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PARIS PAPERS.

FARIS, FEBRUARY IR.
This morning it was announced at the Tui-
leries that the Dunhese of Berry had passed a tran-
quil night and was still at rest at the moment of
toe courier's departure.
Yesterday. at twelve o'clock, all the military bo-
dies were adinitted to present their last duties to
the lifeless remains of the Prince whose loss is de-
plored by France. The hundred Swiss, the life
guards. and the Officers of the royal guard, suc-
cessively passed before them. At 11 o'clock, Mar-
shale °odium, Macdonald, Viemesnil, Glavin° St.
Cyr, Ms►mont, Victor, Coicity, Kellerman. Jour-
dan, Suchet, Moncey, Davoust, Soult, and Matter,
all these brave and noble warriors traversed the
courts of the Louvre in the serohlance.of profound
g►ief, saluted the Prince's bier, and then presented
themselves at the apartments of Monsieur.
On Tuesday next the body of the Duke of Berry
will be conveyed to Saint Denis. The funeral ors-
Lion will he pronounced by the Bishop of Trnies.
The Marshals presented themselves yesterday at
Saint Cloud, to offer their homage to the Duchess
of Berry. The Duchess of Reggio eapressed to
these the r►gret of the Princess at not being able
to receive them.

We understand that about two months since, •
man named Antoine, walking owe night in the roe
Aubry-le-Boucher, was stopned by two persons.
one of whom hastily said, " Have you not assassi-
nated the Duke of Berry yet 1" This man and
Antoine hare, we are assured, been since examined
by the King's Attorney-General.
Two days before the aseasoination, a man went
into the shop of the Dochers de Berry's florist,
where he chore a rose. The Grist, however, re-
fused to let him have it, saying, " I am keeping
that for my good Duchess of Berry."—" You love
her then?"—" She is so good !' —" Be tranquil ;
toe shall spare her."
We received yesterday the Madrid Gaselier of
the ad and Bth of February. It appears from them
that the utmost. tranquillity prevails in the capital.
An authentic letter which we have received by the
Madrid courier, assures us that the number of the
insurgents is daily diminishing. The °mend com-
mending the troops faithful to the King, who are
progressively increasing. hopes, in a short time, by
means of persuasion alone, to induce the deluded
soldiers to return to their duty. Every moment a
general submission is expected.
A meeting of about sixty Members of the Cham-
ber of Deputies was held on the evening before
last, at which M. Jard-Pauvilliers presided. Tha
project of law relating to individual liberty was
there discussed, and almost unanimously rejected.
Generals Count Maurice Mathieu, and the Mar-
quis Dessange, both Peers of France. and now in
Paris attending upon the present Session, have re-
ceived orders from his Excellency the Minister of
War to proceed immediately. the first to Lyons.
and the secood to Nimes. the head quarters of the
military divisions which they respectively command.
MADRID, TEBILUMIT 7.

We have accounts from Cadiz to the 3d of this
month. General F►eyre had then his head-quarters
at Puerto Santa Maria ; his troops occupied every
point adjoining the Isle of Leon, in which the ►e-
bels were closely blockaded, as well by land u by
sea. Their means of subsistence were diminishing
daily, and discontent was increasing among them
in the same proportion. Hopes were entertained
thai they would shortly surrender at discretion,
without the necessity of shedding a single drop of
blood.

