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FROM PRIvCE TALLI:YRAAD To VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGN.
(TRANSLATION) PARIS, 11.71. T 30, 1815
Mr have the honour to acquaint your
Excellency; that the King, in conseque.'ce of the
conversation he has had with Sir Charles Stuart, and
of the letter which your Exaellency did me the
honour to write to me on the cl7th instant, has issue d
directions, in order that, on the part of France, the
traffic in Slaves may cease 404; the present time,
every where and for ever.
What had been done in this respect by the Userper
was in the first place null and void, as were all lei,
Decrees, aild moreover had been evidently dictated
to him by personal motives of interest, and by bores,
which he would never hive conceived, had he been
capable of appreciating the British Government and
People. It had not, therefore, and could net have
any weight with his Majesty.
But it was with regret, that, last year, hiq Majesty
stipulated the continuance of the traffic fur a few
years. He had only done so, because, on the one
hand, he was aware that on this point there existed
France prejudices, which it was at that time ad-
visable to sooth ; and that, on the other hand, it was
not possible to ascertain with precision, what length
of time it would require to remove them.
• Since that period tliese prcjirdices have been at-
tacked in sever.:l publications, and with such effect
as to afford his Maje.ty, this dly, the satisfactioh of
following, is ithout reserve, the dictates of his inch-
nation, the more so. since it has been proved, by in.
quirie4 made with the greatest care, that the pro-
sperity of Coe Fzench Colonies not being compro.
raised by the immediate abolition of the trade, the
said abulitinh is not contrary to the interest; of his
subjects, interests which, above all, his Majesty
thought himself b.amd to consult. This satisfaction
is increased by the idea, thitt his Majesty, at the same
time, does %sleet is agreeable to the Government and
People of Great Britain.
Accep!, my ;Arc!, the assurance, doe.
(Signed) The Prince de TALLEY RAND.
His Lreellency Lord Viscount Casdcrosea, &c.
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WWI VISCOUNT CASTI•eI4A(iII TO PRINCE TALLMTRAND.
PARIS, JULY Si, Isis.
The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Principal
Secretary of 'State exit Foreign Affairs, has the honour
to 'acknowledge Prince T,llleyrand's Note of this
date, conseyinp, to him the decision taken by his
Most Chtib,iur /4.llesty finally to abolish the SI tve
Trio* throughout the French dominions.
' The undersigned will lose not a rnosnent in trans.'
slitting this communieation' to his Court, and he
+insures, in Ole mean tune, to assure his Highness,
*fiat 'the Kind. could hot have taken any deternsina.
cion More'petson'ally gratelul to the Prince Regent,
LA to theleltule British nation. • •
• s. •
(Signed) CAULEREAM ,
lib Highness the Prices laileyrand, &c. &s. " ' •

FRENCH. PAPERS.

• AFFAIR 'OF D LAVALETTL
COURT OF CAMATIONO TIRCRAIRER 14.
M. Olivier, the Reporter, addressed the Court.—
Marie Charman de Lavalette defers to your justice
the judgment of the Court of Assize of Paris, cep.
demning him to a capital punishment. Whatever
be our horror at the attempt Which plunged France
in mourning, we are here placed above such consi-
derations. Guardians of the inviolability of laws and
the forms they prescribe, we must contemplate here
only the sacred rights of social regulations.
M. Olivier read the indictment.
The Court now gave leave to M. Darien:, the
Counsel of the condenmed, to speak. lie bean by
a panegyric on the moral character of his client—l
am not ignorant, he s lid, that the Court of Cassa-
tion ,Ines n t inonounce upon the man, but upon the
.vork of the Magistrate. It behoves it, therefie, to
ascertain if M. de Lavalette has been legally tried.
In the fi; st place, the indictment charges the crime
of high treason, By whom can this crime be tried ?
By the Chamber of Peers, which, by the terms of the
3:3d Article of the Charter, has alone the right to take
cognizance of such tactices. It will, perhaps, be ob-
jected to me, that M. de Lavalette, in not demand.
tug to be sent before the Chamber of Peers, tacitly
recognised the competence of the Court of Assize.
But of what signification is that ? The crime is na-
tional ; the punishment ought to be equally national.
-Toe silence of the accused, the error of the Judges,
cannot, even in that case, give to the tribunal a com-
petence that does not belong to it, particularly in an
offence which relates to public order.
The Counsel passed to the second objection.—No-
citing proves that on the 21st of November, the Jury
were present at two Sittings of the night and morning.
The Proces Vabal announces the • resumption of the
audieuce, but it does not state the presence of the
Jury. ThiJ presence being ordered, it is necessary
that the prof should be furnished to the accused.
Third Ohi'coon.—Nothing is more contrary to
1.4 w than the position of the questions. There existed
a principal fact, the usurpation of the functions of
Director-Geyer:ll of the Posts. It was u:ion this fact
that the Jury should have first decided, whereas toey
hegin by presenting to them questions relative to the
eircurnoances of this ;act.
Foot th 04.ction.—The cont7iivention yr the 370th
Article of the Code of Ca leans instrucLion
There ex:As no er.ioute o: the decree S:leWiiig that u,c
Court had decided 4:you the claim at tOe accuse.:,
tt:inlilq to ch..inge tl,e position of toe tiaestar:is. The
, iProcesVerbal says, tii.t the Court rece.ided the claim,
but r.o minute of a decree declares it.

