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he , had to complain of was 'the fauftymocle o. disrrinnting these taxes at prcs,:nt litsitation in saying, that the sum which each Department e ras assessed to the general mass . 'was arbitrarily fixed. - One Department, for instance, paid only a tenth of its -produce, while another was exhausted by the .paymunt of a fifth.. For instmire, the Department A. was tax-ed in the p1.:3 1 1'61200 . n of a 10th 100 francs of net produce, ttre . refore, paid 10 of tax. The Department B. was taxed ¶n the proportion of a sth ; 100 francs of net piloduce, the:it-CI - Ore, paid 20 of tax. An additional half 'fiitorliaps, demanded : the De partment A. would tlien pay 15 per cent. which left the proprietor 85 trancs ; the Department B. would pn, 30 per cent. which left the proprietor only ;70 franc's. Stich gross inequalities which bad witnes . sed. ll'Utequalityof distribu t:ou was the firSt requisite in the public; burthetis. lie therefore proceeded to suggest . a plan, for.ob taining an equitable estimate of. the moveable and lae led property of the kingdom"; 'AA contended 'that this - estimate should he presitited Ten each de partment: respectively. ,fle also demanded thnt, with h view to cases in which Government might I , e compelled to resort to extraordinaey 'contri butions; the taxes should, in no case, 'e'xceed a 'fifth of ,the produce, experiees of e4llection and additional centimes int - A:idol. Ile trnst ed, that as the late Usurper had left the Ei:in duan a prey to so many calamities from . tva'r, • anti.. as every thing prescribed the duties Of icforms and a severe economy, the King idiew himself worthy of the task he had tindo . taken. If Louis XVI: merited the title of Father of Ir is People, hy..4uppressing the imposts which the wets of his predecessor created, what benedictiottß would not the diminution of the enormous imposts which - press upon France bring doWn on the head of Louis-le-Desire? lie con eluded with moving for an humble address to his :Majesty, praying that he would - cause to be 11,id bet . oce them cations accounts relative to the re venue of the kingdom •in the years 1811, 1812, nod 1813. Ili) M. LATCOP.DE demanded an adjournment of the moi ion, as it Av is proper 'o wait till the i had ordered the presentation of the Budget. Several *Aces were heatd pro and con. hut the amend ment was adopted by a large majority. M. PumoLAND then rose : the Constitutional Charter, he said, had declared that the Legisla tive Power is exercised collectively .by the -King, the 'Chamber of Peers, and that of Deputies. — This arrangement is, indeed, the bulwark of our liberties ; but though the 15th Article charac torises each branch of the Legislature, as a whole they have no proper and national name. The in fluence of names is, however, by no means chi merical 5 it connects itself with -those ideas which create and perpetuate institutions. We are nei ther those States Genet-id whose functions were reduced to the presentation of condolences to the Monarch, - nor those Revolutionary Assemblies abandoned to every kind of disorder, nor that Senate, the involoutary accomplice of the recent tyranny, nor, in flue, that dumb and compressed Legislative Body, deprived even of the right of. compla int. Let us find a name, therefore, that may express the nature, quality, and limits of our powers,---a name which may teach . the nation that the Peers and the Deputies, in ail their relations, will act at once as free men and faithful subjects. That 11 ante is to be found in the very cradle of the monarchy, under the two first races, what . ) the Franks of all classes 'were assembled in Parliament, Here the Speaker traced in detail all the changes which the institution of Parliaments underwent, clown to the time when it became only a judicial body,still exercising great powers,andwhich theße volut ion destroyed. He then proceeded as follows: " But it is necessary now that the shadow and fi'4ltre give place