The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-18 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS. AUGUST 14.
Yesterday she !Moisten of the Interior arid of
Foreign Affairs transacted business successively
with his Majesty. The King went at three o'clock
to Malmaison. -

General Carotid will he interrogated separately
'the day after to-morrow by M. Messier, Judge of
Instruction. He was not interrogated yesterday, as
a journal erroneously mentioned.
The secret imprisonment of the 'three persons
arrested in the same affair, Messrs. Chapdeleine,
tion 111 l is, mid Songy, has been partly removed ; they
have already lord a communieatiou with their COWS..
'ad. The film individual arrested, hjl. Hominy,
will be interrogated to-morrow.
The widow of the celebrated naturalist
ton died on Friday fart. at the age of 97, in the
Jethro du Roi, where she had a re-idence since the
death of her husband. This worthy spouse of
the companion of Buffo'', united the endowments
sit the intellect to the qualities of the heart. She
had composed in her youth the romance of 2'lie
'dues le Desert, a work feeble, -trithent &n€ , 'but
which is read with 'wise interest.
The directors and professors of the larilindb Roi
attended the funeral of this respected WOlllllll, in-
tending to render thereby the lest homage 'to the
memory of their illustrious predecrisor.
Saturday next being the Assumption 'Of The
Blessed Virgin. tutelary Patroness of France. the
'clergy of the Metropolitan Church of Paris will
make the urinal procession, named from the vow of
Louis XIII. 'This procession will pass through
the street Neuve-Notre-Dame, Le Marche Neuf,
the street De la Barillerie, the New Quay of the
City, the street Bornmet. the Place Ferielon, .and
will re-eater the metropolis through the 'Place du
Parris.
In tht ether chdrebet the processions will 'he
conducted in tht interior. In virtue of in ordi-
nance of the Prefect of Pollee, the chase will be
opened the 23d of August. through the whole
extent of the Department of the Seine.
Lieut.-General Canoel has not yet been interro-
gated; he was bitten out of prison only for a mo-
ment, to see his wife on her arrival from the pro-
*see. The interview took place in presence of
the Judge of Instruction.
M. de &Highs underwent this Lay, liter twelve
o'clock, Ins last interrogatory.
The Tiihunul of Correctional Police. after hav-
ing heard M. &Login'', Colonel Barhier Dufay's
Advocate, end M. de Marchangy, on the seine side,
gave judgment this day—by which it hes sen-
tenced the Cowries+, de St. Ways, and the widow
of Gaudechard, to pay a fine of fifty franks-;.-pro-
pounced the memoirs and the Writings iis ques-
tion calumnious and injurious, in narking impute-
tionsfio ego to the transaction of the at last July—
ordered that they should be, and remain sup•
pleased—prohibited the said ladies from distrihnt-
ing them—authorised the Sieur Dufay to have
fifty copies of the present judgment printed, and
primed up at the expense of the raid ladies, and
condemned them to the expense.
On the 7th of this mouth lightning fell on a farm
situated near the village of Laxenoy, common« of
Bourg'', the property of the Baron Gailande de
Cleinecy. Counsellor to the Royal Court. It was
impossible to save the buildings arid part of a
neighbouring sheep-fold. The crops of M. Cle-
mecy's unfortunate peas:ruts were the prey of the
flames ; several animals were burned, and it was
only the presence of mind of a soldier tbat saved
flock of sheep.
Last night, at half-past ten o'clock, a man of
the age of 56, threw himself oat of the window of
a second door. where he lodged. This man, it is
id, was passeased of au income of 20,000 francs,
and kept bat sate domestic. The sautives which
led him to the rash act are unknown.
Madensoiselte Mars has returned. She brings
beck with her. if not the benedictions. at least the
applause and crowns of the Belgians.
TIVISIA, AUGUST 1.
The Count de Cicognara, President of the
Academy of Arta, has arrived here with a deputa-
tion from the St ate of Venice, to present to her
Majesty the Empress the nuptial presents or that
country ; they ore of the greatest value, and con-
sist of specimens of the fine arts produced at
Venice, as statues, pictures. &c.
INSPRUCK. AUGUST
A society of capitalists is formed at Rome, to
establish a great fishery in the Tiber. with the view
of discovering monuments and objects of art,
which, it is puppospil, has kin there far ages. For
this purpose machines of a particular invention
will be made use of.

CASSEL, AUGUST 5.

We hear from Gottingen, smiler -date of the ..;•;
imit. that the students have addrevsell a Nlernocial
to the Geveroment or Hanover, to ohtitio an am-
nesty. It was refused them ; and after t !net tar 'riot-
ers attloptrel t resolution So preveht every vtadeat,
is,lt n Illnumteriati siii,ject, from prosecuting lits
1.• tithes at Gottingen for two years. Some studratv
It .ve teturot it to C;ottingeo, liti; the greatest nuns-
ui them remain ut Witzettlianzen : :tthets Gave
unile home for the purpse nf itroorethog to other
o.'•ersit to-% What has happened, Ito ver, is nut
tv. be attributttl to the minority of Co vtudents;

about a huuslieJ and shy of them give the liw tb
the test.
CA OILIRUHS. OUST 11.
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..The Growl Duchy of Baden have it tepre•
vettation, with tat Chambers.