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BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT' PAPERS. BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 7. For some days past there have arrived continually hotw , zen the Moselle and the Meuse, immense gum bets of Prussian troops of all arms ; the environs of L Mpvy, Montrnzdy, Rocroy and Glvet, are crowded with them. All that part of the country is exhausted of provisions. HAGUE. NOVEMBER 5. SECOND CIIANIIIEN OP THE S TATE:4.OO4EIIAL, NOV. 4. In this Sitting Mr. VAN HOOGSTRANTEN made a report on the additional article to the project of the law for an extraordinary war tar. The President proposed the adoption of the law upon the finances (r&ativr: to this tax). In the debates on this impor t , nt :•übjrct, several Members gave their opinions, and those of the Southern Provinces declared against th:e Mr. REPLENS expressed himself with the most energy to this effect : he thought that this law would be IDghly unjust, and netnett, be executed in regard to the provinces which had suffered so much by the late war; he painted the unhappy situation of that country, exhausted by the passage of almost all the troops of Europe, doting two years ; desolated by a bloody, though short war, and ruined by the loss of commerce and prosperity for to-enty-one years, as w: , 11 as the terrible and fatal consequences which the proposed measure would produce in that country—a measure which, in the opinion of the Speaker, would only tend to alienate the minds of the people from the King, and to foment evil d'spositions. He thought that the capitalists would not be affected by tLc law like the landed proptieters. The Speaker concluded in favour of a voluntary loan, the sale of dorr.tins, &c. Se% eral Members spoke against this opinion, which was strongly supported by Mr. ___TlATvetrox, who par ticularly agreed with Mr. Replens in the bad cone. quences which he foresaw as likely to result from the law ; he added, that of late years the domain had been sold under a despotic Government, and he did not see why they should not be sold under the pater nal Government of his Majesty ; he affirmed that the deficit might be made good iu this manner, and that this would conciliate all hearts in the Southern pro vinc:!s. He proposed the adjournment of the debate, that the Members might have time to lay their plans I)6'4e the Minister ,of Finances. Alter an answer to all these objections from Count Ilt,(;aNnottr and the Minister of . the Finances, the qn,!stion was put to the vote, when there appeared 77 votes for, and ‘27 against the law. It was conse eiuently adopted w;tit ►he addtional article to the rth section, and sent to the First Chamber for its ptrtbation. The Sitting was then closed, and the Cl,amber adjourned till Tuesday. INSPRUCK, OCTOBER The Etnv.ror arrived on the ?6th at Brian, where Empress had b...:11 since the ‘2.l.th. Their Ma jesties have every when: received the most unequivo cal masks of the attachment of tl.e Tyrolese to their Sovereigns. BZALIN, OCIODER at. Besides his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Alex a:lder and her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Catherine of Qldenburgh, we have here his High ness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Weimar, with his consort the Grand Duchess Maria, sister to the Emperor of Russia, who arrived here last Sunday afternoon. A great many of the Emperor's horses and equipages arrived here yesterday. Bei tin is now in a state of bustle which contrasts greath• with the late comparative tranquillity when the King wis away. Numerous strangers of distinc ti,,n arrive daily from all parts of the kingdom. Ge neral York and Prince Gallitzin arc just arrived. FROM THE RHENISH MERCURY. PARIS OCTORER The iquszum is at an end.• W11:11 the Florentines' aid the Romans had taken away their property , the I Gall,ry was broken up ; and one could see how little the French had of their own. The minds of this p..orle have ever been turned to comedy. What is prviit and serious in art is foreign to them, and they have n , :ser been disposed to employ much money in the acquisition of works of art. Had the Govern si:ent employed the half million which it annually spent upon the Grand Opera in the purchase of paint ititv,, it might have had such galleries as the German P: lures at Munich, Dresden, Dusseldorf, and Cassel. It was rrot till after war gave them an opportunity of stealing the treasures of xrt that they took a liking to them. Canova is now busy in taking the Roman sta. to for the Pope.' They are partly secured by ma sol.ry, particularly those pans which are thin and th.l:cate, nod liable to break. When the French took them, they surrounded them with a mould of plaister of Paris. This is said t injure the surface of the statues, and to be parti cl;larly distinguishable in the Medician