v.
x'cath himfelf, was fomemonths aeo broupjit demhed; without hibVoofiVtoJ the rack arid
before the Council of fKte at Verfuitls, at - whec3,a father for murdering his '"fen ; and thcv
the impartiality of an upritLjudgc,
racy of one ipcrfcdlv.vcli rnforincd. and that -
'fffedting clcqaence that the dreadful circum
fiianccs of this unparalellcd ftory fo naturally
diftate to a humane orAor. vAftci a longtx4-.
mination of this horrid, aftuir,; it appeared
rity and precipitation af leaft, and to make
hchourable amends tp the afflicted family, by"'
conftffing , that they , were .deceived by Monk"
and falfc vrtnefies, and by sratfting- their pro-
tcaion (if it would be accepted) to the childreHv
' ; turning
hanged himfeif in a fit of melancholy that the jufticcY and yet hitherto jultice; has been (uf-
aged tather and mother knew, nothing ot the: ipended,- and. the voice of humanity haS;p!ead-
charaler$,: during thezfp been employed to perfuade a humane monarchy
pyaxdst and thatit was nidre
" Had been peculiarly eminent fof their, paternal caufc of an innocent "Galvlnitt ' who had teen
tenderp-and that befides theldidlates of na- uhjuftly Broken "m
jurulfra5fc
f ;im'AflA A
wort hy-fa ther) - re veryrxi rcirmllance; concurred T'Tjffiew injfcrtbh c tire fpirii of a rPcpiJhlgb-:
to clear him Mthc horrid crime for which he ; vrrnwtHt
was put to deathin the moft painful and ijno- csuntrsy who ft iuhabtianU ' ?cxccptinffthbfc - of
niinibus;Mn ofrTou- Toiiloufc);
Joufe.n.confeucncc-oy
-the Gountihunanimouflygreedi
reddutionV hy; which the Parliament of Tou- v glocmyf a ;uelltgt6is . ;bf:,fucrt
loufe was ordered to, (end them atf atcourit of bigarirjjd
and
manner
the proceedings'- agarhft John Calas;-and "the and have civen a barbarous and faniiuinarv caft
. ra(oni (entence... ; Jo the temper of,4tv mhahitintsnaturally tiii-
'J'he "Kinggave his royal approbation to4 this ;. red with' Spanifh- k verity. jaiWtdls,lin-i-
jeioiuuon pr inc uouiicu, and all thole ' who his; Jalt . produq inhabitants ot '
verc not deafHo-thervq
juftice (and who, had beheld with juft Jenti- nation of Henry 1VI iand it is well known they -xnents;
of Horror in the Parliament of Tou- have an annual fcftiva!
luu fe , fal (e ho oil an d c r u el ty , armed aridfeton-v
tytilgfro i nydlyc a: wUow an chil- ; fionsVVbnfiiii, deimonil rations of joyi
drcn invthe deepeft diftrefs b the; m of a thc ahiVerfary of thH glcrioiii: day, .in: which;
fither anda hufband committed under the form , four thbuftnd pro ;
of law) hoped to-feef of ageor
iwjijviwia,iiu:iijci coinrorcv' icjt in uieir cii) r - i ne i e3r iy02 in ; wnicn
iuft aDnroachiniy
condul before the tribunal of their Sovereign; uh man was ca(t into prifbri, Voltaire;
and-of tbc liijmance,- W
in this' unparalellcd eau
the member, ,o(. .this . Parlianitnt, wuo cwi-a protcftant vifliw'io facrificc to tlrt fcngoinary :J
g?niuS-