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It is calculmed, that during the late Grrrnan fairs
at Franckciu t, I .eipsig. &c. French a:t.irsi, a.Rtesses.
dancers, mnsicians, ballad-sintyrs, &v. have, accord-
mg to the registers of th, police, gained no less that►
two millions, &,000L What nation can rival us in
.OUT indurtry to amuse mankind ? (Jan,del 4:4
It in a: lench that it shall be a mateii
frusreen tite Niarguis of !Mena asund Neer
•I A\ LJR. daughter of the Marcris tif tie s ono. r.
We underitand the marriage will cake •dace on the
7th of next month.

Oa Sunday se'nitight, as a yn•rrt gi ritlernan and
his sister were walkin,. in the violie.y !,:int•C•r.
during the storm of t.i•rnd:r and was i
much surprised at h.., heirl taken As
soon .s she was sufficientiy eeovere-I, h.. ia•eved
her home, when it was found that the high. l'g had •
ii:priseti her of her hearing, and the sieit of
ers.

roavon asuumer.

PROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JUNE 20.
The Ahniteur of this day contains the following
sots upon a paragraph which has appeared in the
English Newspapers, stating that the objea of
Messrs. Fox and Grey's visit to Mr. Pitt was to
communicate tn him some propositions that had been
made by Mr. Livingston, relative to France :
6, This assertion is destitute of probability. The
English Government might receive from any other
traveller the inf .rmation which, it is pretended, has
been obtained from Mr. Livingston; the report
which has been circulated, that this Minister was
charged with any overtures, direct or indirect, on
the part of the French Government, being utterly
destitute of foundation. All Europe knows that
France has always wished for peace, and that war
has been made against us in order to plunder our
commerce, and under pretences at once false, frivo.
loos, and ridiculous."

tint 21.

It is thought that the F.mperer will go to
Fontainbleau at the end of the week. During his
eta, at Compiegne, he testified to General Baraguay
d'HiUiers, and the Commanders of the regiments
of dragoons. the satisfaaion he felt at the excellence
of their manceuvres both on horseback and on foot.
mit 22.
At this moment, works are preParialt at the Ho-
tel d-s Invalides, which it is thought are preparatory
to the coronation. That ceremony, however, it is
believed, is deferred till the month of Vendemiaire.
It is also said that the Members of the Legislative
Body, and of the different constituted autho:itics
who are distinguished by particular dresses, will
wear on that day embroidered mantles.
=ln 23.

The Eledoral Colleges of the Departments of
Tows, Rhine, Moselle, Aisne, Aveyron, and Ar
dennes, have been convened for the purpose of no-
minating candidates for the Conservative Senate.
!tenth Five per Cent. 574.
The English, with their intrigues, are busy every
where. 'T heir Consul at Tripoli has proposed to be
the mediator between the Pacha and the Ames kans,
and all that remains to be settled now is, the sum
the Americas, are to pay for a peace. The Pacha,
notwithstanding, continues his preparations; being
Infoemed by our commercial agent with what kind
of a mediator he has to ad.

A terrible famine has desolated Spain for several
months; the maritime countries have lately found
some relief, but the provinces of the interior continue
to suffer. The price of bread is excessive at Ma-
drid. and this was the motive which determined the
expulsion of all strangers.
What was formerly only rumour. is now truth.
Coves-Resent has ordered the establishment of the
useful and respectable institution, to prepare foreign
missionaries. We say useful, with regard to c0,../-
aurae/ relations, which it can favour in a most emi-
nent manner ; and respectable, with regard to re-
ligion, to preach the dogma and morality of whici-,
it sends its members to the most savage, distant, and
unhealthy countries. We recollat yet, with a ten-
der emotion, the services rendered to humanity by
the Sarthelerni de Las Casa', by the Xavier. by the
Vincent de Paul. by die L'Anty, by the Marini.
Itc.—(,forowel de Paris )
The Society of Missionaries will consist of five
hundred members; of whom fifty are desCried for
the East Indies, one hundred for China, the same
number for Africa and America, and fifty for
the islands in the Soot/urn Ocean, for Otalleite,
Sandwich Islands. &c. The rest will remain ak
teachers in France. except twenty, whom Govern-
ment. in compliance with the request of the Ca-
nada Indians, will perhaps send to that part of
America —( hid.)
The religious precession, during the late Jubilee,
caused at Metz several disagreeable scenes. Officers
of the corps of engineers were wounded by persons
Pito followed the procession armed with swords and
bludgeons. Among these zealous apostles of wor-
ship were remarked Jacobins, who, eight years ago,
were the most violent enemies of religion, who mur-
dered or persecuted the priests, and demolished the
altars every where. The prefeA at Metz was
forced to suspend, until further orders, all external
(transonic' of religion.
The negotiations between Austria and Bavaria,
concerning an exchange of territory. are very much
advanced. A great part of the Upper Palatinate
pill be given to Austria for certain distrias on the
frontiers of Bohemia. • _ . .

