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• • FRENCH PAPA RS. . ." PARIS, DECEMBER 22. IMPERIAL DECREE. NAPOLEON, &c.—The Sena e, after having heard the Orators cf the Council of State, has elect eed, and we ordain as follows ; locraAct Hurd THE REGISTER 01 THE corsr.nyAilve SENATE OF TILE 20in OF Imo. 1841. The Conservative Senate, &c. decrees— " ART. ist.—One Hundred and Twenty Thousand men of the Conscription of 1812, are placed at the disposal of the Minis ter, for the purpose of recru:Vre the Army. " 2d.—They shall be taken from the Frenchmen who were born between the Ist of January, 1792, and the 31st of the same year. s i j.—The appeals and their periods shall be determined by the regulations of the public Administration. " 4th.—The present Senatus Consul•um shall be transmitted by a message to his Imperial and Royal Majesty. " We direct and ordain that these presents, having the Great Seal of State affixed to them, and being inserted 'sit the Bulletin of Laws, shall be addressed to all Courts, Tribunals, and Atlmi wistrative Authorities, i 3 order that they may enrol them M tin it registers, attend to theln themselves, and cause them to be ob served by others, and the Grind Judge, the Minister of Justice, ia charged to cause and suvrinteni their publication. " Given at our Palace of the Thilleries, December 20, 1811. By the Einperor, (Fgnea) " 14 A meow," COPENHAGEN, DEC. n. In a solemn audience, which took place to-day, Its Majesty received Monsieur Alcrer, the new Mi nister of France, who had the honour of presenting his credentials. Two Military Officers, invested with the order of the Silver Cross of Danneborg, having been con demned to infamous punishments for robbery, his Majesty has ordered them to be divested of their Crosses, and their names to be struck from the lists of the Members of the Order. An English convoy coming from the Baltic was at anchor near Nyburg, the sth of this month ; it con sisted of only eleven vessels, convoyed by the Vigo, of 71 guns, Admiral Dixon, and the Orion, of 7.1 guns, Captain Dicks-in. On the 4th of December the course of exchange on Hamburgh was 775 per cent. • SOLEURF, DEC. 17. His Excellency Count Talleyrand arrived yester, day from Berne, to hold a conference with his Excel lency the Landamman of Switzerland.—This day the Landamman has issued an order for convoking at Soleure, on the 17th of this month, an assembly of the Cot/Amissioners appointed to negotiate the alters emit which are to be made in the military capitula tion. CoMMissioners HI proceed to Berne on the morMg after their assembling, in which city the negotiations will immediately be opened, his Excel lency the Minister of France having received the ne cessary instructions, and his Wiest) , the Emperor having condescended to attend to the request of the Diet, which prayed, that the negotiations on this sub ject, as well as with respect to the Canton of Ttsin, should take place in Switzetland. ' - TOULON, DECEMBER to. For several days we have known nothing of the • English squadron on our coast. On the 6th of De cember it was distinctly perceived to the number of eighteen sail of the line, and many frigates. On e:e 9th twelve of the enemy's ships were seen at a dis tance of three leagues to the South of Cape Sicie, directing their course towards the land. Admiral Emeriau immediately got under way wbh sixteen ships of our squadron and two frigates, in or der to bear down upon the English squ idron. But' the enemy's division, as s: on as it observed this • mo vemeet, sheered off; in order to firm 3 junction with another disision which lay to the South-west.— . I'he French squadron ehaeed it cut of sight, and did "not return to our road Wore eieht, amidst tempes 'tuons weather and variable winds, which would have rendered the returu.to its anchorage very difficult "for so numereus a.equadron: or otleless experienced .: and exercised in naval practice. SEMLIN, NOV. ea. Vle.hview noth'ng yet of the state of the negotia tions between 010 Russians and Turks ; but some cir curnstaoccs make us doubt, that they will terminate favourably. It is to be observed, that the Russians have retaken all their former cantonments on the • right bank of the Danube, and that they are closely 'concentrated there. The cavalry which was on its .return to Moldavia has received.counter orders. The Russians have constructed numerous entrenchments round the fortress of Ruclsihtick, and continue to add to them. The Grand Vizier having c.omplairied of not receiving sufficient subsistence fur his troopifrom the Russians, General Kutosow replied, that he had not engaged by the armistice to supply