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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1814.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Reduced 65j4-4 per Cent. e2;}-s per Cent. Navy saint
Lagt—for =own, 67 661,--Oninium di&
sal*Awn. 16 S-16t
F-India Roods 18s. pro

Various reports are iu circulation in the City Asia
day. Among others, that Lord Lir =root. has re-
signed ; that the Negoeintion at Ghent is at an end ;
and that Lord Galtatastian..akeady reached Eng-
land. The Funds suffers-4Y a deprestiOn. ConsOls.
opened at 67 and fell to 66 ; Reduced opened at 664,
Ind were doing at 64-1 when our Messenger left the
Stock Exchange.

Yesterday, after our Paper was at press, the pleas-
ing intelligence of the arrival. of the missing Packets
from France, was announced at the Post-Office. By
these we-received all the files of Paris Papers that
were due up to the 19th inst. from which we have
siren copious enieacts in the preceding columns. And
this morning we: received the Paris journals of the
)96,, the principal contents of which are subjoined.
Ac Vienna every thing goes on smoothly. The So.
"emigre still remain there, nor is there any appear-
ance of their quitting that city so soon as has been
notified in several continental journals. As tar as
Newspaper reports may be credited, there is every
appearance that the independence of iidzony will be
recognized.: 'we wish we could add the same respect.
lag Poland.
+" invents from Ghent are very vague. In
tau therespress rather the wishes of the writers than
tbe result of any thing that has actually taken place.
In spite of every disguise it may be easily seen that
many of them are written by Americans ; and hence
their sagacity is discovering that the Powers of
Europe should: mates( England is conclude a peace with
Aerial, as the continuance of the war is injurious to
thecommerwe of the European States ! How saga.
aces thesatiikiters are ! and, at the same' time, how,
knOstial sod just !—Compel England ! ! —Why not
ow lama to mate the &arid, hartorable to
Europe, for daring to take advantage of her, by land.
iv the force and influence of America to support the
!news of the tyrant who trampled on the rights of all ?
1. ntittien:ch Marshals have sent an Agent to Con.
Vest to *mand formally indemnities for the loss of
theatates which BONAPARTE kindly gave them in
various parts efEurope. With the same grace might
Ignatienr Aillititiaau, who, when appointed to the
command of the Army of England, threatened that
he would make it a country not fit to live in, claim
an indemnity for not being permitted to gratify his
ferocious appetite for nibbeiy and. murder ! Modest
pule creatures! How great have•been your sacri.
fitisior the repose of Europe, and how ungrateful

wither Princess and her population, to refuse a com-
Petuation for Tour sufferings t MAssENA, AUOEREAU,
BouLT, oar sensibility is awakened for you. The
ghosts of the murdered inhabitants of Tarragona,
Saragossa, and Mfiscow, will plead like " Angels
trurapettongu'd!' fir your indemnification.
From Madrid we learn that Addresses continue to

pour in from several petty towns in praise of the In-
s..3lsition and indeed of all his 111Ajesty's measures.
Two stupid bigoted Priests, named Fathers Escot•

Qua and OSTALAZZA, are waging a paper war
against each other. The former possesses the ear of
the King, hut it seems is a violent enemy to r—EVIIL-
-1.04 Wile is once more appointed Prime Minister:—
These two reverend blockheads are the only persons.in
&pain permitted to print and publish their opinions.
The Island tit Elba, it appears, is ahnst to be
graced by the presence of the Prince of the Pears.
This fellow will make a most excellent Minister to
Bonaparte : and the female society of the island will
doubtless be greatly improved by the addition to his
Seraglio—old Mother Bonaparte is likely also to be
reamed to her proper elznient as Lady "Mess !
Among the recent presentations to the KING of
Fuser., we notice that of the Russian Nobleman
was Governor of Mittau during his MAJESTY'S
::,lence there in adverse times. What a train of me-
L'l.;:toly and yet pleasing recollections does not
_this
incideat present to the benevolent mind
In 1798, Louts XVIII. was acknowledged by the
Emperor of Roma, PAUL the First, as King of
France and Navarre • and was invited by hint to re-
lick in the dead cache at Mittau, until he could re-
store him to the throne of his ancestors. Louis
XVIII. left therefore thearmy of Conde, with whom
he had for sear two years shred all privations,
POLITY, wants, and dangers. At Mittel) the King
uf reams was at first treated with all the honours
d'is to a Sovereign, which another more fortunate,
Antal-minded Sovereign could bestow. He had a
guard of honour of 200 Russians in his castle, besides
body gfiard of French Noblemen, created for him,•

