Star. — London, England, 1816-12-24 00:00:00

FR EPIC!! PeIPER&• PARTS, DECEMBER 20. His Majesty has no longer any attack of the gout, and there i \ every reasop to hope, that by the Ist of Jaauary he will receive the homage of his C ourt and of the Authorities. Yesterciasy the Duke de Richelieu tta; sa .t ;less with his Majesty. Yesterday his Majesty heard Mass in his apart ments, and afterwards received the Spanish Attibas- sador. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth of the Duchess d'Angonleme, several Ambassadors, Minis ters, Marshals of France, and other great personages, paid their respects to her Royal Highness. The mar ket-women of Paris and Versailles presented nosegays to the Princess, which she condescended to receive wi , h much kindness. The 19th of December has also been the Anni versary of the dt..parture of this august Princess horn the Tower of the Temple. in which she bad been confined. 'Several Journals have announced the departure of M. de Talleyrand for Valengay ; we can positively state that this news is without foundation. On Tuesday next the second Council of War will try the ex• General Savuy, Duke of Rovigo, for con. tumacy. . . • The Russian Army hav in g caused some injury to the inhabitants in the district of Avesnes, during the time of their late manoeuvres, General W. ronzow 1..1s given orders fur ascertaining the amount of the damag and indemnifying the offerers. One of the brigands who stopped the mail on the road to Rambouillet is in the hands of justice, and the police is in pursuit 44 the others. The diligence from Rennes to P aris, with property for the Royal Treasure, was stopped near Verneuill on the night of the 7th by several armed men ; but another mail that was behind coming up at the time, the robbers mistook it for an escort of gendarmerie. l and betook themselves to flight. Next day several of these malefactors were taken. The ship Ernest, from the Isle of Bourbon to Havre, on the Ist of December, fell in with, about twenty leagues from the Island of Tercera, a sloop in a dismantled and abandoned state. She seemed tb have been laden with rum. On her stern was the Ilibernia of Portonoug:. • CHAMBER OF PEERS. BULLETIN o}' THE 19TH DECESIBER. At two o'clock the Chamber m.rt. The Minister of Finance, accompanied by Baron pudon, State Counsellor, presented to the Chamber the project of the law adopted yesterday by the Cham ber of Deputies, relative to the provisareal receipt of the four-twelfths of the contributions of 11U 7. The project was sent to be examined by the bureaux, and the Chamber, at the demand of several Members, ordered that it should take the measure into its con sideration after the examination. The preject h wing been examined, the discussion was opened, and the prrjra having experienced no objection, it was adopted by 125 votes out of 130. Repents on the laws relative to the effects of divorce, and to the separations'of persons, were respectively made by Count Abrial and M. Deseee, and ordered to be printed and distributed. The Chamber then adjourned to Tuesday next. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIE , . SITTING OF THE 19TH DECEMBER. The Sitting opened at half-past twelve, and the process verbal of the preceding day being read, M. REVIRRE, the Reporter, addressed the Chamber. —"The Central Committee which you have com manded to examine the project of the lass, enabling our Ecclesiastical establishments to receive donations, bate charged inc to present to you the result of our observations. 64 The task thus imposed on me would intimidate my inexperience, it I presented myself at this tribune, to .develope the principles which demonstrate the benefits of this law for the interests of our country; but it was even here, it was before you, Gentlemen, that these principles have been explored. Here was opened the prolific fountain of that wisdom which has' dissipated so many errors and vanquished so many prejudices. " Could we fear after that that you would not be disposed to invest the most useful establishments with the power claimed in their favour ? 64 No, Gentlemen, and if the direct means are wanting whereby you could endow them properly, we are confident that you will hasten to render them ca pable of receiving the gifts of piety. " We do not dissemble the effects which the change of our laws in this respect will produce on certain minds. They apprehend, as the consequence of this, capability that is now required, a new birth of the ancient order of the clergy, with all its prerogatives, the patrimony of families invaded, and that an acti vity altogether temporal will succeed the religious zeal of our pastors ; they fear that these men of Goa will become men of the world, that they will sally abuse their fortune, and excite among their neigh bours ruinous disputes. " The reproach of exaggeration is not the only one that might be made to these vain terrors ; they absolutely' ant foundation, and prove that such ter rors could arise only by not separating the past from the present, and by neglecting to appreciate the in fluence of the present on the future. We art no longer in 1788. New institutions, which we derive from the Charter, oppose the resurrection of ancient abuses. 