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London, England, 1818-12-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN MTELLIGENC'R.

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, DUESIZII 14.
Vestertlay, it eleven o'clock, the King received
Lord Castlereagh. His Lordship departs this day
few London.
His Majesty hea' Mars in his own apartmentse
At one o'clock he receiv.d the Doke of Orleans,
the Miuistets, Marshals, Grand Officers. food Peers
of France ; the D-puties, tvlilu.fry (Are.. of all
ra•AP, and the Ambassadors of Spain and Naples.
The Count Corvette, late Minister of Finance
and Minister of State, has received from his Ma.
jesty the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michatt
of Russia arrived at Strasburg on the Bth of this
month, under the name of General pookewitch.
tie visited the principal establishments, and pro.
eeedrd towards Switzerland.
Yesterday, at noon, the Duke of Wellington
weut in strict incognito to the Thuillerits. His
Grace had a long audience with lit. Royal High-
ness the Duke d'Angouleme. It was expected that
his Grace would hear left Paris yesterday nsorning
at silt o'clnek ; at four, the Post-mister received
on order, on the part of the Duke, not to scud the
horses which had been ordered.

His Royal !Incliner; the Grind Doke of Roden
died, as we have alr-atly mentioned, on the 9th of
this month, at eight o'clock in the morning, at his
Castle of Mistook. His huffy was tratisposted on
the same day to Corlsrulte. The mrlitary end pub-
lic forecriorrerree effered their &kit owl I ge to
his Highness the Margrrive Louis, his successor.
All the country will wear mourning for lihren clays.
A pamphlet is in circtilation iii the ileirartment
of the Meuse, elititled, "The linin o/ Verdun.
and the Violation of the li'i4htt if Nations." It
relates to the inhahatents of Verdun, creditors of
the English Kremer, of seer (hut particularly
the hostages of that natioe), who cl.rirn neatly four
millions, which they owe to them, and payment of
which they consent obtain. Ihe persons detained
were uume ((((( ;4. Thrir captiviiy lasted eleven r ears,
and the Continental blockade prerl Wird 1111 cont.
inutrication with their 'wive hml. They said, " We
ore opulent, relieve us ; our debt will be one a in.-
Hour ; we would die rather than fail to :esprit it ;
the word of an l?inglishistan is sacred." The Firm
Goversenetit existing at that time give be isssis-
railer, (h ,t the detained should trot he released
uuul they had fulfilled their eirgagemelits. limiest
minds ars• errs' ir Ions: they furilielsed these strarigers
with fiord, clothes, lodgings, and funds.
Nevertliti, is, hills of exchisirge given by some
amongst them, were forwarded to London ; they
were protested. The creditors, alarmed, obtained
orders fur personvl arrests; but in January, 1814,
.on the aloproac!l of the Allies, the English depot
was booster ed to Ilioi•; and the detoured (obtains (I
their fres (lion through the circumstances which af-
terwards transpired. The pledge disappeared, the
pronti.e :shine remained. 'rhe creditors forwarded
to England documents of full power against thiir
debtor; they acre referred to the English laws.
The Royal Government of France grac sly re-
ceived a petition from the inhabitants of Verdure
•und, tin consideration of the distressed position ef
the said creditors. benevolently interfered respecting
their claims. The British Minister, iis reply, dr-
vided the debt ; he consented to pay what was due
by such as belonged to the military or naval service,
because he had the means of indemnifying himself;
but lie obstinately refused to charge I self with
the other claims, which make nearly two-thirds of
the aggregate.
The production in question is signed by M. Lom-
bard rte Langres, Attorney ; M. J. Humbert, Cre-
ditor ; and M. Clausson, empowered Agent for the
whole of the (+lnstants.
11a (fun ;.4 to prove, that
the Eliglish Government ought to pay the riiiiie
debt ; that any (other conduct, on Its part, would
be unjust, contrary to the rights of unalltlnls, contra-
dictory, and absurd—(,tnjust, because it helots the
pledge nn i•s power, and has °blamed payment for
Its own roubjo cis of what Frenchmen owed them—
contrary to the rights of nations, us established by
the English publicists, Cumberland and Itacou—
contradictory, because it lakes upon itself a part,
and the whole is of the same nature—and, finally,
absurd, berair.e the N'erdurt cannot go
and seek their debtors wherever they may be. Of
their litattiber, tower are dead, some expatriated.
some traverse the seas, and others have usiknown
residence., &c. The Emperor Alexander and the
King of l'rusma acted differently under sunder cur-
4usnstances. It concludes by the roguing parries
proposing again to solicit the paternal niterventruu
of our august King.—/Journal de la Meuse.)
It is confidently said, that 011 the day of the
Royal Sitting, when the Deportation appointed by
the Chamber of lit pukes were accompanying the
King on his return to the Throlteries, his NI sty
hulled toverril• the Nlembers, unit addressed them
in the followilig remarkable word.:—.. (;eettlenten
I)eproties, vou have heard the slake seramierits of
any heart ; I sin sure that I have understood yours."
On the 12111 inst. the Pollee Authorities seized
• work, entitled, 1. The 16th Century in 1+17,"
by the author of " The Pentane and the Gentle-
man."

We lately announced that au attempt bad been
made to asaassio.rte Mr. Hervey, an English physi-
gel residing at the entrance to the town of lii3 cox,
ON
' lir road to Caen. its'ive persons, among whom
art.' three chas•eurs of the regimerit of the Somme.
g .ri ison at Bayeux, were accused of this clime.
These five persona having made some confessions,
mid retracted them, were on the Siih of tlos month
brought before the Assize Court of Caen, where
the proceedings excited that species of interest
which molls !rum a contrast between the cool ols-
*wool of three of the 11,16011 M, and the repentance
displayed by the two Wiens.
. . . .

St -Le irelieur, the Lieutenant of the three chin-
sews, staled, that on the usornimg after the commas,..
stun of the crime, he ordered the effects of the Ilnre
Wen to he .rescued, and found iu Fournier'', pail-
!ay.,. it vilirt will pantaloon, eloineei with blood.
Fournier and aingeitot then enesieNned their mime.
" I said it, dumb," coon tttt eel M. Lepecheur, 4• my
friesols, pat will then stain the honour of the Few-
tneui."---.• Vey," they replied, blirildnig, tears, " but
we nee guilty. and we pr.iy the Court to receive our
coisfe.sion of a crime we detest. and of which we
would willi.igly obliterate the memory with the