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P)RAIGN INTELLIGENCE. ret:urk EXTRACTS FROM ME FRENCII PAPERS. PARIS, ,«. 18. MESSAME To THE SENATE Toes—rho Cnn.tituti,n of the Empi , e having ap• ' the Atte which dtclare the bi,ths, martegei, and deaths nt the members of the Impend Family should be trms. siitte.l by All of the Emperor to the Senate, we ha‘e charged stir Collial the ArCh.Challeentlf 111 the Elllllllll tel pre- Mee to you the Acts which elect ate the birth of Napoleon Charlet. Urn the 1 Oth of Or+riber MO?, and of Napo!cum Louis. born the Iltii of °Rubor 1804, SOIIII of Prince nur brother; end we tusks the Senate to order, conforicably to the Consti tution, their traitscriptfain on its register, and to deposit them in its archives. Their Princes will inherit the attachment of their father for nit person, his love fi.a hr Jukes, and that chief Sentiment which eiight the satiate every Prince called to so high dastiay, that of censtandp considi"ing the interest of the country, artil the happiness of France, as the ,ole objeß of hk rife. ‘` (in - cense Gs-Palace of iheThuillaii.i, th,l...'th Dec. 1304. (Signed) " NAPOLEON. "sv the Empen.r. " Thy Secretary of State, H.B.NfARET" A CURIOUS FREN:H LOVE TRIAL . An the 26th Vendemaire (year XIII.), or leth of November, 1804, a curious trial in a love affair was decided by the Tribunal at Toulouse, of which the following are the particulars : A young peasant of the name of L• FAY, of the department of Arriege, fell in love with MARIA Amass% in the parish of Cassaigne. She was a young girl of in cperty, and LA FAY possessed no thing : he dared, therefore, not pay his addresses to her, and demand her in the usual manner. Love, however, inspired him with a fraud to make her "his wife, both without her own and her relations consent. Accompanied with a person dressed .in woman's cloths, he went before the M A YOR of St. Gisors, and pr, sensed a certifisate, stating, that the banns for himself and for Matsu Aatunt had been pub lished, according to law, in the parish church of Cassaigills. L• Kav was, in consequence, mar vital to the person 4 his company, and took out the certificate of his marriage. With this in his hand, be went diredtly to Cassaigne, and demanded of M•- ai a's relations, to hay his wife given over to him. Tie whole family, and, most of all, the girl, were, as might be expo:fed, greatly surprised. M•RIA insisted as knowing nothing of this pretended hus band, and declared that sbe had consented to no marriage, and, of course, was not married. She protested, therefore, before a public notary, against 6 this act, and signed a power of attorney fur her brother to prosecute L• F•v before the tribunals. Med to procure her justice and protesiion from the laws. Upon inquiry, it was fiend out that the certificate of the balms being published was a forgery, and the Imperial Attorney General ordered, therefore, L• Fa yto be criminally prosecuted. In the mean Par L• FA Y concealed himself, and three months passed over in inquiries, to find nut whether MA et• Atte•t, or who else, was the person to whom be had been married. During this period, L• F•s procured himself often opportunity to see M•RI• is 'octet, who, after pitying, forgave him a fraud. the consequence of his love, and declared her de termination to reward the latter with her hand and fortuse. Sbc • Iped, therefore, from her hrother. house, and joined her lover, whose wife she ac knowledged herself to be, and it was in her arm. that the swig tames found him, when they went t arrest him, after his retreat was discovered. Car triad before the tribunal, Masts stood by his side. ani repeated that she was his wife, and that nit t!...,17; but death should separate them. 1.• F• r, in Milburn, declared, that \f. a tis was the person to whom be had been married bclore the Malcom at Bt. Gimes, and that it was from her that he re ceived the forged certificate. Thi:M•RIA affirmed, recalled the protest signed before the Public Notary, vsgether with the power of attorney given to her bro ther, in saying that both these a.ls had been signed by who had threatened to The certificate, sh. ;known person, Ar , ,, She added, c!