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to thee alone, the thought of whom has so much influ ence on the moral situation of my ideas—to you I must unbosom myself—of my sorrow, what is the future? what is the past? what ate we ? what magic fluid en viron us, and conceals from us the things which - it most imports us to know? we are born, we liveo‘e die in the midst of wonders. Is it astonishing that Nests, Astro logers, Charlatans, have profited by this penchant. by this singular circumstance, to keep our ideas in leading strings, and direct them according to their dei•ires ? Chauvet is dead, he was attached to me; he has per formed important services for our country. Ilk last word was, that he mould set out to join me. les, in deed, I see his shade ; he wanders there, everywhere; he makes a noise in the air ; his soul k in the clouds he will be propitious to my destiny. But, madman, I' lied tears for Irieniship, :ind who will tell me that I have not otheis to shed for- an ineparable calamity? Life of my life, write to me by every courier, otherwise I shall not be able to live. lam Touch occupied here.. Beaulieu hes put his army in motion; we are in the pre sence of each other. .I am somewhat fatigued, and every day I am on horseback. Adieu, adieu, adieu w ill go to sleep ; sleep coo.ules me ; it places thee at my ; I close thee in my arms. But when I wake, ala.! I find myself 300 leagues away. Soy everything for me to Boras, to Tallien, and to his wife." N.l3.—The address of this letter was the same as the last, but it was not in Banaparte's hand-wiitiug. • FOBEIGA ORDER.S OF KA IGIITHOOD. -- f - - FROM TUE MONITEUR OF SUNDAY, APRIL 181 The Official Pal t contains an 0: donnance relative to French subjects westing Foreign Orders without due permission, the preamble, quoting the laws forbidding these practices, states that his Majesty, resolving that the penalties shall be henceforward strictly enforced, his Majesty consequently ordains as follows : " Alt. 1. All Decorations or Orders, whatever may be their denomination or form, which should not have been conferred by us or by foreign Sovereigns, are de clared to be illegally and abusively obtained ; and those who wear them are enjoined to lay them aside directly. " 2. Every Frenchman who, having obtained Foreign Orders, and shall not have received from us per mission to accept or wear them, conformably to our Ordon nance of 26th of March, 1816, shall likewise be bound to lay them aside, without detriment to his right to apply (if there be occasion) to the Grand Chancellor of our Royal Legion of Honour, according to our said Ordon nance, to obtain our permission. " 3. Our Attornies•General shall prosecute, accord ing to the rigour of the laws, all those who, notwith standing the pre ent Ordonnance, continue to wear Fo reign Orders without our permission, or any other Or ders whatever, without our having conferred them upon them. "4. Our Mini,ters, the Secretaries of State, and our Grand Chancellor of the Royal Legion of Honour, are charged with the execution of the present Ordonnance. " Given at Paris in our Palace of the Tuilleries, April 16 , 1824 , and the 510;is year of our reign, LONDON. " By the Xing. " The President of the Council of Ministers, "TH. DE VILLEI.E." " LOUIS. TIM EVENING SFA It. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1524. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 963, a, and went up to 96j, a; and for Money 96 to a, with little duing. One Express has arrived from Paris, with the Rentes of Monday at O2f. 50c. for Money, and for Time 103 f. 10c. FOREIGN FUNDS. Some business has been done iu the Market this morning, but not to any great extent. Current Prices: New Spanish 17, Old in a, Russian 97, French Scrip 173, Alliance Shares 173, Meskan Scrip 101 1, Co lombian Scrip 33 43, Greek SI dis. Arr,trian 161 17k, NeapJ. 97. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ilizsßUßGli, ivg a Holiday, no Exchange noted. Busine-ss done on London at 0 1, M. 36. 6. PETEILSBURCII, APRIL V. . 0 n London, 9. ; Paris, 99. Itirste, APRIL 19.—0 n London, 2 M. 6.19. h. Arati.l3.—On London, 3 M. 6.43. 