The speech of Jules Polignac, before the Tri-
bunal, made a great impression upon the judges as
well as upon the audience, and has made him the
favourite with the Parisians. With a calm and
firm voice be mid, 44 Should my brother Armand
be found guilty, and I be declared innocent, I sup-
plitate most earnestly to be permitted to take his
place, and to die for him. He has a wife, lam
end, the -!----ion of my
see no ties
have not
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LAW INTILLTOINEIL

GUILDH ‘LL, Jvior 3.
Sittinis before Lord EL unisonouss.
WEBS 0. SAV.II.OII.

This was an anion for the maintenance and
education of the Defendant's daughter. It appear-
ed that the Defendant, upon the death of his wife,
who was sister to the Plaintiff's, sent his daughter to
live with her, who was to provide her schooling
and maintenance, for which Ise agreed to pay at
the rate of 4s. 6d. per week. The child had re-
mained some time with the Plaintiff, and a debt of
61. 16s. accrued for her. The father declaring his
inability to pay so much, the Plaintiff consented to
take half that sum for the present. The father then
endeavoured to take the child away ; but, being a
very engaging little girl of about eleven years old,
and the Plaintiff and wife having formed an affection
f r het, and wishing to keep her, made her hide
herself whenever the father came to take her away ;
Defendant then declared, if they kept her in that
way, he would not be at any farther expenee on her
account. After many fruitless attempts, the De-
fendant at last succeeded. with the assistance of his
second wife, whom he had lately married, and car-
ried the child off, wnich so much enraged the Plain.
tiff, that he swore he would make nut a good bill
against him) for the little girl ; he ther:fore brought
his adion to recover la 16s.

Lord Et taIIOKUVOII observed, that it appeared
from evidence, both the Pla miff and his wife had
a lver sel y detained the child from her father, and the
had no right to charge for that part of the
time in which he so d :rained her. Verdi& for the
Plaintiff only for the 31. Bs.

unmarr
liking,nXydcionantry illandsrmpy familylitl ha. van onof ties
that attach me to life ; which, besides, I have not
enjoyed long enough to regret much its loss. An
unfortunate but loyal exile from my youth, I have
tasted little of existence but its wretchedness, which
now is become almost insupportable; and I see no
ti other happiness or glory upon this side of the grave
• than to be allowed to ascend the same scaffold wf ere
the most virtuous of men and of kings, Leuis XVI.
has bled. My sentiments arc besides unalterable,
neither to be shaken by terror, nor changed by cle-
mency. No Polignac was ever a traitor, either to
his God or to his King ; and I shall certainiy not be
the first who dishonours my name. Whether I am to
die in an hour, or to live fur t century, my constaht
prayer and wish shall be that Providence may re-
store to my country its lawful Sovereign." Dtiring
his speech, of which this is only a short sketch, se.
veral holies in the galleries is ith their tears evinced
the interest he inspired. F.:en the gems eremites
were moved at seeing his firmness, and hearing his
frankness.
The conferences of the English Minister at Con-
stantinople are not sis frequent as formerly with the
Divan; whilst, on the contrary, those of General
Brune continue almost daily. Since the conversa-
tion of Joubert with the Sultan, his Highness be-
gins to know his friends as well as his enemies, and
that any connexions with the treacherous English
nation will bring inevitable ruin on the. Turkish
empire.--(Jeorwal des D;fciesesra.)
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