to the reality : henceforward the Peers, whom their ancient :itles and their birth recommend to the country, sit in the upper cham ber ; there also take their places, the men whom their services, ant! the testimony of - the Mo.: never, have called to this distinguished rank. Here I recognize that mass of. Franks or Freemen who deliberate and vote by their deputies. Such, then, is the'true and only Parliament of France, and no other can be acknowledged, " Y seek in vain for reasons which should make us reject a title national in its origin, clear and precise in the idea which it expresses. Shall we ;ear to seem imitators of a rival nation, equally proud of its liberty, and of its Parliament, which _;4:arantees that liberty? What a pitiful pride is that of rejecting words, when the voice of expe , rience recals us to - the same ideas ? But what do 1 say ? Are not liberal and generous institu tions, like the n'orks of great men, the com mon patrimony of the human race ? Thus Newton and Montesquieu are no longer Eng lish or French, but belong to the world ! Yes, let us henceforth , take as the object of our .meditation and our studies, that Political .or gaifization, pm chased doubtless with torrents of blood, and so long imperfect, but which, since 1688, has formed at once the glory and prospe rity of a great people ! Too happy France, if in those critical days when the seducing charms of a liberty without bounds offered themselves to her view, she had listened to the counsels of wisdom, and received as a blessing - a Constitution on the model of that of England ! Let us Frenchmen forget reciprocal errors and wrongs.; we have al ready paid dear for them. Thanks be rendered to that enlightened Prince, who has just united the S(!esirable institutions of the monarchy with the imprescriptible rights of nature and of reason." He concluded with moving, that the King be requested to present, in the Shape of a law, the following - project :- 4 , The combination'of the three branches of the Legislature recognised in the 15tb article of the Constitutional Charte.6 forms essentially and exclusi,lv the Parliament of France.— No other Body con either ascribe to itself or receive this title tinder pain or f ,, rfeiture." Several Members support the Motion, others call for the adjournment. 111. LABORDE.---I demand the adjournment for four reasons (Murmurs). The matter is too im portant to have an initiative here, and would seem 'to require the first deliberation of the Chamber of Peers. He was proceeding to other reasons, evl en he was called to order, on the ground that while moving the adjournment lie had no right to dilcuis the motion itself. After some debate on At IS , sAm os`t u ou 4 tout the (l,okiott AUO tt be taken into con sideration, mid for drat purpose it shoult he 'seti to the different Committees tbureaux) of th Chtrother. JUNE 30:—The Kinifof Prussia, tinder. the title of Count arrived yestkrtiay, at four in the afternOon, at ';iris. We at'e assured that the king of Prussia t= ifl not remain more than five days in Paris, and that lie will return to Berlin aftt.r visiting Neuchatel. A number of French Bishops who xerc in Eng land have within these few days arrived in Paris. - Prince Eugene has left Paris fOr Munich. Thy company of dile Body Guard, ,commanded by the Mike of Ragusa, marched oft yesterday for Mehin, where they 'viii into quarters. ROME, .ItrtiE 6.—lt is said that the holy Fa ther intends to proceed, in a few days,lo the an cient Church of the Jesuits, to consecrate it. It is also repotted, that his holiness proposes to publish a Bull, for the re-establishment of that Order at Rome. FRANKFCMT, JUNE 25.—1 t is thought that Ba varia will have the Principality of Fulda, and will give some territory to the. Elector ofllesse, in e' change for the country of Ilanatt- Vi NNA 72 JUNE 19.—The Prince of Schwartzen berg is to make his public entry into this capital to-morrow. The Emperor and' the Aid:dukes ilrecede him On horshack. INIAOIIIIY, .1 UN E 20.