-.At. openly aa against her ruse of het having mud an opportunity arms. acid Ole tribunal arrested, .I.ld, alter a s L• F•'.. WAS ear uulc•use. MAY Or lour other persons marriage. were all deuldua;:oti thin Ma- Viarri.age with La Fa T intisteJ ng t.:e the fur mitt: re ef the ,ion., in whici. they rs VArks wade by F " SIP TO p.nut.d tha 44 her from fear for her brother, whi . l' her in case of refusal. 1' (es .J she procured from an oak 1 1 lexd compassion on her situstion. t, is dough of age, she dated not op Wbrothor's will. which was the cat ',behaves? as she did, until she foi 0 ! riline "Ito her husband's arms 4 • • In consequence of this dcclar. tnrderecl even Pits IIIII• to be erne 4opace of tight rroaths, she, with ltd before their J.:Ages at Took' St. Gismo, his Seclieltary, and Amitz *sing the cererhoßT of the , Pl : present, and unanimous - in their dt Ais w.is not the girl sebnite Ilearti othey ha.l se?n. MARIA,. hoveVer. a rras y She gave a description ;t I room at the Mianicipa'.ity at St. G . 'oat married. She relate •.. tae • sa: the persons present during the ceremony, with some words said by the Mayor to the Secretary. She knew again every body who was present ; pointed them out by their tames and titles, and recalled to their remembrance some expressions they used on that occasion. As she did not contradict herself, but was so determined to be La Fay's wife, the Imperial Commissary, who, in the name of the Attorney General, pursucd this affair, withdrew his prosecution as to the marriage, but continued it on account of the forged certificate. It was impossible for LA ray to have beill the fabricator of it, as he could neither read nor write, but he and his wife had both made use of it knowing it to be forged, and were, therefore, found guilty. La Far was condemned to the galleys at Marseilles, for eight years, and M ARI• AIIIONI to four years bard la bour in the house of correaion at Toulouse. This trial excited great interest, particularly among the youth of both sexes. A petition was drawn up, signed by four thousand bachelors and maids, and intended to be presented to the Ess. exam But, before it could reach Paris, Matta, with her husband, escaped tram prison, and as she had long before disposed of all her property, amount ing to 6000 limns (2501.) in the year, it is supposed that then. persons intended to settle in some foreign country. Should, however, his M aeas ra, in his wisdom, pardon them, which it is hoped will be the ease, as her Majesty the Esse tixss interests herself in their behalf, they many return, and repair in their own department the errors cf their youth with an honourable life. It is regarded as a certainty at Toulouse, that the person to whom LA For was married is a young peasant, who had dressed himself in woman's clothes to serve his Friend.—(J.nroal des Tribriarz.) A CHIEF OF BRIGANDS—NOT BONAPARTE. A person, long the terror of the country, of the name of AL ETON. pas lately killed near Mans. In the reign of Ito arm ea az he was a President of a Revolutionary Committee; under the Direaory a Police Commissary ; and, for the two first years of B . ' Consulate, a Sub-prefea ; but, con viaed of rape, and suspeaed of murder, he was dis missed. He has since been, for forgery, upon the galleys. from which he escaped, and became a Chief of Brigands. Under pain of having their houses ,urned, and their property plundered, he forced the inhabitants of villages to pay him a regular and monthly contribution, in money and provisions. In several engagements he has, when pursued, repulsed the gent (raring,. At last, being betrayed, twelve of them thought to surprise him in a hut, his re. treat; but, he had the precaution so undermine it, and therefore blew himself up, together with the reer earone, who came to arrest him ; of whom nine died on t h e spot, And three are lingering with out !mite of re:overy. In the neighhont hood, nn less than fourteen young women have declared themselves in a care of pregnancy by him, among whom are two, his own sisters. No female. who was unfortunate enough to be fixed upon b) hint. dared to refuse obeying his requisition ; as, within these last six months, two, who had resisted Lis com mands. had beet stabbed by him, one of them by the stir of her father and another. Five of his ac complices are now bcfore the Special Tribunal of the department of the Mars.