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PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, MAT 11.

When King George IV. was Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Orleans, father to the present Duke,
vi one of the visits he paid to London before the
Revolution, had lent to the heir apparent of the
throne of Grcat Britain considerable sums of mo-
ney, amounting to several millions (frames). The
present Duke of Orleans knew nothing of these
transactions, and was first apprised of them, we un-
ii..t,tand, by the re-payment made to him by the
Ki,ig of England, who has made haste to liquidate
the debts of the Prince of Wales. A part of these
lands has been employed in the payment of the
woods and forests, which the Duke has purchased
far five millions.
'five Chamber of Deputies was occupied yester-
day in bureaux, with the proposition in favour of
the journalists, who have demanded to have places
arraigned to them within the body of the Chamber.
A Cornrnittot was appointed to easmine this sub.
j..ct. and report its opinions to the Chamber.
Southeast. the French Consul at Tangiers,
was met on the sea-shore by the Sheriffe Sidy

Tried-rl.l3ucaly, wl.o gave him a severe blow with s
• 'sack, sud knocked him down. The Consul com.
',Lined to the Eiuperor of Morocco, who, anxious
to phew hia respect for Europesus, ordered the

Sli:riffe Sid/ Toyed to be put to'cleath, reserv-
ing. however, to the French Consul the power
Pardon.ing ttii offender, if he thought proper.
M,Sourdeau pee a noble example of French ge-
srecosity, by hastening to pardon his maussin.
A criminal process, which, for the singularity
awl atrocity of hs circumstances, almat equals the
affair at Rhodes, has for two years oCcupied the 14.
!region of the inhabitants of La Dame. The case
will be tried at Valence in the month of Jane next.

An old solder, named Neyrrti'veho felided -at
Vslcor,. ossified the dasightei of the
iii Dd-
pout.of die issue town. This girl had. ak
a Against previous. brew hououred with•'the pairk•
of seperior wivdovo, sod received a crown of rose's
ant sit hundred frames. Neyret and his wife ea-
played this millet iu trade; but he was unsiaccess.
fel. and becaosoi bseksgiat. 1g his adversity his
arifeslsserted his, carrying off the wreck of his
h►tese, sod abandooed herself to ►pecies of
Ist, swd siebitnefsect. About the beginning of the
smith of Asyut. 1813, NeTret diespt. ',ld sud.

denly, and a report prevailed that he Nod bees as-
s•sttivated, and that his dead body hid been thr.wn,
pierced with wounds, into th• Mow. Suspicion
fell upon his wife, Ilia mother-in-law. and a young
man named Cholera, who was in habits of intimacy
with the wife. They were arrested, and thrown
into prison. Three other persons were- also arrested.
ntuf the six were put upon their trial- for the war-
der; but, being indicted by mistake kr having
committed the murder ore the slight of the lith
August, instead of the 11th. whet, it actually took
place, they were enabled to defend themselves with
'advantage, and were accordingly ■cyuitterl.
But the death of Neyret c.iuld not reensin on-
avenged. A voice, too long discreet and silent, sud-
denly arose and unveiled the exi.irtice of thecrime,
the hour and place of the execution, the number
of the guilty, and the names of some of them.—
A new procedure was instituted : Blanc, the uncle
of the wife of Neyret, was arrested, who.* public
clamour accused of having thrown the dead body
of his victim into the Rhone, and of being the prin-
cipal author of thee crime.

The witness who now appeared was a gi►l
of the name of Michel, who stated, flat on the
night previous to the sudden disappearance of
Neyret, she was in company with one Girard, her
lover, on an elevation which overlooked the house
inhabited by Neyret's wife. It we. about ten
o'clock. She raw Blanc enter the hawse, and then
Neyret, and afterwards a young mats. whom she
took to be Chaleat, some otl►er men. and finally,
a woman dressed in black. About half past eleven
she heard heavy groans, and remarked to Girard,
that Neyret and his wife were fighting. Girard
said they would soon separate, and the noise soon
ceased.

