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PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, OCTOBER 26.
The elections proceed rapidly. We received yes-
terday the following nominations:
Department of the Indre—This department has
two deputies to nominate. The deputies going out
ore MM. the Count de llondy and Bourdeau Fon-
tenet. The Count de Bondy has been re-elected.
Another still ►emains to be chosen.
Manche—MM. the Count Drunannir, President
of the Electoral College; A voyne de Chantereine ;
le Julio de Villiers ; the Chevalier Sivard. This
deputation is compete. The only new Member is
M. Sivard, who replaces the Baron Duhatnel.
Niecre—MM. Bonne de Faye, Chalirol de
Chuumeune. The Deputies who went out were
M. Clement an .I the Marquis de Pracontul.

Loire—M. D.issier. There remain two to be
appointed.

Cortese —The Count d'A inbrougear, former De-
puty, re-elected; M. Bedoch, a Hew Deputy.
A letter from Rouen, of the 24th of October,
says--" For some time the utmost anxiety has been
felt for the health of his Eminence the Cardinal
Causbacerrs, our Archbishop. His illness has as-
sumed • character so alarming that his life was this
day despaired of. His Eminence demanded the Sa-
crament which was administered to him at nine
o'clock in the nutruitig, by the. Abbe Touche, Dean
of the Chapter. The clergy of Notre Dame, assisted
at this pious ceremony. This day the Holy Sacra-
ment is exposed in all the churches of this city for
the prayers of forty hours which are to be offered up
on the OCCIAS'OII."

The Marshal Duke of Dantsic has sent to the
Mayor of Strasburg 300 francs, as his subscriptio►►
to the monument which is to be erected to the me-
mory of General Klelser, of whom the Noble
Marshal was the companion in arms.
On Sunday last at Brest, after parade, the School
of Mutual Instruction, established for the Ist and
Bth battalions of the Royal Corps of Marine Artil-
lery, was solemnly opened in presence of the first
Authorities of the Marine, and the officers of all
ranks of this service employed in the harbour.
The hall was ornamented with a bust of his Mw
jesty, and with inscriptions that reminded the sol-
diers of what they owe to their God, their King,
and their country.

It is ir.sid that the differences between Spain and
her Colonies will still be the subject of serious dis-
cussion, and that the Emperor of Russia ha• re-
ceived from Prince First Secretary of the
Russian Embassy at Madrid, all the necessary in-
formation on this important matter.
The Duke of Wellington, it iv believed, has uo
intention of returning to Aix-la-Chapelle after the
review of the troops. Hie Grace will remain with
the army until the different corps are on their re.
spectiwe routes.

Public liberty is now the chief interest of France,
and repose her principal went. This liberty, so
long ensaiiviiiied by terror, disowned by the Di.
rectory, and oppressed by despotism, we now at
length enjoy under the empire of the Charter.
France knows its value too well to lose it in the
midst of excess, or to resign it into infidel hands.
The suffrages of the nation can call to the defence
of so valued an interest. none but men whose prin-
ciples, sentiments. and past conduct, mole than
their mere words, will ensure her the repose she
seeks with the liberty she loves.
Senseless enterprises have decimated the most va-
liant army in the world ; a love of war has host that
which a love of country had acquired ; but French
valour has shone fur twenty years with so brilliant a
tbat it way now well enjoy a„gloriouv repose.
The invasion of our provinces was twice the sad

