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priest,. inasouee to MALlame Tietpin iu 1151 It ile
counties the whole of the preeriliog
Theaccusedt is if erusheil.ltyYbe weight sit these
rettiectislile CVisirsiCeS, stisatimereit out reslocierietion
which it it impiwsibk to understand, sod which loss
neither coherence nor sense cannot ler-

gond you," said he to the Nesidetit ;. " my religion
is not your■ : I ann Catholic, Aimositilie, and
I don't like the Jesuits. Ikadea, Mladau►e
dr Pompailobr di►l es great deal of bairn to Prance,
soil a bible was found in it tom' ))))) rine, w►der a
btiliitrades. it is a fact that is very little known."
larghtet.,
King's Attorney—As it is not our intenticiii to
conceal 'Wits good, may Mute than whot naiad,. we
Will ask the accused it he recollects at Net which
is in hid ftvoim Madaine de Turin,' has deposed
that at the age ur eleven years, grittiest' seeing that
she was tuitions about het nephew, who was serving
in La Vendee, took a horse, repaired to the head-
quarters, and brought her the intelligence which
she so much wished fur.

Accused—Do you recollect this ?
Bruneau—Not I indeed ; I►ut I don't wonder at
that.

Tw President broke up the tithing.
'here yet remain to be heard shout 60 witnesses,
among whom are some sery important ones. such es
the sister mod other relations of the shoeinsker of
Vezina. The whole auditory retired laughing et
the credulity of the dupes that he has ma,!r.

FRANKFORT, FEB. 7.
Baron D'Anstett, Envoy Extraordinary and Ali.
slider Plenipotentiary of Rusin to the Germanic

Confederation, has delivered to the Diet the fallow-
ing letter fr his august Sovereign• We uir the
more anxious to give it publicity, as it is a slew de-
dirndl tttt of the laudable sentiments of Isis lonpe•
rial Nlajesty for the confirmation and stability of
legitimate order in Europe :

" We, Alexander Ilia First by the Grate of God, Emperor
an/ Aatiierat of All the Roodas, Re.

GI Iliad ♦xn WHIT SCREWS

" We have received with the wannest sittisfactiuu the let.
ter which the Diet has addressed to us through the medium
of its President, in the mime and on the behalf of the Save.
reify Princes and free Cities of Gertualey, wise have (vainly.
rated agreeably to the 1►!tl article of the Act of the Congress
of Vienint,Juet 5,1815. It affords us real pleasure to testify
the value which we attack to that notification, both ots ac-
count of the happy event to which it relates, and the rffeets
which this so desirable Act promises to produce. May these
results, solder the allspice* of the most solemn engagements,
fulfil the ktilitnate twister, of the Getman nation, and at
the same time those of all tie nations of Europe, which are
so closely moiled by the indissoluble ties of peace and
fernsl concord, supported upon the immoveable base of the
religion of our Savioar. The tranquillity, welfare, and
imleperedence of ►he Germanic Oatifederatrise, will ferns
in &tire a new stienpael for the Salley ur Europe. By
directing all iti efforts towards no salutary an object, the
Diet will efficaciously contribute to enustilidate the work of
the Almighty, committed to the joint care of all the Soya.
reigai and all the States visited for the same object, which
is solely the strengthening of the political and ►urial order
restored iu Europe by the itegociatious of Vienna mud l'aris.
Joining our wishes to those of so wan, Notereiszsta, fall of
hope to witness the realisation of these nepotism results,
we congratulate 01111.1.1VPS on loving invited to keels up eels-
lion, of fi iendship with the Hilh and Moat Sewn.. Gemstone
Confilesation, represented by the Diet, towards *lnch we
thiuk it right to express by these patents our croistaut and
insatiable consideration.

" Given at Moscow, the 13th November, in the year
of grace 1117, and of eat reign the sereaterath.
" ALEXANDER.
" The Settetary of Stake, Count de NESSELRODE."

HAMBURGH MAILS.

nANovult, !EU. 6.

Ili• Royal Hiy,liness the Duke of Csuthinlge
arrived here on the 4th, accompanied by Pritice
11'illiont Hesse, brother to lair Napa Highness's
intended bride. They will b ilium to passel
nest Wednesday.
/MB. 3.

Many riphrta are caused by the order for 10,000
new uniforms, ►►Lids was made kuown some time
*go, and InW been spoken of in phblic prints.
People say these UndoMs Most serve to clothe
ichooo troops, that these hist 'nest be intended for
'some purpose, and already fancy they see the
scarcely extinguished torch of war kindled anew.
—(tirilesbargh Papers, Fr&rotary 10.)

ST. PETERSSURCIII, JAW. .24.
The Danish and Swedish Ministers to this Court
have already arrived here from Moscow.

Lest Saturday a fire broke out in the house of
the Military Governor (a building belonging to the
Crown). which, as the wind was high, soon caused
the whole building to he in flamer. The Police
'hewed the greatest activity, both to extinguish the
fire, end to protect the adjacent private buildings.
Major-General Gosgoli, the Chief Director of the
Police, stood upon the wall of the house, which
is three stories high, in the midst of the flames, in
order to direct is perion the operations of the
firemen. Only a part of the house was saved, but
those adjoining were not
The Grand- Duke N icholsa will anon make a tour
through Europe ; he goes first to England.
LETTER PRODS ?HE RUSsIAN 'FRONTIER. JAN. 28.
Au Imperial Ordinance commends that the
plinidliinetit inflicted by' the existing laws upon
cii-
minals, such as murderers, &c. namely, that
after punishment, and on their banishment
to Siberia, their nostrils shall be slit. shall no more
take place ; because, as the humane Alexander ex-
presto himself, such an indelible mark of i'uf*my