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SITTING OF THI 31sT DUMMER.

At two o'clock the Chamber assembled to receive
a c 1111 l of Government._

The Baron Louis, Minister of Finances, cha►ged
with this communiciition, and the King's Cutowus-
•inner, Baron Capelle, were introduced.
Thy Alinister presented to the Chamber the
projet of a law adopted by the Chamber of Depu-
ties, and which authorises the provisional levy of the
first six-twelfths of the contributions of 1819, on
Illitimates of 1818.

Thu iirojet being remitted to the Bureaux, *ls
examined there. The discussion war Hpened after
this examination, and DU oppositions appearing
against the projet of the law, the articles *ere put
to the vote. stud provisionally adopted.
It was voted to a scrutiny on its definitive adop-
tion. The number of voters, verified by the oppel
'remind, wire 105, of this nutnber the ezinsiiiiation
of the voter gore for the result 103 writer: in fit-
emir of the prgjet, ono voice against and one bul-
letin void. 'the President announced the adoption

of the projet.
The Chamber adjourned till Mondry next, for
the dre.loorinent of the tau propositions presented
in the sithug of yesterday.

COAMDER OF DEM:TIER.
11SCULT GIMMI7 I LE UV TH ID: 316 T.

The Barna driussids 'wrist of 16e
Chamber to propose a resolution, hariug fur its

object,: that the Lag slgeald to 'elicited te-pre.
awns re- the Chambers • projet of • law, vnth
LW -effect of bestowing on the Date de Rselselire
T cations! wee..npe•ce for the services that he rms.
&real to the King sad to France. its the perm.
Lions whist led to the eeacaatiea of the French
territory.
Some Members propos'e to hoer the develops..
merit on Saturday, others on Moodily ; the letter
proposition was adopted by the Chamber.

GERMAN PAMS.

•IKNNA. DlCEillift 17.

The day before yesterday Princess Catherine de
RC;effort (wife of Jerome Bonaparte) arrived here.
She went to the hotel of Count Wanmesirerode, the
hlintater of Wirtemberg, where his Mape.ty the
Emperor Alexander repaired about live o'clock,
without any suite. The Monarch had an interview
of two hours with hie illustrious cousin and sisters.
itiAnse. The Princess returned yesterday to Schwan,.
The Emperor Alexander will certainly depart for
Rossi* cm the 29. d.

We kern from Bacharest that, on the 81st of
last month. about ten in the evening, a most bril-
liant meteor, probably of an electric nature, made
its appearance. The light was perceived even iu
rooms where candles were burning. Several per-
sons who obii-rved it, affirmed that it had the ap-
pearance of a globe of the resembling a felling
star, that afterward+ it became longer, and ended
iu a faint light, which disappeared in two mantes,
leaving a trace of a reddish purple like a long tail.
A courier who arrived on Ist of November (ruin
Jassy. saw it exactly in the same form, mud with
the seine splendour. when he was on the road of
Moldavia. 180 werrto (120 miles) from Bricherest.
This probably is the same phenomenon which
was seen at half-pest eight in the evening of the
seine •lay, in the neighbourhood of the baths of
Hercules, near Wharton, in the Bennet, in the
mouth-east pert of the hurisun. It had the form
above described, and a great number of sparks fell
from it, bat wi; hoot any sensible detonation, and
shed over the whole country a brilleaut light, which
lasted five minutes. After this there was observed,
for a longer time, an illuminated longish burly,
with a black spot, which separating in the middle,
formed two irregular st►ll luminous masses, which
gradually diminished, and at length vanished.
The lirmanient was serene and star light; the air
was calm. The thermometer. which was in the
morning at seven o'clock I!. and at noon 9. stood
at the moment of the phenomenon at 11. of
Iteininiur ; the barometer at 28.
The young Count Beleeznay, who last summer
murdered his father. found means, by the con-
Mira:ice of the son of the gaoler, to escape from the
prison at Pesti). He immediately proceeded to his
father's estate near Pesti', extorted money from the
steward by the most dreadful threats, and had
then the assurance to return armed and on horse-
back to ; there be repaired to the abode
of a woman of the town, with whom lie had been
formerly acquainted. and when the Magistrates
had discovered his retreat, he barricaded the house,
defeuded himself desperately, killed one of the
officers seat against him. and at length surrendered
by capituktitm, on cuoilition that he should be al-
lowed. Isclure lie gave himself up, to discharge into
the air two pistol+. He is now iu strict confine-
ment, and awaits the just punishment of his crimes.

mumicH, DECEMBER 44.

The Protestant Coassistory. established in con.
funnily to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Ba.
miss, was solemnly ripened by day-brvisk yesterday.
and the Counsellor of State, Baron You Seckeu.
door, who has beets t;raciou►ly appointed President
of it, was introduced by the Munster of the Interior.

BERLIN. DECEMSER 34.

The publicity of the judicial proceedings greatly
interest the public tole, since the vote of the Minh
ate, of Justice ou the subject is known. The dif-
ference of opinion 011 this publicity is founded
principally on the follow's% grounds :—Our
lawyer► say—" If the Judges, who really de-
cide that is the Juij), are taken lions among
Ire people, a more simple. positive jurispru-
drrice must he first produced by a popular legisla-
tion, ill place of the wised Roman mud German law
now iii force, otherwise the Jury will judge as blunt
people do lif colours, and there will be need of
a rich east of lawyers, educated in the science.
The other party think that the Koolau law and
the edsf of lawyers who expound it are the very
source of the present corruption and despotism,
Themis bring more an instrument of the &vertigo
thou a ►ervaot of society, publicity would chauge
many things in the law, and lead to a natural expo-
shims. and justice would thus appear a more
friendly and familiar relation to the people."

