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London, England, 1815-11-21 00:00:00

FRENCH JOURNALS.

The Paris Papers of Saturday have come to hand.
it appears that the refusal of certain Peers to sit upon
NlA's trial arose from a sense of delicacy and pro.
priety. Those who refused are the individuals who,
in the capacity of Ministers, were his official accusers.
The Peers had a secret sitting on Friday, which
continual from tun in tie morning till seven in the
evening. Thte Public Accuser was heard against
NLYI and it is understood that the Chamber decided
th it he should be put upon his trial. They adjourned
till this day, when it is thought that the criminal will
make his first appearance.
In the mean time it has been officially announced
that Prussian troops which were about to quit France,
have, owing to sonic unforeseen difficulties, been suddenly
halted. This fact seen,: to corroborate the opinion
we have hazarded in former Papers, that the Allied
Powers are determined not to look quietly on and see
the powers of justice set at defiance by the chicanery
of the Jacobins.

One of the minor journals mentions, chat ten thou.
sand of the Russian troops have arrived In Paris, to
join the British in that capital. With these and other
troops marching to Paris, it is impossible that the
disaffected can contend with any hope of success;
and the probability now is, that the perturbators
seeing the means employed to preserve public cyder,
will not venture to attempt the execution of any pro-
ject they may have formed.
One of the Journals announces that the Treaty of
Peace with the Allies was signed on Friday. For
our own parts we believe that what Et ded yester.
day will prove correct, namely, that some of the
Nave's have resolved to delay their signature till
they see at least a rational prospect that the Peace
will be maintained when it is signed :

PAIW, NOVEMBER It

Yesterday at twelve o'clock, the C-lutals and
principal Officers of the National Guards, accom-
panied by th. Duke de Reggio and a brilliant Staff.
attended at the Tfu►illeries, to pre►ent their respectful
congratulations to his Majesty ;.it being r'..e anniver-
sary of his birth-day. His Majesty received them in
a! most gracious manner and kindly thanked them
for their attention. The Governor of Valenciennes
still refuses to admit the Prussians into that ci;y.
A Council of Ministers was held yesterday, w!lich
was presided by his Majesty.
A slight respite is now given to those 'aim were
out of breath in enquiring after the proc:redings of
the Chamber against Marshal Nay :—it is said that
he will be formally brought up for trial some time in
the beginning of the ensuing week; in the mean time
the private examination of witnesses continues, to
which none are admitted but those am illy concern.
ed in the process: we do not hear that he has him-
self teen interrogated any further, but that a hvissier
is appointed to make known to him every step taken,
to the end, we should suppose, that he may have
every just and fair means to make his defence—that
will no doubt be long, but being of such an impor.
tent nature, we shall be particularly careful in trans-
lating the whole of it.
The hereditary Prince of the Netherlands is ex-
pected at Brussels from the waters of Spa : it is
supposed that be will immediately set off for Saint
Petersburgh.
The Emperor of Russia has sent the Order of St.

Waldinair to the Count Stanislaus de Girardin, an-
cient Prefect of the Seine lnferieure, for his attention
to the Russian troops that were cantoned in his
department.
A new camp of 20,000 men is about to be formed
at Denain, between Valenciennes and Bouchain,
composed of 8000 Prussians, 8000 Hanoverians, and
4/000 Belgians.
A great number of the Chasseurs and Dragoons of
the Guard are about to be incorporated with the
Royal Grenadiers.
The Sd Regiment of Hussars is still at Behan,
where they wait to be disbanded.
The 10th Regiment of the Line, that Wct,.2 iu 11).!
South with the Duke d'Angouleme, is now niar,liwg
for Paris.
The Officers who remained at Strasburg after being
dish.mded, have at length been sent to their respec-
tive departments.

The Prussians cantoned at pray, Gournay, and
their environs, have as yet made no prepar:ttiot►s 1(1-
their departure.
According to fresh orders, Gener.4l Huflirt is
to remain under special surveillance, at a country-
house belonging to his family, on the borders of the
Allier.
A Number of french vessels are now in the port

of Blurdeanr, ready to sail the moment the new treaty
is made public.
On Thursday the President of the Chamber of D'
pities gave a grand dinner, in the salon of the Prt
sidency.

The new administration of the Museum will consist
of one Principal, who is accountable for every thin?,
four Counsellors, one Keeper of the Pictures, on.
Antiquarian, and one Secretary-General.
It is supposed that copies of the Conveatit:n were
sent by all the Foreign Ministers to their respce.tist

!nuns at the beginning of the week.
Yesterday several waggons, carrying the sick a,,;
wounded Prussian soldiers, kit Paris by the 134rt.tt
de Pantin.

A great number of French are now at ennaant.
nople, who have fiftd there in consequence of the k
even' 5.