—After the departure of our dearly beloved Sovereign (who received in this city the most sigiml testimonies of the affection of our fellow-countrymen), in the of the night of the 1 lth, the stone on which was en graven the constittitional inscription, was torn from the place where it had stood. The following two in scriptions were substituted : "Long live the King;" Country and Religion." On the following day a crowd of our fellow-citizens came to the sound of music, and placed on the same spot the statue of Ferdinand VII. leaving a numerous guard, who took care that it should be respected. The Con sti!ution wits then • solemnly burnt, amidst shouts. of--" Long live the King ! The Country and Re ligion ! Death to Constitutional•lnnovators," Au edict •was published ordering a general illtunina tion. Every one wore the cockade, all the bells were rung, there were several fireworks, anti the whole passed off with the greatest order, It is true that some seditious people attempted to excite an • insurrection, but the "great number of good citizens oppoSed them and kept them down 3 with much ,prudence they sent out numerous patrolcs, and arrested the most mutinous. Below the statue of his Majesty is placed a cross, 'is the symbol of the Inquisition. AMERICAN PAPERS. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Head-quarters, Mowtreal, May 12, 181.1. GENERAL ORDERS. His Excellency the Governor in Chief and Com mander of the Forces, has the highest gratificiltion in announcing to the troops, that he has received a dispatch from Lieutenant-General Drummond, reporting the result of a most spirited and suc.cesS fol attack on 'the enemy's Fort and Posithin at Oswego, which was carried by assault at noon on the 6th inst. The Lieutenant-General reports, that having caused six companies of the Regiment De Watte vine, and one • Company of the Glengary Light Infantry, with a small detachment of Artillery, to embark on board the squadron, in addition to the 2.1 Batt. of Royal Marines—he accompanied Sir James Ye°, in the Prince Regent, and on the evening of the sth inst. anchored off Oswego ; but icviolent gale of wind driving the squadron off shore, the position was not again recovered till noon, on the following day, when the disposition for landing was instantly carried into execution, in the following order :—the frigates taking a po sition fr'nu , whence they could cannonade. the Fort, and the brigs, schooners, and gun-boats, in proportion to their respective draft of water, covered' by their fire the several points -of de barkation of the troops,. which was attended with considerable difficulty, owing to the shoal ness of water, the boats grounding, the troops were, in many insances, obliged to leap out, and wade through the water to their middles to gain the landing ; and the enemy haring strongly occupied the favourable positions near the shore and woods, With which it is stirrounded, the embarkation was attended with some loss, but effected with the utmost prompritude under the di rection of Lieut.-Colonel Fischer, led byjhe new formed flank companies of De ‘Vatteville's Regi ment, under Captain Bersy ; the remaining four companies, and detachment of Royal Artillery,. being held in reserve. The 2d Batt. of Marines, under Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm, supported by a detachment of 200 seamen under Captain Mid caster, Royal. Navy, formed a second column to the right. Captain McMillan's company-iof Glen gary Light Infantry, gained the skirts of the wood to the left, avid covered the advance of the co bunns to the Fort ; which was gained and carried in ten minutes from the Advance of the troops, after landing. The enemy's garrison consisting of Macomb's 3d regiment of Artillery, 400 strong, and a numerous body of Militia, saving themselves by a precipitate flight. , Lieutenant-General Drummond speaks in the strongest terms of the cordial, judicious, and able co-operation of Commodore Sir James Yeo, and the Officers and seamen of his squadron, and la ments the temporary loss the service has sustained in Captain Mulcaster of the Royal Navy, Who is severely wounded. The eminent services of that Officer, and of Captains O'Conor, Popham, and Collier, are particularly noticed. The Lieut.