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Filth and Sixth Objections.—lt is notorious that
M. Toicy de Villvdien assisted at the irial'as a sup
plenientaly Judge. But where is tar p:ouf that lie
did not, notwithstanding the text of the law, taki:
part in the dt liberation ? I ask what proves that the
litesident of the Court at. Assize made known al; tut
pr.:souipiions I .v.iurahle to the accused ? A senterr:c
which contains such centr..ventions cannot sakast ;
and if the intutlicienciut tlie notaas •of the defend..r.
c •uIJ injure the success of the appeal, the extent of
y.itir knowledge, Gewlemen, and the severity of your
attention, will in that case re-assume the accused.
M. Muurre, Attorney-General. loiccessively at-
tacked and overtorew air these objections. It we
could admit that the objections to the competence of
the Court of Assize were good, it would still be too
late. It has never been perntitted to drily after trial,
a competence which has been recognised in fat in
pleading upon the accusation before a 'lt 'bowl which
has proceeded to the trial, heard evidcitce, and pro-
nounced sentence. But the objection besides is de-
stroyed by the mere reading of the aricle of the
Charter. It attributes to the Chamber ot Peers the
cognizance of crimes of WO treason. which shall be
detin?d by law. 'No law has yet defined them. "1 he
crime which produced the condemnatioh comes
within the order ci common law—carried first by a
Koyll ordinance before a Court Martial—the con-
demned demanded to be tried by his natural Judges.
Tali he obtained lion: the justice of the King—the
Court of Assize wat easentiaily conipetimt.
The Proces Verbal of the first sitting expressly,
states, that all the Jurors were present "rile subse-
go:Alt sittings did nut form distinct hearings, but a
slaipie cootnivatilit of the first (for the Court of As-
aize is held not to break up.) The observance of the
forms mentiened in the Proces V hl fthe fi _et_d_ o_ __ist
hearing extends implicitly to those hearings which are
only its sequel, and the state of things is regarded as
being always the same, so long as any change which
might take place is not legally proved. In the posi-
tion of the questions the order of the ideas. ot the.
spirit and text of the law has been followed. The
tact of the usurpation of title and functions, and
the fact of implication in the attempt consum-
mated on the 2Uth of March are, in their nature, so
dependent one on thy other, toessentially connected by
' their combination and their result, that it is impossi-
ble to separate them. The question, as well as the
tact, must be imply. The circumstances ought to
be brought forward before the crime, because they
Are not aggravating but elementary circumstances,
And constitutive and creative of the ()deuce. Without
them the crime would bot have existed, while in all
the other cases to which it has been wished to compare
this, the crime might have existed independently of
the circumstances. Consequently the Jurors had to
deliberate on the fact and ithe circumstances. The
intention of the law is fulfilled.
The Attorney-General easily chewed that the Pro.
ces Verbal sufficiently proved the deliberation of the
Court of Assize on the petition of the accused rela-
tive to the position of the questions. The insertion
of that circurnltifiske even in the context of the judg-
ment was therefore lupe' Suous.
4 was nut !cline:oil).
to presume thabilhe supple-
?
mentary Judge had p •ci,oaced ittany ail:an-aut),
and the silence *4 the
_row verbal-+s a sullicidnt !cool'
of that. When.the . resioent proposed. to appoint
one suppleant Jude: and two suaieant Jurors, to re-
place those wnein'any wiforeseen accidefit might pre-
vent horn out:h.:lag to the whtie of the discussions,.
• the accused•consented. But this measure of wean-
tion.proved uunecessury,7its no alteration had taken
place either in the composition of the Cunt t or the
Jury. , If *ere had, the Item, (verbal would have
mentionealt..tineit is silent. 'I flings then remain in
the states iss W4iicit they were at the opening of -the
Court. • . •
The gad; and list objection is answered by the
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same observation. It is pleaded that the President '
of the Court of Assize omitted in his summing up,
to state to the jury the observations favourable to the
accused. It is legally proved that the President did
charge the Jury, and his character, knowledge, and
long experience, are sufficient pledges that he cannot
have neglected any part of his duty. The Attorney
!General concluded by moving that the appeal of the
prisoner should be 'ejected.
After deliberating one hour, the Court pronrunced
a decree, the grounds of which were steed with great
force and dearness by M. Iltrris, the President.—
Contrary to the usual custom, but according to his
particular practice. the President did not read the
groundt of the decree. but delivered an extemporary
statement Of them. The decri.e, io conformity With
the motion 44 the Attorney-General, rejected the
Al•peal of Marie Cliarnans de Lava!vac.

