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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE•

PAnis, AUGUST 7.—The opening of the As-,
IA the Department of Vienne, in which•the
iti:x-Oeneral Berton and his accomplices are ex-
pected to be tried, is fixed for the 2Gth of the pre-
sent mouth, and according to appearance, it may be
resumed that the discussions will be continued
until the middle of the monthof September.--:-The
''ourt is composed of M. Parigot (President,)
Millet, Roy,. Rangier, Guimard,,Counsel-
lcrs, and Messrs. Illeward and. Allard, Corzseillers
The interrogation of all the accused took place
-ate. Monday the 29th July., The act of acensa-
,tion. has been notified to each of them.
. It is not yet known whether the Advocates en-
yaged from Paris and other places,_ by several of
the, accused, will receive, the sanction of his Ex-
cellency, the Keeper 'of the Seals, to plead before
,the Court of, Assize at Poitiers.. In the mean
.ihue M., the President, thought it his duty to
appoint Advocates from the bar. No one refused
this appointment.
The two sons of General Berton having come
from Poitiers to see their father, it was con-1
eidered. that the seriousness of the charge pre-
vented all communication between them.
We are assured that General Bertim has pro-
ceeded to get the order of Court by Which he is
,to be-brought to trial quashed.,
One hundred and seventy-one witnesses are
'collected by. the public prosecutor. Berton'
wished to have M-Merilhou, from Paris, as his
.counsel. The counsel for the defence are con-
(-fined to the most minute formalities in all corn-
,rnunications with their clients, and they are so
.placed between two wickets, that if they elevate
-their voices, as they must do, they must be over-
heard by the turnkeys who attend them.— (Quo-
tidienne.) •
Another liberal Journal this •day repeafs its
explanations of the .explosion, which destroyed
the powder mills at Colmar, " which," it says,
" ought to be attributed to the continuance of a
work carried on without the necessary caution."
Our correspondent, on the contrary, affirm's,
that the real causes of this misfortune are still a
mystery ; we reactalsoin a letter from Colmar,
that on the day on which the powder magazine
-rvaS blown up, attempts had been made to set fire
to the interiorof the prison, and that the Magis-
trates who had presented themselves on the oc-
casion, had been saluted by tries of " Vive Ern-
pereur."—( Quotidienne.)
We are assured that several regiments, form-
ing part of the garrison`-of Paris,' are about to
depart for the south.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Ara. 6.