Venus. The l'sluseutit resembles a packing room; they are barn riitaing and packing, and crying out and swearing, and that . in almost all languages—" EO, mon tat I" said a Frenchman to-day," il ne now rule que lea Inters." Canova packed up the L neoon and the *oh first of all. I saw the latter, for the last time, when he was bricked up to the knee, and the Italian language was again spoken all round him. It is a pleasure to observe here, how the Germans bold tcgether ; how the war and outcry unite the eiffcrent races with each other; how old prejudices and narrow views vanish in the common feeling ; are we not all children of the same blood ? What has mortified the French even more than the removal of the Museum, is the taking down of the horses from the triumphal arch. The 39th of Sep tember, and the 10th of October were glorious days, when we felt so fully that we were here as con querors. lILAVEN had thrown some French art& ces in our way, as k usually does when the German affairs do not go on so smoothly as they should. Ab:.ut six o'clock the first horse came down ; about seven the second. As it grew dark, the two others were left to the following morning. This was a Sunday. When the horses were down, the Austrians drew off; the French crowded to the place, and gazed upon t h e Cr of Victory, and the two Genii of France and Victory that remained standing. It was a scene of lamentation ; all their phrases were vanished into nothing ; they knew not what to say. The great Eagle was now also gone from the car.. In the night somebody had told him to go with hint. Some Said, France must be greatly hinsbled to bear that in open-day; and the ornaments—they did not belong to the foreigners—the car was made at Paris this was all they had to say. Though the horses are not heavy, each weighing only 15001bs. there was some difficulty in getting them down, as no scaffolding was erected. The English managed it with admirable simplicity, in something of a sailor-like manner, and it was a pleasure to see how lightly they placed the horses upon the camp carriages of the Austrians, who then diove off with them. The next day, when the Austrians took down the Lion of St. Mars, a rope snapped, the Lion fell down, and broke a leg. This was a great joy to the French, and all the French who stood round, cried Vive le Roi! This time it came from their hearts, more so than when the Po lice makes them cry out. 1 RENCII PAPERS. PARIS, NOVEMBER 9. We hear it is proposed to restore in lead the quad ridge which was placed in the triumphal arch of the Plate de Carousel. Letters horn Valenciennes state, that a sanguinary quarrel lately took place between the French and Belgians, relative to the introduction of some English mercharidiz:s into the French territory. Yesterday, while the King was returning from mass, two individuals were elicited on account of their insolent and seditious conduct. We are assured that the Definitive Treaty between France and the Allies, will be communicated to the two Chambers on the 14th or 15th of this month. The Duke of Otranto, on his route to Dresden, was arrested for some hours at Aix-laChapeile, be cause he had neglected to produce his passports at Liege—a neglect held to be the more inexcusable in a Minister of Police. At a race course this morning, an Officer was thrown front his horse and severely hurt. The Duke of Wellington, who was near, alighted, and raised the wounded Gentleman from the ground ; his Grace's humanity was afterwards assisted by two English Officers. An epidemic fever rages with violence in the town and vicinity of Besancon. The Royal Prussian Guards repassed the Rhine on the 28th of October, near Coblentz. The Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Commissaries destined to reside at St. Helena, are on the point of setting out from this capital to proceed thither. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Count Macnaniara Governor of the Pages of the Chamber, and the Baron Gamboult de Rasac, Sub-Governor. Within those few days several persons have been arrested at Caen as well as at Mintz, for wearing or selling bouquets of violets. Private letters from Naples give new details respect ing the death of Murat. He was not the only one con demned; 'l9 of his accomplices were shot with him. At the execution no regard was paid to the rank of these rebels • they were shot according to the alpha betic order of their names, and Murat was the seventh. The execution lasted halt an hour. Yesterday the Chamber cf Peers resumed the dis. cussion on the plait of law relative to seditious shouts and acts. Tire plan was adopted, %%idiotic any of the amendments proposed, by a majority of 121 to 35. The Chamber then adjouroed until to-morrow. The Prince de Talmont, only son cf the Prince de ' Talmont,. who fell gloriously in La Vendee, and nephew of the Duke de la Tremouilie, Peer