result of an unbounded ambition, or an onvitern
pled usurpation. Iu the midst, however, of the
public misfortunes, credit is confirmed, liberty is
established: the firmness, the wisdoni, and the nap
liana' spirit of a great people, have achieved this
miracle. Who would venture to assign limits to the
prosperity of the French nation when once delivered
from factions P Under the shelter of her laws and
the protection of her own ems she shell lire free,
independent, and tranquil.
But shall she intrust her repose to those whom
regret and hope render desirous of convulsions and
clumps? The drama, short but dreadful, of the
hundred days, shell long he present to her me.
mory. IVe should hiss the actors iu it, had we not
to groan over the rad catastrophe. The ridicule
that marked their fall, disappeared before the odium
of an enterprise which caused seas of French blood
to flow, and which the nation payed with the fur.
feiture or three years' independence.
Shall she confide to them the care of her liberty ?
They were, during 14 years, successively the most
docile instruments of the most absolute power ;
they had torn from the people the right of nomi-
nating their representatives, and had torn from
these pretended representatives the liberty of
speech; thadlts to the Liberty of the Press, of
which they caused us to taste the sweets, we rail the
danger of being banished fur a song, and shut for a
pamphlet; France owed to their hatred for the
laws of exception, the organisation of Special
Courts, and the permunence of Military Cninini*.
moos ; the murder of the Due d'Enghien shears of
what principles their law of nations is composed;
end the tortures to which they subjected those who
were accused with Moreau, honour the hotnonity
that reigned in their prisons. These are the re-
membrances of their past liberality—do they Or r
very encouraging pledges of their independence iit
future

Coustitutionalists by circumstances, and Liberals
by calculation, liberty is with them only a magical
word, by means of which they hope to foment lIPW
troubler, and resume for a moment the iltspotic
authority of which they were the ministers, suit
which precipitated them in its fall.

In ISIS, by an almost inevitable consequence of
the evils which they lied brought upon France, rt.
action threatened the people. The majority of an
imprudent Chamber demanded purification', voted
severe laws, and called out for punishment. This
party were then silent. The Government, to which
the eyes of the nation were turned, heard its si.bes.
foresaw the dangers of the State, and by • sitigla
act secured the maintenance of the laws, and rt,
stored confidence to every bosom.
There was at that moment, as it were, a concert
of eulogies among those whose attacks it must now
repel. The absence of danger has restored their
audacity. They conceived for a moment the hope
of turning to their own profit that which they
called the defeat of the opposite party. But the
Government disappointed their attempts, and ltf-
fled their efforts. It had no wish for the useless
honour of a triumph ; the voice of s nation, and not
the fears or threats of a party regulated its conduct ;
it desired the public good, but it had no ambition
for their suffrages, and did not require their as,i,t-
mice. Even now it expects their vain fury and
despises their calumnies.

It is among the Deputies who replaced the
Climber of 1813, and whom France and the Li-
berets themselves received as saviours; among the
Deputies who have given property and industry
as the bases of the right of election ; among the
Deputies who have invited all the citizens to the
defence of the country, and promised equal ho-
nours to those who shared the same perilo, that the
Government has sought and found supporters.
With their concurrence the Government has
maintained the repose of the State, and prepared
its prosperity. The laws strengthened—credit re-
a►imated by confidence—the recruiting of the
army—the evacuation of our territory—are these
the fruitless results of an impotent solicitude And
when the climate and the seasons alone are tha►ked
fur the prosperity of France, is it not forgotten.
with the good faith common to partisans, that of
the four years, three were marked by a baleful
sterility, and that the promised bounties of the lett,
hardly collect.::1 iii nor fields and on our hills,
have not as yet swelled the source of national
riches ?

The patriotism of the people has had the largest
share in producing these happy changes. A peo-
ple honou►s itself for ever in opposing to its mis-
fortunes the strength of its character, and the gran-
deur of its sacrifices : but a government may iu its
turn congratulate itself when it seconds the general
tendency of the public mind to every thing free
and generous. The cru.l experile.;:e of the i'uth of
March had put into its hands arms, of which it
hastens to abjure the use. By it individual liberty
is sio* wholly under the shelter of the lawn—,h;
it justice has resumed its ordinary course. Around
the Charter it has placed laws thatasaure the naticas
zealous D,-pu ties, and which constitute citizen