At Berney and at Montrouge travellers are stoppej
and their passports scrupulously examined.
Ve soul has a detachment of Austrian dragoons.
A great quantity of forage is to be c fleeted a,
Verney for the use of the Prussians cantoned in i 3
environs.

Ligny, Bar, St. Dizier, and Vitry, still hare Rim
si.►n garrisons.
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The garrison at Amiens is 6000 strong.

The departure of 24 Jesuits from Rome to 4444
has caused the most lively debates in the congrtga
Lion of the Cardinal Bishops. Cardinal Mattel pro
tects this order, against which several other prelate
profess the strongest enmity.
At the Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies yetter.
day the Duke of Feltre took the lead : there was nc
debate, it being only propositions laid by him befit.
the Chamber, relative to the adoption of a law, t
regulate the competence of the Prevotal Courts, tc
judge crimes attributed to Special Courts, by
Code of criminal instruction.
Yesterday, his Excellency Lord Castlereagh gall
A grand dinner at his house in the Faubourg St. IL
note, to all the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, a%
Ministers now in Paris : this we understan 1 to h.ie
been in consequence of the larepler having bee•
added to the new Convention. Every thing s:!;
tends to c -infirm what we asserted on Fr:day, vz
that the Document is now on its way to Lon,:,•:', :
we cannot yet assert it as a fact ; but every one nits
be rejoiced to see the first diplom ttic cti tracters •
the world united together as a s cial and ptivat
party—there being but one general in!',:renc to 't
drawn from it, which is, how plainly it proves :it
during the execution of their public d the
understanding most have existed hettvt.en them.—
The Count Pozzo de 13 wgo and I,f,rd Csstlereag'
are said to he on the most friendly
we hear any further particulars, we be eAr:y
giving theca. We have not heard that any
were present, it being a pure diplornwic
Mearenger ).
Ten thousand Russians have arrived at Para, t
replace the same number of English, who are abcz.
to quit the capital.
EFROM THE GAZETTE OFF:CIELLFI
.‘ MINISTRY OF WAR.
" The movement of evacuation of the Prussia!
armies having been for an instant retarded by urN
pected difficulties, there has resulted a conceratria.
of considerable masses on a very circumscribed slue
of territory, in which every thing N' as well prepare.
for t!.:eir passage, out not for their ea:min:led rei
dente. This burden and these unforeseen
ties, which press in a particular winner on the ,it
partments of the North, the Moselle and the Meurtr.i,
put once more to the proof the zeal of the Prefest:
and the devotion of the inhabitants, who deserve,
many accounts, to see an end to their privations. 11
Ministers have communicated the situation of then
Departments to his Majesty, who has been plc
foundly affected thereby, and who has ordered thee
to neglect nothing which depends upon theta, tt
abridge the duration of a state of things, which, al
though momentary, is nevertheless painful.
" A considerable quantity of prohibited merchas
dize has been introduced into France through thi
northern departments, with the assistance of an,
under the protection of some foreign soldiers, seduce,
unknown to their Officers, into this illicit tradir
Prince Frederick of the Low Countries, informed t.
these facts, has given orders that the French s1:1.
niers may freely exercise their twictions en this line
and starch for prohibited goods. Part bac been
in 611 environs of Bouchain and conveyed to V.'
lencienucs."
FROM THE GAZETTE DS FRANCE OF SATURDAY.
The conditions of Peace were definitively stole,
and signed yesterday. According to evei y littoral
lion which we have been able to obtain, it Aiwa'
certain that front the 2d of October all the bases wet.
admitted, but there remained some additional At:
titles on which all parties were not entirely !,•
and the discussion of which necessarily ri tarded t!..
definitive signature which all Europe expectid.
things in particular, it is said, retarded this signature
these were, in the fist place, some e lucida:ions
subject of the subsidies promised by Englan,i
Llatsurd by the Cabinet of Berlin ; and secor.Jli,
tk
demand made upon France by the Cabinet of t.,!:
JelnltS'S to guarantee the intisri:y of the proprrlY
helongtog to English subjects,
and who, to the prc
scut moment, had not brew comprehended within
liquidation of the pulnic dew. some conteren:e;
ere sufficient (0 bring abo.tt an ituderst.indiag
these two points, and it is not thought that these a%

now iny difficulties remaining. We are assired that
.he French Minister positively rein:tell to admit of
4nT secret Articles ; this refusal does great honour to
his loyalty. It is probable that in the course of next
wek, this Tre.lty will be communicated to the
Chambers.

POSTSCRIPT.—The Treaty of Peace, which as we
!lave said abovt: ,s signed, will probably be comm.
Rioted to the Chambers (da Tuesday.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTINGS OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17.

