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Lion to continue. could Lave tolerated the oteittues
which his agents were taking to levy even contribu•
tions impobed by an enemy's army. They, therefore,
pmposed that the petition should Lit sent to Govern-
meat, with an earnest recommendation to its attent;tin
M. FLANGEROULS thought, that as the business was
the exacting of illell4l contributions with rigour, the
Chamber ought to demand information on the sub.
ject. France should kilo'', he said, that they were
there for ale pnrpose of preventing all arbitrary ru,-.t.
sures. The ;notion was agreed to; with the additior
cif M. 1: r.ANGEKUt Ei proposifon.
The following is fr(im a private source: it confirm:
our forrn•T staoments respecting Gen. ExertaaAwb
DECENIBFR

" Cireinnstances have transpired v. hich have ivy.
much changed the opinion of the public on the aftait
of General D'Excelmans. it is now said. that the
Grvemment had intercepted a letter written by chi:
Offices' to Murat, King of Naples, v7.erein the Gene
ml devoted himself to the service rf 1,:, Blnapartea4.
Majesty, and assured him that lie could answer fc,•
20,000 other brave men, as tine to the cause as hien
self. What. cause this was, it is easy to conjecture
Admitting such to be tl:e fact, die ure of placin,
D'Escelrnans on Half-pay, aad of sifusequertly or
dering him to leave Paris, cannot ce:tai•lly 6c.ccr%
dered as a harsh exercise of atalicr7ty.
• " The General, indeed,' bits haulcd d•wl 1,4
lour., having recently %wharf a letter tu
wherein he confesses his fault—surrenders utifs,lt •
.prisoner--and supplicates. the Royal mercy. It •
supposed that the.publie since will require an elan
Pte more or hiss severe.
Dixcasnen 27.—A courier' has this day reache
the Duke of Wellington from Ghent, with news di:
peace was signed between Great Britain and Amesic
(...n Saturday last, the 24th instant. The terms I hat
not yet heard. The French rejoice at this event,
it puts an end to the blockale of the American ha
bouts, and r.pens the United SCAM tO the commerc
of France, equally, at least, with that of England.

The following is the latest intelligence from ',1.,
Vienna Congress. It is utractrd irons a Frankfi
:
FRONTIRRS OF AUSTRIA, DEC. 10.
these few days a courier Las arrived frc
I:ondon, bringing, it is said, news of the mast agrt
able nature; and ingiutui. that about that 25.
or 26th, a publication will take place of a decision c
the Congress, which will, excite general satisfactior
The Note delivered to the COSSMIS .by the Leg;
tion of Wirtcmburgh was very important in respe
to tiro course of 'the affairs of Germany. It states
ot!ier things, 44 that bib Majesty had receivi
the first project for a German Constitution wit:a at
wish to contribute to its eat caktion as far as was in his
powcr, thosigh the first sight convinced him dist
many moklificatiins must be made in it; but during
the deliberations on the first prier, other very day.
rent projets had been offered; his Majesty therefore
wished to have the whale received before single points
were decided upon." All difficulties have tiqw been
removed to his Majesty's satisfaction, and the Le:;,
tion of Wirtemberg takes the same active part in thi
deliberations as before. Every body now sees Oa
the husinei.s of the Congress cannot gu on so rapidly
and that even those wl,o take the leading part can•
not fix the time of its conclusion. By the latest ac-
counts, all the first plans fur regulating the affairs of.
Germany are set aside, and during the suspension of
the conferences, a new one has been drawn up, which
gives grounds for the fairest hopes, and a speedy
decition.

Though it was perfectly understood that the PRnwE
REGENT assented to tide Treaty of Peace with Ann- '
rice almost as soon as received, it was not tia Satur.
day that all the formalities were gone through. The
report of the ratification having before been sent off%
was a mistake, originating in the circumstance of dis•
patches having been forwarded, with instrictions
our Commanders in consequence of the event. These
instructions went off in the BRAZEN, Captain Stmt.
LINO, and KANGA;WO, Captain HALL, which sailed
on Thursday.
Mr. llAsaat, Secretary of Legation to the British
I Commissioners at Ghent, received bis anaLinstrtsc-
iioriCon Saturclax, at four o'clock, and in the eveniaz
left town fir Plymouth, with the Treaty of Pelee,
which he carries out to the American Governm.nt
for ratification. He was accompanied by Mr. Cali.
nal., Secretary to Mr. CLAY, one of the American
Commissioners, who carries out a Duplicate et tile
l'reaty. They sail immediately from Plymouth, is
the FAVOURITE sloop of svar, which is considered r.
fast vessel. it is dated Ghent, the 21.thille•
cetnber, and consists of eleven Ankles. the substance
of which is already before our Readers. The fellow
ing is the eleventh and last Article

" Article XL This Treaty, when the same shall have beet,
ratifit el on both sides without alteration by either of the Con
trading Parties, and the ratification mutually exchanged,
be hooding on both parties, And the raLicationl Phial be egehae.gee'
at Washington, in the space of four months from this date, r•
mutter if practicahle."
It is understood that the Treaty contains the Co:-
lowing stipulations respecting captures: •
i. Captures to be valid on the coast 44 Apopka, four
teen days posterior to the sanction of the
s. Op the coast of Europe so days
3. To the artithotare of dotientalai..
days posterior.
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