-General bestows the highest; praise on the cool and judicious conduct' of Lieutenant- Colonel Fisher, of De Watteville's, and Lieut.- Colonel Malcolm, of the Royal Marines, .on the intrepid gallantry displayed by . Captain Berzy, who led the Flank Companies of De Watteville's ; and by Captain Me.Millan, in the judicious' exe cution of the duties assigned to his Light Corn 'pany, in covering - the advance ; to Lieut.-Colonel Pearson, Inspecting Field-Officer, • and Major Smelt, 103 d Regiment, who being passengers in tl~e ecl 'tiieir C:aPt. tendon, Royal Artillery'; Brevet MA& t 7 '661 . 'teas, of De Watteville's ; lJieitt. Steven's', Itoeket Company; Lieutenant GOs;et, Royal Engineers ; Lieut. Laurie, ..of the Ma'rin4es', wi) ted the tittt party that ent'lred 'the fort ; aiicl Lick- Hewitt', 'of the same corks, who climbed the Fiag,-Stalf; 'And pulled tr6wn the Anitrican colours, :which *ere nailed to it, are respectively noticvil by the Lieut.-General ;. - who represents, in the strongest terms, the zealous and able assistance he has ex pered, on 'this and every former occasion, f'r'ont the Deputy-Adjutant General, Lieut.-CoMiel Harvey; and also froth his Aide-de-Canip, Capt. latvoise. • It is particularly gratifying to his ExcellencV to have to notice, that to the hitzii hon6tn of both lirinches of the service, that there' was nor a single soldier or sailor missiug, uor a single in stance of intoxication, although surrounded with temptation. . _ _ The service has lost a brave and meritorious Officer in Capt. HottaWay of the Itclal Marines. Every object of the expedition being acconi plished—the Barracks burnt, and the tort dis mantled, and all public stores which were not brought away, destroyed, the troops re-embarked at four, the following inoining, and the squadron sailed for Kingston. The enemy's losS amount to at least 100 killed, and GO prisoners, the greater part wounded. Return of KWed and Trountled of the ur . my in the action with the twthiyrtt ONwegj, 6th May; 1814. Killed—Second Battalion Roy:;e1 Marine, I Captain, 2 Serjeants, 4 rank and file, total 7.—11 e Waal: 11e Regiment I drummer, 7 rank and filo, total Wounded—Second Battalion Royal Marines, I Serjeant, 32 rank and file, total 33.—De Wtt,•ville Regiment, I Cap tain, 1 Subaltern, I serjeant, 17 rank - and total-20,-.-Olen gory Liglit Infantry, 9 rank and 11 e, total 9.. - Officers Killed—Capt. William IJui ; .vow, 2d Batt. Royal Mari ties. • Officers Wounded—Capt. PancrasLedergerw, De 'Withering Reginient, severely, and Lieut: Vietor May, dangerously. Killed and Truant/et! the Royal Navy. sv4men `ounded-2 C:aptains, I Lieutenant, 1 Master, 7 seamen Officers Wounded—Car:Mu Aluleaiterolant., , erowly; (apt. Popham am! Lieut. Gritfin, severely; Richardson, Ali ter, (arm amputated.) ' • • •• • Crthtance taked'and Destroyed. 8-2'l l rs.—lron Guns • . . Taken Pes.Hitto ditto 12 Pr..—ditto ditto G I'.;.—ditto ditto Destro . ved { -12 Pr'.---TlearY 6 Pcs.—ditto.. ....No. 3. One *: , eliooner, and 'several boatS laden with ordnance, naval and ot her stores, were broug,ht a,kay,. three 'sciliouners and other craft desti•uved. • EDWARD BAYNES, Adjutant-General; North America. MO7siTE EA T., MAYI 14.