A detachment of rebels who had sallied out to
obtain provisions on the side of Vexer and Corti!, at
the moment when the blockade of the Isle was
completed, have been cut off by the troops of the
royal army, and no resource was left to them but
to disperse along the coast in the direction of the
camp of Gibraltar. They are closely pursued by
the troops under the command of General Joseph
O'Donnel.
At Cadiz, as iii all the rest of the Peninsula, the
utmost tranquillity prevails.
On the night of the 3d instant, M. Lozano de
Torres, Ex-Minister of Mercy and Justice, M,
Ugarte, treasurer of the transmariite expedition,
and M. Villorfrotitin. member of the Camarillo,
were arrested in their respective houses by com-
mand of the Captain-General of Madrid, and con-
veyed in exile to Coruniss, Segovia, and Tarragona.
M. Lozano de Tones thought that their oltitct was
to instill him again in the Ministry, and be pre-
seated himself to the Captain-General in Court
dress, with all his orders. It is known that Lo-
=no had for a very long time enjoyed the cosh-
denca of his Sovereign, mad survived all the changes
of the Ministry during three years, which acquired
for him the name of the Spanish Decaus.
The famous Melchior has been executed.
There is no important• news front Cadiz. The
head-quarters of the Royalist army are at Puerto-
Real. only two leagues from the Isle ;de Leon.
The insurgents are shut up on all points is-the I.la
de Leon. Admiral %well° has captured one of
their gun-boats, with two officers and 28 men.
The Guesses coutinue to observe a strict silauce
oo the eveut. of Andalusia.
/From the Nowiteas.)
The Cadiz Journal of the Ist February contains
two Proclamations from General Preyre, dated
from the head-quarters at Xeres, January 29.
One of them is addressed to the insurgent soldiers,
the other to the inhabitants of Cache. The first
commences with the words •'Sokfrartor 101gbbffer
en J. Rirrawro." At rionottomas to time Abe
Kiees chseetitcyAtitl Noitt4t to Mum a t

hand, and tht G ssetal promises th.m. in I•te
Mayear)'s tifillDe, tondos! and Whet _stow% !r
repentance may niers!.
Letters from Ronda of the 111.1 s r 4 I spumy,
from Xeres of the 291 h. and from Cads of the ht
February. all agree in the following :
General Prryre was en the 29 1s sal Kreps,
with the Ant chtiesuu 1.1 the army ender I "en-
mood, 6,000 stiolig. These troops ape sal fi..r Lass-
dition, and had ionised MI the 30th art Sew. Nier!4.
They set out on the 314 for Puerto Heads"—
(These two ports are on the lily of Cadet.)
" There was ,Iso at Xffil a regiment of ruin'''.
SIM. The rest of the cavdlry extended ibelf from
Puerto Santa Maria to Alcala, where Gesarral
O'Donorl was stationed with 600 horse and 1.040
Not onlohers.

" The royal army consisted of 30,000 attn. dis-
tributed round the I►la de Leon.
" The gu.iril of the hay of Cadiz is very ascii...?
and strict. The ves►els which are moored in the
passage communicating from the lily ails the hay
of Puntsles.ll:tve recrivrd orders to aillsraisce Iwo
the interio► of the hay. By this nieasore
Pastilles might freely act against Caracc,es. of it
were found necessary."

THE BRITISH lIRESS.-

LON DON,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY n. iseo.

The very singular and delicate situation in which
the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN is nu. placed, as%
made the subject of some animated ohse►va+tot,■
last night in the House of Commons. Tile mo-
ment of demanding from Parliament sin b supplies
as may be thought necessAry her &Gating the ex-
penses of the State during the niter'sl betsreeli the
demise of li:s late MAJESTY and the melting of t!.e
first Parliament of the present reign, was t•oucetvrd
by Mr. Hume to be the most appropriate for ob-
taining from the Ministers of the Crown some ex-
planation of the intentions of the Government re-
specting the recognition of her MsJeares Con-
stitutional rights, and the security of her ,o-rsonal
property. The answer given by Lord CASTLE..
REACH WWI expressed with all the accustomed cau-
tion of the Noble Secretary; hut from it might he
collected sufficient to sliew, that the same allow-
ance will be continued to her MAJESTY as she had
enjoyed while Princess of VALES, until the ques.
Lion of her rights and separate mainteuance, as b--
comes the dignity of a Queen Consort of Hug.
land, shall be fully determined by Parlidinent.—
The discussion of this interesting sod important
question could not, it is evident, be undertaken
with propriety or advantage in the present unsettled
state of the Legislature. Nothing indeed could be
more injurious to the interests and feelings of the
Illustrious Personages more immediately concerti.
ed, than to have the subject dragged prematurely
or partiallyinto dispute; we therefore think that
much credit is due to the prudence displayed upon
this point last night by Mr. BROUGHAM, who,
while he broadly and distinctly asserted the rights
and privileges of the Queen Consort, eucceeded ii
imposing a bar to all untimely discussion.

