The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-12 00:00:00

^; p NA and that the rest of the empire would be qiiet. *ln Paris, therefore, the police might be said to form an army. Besides the armed force, consisting of the garrisbn of Paris, the Prefecture of Police had a number of guards at its disposal, selected out cf the.army, and composed of strong and tall men, who had a particular uniform, but seldom wore it. Dressed as citizens, without any weapon;but a staff, they were on duty both day and night, and stationed on a variety of important points. Their superiors were the Commissaries and the Inspectors; and, besides acting as gbards, they might also become spie , . on which occasion their pay was doubled. The number of spies. or Motichards, was enormous. They were of all conditions, sexes, and professions, and what will excite surprise, the greatest pats of the thieves were attached to the Police. The spies were divided into two classes; the one organised as guards, and the other appearing as private individuals. The pay which the spies received rose from 15 sops (71d) to two and three Louis d'or a day, according to the importance of the persons. The spies of the ilitrister had an organization of their own, but less complicated. The lowest pay was 100 francs (four guineas) a month: the ordinary pay eight guineas, and pro gressively so to 30, 50, or 100 guineas a month: When a Spy was discovered through his own imprudence. he vas discharged, and severely punished if he had divulged any secret of the police. But when upon his discovery in pudic or private, he was ill-treated, or even killed, the Po.: lice did not interfere, but endeavoured to silence the affair. (To be continued.) The great success of the American privateers against' British commerce has tended to make them more bold and daring; three vessels, bound from Waterford to Lender', have been captured by them within these few .days•in the British channel, aad carried into the port of Ituscoff, in France. Intelligence was on-Thprsday received at the Admiralty that a frigate had arrived with an account that several of the ' Swiftsure's convoy had been taken off the Madeiras by an American privateer, and with therm the Northampton, bound for Botany Bay with convicts. ANECDOTE FROM THE NEW You EVENING POST.-- 41 An American Officer who carried a flag of truce over to the British lines, after having dispatched the business of his miscion, was invited by the British commanding officer to dinner. As usual, the wine Was circulated, and a British • of ices. being called' upon kr a toast, gave. Mr. Madison, • dead or alive,' which the yankee drank without appealing to notice. W hen it came ' to the Yaukec's turn to give a toast, he. gave the Pr ince it*gent, • drunk or sober." Sir,' said the British officer, Willing up and colouring with anger, • that is an inwlt.' • No, Sir.' answered the American, very coolly, • it is only a reply to one.' " 'lt has been recently decided .by the Judges, that no so- licitOr is allowed to be employed for a defendant, after hiving been discharged, or otherwise ceasing from acting as solicitor • to the plaintiff in the same rause. Tuesday the Lord Chancellor handed : down his final order in the cause—Coekerell v. Barber. ale latter, was a sadler's swa t who lived in the *and, and who died 20 years ago at an Hotel in the Adelphi, un his return from India, with :fortune of 200,0001. The : poor next of kin, being 16 or 18, many of whom reside in'ShrewhtiryOvilkat length .be possessed of their shares of the fortune. • • •. Serres de St. Clair, a Trench Offieer,.charged with murder ing a woman of the town, tas bOen found•guilty by a Conn- Mai tial, at Paris, and sentenced to - suffer death. f ~.} REIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. • VIENNA, JAN. 27.—1 t is still believed that the Emperor Alexander will quit this capital on the 13th of February. Several of the fortresses of Piedmont continue to be occu pied by Austrian troops. Amongst the new reports which are not wanting in proba. bility, is one, that Bavaria will cede 6altzbourg and Berclif tolsgaden to Austria, who will give them to the Archduchess Maria Louisa. In that case the t)uchy of Parma will form. part of the new kingdom of Italy. [Under this head is a note from the Wurtemberg Legation at Vicuna, dated the 24th of November, approving generally of the plan of a German confederation, but suggesting the necessity of modifications, which are not described, and re.. specting which nothing has since been stated from any au thority.] ROME, Jam. 14.—Tt has been notified to the Directors of the Posts of his Holiness not to circulate any foreign journals, works, or printed papers, unless they have been authorised by his Extellency the Cardinal Secretary of State. It appears, that what has given rise to this order is the quantity of pamphlets and insurrectionary and anony mous papers, which, by means of the post, evil-dispose“ persons, and rebels to the legitimate authorities, have caused to be circulated. MADRID, JAN. 2 . B.—They .speak still of a general obli vion of the past, and it is thought the generous intervention of a great Sovereign will 'be the means of our enjoying this advantage, which involves the existence of a number of dis tinguished men, and of a multitude of aril ieted PRAGUE, J AN. 27.—A letter from Vienna, of the el . st, states, that Austria has demands upon Russia for quarters, 4rc, of the Russian armies is the wars of 1805 and 1813, and that• Russia has engaged to pay the amount by instalments ; the first payment of 3,000,000 was made on the preceding day. On the 12t1e of February, the birth-day of our Monarch, a definitive declaration relative to the business of Congress - is expected. HAMEURGII, JAN . . 2,3.—We learn from Vienna that Aus tria has renounced all her pretenSions upon Cracow, which will become a free city. PARIS, FEB. 7.---The report was general yesterday that 20,000 Neapolitan troops had entered Rome. It was added that the Pope was no longer at his capital, and that Joachim Murat bad not quitted Naples. Private letters, however, received from Italy, do not mention a word of this strange news. The following Ordonnances were registered at Martinique on the 13th of December last :--- The first relates to the re-establishment of the Superior Council. The second relates to the Colonial Imposts, and is as follows: . . The Ordonnanee for Colonial Imposts of 1 . 8 1 4 is continued. The duty called the duty of the Domaine d'Occident, for tnerly levied in France, is hereafter to be levied in the Co lony, consequently. all national vessels shall pay on clearing out a duty of three and a half per cent. (besides ten sous per pound) on the value of goods exported in them. All goods imported into the colony in national vessels 'to pay a duty of two and a half per cent. . Every passenger carrying packets with him to pay the same duty. The entry duty being exigible on cargoes imported while ~. ,i -A. .•