44 Must we be alarmed at the invasions with which we are menaced, and which are said to be the infalli ble result of priestcraft ? The affections of families, and the spirit of the age, will alone answer such an objection. And will not the indispensable necessity of the King's permission for every species of dona tion, he sufficient to inspire us with perfect confidence ? 44 Are we to exclude our Ecclesiastical Establish ments from the power of acquiring property, under pretext of their zeal becoming cold ? Let us not stop at this strangely anticipated picture of the inte rests of fortune which do not exist. Their opulence has an adversary in the principles of selfishness more formidable than our laws; and if some souls, hap pily preserved from the general contagion, still open their hearts to the misfortunes of the Ministers of oar Alt a rs, we have not to dread the influence on their morals of the gifts which shall result from them ; the widows mite, and the crumbs that tall from "J my in to de benefi but i. that t opens dissip preju rr dispo the p fr want are c pabli 4, , of of mint capa ancii the pity zeal will abut bou, te one absi TOTI the flu 4 lon fro we bit an ob of tic us Pr it, re ha fa Pi dh will be their only ;eller; some bad rich man's tab le,. tame.. A last objection has arisen 1911 a system too destntctive. It is desired. that thatc should Gut the public treasure hold nothing in property. ,should support their existence. " But would moderate and precarious salaries be sufficient to assure the independence and dignity they ought to enjoy ? It is precisely this state of debase ment into which the Clergy haie fallen that has removed from this profession persons the best in• ' formed. There exists in the present day as much repugnance in permitting our children to embrace that profession as there formerly was anxiety.—Thus the evil daily increases, and our altars will soon be come neglected. 4, The Committee is unanimous for the double power conferred by the Project, but with some ver bal alterations. di The words, " legally authorized." contained in the first Article might one day be falsely interpreted, although the Minister gave us every assurance on this point in his exposition of the motives. The Com mittee purpose a clearer expression. " The following is the Article, as amended by the Committee: " ART. 1. Every Ecclesiastical gstablibhment recognized by the I ,aw, or authorized at the present day by the Government, and those which the 14w will recognize in future; may accept with the permission of the King, moveable or immoveable property, and annuities, which may be given to them Ay deed during the lives of the onors, or by las: will and testa/deur," The Report was ordered to be taken into conside ration on Monday next. M. BOCRDEA V, Reporter of the Law Project on Elections, mouisted the Tribune—All persons said he, well disposed towards the Monarchy and legitimacy, would wish to secure the Charter upon the basis of Representative Government, and the organization of the Electoral Colleges. The Reporter developed the numerous inconveniences which result from two pro ceedings of election. The assemblies of Cantons and of Arrondissements having to nominate too great a number of electors, perhaps 60 or 100, their pro ceeding would be difficult and incessant. The elec tors also would be required to reside too long in little towns, which were often crowded to excess. The Committee, to remedy the inconvenience, had pro posed the adoption of the principle laid down in the I project of the law which recommended one proceed ing of election only ; consaquently all those who con ' tribute 300 francs would not be convoked in the same place, but distributed in parts which elected deputies. To prove the possibility of distribution, the Com mittee reported the number of contributors of SOO francs in 62 Departments. The fact was, Lille con tained 4000 electors, and Paris more than 12,000 ; but in all the other Departments they did not exceed 2800. In the greater part there were not more than 400, or 600. The average was 1000 in each. As soon as the Reporter had ceased reading the Report, a great rush of Members took place to the Bure-at to inscribe their names for the purpose of speaking for and azainst the Report. We remarked among them M. Villele, Corbieres, Bellart, &Okla, Raves, Sec. The following is the substance of the amended arti cles :—ln the contributions paid by an elector as a qualification, there shall be included all those which he pays in every part of the kingdom; also those paid on account of his wife, unless the husband and wife are separated, and on account of his children during their minority. The political residence of every French man is in the same department with his real residence. The Prefect of each department shall make out the list of the Electors, vhich shall be printed and posted up during the first three months of each year. The doubts respecting the enjoyment of civil or political rights shall be decided by the royal Courts. The Committee of each Electoral College, is to consist of a President appointed by the King, four scrutators, chosen by lot from the Members; and a Secretary. appointed by the President.