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London, England, 1820-01-13 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS. JANUARY P.

The indivosition of %I. Deceive cailtilou,.,
ll.,..rches were applied to huh yesterday, and lit aas
afterwards much better.

We ore informed that General Wiwi., quit+ the
C maw] of the 15th nuilitaly ttiviau.s,
and that 11. Mahuet p I the firrlrritPr of*
the Lower Seine to that of the Atone, which he t.c'.(l
wirier Bonaparte.

We have received letters front almost every de.
parimetit in France, righ.ronitig n. that every seliere
the wisdom of the peaceable citizens 'toes justice ro
those petitions winch the Liberiirox het.k kltutstrifin
Invent to tavern, w support of the Law of
‘lre might till our Journal with the
undressed to us upon this subject, but we confetti
ourselves with quoting fragments of two knelt
*inlets to us by persons worthy of ert dlr. They
are signed by officers, our of sid was ilectustr.l
with the Legion of llanunr io the campaign of
Saxony, awd the other war a Captain to the ultl
guard that fought at Waterloo.
" The peasants," says the writer, " or this De.
pa/fluent (Chas-rote I ielerieure) ate admiral& ; they
wish only for tiariquillity. They Mite ttivldyril
their character oil the subject of the printout to
favour of the Law of Elections, although tlrr in.
most endeavours were made ors the day of the. fur
to induce Owns to sign them. They are fur the
most part vigorously opposed to them."
" -- The Department of the
.Sarilie is very
tranquil, with the exception of the Lihrtemx,
others of the saute party. All these ambitious
men are al/ruled at seeing the Gover ttttt rut resolved
to adopt measures to repress the disorders which
malevolence would excite. These Liberaur are
in motion to procure signature, to petitions,
which are to be addressed to the
hers ; happily the peasants of these countries will
not listen to such follies; they require only repose
soil tranquillity, and are inditkresit to the steps
which Government may pursue on this subject.
The true Royalists of this depaitaterit place
all their hopes in the wisdom amid firmness of
the Russ; U is for us to second him at the peril of
our lives. Yes! we know the Bourbons and
Protect. This is the cry of every heart truly
French."

PETERSBURCII, DECEMBER 10.

Troops have hero eushatkeil lately at Crenistadt.
vibe are destined to occupy the Nus•iau t►uasrssiuur
in Asia and the i►lands ►ituated on the eosin of
Kainschatka, this way bring c•unsidrred prefers.
hie to that hitherto used, of marching tioups 17
Siberia.

The Russians are constantly augmentiog their
establishments in America, where they have (in
Noon)lk Sound) a fort mountrd with aW Isteet of
cannon. Since 1913 they have rxirsiilvd them,
selves to more Beau 500 leagues Iseyood the revs:.
Colunibia, along the coast, and hose
themselves at Bodego, situated unly thirty leagues
from the most distant colony of the Spaniards
in California. Bodega is a good mil, and
possesses all the advaeetagrs desirable fur commerce.
The routes from Petersburg!' to liminess-hist ka have
been considerably isuproved. A great siumber of
ships, freighted with skins, set out every year from
the north-west coast of America, double the Cape
of Good Hope, used briag their rich cargoes to the
Gulf of Finland. The Russian Colonists esta-
blished in Americo are very well protected there
by the Civil and • Wittily Administrations.--
Among the olficers of the marine, are the sons of
the tint families, who receive an excellent educo -
lion, considering the distant situation of those
countries. It is not the same in the North American
sod English provinces? where commerce is the only
object. Nothing is considered • but the advautage
of the moment, and man becomes a soldier by ne-
cessity. Among the Russians, oti the contrary,
every thing a (((((( isitces a ;peat civthstytiun : profound
views seem to direct their plans and favour their

enterprises.,
The Russian colonies are increasing in an extra-
ordinary manner. a• well In the eastern parts of
Asia as in the west of America. and every where the
Russian's introduce hh, rail inslitutionN It is evi-
dent that they have in view to seise upon all the
cot 1111 l rice of the th.wrstern coast of Autenca,
and to induce the natives, who live by holding awl
fishing. to furnids them with skins fur the Chititse
markets. It cannot he doubted that upon this
point the Rusgiaos have already done much in-
jury to live Americans. particularly iu whatever
concerns their trade with China. and their traffic
with this empire oust increa-e more and more.
By the extension of their estahlifficaeuts on the
uusth-west rout of America, they carry no by Aria
regular cularrussicataeua between America surf


THE BRITISU PRESS.

LoisiD6St;
THURSDAY, 18,11841111 13. 1820.