—(Joareal din Tr.bradis.r.) Thisirep--s r J rorr—ttelidA at the ►ubUc Pier. THE BRITISH PRESS• LONDON, THURSDAY, Drcaraut 27. Mr. Vicar, our ('4,,,_e d'.l , rsieei at the Court of Madrid, had not arrived in town at a I ate hour last night. Speculation is almost exhausted in assigning probable causes for his delay so long after the period sf his expeaed return. According to some. Bo has put his new diplomatic system in (wee against him, and kidnap:Ned him upon the way. Others presume, that he has beets driven out of his course by the late tempestuous weather. For our own part, we are not inclined to adopt eithtr of those opinions, although both have been countenanced by Papers ptofeuedly ministe:ial, and which affeft to speak trom authority. Of Mr. Faxar's departure from Madrid, so far back as the 14th of November, very little doubt appears to be entertained, but it is very probable that he ma) have been delayed in Portugal by business ; and that his non-arrival is not so great a disappointment to the Minister as to the pubic. Several weeks have elapsed since Gen. Moose sailed CT Portugal. His departure and destination were kept so seem., that even his Aid-du-Camp was ignorant of both, until the Last moment ; but it has been since generally understood, that he is gone to Portugal to v:ew that country, not only with a sol dier's eye, but also with the eye of a politician. It would be his duty to examrte and consider how, in the event ($1 a war with Spain, Portugal might be best deleaded azainat the attacks at her French aad . . Spanish neighbours, or by what means Portugal might be able to preserve peace, and continue her present friendly connettion with this country. Upon both these subjefts, Mr. Fete s is, of all the men whom Gen. Moots could consult, the most competent to give him advice and information. He must know better than any other man,the disposition of the Court of Madrid towards that of Lisbon, the extent and nature of the danger which threatens Portugal, and how it may possibly be evaded or resisted. May we not therefore presume it to be the wish of Govern ment that Gen. Moose should avail himself of the counsel and advice of Mr. FRERE upon the spot, and may not the latter be at this moment awaiting the issue of plans and proposals, submitted by England to Por tugal, for her safety and proteetion ? Under these circumstances, we see no necessity for recurring to the unfavourable state of the weather, or a new vio lation of the law of nations by Bona r *RYE, to ac count for the delay of Mr. FRIER E'S return. This explanation is certainly more plausible than either, but we do not pretend to say, that we have any au thority for it. The subje& ;s a fair question for con jeeture, and, is such, w: are at liberty to give an opi nion without incurring the imputation of trifling, sr an attempt to mislead our readers. The creatures of BONAP AR TE lately circulated, with great industry, through the medium of the French press, a forged letter, purporting to be from a Swedish Nobleman, stating, that the object of the interview of the BOURBON PRIIICIS, at Calmar, in Sweden, was, to area the migration of Locos the XVIII. of his rightful rank and title as King of France, in favour of his nephew, the Duke of AneoutLitr.. What passed upon t h at occasion we do not pretend to xaow, but we can state frmni gsitherity, that nothing to that etrea formed any pan of it, nor ever was in contemplation.