Star.
London, England, 1822-01-08 00:00:00

of PAR/sons preceded by the exhibition of the re/k2
of Saimte-Genevieve (the Virgin Saint and Patroness
of Paris) to the veneration of the faithfuL Thee
relics were brought from the vaults into the Church.
A grand altar was etected, and the Church was ill
every respect splendidly fitted up.

After the e Beriedictign, the faithful sang hymns, a
verse of one of which was, Toujours en France ire
Florroens el la foi, which was chanted at the mercer t
the members of the Royal Family were entering the
church. The ceremony was attended by the Pre.
feels, Magistrates, Generals, and Authorities of 4,1
descriptions.

It had been stated that this ceremony was pt.
ceded by an act of still more pitiable bigotry, that
of removing the ashes of VOLTAIRE and RousseAu,
which were deposited there in the beginning of
Revolution. This is now positively contradicted ;3
the Gazette de France, and the Journal de Paris ;
and the remains of VOLTAIRE and RouSszAu, it ar.
pears, remain under the same dome as the relics cf
St. GENEVIEVE.

An article from Corfu, of the 3d December, in tl.e
Augsburg liazette, states what is extremely
bable, that the Suliots and Albanians had been recoq.
cited by the mediation of Au PACHA, who WAS 13
put himself at their head, and after driving JOCS'firF
PACHA from Arta, was to enter Romelia, and 1);,;e
the Greek standard on the walls of Adrianople, w!lic4
he had sworn to do before the month of February.
The French Minister, in proposing his new law
exterminating the Press in France, talked much ct
the guarantee which would be furnished against i:s
abuse4in the respectability of the Court to which all
Offences would be referred. But what is thii Court?
why the Cour Royale forsooth ! If, as the Erent:i
Minister says, the Judges of this Court xei3 aAtlrt
to the.accused all the guarantees be car: epitaVd re.
quire, why are they not appointed, for the same rt.i.
son, to decide all other cases without the interventio
9f a Jury ? Their practised judgment would, in all
other questions, give them the same advantage over
'Juries, which the Minister claims for them in offences
of the Press. The French Minister repels with ia-
dignation the slightest insinuation against the irt.
partiality or integrity of the French Judges. But it is
notorious that they are not independent, nor can they
be so,in deciding between a Journalist and the Govern.
ment. It is well known that they are numerous—i: 's
well known that their salaries are very insignifican!—
it is well known that the men of talent who adorn tl:e
Court ascend the Bench only as a stepping-stone :u
promotion. The ordinary Judge may be made P.
sident of a Royal Court—the President of the lloy.d
Court may be promoted to the Presidency of t! e
.Court of Cassation—the latter may be made ..
cellar of France, or occupy the place of M. I'EII4)N.
NETT the Keeper of the Seals. It is needless to enu-
merate all the degrees of advancement open for a
pliant Judge ; it would be superfluous to demonstrate
the influence which a profligate Ministry may dun
exercise over an ambitious Lawyer, or to describe
that species of optics by which a man, looking to-
wards the Seals, could see sedition or irreligion in tl.e
general tendency of any Journal that obstructed bii
views. There is, besides, in France, a way of influ-
encing the Judges, which is quite unknown in Eng.
land. The Cour Royale, for instance, which in P.nis
consists of about 40 Judges, is divided into sections,
to which different duties are allotted. The President
has the making of these sections. He can appoint to
a more agreeable or less agreeable duty. He m.iy
even send a refractory Judge to the provinces, under
the pretext of the public service. Oh the other bud,
a Judge who goes to hold a Court of Assize, c-..iy
have, if he is a favourite, under the name of i:..-
demnity for his expense of travelling, a sum of money
that may amount to a bribe.

Frankfort Papers to Tuesday last, and the Nuren
berg Correspondent to the 31st ult. have been received.
An article in one of them from Bulgaria, dated 19:4
November, states, that the Turkish Army now is t''s
country has been raised to above 30,000 men. It ,s
again alleged that the Greeks have been defeated sear
Cassandra. This report, which is printed in the u-
rea/berg Correspondent, and pretends to be founded
on authentic accounts from Widdin, of the 9th De-
cember, states, that the Greek force at Cassandra \N as

(destroyed, after an obstinate engagement, wil'ol
lasted fourteen hours, and in which the Greeks
above 6000 men. According to the Turkish ac-
count, numerous divisions of Greeks laid down their
arms, others fled on board Hydriot ships, which cc::•
tinned to infest that sea and the adjacent country.—
They had ventured several landings on the coal,
destroyed small towns and villages, and disttibutca
Proclamations. The PACHA has already taken niea-
sures to put a stop to these disorders. He has de-
tached twelve thousand Asiatic troops to reinfoicc
CHURCHILD PACHA. The troops flatter themselves
with ending the siege of the fort of Joannina. by a ge-
neral assault, the success of which can hartily Lc
doubted.

Commercial reports from the Island of Scio men-
tion the arrival of cargoes of corn from the Black
Sea; other vessels from the Archipelago have alo
arrived there.

A report is mentioned, in an article dated 2I st
from the ftontiers of Italy, that the Persians had :e-
-tired from the side of Bagdad, and evacuated Has-
korai which they held for a short lime. This is quite
at variance with the Brussels article we quoted yes-
terday, which stated that the Prince of Nana. had
entered Bagdad and Eraerum.