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CHAMBER OF 1/El'll FIE; DFCENIIIMI 14.
An extraordinary request was made by M. de So-
lignac, and other Attorwes (Aretaires), of the Depart•
ment of l'Herault. These civil officers make a pre-
sent to the King of the vanities which they have de-
posited, on the condition that a change shall be made
in the law concerning their prolesston, and that their
employments under Government shall be rendered
hereditary ? The Committee, says the Repot ter,
could not refrain from expressing their surprrt' at
such a petition, which displayed more self interest
than devotion to the King. The Order of the Day
was moved upon it, and cirri ed.
The Count de Maximum, Mayor of Badesol, in the
Department of the Gironde, presented a memorial.
descriptive of the distresAts of the great majority of
the Curates ; the object of the petition was, that the
Communes should be allowed to grant voluntai y aids
to increase the pay of their pastors.
The Committee were of opinion, that however im-
portant and just it might be to give the inferior
Clergy the means of comtiirt and proportionate ind.-
pendence, such a benek could only result from 1.:•-
?islative interference, and consequently passed to tie
Order ot the Day.
'Dila was opposed by the Count de MAICELLt'S,
who proprewd mat the p tition should be td. reed by
'the Cbalui;er to the Min ter to wOose D::partment
tt
PitritlANT being of this opinion, it was refer-
red armadeligiy.
T!!ciity CT the union of the Cant, ix; of Mont b.-
i:ard And i t toditicGurt was pia to the VOW,
carried by 2t;,‘.; white Oalls against t black ones.

MADRID, DECEMBER 4.
We are assured that otir aligust tinvereign is about
to torn) inatrimotial alliance with a northern Prin.
cess. A new connexion with the House ot Bra,anza
was previously in contemplation ; but the remote
establishment of that family, which seams to have
Aband:nied Eurore, and whose interests may take .t
new direction, his no doubt suggested to s ,Nlajesty
the idea ot seeking on the Continont of Eisroi,e, co:-:-
Itexiiini more congenial
to his policy. However that
may be, we look forward with imp:ltievee to the re-
i•tilt of this affair. fits Nlajesty ;s no..v in his ;:lst
year. Calle.l back by PICWIDENCE to a Throne
which had ball so long disputed, a:A even usurped,
our wishes hail the pet iod when the Lope of a Alline•
r us progeny shalt be the i-Ect of a snit:.ble marriage.
The arrival of a tot eign Princess at this Court ough4
to be considered as a happy event. All Spianiarizis
ericct from it Cue most auspicious result,.