— We apprehend, however, from the publication of the forged letter, and the importance attached to it in the French Papers, that BONAPARTS is not entirely ignorant of what passed at the inter view between the Bowe son harness, and that the letter has been published with a view to excite a pre. judice in France against the measure really agreed upon at Calmar. We have heard from a respettlable source, that, should a Continental War break out, and another league be formed against the pre sent French Government, Louis XVIII. will be admitted a contrasting party as King of France and Navarre, and that he will plant the Royal Standard upon the iliffereea frostier: of his kingdom : it will be joined by those of his sub jets who detest their Corsican tyrant, and sill re tain a sense of their duty. His MAJLiT T, how. ever, being ton old and unwieldly for a military life, will resign the command into younger hands, and, according to report, pmclaini his nephew, the Duke of Ascot:lAm e s Regent and Lieutenailt-Cle neral of France and Navarre, with full powers to .1/1 as circumstances may requite. This young Prince, besides his personal courage and royal birth, has claims to the attachment of Frenchmen, which no other Bouanon can produce, or pretend to. He left France when a youth, and no one can there fore reproach him, much less accuse him of what mali:ious and guilty rebels have falsely and wick edly disseminated against some other Princes of his house. He is the nest presumptive heir to Luca XVIII. and married to the only sur viving child of the virtuous Lout; XVI. He has, therefore, a double claim to the love and veneration of all good Frenchmen ; a claim on his own account, and a claim on account of his Royal Consort, whose fortitude, greatness of soul, and whose suffrrings, have made her the objeet of ad miration, even among the most furious Jac- bias. YesterdAy the Itt:ssisx As/eats/toot trans.ciei business At I.ord Hstotowsy's Office. from torte o'clock, till WI past four. The Coraine. uno, from Militia, fur Nzwfoand- Land, i. Llst on Cape Cursed. Great quantities of stores have been sent from the depot in Winchester, belonging to Government, to the different hospitals round the toast, in the coarse of lag week. The SP ABDO AMBASSADOR hag ROt lately received any difpatches tram his Court. He spent his Chrizt. mas Day to the cnmpaay of a few feted friends a i:h whom he is AiZtlit'•ltted to iSiOCiate. A promotion of Flag Officers i, expelled to take place before the Meeting of Parliament, which will, of course, include that gallant Otracer, Sir Sr oat v SMITH. It is said that Mr. Fox has pledged himself to the Ronan Catholic Committee of Ireland to present their Petition to P.uliament, praying for a .total emancipotion. The Iron Bridge, at the Wapping Docks, is at length opened fur the use of the public. It makes a trA ight line of communication the whole length of Wapping. The Order of Council for an embargo on all Spanish ships at Plymouth and its dependencies, WAS put in lures on Monday. and tour Spanish merchantmen were in consequence boarded by the officers of the Custom.. The Spanish men of war are also placed in a sim.lar situation, and their car goes of sundries are landed, and under dire. ions and care of the Collerlitor of the Customs of that port. Rona On Sunday and Monday evenings Their Ms, rtes had Concerts of Sacred Music, in the Gra Concert Room, in Wi n d sor C ast l e. The was entirely sole fed by His Niew sr , y, It menced with the 100th Psalm, with aceonspan ments for a full band, by Mr. Oartrona. .1 other principal pieces were Dr. Bs. arce's inipiV Anthem of have rd God al:4w &Ar a me; delightful are of Pious Orgiee, Peons Asps, tit the Oratorio of Judas Maccabees ; the sublime Ai of I knots, that my Redeemer (meth, from The Atm.- the Air and Chorus of Riess the true Church and in; the King ; the grand Hallelujah Chorus; and con eluded with the Chorus of Worthy sr the Land that on: slain. and loath redeemed us SO God he hi, blood. The last Chorus His M sr ESTY is particularly parted to, which proves his scientific knowledge, as it cer tainly is one of Ha unites grandest compositions, and the Amen Chorus fallowing, is one of hi, fugues. His MAJES r v seleCted for the Monday c. c .. ing s performance, the most favourite parts Oratorio of Judas Marealress, except the Orer.t.•., opening Recitative and Air from The Alasiati. A number of Nobility and persons of distii were present at the perfornionce, Tuesday, being Christrna .