The Due tie FZLTRE, the Minister at War, mount-
ed the tribune to communicate the project for a law
en the subject of 'Prevotal Courts.
it Gentlemen," he observed" His Majesty has
;;ion ;lit it necessary to present a projet for a law on
-prceotal Jurisdictions, which his Majesty thinks ne-
cessary to substitute for Special Courts. Yon have
;Id daily experience how indispensable it is to have
recourse to this powerful means of restoring tran-
quillity. Without doubt a slow and wise procedure is
prescribed by policy and humanity in ordinary times.
But there are circumstances in which Governments
ale under the necessity of treating as enemies and
striking quickly dangerous men.
When the multitude is every instant exposed to
be led astray by suggestions and perfidious insinua.
lions, justice requires more force—the sword of the
law ought to waive with a terrifying lustre, to call
back to a sentiment of their duties those who may be
induced to abandon them.
In all times when tie safety of the State has been
menaced, individual security has been for a moment
lost sight of. An extraordinary law, which the safety
of ail demands, becomes a dreadful instrument when
an imprudent legislature permits it to fall into the
hands of the factious. If it ought to strike secret
crimes and deeds of darkness, it will soon be subr•er-
eient to the passions rather than to justice. But when
the wisdom of a paternal government dictates a law
of this kind, nothing but what is encouraging to good
citizens presents itself.

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46 Such were the Prevotal jurisdictions conceived
by Chancellors de l'Hepital and d'Aguesseau. The
wisest ordonninces had limited their competency,
and these are the jurisdictions which we re-produce
this day. It has been thought that they will produce
great advantages, insomuch as they go back to the
ancient order, adapting it to present circumstances.
4, The Prevotal jurisdiction will present no revo-
lutionary form, but a prompt judgment, an imposing
appearance, calculated to inspire terror among the
enemies of public tranquillity. The Criminal Code
establishes, under the name of Special Courts, tribu-
nals charged to prosecute the crimes which shall be
enumerated as coming within their jut isdiction ; but
the enumeration of these crimes which was made in
peaceable times, is not sufficient at present ; the pro-
ceedings would be too tedious, and the sentences too
Icr.g protracted.
" As to the competency, in attributing to the Pre-
von' Courts, the cognizance of crimes and attempts
which have the character of public violence;, -they
have taken from their cognizance secret crimes, rand
in general every thing which requires to be examined
and scrutinized minutely. A Legitimate Govern-
ment sees with horror every thing which has the most
distant resemblance to those bloody tribunals which
existed in those frightful times which. every French-
man wishes to efface from his memory.
" You will find, Gentlemen, in the project of the
law which you are about to hear read, the happy
alliance of rigorous measures, and the most unques-
tionable guarantees fur innocence. This object will
be attained when the execution of the law shall be
confided to pure hands ; and this is precisely *hat
the wisdom of the King has effected."
His Excellency they read the project of the law.

Yesterday morning the Earl of LIVERPOOL received
dispatches from Paris by the French Mail. Soon
after the Noble Earl summoned a Cabinet Council to
meet with all possible speed. They assembled at
the Foreign Office at half past three o'clock. There
were present the Loin) CHANCELLOR, the Earls of
HARROWRY, WESTMORELAND, LIVERPOOL, BATHURST,
aad BUCILINGIIAMSIIIRE ; Viscount Siumotrrii ; the
Right Hoy. N. VANSIT RT, and the Right Hon. W.
W. POLE. They continued in dcl;beratiun till a quar-
ter be!or- five o'clock.

His Royal Highness the PRINCE RettENT has been
pleased to appoint ILTED NictioLL, Esq. to be his Ma-
j-sty's Procurator Genetal, in the room of CHARLES
Listrt.e, Esq. deceased.
The Government of Portugal, it is said, has so far 1
Conceded to the efforts of Britain, for the abolition of
OP! Slave Trade, as to engage not to carry on that
cdicu, traffic on any part of the coast of Africa to
the northward of the line.
Letnrs from Calcutta mention, that the season has
ittierto been unusually favourable to the crops of
rithi;n throughout Bengal, and it is supposed duo. the
Proj;4:e this year will exceed the most prolific year
Ever known, by at least 30,000 maunds ; and will be
more than double the usual annual demand of Europe.
An article in the French Papers, dated Isiladrid the
sth, says-," Reports are circulated here of a serious
I isunderstanding with England. No person can he
astonished at it." The same article contains a de-
tailed account of the victory of Huncachiri, gained
over the Insurgents of Cuzco by his Majesty's troops,
under the command of Field-Marshal Don Juan Ra-
mirez. The details present nothing interesting. The
insurgent army, estimated at thirty thousand men,
nude beat a feeble resistance. The Field-Marshal
describes his troops as an army of sans culotiu, they
having been obliged to strip themselves to swim over
a rivet, leaving their clothes behind them. In this
situation he laments they remained a whole night.

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