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Lausakse, Dec.S.--41uningen lekotzt- mi* like
a village surrounded' With ruins, and composed of
a few streets, drawn at right allies. It !nay
make an agreeable appearance when tie ruins and
the barracks are removed. The enrirms of Basle
are covered with bricks, and they a) continually
bringing more. The quantity is so great that all
the brick kilns of Basle have left off work, and it
likely_ they will begin again for a long time
to come.

BRUSSELS, Wt. 15.-4 alt is afrateci, that by a
Royal Decree which will shortly appear, all pub-
lic spectacles will be prohibited during the Holy
week, the, four great festivals in the year, and on
the Corpus Christi and Assumption. Such a re-
gulation has been long called for, by all those
who desired to see the Catholic religion surround-
ed with the respect of the people.
VIENNA, DEC. s.—By private letters from
Servia of the 20th November, affairs in that coun-
try seem to take a pacific turn. The fortresses of
Servia and Palanken were occupied by the Turks.
The corps of 12,000 Serrians near 04trusehniza
was dissolved, and Soleinan Paella, the ancient
Governor of Belgrade, beheaded near Negotin ;
and the Servian Nation had engaged to pay an-
nually to the Porte 7000 purses, and, in cpse" of
war with a FOleign Power, to bring 15000 men
into the field.

FRANKFORT, DEC. 11.—The Elector of Hesse
Cassel has adopted, respecting the individuals
named in the Ordinance of July 24, the same
measures as the King of Wurteniburg.

FRENCH PAPERS,
[RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.]
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, DEC. 14.

- An extraordinary request was made" by M. de
Solignac, and other Anomie, (Notaires), of "tl►e
Deparntent of llierault.. These civil officers
make a ►resent to the King of the securities ►shish
they have deposited, on the collation that a change
shall be made in the lays, concerning their profes-
sion, and that their employments under Govern-
ment shall be rendered hereditary ! The Commit-
tee, says the Reporter, could not refrain from ex-
pressing their surprise at such a petition, which
displayed more self-interest than devotion to the
King. The. Order of the Day was moved upon it
and carried.

The Count de Beaumont, Mayor of Baclesol, in
-- -e presented a Me-
;oriel, :tem iptive of the distresses of the great
majority of the Curates the object of the Peti-
tion was, that the Communes should be allowed to
grant voluntary aids, to increase the pay of their
pastors.

The Committee were of opinion, that however
important and just it might be to give the inferior
Clergy the means of comfort and proportionate
independence, such a benefit could only result from
legislative interference, and consequently passed
to the Order of the Day. This was opposed by
the Count de Marcellus. who proposed that the
Petition should be referred by the Chamber to the
Minister to whose department it belonged.
The President being of this opinion, it was re-
ferred accordingly.
The law for the union of the Cantons of Mont-
beliard and Handincouet was put to the vote, and
carried by 208 white balls against two black ones.

PARIS, Dee. 15.—The Bishop of Troyes,' M.
de Boulogne, will make the funeral oration on
Louis XVI. on the 21st January next, in the Me-
tropolitan Church of Paris.

Letters from the frontiers of Poland state, that
the Emperor of Russia has left Warsaw for St. Pe-
' tersburgh. The Minister of State, Count Nessel-
rode, is preparing to follow him with all his as-
sistants. The,Grand Duke Constantine remains
at Warsaw, in the capacity of General in Chief
of the Polish troops.
They write train Bourdeaux : "On Monday the
11th inst. 30 persons accused of the most serious
offences, and who were coMmonly designated by
the name of Federates of la Reole, will be tried by
the Court of Assizes."
The day before yesterday, an English sapper,
one of; troops of that nation at Epinay, was
banged in the plain of St. Denis, after a trial by
Court-martial composed of English Officers, for
having run through the body his Serjeant-Major,
whom he had surprised in bed with his wife.
Thenty-three persons are to stand trial in the
second Session of the Paris Court of Assize for
this month ; and we remark with satisfaction, that 1
none of the offences charged arc seditious cries
or discourse.

On the Bth instant at Cambray, several soldierS,,
forming part of the . Hanseatic troops, who had
arrived there the day before, were guilty of re-
prehensible excesses both at their private lodgings
and at public places. Their officers, assisted by
the national gourd, succeeded in restoring order,
and on receiving an acconnt of the mischief that
had been clone, they paid the whole atuount out
of their own pockets.

3TATE PAPERS.

ATIOLITION Ox." 1131: SLAVE TRADE.

NOTE rttost iTiSCoUNT CAiTLEREAGH To ritis'cis

TALLEYRAND.

Paris, July 27, ICS.

PRINCE,--The Official Order to the Admiralty,
which I had the honour of transmitting to your
Highness on the 25th, having suspended hostili-
ties against the coast of France, and against
French ships carrying the White Flag, I have
been directed by my Court, without delay, to call
your attention to the necessity of guarding, under
these circumstances, against any possible revival
of the Slave Trade.