This testimony, instead of being corroborated by
Girard, was contradicted by him in every particu-
lar. It was, however, supported by one Ferrier, a
iit of Chariest, who accompanied his master to
the house, and who there saw a marl stretched
upon the earth, his legs end arms held down, and
on elderly woman standing at his head, who rollick
a pouisrd into the man's throat. The blood burst
forth, the man gave a convulsive movement, avid the
witness fled in terror. On this evidence Blanc was con-
demned to death. Those who had been formerly
acquitted could not, by the French law, be again
placed io jeopardy for the same offence.
Blanc appealed against the sentence, and in the
hope of saving his life offered to make some im-
portant discoveries. He stated, that about one
o'clock on the morning of the murder he was called
out of his bed by some young men who bud been at
the christening of his grandson, and with them he
drank for some hours; that he then walked on the
quay, waiting the hour to commence work, and
seeing a light iu his niece's house. he went in with
the intension of reprimanding her. She was in
great agitation, and told him that some people were
murdering her husband in another room. lie went
thither, and looking into the room without being
himself perceived, lie witnessed the close of the
Kell! of horror described by Ferrier. The first
blow had Leen struck; the blood was flowing in
torrents. Chaleat situ Lastiotte held the feet of the
victim ; Palindre had seized upon the left arm;
Sabot was kneeling upon the right, arid had
plunged a poniard into the breast; Vigne was at
the head, where also was the widow Dupont, the
mother-in-law of the wretched sufferer.—She who
had given the signal for the murder was bent over
the dead body, and seemed to exult in the 1:lood of
her son, which she was the first to shed. Two
women held the lights which gleamed over this ter-
rific spectacle.
Blanc, whom the assa‘sins bad not discovered,
left the house, and concealed himself near it, to
watch the close of the event. Chaleat soon came from
the house hearing the dead body ; he was followed
by the other murderers, and having thrown the
body into the Rhoue, they all returned to Ney.
ret's house.

In consequence of this statement, Lsmotte, Pa..
Sabot,' were thrown into prison; but
Blanc. is • second examination, denied every
thing he had previously advanced. Ile was returned
to Ws ctn. where be contrived toliauLhisuself with
s rope, made of the straw of his bed. the fellow.
Mg letter was found in his bed of sorrow :

" 1 omit about to die; 1 lave pettifog more either to fear
or hope from men. The Eternal awaits me. Before him 1
swear that 1 die innocent ; that 1 die fur Vines., Chattel,
Sabot, Palandre, and Lacerate, who are the real perpetra-
tors of the assassination of my nephew. 1 commend my.
self to t►e prayers of the chum's."

Such is the present state of the case. Vigne and
his wife, Chaim, Melanie Durand, the wife of
Neyret, who are interrogated now as witnesses, have
all protested that they are ignorant of these facts.
They only, however, if public rumour, if the
testimony of Ferrier, if the discoveriei of Blanc.
be troe, can unveil this frightful mystery. It So
generally thought that on the trial they will make
confession.

The Five per Cents are 73 f. 90 e.—Bsok Actions
1,560 f.

Itt.tosy not be improper to mesition; that on ob.
serrstoiy is not sltogtther • note/ idea st Cam-
.bridge. The tower gstessy. or rufrauer; of Tti-
tiny College frooi the start, insinkly hid an ohm,.
'story on its 'mount,. erected for the studies or the
immortal Sir low Nes 4,111. It was Wien dews in
1797.

THE 13111'1'1Si-1 PRESS

LONDON.
MONDAY. MAT IS, 1920.

Paris Papers of Thursday lint have arrived at
our ofice. The Moldiest,. contain% a copy of a pri-
vale letter from Merits, dated the sth of May,
which, in mentioning the arrival of the Duke of
ANGOULRME at Mac n► and Chalons incidentally
reworks that his Royal Highness on returning from
the prefecture of Maim, was informed that the
Queen of ENGLAND bad lust arrived in that town,
travelling under the Haute of the Marchioness of
Bak. Ou her Majesty's marriage was inscribed this
device, Spe meliore vehor (1 am borne by better
hope). It is not added that the Prince had gene-
rosity or politewess enough to offer soy civilities to
the illustrious exile. It is, however, very possible
that the notice of her arrival at. Mac;►n is incorrect.
Graiier, whose attempt to ignite a petard under
the Duchess of BERRY'S window we have already
noticed, has been committed to the prison La
Force, where he has undergone some examinations.
In consequence of some discoveries which l►e has
made, several persona have been arrested.

Madras Gannet to the 19th of January contain
advice* from Calcutta to the Skl, and Bombay to
the 6th of that month. On the 28th or December
the official Recount of the success of the expedition
against the pirates in the Persian Gulf was pub-
lished at Bombay, in a Gazette Extraordinary, of
which we give a copy.

