Star.
London, England, 1814-07-04 00:00:00

EXCHANGE of PRISONERS with AMERICA

A Convention was in April last concluded be-
tween Colonel Baynes, Adjutant General to the
Forces in Canada, and the American General Win-
der, for the exchange of prisoners of war. The ar-
rangement was notified in the following General
Orders:

" HE AD -QU A RTER S, MONTREAL.
'1 Adjutant• General's Office, April 18, 1814.

" GENERAL ORDERS.—His Excellency the Gover-
nor in Chief and Commander of the Forces, an-
nounces to the troops under his command, that he was
pleased to sanction and confirm, on the 15th instant,
articles of a Convention entered into by Colonel
Baynes, Adjutant-General to the Forces, and Briga-
ifier-Gener..: Winder, of the Arms of the I.liiit.J
§tates of America, for the mutual release of all pri-
soners of war, hostages or others, with the exception
of.the 40 American officers and non-commissioned
officers placed in close confinement, as hostages, in
conformity to the General Orders of the 27th of Oc-
tober last, in re.aliation for 23 British born subjects
taken from the ranks of the enemy, and sent to Eng-
land for legal trial.
By this agreement it is stipulated :—That all pri•
soners of war (the above-mentioned excepted), shall
be mutually exchanged and delivered at such places
as shall be agreed on with all convenient expedition ;
and shall be declared respectively all and severally to
be released, and free to carry arms and serve on the
ti'ch of May next, the same as if they never had been
j prisoners of war: and it has been farther provided,
that whatever balance shall appear on the returns of
Iprisoners of war respectively exchanged, or given up
lon parole by either party since the commencement of
hostilities, shall be Tnat the number of priso-
ners for which an equivalent has not been returned,
shall be withheld from all military service, until duly
It is with a proud satisfaction, that the Comman-
der of the Forces feels confident, that this provisional
clause can never apply to the Army in Canada, from
the immense disparity in the numbers and rank of the
prisoners it has restored to the enemy.
" All Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and
Soldiers, being prisoners of war, and not prevented
in consequence of their wounds, are commanded to
join their respective corps and stations on the 15th
day of May next, and to resume military duties.
. (Signed) " Low. BAYNEq, Adj.-General."

FRENCH PA PERS.

PARIS, JUNE 30.

The King, who has been slightly indisposed, is
now perfectiy recovered. liestc:day he piesitled, as
usual, in the Council.

The health oh Monsieur improves every day. His
Royal highness went yesterday. in his eatriage to
Trianon.

The Duke d'Orlcans is arrived at Paris. The
King of Prussia is hourly expected, but had not
arrived yesterday. His Majesty will not stop more
than five days here, and will return' to Prussia by
Neufchatel. He is expected at Berlin the 21st, and
the Emperor of Russia will arrive in that capital
about the •28th of July.
The Emperor of Russia and the Grand Duchess
of Olcienburgh proceeded from Calais to Ostend by
the way of Dunkirk.

The King of Prussia I inded at Calais on the even-
ing of the `..6th. Ile wished to remain incognito, but
he was no sooner recognised than he was conducted
to his Hotel, amidst the most lively acclamations.—
Next day his Majesty departed, travelling under the
name of Count Repnin, and the same evening arriv-
ed at Amiens. He was not to set out from thence
till this morning. The inhabitants of Chantilly,
aware of ,his Majesty's passage, have placed under
arms the guards of honour, who are cantoned in that
district. At St. Denis, a deputation of the market.'
women of Paris were waiting for the Monarch, who
will art lye this evening in Paris.
A number i i French Bishops, who were in Eng-
land, have within these few days arrived in Paris.
Prince Eugene has left Paris for Munich.
The company of the Garde du Corps, commanded
by the Duke of Ragusa, have marched for Melun,
where they will go into quarters.
The following nominations have taken place:
Mareschal de Camp Grundler is appointed Com-
mandant of Arms of Paris, in the room of Lieute-
nant General Ricard, appointed to the command of
the 10th Military division.
Lieutenant-General Decaen is appointed Governor
of the 1 lth Division, comprising the Bordelais.
Marshal Oudinot, Duke of Iteggin, is appointed
Governor of the 2d division, comprising Lorraine.
Marshal Kellerman, Duke of Valmi, is appointed
Governor of the sth division, comprising Alsace.
Marshal_Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, is appointed
Governor of the 13th division, comprising Britanny.
An arret of the Council of State, dated the 19th
instant, revokes the arrets and judgments issued in
execution of the Decrees of the 6th of April, ISO 3,
and the 26th of August, 1811, against French
subjects in the service oi their Austiian and Prussian
Majesties.
The Council General of the Bank of France has
declared a dividend for the last half year at :10 francs
on eadi share, to commence paying on the Ist of the
next month.

Thc Garde do Carps sent a deputation yester-
day, to invite the Commander in Chief of the Na-
tional Guard, Stair Officers, &c. to a grand enter.
tainment.