-day, Their Ma, Es i , r , and the PaiNcnssas, with -everal attendants, went at_ the early hour of nine o'clock to St. George's Chapel, where the morning service of the Fesuval Day was performed, and the Holy Sacrament ad-, ministered to the ROYAL FAMILY by the Bishop of Noassicn, and the Rev. Mr. Luse. The Royal Party returned to the Castle to break fast, and, soon after ten o'clock, went again to St. George's Chapel, where they heard a most excel. lent sermon, preached by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Lino, from the :dist chapter of St. Matthew, and rift verse. " But List of al: he sent untu them hip 54.1, saying, t!ey will receive my Son " Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY, accompanied by the Duke. of CAMBRIDGE, attended by Lrd WA Lat No Id A M and General Sr .1.4:E1t, took an airing on horseback, by the new barracks. tier Mei t.sr v and the Pa sots's, took an airing in two coaches and four to St. Leonarr's Hil!, honoured the Honeitrable Mrs. Ha ilco” et wit morning visit, where the Rov•t. Pa sty rernaintd seine time, and, after partaking of some rafr rnenr, returned to Windsor Castle to dinner. Last Sunday, Her Mairsres be.tutifol prer es at Fro more were broken open, and a grew- r, ber of foreign ducks, pheasants, and v. ' p other birds, of considerable value, stolen th A reward of .501. has been offered for the de of the offenders. Two meet have been appre by Dowsers and lEciwa a os, the Police ' on suspicion of having been concerned in bevy, and were yesterday examined Mayon of Windsor, and committed examination. IMPROMPTU. asswEß OP M. voLTAtat. Ni HEN ALMOI 1 - u A LA n' • — I) TO Ds but 01.4....1.1 poeseele 01. 'cut ne On rout cue r-. 71 ertlire •.% e tit • ..ok . Rs Royal Highness the Duke of Yoga - Aicis.de-Cam?, with Mr. Gn s txwoon, returned town yesterday from Oatlands, after spending t Chr:strnas with the Duche,s, and dine! yesterd Afternoon at lork•house, Portman•squassr. Sir resorts, Lloosia. porchased last week a elegant house in Wimp°l►street. The Hen. Colonel Wtroortrup Sr ATTORD h: taken a house for the season in Stratford Place. The Earl and Countess of Ras potoi au, and Lal CAIOLIML POSSONST, 21Trred in trW2 yestr from Cie Priory, the seat of the Margriis of A.ll CO ex, whcre they have been for some ..inse on a vi Bart and Countess rots , scrt and family arrived in town for the season from Castle Hill, L vooshire. Two daos.t., loungers paraded Sind•street yes,. Jay with 4airre &ogling at their sid s, as if ti were come from thi Jci, upon which they had acid. skill nor COUTII:e to Vegilitte. Co •it Ls' iats• a. Esq. M. P. is returned ft% h.s seat in Wales, to his ),ruse in Eal , ng. The BV)IP010 Family are not ezpeded toreta. to L.,ndon until April nest. Extra& from an Alvertisensent is a Provinci Paper. .4 Wanted immediately a Jourarynsin in • Grocery business to make cisaiL'ca." The Proprietor of the Pa'ett Blergier has ap pointed the jtatro..ere the agents for selling his sai.le commodity. as being dater* its keek as well .s white. Tome persons rresnmr. from Mr. Fates's name, that ikistar sa rr Las sought t...riNimr,sse svols Mr HOLM AM is performing the chArAtiter, of 8 , - ied+c4. D. Fr . P.z. And d, at the DubLn art ; and MI S. ECM IN, I nferke Ana Late Pork.. Me two Mss Outlasts trial szt off this day from Sir Joao Hoar's. upon a sir:. to th-ir mother. LaJT Coon mt.. at Avon.. Mr Res ,somor's Ccmcify of TI4C n 1444 ad/p/4 is in rehearsal at tha 141:11 theatre. Mr. Muaroses new Comedy will be read this Jay in the Green.room at Covent Garden. Tall cast include. the comic strength of the house. Mr. J. Pa asou. B. A. of Clare Hall. Cambridge. is eleted a Fellow of that SJciery; and Mr. Has v Ha a tore Kum is admitted a Fallow of King's College. Mr. B•itat a. cf Russell -street. is the purchaser cf Mr. T. Dia biles Thirty Tis..suesod. Mr. Bather is more than a match for the snar:ray Critics. The City of London has declined most woefei:r in its favourite passion for eating. Only •ne rri—s died this year in the city of a 14r:reit. Among the company who were to spend the Lo• lidays with the Duke aid Ouches' of tivecr.rurse. at Dalkeith Castle. are. Lord and Lady Dar crirn and family. Lord and Lady Hens and tar :nay. Lord and Lady MOINTAGIA, Lord and Led! Douoaas. of Bothwell Castle • Sir Coastal; sual Lady C. DOLGL AS, Mr. and Mrs. Mowry, of Diatom. and a large party of the naighboariof Scowl' Nobility. ~_.~..~