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ct►PPER TOKENS.

Mr. LY TT F: I.TO N brought in the Local Copper
Tok.•n Bill, which was read a first time, and In-
&red for a recond reading on Wednesday next.

EXPORTATION OF COAL.

On the motion of Sir M. RIDLEY, an account
of the nun►trer of chaldrons of coals, Winchester
ineasiire, urted front Newcastle-u p n-Tyne,
1 other ports, wi►hin the last year, was ordered

to Ire presented.
Mr. iNlEt.t.t%n pre tinted a Petition from St.
Bloomsbury, praying to he heard, by Coum.
t•el, the Gas Light !LB.—Ordered to lie
oil the table.

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The other Orders of the 1) iv were then read,
and the Howie adjourned ut Taer.ve o'CLocx,
all Friday next.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, MAT 11.

Next Thitruiv the 5ec0...1 Coot.c.l of %Vow will
proceed to the trial t,f Gclieral (contessna—
cioNg), awl the Capt....) of Gendarmerie, Tho-
tnamtiii (pretwilt), charge.' alibi.loettors of the usurpu-
lion of liounparte, prior to the 20th. March.

SECOND COUNCIL OF WAR.
TRIAL FOR CONTUMACY oF GENERAL
LEFERWRE DF.SNOUETTF.S.

The Cllllll6l mmllivatrd to try General Lefebvre
Desn.mettes, met yrsterday.
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The Reporter stated, that he was prevented from
subinittirig to the Court several important docu-
ments, relative to the events anterior to the 10th
;March, these papers having been burned on the
return of the 'solver, as appeared from the testi-
mony of the Minister of %%Far. Re then proceeded
to read the evidence of bring witnesses. One of
these, Field-Marshal Barrio Aboville, Command-
ant of La here, related the means employed by
Lefebvre I.)esniiiiettes, and the brothers Lid Irmand,
to corrupt the garri.oo of thin plaee ; and the other,
11. I.iii.sez, Lieut.-Colonel of the (.:hasscurs de
Berry, an officer of the garrison of Compiegne.—
The Report stated, that the accused quitted l'aris
soon after the news of the lauding of Bonaparte,
and writ to iron his regiment its Flanders ; that,
without any authority, lie marched his own garri-
son for the espital, and endeavoured to debauch
other troops on his route, with intent to render him-
self master of Paris and the. Thuilleries, with their
assistance ; that, supported by the two brothers
[Altruism!, he entered 1.3 Fere, nu the loth M arch,
and sun gilt to make himself muster of the arsenal and
gar isms of that city, but nas prevented by the wise
dispositions of Fielil-lars!.al ; that, oil the
next day, the I itli, lie was at the gates of the bar-
racks of the t'llasscurs of Berry, ut Compiegne, sit !
sought to iu lice the Chasseurs to follow him ; but
being in 'posed by I Aiiicz, he was obliged to
fly from Compiegne, disguised in borrowed clothes,
and sought an asylum in the house of General

Riganil, another arca in the conspiracy, with
whom he remained until Bunapaile arrived in
Paris.

The Reporter concluded with saying.. thia, 111"
these ground•, Charles Lefebvre Desnottettes is
guilty—
st. Of having, with intent to overturn the legi-
timate Gave 11111 l tut, put in motion from Flaiale.rs„
upon Paris, the corps of royal clusasturs, of which
hr was Colonel.

241. Of hawing itttenipted to shake the fidelity of
the troop► stationed at La Fere and Compiegne:
and attempted, moreover, to possess himself of the
depot of artitlsry at the form' r of these places.
At three tiehlek the Ct.:oiled I kliven.d its judg-
ment, declaring Lelebvre Desiiiniettes guilt y, 'gnu-
cly, of the whole of the charges, except the
attenipt to seize the depot, On which point they
acquitted him, by 3 voices to 4.
They, in constrquenee, condemned to death the
said Lefebvre Desimuettes (absent and I:militant'.
clout:, and to the coats of suit.

The Prevotml Court of Grenoble has met, and
commenced proceeding's it:rmiust the seditious.
They will, with the shortest delay possible, be tried
and punished with all the severity of the law. In
the evening of the sth, a person of the name of

litdwho, keeper of a tavern at IF.yhers, who lodged
the rooliwators, and was eniorerned to the plot, was
arrested by order of the Prefect. lie has already

made to the Prevotul Court important diseo'Vtrieti,

which has put it in possession of the clue to the
conspinicy, and the knowledge of the persons who
directed it. Smite troops of the line are in pursuit
of the rest of these factious own, who disperse and
throw themselves into the woods to avoid the just
punishment that awaits them.
Au article, dated Vienna, Ist May, says,—" The
reductiou of our army is in a great measure effected.
The sale of horses as tt magazines ►till continues.—
It I' more than en years sines Austria found herself
upon so complete a peace estaldishineut. She eau
haw employ all her resources to re-establish her
ti sauces."

