The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-17 00:00:00

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FRENCH PAPERS.
PARIS, Dec. 11.—The king held his usual recep-
tion yesterday. The ministers, the Spanish ambas-
sador. Prince Talleyrand, the marshals, a number
of Peers, Generals, and officers of all arms, had the

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The members members of the Board of Longitude had the
honour of presenting the work, entitled,' La Con-
naisance du Tens. His majesty transacted busi-
ness with the ministers of the Loire and foreign
departments.
The council of the Court of Peers assembled
yesterday. After hearing the report made by the
'Chancellor in the name of Commission of Instruc-
tion, the council, agreeably to the opinion of the
Attorney-General, declared that there was not suf-
ficient ground fur prosecuting MM. Gertzoy and
Jacob, both subalterns in the legion of the Lower
Rhine, and arrested on suspicion of being implicated
in the conspiracy, the adjudication of which is re-
ferred to that court. The council likewise declared
that theme was nu cause for proceeding against six
others in custody. It is said that time report on that
affair is ready ; and will be presented by the Attor-
ney-General as soon as he is able to quit his house,
to which he has been confined for several days by
an attack of the gout.
The Prince Cimitile, envoy extraordinary from
the government of Naples to the British Court,
who has made a few days stay in Paris, set off yes-
terday for London.
VIENNA, Nov. 30.—The Congress at Troppau
is terminated. The last conference was on the 20th,

.and the King of Prussia left on the 2 1 st. Since
his departure, until their separation, the Emperors
have only made visits of' ceremony without speaking
of politics. A thick veil envelops all that has been
done; but, perhaps, indiscretion will furnish some
English journalist with the whole, who will not fail
to lay all that he can discover betbre ihe public. At
present the must probable result of the Congress is,
the postponement of all plans of hostility against the
kingdom of Naples : other affairs appear abandoned,
fur the present ; but a new Congress is spoken of
next March. The general opinion here is altogether
against war, and this has been fiivourable to the
public funds. For the rest, the troops stationed in
Upper Italy will, not be withdrawn ; but we learn
that great alterations in their positions have been
already ordered, and that the corps will remain on a
liming of peace. Prince Lichtenstein, it is said,
charged with a mission to Naples, has proceeded on I
his way to Italy.
In the course of this week a great number of
troops arrived, going to Italy. According to the
first dispositions taken, the major part of the regi-
ments of intimtry put in route had but two moveable
!At:alio:is. The third battalion is to join afterwards;
and this has given rise to the belief of the approach-
ing organization of a second army of reserve, of
which much is spoken, and which is in itself proba-
ble. (The recent promotions in the army are then
mentioned.) Much is said of an important mission
with which Count de Ilubna will be intrusted to the
Neapolitan Government.

In consequence of the numerous street robberies
committed in open day in various parts of the Me-
tropolis, particularly on every public occasion, Lord
Sidmodth has attached fifteen of the Bow-street
Pal.role, under twu Conductors, to each of the thllow.
ing l'olioe Offices:—Queen-square, Marlborough-
street, and Hutton-garden, and all the Police-officers,
it is said, above fifty years of age will be diseturged
on half pay.
The Rev. Mr. Deane., Rector of Great Wanham,
Sutii)lk, at his last mutual tithe dinner, made u
deduction of 10 per cent. off his tithes from his
parishioners, and the Rev. Mr. Fisher, Canon of
Salisbury Cathedral, has reduced the tithes of his
parishioners of Osmingtun, Dorsetshi re, 20 per cent.
iu consequeuce of the pressure on agricultural pro.
duce. . . .

We understand that the Addres: to the Qtte„a,
votul by the Livery in C4)1111ti:..: II 111, on Friday,
Nl'.! rot be prt.sentea to her till the 45th of
Jaituay. •

RUSSIAN LOAN.
--4111"- •
UKASE OF RIP lIIPZEIAL MAJESTY TO HIS lIIIIITES
C? FINANCE.
Having determined to open, iu :VolitiOnY with the testier
of s. 71 of the regulations of the Conmituissio;: :7F
a loan of forty million, of silver metallic rubles—and haviiig
confirmed the arrangement made with the houses of Baring.
Brothers, and Cu., of London, and taupe and Co., of Am-
sterdam, fur the delivery of thir sum iu inscription& carrying
an annual sum of 3 per cent.-1 desire you,
1. To inscribe la the great book alba pellihtliebtelleder.
Nis► Meed•rtperpeteal httetest, the sum of forty millions of