The British Government conceive that under
the operation of the Law of France, to it now
stands, it is strictly prohibited in French subjects
to carry on a traffic in slaves ; and that nothing
but a specific Ordinance could again revive that
commerce ; but, whether this be the true con-
struction or not of the state of the law in a tech-
ideal sense, they feel persuaded that his Most
Christian Majesty will never lend his authority
to revive a system of this nature which has been,
de facto, abolished.
I have desired Sir Charles Stewart to commu-
nicate to your Highness what passed on this sub-
ject at
_Ghent ; the assurance- the King was at
that time pleased to give to the British Ambas-
sador entirely tranquillized the Prince Regent's
Ministers ma this subject ; but now that- his Ma-
jesty has been happily restored to his throne, they
are most anxious to be enabled at once to re-
lieve the solicitude of the British nation, by de-
claring, that the King, relieved by the state in
which this measure now stands, front those.con-
siderations of reserve which before induenced.his
conduct, does not hesitate to consider that ques-
tion as now for ever closed, in conformity with
those benevolent principles which are at all times
congenial with the natural feelings of his Ma-
jesty's breast. I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) CASTLEREAGH.
His Excellency Prance Talleyratad, &c. &c.

NOTE FROM raiNcn TALLEYRAN'D TO VISCOUNT

CkSTLEREAGH.

(Trauslatiou) Paris, July 1815.
MY LuitD,-I have the honour to acquaint your
Excellency, that the King, in consequence of the
conversation he has had with Sir Charles Stewart,
and of the letter which your Excellency tied me
the honour to write to me- on
..the 271.1 i instant, has
issued directions, in, order that, on the part of
France, the traffic in slavei may cease from the
present time, every where and for ever.
What had been done in this respect by the.
Usurper was in the first place null and void, as
were'all his decrees, AA moreover bad been evi-
dently dictated to him by personal Motives of in-
terest, and by hopes, which he would never have
conceived, had he been capable of appreciating
the British Government and. people. It had not,
therefore, aild could not have, any weight with
his Majesty.
But it was with regret that, last year, his Ma-
jesty stipulated the continuance of the, tratioilor
few years. He had only done so.
toe one nand, he was aware that on this point
there existed in France prejudices, which it was
at that time advisable to south ; and that, on the
other hand, it was not possible to ascertain ‘iith
precision, what length of time it would require to
remove them.

Since that period, these prejudices have been
attacked in several publications, and with such
effect as to afford his Majesty, this day, the satis
faction of following, without reserve, the dictates
of his inclination, the mote so, since it has been
proved, by inquiries
,made %vith the greatest care,
that the prosperity of the French Colonies not
being compromised' by,the immediate abolition of.
the trade, the said abolition is not contrary to
the interest of his subjects—interests %tie%)
above all, his. Majesty thought himself bound to
consult. This satisfaction is increased by the
idea, that his Majesty, at the same time, does
what is agreeable to the Government- and people
of Great Britaiu. Accept, my Lord,. the as-
surauce, &c.

(Signed) The PRINCE DE 'I ALLEY
His Excellency Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &e.

NOTE FROM VACOUNT CASTLERE.AGH TO PRINCII

11LLEYRAND.

Paris, July al, Isis.
The Undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign. Affairs; has
the honour to acknowledge Prince Talleyrand's
note of this date, Conveying to him the decision
taken by his Must Christian Majesty finally • to
abolish the Slave Trade throughout the French
dominions.

The Undersigned will not lose a moment in
transmitting this communication to his Court,
and he ventures, in the mean time, to assure his
Highness, that the 'King could not .have taken
any determination more personally grateful to the
Prince Regent and to the whole British nation.
The Underiigned, &c.
(Signed) CASTLEREAGH.
His Highness the Prince Talleyrand, &d.

The following paragraph relating to an Eng-
lishman of distinction, is extracted from a French
paper, under the bead of Fundi, Nov. 29 :
" Lord Asuictit LOWI3 has been brought into
our town in a litter.—His carriage, driven by a
drunken postillion, was overturned, and precipil
tated the Noble Lord from rock to rock, to the
bottom of a valley, where he fell, severely wound-
ed, and without any signs of life. The Dean of
the Civic Council, apprised of this sad event,
hastened to send assistance to the Nobleman. It
was at first thougia that this accident was inten-
tional, for the purpose of robbing the carriage,
which was said to contain valuable effects, and
much gold ; but: every thing being found, the
poor postillion has been fully justified." We know
of no such pet son as is" here described by the
strange denomination given in the French Jonr-
.nal ; but it is aliuost impossible to recognize an
English name in a French dress. We recollect,
(to give One instance out of a thottsand„) that, on
one occasion, Mr. WELLESLLY POLE wi,ls called
Al. VESTEYENIPOLL.

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1101.:SNI QUIS DICERE FALIUM AUDEAr?

LONDON,

IrEDNESIL4Y., DECEMBER 2Q. ISIS.

