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London, England, 1824-12-03 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

r.Frota the Itionitcar of Tuesday, Nov. 30.)
NO OFFICIAL ARTICLE.
ROME, Nov. Is.—There has just been pub-
lished in thie,capital a Pontifical Decree of the
highest importance to the administration of jus.
lice, the course of legal proceedings, and the
cl,arges upon them. By this molts proprio his
Holiness first of all recalls all that his predeces-
sors, especially:Pius VII., after the re-establish-
ment of his authority, had, .undertaken on the
same-subjed, for the sole purpose of rendering
the benefits of justice more acceptable .to the
people by simplifying the forms and diminishing
the. expellees. '
"'PertUaded," says his Holiness, " that in so
weighty .a
matter.we could not take too many
precautions, nor avail ourselves of too much in-
formation, we began by forming a committee of
Doman lawyers, the most respectable for their
learning, their wisdom, :and their attachment to
.the Holy See ; we have Charged them to lay be-1
• fore us a plan adopted to our object, protesting
before hand that no personal sacrifice would be
thought too great by. us to cause the execution of
it, whatever additional expence it might cause
011 F Treasury, having nothiog so much at heart as
•-to procure to our subjects the greatest good with
. the least expence to them."
From the laboura the, committee the examina-
tion made of it, and the approbation given it by
the deliberative committee of Cardinals, a new
,code has resulted, contained and published under
three heads:--'t ftefortnation of " the system of
~poblic administration ;" c‘ Reformation of the
civil procedure ;" 46 Reformation of the tariftol
taxes in judicial proceedings." By this new plan
the too great number of delegations is reduced :
special judges have been substituted for some tri-
bunals of the first instance; the number of ma-
gistrates has been reduced in some places, some
insignificant tribunals suppressed, and, what,
Rome_ has long wanted, a tribunal of commerce
has been erected. A better composition of the
councils is provided for
.by proportioning to them
the number of persons belonging to the different
wrier; of the States.
" The nobility," says the mobs proprio, (I pre-
serves in them the distinction which it should enjoy
in all civilized states ; the class of proprietors nc,
besided its ,rights of suffrage in common
.deliberation, more'rimple and unrestricted attri-
butes for the care of its own affairs. But
what has chiefly excited our vigilance," continues
his Holiness, " is to maintain in all its lustre and
vigour the episcopal jurisdiction, re-established in
the exercise of all its prerogatives, as it enjoyed
already in the time of our predecessor, Benedict
X I V, of blessed memory."
Lastly, the costs of law proceedings are fixed
at a certain and moderate standard, and the old
custom of, advocating ecclesiastical causes. in.
Latinond lay causes in the vulgar tongue, is
reslored, « in order," says the decree, 44 to
suppress that offensive absurdity, contrary to the
go )d administration of justice in which every
thing should be regular and uniform, to hear at
once iu the some sitting, two different languages,
when affairs of the subjects of the same Goverlf.!
meat aro treated of.'"
This maim proprio,whiOt will constitute eu era-
in our judiriat Is ;riven at the'Vatican,
Ok t. 5, with this clause—" Tie Anniversary of
our Coronation."

( ?roll the Eti4le of TVrdrresday.)
M Amur), Nov. t25.---Since.the'l3th, the King,
who still resides at the Escurial, had been more
or less attacked with fits of the gout. Each day
R bulletin has been published of his Majesty's
health. That of to-day states his almost eptire
,restoration to health.
The Peninsula and almost the whole of Europe,
witnessed with horror the events which took
plafe in OW castle at Corunna in the month
of July, 18'23. The rebels, who styled them.
selves Constitutionalists, destroyed in cold blood
the lives of 51 of their fellow.citizens, whose
only crime was that of fidelity to their King. So.
horrible a clinic demanded the vengeance of the
taws ;" and the guilty have at length been pubish.'
ed. Nine of the principal assassins have been
condemned to be hung. One of them, a shoe-
mu
ker by trade, sung the Tragala at the foot of
the 'gallows. .
.P,tuis, Nov. 30.—1 t is not true, as stated in
the morning papers, that the 'Marquis de Talaru
has tet out for Madrid.

( Me Journal des Dehats.)

PARIS, Nov. 30.—The second letter of Viscount Chateau.
briand to a Peer, on the Indemnity to be granted to the Emi-
grants, will appear on Thursday or Friday. This letter will be
touch longer than the former one.
(From the Constitutionnel.