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soltliers its" defenders. The urns spirit presides
over all its institutions, in every thing directs its
eonduct, and at this moment the Ordinance that
gives to the national guard its civil organization
prove" its religious respect fir thst rights of the
citisens.
It is attacked by speeches—it answers by actions;
they talk about public liberty—it has established
the Weil about national greatness—it list laid
the foundations. Does the nation desire the free-
dom of her territory t The Government has anti-
eijnited the wish—and, seconded by ir, the hope is
realised. While the violence of parties Is reduced
to impotent cries, it meditates the reform of • legis-
-4444 which, founded by tyranny., still preserves its
impress. It proposes laws which will enlarge the
prerogatives of the electors, give the strest protec-
tion to ocesice, and will foaled altogether altos
liberal priiteiples the sew laws relative to the Press.
Deaf to the clamours of potion. receiving its in-
spiretiorss from the Throne, seeking its duties in the
Charter, animating with its spirit the institutiohs
that surronnd it, it fellows, without violence or re-
Issatioo, the march pointed out to it by the wis-
dom, the manners, the interests, and the wants of
the nation—thereby securing itsliberty, its repose,
and its prosperity..,( Gazette de France.)
TALaNCIINNaI. OCT.
At ten o'clock this morning their Majesties the
Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia, each in
his carriage, proceeded to the camp of Pamirs.
They were accompanied by the Duke of Welling-
ton. and a great number of General and Su-
perior Officers. They passed in review "the Rus-
sian, English, and Prussian troops, and testified
their satisfaction at the discipline uniformly observ-
ed by these troops. and at their excellent condition.
Almost the entire population of Valencieunes
was assembled to enjoy this magnificent* spectacle
and final review. At four o'clock the Sovereigns
returned to the town; they received some visits,
and 'it six o'clock repaired to the Chinese Pavi-
lion,' on the Place rerte, where Lord Wellington
had prepared a splendid dinner. Ile had a mag-
nificent tent raised, through which they proceeded
:to the' banquet-hall. This tent was ornamented
with trophies of arms, and the eggs of every
'nation. This emblem of universal peace. pro.
slowed the most pleasing 'effect. After dinner the
Emperor of Ruins. who is stilt • little indis-
posed, returned 'so his hotel, mid the King of
Prussia. eccolupauied by the Prince Royal, went
to the spectacle. After the spectacle. the town
gave a tall to the Sovereigns, who reinained there
until one o'cloet. The richest and handsomest
ladies of Valeueiennes augmented the splendour
a the ball by the luxury of the toilette ; and
the august travellers appeared as well pleased with
the reception they met, as the town was with lam-
Neon them.

OCTOSER 24.

Yesterday at seven o'clock in the morning the
Emperor of Russia took up the King of Prussia in
his carriage, Mid the two Sovereigns proceeded to
Densin. There they mounted their horses, as 'did
also the Duke of Wellington. They put them-
Wye, at the head of their respective corps, and
fought abloom battle, which lasted fromeight &Cock
-till four. The Russians were victorious in it. These
great evolutions were favoured by fine weather,
hut unfortunately some men were wounded. An
Englishman, among•others, was horribly mutilated.
• At live o'clock the Sovereigns returned to Valen-
ciennes, and gave several audiences. They then
f wnceed ed to dinner as on the preceding day at the
Paviliou, on the Place Verte. After din- •
.rwr the Emperor of Russia received the Marquis
D'Autichamp and the General Dessulles, and con-
versed with them a very long time. Tl:e King of
Prussia then went to the spectacle, which was orna-
mented with great taste. Ois the door was this
inscription, which might be regarded as a realized
wish, 't Concordia gentian." After the tibertatle
Lord IVellington returned the (owls the hall it had
given on the preceding evening. The Sovereigns
honoured it with their presence, and remained there
till two o'clock in the morning. They arc to go to
Msubeuge this day, but it is not known ■t what
hour.

ALIGNING FAMILIES OF ICROPE.