of France, and of the Prince de la Trempuille, Member f the Chamber of Deputies, died last night, at the age of 27. The interval for the heiring of Representations or Appeals, relative to tie war contribution of 100 mil lions, is prolonged to the 30th Isl'.,vetubcr. • •I PO, • *I YI • r ' COURT OF ASSIZE AT PARIS. On the 7th of November, this Court was occupied with the case of Pierre Mauban, called d'Argens, in the service of M. Ouvrard, accused of having robbed Sir Cohn Campbell, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington, of from 16u to 2UU pieces of gold of 20 francs, 19 guineas, and five Portuguese pieces of the value of 120 francs each. This rob. bery was committed on the '22d of July last, at the Hotel de Reyniere, in the apartments occupied by the English General and the persons of his suite, which were left in the care of M. Ouvrard's ser vants. Sir Colin declared to the Commissary of Police, that a small box bad been broken open, and a leather bag with the money taken away. Two per sons, who were first suspected, were apprehended, but no cnie had the least mistrust of d'Argens, who was about 30 years of age, and son to the coachman of Louis XVI. fie had been long in the service of Ibis master, who never had reason to be dissatisfied with his conduct. Meanwhile, one of the Portuguese coins was seen in the hands of d'Argens' wife, who said that she had received it from her husband. Their chamber was searched ; some of the pieces of gold were found, together with Bank.notes to the amount of 3,500 francs. D'Argens confeszed that he had found a bag containing a great number of pieces of gold near the apartments of Sir Cohn Campbell ; that he had applied part of the French coin to the payment of his debts, and changed the rest for notes of the Bank of France, but he positively denied hav ing had any hand in the theft. D'Argens persisted in the same story before the Court of Assize. He acknowledged that he was wrong not to inform Sir Cohn of his having found the bag, but he was afraid of being taken for the thief, and therefore said no thing about the matter. Notwithstanding the se riousness of the accusation, d'Argens excited a strong interest in all the spectators. His countenance seas far from indicating a base mind, and his whole ap pearance seemed above his condition. These favour able prepossessions, however, combined with the elo. qucnce.of his Counsel, had but a partial effect in the minds of the jury. On acquitting him, upon the charge of effraction and nocturnal robbery, which would have incurred die penalty of hard labour for lile, they resolved the principal question in the affir mative. The Court sentenced him to hard labour for five years, and exposure in the pillory. He heard his doom with a composure that seemed to border on apathy. DECLARATION OF THE CONGkESS OP VIENNA RE , LATIVE TO HE Si.AVr. TRADE. " Vienna, February R, 1815. 44 The Plenipotentiaries of the rowers who Imre signed the Treaty of Park of the 30th of May, 1814, assembled in ceofirence, Wing taken lino con. sideratioa that the commerce known by the appella. tion of the Traffic in African Negroes, has been repro. bated by every just and enlightened man in all ages, as repugnant to the principles of humanity and gene ral morals—that the particular circumstances to which this commerce owed its rise, and the difficulty of suddenly checking its course, have been able to cover to a certain extent that which is odious in its continuance ; but as at length the public voice is ele vated in all civilized countries to demand its sup pression as soon as possible ; and as the character and details of this traffic have been better known, and the various evils produced by it are completely deve loped, s everal of the European Governments ha ve taken in effect a resolution to abolish it ; and as, suc cessively, all the Powers possessing colonial territo.! ries have recognized, either by their legislative acts or by treaties, or other formal engagements, the obli gation and the necessity of abolishing it; that by a separate article in the last Treaty of Paris Great liri. tain and France have engaged to unite their efforts at the Congress at Vienna to induce all the Powers of Christendom to effect the universal and definite abolition of the Slave Trade ; and as the Plenipoten tiaries assembled in the said Congress know not how better to honour their mission, to fulfil their duty, or manifest the principles by which their august Sove reigns are actuated, than in endeavouring to eft e• mite such engagement, and in proclaiming in the 114M:5 of all, their desire to put an end to a scourge which has so long desolated Africa, degraded Eu rope, and afflicted humanity, the said Plenipoten. tiaries have agreed to open their deliberations on'the means of accomplishing this great and usefol object., by a solemn declaration of the principles