4. AUSTRIAN LOAN, NlicocrATED BY MR. N. N. ROTHSCHILD, IN LONDON. llalf-yearly Dividend on the said Loan, falling due on Sa turday, the lit of May, will be paid on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of ten and two. It is requested that the Dividend Warrants, with a list thereof in nume rical order, may be left, if possible, on the t.":4tli instant, for the purpose of being exarni;.cd.—New•court, Ist April, 1824. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 21.5-3 per ( ent. Reduced 95 1 / 1 3 per Cent. Consols 96%—:%V/2 per Cents. 102.{/ 4 4 per Cents. Old 100 3 / 8 -4 per Cents. New 108 1 / 3 ii 4 ter Cents Assented 1017 d 10'21/4 Bank Long Anns. 23 1 /s—lin:Ea Bonds 80i. 82s. ' Excl.equei (E 1,000) 50s. :513.—Scull SW. 5.15. Consols for Acct. 961/s This morning we receive() the Rode of Tuesday, by Express, but it contains no news of importance, as no paper was published on the preceding day, it contains, though vei y briefly, an account of the proceedings in die two Chambers oo Saturday. Tl:e Etoile contains an article on the Spani.h Loan, and congratulates its readers on the antelio: anon of puLlic creJit in Spain. This is attributed to the energetic measures taken by King FERDINA ND 10 heal Eli wound; of the revolu tion, and tranquilize all pal tic. The came of Spain, taps the Editor, is the ca':se of all Europe. The ac counts front Vienna state, that nince de MLITLIiNICII is to be made a Grandez of Span:. The Emperor of AnsrniAH ill pass sonic day, at Schoenbrunn, previous to his ticp:itture tor Bohemia, Whither he will be accompanied by ti.e Emria Ls .„ and 4 numerous suite. The reduction of the intei est on the futith.d debt does Lot seem at all palatable to several membeis of the )teach Chamber of Deputies, and it is likely to en . counter some opposition. The hiench Paptrs of Sun day contain a very detaiied account of the picceedings of the Chamber of the preceding day. The report cf M. MASSON, on the project of law for the repayment or conversion of the live per cent. stock, occupies the half of their space but as it merely supports the Minis terial project, without proposing any change, or pto ducing any new reason for its adoption, it Would be superfluous to enter into its merits or contents. — After it ma; read, the first thing to be determined was the time best adapted for bringing on the dis cussion to which it would give rise; but this ques tion could not be settled without affording an oc casion for displaying the temper of the Chamber.— M. GIRARDIN accused the Minister of robbing the annuitants of a child portion of their income. M. de VILLELE replied, that the offer of 100 francs for stock which had been bought at between 50 and 90, _could not be called - a robbery of the stockholders. M. CAS SIMIR PERRIER, a Paris banker, again called fora copy of the agreement entered into between the Minister of Finance and the great Capitalists of Europe, to enable the Government to execute the great operation for which they solicited the concurrence of the Chamber. No answer was given to this reiterated demand, which created a considerable sensation in the Assembly. At last the commencement of the 'discussion was fixed for Saturday, the 2-I.li instant. The Ministerial project, as would appear from the list of its opponents, is to be combated by the extreme left and the extreme right. The following Deputies have inscribed their names to speak against it—M. de la BOURDONNAYE (leader of the extreme right), M. de VAuBLANC (formerly Mi nister of the Interior), M. SANLOT BAGUENAULT (Member for Paris), M. RICARD, Count de TIIIARD, M. BOURDEAU, Count FERDINAND DE 41EnT11.0, Ge neral FOY, M. MECIIIN, M. LEVESQUE, M. CAS SIMIR PERRIER, M. de GIRARDIN, M. CRIGNON D'OUZOUER, M. DUTERTRE, and M. DEVAUX. Of the names inscribed in support of the Ministerial proposi tion, scarcely anything is known from the history of , former Sessions; to repeat them, therefore, would con vey no information to the general reader: They are 14. in number. M. de MARCIIANGY has again lost his election, and been turned out of the Chamber, from his inability to justify his qualification in the possession of the requisite fortune. Lisbon Papers to the nth instant reached us this morning. They announce the arrival of the Spanish Ambassador and his reception at the Court of Lisbon. The recent events in Brazil evidently give uneasiness to