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There are at present Swelce families in Europe
that are dignified by the possession of Royal
Crowns, and eight that reign under the titles of
Grand Dukes, Dukes, and Princes, nuking al-
together twenty Reigning Fatniiies. Of the twelve
Royal Families, there are two French, eight Ger-
man, one Italian by descent, but German by patri-
mony, sod one Asiatic. We shall mune floc's) in
their alphabetical order
1. The Fancily of Ahace, descending from Eti-
Elmo, Duke of Alsace. Tina Lord is the common
stock of the Houses of Ilapsborrg aid of Lorraine,
now confounded in the !louse of Zaringen, whence
that of Baden is derived. The !louse of Lorraine
reigns iii Austria, Tuscany, and .11odena. In this
latter country it has, witluu our time, taken the
name of Late.

'2. 7he l'amily of Be►nadotte, that reigns ow

.t. 'I he !loose of Cupct, or of France, is cootiotted
the I.4lsltly of Him' bilis, which tries w FrilNrr,
i.urlet, aiiil pro%isionally w Lucca, until it
twos.ts the State of Perrou. 'I heir is soother Co-
petswt hr.iuch, %iiit:l), however, is not the issue of

legitimate morally. From this bastard adlon'springs
the Hotta of Brarrusa, that nig* iir Amine/.
'4. rholibuit of GuiP. originally of Italy.
however. it has no polseisions. It it the
younger branch of the ancient and real House of
Este. The Guelfes are divided into two branches,
the younger of which bears the Crowns of Great
Britain end Ireland, end Hanover; while the elde►,
less favoured by fortune, but not less illaitrions by
the merit of its 'Princes, reigns under the name of
Brunswick.

.6. The Horn of !LAM°tiers erperiented •
miler fate as that of the Guelfes. The elder branch
of this family has preserved its modest patTiMenS
in Suable, while the younger branch, transplanted
to the north, has founded the. Prenian Monarchy.
V. The Howse e Holiteia beats the Imperial
Crown of Russia, and that of Denmark; and not
long since it reigned oda in Sweden. One of the
branches of thisflouse governs the Grand Duchy of
'Oldenhoitrg.
7. 7he Holm 'Vigo:sax is also one of those of
which the younger branch has acquired a more bril•
limit destiny than the elder. After many vicissi-
tads.% the younger•line of this House is seated on
the Throne of the Netherlands : the elder governs
the Duchy of Nassau. •
8. The House of Wows. of Turkish origin, now
reduced by a barbarous policy to one Princein the
flower of his age, and two young children.
9. The Noose of Savoy. Thisliouse bears the
Crown of Sardinia.

10. 7'he Heise Wahl*, or of Mods. which
reigns in Saxony, where the younger line bears the
Royal title. The elder branch is honoured with
several Ducal and Grand Ducal titles.

11. 7As House of Wittelslach bears the *Crown
of Henri'.

14. The Royal Heise of Wirtemberg.

Of the eight other Sovereign Houses which do
not beer Crown*, seven are German, and one &la.
vonian. They are, the Houses of Anbalt, of
Brabant dr of Hesse (divided into three branches),
of Lichteusteio, of La Lippe (divided into two
branches), of Mee klenbourg (the most ancient of
all the Sovereign Houses), of Reuss. of Schwarz.
bourg. and of Waldeck.
With respect to religion, four of these Sovereign
Houses are all Catholic. viz. those of France.
Savoy, Wittelabach, and Lichtenstein; ten are all
Protestant, either Lutheran Reformed, or of the
English Church, viz, those of the Galles. of
Nassau, of Wirtemberg, of Aubolt, of Brabant or
Heise, of La Lippe, of Mecklenbourg, of Reese,
of Schwarabsurg. and of Waldeck. To these lat•
ter we may add the House of Bernadotte.
The following families are of different religions:—
Those of Alsace, Lorraine, Hohenzollern, Holstein,
Wrttiu or Misfile: One family is Mondani:.

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