—The Sitting of the Elec toral Colleges will be for ten days at most. The Electors shall vote by delivering in lists containing the names of as many as are to be chosen. No person can be elected unless he has a number of suffrages equal to one half of the Electors whose votes shall have been expressed, and if that number is not equals to one fourth of all the Electors composing the College. The President declared, that there would be no public sitting before Saturday. The Chamber then adjourned. It is said, the motion of General Ernouf relates to the Colonies. PRIVATE LETTERS. " PARIS. DECEMBER 16. I M. Mcnars de St. Jean, the leader of the insur gents in La Vendee, has at length surrendered. He was taken into custody within a few leagues from Paris, as he was repairing thither in obedience to the commands of the Count d'Artois. Patronized as he is by the latter, it may be presumed that he will under go no trial, but will be simply subjected to a tempo rary coninement, and then promoted to another ap pointment. This Vendean Chief was some time since employed as Secretary to the Minister of Police upon the recommendation of the Duchess d'Angouleme, whom he attended last year into the South, when she attempted to raise a force in that quarter against naparte. Upon her quitting France, he was sent into Spain to solicit an asylum tor the Duc d'Angouleme. It does not appear, however, that the whole of the insurgents have laid down their arms; for recent ac cgunts state, that a tonsiderable force still holds out id the Marshes of St. Gilles, situated in the Lower Poitou. The emblem of insurrection is this time the green cockade ; the insurgents profess allegiance to no other than Char!:: tie lest. The original plan of their Chiefs was to have raised, besides the undisci plined peasantry, three regular bodies, bearing the names of Regiment of Monsieur, Regiment of An gouleme, and Regiment of the Lys; but this general plan has been defeated, not less by the discord pre vailing between themselves than by the measures adopted by Government to oppose it. ' There has existed, it appears, ever since the in surrection of last year, a schism in the Vendean party. Those who carried on the war during the French Revolution, and who were again headed by M. de la Roche Jacquelin in 1815, bear strong enmity and jea lousy to those who, headed by M. Sapineau and M. d'Autichamp, treated separately with Bonaparte before the battle of Waterloo, and who nevertheless have reaped all the rewards and honours that might be due to a faithful adherence to the cause. The difference of conduct in the two Vendean armies on that occasion, and.the difference of reward obtained biryisitoh:mamalCsothuert,pawritlyl.prove a lasting sourc e of di " The King has been seriously ill, notwithstanding s th e e l dfraeqcuaebni paravraphs in the Papers, stating that he n a c pn l tdo o mt n r s : t o l; day , aacpot received :h a ; u v y s e i d d n s ° s e t w t i g e i tntlhd Mi nisterss a last fi t of the gout, and spread general alarm through me noanthatninrihCeBium the Thuillei ies. " Count Rostopchin, thewell-remembered Governor of Moscow in 1812, who is at present at Paris, ex rpctietssed. d , a ish w e i p sh cr o so n n h to is w ar h r o iv in al b , a to ap se pl e ie M d f.odrethTisalplenyr: pose, attempted to dissuade him from visiting the Es-Minister, by representing his present critical situa iron in regard to the Court. It matters little to me,' replied the Count, whether he is in disgrace with the Court, or the Court is in disgrace with him, ce seen pas Phonsme du jour qui je neat war, eat I'homme It, sleek: ge The Commission which has to report on the new divorce law (by which, divorced persons are prohi bited from contracting fresh marriages, and recom mended, on the contrary, to renew their former union), applied to the Chancellor, M. d'Ambray, to know which wile, a man who had been twice di. vorced, was to conjoin himself with again, whether the wife of the first marriage or of the second ; to which query, the grave Magistrate gave the follow ing solution : la phajolie. 4g The following few facts will serve to chew how consistently the liberal system is at present pursued : The son of M. de Montalivet, the Ex-Minister of Napoleon, has been denied admission into the Poly. technical School, upon the ground of the ba d politi cal conduct and opinions of his family. Another youth, the son of a very eminent character, has had his application also rejected, on account of his being of illegitimate birth. 46 M. le Thien, a very celebrated painter, formerly Superintendaat of the French Students at Rome, was lately elected a Member of the Institute, for the class of Fine Arts. This nomination the King has refused I to sanction, upon the ground of that Artist having 'taken the national cockade at Rome, during the late usurpation. " You will see by the following Ordonnances so r ecently issued, that Governmen t pay not a little at tention to religious matters : 44 Royal Ordonnance approving the foundation of a Convent of Ursulines at Clermont.Ferraud for the education of young persons of the female sex, and empowering the Superior of that establishment to accept a legacy of 600 francs in the name of the community.—Paris, 18th Sept. 1816. 66 Royal Ordonnance authorising the re-establish ment of the Convent of Notre-Dame de la Fliche, and the acceptance by the Superior of that Convent, of the house called de la Madeleine, situated at la Fliche, and given by the St. Bodin, atc.—Paris, Sept. 18, 1816. 64 Royal Ordonnance' by which the Chapel of St. Roch, situated in the Department of the Rhone, is opened to public worship as a chapel of devotion, and which the Treasurer thereof is empowered to accept ten acres of land bequeathed by the Sieur Per. ret, kc.--Paris, 18th Sept. 1816. " Royal Ordonnance authorizing the acceptance Of a piece of land, situated at Lamballe, and be que.itheJ by the Sieur ',nether to the holy congre gation of Saint Thomas-de-Villeneuve. —Paris, 18th Sept. 1816. " Royal Ordonnance authorising the;acceptance of an annuity of 225 francs, bequeathed by the Sieur Grenier to the Church of St. Marguerite Bavi, in the department of the Seine.—Paris, 18th Sert. 1816. g ‘ Royal Ordonnance authorizing the Seminary of Mans to accept the farm of MandeffAus, situated in the Parish of Anvers le Hamon —Paris, 18th Sept. 1816. Royal 01 donnance importing that the ancient Conv.iimal-house of the Dominican Order of the Cross, situated at Paris, rue de Charonne, shall be re ' stored to the Institution, &c."—Paris, 25th Sept.lBl6. MADRID, NOVEMBER 22. ts I have just learnt, with certainty and indigna tion, that an information has lately been lodged with this Government against General Esp o z y Mina, ac cusing him of being the author of a second conspiracy. The infamous denunciator is a Spanish refugee of the name of G—, a lawyer and native of Navarre, who was in the service of Joseph Napoleon, as a Member of the Criminal Court of PamplonN, in the exercise of which charge he incurred the execration of those of his own party through his excesses and inhumanity. The object of this information is to ob tain, by so vile a means, permission to return to Spain. One of the chief instigators and patrons of this nefa rious plot, is Dr. Justo P— P—, a person equally detestable, although he had not followed the French party, but who has enjoyed great favour and rewards from having been one of the principal instruments used by Ferdinand in the establishment of his exist ing system of despotism. 6. It is extremely painful to see, that persons of so much merit as Espoz y Mina, one of the most illus. Inis defenders of Spain, should be thus persecuted, for merely having sought - to undeceive the King, and remove from around him persons who had never done any good either for him or the nation. You are well aware that the above General, as well as Count Toreno, whose merit and probity are equally well known to his countrymen in Paris, were lately ob liged to endure a confinement of twolinonths thsough a similar calumny, and, alter all, were liberated and declared innocent.. As the first attempt to ruin these two illustrious exiles did not succeed, and the views of the audio* were thus frustrated, undoubtedly they have set their' brains to work on a fresh scheme in order to see if c a e c a n t now il , cteahi b e comesteodciu estab lish n fsotir P they are eventually able to undermine the character e and reputation of men who have deserved so well of their country, and who enjoy the privations of exile with so much fortitude and philosophy. Such das tardly and insidious attempts as the one here alluded to, ought to be known to the upright of all nations, is order that abhorrence of this system of denuncia. tion may be expressed, since the publicity of similar ofart on, o,p pd press, bc op pr essed e set .againsts defenc e wdsdtai: considered hpaipseSpain Spaniardsitwhichhntspe uyotgbofhhuluesai guardian ricnetdi free y n eir at o y u is ortalloyt to c a o o p f ri a tr l y pe t r o t e h t l e a h s s e , ever ß rii r i bees s t . has never. been backward in the defence of the winged's( an Commies." • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT *MEI .V (MUM Reduced SlM—Cons. mo. shut—Conv. or up 4. 63!1 • 4 per Cent. 7841-5 per Cent. Navy shut Exchequer Billy, 4.. 7s. pr.—lndia Bonds 14s. I Si. pre. At a late hour last night the Paris Papers of F. day last came to hand, and this morning we receie l i the Moniteur of Saturday. The law which passed the Chamber of Deputies relative to the provisional rece;pt of the first f our twelfths of the conti;butions for 1817, has b een adopted by the Chamber of Peers, by a majority of 125 to 5. In the Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies e n Thursday, M. RIvLERE presented the Report of th e Commission charged with the examination of the L aw concerning Ecclesiastical Establishments. It recurs. mended its adoption, under certain amendments. In our opinion, the passing of this law augurs not well for the stability of the pre.seilt order of thin gs . The time is past in which communities can be brough t to acquiesce quietly in the transfer of family property, which should be inherited by the wiandorphaes of the deceased, to htle ecclesiastic:. We venture to predict, that the time is not very distant in which it will be found necessary prevent the clergy f rom preying on the weakness and fears of t h e i m b ecile and dying, by disqualifying the clergy from mix ing any gratuities or donations but eiti , er from the State or in the shape of a regular salary from th e i r congregations. M. BOURDEAU, on the part of tl , e Cornmissi,, n which the Law Project upon 1 7 ,:ectiet)s h td been re mitted, also stated, in a very aWe report, the grounds on which the Commission recommended it for ad3p tinn. A few modifications were submitted, but nf:-, ! in anywise affecting the general principle of the 1.1?-, as proposed by Ministers. Immediately on the Re. port being concluded, a great number of 'Members rushed forward to inscribe their names to speak elm the discussion. The Chamber resolved to take it into consideration on Thursday next. The Moniteur of Saturday is chiefly =spied with a copy of the Report of the Commission on the Law of Elections. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS. By the Mails of this morning we learn, that there have been some disturbances on the frontier of West Flanders, occasioned by the badness of the Bread on the French side of the line. The inhabitants of French Flanders endeavoured to procure be:ter, by purchasing in frontier towns of the Netherlands, the inhabitants of which, apprehensive of makiag their own supply fall short, have been resisting thew. In some of the French frontier towns there have been riots, in which the soldiers and populace ac.ell in concert, and forced the sellers to take such pices as they dies, to give. We are concerned to state, that tie i l..gue tinues to spread its desolating ravages throughout Albania. The Emlreaort of Ausrnt.% irts ordered labeumt to be employed in digging and tano vi og die earth 1 where there may ke vestiges of ancient cltvernene. This measure, which has a double object in view, ' a wise one. It at once finds labour for the poor, ad .1 lays a foundation for incitements to travellers ti vist the country, and spend money among the inhabitants. , BRUSSELS, DF.t.;ENIBER is. For some days there 11.5 been a kind of alarm no the frontiers of West Flanders, and particularly at Menin. The inhabitants of French Flanders are is great want of corn ; they get therefore bad an.l dear bread, and come into our tri.ntier towns to buy bread that is better and cheaper. At the beginning this was not perceived, but as they have come of late in greater numbers lorthe same purpose, the inhabitants interfered, and by force hindered them from buying. The Magistrates however interfered between the parties, and have taken measures to prevent the repe tition of similar disorders. Within a few days seve ral detachments of Prussian troops have pasta through the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, to join the Army of Occupation in France. The garrison of Thionville has been reinforced by .500 men. Other detachments are divided ameg the cantonments along the Meuse. BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 18. The dearness of provisions has caused disturbances in several places on the French frontiers. The Go vernment has signified to the inhabitants that several cargoes of corn have arrived at Havre, dmtioed for the Allied troops in France , the cver p lus of 'hitt will be distributed among the inh abitants. All th purchases made by France are paid for in read money. The payment of the military contributio continues with the greatest A report has been spread in city that the res Chamber of the States-General had rejected the Ft* ject of the Law which has been presented to it by Of Second Chamber, relative to the prohibition of N exportation of corn. We believe we may affirm the these reports ate destitute of Inundation, since ey Central Section, charged to make a Report to th! First Chamber on this important subject, has not yd presented it. BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 21. In the Sitting of this day, the second Chamber 11.1 ceitred a Message from his M a j est y , accompaayinson I project of a law tending to p rohibit the exportati of con) by the land froatiq to coati whose it's • 111 P~ i n 'she .given while Las k e t of p o taif exceed told in dealer X 11! Alba vsges robui expel •hic TI 01.4 farm is a ~ -