NI A DRID, Nov. Private Carrespoudence.l--The
Council of Castille has just signed a Royal Decree ( cedulal of
which it is impossible to find any example in history. 'You
know that during , the Constitutional reign a large quantity of
that uncultivated land, known in Spain by the name of Vahlios,
had been distributed .among the aoldiery, and sold to indivi-
duals. Some of those who had thin acquired possession,began
to cultivate their h nd, and the present decree orders, that these
persona shall cease to cultivate• these lands,,and that they shall
be, allowed to lie waste as heretofore. This Decree must be sa-
tisfactory evidence of the spirit which at present animates the
iul ors of Spain. The Police is again employed in making all
those persons leave Madrid who followed the Constitutional
GovernMent from Seville to Cadiz, and who,were distinguished
by any kind of writings opposed to the present Government...—.
It is said that 4,00 persons will be forced to leave Madrid by
'this measure. Nothing. escapes the fury and the fanaticism of
the governing party. M. Posada, the Bishop of Murcia, a man
of such moderation as to be secure, in general opinion, front
all persecution, has been, despoiled of, his Bishopric, and shut,
up in a Convent. ilisunly criniais having been:appointed to
his See by the Constitutional Government. The King is con-
fined to his bed in consequence of an attack of the gout.
tEXTRACT OF ANOTHER PRIVATE LETTER.]
The Infant Don Francisco has arrived at Madrid to make pre-
parations fOr his journey to Paris. M. lieredia, brother of
the Ex-Minister, Count °Celia, is appointed Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the United Statei. General Apodaca has been
named Viceroy o' Navarre. Baron d'Eroles has been de-
clared by the Physicians. to be insane. In order to raise the
credit of the Order of l'Ecu de. la Pidelitti, which has fallen
Anto contempt, an order hat been issued that military honours I

shall be rendered to all the persons decorated with this Order.
The Journal of Madrid contains the following Decree of M.
Rufino Gonzales, Superintendent General of Police:--u Art.
1. All persons possessed of books, caricatures, or pictures
whatever, whether printed in Spain or imported from abroad,
between January 1, 18291 and December 30, 1823, mutt deliver
them up within thirty days to the Cure of their parish.--. 2.. All
books, Tamphleta,.:or papers, prohibited by. the Church or
Inquisition, shall also be so delivered up at whatever period
they may have been published.-3. Whoever retains posses.
sion of any arch books, Sic. after this notice, shall be sub-
jected to a Summary trial, and punished according to the laws.
—4. The receivers of such books shall be punished as proprie-
tors.-5. Whoever informs of persons retaining such books
after the thirty days, shall receive the third of the fine im-
posed, and his name 511411 be kept secret.-8. The month fixed
for the delivery begins, in Madrid and other places, on the
clay of the publication of this Ordinance.-7. The object of
this Decree being to prevent the circulation of improper
books, those, after examination, which are found to be inno-
cent shall be restored to their owners.-8. Every person must
make out a double list of the books given in, and those who
do not will be held to give up their right to the property.-
9. The Curds will make out a general Bat of all these books to
be preserved in the archives of the parish., and shall transmit
lists to the provincial officers of police, who are to make out a
list from those- sent by the Cures, for the Intendants of the
. Provinces, who will send them to the Superintendant-Gene-
ral of the Police. •
" MARIANO RUFINO GONZALES.

" Madrid, Nov. 14, 1824:"
PAR ta, Nov. 30.—Yesterday, eleven persons were brought
before the Court of Assize accused of various robberies ; their
trial is expected to last several days.
FRENCH Furos.-=Paurs, Nov. 30.—Five per Cents.
opened at 100, 50. ; closed at 100. 80. Rank Stock, 1,970.—
Neapolitan Rentea, 88g. Spanish ditto, Royal Spanish
Loan, 52A.—Exchange on London, one month, 25. ; three
months, .1. 1. 85.—(Cours Authentique.)

ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIA.

THE DUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S

AGENTS.

TO TITS EDITOR OF THE ORIENTAL HERALD.
Sin—ln the published intelligence Concerning the Iturrnese
War, mention has several times been made of Mr. Scott, the
Governer-General's Agent; and from the way in which 'that
gentleman has been spoken of, it would seem that the military
operations are confronted, if not directed by him. Among
your readers are a considerable number of persons who are
desirous of obtaining some acquaintance with Indian affairs,
and who depend for their information entirely on your Maga:
zinc. On them (of whom the writer is one) you will confer an
obligation if you will bestow a few lines in your next Number
on the explanation of the office and authority of the Governor.
General's Agent. We hope to find that he bears no resem.,
blance to the Dutch Commissioners who clogged the operations
of the Great Duke of Marlborough: Pardon this intrusion
from, Sir, your obedient humble Servant,
. Nov. 22, 1824. A Sunscarnen.