DUTCH HAIL

BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 30.

They write from the French frontier, that the
tour of the Duke of Arigouleme in the northern
department., had for it. object not only to extunine
the state of the fortreses, bat also to inquire into
the opinion of the greet number of Generals sud
Officers who are resident in the departments, and
are on half-pay. The Duke had frequent conver-
sations with the principal of them. Some of the
Officers are sent from time to time upon active ser-
vice, but cure seems to be always taken not to
include among them those whose way of thinking is
exaggerated. The Commissioners appointed to in-
vestigate the state of the frontier fortresses have pro-
ceeded a great way in their labours.
It appears that these fortresses during the time
that the French frontiers were extended to the
Rhine, were greatly neglected, and that most of
them require very considerable repairs, to answer
in some degree the object for which they are de-
signer!. Some riece.sary materials have been eel-
Iteted for the repair of these dilapidated works,
and eeveral Officers of Engineers have been charged
with the direction of the operations.
A resolution of the Government is expected to
determine in what manlier the loss of the &moires
cub hy the lot Peace shall be wade good, the

lies of defame projected b Vashan having been
broke* by that cession. The decree of the King,
by which dm fortresses or released from the state
of eiegr, and every thing again replaced on the foot-
le, of peace, has made in all simmers a highly fa.
vooroble impression.
The report is renewed that the King has resolve/
tomboy, 25 of the Ex.Conventionalists„ banished for
voting for the death of Louis XVI. to reigns to
France. Several celebrated Generals, and others,
who has. mode a conspicuoas figure in the French
Revolution, and whO are among the ex:les, seem
not likely to obtain the permission so soon; but it
is however thought that in time the French Go.
Imminent will relax in its severity to them also.
Considerable changes have been made within
these few days in the military administration, all
tending to introduce reduction in the expenditure.
Reductions in other branches of the administration
are also spoken of.

MAGUS, DECEMBIR 31.

The Law of the Budget for the year 1819, is now
published,dated December t 4. The disbursements
being estimated at 72,703,144 florins, and the 'set
revenue et the sum 0174,786,691 florins, there is •
surplus of about 80.000 florins. On occasion ul
the law we remark, that the annual expenditure has
regula►ly diminished, being—.
1N1A.... 84,000,000
1817 70,783,000
1818 74,000,000
1819 72,703,000
It is supposed that this last sum will not he all
wanted, because rentffig the receipts of last year we
fixed • sum of 3,6115,000 florins, under the head
of savings.—(Dutch Pupers,January, 2.)

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

" FARM DECZNIBLII 31.

" By the same conveyance which bears this let-
ter, I send you also the Royal Ordinance by which
the new Ministers have been appointed. You can
scarcely conceive the terrors with which we have
been assailed here for some days past. No Foreign
Cabinet has had any part whatever in the seam•
plisliment of what has occurred. Some persons,
however, have contrived to excite against Its the
ill-will of the French people. This they have done
by persuading the French that the English were
the authors of a former unpopular change, which,
for • moment, took place in the Cabinet. There
are not, I assure you, any foreigners in Pais who
interest themselves less than we do in the fitful
vicissitudes of French intrigue; yet we see the
other foreigners combining to impress it upon the
minds of the French, that we are the prime movers
in every measure that clashes with the popular feel-
ing here. It required, however, no great penetra.
Lion to see that the Duke de Richelieu did not act
under English influence; and in the last political
movement, he was openly supported by Perim di
Borgo, the Russian Minister. These two change-
terrine not likely, in my opinion, to be•mistaken
by the French for agents of England. We can-
not, therefore, hut look upon the efforts of the
other foreigners to delude the French into • belief
that the British Cabinet looked with a favourable
eye upon the scheme of thrusting Ultra-Royalists
into the French Cabinet, as a secret intrigue, well
calculated. if it should succeed, to throw upon us
the odium of that measure. In fact, Ido not be-
lieve that foreign influence had any share in that
transaction. Some persons here suppose that the
Duke de Richelieu was but the dupe of some
ambitious French intriguers. Of the correctness o
such a supposition, the best proof is. that the
Count de Cages, while be obeyed the order of the
King as to the forming of • new Ministry, contioued
positively to decline the new honour which the King
wished to confer no l• , by uniting in his hands
the government of the Interior sod the Police;
nor could any thing short of the desire of his
Sovereign (formally expressed), and the repeated
entreaties of the Duke de RielveLen and Monsieur
Leine, have induced hum to accept of the cashed
station which lie holds at present.

•' Tranquillity is now restored, mud our friends
have abandoned the preparations which they were
asking to return to England."

Moo%sir has surrendered to the force ander the
00111111111100 of (Anima medoundl, which completes
the misquote of the province of Kondeish, and ter-
tuiiimes the war in the Peishwa's late dominions.

Accounts from the eastward state. that the city
of lissagoon bad been nearly destroyed by fire on
the 2.th May. It is added that a band of thieves,
ainmenting to 200, taking advantage of the confu-
sion that took place, plundered the houses of many
of the European inhabitants. is open day, and
though the leader of this hand was discovered, his
interest with the Government enabled him to escape
with impunity.