the House of Braganza in Europe. The following are extracts: LISBON, APRIL 5. The Gazette of this date contains the new Constitu- Lion of Brazil, to which the following observation i; subjoined :--"" After this exposition of the principal fea tures of this new project of a Constitution, we will say two words about it—that the ' °titn circumstantice' to form it is wanting—that it is not modelled according to the custom and manners of the nation—that it was not granted to the people by the legitimate authority— that it contains within itself the germ of its own de struction—that it is evidently an amalgam of demo ci acy—that it does not give the Crown a sufficient gua rantee in the intermediate powers to oppose the revo- lutionary torrent which threatens it—that this woak bears the stamp of the disorganising and oppressive fac tion which dictated it to the Prince Royal of the Lusi tanian Empire, forcing him to deviate from his more sacred duties and to renounce his most valuable rights, as a man and a Prince, merely to reign, and that inse • curely and with disgrace, over a part of the Empire, when he might one day reign over the whole.— This Constitution, threatened at its very hi) th by the dissent of part of the people, and by the defects which it contains, and which presage to it the common fate of all works executed with precipitation, a fate which has been proved in our Continent and in Brazil itself, is the doubly liberal work by which it is pretended to destroy the union of the great Portuguese family : this is the labyrinth in which a population is going to en tangle itself, divided as it is within itself by the jarring elements of which it is formed. Where will the people find the clue of Ariadne to get out of this maze ? Do they recollect what blood, what vicissitudes the Consti tution, which is undergoing a continual reform, cost England? How dearly have Spain and Portugal paid for the effervescence which this system of innovation introduced into those kingdoms. Have they forgotten the (list allurements of the French revolution, in 1789, and the horrors which succeeded ? If this took place in a nation which had attained the highest degree of civi lization, what can Brazil hope, in the state of infalcy in which it is with respect to a small part of its popula tion, and in the most decided state of barbarism with respect to the African race, of which the most numerous portion is composed ? It is time, rather than mankind themselves, that gen tly orders their habits and their laws; the sudden intro duction of a universal reform, however good it may ' appear at first sight, never produced anything but confusion and discontent. Experience demonstrates this. It is not merely to pull down an ancient edifice to ' build a new one; it is to pull to pieces an edifice con nected with others, which must go to ruin with it, and the ruins of which may impede the progress of the pro jected work. Those men who have involved themelves in an untie:taking equally rash and hazardous, will, in the course of time s become sensible of their folly, and the f: nit they will gather from their imprudence will be, to find themselves, at the end, in the desperate situ ation which the roes describe, in the following verses: " Audit her, numeratque dies, spitloque viarum Netitkir vitam. Torquetur pace futura, kec recepit sotunos et scrape cubllibus amens Eiecutitur, pananique licit fortuidine pznz." 7.—The Most Excellent the Duke of Villa Hermosa was admitted tu•day to au audience of his Majesty, to present his credentials as ordimiry An.Lts sailor and Plenipotentiary of his Catholic Majesty. His Excellency made on tha occasion a speech to his Majesty, in which he stated his Master's desire to main tain the friendship and harmony subsisting between the two Crowns; adding, that he would faithfully promote his Master's intentions in this respect, and on all occa sions skew his own gratitude for the favour which his Majesty had shown him so long as he had resided at his Court.