provisions to any corps of the Turkish army, but ve i that which was blocked up in the island of Slobodse ; that is in tentioe was not,'and couldnot be,.to afford supplies of necessaries to the garrison Of Rusikluick ; and that consequer.tly the amount of the rations would nocbe , augmented, is. also that any fuittitir applications on th at,l,ead mould be useless. . NAPLES, DEC. 9. We linve extracted from eome Sicilian Journals the ; following details of tile ultetior effects of the eittp- ' *ion of if,tna e On Sunday, the 9.7dt of October, several mouths opened en the eastern side of trite Inonntairt ; thew openings, siteate almost ge s . tue same tine, and ar,equal distances, prewined (o the eye it spectacle the mod hopfsmg—torrents of burning matter, die.' charged w i t h the,groatest force froM the interior of the irbleand; Nominated the horlion to a great distance. One of thew aper tures was a considerable' distance from 'all the other*, The set-e rater was about 309 toises beneath tte :rater, and about one' IM 'I from then ointeled Ganel I.aeo; five others were sttuateln a I lige in O direettein'of the Valley of Oxen ((kJ Rave). 'I be crop. I tifin of tl.exe l i r Ave lasted the whole nie l it ; an immense wan- I tity of mee.ter era{ discharged from them, which was driven to consitlerable distances. 'I hey how tvrr ceased the following day I to cast forth any lava: . The first aperture evenil 'he 1h of DeAember2 teeetnit torrents of fire i and, at the tme sOsen Ms mouth TMd Ole appearance of being stopped, there sud denly issuiff from Is clones of ashes, which descended -in the form of rein upori l the 'city of eatana aad its environs-, and upon the ilea eipate at a very }rent distance. The current of the lava weir gill yen sloe, irasimicii in the space of nine earl it 'bad I scarce Owed ov, r three miles , an d bad onl y retched the rock i * rilledielle Ca p e (tbe Goat's). Armen g, risenabl.ng that of the ' f a c a In t h e tabor nt: •4 tempest, was heard In the interior of th e Mountain. Th'q !squill!, accompanied from tittle to time with dre f diol e xplosions restrblirs th under, re -epluied thro the ughp Art ot ire vadite, laut %pi vid tenor on every tddr. Pieliwas • :.t d situation of Moio t Bole on the lath vit. lite ertiption It: it:minuet: s tud exclied itorS of * mint terrible disgstetei.. Til. EVENING STAR. THE ARMY. ~, , of oflirers of the regular army and na v y , d y in g in the service :- .. .---,.. 1 a so the sons of ..(facers of the rrzular army, ha vin g the rank of a Wit have often had applications from famil:es of suba'tern• These are educated, clothed, and supported, UNier I particular rules, at the expellee of the It .. .vita:ion, fora period of military men, or those connected with them, for in- i four years, or until they have attained a certain proirzss in eau formation as to the mode of gaining admission f.i 1 cation to rend.r them el gibk to the holding of a commission ae ybung men into the . Military College at Marlow, the i c ome or E ns i g n. Naval College at Portsmouth, the Naval Asylum at ' 9. T. Class comprises the Sors of Officers or the Navy or Greenwich, and the Military Asylum at Chelsea., . Army, nor under the rank of a Captain, who each contr:bute a ' certain yearly Subscription, apportione t to tiw rank, &n. of their We are extremely happy to ha ve it in our p ower to respective fathers, accardin g to the followieg Kee : diffuse through the country a knowl ed g e of the means 1 A. For the Sort of a Captain on the Half-pay, XlO per am. by which those entitled to admission into these excel- 1 B. Ditto ditto Full-pay, £5O Itto. lent Institutions may obtain it. We have reason to 1 C. Ditto Yield Officer on Half-pay, ,CtO di to. know that in distant parts of England this is vary ; D. Ditto ditto Full-pay, .4.10 ditto. E. Ditto General Oili est , £6O ditto. desirable. In many parts of Irel and and Scotland i s. The remaining Class of 9entlemen Cadets,, are tl e rot of these Institutions are hardly kn own b y name. We '.Noblemen or Gentlemen, not of the mlli.atry p:olts.1911.