and paid by the gtnpeeor. The Russian Commanded
at Mittau was entirely under his orders, and his
levees were crowded by the Nobility of -Courland,
Livonia, and Russia. As the pecuniary bounties of
Nut were more than sufficient for a Prince, eteno-
mical from principle and custom, as well as from de-
licacy, a number of ruined emigrants flocked to
Russia to share them. The duration of this prosper-
ous adversity, however, was not long. The generous
bat weak Emperor, seduced by republican intriguers
suddenly changed his conduct, and, adopting the
ignoble sentiments of his new ignoble friend Bona-
PARTE, sent the King, whom he had acknowledged
and invited to his dominions, orders to leave the Rus-
sian territory within a week.
Three months previous to this order, the payment
of the usual pension had been withheld; Louis XVIII.
and all the Frenchmen at Mittau were, therefore, re-
duced to the greatest distress, because they had all
been ordered to depart with their King.
The Duchess of ANGOULEME, the virtuous daughter
of Louts XVI. had never ceased to reside with her
uncle, since she had recovered her liberty, and mar-
ried her first cousin. Louts XVIII. always the same,
told her his determination "• to quit, within 24 hours,
a country where insult and humiliation had taken the
place of hospitality ; and that, as he had not the
means to travel as he had formerly done, and the lit-
tle that be possessed was necessary for the support of
those of his subjects irlso.basLaccompanied him, lied
would, the next day eon foot, leave Mittau, and shew
the unfortunate French emigrants an example how to
'xiapport misfortunes:" At herwarriege, the Duchess.
of ANGOULEME had received from her first cousins,
the Emperor and Empress of GERMANY, an ecrin, or
jewel-box : without informing any body of her inten-
tion, she sent for some Jews, and obtained upon these
jewels a sum of money, sufficient, not only for her
uncle's travelling expences, but to provide for the pre-
sent wants of her countrymen at Mittau t and when
her uncle the. next morning found out this generous
act, the tears of all relieved Frenchmen their Prince,
that, by pressing his niece to his bosom, he should re-
ward instead of resenting the first act of her life which
she ever concealed from him. This young Princess
had, in the dungeons of the Temple, early learned to
know the little value of either jewels, rank, or life, as
well as the real duty of humanity, and the worth of
undeserved wretchedness !

Atter some wandering in the wilds of inhospitable
Prussia, the policy of BONAPARTE to keep
XVIII.- at a distance from his kingdom, left him at
last permission to inhabit the castle of the dethroned
King of Potaam at Warsaw.

PARIS, DECEMBER 19.
-We have not received the London Papers of the
14th this evening, on account of the boisterous state
of the weather. The post from Frankton is also
wanting.
The English have purchased the whole of the vint-
age of the Medoc for 20 millions : the best wines,
such as those of Lafitte, have fetched 3,000 francs
per pipe (tonneau). ---.
They say that M. Foresteer, formerly first Com-
mis of the Marine, has been appointed Counsellor
of State, that Count Dara has been nominated In-
tendant of the Army,, Count Boson Perigord (brother
to Prince Talleyrand) nominated Governor of St,
Germain, and the Duke de Coigny Govtrnor of
Fontainebleau.
The Mayor of Lyons, in the exuberance of his'
zeal, has issued a Proclamation atainst Jewellers-and'
Painters, to prohibit them from tising Bonaparte's
effigy. The Editor of the Journal des Debuts very
judiciously hints on this subject, that the Mayor of
Lyons might have been better employed. Nitimur
in vetatutn has always been a maxim with m
and all the adherents of the ruffian ought now to be
treated with silent contempt, unless they break out in
open acts of rebellion.
The Journal de Paris yesterday announced, from
the authority of private Letters, that the Congress
had terminated to the satisfaction of all the Monarchs.
This news is at least premature, for the Official Gazette
of Vienna, dated the Bth December, does not say a
word.—( Gazette de France.)
Vessels with goods and passengers now sail regu-
larly from Havre to Guadaloupe.
PORTO FERRAJO, DECEMBER s.
On the Ist instant a corvette of 26 guns, bearing
the Spanish flag, appeared off this harbour, and ex-
hibited signals as if those on board wished to land.—
The Captain commanding the Harbour went on
board, and the ship immediately came in. Count
Drouet then made towards it in a small vessel be-

longing to the Court, and brought on shore two per-1
sons, who, from their dress, appeared to be of high
rank ; one of them wore the episcopal, and the other
the military habit. They were immediately con-
ducted to Bonaparte, with wbom. they had a confe-
rence which lasted several hours. On the second De-
cember (being a festival) they dined by themselves
with Bonaparte. They were lodged in the apart-
ruents of Count Bertrand. It is said that they will
take their departure in a very few days. It was re-
marked that in the conversation Bonaparte gave them
the title of Excellency.
The precise object of their mission is unknown. It
is conjectured, however, that it relates to the Prince
of the Peace, who having obtained permission to
settle in the Island of Elba, bad purchased a house at
Porto Longone, where he is expected in the month of
January. It appears as if the Court of Spain had in.
terfered in this affair. The works which had been
begun in the environs of this place, for a summer
Palace for a Sovereign, have been suspended.