On Tuesday the Loyal Briton, Queen, and &-
roma transports, arrived at Portsmouth from the
Cape of Good live and St. Helena, bringing in-
valided soldiers and seamen from the garrisons and
squadron, anti eld stores. They left the Cape on
the 14th of February, and St. Helena 10th March.
All was tranquil within the Government boundaries
at the Cape.—None of the settlers from England
had arrived..—Town Major JOHNSON, of Cape
Town, and Mr. REDMOND, Surgeon 54. h regi-
ment, were among the recent deatht.—At St. He-
lens BONAPARTE was reported in good health. He
continued • secluded life, and occupied much of
his time by working in his garden. His near house
would soon be finished. Some barracks in its vici-
nity had been removed to a distance by Sir HUD-
SON Lowe. The Conqueror. Tees, Redwing,
Leveret, Rosario, Hardy, Camel, and Abundance,
were lying at St. Helena; the Heron at Ascen-
sion; the Menai at the Cape. The squadron was
more than usually healthy at the season.—Cap-
tain UNDERWOOD, A.D. Quarter-Master-General,
and family; Mr. ROGERS, Military Secretary;
Lieutenants MATTHEW and COOL, 98th regiment;
Ensign THOMAS, 54th regiment; Lieut. Ptoorv.
Leveret ; Mr. ALEXANDER, Surgeon ; and Mr,
HAMLIN, Mister, Rosario (invalided), came pas-
sengers in the fireers.—Mr. LAWRENCE, Midship-
man of the Conqueror. succeeded Lieut. Piaorr ;
Mr. PORTER, of the Leveret, succeeded Mr.
HANXIN, and Mr. GILFELLIN, of the Conqueror,
succeeded Mr. ALEXANDER in the Rosario.

The Lady Wait:vim, rrom Bombay, arrived at
Portsmouth on Saturday morning.

The Conte", 24, Captain BASIL HALL, is the
only ship of war fitting for foreign service at any of
the ports. It is said she is intended for the East
India station, that Captain HALL may re-visit the
Loo Choo Islands, in the China Seas, and make a
complete survey of the coast of these interesting
Islands.

The discussion upon the second ,reading of the
Civil List Bill is fixed for this evening in the
House of Commons, but we cannot imagine how
any useful or satisfactory discubsion can be enter.
taioed on a subject, into the details of which no
inquiry has been or will be permitted. The Mi-
nisters affirm that certain sums are stecesoary, and
who can contradict their assertion, when they will
not condescend to explain the principles on which
the estimates have been framed ? Such a mode of
proceeding is as insulting to common sense as it is
degrading to the character of the House of Com-
mons. Let the principle of evading all inquiry
into any one branch of the public expenditure,
upon the plea of 'hewing
,personal ►espect to the
Sovereign, be once established, and very little ef-
fort will be necessary
.to extend it to every part of
the system. How absurd is it to submit a question
of such importance to Parliament, and then im-
pede the exercise of the discretion with which the
Legislature is ►uppoaed to he inverted !
The only way that remains to enable Parliament
and the public to eseartaits whether the grant of the
Civil List now rtqaired for the Crown is expe-
dient and proper or not, is to compare the amount

