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VV,liett the work of the consdifition. begins,
every family, throughout ~itasiei;'ail con.
tliiioes-e-are more or less harassed and7iffliZged.
GuArds.,lnforiners., and ittseeetors,'certiliCates, pass:
ports; and countersigns, tneftiply on every'sido, and
give the, country the aspedt'ut a vast prison, iou
frequently see, a young mart,. with a gendarme at
his ; look at him agent; after the interval of 'a
tooloctit, and you Cold him with his- thumbiltied
together, and sornetimes with . ins arms Oweaded.
ThosYsteui of inquisition, and rigour is streiued,
to
the I,tornost, its you approach the frontiers. The
hetitinels of the police tire there in triple ranks; the.
whole boat of dueanior,pocusteirodierise tit ceri
010010 ujr It the business of h4utirel'Aipx.face4, us.
well as tlf searching, pockets, . .
Are you tfavelling --you are soddenly stopped
in ycur path, Yuo cartnot Move, on, in conse-
tioeoce of a large , crew() wlAckbloetts up r#)'7l, read.
You hear the cla4ing. of clotins,and.ilumund
plaintive voices :—you observe an esCott,of,,,caYalfy
with drawn sabres,- Your atteotiqe i.a,:arrested at
the .same time, by a groove or processien‘nf,YOuths
with pale and emaciated coutitenances,--ov,l;roheir
head, shaeeto...odrageing, fetters aud iroti':.b fillets,
and habited in a frighttulocosturne. 'You inquire
eagerly of what heinous offence,, of what disgrace-
ful crime, these men have.,,been guilty, who exhibit:
an. exterior -of.so much wretcheduess, andagainst
:whom the- power of civil society is tumid With so.
grinding aerressure. You are told that there afore-,
.Ire6lory conscripts and deserters, on their way from,
they depots of the departments to a fortrehrOof the
interior!";
`,` There are various laws; decrees, arretafro,avhiell
prescribe tee punishments' 'to be
de-
serterli and rufrattory conscripoo- Wlnie.oliepros,
poly of their pareros is selling for the discharge of
the line, awl tegal-cosk, tivey..asealtemselves:touls:r-,
grfmg the Tigouis of the law. soon as iieurare
taken, they ere coodueled under a strong esccrt, to
the 'prisons of the neatest -commune.' They ahem,
sutler httttgcr, and misery of every descriptiou,
because the commune, which is , ellarged-,•with
the expellee of their zrlosis;ence, la rarely able
to supply.- their- waots, ..The coma-vane IS also
cOtisfsained to provide thorn .with- part
colourect dress of the, coarsest cloth;" much-like
that Worn by theialley.slames. On 'parade
day,- thtterefra&ory mriscript as-stationed. before
whileverbody of• troops can be collected-from the
neighbotithood, and has the text of the law; and his
atorteoce read to him. He is. then declared un-
werthy to serve ; his head is shaven; he is stripped
of-his coat, and muffled up in the dress of.a penitent,
and a troth:leapr f wooden shoes are puteupon
feet, and an iron chain; with heavy bulletartivetted
-hialeg. The French Government has noited .
iu
this; grotesque attire, whatever is most. terrifying 10
the• imagination of as Frenchmen; inasmotte .as it
gives le. the wearer the appearance of a galley slave;
triad' is, at the same time, particularly wounding to
parSoottl vainly and 'military pride, by exhibiting
the insignia at a monk undergoing venance.
4$ The refractory conscripts are conducted in this
dress, and in bodies.of thirty or ferty, to 'the fort-
resses of the interior; where they, are made to labour
tat the public. 'works. There are level:Ll of; these
• fortresses expressi.,.. prepared for their-reception. It
isisaid in one of - the decrees on the subject, that
''‘arlien a condemned conscript shall havu„shown,
after a certain -length of time, by his
.orileAly, and
sobtnissive conduct, change of scootecot, the
portion of labour assigned to him may be dimioisli-
et', and that he may be admitted iota a crimparly of
pioneers. It is graciously added, that he tney, after
a long-trial, be even found worthy of being teilistat-
ed in the ranks of 'conscripts, Besides bubbtitution
and flight, there is another Mode of escaping the
military service, which is specially, provided against
by law.. decreed' that conscript.. who tnutilite
' themselves, inorder to-. elude- t lie.cooscripi ion, shrill
ferM tompanies of. pioneet 9.
"Note, it listantliog tits existence OP-such retinia.,
bons" its these,' enclitic facts r have stated,' i'diost
Ootroions account is given the: Frencit'Ciaettes,
cif the ardour antLeirtintsiastrt With .w4tielt the
Fri ne,lt youth engage in t 1 •e.cottseripton. The false-
heed' rif this represtfnottioti is, however, ' atleited,
trven , by the records of the Courts of Justice), and
the langitage of the Clergy -in the Churches. At
every return of the periodical' scourge; the' pulpits
rescrtincluith latnentlit ions, over the rellibtariiitorna-
rilferstett,bY the conscripts to obey the} all of' .their
4.!Ottrif r ; -T.tie Sentences eterouneed by the Ceerts.
refraetory censcripta, ated
.1410 fines
aril on their parents, woolitaltstiebe to spew.