►ilver metallic rubles.
2. The funds w hich will be received in virtue of the a►ove
arrangement will be converted, at the periods of their recep-
tion, into Bankmutes, which will be current. •
S. Those that will be requisite for the payment of the
interest, as well as to provide the two per cent. for the sink-
ing feud of this debt, will lie supplied from the thirty mil-
lions destined annually for the diminution of the paper
money in circulation. •
4. The payment of the interest accruing on this loan will
be made as stipulrted in the arrangement, commencing floes
the Ist of Ilurch in the next year (1821)„at two annual •
periods—namely, from the Ist to the 15th of Marsh, and
from the Ist to the 15th of September, by the imperial cum.
mission*, I iquidatiam •

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.

Addresses were presented on Monday morning to
her Majesty at Brandenburgh•housc ; some of them
conveyed by select deputations, and some by indi-
viduals.
The first procession on Monday morning, consisted
of a deputation from the united parishes of St. Paul
and St. Martin-le-Grand, headed by gentlemen on
horseback, carrying a flag, who was followed by an
open landau with six gentlemen, drawn by six horses,
and four others with four horses, filled with ladies
elegantly dressed. The postillions wore yellow
jackets, and the horses heads were decorated with
white rosettes.
The second procession was formed by a large
party of bailors, who marched six a breast,- each
man wearing a white favour in his hat ; they were
headed by the committee on horseback, and were
accompanied by a band of music. The address
borne by a man on horseback, was ornamented with
white favours. There were two flags of white Kills,
one bearing the inscription " C. R. Heaven protect
the Innocent," and another with " 28 L," in the
front of the procession, and the rear was brought
up by the uninn-jack._ _

The address from Southwark was conveyed by it
select deputation, consisting of ladies and gentle,-
men, who occupied fourteen or fifteen barouches,
each drawn by four horses. The deputation was
preceded by three trumpeters, dressed as &stetter:,
and was accompanied by parish officers in their
official dresses.
The address from Clerkenwell was also► conveyed
by a select deputation of ladies and gentlemen. A
large flag, inscribed with the words, " The Cloil-
enwell Address," was borne by a man sitting on
the box of the foremost carriage. This deputation
occupied three barouches, each drawn by six
horses.

ON SWEAII /NG.

We recently mentioned an metance of a' person
who was committed to gaol for refusing to take an
oath ; we exrraet the following " Iteasons of an
Individual, as a Man, a Member of Society, and a
Christian, for declining and refusing on any.oceasion
to take an oath,"
r (Ohl the Monthly Magazine. •
" I. BOCallie 1 profoundly rruereCitiu; and humbly con-
ceiving a Willie appeal to HIM, as a witness of• the truth
of what I should say or do, would he graheitafti and iris.
vcreutt I c.mout—d,:re not—make such an appeal.'•
"2. Reese-e un any of my teilow 1111:II requiring are to
take an oath, my complying milli their requisition wouid
be utt acknowledgment of a right in them to make it ; . •
which 114111, however 'exalted tuey they may he by 6141-.
sirUATit)N, I positively deny and protest agaisiSt.
No motial, not the whole of 111011411 socitly, eau have a
' klt:olow of a right to iiiterpow betaten individual man
and Illy Makcr. Seth inteirerence is doriti4 preboalp.

''3. Bccisuhe So'o.lllll 1111;;,.10111$ CCI
onus's), 14 stvi .1 chee,linq tlle.. And, pa mehhing
I V*ll.loll,l4clice or sislisssit I.) lit sitsvo,itisowor etty r.h-
gMer.s, tile or ceremony, aim ii,lrtuli i or
,4111110r4icir toy
Jtemt, the Christ, the solo 411,: Only master of Mil ihtianh."

The Piincesa Mary Anne,. sister of the Duk- ot..";•
Saxony/lied suddenly on thc 2fith ult. in eAinsetiikonee
of an intimninatian in the int. stines. She WAS slm
the 39th )krt of her

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