which have guided them. In consequence, and duly authorized by this act of unanimous adhesirm of the respective Courts to the principle laid down by the said separate ar ticle in the Treaty of Paris, they declare, in the face of Europe, that, regarding the universal abolition o! the Slave Trade as a measure worthy of their carnet attention, conformably to the spirit of the age, and the generous principles of their august Soveteigns, they are animated by a sincere desire of concurring in the most prompt and efficacious execution of that measure by every means in their power, and to act in the disposition of such means with all the ze.tl and perseverance due to so just and noble a cause. Too well aware of the sentiments of the Sovereigns not to know that, honourable as may be the object, they would not pursue it without a due attention to the interests, the habitudes, and even the prejudices of their subjects, the Plenipotentiaries recognize, at the same time, that this general Declaration cannot pre judge the term in which each particular Power can decide on most suitable for the definitive abolition of the Slave 'Trade. Consequently the determination of the period at which the traffic shall unive:sally cease shall be the subject of negociation between the Powers, with an under standing that they shall not ne glect any means to assure and accelerate the progress of the sew k ; and that this reciprocal engagement, con tracted by the present Declaration between the Sove- reigns, shall not be considered as fulfilled until the moment at which complete success shall have crowned th: ir rffolts. In issuing this Declaration to Europe gmrally, and all the civilized nations of the earth, the said Plenipotentiaries hope to engage all the oilier .Governments, and especially those who, in abolish ing the Slave Trade, have already manifested the same sentiments, to contribute their support in a cause, of vithicii the triumphant end will be one of the most glorious monuments of the age in which it shall be accomplished."—Jouraal der Debuts. TRIAL OF NEY. PARIS, NOVEMBPA 9. The Cottrt•Martial charged With the trial of Mar shal Ncy, rnzt in the Grit:At Hall of Assize, at the Palace of. Jihtice. It consisted of Marshal Count Jourdan, President. Marshal Massvna, Prince of Es ling. Marshal Augereau, Duke of Caitig!ione. Ma, sisal Mortier, Duke of 'Froiiao„ Mutenant-General Count Vallute. Lieutenant-General Count Cliparede. Lieutenant-General Count 11%.ison, Governor of Paris. Baron Joint/alp, Comtni%sary Ordnnnateur of the First Mill* tary Division, mill perform the functions of King's Commissary. Count Grunt!ler, ;.i :1r :dial-de-Camp, those of Judge Advocate. And M. Both.bu, those of Greffi.yr. So, early as eight o'clock in the morning a detach- ment from every legion of the National Guards, pi. quets of Gendarmerie and Sappers and Firemen, took their stations at the various doors of the Palace of Justice and in the vicinity. The interior of the Hall was guarded by National Guards and Veterans. The places generally occu pied by the Jury, and even the scats for the Crimi nals, were given up to the Public. The place allotted to the accused was near his Counsel, in the semicircular space below the Bench of Judges. We need scarcely add, that the influx of ♦isitors, both French and foreigners, was very great. Prince AUGUSTUS of Prussia, Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH, and* some other persons of distinction, occupied places which were kept for them. Messrs. B&KRYER senior and junior, and M. DUNN, appeared as Counsel for Nett. It appeared from the Proce: Verbal of arrest, that at the moment the retreat of Marshal Ney was dis covered, it WAS thought that Murat might have been arrested at the same time, as information was ob tained that both of them were at the chateau or vil lage of Rochefort. Seldom has there bees a spectacle so imposing as that which was presented this day at the Palace of Justice. At ten o'cllck Marshal Jourdan opened the Council by reading a letter from the Minister at War convoking the Council. Count Mahon was replaced by Count Gozan. The Proces-verbal of the arresta. tion of the Marshol was read. The letters from the Minister of War of the beginning of March lust, and the Marshal's answas were then read; the Order of the Day, and the Marshal's Proclamation of the 21st of March, wire also read, and all his letters to the Aufhorit;cs, ordning the arrest of a number of per. sons for their attachment to the King. The Gietrw r of the Council then read a copy of his examinati before the Prefect of Polic : it was very le ag, and t 1..: Marshal's ipecch, at its conclusion, was as follow::: " I have several times been on the point bf corn. mating suicide, but I did not effect it, becausi. would live to justify myself. I know well that I 11:m. committed great faults, for which honorable blame me: I blame