A case of considerable importence to electors for
Members of Poinciana in all loans of the king-
ikon, but more immediately interesting to the
householders of Westinisieter, was tried yesterday
la the Guildhall of the City of London, before
Chief Justice ABBOTT and a Special Jury. Mr.
CULLCN, a respectable householder of the City of
Westminster, brought an action against Mr. Mon-
eta, the High Bailiff, fur refusing to accept his
vote, which lie tendered at the last election of a
Citizen to serve in Parliament fur IVestinissater, in
the room of the lamented Sir SAMUEL HOUMA%
It appeared in evidence that Mr. CULLEN hail for
many 'leaps uniformly and punctually paid his
rates anti taxes, but that from some remissness on
iii part of the tax-gatherer, or other parish offieer,
some astern was due at the period of the is.' elec-
tion, and in corm-queue? of this, when Mr. Cu L-
LEN tendered his vote for one of the causlidairs, it
was refused by the Iligh Briliff. Mr. CULLEN
immediately paid the drreur the.s due, Mid again
tendered his vote, but the High Bailiff persisted
in his original determination, and again refused to
receive it. The Jury could not, however, agree
upon a verdict, and by consent of the parties •
juror was withdraws,. The great point, therefore,
respecting the right of a returning officer to refuse
a vote tendered under such circumstances, remains
still undetermined. In the case of Mr.Cuumen, who
was knows, to have ever been a punctual man in the
payment of his rates and taxes, and who was pos-
sessed of considerable property, to which the tax-
gatherer or parish officer might have had recourse by
distress, it was an ungracious act on the part of the
High Bailiff's legal adviser to refuse the vote eves,
brfore payment; but if the condition of voting be
the payment of all
election, the cooditioa being fulfilled, it would be
but fair to concede the exercise of the right.
There is no time prescribed by law, previous to the
election,.al-which the money most have been paid,
so that bad Mr. Cuta.tx paid the arrears on the
instant previous to the first.tender of his vote, no
objectiiiii could or would have been made to his
exercise of his elective franchise; and yet las vote
was refused on the Arend tender, although the
n 1111 l ty.lied been previously paid. To our minds
there appears no sound legal distiuction between
the two cases. The payment of the money was the
sole cause of the reread in the first matinee, and,
therefore, must be presumed I. be the principal
object of those who made the refusal. The dis-
ability was, therefore, removed, and the object
attained, by the subsequent payment of the money,
and consequently the vote ought to have been
admitted.

An interesting debate took place yesterday at
the Er.st India House, in the Court of Proprietors,
upon the propriety of erecting a statue to IVARREN
HASTINGS, to testify the respect of the Company
for his memory, and their approbation of his at r-
tices while Governor• General of India. The mo-
tion w;i% warmly opposed by Mr. R. JACKSON, and
utso by Mr. CHARLES GRANT, whose residence in
India at the period of HASTINGS' government, and
official rank, enabled him to form a correct
estimate of the proceedings that marked the sdini-
i:istration of that extraordinary man. The motion
was, however, finally adopted by a very large
In sly.

IVe have received Pinta Papers of Saturday last.
There was no meeting of the Chamber of Deputies
on Friday, either of a public nature or in the bu-
reaux. The indisposition of M. DECAZES •till coo.

ittlueo.
Five per Cents. are 72 f. 55 c. Bank Stock
1,5411.

The condition of the many houseless wanderers
alio may be met in the streets of this great metro-
polis at night is truly pitiable. Such exposure, at
this inclement season, is too much for human en-
durance, and, iu many instances, induces the death
of the sufferer. We see, therefore, with, ple•oure,
ui advertisement in the front of our Paper inviting
the public attention to a plan for the relief of per-
sons reduced to this miserable extremity. The
greet expense, and the liability to abuse, often
damp the zeal of the most liberal in the prosecu-
tion of measures of this character.
The present
plan does not labour under this disadvantage.—
There is no luxury proposed to tempt idleness, no
acc.immodation which aught but dire necessity
wankd compel the sufferer to accept. A favourite
puet, depicting an inhospitable region, says—

‘; Or onward where the rude Carinthian boor
Against the houstless stranger shots the door."
That. however, was ■ door not shut at midnight,
hut in the day. The City of London. famed for
hospitality, and rich in works of charity, will, no
doubt. embrace the plan proposed fur extending
the wale of its liberality, and adding one more to
the many benevolent and humane institutions that
have raised it to its present exalted state.

The Court will put on mourning for four days,
on the occasion of the death of the Prince of
Mecklenbourg-Schwerin—( Paris Paper.)

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POETRY.

O PITY A POOR ORPHAN ROY!
♦ PLAINTIVI BALLAD,

!keg by Miss Pova• in the Pantomime of " Jack and the
Reim Stalk," performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
The Music composed by H.Cos DCLL.

O pity a poor orphan boy!
0 pity!
Wauirriug I wearily go i
Ye who are eherish'el, are ehevislitl by joy,
0 cherish the victim of woe!
0 pity, pity a poor orphan, poor orphan buy !

Rude as the mountain winds hlnw,
Are the lawns, the proud taunts 1 endure;
Cull as the coming of snow, of snow,
Are the lune, the tone paths of the pour.

o pity a poor orphanboy!
pity!o
%Yawning I wearily go;
Ye who are cherislihl, are cherisleil by joy,
0 cherish the •ictiw of woe.
0 pity, pity a poor wphan, poor orphan boy!