The public, however, cannot avoid remarking
the very extraordinary reserve with which the Minis-
ter, of the Crowe iu Parliament have taught them.
selves to speak of her MAJESTY. They have never
as yet designated her by any other title than " that
person," "Inc illustrious person," a the person iii
question," or some such circuitous and indirect
mode of expression. Fortunately, however, the
constitutional rights of her MAJESTY depend not
upon the peculiar form of words with which it may
please a Minister to notice her, for if by sonic sport
of destiny all the Cabinet Council were suddenly
afflicted by a physical defect which prevented them
from bringing out the words " Queen," or " her
Majesty," as applied to the present Quern Con-
sort of these realms, the wedded wile of King
GEottue IV. would not be the less a Qiiren,
neither could her 51aaeirry he degraded from
her high rank by the omission of her mime from
the Liturgy ; yet the public will naturally inquire
why such au omission were made in a manner so
solemn and remarkable, and why the Ministers of
the Crown, who are at mice the depositaries of the
Ktuo's confidence and the responsible advisers r f
his actions, should refrain with such extreme reserve
from acknowledging the QUERN
.by those titles and
designations which by usage appertain to her the.
weed rank ? Upou this subject various rurnosra
have been abroad, some of which undoubtedly re.
crier confirmation from there circwinstau..es; but
with respect to her MAJEsTY's rights, stud the re-
cognition of her relation to the thrque of Great
Britain, we conceive that !so iotermediete mi'de
of proceeding can be adopted by the Govern-
ment and she Legislature. Her character as
QUEEN must be acknowledged in The folle,t
Jaunt, or she must be treated as a cri.
initial. An Act of Parliament
,to degrade her,
without ,proof of criminality, would ,be 'Kt of
isgrant injustice. The great ma.xims.of morality

rind equity cannot be infringed-for the ouire.grsti•
ficatioo of private feeling*: reposing •beaeatii
shield of innocence. Iter tights are sacred, and lc.
though the power of Parliainent hoot or de•troy
Akio cluutit in the abstragt be questioned. yet
Allis power most events understood ,S4l.lafercOce
to s case of extreme necessity. and where-the east -
eise of it is inconsistent with integrity and jostice.
qkinitthiltrilthlkr scia Sftwttitillf

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nece••ity. and if such evidence of guilt can he
brought forward as would he sufficient Is remove
the scruples of a CollllCirallion, Jury, Parliamem
c.risnot in such a case hesitate about preserving the
throne of the country from pollution.

A short Bill was introduced last night in the
House of Commons to continue the provisions of
the priotriat Mutiny Art from the 24th of March
to the 21,1 of June. The Bill was read a first unit
second lime, and ordered to he committed this day.

In a Committee of Supply several vomit were
vo►ed on recount for defraying the civil and mili-
tary expenres during the interval until the meeting
of the new Parliament, null in a Committee of
Ways soul Means a sum of 7,000,0001. was •rated
from the onapiilied aids of the year 1819, fur the
service of the current year.

The Paris PApera of Friday last which have
ntrivell at our Office, are, like those which iin-

rnediately preceded them, occupied principally
iu detailing the circumstances connected with
a“.issination of the Duke of BERRY, and
is conimenling upon the causes and probable
ceustrptences of so shocking an event. The
Ultra.ll9yalist ..11"urnals complain loudly, and
affect so air of astonishment, that the Count DE