- . shall commence with • Theis psi a Subscription of £lOO per annum. THE ROYAL MILITARY COl.l rcE. Each candidate must bring a certificate of goof This college is placed under the direction of a Board of Commissioners , consi stin g , p rinci p all y , of I coat:hitt from his last schoolma ster. I No -young man, we believe, is admitted at the General Officers ; and is composed of two separate • college. under the age of 13, nor above 13 years: branches, or departments , unde r the g eneral controul ; and a sati-factory document, or certificate, is to be and superintendence of a G o v e r nor and Lieutenant- , r educed off his age, under the signature of the clec• Governor, who are both military officers. The fi rst, gyman of the parish where the beptisrn was register or Senior• Departmen t, is fixe d at .Hi g h W y comb ; ed. In cases where the candidate shall have beer the second, or Junior Department, at Great Marlow, born in foteige parts, some oiler authentic and eta • at the distance of five miles. cienerestimonial is said to be necessarily expected, es SENIOR DEPARTMENT. thOexact age of the party. Moreover, in This department is under the immediate superb:. , 11141);ish 'cases where the young matt is less than four fe et n ' ne tendance of a Military Command ant, and is intended , inches in height, the parent or guardian futniehes an to afford instruction to officers of the regular army, l affidavit that the candidate is not under the age et who have served a certain length of time with their regiments ; namely, for three year s on forei g n, or for i 13 years. candidate, we are infornusa, undergoes art four years on licme service. They are instructed inl • E ver y examination to qualify ; him for admission : and he the different scientific parts of m ilitar y education un cannot be received unless he is perfectly chaster cf tier competent teachers, and are perfected in such the Latin and English Grammer, and all the rules branches as will render them eligible for holding Si- of . Syntax ; also of the first four ruler of Arithmetic, tuations on the staff of the army in the department of viz. simple and compound Addition, -Subtractitr, the Quarter -Master-General. The studies in which I Multiplication, and Division : and he must likeevil they are employed comprise th e theor y and exempli- ser . to a very good hand. fication of those branches of scienc e more p articularly , Every Cadet on his entry, is supplied by his friend; relating to the military profession ; such as g eornt try, welt a first suit of uniform ; also with busks and i► . trigonometry, algebra, and some ale r mathematical suuments : and tee fallowing articles, which are to acquirements ; tortificatioin military d; awing, sin'- be kept up, viz. ,eying, castrametation, &c. ; besides a knowledge of Eight frilled Shirts the French, Spanish, and German languages. Eight Pocket Handkerchiefs. To render candidates eligible for admission into Seven pair of Co:ton Half Stockings. this deparuncnt, is is necessary, we are told, that Sec ca di:to Worsted ditto. their applications to the Governor should be strictly eis 'funds. conformable to the regulations of th e institution, and Four Four pair of long Drawer!. that they' should be accompanied by sufficient testi- Night Caps. Three pair of Shoes. monials of their moral conduct, and industrious-ha- A Bible and Prayer Book. bits, to be furnished by the Colonel or Commanding Dreseing Articles, &c. Officer of their respective regiments: and, before 01:e Black Leather Trunk. . they are received, it is expected that the y II have No Cadet can be withdrawn from the college with. previously attained a competent e ro g iestive know- out permission from the Governor. ledge in arithmetic, comprehending at the least a The Gentlemen Cadets are supplied with packet money from their friends, at the rate of item Is. 6d. perfect acquaintance with vulgar and decimal frac tions, &c. to 2c. Gd. per week, according to their ....ending at The circle of studies at Wyc omb is su pp osed to the college. have beets completed within a period of two years, No Cadets at the college, we are furti:er teld, is from the first entrance of the candidate; but on oc- precluded from obtaining a commission by purchase: casions where their progress shall have been inter. and nothing short of a total want of talent and appli. rupted by ill health, or unavoid able obstacles, a p ro- cation can hinder any y sung man , however frie ndl e ss, from becoming sufficiently advaeced in education to longation of stay at the colleg e mi g ht be p ermitted. entitle him to a gratuitous commiss ion within t h e Students at this department ar e required to contr . - bute to the college an annual subscription of thirty prescribed period; if his conduct is otherwise tlex. guineas, serving to lighten the expence of instruction: ceptionable. . this is to be deposited in the-hands of the Agent in The Gentlemen Cadets are instructed, under the i London. • . most able and scientific professors and masters, in In order to enable them to p rosecute with greater the different mathematical sciences; h istorical, cies facility the practical knowledge of militat y-p: en sical, and geographical knowledge ; ilirtifieetinn, drawing, sketching from nature, &c. &C. eacii stn- laneLcape and military drawing; G erman and French dent, during the cone nuance of the course, is permit, ! , languages, te..cing, &c. Add to this a strict :Wen - ted to receive an equivalent to an allowance clfarage tion to the correct conduct and morals of the student s. for one horse, and also the regulated army allowance Th e nhele body of Cadets are distributed nun corn of ledging money , fire can dl e an d tor one room. I panics, under careful and compet ent officers; and They are required to furnish all books and mathe- are thoroughly-instructed in the perfect use of arms, matical instruments at their awn expence. and in the entire duties and manoeuvrings of a bane- After completing their course of studies, we are I lion of infantry. given to understand that the students intended for I All applications for the admission of young men, examination have been hitherto brought lot ward for Iwe Believe, should be made to the Go v ern o r , at that purpose twice in the year in the p resence of a ; Marlow. Candidates arc received at the college on regular Delegation or Committee frcm the Board of the first Tuesday of every month, .excepting in the Commissioners, usually consisting at least of the vacation months of January and July. Commander-in-CLief, the Adjutant and Quarter- We understand that orphan Cadets, and the sore Master-General, &c. besides the Governors and eu- of certain officers of the army, are liberally perms perior Officers of the Institution. On such occesionsl te a to remain during the vacations, to be supported the successful candidates, after passing the ordeal of and instructed at the expence of the Institution. examination, are provided with adequate certificates, It is expected, that when the Royal Military Cul. setting fortletheir respective attainments and quell& lege has been removed to the magnificetit bailei e r e ; cations, signed by the individual members of the now erecting at Sandhurst, the establishment et Committee. I Gentlemen Cadets will be auzmented by the ad.:i- The establishment is at present calculated for the I tion of another Company, in the course of about a reception of only thirty students, none of whom, by I year. Thus will an enlarged and more extensive the existing laws, have the liberty of withdrawing basis be afforded to this useful National Institution, from the college, without previous permission from I to answer the great object in view, namely, the ter the Commander-in-Chief, obtained through the Go- motion of the Officer, beyond the means whic h it vernor of the Institution. I could command at any former period. JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. This establishment, we find, was instituted with a view to the care and education of young men, not under the age of thirteen, who are exclusively intend ed to embrace the military profession, and to serve as officers in the regular army ; and who are denomi. nated Gentlemen-Cadets. . ' The principle on which this institution was origi- I nally founded is unquestionably a very liberal one, and highly characteristic of a great and enlightened' nation. Three descriptions of young men, we learn, ate admitted at this department under certain regu lations, adapted to their peculiar circumstances. 1. The first is .44 to comprehend the legitimize ore.% sons By accounts just received from off Brest, we learn that during a heavy fog, two French frigates had skulked into that port, supposed to have escaped from Batavia. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the under-mcntirued Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for tki: respective destinations, viz. Captain Caaatt s °matt, Royal George; Captain W• 1. MOFFAT, WICICheISCA ; Captain JOHN LOCILt. jun. David Scot t ; Captain ROBLIT Cuffnells-7vladras and anus Captain Ataxastnaa Roast - nom, Swat Castle—Prince cf Wales's island and Cblna. Captain M. CRAM was sworn into the command Of the ship Elphinstone, consigned to China direct. p LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. liocr IN wocctirs.iipol , !ay at the Exchequer, Bank, Rut ludta a;nl :3.kwh-Sea lioutes. French Papers to the 21th inst. have arrived in town. They contain some most important informa tion. The Conservative Senate held an extraordi nary Session on the 20th instant, in which a Decree was made for calling out the Conscription cif 1812. One'hundrecl and twenty thousand additional French troops have thus been placed at the disposal of the IMinistcr at War. - - The waste of the war in the Peninsula must have rendered some measures for the effectual recruiting