The missing Paris Papers of the lsth have heel'
received since our last, but they partake of the
sterility of the other dates. We hear nothing
further of LAVA LETTL, and Whether his sentence
will be carried into effect, or his punishments be
commuted by Royal clemency, puzzles the judr
ment of our political Should ebe.
loriner be resolved upon, we do most came stif
hope, were it only fur Decency's sake, that the'

awful ceremony may not be suniggled throogb
a corner like the shooting Of the Traitor ?4.`11
Entirely convinced of the justice of Lis fate, '1"11
deeply impressed as we are with the convictioll
that to have spared him would ha ve been to r3lit
one of the most dangerous and fatal of tri""':'lj4

to the Bad Cause, there was yet sontethi" 6°
revolting to propriety, and so repugnant io the
feelings in the »tanner of his execution, that it
excited commiseration Where only abhorrence
ought to have held place, aryl powerfully coutri'
buted to make the worse appear the better rev
ion. Why was the solemn proceeding conston'
mated like a guilty act ? Why was that, which e 9

a great example of national retribution, ought t`'
have been as public and notorious as circunisanco
could render it, hurried over in the clink like
_foul_ murder ? The chicane of misleading the

pedple by sending close coaches and IniOdug sham
preparations on tha plain of Grenelle, was Dwic
unworthy of any government, and is liable “)
very serious miscoustracjon as well as to sever
reprehension. Tinydeath of NEY has been, ornt
fairly enough, dwelt upon as a proof of the strengal
''grililfirinness of the restored Monarchy : it was rrt
this point of view that it becalm: of i:niversal import'
ance. Nothing, therefore, could be more unwise
than to betray pusillunimil in the termination °(
that which required vigour to carry it thronei
and vigour especially at its close. The
timidity thus evidenced, destroys the efficacy of all
the preceding determination, and the example Of
NEY's trial and condemnation is weakened b 1
the example of Net's execution. Bnt it "S
been alleged that popular tumults might have at.'
tended a very public or longer delayed inflicticalt
and that it was in mercy that the King spared hfs
subjects this risk. Cowardly and insensate a"
gumeut ! The whole act went to spew, that
Law of the Land was stronger than the Facticilb
and you confess that, even in the first instance, VLI
are afraid to meet them. This is encouragement"-*
•
not terror) prudential retreat—not victory.

The sam e may be said. of the Amnesty With
which the Duke of RICHELIEU came down to the
Chamber of Deputies on the very day of ,'"'s
. death. It was to supersede the stronger mea-
4sarei—.proposed by M. BOURDONNTAYE, "
time chosen for tljs communication instead ('E
giving it the aspect of Royal benevolence, con-
verted it into a sacrifice olered by pale Fear on the
altar of bold Rebellion.

i

It is not for France but for the sake of Europe,.
thltlyvyewish there was less undignified equivo
catieg 'on the part of the Government of France.
It must grapple with its difficulties ; it cannot
avoid thew : the Hydra must be overpowered
while yet its most potent heads are WI, otherwise
,

their place; will be stipplie.:l, and the Whole
Monster again steep -France in blood, and pia:, e
the World into w;ir.

We hear no more of the Orders and Diitine-

lions which the Dvdce of FELTRE has recommend-
ed his Ikl:ls.:er to \bestow on the Tt,•;ti,') Army for
its shalt in resiating him upon his throne
trust we shall never hear more of them. Th

itussians might, indeed, deserve a 1,(1!,1R11C0t13

acknowle4men't from the King of FRANCE—they
were not at Waterloo—but as for the British, proh
Pi "lot, they merit no observance, they never
Icingdoms, they only humbled the military
fame, and obscured the wirlike glory of France..

And arc thtlr.hated for this, even by the Royalists,

more than' they are loved for restoring the KING?
Be that as it may, we sincerely hope, that were
these slow and reluctant tokens of grAtitude now
'offered, they would be instantly refused.

tn'ther Brussels and Frankfort Papers b3ve
arrived, the former containing an important, and
to us a rather irksome, Commulicarion by the.
Ring of the NETHERLANDS to the States-General,

tespeeang the Marriage of his Son to the Princess
ANNE (if R►►ssia. Not that we are displeased
itl► this family con►►exion, or augur any po-
litical injury from it to British interests.—
but there %vas s►►mething in the match ori-
ginally carried so ncar a happy' conclusion in
this Country, that we cannot help being sorry,
very Sony, that any thing should have occurred
to break it off.

As for the gallant Prince of ORANGE, it is not

too much to expect that from hid early predlic•
tions in favour of the Land of his education, and
3utr4e of his milit try renown, and from his attach-
lits by the resent marriage, he will become
't Prominent auti powerful !ink of the friendly
'chain 'which connects together the welfare and
onfidencc of the Iwo mighty Empires of
Great Brit•iia and Russia.

The offiri::l Dccumtti relatire to the inune-
iljate abulit:uo of the Aave Trade by the King of
l'it.viscE, are given in a pleee.din:; column.