('pits should be permitted to hold a !eat in

the Cabinet of the Hocasons for a single day,
after an occurrence which they attribute altogether
to the political doctrines which this Minister is by
them said to countenance. The measures, how.
ever, now proposed by the Ministers fur extending
the power of the Government, and fur destroying
the best privileges of the people, ought to con-
ciliate the fawner of this class of writers, and con-
vince them that the Count Da CAZ es is as sincere
a friend of political oppression as M. CHATEAU•
Sateen. or any other apostle of divine right.
Several persons have been arrested in Paris,
inspected of being implicated in the conspiracy
against the life of the Duke of BERRY. but no-
thing has as yet trati•pired to spew whether the
assassin was the instrument of a party, or acted
from the impulse of his own evil spirit.
Tile latest accounts from Cadiz are of the 3d of
February, at which time the insurgent troops were
raid to be closely blockaded in the Isla de Leon.
The King's troops amounted to 30,000 men, drawn
an close to the Wood. as to prevent all communi-
cation between the insurgents and the main hind.
The blockade on theses side was equally strict ; and
hopes were entertained that as the means of subsist-
ence failed, the insurgents would be compelled to
surrender at discretion.

The French Fire per Ceuts. •re 71 1. Bank
Stock 1,425 I.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Papers to the
19'h instant. The King of PRUS4I A is repre-
sented as having falleu into a state of despondency.
It is attributed to chagrin and disappointment, in
consequence of the failure of his exertions fur the
bsppinen of his people. With this view, in his
own household he practises the most rigid econo-
my, but this is more than counterbalanced by the
Wrenn/once of Ministers.
The Dutch Government has appointed a Com-
mittee at the Hague to repair the damages done by
the bite inundations, and relieve individual sufferers.

The spirit of insubordination which has re-,
evntly displayed itself among the youth of Ger•
many, does not appear to have yet subsided.
Accounts from Vienna, of the 19th instant, state,
that the young mew in the School of Cadets
Lasing been punished for ill-treating an engineer,
were so much offended thut on Sunday the 23d
of „Unwary the greater part left the school. declar-
it:g that they woul,l not return. The Greenmail
immediately took the neee:•sdry steps to recal these
lining men to their dirty. The instigators of the
OA, mild in general those who took the most active
part, have been finally expelled from the school,
a:: ! declared incapable of ever filling any public
c:nploymerit. It is further stated that one of the
P:nlesors has been dismissed for having incul-
cated revolutionary sentiments.

We have been favoured with the following ex-
tract of a letter from St. Helena (dated the Ist of
December last), by which it appears that a material
contribution to the health and comfort of our gal-
lant seamen has been contrived, which may render
that station in future more palatable to them than
it has been :
" The Adonis, has commenced a famous Convalescent
• Host itat at the Naval Farm, High Peak : it is about 80 feet
ponr, and 18 or 20 wide: indeed it is now nearly boarded
up, a.! I aeppose shoot Christmas will be ready to receive
game of our weak subjects. It wall be of the utmost conse-
quence to the station hereafter, as a ship's company coining
Mere te( Is the climate very severely nfter being a few mouths
from England. Our people are now, I am happy to say,
belief 'Lau they have been at this season the two former
years, and 1 trust will not have the attacks of the last. We
have now no more 111311 28 or 29 me. sick in the whole
squadron, which COOPilill of upwards of 1,300 ; and the year
before last we hardat least 100 in the sick list."

Yesterday, et two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
wa. held at the Foreign Office, which WAS attended
hm• the Cabinet Ministers: The members of the
C..1,1::et resumed to delibeestrun till past four
o'clock.
Yesterday the Kura received visits from the
Dukes of You amt• SUSigX, the Duchess of
GLnucesTilt. PriiirelLeossow, and the Marquis
Of CUOLVONUELEY.

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BANK NOTES. .1
PIN AL IMPORT OF TII6 countistowts AiPeotter-
ND POO tsqvistwa INTO TOE MODE OF FRII•
V MINTING IH6 TORGENY OF SANK NOTE&

Ordered, by Ibr llowir of OMVilaillill, 111 be Printed,
February Di, It2o.