—The King replied— " Senor Ambassador—All the most powerful reasons of common interest, neighbourhood, and relationship, require that my Representative at the Court of Madrid, and the Representative of his Catholic Majesty in thi- Court should be invested, as they have formerly been, with the highest diplomatic character; and 1 accept the choice which your Sovereign made of you, Senor Am bassador, as a demonstration of the amicable and reci procal sentiments which ought always to subt.i be tween the two Crowns." Hamburg!' Papers to the 16th inst. reached us this roienoon from which we make the following extracts: BERLIN, APRIL 15. The bulletin of the laws contains the ordonnance fur the Provincial Assembly for the Duchy of Silesia, the County of Glat7, and the Prussian Magistrates of Upper Lusatia ; also that of the Provincial Assembly for the Province of Saxony, both dated' March 27. CHRISTI.kNIA, APRIL 2. On the 23d ultimo, Mr. Kuslruh moved in the Storthing, that for the future 64,C00 dollars species— [a dollar species, or species dollar, is worth '25 per cent.' more than a dollar:l—be paid to his Majesty for his household, and 32,000 to the Crown Prince, in ready 'money, instead of Bank notes. On the 27th, Mr. llenslruh moved that Norway should contribute its share to the expenses of the tour of the Crown Prince in foreign countries; and Mr. Bull moved that an an nual sum be fixed for the household of the Crown Prince in Norway. On the 27th, Count Wedel Jarlsberg was chosen President of the Storthing. If du►ing the last few years we have not been able to lessen the aggregate of c►ime, we have at least mo►e clearly ascertained its character and progress, by the animal statements that are made up fro►n the official tett': ns received at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The statistical return for the year 1823 has just been printed, and, on comparing it with the statement of the preceding years, we are compelled to acknowledge that the retrospect is by no means satisfactory ; and the prospect of amelioration is not very great. In the me tropolis crime appears to have been nearly stationary during the last eight years; the number of persons committed for trial in London and Middlesex, during the year 1817 being 2686, and in 1823, 2503; in 1820 the number was 2'773. but in the following year it had fallen to 2480. Considering, however, how much the pcipulation of London has been increased in the time, we may fairly infer that crime is not on the increase: and if we turn to the country, we shall feel that opinion strengthened. It appears, by the returns, that in the year 1817, 13,932 persons were committed for trial in England and Wales, and in 1819, 14,254 ; but the number in 1823 is only 12,263, being a diminution of more than fourteen per cent. on the aggregate of crime. The number of capital convictions and executions do not correspond in the same proportion; indeed the lat ter have sensibly diminished during the last fourteen years. In the first seven years, about one in seven or eight sentenced to death were executed ; and in the lat ter seven years, about one in eleven or twelve only ; and in the last ?par about one in seventeen only, throughout England and Wales; and but one in ten in the metropolis. Notwithstanding, however, the increase of offenders committed, and of the increase of convictions in pro portion, yet convictions of climes of magnitude and atrocity appear to have decreased in the last two or three years. In this respect alone it is that we can look with any degree of gratification over the table, of delinquency. Yesterday forenoon the boys of Christ's Hospital, in number about (i6O, walked from thence in procession to the •Hryal Exchange, where they fell out of rank, and each walked about with his friends, from whom they received presents of fruits and sweetmeats. At one o'c;ock they again formed into procession, and, headed by their Masters, they proceeded to the Mansion House, where they were admitted to see the Egyptian Hall, with the ornaments and decorations, as fitted up for the grand dinner on the preceding day ; after which they returned with their beadles and nurses through the great saloon, where the LORD MAYOR, RECORDER, CIIAMBERLAIY, Sheriffs, and several Aldermen, were seated, in their robes of office, with the LADY MAYORESS and several other Ladies. Each of the boys then re- ceived a plum-cake and a glass of port wine, and a shil ling or a sixpence, according to their respective merits. Alter this ceremony, his Lordship, the