-Owing to the severity of Captain . Mulcaster's wound, th4' public will long be deprived of his services, 'hitt we are ha:, , py to ' , understand that there are fair hopes. of his ulti mate recovery. The di,molition of Fort Oswego, the destruction of the barracks and • river eraft, will have a eimSiderabls, effect on the operations of the enemy dining this campaign. The harbour and fort is in almost every respect more useful to the : enemy than Sackett's Harbour; the excel lence of the latter consists only in its beitag a bet ter naval station, but most of the naval supplies come by way of Oswego. All the heavy cannon and bulky , materials front Albany are first brought there, owing to the cheapness of watte carriage. —The Mohawk river is navigable for batteaux as high as the town of Route ; for thence there is a short portage, which leads to a stream that falls into Odeida Lake ; after that, there -is no interruption till you arrive at the Falls, a little above Oswego. It is by this river that most of. the commodities raised in the western parts of New York Si;rfe, ire brought into - Lake On tario. Genessee River is also navigable, but it embraces a comparatively small tract of country. No commodities can be brought to Sackett's Har bour by .any other water route ; if they are car ried by land from Mohawk river, the distance is more than 100 Miles through a wilderness, at some seasons impassable. It consequently is evident that it would be highly imprudent to let Oswego rise again into strength while the' war continues. Perhaps a •more judicious .expedition could - not have been undertaken against the enemy at any other point of his defences ; it' may probably be the precursor of another more splendid, which a short time will develope.—(Herald)' On Wednesday evening, Captain -Jarvoise rived in town from Kingston, with the Garrison Flag of Oswego. On Thursday, it was elegantly displayed at the porch Of the Government House, and - at half-past two, a Royal salute was fired from the citadel in honour of the brilliant expedition against Oswego.' The last accounts from Kingston state, that Commodore Sir J. Yeo had again sailed. TOE OSWEGO FLAG.---There is always some thing ludicrous in the American Character, which is constantly developed, in all their enterprises. At Osn'ego they had to act entirely on the de fensive, and in case of being defeated, it would have been an easy matter to .have saved the Gar rison Flag. But the Commandant like " Captain Bohadil,".thought of nothing else than destroying the whole British armament—and to give-a sam ple of his determination, nailed his, Flag to the staff, which he afterwards shamefully abandoned. MAY. 17.—Arrived yesterday evening in this. city, front Kingston, 30 of the American prisoners taken at the brilliant assault of Fort Oswego. BALTIMORE, APRIL 27. Brigadier-General Winder, • lately a prisoner of war at Quebec, has been exchanged—he arrived here this; morning. From him we learn that an exchange has been effected of the greater proportion of Officers and privates who were prisonetS,only a few of the hos tages retained in Canada. He has no official dis patches relating to an armistice, as has been re ported : he understood that the British Com mander was disposed to make one, if our Govern ment were so inclined, but that his powers ex tended no farther than a cessation of hostilities on land. GENERAL WILKINSON. It is said, the Court Martial at Lake George, is broken up ; General Wilkinson objecting to the forth-of the Court, on the ground of its not being compoSed of General Officers; that Gene ral Wilkinson however, remained suspended at Lake George; and the command of the northern arms• given to Gen. hard. N - IS%V YORK, APRIL 30.—About two o'clock of • day - kffe et'. the reVritnyS 1 iii ;.,i;uut men in each, came int 6 south side of Long and ret schooners Lively and dlOry'Ann.,., After rf , a in the Bay tv.-o or three hours, they - re.xur' l 111aish ship of war . C . ruh - fug off wand ir . 