The succession of the lat.! Empress Joseph*, in
landpd propel ty and moveables, amounts, it is said,
after deducting all her debts, to a sum of 14-,000,000
of filmes, including her estate of bil4lmaison, which
yield a rent of I 30,00() francs.
The Austrian troops, which are to occupy Pied-
mont till farther orders, are calculated xt 65,000
men. The King of Sardinia has laid down a reso-
lution of never passing the magnificent bridge lately
copstructed on the Po, on account of the severe pri.
'rations which its erectiicn has occasioned to his un.
iurtunate people. .
An article from _Ancona, dated June the 17th
• stiYB—" The disturb antes which broke out in the
Abruar.s are comEletely suppressed. The superb
regirneflt of the lancers or the guard are to' bp quar-
tered thele until 4.4 ether orders. The cometunications

between Naples and Sicily are established on a foot-
ing of the utmost cordiality.
On the 11th instant his Holiness the Pope visited
King Charles IV. and his Royal Family, and con-
versed with them on the most friendly terms from
eleven o'cluck till noon.
In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Le Veneur pro-
posed that the King should be requested to issue an
ordinance for observing the anniversary of Louis
XVI. as a holiday in every part of the kingdom.—
The proposition was ordered to be discussed on the
2d of July.
The discussion of a proposition by M. Dumollard,
for petitioning his Majesty to order his Ministers to
submit a report to the Chamber on the actunl situa-
tion of the kingdom, was fixed for the same day.—
M. 13eirot reported fiom the Committee appointed
to examine the representations of the different De-
puties, whose right of sitting in the Chamber has
been called in question, and the report was ordered
to be printed.
M. Delholme spoke at considerable length on the
propriety of petitioning the King for a Bill to fix the
amount of the Civil List. His speech was mdered
to be printed, and his motion was refenred to the
proper burtau.
The Abbe de Montesquieu, Minister of the Inte-
rior, and Count de! Blacas, Minister of the House-
hold, were introduced, and delivered to the President
a regulation of his Map.sty upon the subject of the
communications with his Majesty and the Chamber
of Peers, intimating at the same time, that his Ma-
jesty would be ready to take into consideration any
remarks which the Chamber might have to make
thereon. _ _________

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF THE 291'u OP JUNE.

The Sitting WAS opened at one o'clock.
M. Da SAUX.—In conformity to the Constitutional
Charter, I demand, with four of my colleagues,
whose names shall be inserted in the minutes, that
the Chamber resolve itself into a Secret Committee,
before pAsbing to the Order of the Day.
A number of voices.—Why a Secret Committee?
AVlicre are the five Members e Let them appear in
the Tribune. _

DI;110LAIID.--1 speak to order on this point :
the names of the Members should be previously
given in.
Great agitation reigned in the Hall—a number of
Members endeavoured to speak, but could not get a
hearing. Five or six then form a grottpe around M.
de Saux, as supporting his motion. The President
enforces silence, and announces, that as agreeably to
the Constitutional charter five Members had demand-
ed a Secret Committee, the galleries must be cleared.
The agitation continues. One Member demands
permission to speak belore passing to the order of the
day. A number of voices demand the order of the
day. M. Dumolard insists on being heard.
The Pltastmcsr.—The formation of a Secret Corn.
Wittee is demanded by five Members ; the constitu-
tional charter requires the public sitting to be closet',
but you will speak if you please in secret committee.
Tbe officers then cleared the galleries of a very
numerqus audience, among whom we remarked se-
veral goglikh Officers, and a number of Lades.
The Sitting again became pubic at two o'clock.
M. LAUII mounted the tribune, and developed his
motion relative to the fixing of the direct a:.l itld'rect
taxes, and the valuation of territorial products, tt •:lch
department respectively. The direct taxes might, h
said, be divided into the personal tax, land-tax, tax
on doors and windows, and tar on employments.
He estimated the produce of the personal tax in
France, as it now is, at 28 millions; that of the land-,
tax at 173 millions; and that of the tax on doors or
windows at 15 millions—making a total of 216 mil-
lions. But what he had to complain of was, the
faulty mode of distributing these taxes at present: He
bad no hesitation in saying, that the sum which each
department was assessed to the general mass was ar-
bitrarily fixed. One department, for instance, paid
only a tenth of its produce, while another was ex-
hausted by the payment of a fifth. For instance, the
department A. was taxed in the proportion of a 10th;
100 francs of net produce, thetelore, paid 10 of tax.
The department B. was taxed in the proportion of a
sth ; 100 francs of net produce, therefore, paid 20
of tax. Au additional half was, perhaps, demand-
ed : the department A. would then pay 15 per cent.
which left the proprietor 85 francs; the department
B. would pay 30 per cent. which left the proprietor
only 70 italics. Such were the gross inequalities
which had been witnessed, But equality of distribu-
tion was the first requisite in the public burthens.—
He therefore proceeded to suggest a plan, for obtain.
ing an equitable estimate of the moveable and landed
property of the kingdom ; and contended that this
estimate should be presented for each department re-
spectively. He also demanded that, with a view to
cases in which Government might be compelled to
resort to extraordinary contributions, the taxes should
in no case exceed a sth of the produce, expences of
collection and additioral centimes included. He
trusted, that as the late usurper had left the kingdom
a prey to so many calamities from foreign war, and
as every thing prescribed the duties of reforms and a
severe economy, the King would shew himself wor-
thy of the task he had undertaken. It Louis XVI.
merited the title of Father of his People, by suppres-
sing the imposts which the wars of his predecessor
created, what benedictions would not the diminution
of the enormous imposts which press upon France
bring down on the head of Louis-le-desire ? He con-
cluded with moving for an humble Address to his
Majesty, praying that he would cause to be laid before
them various accounts relative to the revenue of the
kingdom in the years 1811, 1812, and 1813.
M. LAISORDE demanded an adjournment of the mo-
tion, as it was proper to wait till the King had or-
dered the presentation of the Budget. Several voices
radßud e
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ecl twere heard pro. and CO
rose IL
majority.
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adopted by a large
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ter, ter.,rliseeljsdatiioollectively by the King, the chamber of
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indeol, the bulwark of our libertieis%
Peers, and that of Deputies. abruratnighoemnieihntlz
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15th article characterises each branch of the legisla.
titre, as a whole they have no proper and national
:la= e of names, 4., however, by n
n connects itself with those idea.
which create and perpetuate 'a.' stitutions. We an
neither those States General whose functions were re.
auced ;0 the fireseptation of condolences to the Mo.