Sheriffs, Alder men, &c. &c. after partaking of an elegant cold colla tion, went in state procession to Christ Church, New. gate-street, to hear the Spital Sermon, by the Rev. SAMUEL CROWTU ER, M.A. GuEsnAnD, by iA hat Ile calls his " Prospectus of a Royal Spanish Loan," is trying once more to raise money for King FERDINAND. He talks learnedly about! the millions to be borrowed—the interest to be paid— the sundry series or bonds, professing to represent 200 piasters each—the privilege offered to the holders of tossing up for the priority of payment—and, what is best of all, be pt esumes to tell the world, that the whole loan.is to be repaid in '2O years from the day on which the money shall have been lent to him !I--CredatJudceus! SancoPuAGUa.—The memorable Sarcophagus, une La the finest and most perfect remains of remote anti quity, which has long been deposited in the Museum, has, wt dad, at length been rurchased by J. SOANE, E-I.• WINDSOR, APRIL 20. YeFterday, his MAJESTY honoured the distinguished personages who had the honour of accompanying him from the Castle, with a sight through the whole of t h e apartments of the Royal LoJge, ar.d over the pleasure grounds, which are so much admired for their display of elegant taste and rural scenery. At half-past fiv:.‘, his MAJESTY and the distinguished company returned to the Castle. This afternoon, at two o'clock, his NIAJEsTv left the Palace in his pony pl:seton, accompanied by the Earl of LAUDERDALE (who arrived last night on a visit to the Kis(;), for the ROyal Lodge, and was followed by his Suite on horseback. His MAJESTY drove himself; and seemed in excellent health and spirits. Last evening, his MAJESTY had a large party at dinner. Ainongst the company were The rtench Ambassador, the Earl of Lauderdale, Count L' , :vca, the Marquis of Graham, the Duke of Dorset, Earl Cowper, 9t e Earl of Str.tthaven,Lord Gwydyr, Lord Graves, and Sir A. 1.1..rr..M. The hand of the 75th Regiment occupied the or_ chestia, and played during the evening. The fuel•:!I Ambassador left after dinner for London. This morning ('ount Lieven, the 111-:iris r f Graham, the 1) t e of Dorset, the Earl of Strathaven, and G wyd yr, loft }',. lace for London. Yesterday evening the Princes AUGUSTA honcurcd the Italian Opera House with her pretence. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess SOPPrA visited the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday. Yesterday the Princess AUGUSTA littnOtr-ed the Vi:- countess CREMOANZ with a visit, at her residence, i ti z ihope-strt Yestesday afternoon, about two o'ckck, Prince LEO. rot.n, attended by Baron STOCIMAR, left town for Claremont. fester day Mr. Secretary CANNING transacted business at the Foreign Office. The Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY are entertaining a large Party of distinguished visitors, at their seat, Hatfield. The Marquis and Marchioness of CIIOLMONDELEY entertained a distinguished Party at dinner yesterday, at Chohnors. &ley House, Piccadilly. T. e Earl of ARRAN had a Dinner Party yesterday, at his house in Dover-street. In the evening her ladyship had an elegant Circle of Fashionable,. Saturday the Earl and Countess of CLANCARTY, their suite, and establishment, left the Clarendon for the Noble Earl's mansion in Ireland. The extensive apartments occupied ".y the Noble Earl and Family, are preparing for the reception of the Marquis and !Marchioness of laninotiocitar, their family and heilse hold, on their arrival to-morrow. THE EARL OF IVIULGRAVE.—This amiable and truly respectable Nobleman, we are sorry to hear, remains in a state of indisposition that strongly interests the feelings of his family and friends. He is happily, we understand, and rejoice to learn, in '.o pain, and is solely affected by corporeal debility. His mental powers are in the most perfect state, and he enjoys society with unimpaired vivacity and good humour. We sincerely hope to hear that milder weather, and change of air, may restore a Nobleman who, as a Statesman, and in all the relations of private life, is entitled to .arzi versal respect and esteem. Madame CATALAN' is residing at Richmond, at the Villa lately occupied by Earl CORNWALLIS, late Bishop of YIELD and COVENTRY. The intended new bridge, at