The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-26 00:00:00

SITTING OF THE 20TH DECEMBER.

- The COilinfittee of •Petiiio9s reported by M
Aleivbrede, those of-A.P4srs:Goyet*oct Can-•
Chtii3-Letnalre, complaining of 'knelt* been ".or
cleretl'hy.# Police Officer, at. Brortels, to goit 0)4
kingdom; and the Committee proposed that the

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Petit ;Otis oh Ole' tab a fur Ilte in-
spection of the Menthirs.- -
M. Itiosie;r'fortitallif tieclarea tlil3, And
c4:l,lett oil 'the Assembly to proteetl islltrietliatetir 111
diSciSs this important snbject.
. • 1.11. ‘CA iibscrv'-, that I chi's tvoll 111 c e-
viating• trom' the orcit'r established by' the'Aii:
setithly iti I.elzard, to p,ctitions, twl
.that debates
might ariie whith tb p'assions might prevail.
M. iii•rnpr prOobied to refer these petitions
to the exiiininatiob' bf the'SeetitYns;

accarling ,to its regitlations,
decided that this proposal_ should be taken into
emiSidetatkii ifi another'Sittin ±.
The rept:rt of the'Cenfral Section' was reads
tontaining...observatiofis on the seciitid ,projet •of
a law 'relative tt) the Tax on htheritaiices, the
clisciiisios) of Whii!h is fixed foi• Alooday next.
The same Colittnitfee -then made 'a
-report on the
temporary law relative to the finances,•to prevent
any ipterrription in the levying of the public re-
venue', after January I', 1818.

was-opposed siMie.Merrificrs, and
defended by the Minister of Finance, who sheaved
the necessity of it it was put to the vote, and
carried by 83 votes to 5.
)WI3ELi; DEC. 22 —4. The last lettets ffonti
Itome,say, " The Concordat with the hint of
tfteNctherhoolsis ou the point of being- signed."
rAlanlifeuil, Marquis d'Orvaidt,has.addiessed
'the Fee'oeh and other JOUrnals; a justificatory
account of the affair for which.he has been already
tried before several Tribunals. This piece is
dared flow the prison of the Tour de Notre Dame,
at Dimity, the 12th tilt. cause came on be-
fore the Tribimal iii 'hardly, on the 18th of thiS
mouth, and is to be continued in several succeed-
- ing sittings. People are curious to know the
Bement:* that *ill be passed in this singular af%
;fair. Nr. Alattbrenil says:
" You remember, that at the time of thesolenth
Sitting of l7th April, 1817,1 declared (after three,
Years silence, which l'hed observed, for powerful
considerations, itrthe midst of dangers, sufferings,
and tortures, impossible to be b,elieved) what Wts.
the object of the high secret mission which: was
intrusted to' Me, fOr the execution of which ten
unlimited orders Wete delivered to me in 1814,
signed by French, Russian', and Prussian Mini-
sters, Generals, 'and Counsellors.
rainy lie Added (Mild; will explain why an
absurd and Odious laW-suit has been instituted
against. me), that the modifications which I made
in the•hloody desires' of the trailms who wanted
to shed the blood of their ancient master,:caused
the execution of their dark projects to fail.
I am ready to justify myself for these modi-
fieations.,,in the eyes of all Frenchmen,
" call this process the affair of Maubreuil ?
Why persist in taking a parl ''for the whole,
the instrument for the guilty, the agent for the
principal ?
" The plain rides of good sense are sufficient
to site'''• that thii a flair its inuch less toy affair than
that of the Talleyrands, the SackenS, the Droken-
hatisens, the D'Anigles: the BOurrienues, the Da-
ponts, &c. 4c. and of the whole Provincial Go-
veruinent of 1814. 1 '.vas only their unhappy in-
4triithtnt.

. " As to the part of the mission, the sad episode
which relates to Westphaliau chests, lt,is.in every
respect nnich )e3i. my affair than that of Vdtaauri,
Vitro:leS, &c. etc. (who
have all kept the chests), tit,nt it is mine, who
have kepr neither a crown,piect nor fa :diamond
I %slt) am ruined .and exhausted, in, consequence of
a persecution which ihir'ffig a series a font years
presenti the picture or all the chagrins, 01- all the
losses, of all the misfortunes which can oppress
humanity.. I have taken, it is true, but I took
fOr others When I might have' taken for inyself.
I hatra riOtt to clO so."

The Tribunal at Douay will doubtless do jus-
tice to the means of, defence which M. Maubteuil
may adduce.

AANIBURGII, Supreme Court for
the tour tree towns will soon he established. The
Members of the Committee employed in arrang:
tug it were M. Schutei, Senator for Hamburgh ;
Dr. Gutschow, for Lubedi ; Dr. Meyer, Bret:ten:
M. de,Malishert, for Frankfort, did not attend,
M. Burgliardt,t he HanoveriAn Custom•honse
officer, h'as, by his unnecessary rigour, impeded the
freedom At mercantile navigation. He ordered,
three days ago, a Captain from Leith not to un-
fold ; but the Captain afterwards got a higher
order to do so.

Private Wtters froin Pimisia, Which deserve cre-
dit, state, that they are arming with great activity
in that co►intry. Soldiers absent on leave are re-
called, and every thing denotes, at least, a readi-
ness for war.