Letters from Lille, of the Bth instant, state, that
the 'Doke of Wellington arrived there on the pie-
ceding dOy, to return the visit which the Marquis
Jumillsoc, and M. I)upleix de Mezy, Prefect of the
Deportment of the North, pith! him at Cambray.
the the tali, he pet out on his return to his Head-
quarters sit -Cambrity, where he will remain noUl
the end of the ationtli.--Ilis Grace has given up the
idea of visiting England.
We read the following article in the Journal-Ge-
weal of France :
" The Moniteur of this day hag pnblislied a
Royal Ordinance, which has for its object only
sense particular applications, but the motives of
which suggest reflections of general interest. The
Government, by an set or severity, the more re
unirkable, at it attaches to names of great re-
spertability, formally disapproves the formation
of secret societies, which, already numerous and
formidable in other countries, appear desirous to
reproduce themselves in Frauce. It is evident that
it is not the inen and their intentions, but only the
fashion of these societies, which has provoked We
rigour. In fact, a wise and moderate government
cannot suffer in its bosom partial societies, which
alienate themselves from the great society, even un-
der the pretest of serving it. If the object of an
associstiou be honowroble mad legitimate, it has
no sired of any secresy, and the sentiments of
good citizens may be as openly avowed es they are
salutary. Such is the idea which originates and
justifies some charitable societies which exist iu the
kingdom, with a known intention, and manifested
every day by acts of benevolence and humanity.
But societies, the discussion of which, alttlefi at the
least, are enveloped in a mysterious ceremonial,
of a kind of political freemasonry, such as is. wise
Government could tolerate, however it might es-
teem the individuals who compose these irregular
associations, even supposing their intent- to be
the most pare, such institutions are fit only to
mark disagreements, to perpetuate hatred, and to
recede from that spirit of conciliation which Go-
vernment ought ever follow, iu spite of the difficul-
ties of the times and the resistance of passions. It
is a desire to serve the Monarchy with means hos-
tile to its natnre, and to the object which it lugs
proposed. Besides,, the most culpable inten-
tions, as well as the most innocent, might con-
ceal themselves under the veil of secresy. Se-
dition, the spirit of intrigue and of fiction, would
in their turn abuse the tolerance granted to faithful
*objects, and these institutions, which are tweet in
hartoony with a well-organised State, might be fre-
quently an instrument of disturbance and revolt.
In vain would the public fouctionaries think to re-
gulate such societies, by introducing themselves
among them ; they would only weaken the cha-
racter of public authority, and legalise an abuse
by the presence of that which should prevent
it. Moreover, every established society acquires
and exercises an influence, and it is proper that
an agent of the King's shoold never find him-
self under any other influence than that of Iris
duty, or adopt another spirit than that belonging
to his situation. It would be ►till les. proper, and
more dangerous. that there should be perceived, in
the local administration, another action than that
which proceeds from the seat of Government. The
wisdom of authority has foreseen these inconve-
nience*, which disappear as soon as they are noticed,
and only continue as long as they are permitted."

( For Mark Ma?, Lair 7wleillyeKce, 41. tee lasi par )

THE 1;i: SU 131:ESS.

LONDON,

THURSDAY. Miy It;, Isl 6.

The Paris Papers of the t•3th arrived lust night,.
The Prevotal Court at Go•noble has met, and
commenced proceedings against the insurgents
taken iii that neighbourhood. The master of a
tavern, at which some of them lodged, and who
was himself an accomplice, was arrested on the
night of the s`th, and hits made some useful
discoveries. The insurgents are entirely dis-
per,ed, reed have fed into the woods, pursued
by the military. The latter, of every description,
appear to have done their duty with the most
zealous loyalty, and the conspiracy may he consi-
dered, fur the present, as completely suppressed ;
but the spirit of discontent, and the agents in the
plot, survive, and opportunity may reunite theni.
There is no further account of the conspiracy at Pa-
ris. Nothing of a treasona'rle nature attaches to the,
secret Society which has been dissolved M Amiens.
It appears to have been a constitutional Society,
of a political character, formed in opposition to the
party in the Chambers denominated the Ultra-
Royalists, or, as they are called iu England, the
furious Loyalists.
General LEFEBVIIE-DESNOUETTE% another of

the principal agents in the usurpation of BONA-
PARTE, has been tried in his absence as con/area-
does, and being found guilty, sentenced to death.
His case differs materially from all those which pre-
ceded it. He did not attach himself to BONA-
PARTE., and, availing himself of the Treaty of Fon-
tainebleau, folluw his fortunes to his new empire in
the Isle of Elba. He remained in France, and was
a Colonel in the service of Louts XVIII. on the
arrival of BON APAKTE, when lie sought to seduce
the troops, and marched for Paris with intent to
seite that capital, and overthrow the Government
of his legitimate Sovereign. This is a case of direct
unqualified treason, without a singlecircumstance
of Mitigation to extenuate the offence. LEFEBVRE.
DLO: CElr Es is the Rattle person who was taken
prisoner in the Ycniusala, and broke his parole in
England. Report :tales, that lie is lurking upon
the Continent. Another account asserts, that he
has made his escape to America.
There is in the Paris Papers an article, under
the heed of Vienna, of • very striking distracter.
It says, that the reduction of the Austrian army is
in a great measure effected, and that, for the last
twenty years, Austria has not found herself upon
so complete it peace establishment. Alas ! why is
not England permitted to make the like boast? It is
surely us necessary to the dignity and interest of
Austria, as it is to thetlignity and inttrest of England,
to maintain her ►tation among nations. If extended
colovits on the part of England require increased
protection, surely extended territory on the part
of Austria produces a like want.
The Duke of IVELLimurois has returned to
Cambray, where he is expected to remain during
the present month.
The five per Cent. Consols were on Saturday,
58 francs-95 cents.; Bank Actions, 1,067 i.

A Dutch hlail lots arrived. with ativices from
Brussels to the 10th invtant. Several soldier*
ha►e been lately tried and contbmited to various
punishments fur sedition at Lille. The officer* im,
plicated in the same chat ge are to be shortly brought
to trial.

An 01E631 Ileum to an Order of the House of
Conimon,, estimates the probable expense of keep-
ing BONAPARTE 111 St. Helms at upwards of