With -what 'feelings the conscription is: owelcoin-
But it is difficult to, procure eontplete lists of
these indgments, because-the publication of the
gooric:r part of them is,carefully bunt/towed,. The
tvhoc number of them pronounced by icatlet of the
toorts, hat., however, been inserted in the Galettes,
either through inadvertenee on the i(curl of the
Judges, or from wool
,plifiietthlr motives. of
I. shall Cite taoinsoinces. It was announced in the
NeWspapers ill 180 a, that the Oriente. Court of Lille,
kvJ giveo senteoce ,:igainst one hundred and. thirty.
tooi ooraetory conscripts for the,cotiscriptio it of tiort
• rind sikal the Court which sits ;it Gantt, had
ltioksod upoin seventy. It
,riiii.t tiOw be
col-onkel.), that two hundrect conseopts make up

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" If the French government be exposed to danger
frotn.arieliource, it is from the eper..tion ofihe con.
scription,-41ie evil of al! others most heavily telt.
would Seem that the nation mittlit :be at length
'g9adttdinto such effortSOf resiseir,ce as spring from
itifttiriate clespir, 'and intolerable suffering: - But
there are considerations' which it is rot my province..
to derail at this time, that extinguish even. tiiis hope.
On the world at Large,' thelconscriieion must email
most fatal effects.- All the m.htary sysnins of the
centinent of Eurive must be -assirnilated to it, or
will Ivac!to the cabitire subjugation oPthav continent.
To 'either Caseiliere'tkill not be, thitinghont all War'
vast region, a single cabiivof which the peace
not be distorbed,—as thete:is not in Frar ce a single'
dwelling into it has not intredoced the hi:tee.
e 0 of sorrows, • Europe lutist" be converted into ii
catnip'; all' the Wants of ,life Will be-reduced to two
-T-bread and iron ; the sciences to one—that of
mut till Ott-Cron:n:100n.
".Besides the armies formed by means of the con.-
scription, there are in France other military corps,
of which it may be utiefel to the reader, that I
ahocild say sootthing,„ befere eonclone. ~In the
year eighteen linattred and five, Buonaparte, in or-
der' to fve an 'appearance of 'mental strength .to.
France rater te had draiued her of all the
,regular
troops for the war, which he WJS then ,:waging
against A081171.1'; as well its' [tout other motives,'
caused the Senate to. issue' a, senains vonsidturn,
authorizing him to raise a national guard or militia,
in: any of the departments which he might think
proper to, selea cur that purpose. The _text of the
decree states, tlot " healthy and robust men, be-.
tween the ages et twenty and sixty, may be called
tcvserve in it ; 'that the natioual thes formed,
would be applied to the maintenance ot circler in the
interior,_ and to the defence of the coasts, and that
the fortresses particigarly, would be oOmmitted to
the safeguard of their honour. and valour.". Buona-
parte'reserved to hiinself the nomination of the offi-
Cers,'"who, however, were to be chosen from among
such of his subjects as were able to equip.then.iselves
'At tilejr own txpense. It was afterwardtrprescribed,
in a ministerial circular, that the national guard
should be composed,• as far as possible, of land pro-
Vic:toll, and persons in easy circutnstances.—Thus
.were merchants, manufaCturers, apti Others of that
descriptir.n, who are generally fathers of fatuities,
called teion to devote to military exercises a C 0114,1-
derable.portion of the tinie which was necessary for
the management of their affairs, and exposed to the
leer ssityof marching at a distance from their homes,
whenever it might so please a Government inces-
' sandy at war; and all this at a time when six hurl.
(fired thousand regular tropes weie, in: great part,
maintained at their expense;, professedly for the
purpose fur which they were called upon to saeroice
their ease and domestic interests. - - •
" ,The chief objeel. of 4uonaparte in, this 'men-
'sure, was 'to further,bie plats. of transforming into
soldiers, all clases of inhabitants in. France.—
For the same purpose,. several other military bodies
wertrprgtinized under -various, pr etexk 8. 4, decree
was issued in, 1'80.5, ordering a 'company to be risecl
in eitch.department, at,the expepie the inlvibi7
tants, for ,the pniposo: Of 'keeping g,:atd,ahou ihe
hotels, of maintitinirrg order its the courts, 816;r..