ROME, DECEMBER S.
In celebration of the restoration of the health of
the Queen of Spain, there was a grand drawing-room,
at which the most distinguished Roman Prelates and
Princes were present. Charles IV. executed a Con-
certo on the violin. Prince Canino read the Fitth
Canto of the Cinteide, in which the company greatly
applauded tome passages, relative to the mildness of
the Government of Charles IV. when Lucien Bona-
parte wits Ambassador at the Court of this Monarch.
1 Toe Duchess of Akuja, daughter of the Prince of
the Peace, and niethe to the King, did the honours of
the assembly with infinite grace.

Yesterday another Cabinet Council was held on the
dispatches brought by Mr. KAYE, from Vienna. The
Earl of LIVERPOOL bed a consultation with the PRINCE
REGENT on the subject in the morning. The Council
sat for upwards of two hours and a half ; and after it
broke up, a Messenger was ordered to hold bimserY
iu readiness to proceed to Vienna.

•
AMERICAN PAPERS.

The American Papers, of which we hare received
files to a late date, present a few articles worthy of a
perusal. The campaign, it is true, may be considered
as terminated, but the war and the measures of the
Government have furnished abundant topics for ani-
madversion.

A Montreal Paper having given a statement of the
public and private property burnt and destroyed in
Canada by the American troops, viz. 12 dwelling-
houses, 3 grist mills, 13 barns, 6 stays, 3 distilleries,
tan-house, and one saw-mill ; The Now no Even-
' ing Port repeats the statement, admits the facts to be
highly dishonourable to the Americans, and then
notices the case of Harbour Island in the following
terms:

41 To these facts must be added a case of tenfold
iniquity and cruelty which lately took place at a Bri:'
dill port called Harbour Island, New Providence, as
communicated in a letter dated October 7, which ap-
peared in' the Oharfearns Coiner. The American pri-
vateer Midas, Captain Thompson, landed his crew,
and finding ao force to oppose him, burnt twenty-
:rape iwolGtvlasiassi. besides plundering the inhabit-
ints orilltheintlnerauditaluablaubey could find.
Is there not too muck reason to fear, Mould tint to-1,
velment immediately take up the affair in a proper
manner, that the dwelling-houses of every Cesport on
our coast, will be burnt to the ground ?"

The latest accounts from the Chesapeake, given in
these papers, state, that 4, the British squadron have
landed about one thousand men on Tilgman's
in the Choptank River, and built two houses—that
they have plenty of fresh provisions, and appear dis-
posed to take up their winter quarters at that place."
The following letter, and the paragraph that fol-
lows it, appears in the Boston Gazette of Nov. 3 :

" WASHINGTON, OC TOUR 29.

" The Resolutions, offered by the Committee of
sirays and Mk:ANS, have been fully discussed for the
last week ; and bills ordered to he reported, on fixing
100 per cent. on the present Direct Tax-20 cents.
per gallon on spirits distilled from domestic articles;
and creating a national bank of 50 millions.
" A communication from the President, accom-
panying a Report from the Secretary at War, for
raising.loo,ooo men by conscription, Las excited con-
siderable alarm. The cabinet party are sufficiently
strong to vote down the measure ; but it remains for
the people of the United States to determine whether
they will support such a tyrannical system." •
" CONSCRIPTION.—The Secretary at War has ad-
dressed along letter to the Military Committee of
Congress, recommending a conscription cif 100,000
ten, to be taken from the militia of the several
Itates. Though a conscription, it is not exactly
-la-mode Bonaparte, for the Secretary recommends,
after asserting that this force mustbe positively raised,
that they should receive, its uddibion to the bouutt
already allowed of 160 acres of land, 100 acres, an.
nually, for every year while war lasts. This is cer-
t dilly a-generous compensatioa to a soldier, but as
the citizens of America do not exactly see the neces-
sity of continuing the war, at least on the plea for
which it was first entered into, they will not feel dis.
posed to carry it on beyond what is necessary for their
immediate protection."
" The Senate have a Bill before them, for the
equipment of • a naval force, consisting of small ves-
sels, to be officered and manned by the crews of our
frigates, which are to remain in port for the present.
" The latelktenctr says, in contemplating the views
of the Secretary at War, that as the process of recruit-
ing is too tardy to -supply the requisite number of
men, there appears no other alternative, than desig-
nating by lot, every 20th or 30th• man iu the nation,
and forcing him into the ranks.