.isf the minutes now proposed with the gram sum
voted by Parliament to Omer Sovereign‘ Our
readers are already aware that the Civil List settled
upon Wlt.ll.llAm and M ART did net exceed 700.000 f.
Out of this sum King WILLIAM NA to pay on an-
Doily of 50,000 i. to the Princess AWNS ; of 40,0004
to the Duke of GLoncEsT9l; and of 40,0001.
OS dower to the QUEEN of the exiled JAMES, which
reduced the Civil List to less than 600,000%
a yew : meld so jealous was the Parliament upon
this polio, that taking notice on the uccessien of
Queen ANNE that the produce of the Civil List
revenues, in consequence of the improvement in
the trade of the empire, hod exceeded the amount
at which they had its the preceding reign been esti-
mated, the sum of 3,700/. a week, amounting to
193,400/. a year, was taken from the Crown and
applied to the public service; so that the Civil List
of the QUEEN was finally settled. not without great
struggles, at the precise sum of 700.0001. per aim
This excellent Patxcess, however, with this li-
mited sum, not only supported the dignity of the
Crown, but also continued the payment of the
dower to JAMES'S QUEEN. and during the *tar de-
voted 109,000 L from her Civil List to the public
service. When the Crown was happily transferred
to the illustrious House of Hanover, amidst the
difficulties of a disputed succession. it might na-
turally be supposed that at such • moment an
anxious desire would be felt by Parliament not
to examine too nicely into the revenues of the
Crown, mud that no difficulty would be ex-
perienced in settling upon the new KING the
same Civil List as had been enjoyed liy his too
illustrious predecessors. This was all that the
Whigs then required, but the Tories strongly op-
posed it. insisting that the conduct of former Par-
liaments should not he supposed to bind the sub-
sequent, and although the Ministers then opposed
a proposition made by the Tories for entering into
a minute inquiry, for the purpose of regul4l•
ing the limes probable expenses within his
family, and prescribing his future course of eating
and drinking. yet all the accounts relating to the
Civil Lists of the four preceding reigns were laid
before the House of Commons, end examined
in a Committee of the whole House, by which
means ulnae could an estimate be formed of the
amount proper to be granted to the stranger KING.
Possibly it was from observing the economy with
which WILLIAM and ANNE had supported their
households and civil government that the Tories so
violently opposed the grant of 700,000!. to the
new Km, bat after very violent struggles the
Ministers at length succeeded, and the Civil List
enjoyed by the two preceding Monarchs was con-
tinued to their illustrious successor. The revenues
of the Civil List, however, were more productive
than had been estimated ; so that GEORGE I. had in
•fact a revenue of 800,000/., which was without op-
position continued to his sou, and after him to his
late MAJESTY, but io the year 1777 it was raised to
900,0001. The active reign of GEOROS 111. was
too fruitful iri ministerial extravagance not to
prove the insufficiency of even his Civil List, and
not only were large sums occasionally voted by Par.
liameut to liquidate the Kinn', debts, but also
very considerable sums, the produce of the
droits of the Crown, were transferred by the autho-
rity of his MAJESTY iii aid of the Civil List. This
extravagance, the result of an extended and ex-
pensive war, ought not assuredly to be taken on the
return of peace as the basis of a stew urrangernent ;
yet it was on this foundation that the estimates
were raised upon which the Bill of 1816 was
framed, and which are now sought by the Minis-
ters to be continued during a period of general
tranquillity. The Civil List was in 1916 isoseinally
raised to 1,083,000/. according to the estimates
laid before Parliament ; but including, as me
ought in fairness', the amount of the charges
from which the Civil List was then relieved, viz.
955,7691. the sum to which the Civil List was se.
totally raised amounted to very nearly 1,400,0001.—.
The' Ministers now propose u Nominal Civil List
fur Eoglatit; of 850,0001. to which if we add the
same sum of 255.7881. the amount of charges from
which the Civil List is now relieved, but which for-
merly were paid out of that fund, we shall find
that the Civil. List now proposed for &igloo.' shine
will actually and bona fide amount iu time of
peace to 1,105.7681. To this if we add the Civil
List proposed fur Ireland of 200,000/. it will give
his MAJESTY ass united Civil List for these two
parts of the empire of 1,305.7684

It now remains for Parliament to consider whe-
ther it will grant • Civil List of .nch unusual and
formidable extent without any inquiry whatever,
and with the knowledge of the moos sums of
money that during the last reign WI from various
sources to the uncontrolled power of the Crown.
It cdunot he doubted that if the several items of
the Civil List (independent of the personal ea.
proses of the Sovereign, into which we certainly
should not advocate au inquiry) were examined,
same thousands of pounds might be said to the
country. Mr. lIVISMISSOIM, indeed, says, that many
of the salaries paid from the Civil List are held by
rights soo sacred to be shaken ; for instance. the
salary of 1,370. • year, which is paid to the Master
of the Hawks.: hut we presume that such an in.
tenet Mast terminate either with the life of the
holder of the OiSce, or with the life of the
Kinn. upon which the Civil List itself. and, me
would imagine, all its incident., depends—and the

earliest opportunity ought lo he taken of ridding
the country of so ridiculous an encumbrance. We
shall not go through the catalogue minutely, but
we cannot avoid remarking, that we find in the
seventh doss a Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, w•th
their adjuncts, who cost • the country no less thin
6,0001. a year, and whose services, ornamental, w a
presume, for they certainly we not woeful. ruled
with safety be declined for the future. 'We ere
well assured that if surfs foriundirscien were r..
moved, the throne of the Sovereign would lose
thingbin external grandeur, and whet bower, 1..
reign or domestic, could affect its stability when oc.
copied by a patriot Klima. and surrounded by the
best adlictions of a grateful people

Saturday the Duke of YORK transacted
business with the Kim
The LORD CHANCRI.I.OI had SO audience of !it.
KING yesterday.
Some new stalls are to he added to flenry 11.1
Seventh's Chapel, in Westminster Abbey. pre►inui
to the installation of the Knights of the Bath. The
Duke of You. Sir GEORGE NAYLER, and the
attended there on Friday trivet.