To Hlq MAJERTY GEoRGF. THE FOURTH, KING
OF TOE \ I rEO KINGDJM OF GREAT BRITAIN

AND IRELAND.
Since we hid the honour of explaining to your Majesty
the course of our prof:ire:ling*, a longer interval has elapsed
than we bail anticipated as likely to occur. This has arisen
partly from our wiih to have some experim►nts tried, wills
• view to the impruvesneat of that plan, which we then stated
ourselves tii have e-lected, soil partly from our anxiety to
give the fullest mid most deliberate co•stderalton to an.
other plan, of great ingenuity, and exhibiting specimens of
beautiful work, which hid formerly been suggested to ■s,
and the particulars of which have, upon several occasions,
and within a recent period, been laid before us: this plan,
however, afte► such consideration, we do not find to possess
such merit as would make it proper for um to recommend
it. adoption, in preference to that which we had first selected.
With respect to the paper, we are of opiition that it will
not he advisable in make any alteration in that which is
now used by the Rank. _ _

Urel/ the whole, we have ventnred to recommend for
ailoptiou by the Bank the plan thought forward by !grime.
Applegaih and Cowper, which was originally submitted to
the Director's short time only brfore the appointment of
this Commission, and received immediate encouragement

Aunt !him, and upon which some improvements have since
been made. The Directors have readily complied with his
rtrommilidation,and the necessary machines are in a state
of great forwardness.

We humbly conceive that your Majesty, for obvious era.
sons, would not wish us to cuter upon any detailed expla-
nation of the particulars of this plan,
The objects which we have kept in view, in nuking the
selection rpm' which we have determined, have been to en-
able the Bank to e to the public a regular supply of
their notes in sufficient quantity to meet the daily demand,
and to have those notes led in such a manner as shall
render them 6t fur g I circulation amongst all classes
of society, whilst at the same time very considerable oh-
stacks are opposed to the art of any person who might be
disposed to engage in forgiox them. And we humbly sub-
mit to your Majesty our opinion, that these objects will be
'muted by the adoption of the hole formed by the machines
submitted to our view by Messrs. Applegath and Cowper.

Wt cannot hut be aware, that no form of a note can Imvssi-
bly he contrived that may nut be successfully imitated by
some artist of superior talents; we hope, however, and we
believe, that no man capable of forging the note which we
recommend, can be in such distressed eircummances as to
feel any inclination to place himself in danger of the ,no.
minious punishment which awaits a crime so hurtful to
public credit and to the community at large.
All which is bambly submitted to your Majesty's con-
sideration and judgment.
JOS. BANKS, JER. HARMAN,
ACM. CONGIII EVE, WM. H. WOLLASTON,
WM. COURTENAY, CHAS. HATCHETT.
DA VI ES GI EBERT, a
Solo-siware, tebstatirrylS,lB2o.

We are extremely happy to say the report of the
state of the Diocheps of N'oaa's health yesterday
was. " Her Royal Highness is better."
The Duke of YORK returned to London from
Outlands on Sunday evening.
Yesterday morning the Duke of CLARENCE left
town for Bushy Pa, k. {lig Royal Highness return-
ed in the evening to his residence 111 the King's
Palace, St. James's. and accompanied his Duchess
to dine with the Duke and Duchess of Gi.ou-
CESTER. at Gloucester House.
"'mice • LEOPOLD left Claremont on Sunday
evening for Kensington Palace, on a visit to the
Duchess of KENT. His Royal Highnessafterwards
proceeded to hlatllwiroogli-liouse. Pall-total. Last
evening his Royal Highness went to dine with his
afflicted sister.

The escutcheons used at his late MAJESTY'S
funeral displayed the Royal arms as ou the coin.
The introduction of the late Quite's', arms on
some of the escutcheons in various churches. on
Sunday, is to be considered as inappropriate on the
present occasion, the KINU being the head of the
Church and Defender of the Faith, the red mant-
hog is quite inconsistent with Royal heraldic regu-
lations.

The Earl of HannowaY will give • grand Cabi-
net dinner to-morrow, at his house in Grosvenor-
square.
Speculation is actively employed upon making a
Ministerial Csndidate for Westminster. Sorne
persons announce Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, others
Mr. CROKER.