ZAN CE, NOVEMBER 29.
Eighteen hundred men, Britishtroops, have arrived
in our city, where they ere to remain,. We are as-
sured that the English have it in concern:dation not
to suffer any 'nand!), force to be organist:d in our
islands, and to take possession of the gatrisons of the
United Isles. It cannot b: denied that our situation
is still very precarious, and that the new Act of In-
dc pendence is not what we apprehen led. In this con-
julictuie England possesses the controui of the Adri t
tic, and no obstacle can be opposed to the passage of
her ships and the extension of her commerce.
Prvp:Arations are making to celebrate, by a general
festival, the act of the inJependence of the lonian
islantL ; but the period is not yet fired. A great ma-
jo•rity in Our towns declare in !AVOur .•t a Represcnta•
rive G,oreritment, like that cf the States of America.
In the erect of this form taking place, every town
would be at liberty to govern itself ; but we must
consul,. the British Government on the subject, as we
are nc,t in a situation to follow our owii inclinations.
Many of our soldiers, who were incorporated in the
English army, desert.

bOURDEAU X, DECEMBER 10.
Thirty persons are to appear belose the Court of
Assizes of this town, in consequence of the following
occurrence :—The 22.1 of July last, about noon, a
detachment of the Ist Col.mial Battalion, composed
of men of colour, organised under the government of
Bonaparte, arrived suddenly in the to xn of La Reole,
where if had not been ordered to stop. Tnis detach-
ment, commanded by Cazimir Duclos, its Lieutenant,
Josepn Varret, Sub-Lieutenant of the fifth Regiment
of the Line, drew up in tin. principal square, march-
ed, accompanied by some disturbers, to the Church
of St. Michel, took down the royal flag, and burnt it
with indignity in the same square where the white
flag had 'been placed on the Church of St. Peter
The house of an ecclesiastic was assaulted, and in the
evening guns were fired, and the peasants pursued.
At night the troop lett the town, and went to the
commune of Montagnudin, of which the public pro-
perty was pillaged. The commune of Beaupry WAS
invaded, but the National Guards of Marmande
arriving, after a slight action, in which a guard was
Tilled; the detachment laid down toeir arms and sur-
rendered unconditionally.
Ot the prisoners, 23 are of the armed detachment,
and the seven others inhabitants of La Reole.
PARIS, DECEMBER 14.
kis now certainly kii.iwn that his Majesty's orders
issued at Ghent last May, respecting the creation of a
new Order of; Knighthood, to he called that of•Flde.
lity, will be carried into execution next January. It
is said that models for the decorations of the Order
haike been submitted to the inspection of his Majesty.
The Ordonnance to which we refer is in subatense as
follows :
Louis, by the Grace of Cos, King of France and Navarre, &c.
Amickt the unfortunate wears which have coonrainrd our 'At)
smite from our lifitgdom our heart has profoundly api.recia rd
thow marks of fidelity and devotion, IA Inch many ut our sulject a
have Oren ; thereon., the must laudable motives four it!utteed
•Us tolitopetuate the rerne.librAnCt of such point. t &kitty by the
tnahhuun of an Order,"whleh will serve at the cone time ag a
specie' of recompense ut distinction to 'those l'reuchmen who

faithfully adhered to their duty ; and as an encouragement to ala
thou, whom circumstances did not afford the opportunity of Ile,
nifesting their zeal.
Therefore, according to the Report of our Secretary of Rtnto.,
Minister of War, and the advice of our Couiteil, Wt. hav d,
creed, That all Frenchmen who actually rallicd room! our p, :,•:r.
shall be presented with a rts,dsl of silver of .54 s
meter, bearing on one aide our iiga, and 1,0 tear..qh..r :he
FlDltLiTT,"erivironed by a Janine wrest!' of lanrel oak lsoarcs.
This medal shall {re suspended on the 1, ft Lie id the zarni..!:t :ay
a ribbaod stf 10 millimetres in Lir, twi:p.,:ed 1.;;:
white s:ripes. alternately
Such Frenchmen as shall h..ve con+ tit
vices to overti.i ow the Go, 11:14.Nr >f ,f.•• ;
141105 C deviator. stasii be 1.1.3vei frcri :1).! F t.; ,
shall be allowed to rtiOn tut: Ord,lr of 1•• •. ••7 I nns •
dies c.latms, with pr.,..; t ate-of, ~•,. ..1 ft:4ls •t
Stair aid War, who bhail sialowt th tu ti.. ~.y!tat
and appr.•val iir our
li,me at Gilson:, ti.c a*. th of To.fly, tit 5 al.+l
our Kcie.:,; t.
led by Ai • flut.e I.: s

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