A discussion took place on a proposition of M. DEQUEUX
SAINT-HILAIRE to reduce all salaries and emoluments in the
fallowing proportion:-LFrom 2,501 to 'lO,OOO francs, 5 per'
Cent.; from 10,000 francs to 25;000 francs, 10 per Cent. ; from
. 25,000 francs td 50,000 francs, 1,5 per Cent. ; from 50,000 to
100,000, 20 per Cent.; from 100,000 francs to 150,000 francs,
and upwards, 25 per Cent.
M. Con RV 0I SI Elt. opposed the motion, and talked of the
necessity which the Imperial Government had felt of support_
lug itself by the influence derived from official appointments.
111. Beereeaetter CoxsTaere observed on what had been
said of the necessity certain,Governments are under of taking
a great deal of monev from the tax payers, in order to hire and
. corrupt a great !narthex of functionaries,--i-" Assuredly," said
11,1 r. B. C. ", this necessity is a sad matter, as well for the tax
payers as for`thelunctionaries, for it is quite as troublesome to
. pay as to receive the price of corruption; but while we grant,
perhaps, that this was the great vice of, the Imperial Govern-
ment, have a right undoubtedly to be-astonished, that since
Vac: establishment of that which has replaced it, the number of
timetionaries and the amount of their salaries has increased in-
cessantly. If thisinerease is die characteristic sign of usurpa-
tion, I truly cannot see how it isl advisable-to make it, a proof
of the usurpation'of Bonaparte. It must be, undoubtedly, by
otter signs that legitimacy is established,' for this is now more
. strongly marked than ever. Is it not, Gentlemen, that what-
; eve: may be the form of a Government, if 'it happens that a
party foreign to the nation gets possession of it, that party finds
itself in theaarne position as an etturper?—(A laugh on the
left.)—ls it not that the necessity arises for it to buy up crea-
turees—to pay the services which they render to it, to the great
prejudice of the 'nation ?—(Good! Good! on the .left.)—lt is
rot, however, by making functions gratuitous that the evil of
fors corruption is to be avoided, I reject this expedient,. not
. wi), because it is insufficient,. but because it produces, an effect
d.irettly contrary to that which we pursue. It Would give up
the. people to a party; who' would be well able to compensate
themselves for their apparent disinterestedness; <a laugh) who,
ireetead of an open salary, would take, with- large hands and
witheut responsibility, from the public treasury.; and who,
erivthg themselves the credit of their-public generosity, would
Joeep the profit of unostentatious spoliation.
" England has ''been cited. In . England-This is the way
thiegs go on. Look at the list of the hidden emoluments of the
Arietocracy, published recently under thp,,title of The Black
Poi+k, and you will find that functions apparently without sala-
ries are in Leath richly paid by sinecures and salaries without
d es."—(The speech of M. Constant was ordered. to be printed,
severet Members of the right, among them .I‘l,..Delalot, voting
for it.)—The, motion was rejected. ,
On the article respecting the revenue from the Stamps, Re-
gistratioir of Passports, aud Licences to' Carryarhise &c.,
Aire (itetneexe: took occasion to epeak against the passport
yetern. " One day," lie observed, "it will be a matter of
eateeislement, that in a country which enjoys a sort of repro-
seeitative system, and which pretends to call itself freo, impe-
diments could have been thrown in the wayof the right which
every men has of travelling freely.
To reserve the right of granting passports, is to arrogate the
posaibility of refusing.what there is no righttoferbid. It is to
/ay all Frerchmen under a suspicion, as it obliges every
Frenehinan who wielies to travel, to obtain a previous declara-
tion that he is not a suspected person. It is to divide France
lett) wade of a prison; since no one of us can go' out of his
oatinnursi without being asked for his passport, orarrested if
he Lea not got one. Why, then, might they not also be asked
for in the streets of Paris ?"—(Murinina on the right.),-What
ie there extraordinary in such a supposition ? Did not this
rotundity exist.in 179.1 ?' At every hour of the dayand night
were you not obliged to show a card of safety, which each time
compromised that which it professed to guarantee ? The period
of 170, you will .say, will not return. But we are arrived at
rtese-fer, as passports are concerned, and I will -soon furnish
you. with the proofs of it.—(llear, hear!)—The speaker then
referral to a circular of M. De Corbiere, Minister of the Inte-
' • rior, Which directed, that in the column of observations-of pals-
ports delive.red for the interior, the morality, political conduct,
and. motives, known or presumed, of travellers should be made
Mown. fie recommended especially, that hie instillations in
this respect Should be punctually complied with in .the-ease of
travellers; who have already excited the attention.of authority.
This necessity of taking information on opinions delayed often
for several days the expediting of passports, and by this delay,
interests of the highest importance were compromised. " You
will recollect" (continued M. G.) " that in the last Session I had
the honour of informing yen that the Mayor of an agricultural
canton had a.mocuneed to the farmers of his commune, that they
could not go to market without carrying passports.---(Murmurs
on the right; on the left—" It is true," hear !)--The farmers
.went to the Mayor to get them; they weregranted to some and
filf.64 to otlsers.
"Arne Mayor, called upon to tell his motives, declared that he
Fr. antad no.paseports to those who were not. of a right way of
thinking (qui se pcnsaient pus liicn)—(murmurs on the right,
cries of hear on the left).
" The Law respecting passports authorises G ens d'armes, Na-
tional Ouarflc, Troops of the Line in service, Commissaries of
Police;.Mtsnicipal Officers, to require from travellers the pre-
- Santakionof then passports. All this was thought not suffici-
ently tormenting; the Police, which thinks itself at liberty to
de evert thiag, have conferred this right on Postmasters near
the capital. Those persons exercise their office with zeal and
irtiportOnity,,as they receive four hundred francs a year, from
. the peefettum of Police, top; into the hands of Gendarmerie