These niurnmt to fifteen thousand Men, well wined
and quipped. Two regimens were, also raised by
the City of Palls tor the same purpose,..but were
marched into Flanders, at ttte commencement of ate
war in 1805. Guards of honour .w ;ire „also. orga-
nized in all-the cities, ostensibly as an c,,certfor.the
.Emperor when hal passed through them. BLit the
:Government neon undertook to convert these bodies
into, a perrnapent military establishment. In 1804,
the Minister of the Interior addressed a circular to
the PrefeCts, in which young men of :good
not liable to tuner conscription, and able to procure
utilettity accoutreinents.at, their own expence, were
to ioseribe thenetelves, for tile ptlrpoic of lot-1010g
guard of honour about the person.ot the kanperoK
in his campaigng, , . ,
" Thesie 'attempts were but subsidiary to.the
great projed of tune' military government, of oport
venting the whole effettive population of France
into soldiery ; a. prnje& which' was to be :cottoning:
mated by the formation of .the national, go td.' If
this guard were, ht the commencement, Wit rt,mere
boghear for foreign countries, it has sioceasiumerta
much rnore serious and formidable &minden.. Lists
of all the. inhabitants of the empire between, the
ages of twenty and sixty, were, in ISO,' framed by
the prefens,'and by Senators, commissioned tor the

BOW-STR ZET.-03 Saturday Tkillion Rend; the
servant of Mi. Ulcyate, of Sties hem's Bush. who
refilled to he sworn on 11111rhda.y night.tO give an
account of the attempt to rob his inasu. es house,
was brought 'to the 'Office, troth the New Prison,
iu Clerketiwell, for further examination, when the
confines of 3 prison had' brought him so his under-
standing, rind he agreed' to be sworo, when be con-
finned the account we stated on Saturday, of what
tie related to Bacon, and in addition to which he
Said it was the butler's pasisry where he slept;- the
noise that awLke bun was like persons walking in
the passage te.iding to the room where he was ; he
listened, and heard the same kind of noise, but at a'
much greper distance. When he saw the giim-
inering light in the. bads' kitchen, he was about
taliing out, 'Supposing the maid had come down
stairs to get the child sortie vietuali, when a pistol
went off very smear him, and .by the flash he Saks"
a man's face • he was a good deal stunned by
the report of? the pistel. - He. thOught' he struck'
the man with the' bayonet, 'but was not eer-:
lain ; Ite was sure he hit. the cradle ; which Wes
in the kitchen ; he called.out very loud to. his Mac.
ter, who was a considerable time before' he hoard
him. 'lt was so very dark he was obliged to fed
alotig 'the passage with the bayonet,' till he got to
the bottom of 'thy stairs, where he saw- a light,
and went to'his master, who had a piste' -itv each
hand ; his 'mistress was near hint holding a light ;
they Made a great noise against the wainscoat, in
hopes to alarm their neighbours to procure their
assistance ; they also made' a great noise against
the casement of the Window, which. was
but there was no person came to their assist-
ance. He. accompanied hiS master, who. was
armed with tivo pistols, and himself with a bayonet ;
-when
'they 'got to she bottom of the stairs they dis-
envered it large stick or stake, aed a knife near it.
When they reached the kitchen they found another
large stick, and saw a deal of blood on the floor;
they doubled its being blood at first views and sup-
posed it' tri be some ineserves that had_ been knock-
ed doWn, but on examining the jars of preserves
they fOund they had not; been ,removed. They
earein:d 'the Iniuse in all parts, but could, not
find aiyy person. He and his master concluded
that the robbers must have wounded each other,
;is he was not certain that he bad struck any of
them with the bays:it-let.' Oa searching further into.
the kit Chen, they found on the dresser a small stick
the robber's had left. in the back kitchen,.
where he Ohserved the light, ti.i.winclow tvas felt'
opts. His masfer and he haviog t'horo.tgitly
eras-
tied ihOiiselves that no '}arson was in the house,
Went upstairs to his mist-toss and maid servant; they
then all Went down stairs together into the kitchen.
They mill suspearslthat the Jobbers were on the
priAniseS, or lot king about very near, and they
were afraid if they, went to bed again the thieves
would . return ; his master proposed that th..7y
should,. fire- oft a . gun, which Would alarm the
thieves if, they were tiem ills master,accordingly
after searching some closets, found sdrne gunpow-
der, loaded his On, and gave 'it to him, and he diS--
Charged it out of t he 'Window of the room called ,the
butler's pantry, where he slept. They all remain-
ed below. stairs .forsome time ; his roaster and mis-
tress. went up stairs. The nmaid-savant and. he
remained below, stud as. they. , were going into a
room to ascertain it the window was fast, they oh-
served-that- the wainscoat, was broke nod shattered
eery much, and he said to the maid,- that must cer-
tainly be the place where the. bah discharged from
the! pistol by the thief had entered when it missed
hint ; .and on examining ii, discovered a ball in the
wall ; he then took a pair of Compasses, which was
near the spot, and got the 1t out of the aperture
in the wall ; the maid Was standing close by

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