The three Captains of the Bth regiment of font,
who were lately dismissed the service, have, by
order of the Commander-in-Chief, been directed
to be plsced on hill-pay, several circumstances
having since appeared to warrant revoking the sen-
tence.

A visit of inspection was paid to the Dartmoor
buildings on Thursday se'nnight, by Lord Ex.-
MOUTH and Sir Duets PACK, who went all over
them, and expressed themselves to be in the highest
degree pleased with their condition and appearance.
The following extract of • letter from Nassau,
New Providence, dated the 13a1t January, was re-
ceived at Lloyd's yesterday :-
6, Accounts baying readied thin that a piratical schooner,
with a Spanish felucca as tier prize, was at anchor at Green
Key (a small island in this vicinity), the schooner Primrose,
of this port, was =unit!, armed, and sent in pursuit of her.
This vessel Funeredeil in taking, the felucca and schooner,
bat the men made their escape into the woods. The Cap-
tain of the Primrose not considering himself authorised to
land his men its pursuit of them, returned to port. The
Speedwell, Lent. Geary, badog in the mean time arrived
from Jamaica, proceeded immediately to Green Key, in
hopes of being able to secure these people, but on her arrival
it was found they bad put to sea in Owls' boats, which the
Primrose very iocutoieerately left behind on the beach ;
they are sand to be twelve in number, and will, no doubt,
seize on the first small vessel that comes in their way.
Three men belonging to tbi. place have toren taken up sod
put into gaol, on a charge of aiding and abetting these peo.
plc in their piracies.
" January lb.—Since the above was written, the whole
of the people belonging to the piratical vessel have beast
taken un Andrus Wand, where they lauded is their boats,
and reported themselves as orange's belonging to as Asa*.
rim' vessel that had been east away un the !fathom* Bast..
Having brew brought to t=in place to-day, they WINS nee
identified and lodged in jail."

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• LOP. INTRLUOVICE. -
COURT OF CHANCERY, LlucnLw's Iwwr
, Feaavaal• 91.
His Msjesiy having renewed Mr. Wetherell's
patent of preceslessee at the Bar, which expired on
the dross., of hta late Majesty. that Leerily(' (jouu•
arl, by she direct of like Lord Chancellor, took
hi■ former seat within the Itr.

Mr. FONBLANeIIft shortly ofterworris came into
Court, mid hi. psient of precedence being renewed,
be took his former sent wsiltin the bar. _

The Loan CIt•NCV.LLOR postponed giving his
promised juilginento until Thursday morning.
Thr COURT was occupied until a quarter before
two o'clock in hearing motions of no interest except
the plaits concerned, at which hour hi► Lordship
TOWC.

COURT OF KINGS lIENCH, Wrintsinvera,
filomtv, FRIMUARY 21.

Sittings after Terns before the CHIEF JUSTICE and
a Special Jury.
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THE KING v. GSIIII.
This was an action on a Mandamus. directing the
Mayor of St. Alban's, to admit George Avis to the
freedom of that Barrtigh„ according to ancient and
immro►onsl usage and custom. whereby the ions of
freeu►rn had, it was alleged, been always allowed to
take up their freedom under the father's copy, after
his death. A goon this it was objected, that there was
no such custom, cud that a by-law was pasted in
1809, to prevent wits of freedom, not resident at
the time of their death, from succeeding to their
Either's. freedom.

Against 'he propriety and use of this by.lsw, it
was necessary to prove the unalterable custom be-
fore mem limed.

Mr. TT ft DA Lt. pot in evidence of the recognition
of the borough fro►n ancient time, commencing
with an extract from Doomsday Book. and from
thence traced it by various charters down to the
time of that granted by Charles 11. wherein the an-
tiquity and rights of the borough are recited.
The evidence called, however, did not bear out
the averment of the generaliiy of the custom, ac-
cording to the opinion of the CHIEF JUSTICE, and
the Jury, without hearing the defence, pronounced
a verdict for the Defendant.