14(0 barges having 'departed, a number the Yvent from the shore And lint not before considerable damage rlad to the vessels. Another schooner wilier': company, with the other, ..,nade her e,t)cao Orders, it is said, have been sent , out Admiralty to crui'zerS, orohi rii ! ransoming of rotes made frOrn 'the Atner“ The Itaenott British armed vessel Out ° has fallen in with and captured an ArAcr ic •dianion, ivith a cargo: , :if camphor, from 4 1v posed to be worth fr?ln go to ,80,00 t. ?,,, The Ric/ciwud Enqiciicr, of April 30 , " The enenty have Crken "pOlrirtessie:n of clue Tangier Islands, in the Clieapeake BaY , the .Accomack shore, have fortified it, tin cannon, and-built barracks." The Brew of 'the frigate INlA'eedonian,'V l ' New-York for Albany, on Thursday last , : rcay to the Lakes.' These hearty tars tvu of the Navy Yard in the most .:cheerfol ui The presence of Commodore kokers, parture, occasioned some additional air' • 1111z7.. ,• NOICH , APRIL 2; 7 .betachments( )l ,„ 5 ' RW for the Lakes left the squadron, on SOa fr i Monday, in .charge of Lientenahts B.og Henry and several. caber Officers. - .1 Captain . Elliot, of the United States , sailed from Erie On the 12th April, ov tiou, With the. Scorpion, Tigress ) Porcopt!l "Summers: Qurzgoic, MAY 19.—Tlle armed schog; Lawrence, sailed this morning with 5010 61 the lOth Royal Veteran Battalion, and '1 luirt~,_ the whple under the command of liesserer, Gth End). Militia,„ for tic plq making settlements on the road cotruo'':: between this Province and New Brunswic' Nammerwoms * 4* 'Alaiq Articles intended for Publication are 103' postponed. A atmEn-2 France, 1 St. Sebastian, - 1 Tlub 1 ' 1.)1.1F,-2 Gottenburgli, 1 H4mburgii, 1 Holland, , I Waterford. PRICE OF THIS DAY Al"liv 3 per Cent. Red. 6941 :3 per Cent. Cons. sbut 41;er Cent/Con;;. 5 iwrCent...Navy, shut liauk Long Aim. 9-I6ths E. EYTON, TC :JTS F:I.V O'CLOCK. India 134m4,.., 13-4. 1 4 g" Exz;hey. ;, 43. ,s °' New Oulin:.nl, Cunsu4 for J uly, 74' Stock-13f olier, No. 9 -9 C , No. 18, C uveal ry-stra' S r.. 7 GA R.—Th e average price of Brown or Musc oo 'li computed from the Returns made iu the weeii June, 1814, is shs. 53d. per cwt. ril A it _A 1 e SOLEM (41/153 11CFlU. PALS;' AIT 010 T ? . LO DON, MONDAY. JULY 4, ISI4 We hear, with much concern, that tilc"! of the Princess of WALES, pursuing °et chievous designs, have instigated her ROP' l tress to subscribe her Name to a Written V of a Place suitable to her Exalted Stat i ' s Procession to St. Paul's Cathedral, on .next. As it would be ridiculous to OP () these Advisers can be actuated by atlY Feelings, such Counsels, ,which are c 3 ' etiio excite embarrassment and confusion 013 S° 5 a a an occasion must induce the people at la r n' 6 additional regret that her Royal 1-147 11 ° 55 1t be thus rendered the instrument o f Pay t i which, at the same time, place her in c° r. co' ing a situation, as to appear forcing 0— Das upon a Husband, who has declared, b e • perahle objections to meeting her in Pi private. t Admitting the truth of the above /Tr '. the' iii to he as injudicious as it is invidion s Counsellors, to advise her Rorti P i t' I adopt such a measure in the fice ° ft : e t he acquiescence of the PRINCE 13.1;GSN'r 1010 mentation of her Income, and the d" t of the generous sacrifices which his Y' to 1 )3 • ness has made of his own Income Debts. CAPTURE OF THE ESSEX AMEICI ---74 4st The following communicatio n bag J.- made from LLOYD'S : Agegt to Copy of a.Letter front Mr. TrMAS Ilnolv, N TT J at Guernsey, addre3sedio Mr.-Joirslll':';- v. ' " SlK,—The brig Mary, A. BLONT,Ei,L,', 'Nlister, is riven from Buenos Ares, in 10 weel:s. il ' Nl3ste ; to me, that he had a Lettor seat to hirn the d 3 Y 0 : T a m, Sic , , sailed, of which the followin , , 1-1-10 S. 131 1, C is a CoPY . - ' . 4 .‘ Guernsey,July 1, 1814. _. We have just received the (COPY).' , cc capture ,i of the American frigate Essex, by his Wie stl , be and C'lterjll, on the' 28th March, about two, The from Valpayraiso, after an action of 1 hour and 55 o The loss of f their; is the. First Lieutenant, Who is suppose 4 to ba pleasing' intelligence an Englishman, from his having jumped , overboarc loss of the Pluebe is 6 Lilted and 4 wounded,among the is her First Lieutenant : that of the Cherali is very 9e Express with this intelligence is was seen from the heights of Valpayraiso." _ • Tile Essex 'is - known to have a veil quantity of specie on hoardthe produce just arrived; the numerous priles which she had captured. must be one of the most valuahle prizes