persons who are found without passports. Are you aware,
Gentlemen, of the punishment which may bcpronounced against
a person arrested for want of a passport ? if you consult the
prison registers, you will be astonished and alarmed at the
quantity of persons detained in the course of a year for want of
passports. You will see, as I myself have seen, these patient,
confined in gaols, with criminals under accusation or condemn-
ation
of obtaining passports for the interior. Those which must be
overcome, to get them for the. exterior, are still greater. The
applicant is obliged to address himself to the Prefect; and the
Prefect submits his request to the Minister of the Interior.
Calculate the mischievous delays which result from such a state'
of things. Even in Paris, more than three weeks elapsed he=
tween the application for and the obtaining of a passport.
"The Journals tell us also, that Merchants of this capital wish-
ing to go to Foreign Countries, have not been able to obtain
permission. Those who wish, to obtain passports to leave
Vrance undergo .a sort of interrogatory.
" Then why do you want to go to Germany ? they lately
asked a maxi of my acquaintance.—On business ; was the
answer.
" What sort of business ?—To receive rents that are due to

Me.
" Have you the tides for theM ?—Yes, undoubtedly.
" Then you must show them—(Murmurs of incredulity on
the right.)
" In fine, in order to obtain a passport he was obliged to pre-
sent an inventory of his fortune.
" Terror is, believe me, a bad mode of Government ; it is in
its nature, transitory. It lasted eleven months, when it was
exercised by the people against the privileged classes. Exer-
cised against the people, how long do you suppose it could exist?
You will scarcely believe, Gentlemen, what passed at St. Ger-
mains on the 9th of list month. Two citizens of Paris passed
the day at St. Germains ; they slept there because they could
' not get places in tha evening to return. On the 9th, at six in
in the morning, a Commissary of Police, accompanied by two
(lens d'Armes, presented himself to them to demand their pass-
'wrt's ; they 'had none, but they were perfectly well known.
They requested permission to send for their papers to Paris,
which was refused them.—(3lovernent of astonishment and
doubt on the right.)
" They were conducted to prison ; a Quartermaster, comes to
them with a file of men, and orders one of them to take off the
sign • of honour which decorated his button-hole. Why (said
he) ? Because lam going to put you in irons,—to carry you
to Versailles—(Murmurs of indignation en the left—laughter on
the iight.)—The prisoners requested to he taken in a coach,
binding themselves to pay all the expences. This request was
refused, and two brave men were chained and marched along
with a condemned criminal. •
,„
M. HUGUET DE LA CAUSSADE, Deputy or the right, rose
and said,"-" I also was arrested at St. Germains. I declared that
1 was a Deputy and I was released." [General movement hi the
Assembly ; the right side seems confused ; all the left cries,
" see what a specimen of freedom. You were released because
you said you were of the right.")
After a long interruption, M. GEkAItDI37 continues:—" They
thus passed through St. Germain, humiliated and exposed to
public curiosity, and subject to the most unworthy suspicions;
they reached Versailles, where they requested to be conducted
to the Procoreur du nth: They underwent an interrogatory ;
the Magistrate, convinced that there was no charge against
them but that of not having a passport, passed them from
'brigade to brigade, to the Prefecture of Police, where they were
put 49 hours in lose confinement, and then permitted to re-
turn home. These two citizens are well known persons—dis-
tinguished officers—one is called Constant, the other Bonin.
The latter is a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and lives at No.
149, Rue St. Honore."
GEnaarnirt, after referring to the example of the Con-
stittient Assembly, which , had abolished the passport system,
concluded that " the tax on passports should be repealed, as the
, only means in 'the power of the Chamber of putting an end to
the system." '
The origjnai article, however, was adopted.