Hammersmith, has given-rise to sundry improvements on the opposite side of the Thames, which, when completed, will be found of great public utility, and eatitle the spirited projectors of them to unqualified commendation. A great number of labourers are now employed lowering the bill on Wimbledon Common, and a new road is to be farmed over Kingston-hill, by which the ascent will be much diminished, and the life of many a valuable horse thereby saved. The first stone of a new village at the Bridge of Erne, according to an elegant plan- by Mr. BURN, of Edin burgh, was laid on Wednesday sehtnight, by Sir DAVID NIONCRIEFFE. In the neighbourhood of Stannington, near Morpeth, a few days ago, a hawk made a dart amongst a brood of young chickens, to take his tithe; but the hen seized him before he could escape with his prey, and kept him down until a boy ran to the spot and captured him. An illegal still, and two hogsheads of wash in a state of fermentation, were seized on Friday, in Chester. LOGAN ROCK.—Thursday the Bth inst. pate of the crew of i cutter, stationed on the Cornish coast to look after smugglers, wantonly amused themselves at Castle Trereen, near St. Levan's, Land's End, in destroying for ever the greatest natural CUTiosity in those parts of the kingdom. After several unsuccessful efforts, therat last obtained the summit of their morbid desires ; and actually succeeded in forcing from the point, on which it was so nicely balanced as to be moved to and fro by the exertion of a single arm, a mass of granite, weighing little short of 90 tons. Such a wanton and disgraceful act ought not to pass unnot ced CAMBRIDOE, APRIL 19.—Saturday, the 10th nst ant, as Henry Linsdell, of Balsham, was returning through Great Shelford, in his stay home, he stopped at the Prince Regent public-house to have some beer; the landlord seeing he was in a state of intoxication, re fused letting him have any, but he demanded it as he was on his travels, and the house not being shut, it was then about ten nfnutes past ten o'clock; the landlord chew him a pint, but would not let him into the house; however Linsdell seeing a Person whom he knew, pushed in, and gave the person some beer lie bad in the pot, and requested the landlord to take a pint in Cie yard, to a young man who held the horse; the land= lord took the beer so ordered, arid found the young man to be Thomas Whitby ; when the landlord re turned, he found Linsdell exposing his money, and be having in a very disorderly manner; the landlord re monstrated with, and asked him if he was not afraid being robbed? Linsdell replied, No; be had a black protector—a knife, which he carried up his sleeve; it was such as are used in his profession as a collar maker —sharp at the point, and btoad in the middle Al:er he had paid for the beer, and put the money tr, , , Whitby came into the house, and said, " Came, master, let's go ; I will not hold the bore any longer ;" and set the pot down which he had the beer in. The Limilord then led Lindell to the yard, saw him get into the cart, and Whitby leading the horse. They scent towards the Three Horse Shoes in the same village, which was Whitby's way home ? and the road leading to [Milian:. Linsdell puled up, and wanted drink, bi t ty t!!(.! refused him, as well as Whitby. They then went ors Linsdell making a great noise, and seretal persons lowing him. In a short time the landlord heard thti cry of " Murder!" He took a' light, although it 1%-15 moonlight, but not bright, and saw .t young leading Whitby, who was bleeding profusely ; lie asp d what was the matter; Whitby sai.i Linsdell had s t a bbed him ; presently after, another young man, who i. Lew in the hospital, came bleeding from wounds given hirt i r . also by Linsdell. A but von was procured with speed, and the young wen conveyed to the ho pit:! is this town. Linsdell has at tl;c present CSC.IpeJ ; a rant is out against him for cutting and maiming. (In Saturday, the 17th instant, Whitby died. An Inqinst was held at the Bell, in 'it ttrnpingtnti-street, .before A• Ctionmi., Gentleman, Coroner for the torn of C2n , - bi Lige, when the Jury returned A verdict ":101 Lia• dell was wai laid ? and stood in his o-.::?? &Alfa' tet t ir hal CO( Fa Fa Fa Fol Vol Foi FOl I twc Al • and Lc cei of Es