of the French army indispensably necessary ; but as that waste had not very recently been aggravated by any unusual losses, there could have been no necessity for an 'extraordinary meeting of the Senate. That gradual diminution of the numerical amount of the French army, which required not to be made up arty time these two months pa.t, could not on the sudden become so urgent on the 20th of December, as to re quire the Senate to be called together out of the re gular course, for the purpose of making provision for recruiting the army. Some other cause then must • be assigned for this extraordinary proceeding, which, whatever may be the effect of the exterminating war in the Peninsula, must be looked for elsewhere. The rumours which we have repeatedly mentioned of Russia being on the eve of assuming a warlike • poAure seem therefore to gain additional credit from the above circumstance. Some few letters have been received through a pri. vate channel from Riga, and we are happY to learn, that there is no foundation for what has been stated of the promptitude of the Russian Court to manifest a dispcsition of hostility to the commerce with this country, on the disappearance of our fleet in the Baltic. The dates are to the 16th November, and at that time the Bay of Riga was open, and colonial produce was admitted, under the same restrictions to which it was before exposed, and nu difficulties have been intruded on the trade, of which we bad not been long since apprised. We announced, yesterday, in the greater part of our impreision, that the vile miscreant William:, who there can be no doubt was one of the murderers of the families of Marr and Williamson, bad escaped the public infliction of Justice, by suicide. The par ticulars will be found in the account of the Coroner% inquest, given in another part of our Paper. We may be allowed to remark, and the suggestion we hope will be acted upon on any future occasion, that the means of self-destruction should not be left in the power of such a wretch : nay more—indivi duals placed in such circumstances should not be left alone, for a moment, till the safety of the public is sucured, by the demands of justice being satisfied. May we not be allowed also to suggest, that pub lic justice and public safety demands that some sort of public stigma, more permanent and memorable than burying in a cross-road, should be inflicted on !ha body of this notorious criminal. We kizow not the whole extent of the Coroner's powers ; but cer tainly it extends thus _fir at least, that the stake driven through the body may be of the form and height of a tall gibhist- The hint we have given embraces important con sequences, but the protection of the public is a mat ter of still greater magnitude. It is plain as the light u£ noon-day that this largo - mettopolis is not protected as it ought to be. The public . alarm is great, and, unhappily, but too well founded. We need a PRE VENTIVE POLICE to guard us from the assaults of Midnight murderers; and until this species of p•otec don can be provided, we ought to enjoy that protec tion which )tight be derived from parties of military , acting under the direction of the civil Magistrates, as nightly guards and patroles to the Isletro?olis. _ There can be no sound objection to such a measure. The Military are paid for the protection they afford .to the public ; and, in fact, they perform the part of citizens, when they act under the command of the civil Magistrates. We have plenty of them, almost in a state of idleness. Let them be employed for the public seem ity. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT gave a handsome dinner to some of his tradespeople and his household, 3t Carlton Palace, on Christmas-day. The table ab•'iunded with good English cheer, consisting chiefly of roast beef and plum-pudding, with turkeys, and tiro haunches of venison. The .REGatiT's Park is rapidly preparing. The Circus is completely formed, and enclosed by an oak paling, The workmen arc at present employed in planting laurels, fiis, and other evergreens. The ride round the Circus is nearly made ; the latter is inter sected by other roads, the principal of which leads to the New-road, opposkte Portland-place. The Palace of Cassel has, as we have stated, lately been in a great measure destroyed by fire. The citi zens, it is said, presented a loyal Address to the King JEANIE BoNAEAPTE, and to his consort, on the occa sion, offering to rebuild the edifice at the expence of the city, This offer JEROME declined, but allowed his con Soft to accept a present, tendered for the purpose of snakily good the losses sustained by her Majesty, • .