VIVINAj Jur.-Y 23.—The Aulic Council of
Waciliave addressed to Captain A. Armin, com-
nuading the Austrian naval division in the Le-
vant, a dispatch, of which the following is the

.substance
•
" By reports received from Corfu and Trieste, we have re-
ceived the disagreeable news that the Greek insurgents had
dared- to declare all the toasts of the Ottoman Empire, which
are not in their power, 'in a state of blockade, and in conse-
quence .of this declaration they have carried into Missoloughi:
some Austrian merchantmen, with their captains and crews.
On accountof these acts of violence exercised by a Government
which is not. recognised by any Power, our Ministry has ob-
taMed the assurance that all the English and French com-
manders of naval divisions stationed in the Levant Seas, shall
be ordered to protect, by force, all commercial Vessels, without
any distinction of the flags, which may be exposed to such
a danger and its intention is, that the Austrian squadron
under your command shall concur in the execution of this

measure. ;
" Communicating to you this important information, the
Aulic Council of War enjoins you to correspond with the En-
glish and French Commanders, as well to deliver-the said Aus.;
trian vessels, carried into and detained at Missolonghi, or else-'
where, as to prote'ct all other vessels which, in the course of
their voyage, may bd threatened with similar danger.
" The Council of War,
that
to you this important
commission, is coiiVinced,. that by the aid of the concert above-
mentioned, mid of the information which you may obtain
from the Consuls-General, the Insurgents will be obliged to
abandon the arbitrary and illegal measures which they have
ad9pte'd, and our commerce will enjoy the protection to which
it is entitlel"
The President of the Aulic Committee of Com-
merce has communicated this, measure, to the
Committee of Merchants at Trieste, in order that
it may obtain the necessary publicity.
Accounts from the frontiers of Moldavia of
the 14th, say—" The, evacuation of the Princi-
palities is hitherto' confined -to the Janissaries.
Letters received from Jassy by the two last posts
state, that the Paella has received a Erman, or=
dering the retreat of the Janissaries, but nothing
is at present said of • the departure of the other
Turkish troops."
AUSTRIAN FUNDS, JULY 26.—IVIetallics, 79 7-16 ; Bank
Shares, 780 4-5.
VIENNA, JULY W.—Letters received from
Jassy last. week already informed us that the
entire evacuation of Moldavia by the- troops of
the Sultan was to take place in a week. Later
accounts, of the lc2th and 13th of this month,
fully confirm this intelligence. The Janissaries
really left Jassy.on the 13th of July, at seven
o'clock in the morning, and commenced their
march back to the Danube. Kutscbuck Ahmed
Pacha had taken such vigorous measures of pre-
cautioh, that no disorder .of consequence occurred
on this occasion. The Commander-in-Chief
sends out parties to pick up the stragglers, who are
immediately bound, and Sent after the main body.
BUCHAREST, JULY 6.—The Journals have
published the Bonjoudi, or order for the evacua-
tion of,the principalities issued by order of the
Porte,,by the Pacha of Silistria, as Seraskier, or
Commander-in-Chief 'of the Turkish troops in
Moldavia and Wallachia, to Hadschi Ahmed
Pacha, his Kiaja (or deputy) at Bucharest, as
commander of the corps in Wallachia:. The
order issued from Silistria to the Kiaja in Jassy
was in the same terms. The Hatti Scherit(or
Supreme Command) sent froth Constantinople to
the Pacha of Silistria, with the Sultan's own cipher
affixed, and which has never before been. intb-
fished, is as follows : ,
" HAT T I SCIIERIFF TO THE PAC*IIA OF SILISTRIA.