myself also, but I am no traitor ; what I have done I was drawn into. H. lix willing to betray, I would have given false advice t., Marshal Suchet. when he wrote me word 114 trooi , were in a ferment." A second interrogatory was then read, at the end of which the Marshal said : 44 I left Paris with the intention of sacrificing 7r, 2 life for the Kiag. What I have done k a great ne fortune. My head was deranged. I would hav passed over to the United States, but I thought propt.t to remain for the honour of my children." More the first interrogatory, the Marshal g4VC the interrogator a paper, in which he declined t' Council of War, as haviag suflic;vot pawer v tt y .. n,. The Marshal reverted to the letter which l-. ceired the 13th March. at Lor.6-le.Saninier, General Bertrand, in which he was iMOrnted that t!•.• enterprise of Bonaparte was concerted in cm.j , inctto:, with Austria and England. And after this letter thought all defence useless. The instructicars given on the 9th cf March l?-1 , j7 the Minister of War (Si ult) to Marshal Nzy, minding the 91) Military Division, v.ere as t'ilow : 4. Monsieur the King's brother, has atrived Lyons, and taken the command of the army asset. tiling at that poirt. Every measure must be :ILi4 to pursue with vigour ard without rernision, party at the head of which Bonaparte has dared to penetrate the French territory. Evet y g'rLi grounds to hope for the most prompt success. " In the absence of the Duke de Berri please ta;:e the orders of Monsieur. Correspond daily wrth tt.e Prince. P, contrary to all expectati:.ns, the tneri.f advances towards Lyons, make your lisp itiaus t manoeuvre so as to harass him ar.d thwart his and finally to destroy him if you have an oprortnna , ." Extract of letters written in the mc,nth of last by Elie Prince of hloskwa, to the hlatis . .cr u: War. " Besancon, 10th March.—Gencral C..uet EJVT. moist has given you an account of tiie wilule rfz. troops of the 7th division having been directed uFn Lyons. I have no positive intelligence as to the o. terprize of Bonaparte. It is said here that he has presented himself he. fore Grenoble, and that lie will probably throw hit . self into Italy by the Simplon." " 11th March, Nine o'Clock, A.M.—The Dole de Maille hes arrived fiom Lyons to inform the troops at Grenoble have gone over to &nape!, with the exception of one detachment, which 1.11 thrown itself into fort Barrens. I set cut for Lens. le-Saulnier ; I shall occupy Macon and Bourg, and if I find a favourable opportunity, I shall nut het. tate to attack the enemy, Sec." " Lons-le-Saulnier, 12th March.—Your Excellency will herewith find some proclamations of Bnnaparts which teem to deserve an etargefic answer to the her whei they contain." " Yesterday I countermanded the march of troop, which, conformably to the orders of the Dai:: Tarentum, were marching by Chalons upon !.1-1. lins. The troops would have been lost to the Cause the whole country from Auronne to Bein• con would have been uncover( d, and the plAcrs es• posed to be tak?n. It would be essential to adcpt. , pher for the correspondence, Sec." ge Lons le Saulnier, 12th March.—The retrofire:: march which Monsieur has been obliged to mike upon Moulins is very distressing : Marshal seems to want confidence in his troops; neveithAt , c, it is not by withdrawing that they are to be led against the enemy, if they have any iiitention of doing their duty. They must be made to light in the tie: place. I am absolutely without artillery for the wart of horses, Ste." The Pi eclamation of Ney, beginning with e:f. words, " Yie cause of the Bourbon: it lost fir ever, Ste." was read to the Council from the iffeeeeur of ga:e 21. An order was also read from Nil- to arrest G. ncrals Bourmont, Lecourbe, Delaure, dory, Ch.lect and several other superior eflicers. The examination of Marshal Ney before the re feet of Police, M. Decaze, is as follows : " I am not obliged to answer you. I ought iv to be tried by a Military Commission, bat by di Chamber of Peers. You wear an uniiorni which i that of the Royal Authorities; but there is nothie-. to prove to me that you are a Prefect of Police. I am ready, however, to answer all questions, and t say things which will astonish many people. if had known of the Ordennance of the King, I shoul• have come to Paris. Question—•" Did you not solicit in confidence free the King a corps d'armee to march against Bun ; I only obeyed the orders which were g iven me. Answer:.—"' I made no request to his M'aPj4erst: saw the King before setting out to req uts. his fin instructions. 1 think I said to his Majesty that ti , s conduct of Bonaparte's was like that of a ma .0 10 0 and that he dsserveri, if he war Mel, t') it browsk to Paris in an iron cage. They pretend that I said would bring him my self in an i r on ca g e : 1 do net recollect distinctly what I sa i d . It is also p retClide