],Beads, Crucifix, nor any Book of De- votion ufed by the Pspifts;nor any Books of Controverly 3 in a Werd, rot the fmalleft Circamflance to form even a Prelumption of his Inclination to Popery. 1n Oppofii- on to-fach ftriking Proofs of the [nnocence of the aflifted Parenis (whofe natursl Af- fe@ion.muft be fuflicient to acquic- them, where it is mot counter beilanced by the - moft'glaring #nd demonftrative Evidence) what has been alledg-d againft them ? Vigue Rumours, Teftimonics founded up on hear {sy, tnd not verified by going® to the Source ; Depalitions of the moft con - tradi@tory Na ure, and glaringly falfe. in the moft eflential Circumftances ; and the e Depofiiions made by whom ! By the vileft: It ewill not beimproper ‘preceeded This of the Mob 3 by cammon Proftirates 5 und By the declared Enemies of M. Celiss It would Be endlefs to'enumerate the * variety of Cicumftances that concuf to'demotiftrate the intamous ' Cslumny of the ‘Accufadon ??}‘9:‘ gzainft this unheppy Family. vHad their Chars@ers (been’ excopiiiteble; had they even been (candalouns, the Bvidencns ghat huve been given sgninft them would not forml even a' Prefumpion of Guilkt fa the Eyeof imperdal Jultice : Apd yet two aged Parents whole grey Huirs have been rendered doubly re/pe@able by & Life with- out Reproach, s Brother, a'Friend, a Maids fervant zealoully actached to Popery, have beea condemned upon thefe Evidences, to an ignomineous Death : They heve hows ever, eppealed {rom the'iniquitous Sentence of the'Shenfly to. the Parliame. ¢ of [ans guedoc ; and itishoped chat shis Affembly will pronouncein & Manner morefuitable to the Dittacesiof Jultice and .Hamanisy. New Informsiion have been taker ; and we expet the Refult of this lecond Tridl with the utmoft Impatience. (Londen CbrorL) I am, Si!.’ &e. to explain. the Nature of this Cerefi ite mentioned bere, to give the uninformed Reader fome - Notion of - the borrid 1yranuy under which tie Proteft - ants groan in Erance. In order to fill any ¢ivil Poff ‘or Propeffim in that Kingdom, Proteflant muff produce - a Certificate, of bis baving abjured b's Keligion and bis. baving been ar Comfeffion . This Certificate is fre- quently bayght of a mercevary Curate. when neither dbguration aortont ffi'n bave really : zahfication fir civil Emp- ployments; bowever dejpitick -and anjuff is not a 'Burtbep abjaluteiy dntolerable becaufe the Proteflants can't live bappily withous Juch " Employments, by confin ng thimielves tal rade. But what is mof aufupportably gricvsus. .and barbarous is, that the lame Cert ficate is rg- guired, in order to enable them ty marry, and to render their Marriagesvabd A Ma riage celebrated by a Protefiant Minifier is, by phe éZions Laws of that Kingdim nuli and void; and the Childrem that are tbe. fruit. of i, are declared Baflards, incapablesof inberiting JSrom their Patents, orothers.—- You will fay What then ? As Marriage is merely a civil Contrall, ler them bhowe y p!r/ar}ned by a Roman Cathilic Prief. (rue, but in order 10 be married by the Pricft. vbey mufl sither abjure (according to the dreadful Form of Fope Pias )ithe Proteflant Religian, ar|which iswear as bad) mufl produce-g, Geri firate Sfigred by fome Curate that tbey ,b;,f” abjurid it Uhis latter Piece of Fraud is the ov'y Refource left - to tbe 4rbappy Proteflants to mainiais their Children in the P ffion of tieir matural Rights. Tbey muff either per- Jure themfelves pevionslly, or bribe.a bircling Curate to forge a. Liein their Favour, or [ee their Chilaren treated as BaBlards, and deprived of the Charafler and Priviledge of Children and Citizens [Tovvose, E. Jom v, 5 lat. 43140. 4 cityof France, capital of the province of Lan- puedoe. fit: on the river Garenne, Qo miles W. of the Mediterranean, 60 .N. of ibe Pyre- fiees, and 320 S. of Paris . Itis ome of the dargefd cities imthy kirgdsm. Lat meiber rich ner pepulons theére not being more 1haitg oo Sumitesin 1. 1t is the fee of an archy gnd an unwerfity 5 @ city of great antiquity, pog - Rymans meniiomng 13 as one of the miff fbou - - rifhing cities of the Ganls. ; It was, afigr- tvards capital of @ Roman proginge.; then of abe kingd m of the Vifiguihs ; and aftergapds op-the kingdwm of : dgquitawn ; and bere.gre Pilithe rans of a Roman amphitheaide.: