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,~ 4 ; a FRENCH PRESS. ISEASURRS RELATIVE TO SUPPRISIED PRINTERS. An Imperial Decree of the 2d of February, 1811, contain.; the following RIZGULATIONS : The Printers retained in Paris are bound to purchase the Presses of the suppressed Printers; they shall pay for them ac. cording to the •aluation which shall be •ot upop them, within the period of one year, and by four instalments. Each of the retained Printers shell pay ono sixtieth of the total pries of this purchase. Immediately after the publication drills Decree, seals shall be affixed on the types belonging to the suppressed Printers. They may seU them, if they please, provided they are sold only to licensed Printers and Type.foanders. An indemnification shill be paid to the suppressed Printers by those who are retained. This indernnificatien is fixed at the rate of 4000 francs to every suppressed Printer. It shall form one general fund, which shall be divided among the suppressed Printers, in proportion to the extent and busit.ess of their printing establishment duly ascertained. For this purpose, the suppressed Printers shall be divided into slants. • This division into classes shall be made, and the indemnifies. dos Axed by a eonunission. Each of the 60 retained Printers *all pay &eluded' of the sum total Axed for the indemnification due to the suppressed Printers. Every ereditor of the suppressed Printers may object te the amount of the purchase-money, for the preservation of his tights. tl The Commission shall consist of the Inspector of the Imperial Press, who shall preside—of an Auditor of the Council of State, et two Inspectors of Books, and two Licensed Printers. Another Decree of the same date orders, that Prin. ten' Licences shall be delivered to them or; parchment by the Director General of the Press. The price of issuing these Licences is fixed at SO francs for Paris, and '25 hem for the other cities of the Empire, PARIS, FEBRUARY 4. Yesterday, his Majesty issued several Decrees rela tive to the Conscription. The first pf these Decrees orders, that out of the 120,000 Conscripts of 1811, (the calling ont of which is authorized by the Senatus Consultum of the 13th December, 1810,) EO,OOO *hall be put in motion, while the remainder form a reserve ; these 80,000 men shall be distributed over the 113 departments formed of Old France—Belgium, the countries on the left bank of the Rhine, Piedmont, and Liguria. The second Decree orders the calling out of 2365 Conscripts in the three departments of Tuscany, of the class of 1810, which comprises the young men born between the Ist of January and the 31st of Dew comber, 1790. The third Decree orders the calling out of 1000 Conscripts of the class of 1810, in the two departments of Rome. DIRXCTION-OENERAL OF THE POLICE IN HOLLAND. Many soi-disant dramatic societies have been shut, In consequence of superior orders by his Serene High ness the Prince Governor-General. It has been ac. knowledged, that, under any aspect, these societies could not be considered as a union of friends, or ora family, and that they were directed but by motives of speculation.—Such speculations are contrary to the principles of public order ; they essentially hurt the revenues of the town of Amsterdam, the interest of the National Theatres, and the advaneernent of the arts, Good taste, as well as good manners, cotkdemn them ; they, besides, by their multiplicity, render the snperintendance of the authorities very difficult.— I-lis Highness has decreed that all those societies should become the object of particular attention, and that the Police shut those, the institution or appear ance of which give reason for just complaints. r REMTUAZ or THE DEPARTMENT or TILE MOUTHS OP THE MEM.. The Prefect of the department of the Months of the Meuse, announces, in consequence of orders re ceived from his Serene Highness the Prince Governor , of the Departments of Holland on the su b ject , t o the I inhabitants of these departments— That a Commissary-General of Police has not the power to inflict a fine ; That it is his duty to *watch over and maintain public order, to correct the crimes which attack it, discover their authors, and deliver them up to justice; That a fine even in matters of police is not arbi. trary, it Is determined by law, and must be pro nounced by a competent judge. That the receivers of contribution must receive hut the sums fixed for contributions, or those which may be consigned to them by a competent authority. That a sum placed in a public chest, cannot be taken out but by the orders of the public functionary, whose duty it is to direct its movements. The most respectable employ cannot legitimate an unction made in defiance of law. (Signed) C. G. HUTTSIAR. RAGUSA, JANUARY s. The levy of the marines destined to serve on board the Mediterranean fleet, A few days ago, presented a spectacle as gratifying to every heart as it was ho nourable to our country, Few circumstances have better male known the excellent spirit nhich net mates the Itagusians, than their unbounded devotion to the orders of his Majesty the Emperor and King. .....Scarcely was the decree of his Excellency the Go vernor-General, which made known the intentions of / is Majesty, published, when the greater part of the sailors demanded by the levy offered themselves vo luntarily. The honour of having merited the regards of his Majesty, of being called upon to partake in the lahours and glory of the French marine, inspired them • with the most lively enthusiasm. Fifty who were drawn by lot, demanded permission to pass a few days with their families. Upon the day fixed upon for their return, not one was wanting ; they departed, accompanied by the benedictions and wishes of their country. So noble au enthusiasm, an exactitude so seinarkable, ma,, by us, be considered as a pledge for the fidelity and courage with which our brave cog:l -ump will serve the greatest of Sovereigns. SCHAFFHAUSEN, JANUARY go. Tlie public safety has been endangered in many cantons by bands of robbers, who commit numerous; rckheries and other disorders. These circumstances Lave induced several cantons of Northern Switzerland to take measures of precaution and safety, Similar Proceedings have also taken place in the cantons of Argovla, Basle, Zurich, eitc. It Is now derided, that. the Swiss Diet shall open vs formerly on the Ist of June next, and that previly to that epoch there shall be nofassenabling fror -hiesfe, 0 4 cantons isi an entmordipary pica. Oi! BEIVILTIO. JANUARY a. The mast recent intelligence from Turkey h of a peaceable nature, and the principal houses of Con stantinople, Salonica, and Smyrna, hops that the routes direct for the Austrian Empire will immedi ately be opened, and free as before the war. Last week Czerni Georges went with his Secretaries from his estate of Topolo to Belgrade, upon very important business. CONSTANTINOPLE, DECEMBER ST. The capital enjoys the greatest tranquillity, and every Berme of insubordination and discontent, on the part of the Janissaries, appears , to be stifled. We do not doubt, that the firm measures of the Sovereign, who caused the most seditious to be seized, will for a long time ensure the subordination of that body. It has been forbidden by the Grand Seignior, in consequence of the advanced state of pregnancy of one of the Sultanas, for ships ct war and others to salute the seraglio and the batteries of Tcphano as usual. The Captain of a corvette, who lately went out for the purpose of cruizing in the Archipelago, having, notwithstanding this command, saluted as formerly the seraglio with 21 pieces of cannon, was immediately arrested, as well as the Commandant of the artillery, by a felucca sent in pursuit of him.— He was brought back to the arsenal and put under arrest. According to intelligence from Adrianople, there have been formed at Ends, a town in Romania, at the mouth of the Mariza and the Archipelago, very ' considerable magazines for the wants of the army. Osman Effendi of the corps of the army of Nyssa, will replace Kiausch Basch', who died at Constanti nople. He is specially charged to use every endea vour in his journey by Philippolis, to terminate in a friendly manner, the quarrel which took place some time ago between two Ayans in consequence of a rivalship for power. STOCKHOLM, JANUARY C 2. Three Superior Officers who accompanied his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince here, have already set out for France, and it is thought the others will quickly follow. BERLIN.•JANUARY Q. Within these last few days they have commenced selling the merchandize deposited at the custom-house, the proprietors of which have not paid the duties of the tariff, VIENNA, JANUARY 19. Two couriers have successively arrived here from Constantinople, and brought intelligence down to the middle of December which is very interesting. They were also charged with many letters to the principal houses in the 'l'urkish ports, and above all, from Smyrna and Aleppo all agree in saying, that the Wechabites have lost two powerful protectors in the Pachas of Damas and Bagdad. Their progress is very dismaying to the Porte. We are assured that they have a numerous party in the provinces of Asia atic Turkey, and that their forces daily increase.— The Divan is alarmed, and cannot dissemble that net only all the reinforcements assembled in Asia, destined to join the army of the Grand Vizier, hare received orders to instantly march to Palestine and Syria ; but that also a part of the Asiatic troops, which were in the camp at Schumla, are to march and join the Ottoman troops destined to fight the re bels. The Governor of Egypt is also to send all the troops he possibly can. The situation of the Porte is extremely embarrassing; nevertheless, the dangers which threaten her from the part of the Wechabites appear the most urgent, and in order 'to employ all the forces against so formidable an enemy, it is thought that a treaty with Russia is less distant than ever. It is said that the Divan has at length come to the resolution of treating for peace ; that the Porte ' is ready to cede, should it be necessary, Moldavia, Bessarabia, and Wallachia, sacrifices indispensable,as the Russians are in possession of them, and have put all the places in such a condition that it would be very difficult to reconquer them. There is nothing mentioned concerning the fate of Servia. It is added that instructions have been sent to the Grand Vizier to hasten the negociations. 11111 r7RENCH 1.1. AND DUTCH PAPERS. FRENCH PRESS. rifi LIAIMENTARr P.ROCEIDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY so. One Private Bill was brought up front the Commons and read a Br.t time. • Mr. MITTORD, from the Treasury, prewnted certain Accounts relative to the Bounties paid on the Whale Fisheries, directed to be laid annually before Parliament, which were ordered to lie ou the Table. SCOTS APPEAL. This was an appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland, respecting the devise of real property; Johnstone, widow, v. Earl of Hopetoun. The LORD ADVOCATE and Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY were heard for the Appellant, and Mr. ADAM was partly heard for the Respondent. Further proceedings on Friday. MADDOX N. EURNE AND tYYRIENS. This was a Writ of Error from the Court of King's Bench. Mr. HEATH appeared as Counsel for the Defendants in Error, and no person appearing for the Plaintiff, the LORD CHANCELLOR confirmed the judg ment of the King's Bench, to the amount of 4150 damages and costs. TAUNTON'S DIVORCE BILL. The order for the further consideration of Taunten's Divorce Bill being read, The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, it was his intention to Move still further to postpone the consideration of this Bill, in order to afford the petitioner time to adduce fuller and more satisfactory evidence as to the fact of the adultery.— Their Lordships were aware, that though a verdict was obtained, and considerable damageswere awarded in the Courts below, that House was in the habit of having that degree of evidence which should prove satisfactory to their Lordships' mind, as to the impor. tant points in the case. He thought further evidence than was proposed the day on which the Bill was last tinder consideration might be necessary; and some of the witnesses who were examined before the Ecclesi astical Courts, and whose written testimony was before their" Lordships, might he examined viva tote at the Bar. He added that the clan* required by a recent Standing Order of the House, for prohibiting the mar riage of the Lady divorced, with the paramour on whose account the proceeding kook place, was duly included in the Bill. For the t turposes he had men. timed, his JArdsbip moped, tat the further consi• *ration of the Bill be deferred till Friday se'nnight. Pe 44 of gOligT° W l i r e p o lg4 1 40 Royal Hig'pness the Prince Regent's Answer to their Lord ships' Address of Monday last, importing that direc tions should be given 'accordingly. The Earl of LIVERPOOL. by command of his Royal Highness, then ?resented copies of the circular letter of the Chief Secretary for Ireland to the. siffer ent Sheriffs, &c. in that part of the United Kingdom, and also a copy of the circular letter of the Secretary of the Catholic Committee in Dublin to the different Counties in Ireland ; which, after a word or two across , the table from the Earl of Rosslyn, were ordered to be printed.—Adjourned till Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Leave was ;leen to bring in a Bill to erect Docks and to =skip Imprevementi upon the Harbour of Shoreham. Mr. Howorth, from the Exchequer, presented certain Ac counts of the Consolidated Fund and outstandiug Exchequer Bills, up to the sth of January 1811. Mr. Mitford, from the Treasury, presented certain Accounts and I'apers relative to Premiums and Bounties, pur,sant to order. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR presented a Petition from the Board of Agriculture, praying for public aid. Upon the motion of Mr. KENRICK, leave was riven to bring in a Bill for the better regulating the Officesof the Justices of the Peace within the Cinque Ports. The Bill was accordingly broiled up, and ordered to he printed. The Scotch Creditors' Bill was read a first and second time, odd ordered to be committed to-morrow. Leave was given to bring in a Bill for erecting Dock* end Warehouses in Rotherhithe, IRELAND. Mr. couLustratea presented a copy of the Circular Letter addressed by the Chief Secretary of State for Ireland to the Me. gistrates of that country, dated the 14th instant; and also a cap, of the said Secretary's Letter, addressed to the Secretary et Catholic Committee; pursuant to the order of the Hotssai.• These were ordered to be printed. CHANCERY SUITS AND APPEALS. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR stated, it was his intention, upon Thursday the Ttb of March, to renew .the notice of a motion given by him last yen.r, as to the Suitors in Clause', and also as to Appeals in the House of Lords. AULLUYS. Mr. VANSITTART wished to inquire of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Horner) when it was his intention to submit a motion on the subject to which the various papers for which he had moved upon a former night referred ? Mr. HORNER said, that it certainly was his in tention to move for a legislative measure on the Re port presented to the House by the Bullion Commit tee ; if that Report did not appear to his Right Hon. Friend to justify the motion he would no doubt act up to that conviction, hut as he (Mr. Horner) was satisfied in his own mind that it furnished ample ground, he should persevere in his intention. As to the particular day upon which he should bring the question before the House, he was not at present pre-. pared to state it. The accounts for which he had moved would not, he understood, be muff for home time; and those for which another Right Hon. Gen tleman had moved, were likely to create additional delay. For these reasons, he was apprehensive that he would not be able to bring forward his motion be. fore he returned from circuit; but certainly, if not , sooner, he would in the second week in April move, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the restrictions upon the Bank. Mr. ROSE expressed his regret that there should be any delay in so important a case, where it was of the utmost consequence that the decision of the House, be it what it might, should be come to as soon as possible: He would undertake that the Papers for which he had moved should be on the table in a few days. Mr. HORNER said he was perfectly aware of t h propriety of coming to a prompt decision, and assured the House that there was no wish upon his part to postpone the discussion; no other delay would take place, they might depend, than was necessary to bring the subject fully before them. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Estimates of the Army and . Navy were referred to the Committee of Supply. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. Lord FOLKSTONE wished to put a question be. fore the Speaker left the Chair, as to the state in which a certain prosecution then stood. He alluded to the, case of De Yonge, who was convicted some time ago of sending coin out of the country ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCI - ItQUER said,•that he could not give the Noble Lord any infnr rnation upon that subject; but there were some of his Colleagues who were present would probably be Al* to give him an answer. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. COMMITTEI OF SUPPLY. Mr. YORKE lose to move the usual vote of sea men the same in number as that of the last year.— The vote of last year granted 145,000 seamen, in cluding 31,400 marines; and it appeared to him that as many would be required now, for though our suc cesses in the Indian sea might seem to make a,smaller force necessary, the situation of the North and East of Europe must prevent, for the present, any consi derable reduction in that establishment. It should alo be recollected, that a long time must elapse before the return of the :hips from India, even if it were thought expedient to make any alteration in that respect. A change.had taken place last year in the manner of voting seamen. It was then conceived right to pro. vide for the victualling separately instead of includ ing it, as was formerly the practice, under the general head of wear and tear, and he should now propose the vote of supply upon the same principle. The ac tual number of marines for the present year surpassed the estimate in consequence of the volunteers who went out on the expedition to the Scheldt, but he should only require a vote of 145,000 for the sea ser vice altogether. - Mr. WHITBREAD said, be did not mean to op pose the vote, but could not help observing, that the estimates of the last year were printed ; he was sorry that was not the case in the present. As to the ne cessity contended for by the Right Hon. Gentleman, of maintaining so great a number of seamed, he was the more inclined to be dissatisfied with it, as so much .was stated in the course of last Session, particularly by one eight Hon. Gentleman, upon the propriety of looking to the naval establishment as one great source of public retrenchment. The eight Hon, Gentleman had mintioned our great successes in the Indian seas, but turning his attention from thence to the north of Europe, he had represented the force of i the enemy to be increasing M the Scheldt. On hear-, ing this declaration it was impossible to ayoid regret ting the ill success which attended all our attempt s . It bord 4tatea in rtideqee last year that the Bason of Flushing was destroyed, and now it was to be ap prehended that the enemy was collecting his force there. He should make no other remark upon those points for the present, but reserve himself for future opportunities. Mr. YORKE said, that the vote of this day refer. red merely to the wear and tear, and that the other parts would be brought forward as soon as possible. As to looking for any great or material retrenchment in the number of seamen, he was not one of those who reckoned on it with much assurance in the present si. Illation of Europe and of the war ; and as to the ope. Cations in the Scheldt, he still thought that great ad vantage was derived from them. The destruction of the Baum of Flushing enabled us to relieve our fleet from watching continually: and the Rason of Ant. werp had received great injury, which also contribut ed greatly to obstruct the enemy's designs. Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know, as the Right Honourable Gentleman said that the Bason of Flush.. ing was in the same state now as when the army left it, whether he intended to be understood as meaning that it was not practicable to French ships ? The Right Honourable Gentleman had observed that there was not now so much necessity for keeping the navy on the alert; surely, he thought, that was tan. tamount to saying, that a smaller number of ships would do. It was true Commodore Owen had said, that the operation in the Scheldt would not enable us to dispense with one single ship, or one single sea man ; but this perhaps was not the time for insisting upon those points, and therefore he should reserve himself for another. Mr. YORKE said, in answer to the Hon. Mem ber's question, that the Bason of Flushing was not practicable to ships of the line • he did not know whether the smaller vessels of di; enemy might, or might not, make any use of it. After a few words from Mr. WARD, the motion was agreed to ; and the following sums voted on the motion of Mr. YORKE: For wear and tear of the Noxy - 13,345,730 Fnr Victualling - • 4,000,000 For Ordnance 555,759 Lord PALMERSTONE rrove4 for the suet ef —3,000,000, fru. bis Majesty's Land Forces; and £4,000,000 for t h e MilitiA of Gam Britain and !rebind. Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to recommend any alteration in the system of the Local Militia ? Lord PALMERSTONE said it was the intention ,of Government to diminish the number of days of at tendance from three weeks to a fortnight, except in the case of those who had not served last year. Mr. WHITBREAD inquired whether any distinc tion was to be made between the trained and the un 'trained in the same corps ?--We understood his Lord. ,ship to have said that there was. Mr. WHITBREAD then called the attention of the Committee to the discipline of the Staff. A doubt he said existed in the minds of some, whether under the Militia Bill they had power to try by Court Mar tial, and that doubt produced bad effects upon the discipline of different regiments ; but the point to which he wished principally to advert, was the inflic. Lion of corporeal punishment in those cases. He thought imprisonment a much more eligible course, and Jolly as conducive to promote the discipline of the corps. Lord PALMERSTONE said it was competent to the Courts Martial at present to recommend imprison - tnent in the place of corporeal punishment. Mr. WHARTON moved the usual annual Exche quer Bill, the first of £10,500,000, the second of £1,500,000, a third of £8,000,000, for the bills out. standing and unprovided for, and a fourth of 8107,690 to pay off the annuities. The House then resumed, and the Report was or. dered to be received to-morrow. SZLLINO OT OVINIAII. -Lord FOLKSTONE, seeing the Attorney-Gene. ral in his place, wished to repeat the question he had put in his (the Attorney-General's) absence upon a fdrmer night. The question was, whether it was the ipaintion of the Right Honourable and LearnedGen tlernah to re-argue the case of De Yonge, who walk convicted in July last of illegally selling guineas ? The ATtORNEY-GENERAL.-.-" I beliele it lies among other cases for argument, or rather for re. argument." Lord FOLKSTONE repeated that he would wish to know whether it was his (the Attorney-General's) intention to re-argue it or not ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—" It remains for the Judges to determine that point, and when they named a day for its being re-argued, the Counsel for the C.rsiwn would be ready to do so. Perhaps the Noble Lord may not be informed that it was lying over on account of another case still depending of a similar nuture. I suppose that those who g ave the cNactbedie toL ord him h pe is rfec infor tiy m w at e ims ll i m ,at ig t h h t have co . state dth m e m e u a ni se . was.'' —Adjourned till to-morrow. s TliE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. money, 66} —for amount. Ilest Deduced e6{.-4 per Ceat. 83+-5 per Gent. 981 a. Each. Rills Se. Ds. prem.—Bonds, c6s. rs. prem. THE KING. . " WINDSOR-CASTESI, FEBRUARY 20. " His MAJESTY is going on very favourably, though his indisposition admits of a little at ion Prom day to day," (Sled as usual.) _ 14 WINDSOR CASTLIL, Mitt: A TIY 21. " His MAJESTY'S progress confirms our opiniou of his recovery. (signed) "H. REYNOLDS, H. HALFWIT), " " W. HEBERDEN, R. WILLIS. At 4 late hour last night Dutch papers to the 17th instant arrived, from which we have given some ex- tracts ; those which relate to the affairs of Turkey are rather interesting. i • t appears by private letters brought by the Anholt Mail of yesterday, and by a foreign lessel which l'As arrived with dispatches from the Baltic, that the Nor there Powers are beginning to manifest a disposition more favourable to the interests of this country. A levy is ordered in Russia of 1(4000 men. BER. NADOTTB.Wnan U; 4 4 kle Oarriarid. chat ht wilt 'lei