" Those who act among the valiant Of the empire, hear what
follows, and do accordingly, for it is.my supreme will. Know
that thy report on the state of the two Principalities Which are
committed to thy care has found approval before my throne,
and induced me to order what follows :—The people from
Anatolia, who at the call of the Porte have voluntarily crossed
the sea, and carried their arms into Itumelia, to co-operate in
destroying the plots of the rebellious Rajas, with the help of
the Great Prophet, (his name be praised to all eternity /.) shall
break up and return to the Danube. You will take care that
they perform their march in due order, in single detachments
and to this end order your Kiajas to send Mainlanders With
them, that they may be supplied with provisions on the way,
and that when they reach the Danube, they may find every
thing ready for their reception in BUlgaria. My brave Janis-
saries, the equally brave SpahiS, Suporigi, Cossacks, and Tar-
tars, will suffice to maintain tranquillity, and to till the distur.

bers of peace with terror. Thy rare, shall go yet farther.—
Know that thou must be answerable that the troops remaining
in the Principalities chi not oppress the, peaceable Rajas, .angi
'do not burden .the poor.—The Eiajas mast be reTon.-
sible to thee for' it, dad thou shalt take care with inex,;
orable ,rigour, that no excess, by' whomsoever committed,
goes unpunished. AR this is to be enjoined the Baschis and
Agas as my supreme will. Every Commander must answer
for those under him. For, this purpose this Ilatti-Scheriff is
addressed to thee."
[Copies of this 'supreme order were -coffrmunicated by the
Reis Effendi to the Diplomatic Body at rem.]
AUGSDURGH, JULY 29.--Accounts from Mis-
solonglii, which however
_require confirmation,
mention the taking of Patras. The Greek's, to the
number of 10 or 12,000 men, had invested it
since the middle of May. Colocotroni, their com-
mander, seeing . that the fortress, which was well
provided with artillery \and provisionsy could not
be taken by force, had recourse to stratagem.
He tempted -the Turks to frequent sallies, in
which the Greeks always retired; so, that the
Turks grew bolder. At length he caused a
feigned attack to be made by the greater part of
his army, on which the Turks sallied out,sand
were • drawn by the Greeks, who feigned a re-
treat, to a great distance from the fortress, in
which Colocotroni with 2,000 men, with whom
he had lain in ambush, made a sudden attack on
the, fortress, and surprised it. The flying Greeks
the!‘ turned and drove the Turks back to the

fortress, which they found already occupied by
Colocotroni, so that they had nothing left but to
abandon it, and to embark for Lepanto.
PETERSBU Rall, JULY 19.---The Conservateur
of to-day, contains the ukase restoring the, free
port at Odessa, dated July 9, and consisting of
16'articles. The line is nearer the bounds of
the town than before, the better to prevent
smuggling. Some goods for the use of the town
pay 1-sth of the duty.
FRANKFORT, JIIL 9.B.—The news of the suc-
cess of the Greeks has excited general satisfac-
tion iu.Germany. .Subscriptions to be, opened in
several large towns, and young men, both mili-
tary' and students, successively depart for the
Peloponnesus„ to combat under the standards of

independence.
At Geneva a subscription has been opened at
Messrs. lieutsch and Co.'s, for the relief of the
Irish. Switzerland will doubtless the more rea-
dily concur in this measure ; it will thereby atonce
fulfil the duties of humanity, and pay a tribute
of gratitude. The English have at all times been
eager toyelieve Switzerland in its calamities, and
the indigent Swiss who are in London daily ex-
perience the effects of. English beneficence.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Atro. 9.

GORDON' V. GORDOA.

Mr. MoonE said, he was instructed by the defendant to
move that • the Court would grant an order to sta'y all, proceed-
ings which had formerly been directed in, this case, on the
grounfilithat a petition for rehearing was before the Court. The
Learned Counsel was proceeding to detail the facts of the, case,
when
The LORD CHANCELLOR interrupted him by stating, that
he could not' grant the order which was prayed. The Court
always gave itself credit for being in the right in what it ordered,
and therefore the procelslings which it had directed must go
on. You may make 'any application you please during the
course of the proceedings, but what the Court may do upon
such an occasion, I cannot by anticipation promise.
Mr. Moonu said, that after what had fallen from the Court,
he would not attempt to,argue the case farther. .
During the remainder of the day, his Lordship • was occupied
in hearing petitions, the greater part of which had been be-
fore the Court on former occasions, and possessed no general
interest.