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FRENCH PAPERS.

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PARIS, AUGUST 25.
The Regiment of Hussars of the Lower. !Dine,
which were in garrison at Provins, have vit.tie.hed,to
lioissons.
They write from Gibraltar, July 31, The Sici-
lian frigate, la Christine, after having 'a ken nn board
400,0(X) Spanish piastres, set sail the 25th instant for
Algiers. This sum is destined for the.Dey for the
ransom of Neapolitan slatres.'!
Mr. Coming, the Ambassador from Eng'and to
the Helvetic C,nl.-tieration, has landvd at Calais.
The Royal Aeadr my of Fine At Ls, in a private
sitting of the 24th instant. named for Member of the
Section of Sculpture, in the room of M. Roland, who
died Lot month, M. ItAmey, author of many works.
'l'hlt Abbe de Boodle, formerly Almoner to the
Queen, is named Almoner to Madame, in place of
the Abbe Grimaldi.
An article from Vienna, dated the 14th instant.

:writ, that the gnat difficulties.which had arisen at
the Diet vf Frankfort, had been sufficiently explained
by the Austrian Miuister,.who had reniered impor•
Wit services to the public.
Yestiirday the Court of Correctional Police was'
occupied by the case of Cie Abbe Vinson, charged
being, the author of a pamphlet entitled 7 lie'
Conecr Jut explained to Me King, and which has been
den.iin.ced as contairing matter calculated to alum:
the security and consciences of the purchasers of na-
tional property.

The Nantes Jarrnal of the 21st publishes an order
of the Co:nrnit,ee of Public Instruction, directing, in
c•risegnence of the spirit of insubOrdination and the
abusts %% HA hay.: crert in among the boarders tf
the Royal CAltze of Nantes, that t!,e C liege shall be
broke up, and these scholars sert home to. their
Parents. This edict contains also requiations 1.4 the
approachine reorganization of the College, in which
a new proviser and a new censor wits 1):: appointed.

The Journal if the Cate d'Or of the ethil contains an
account of the firhr d..y's proceedings at 'Not:, in the
trial of M-rjor-General Veaux, Jean Lnuis
Royer, and Hernonx, accused of 114ving entered into
a conspisacy, which was put in train in the mouths
which preceded the month of March, 1815.
General Veasx was besides charg:d with having
been at Chalons to tn. Yet the usurper; and ..%ith hay.
ing on she 15th of March, Ist, in the nacre of
the latter, the title of Lieurenant-Gon•ral i'i the 18th
military divkien ; 2J, with having ishoe.l a lirricla-
matron to•the inhabit:l%th of tht,
to ex;:ite
them to revolt ; and ;$-1, with 1146.4; dismissed the
functi:naries faithful to the lawfoi
ii..rivrx is ch4sTed with having. at the same lie.
azcerz,..l the fritions elf t.ia)i.r, which were
enniided is, him by a (;:neral trait..r.,its King ;,
with having rep4ilt: f to the hotel of .Matshal Nei, in
cider to join the brothers Lejras and whets, prorim.
tens I,f revolt ; with hiving exercised rhc atrinaiiry
which the t'tle of M.4)._.,r gave hint to second the
sne.isures or Ney,
_ _ _

Lejeas, with laving, by means of intrittne and pea-
coni.try seduction. cluttra.buted at the s:rme tame
aural(' the :memo of BAapitt le. shake the fidelity
slate so the 1(o%. &c.
Royer, wit!: h rvinr accepted the functions of Pre-
fect of the Cote d'Or', which were confided to Lim
by General Vs-aux, at a period anterior to the With
of March. and with having on that day pnial:aled
calumnious and incendiary Proclamation against the
Bourbons.

'There are "ers who figure as accused in the pro.
cess, but who have not appeared, viz. Poulot•Belnet,
charged with having ben among the first to sins
songs in praise of the Usuvper, and hoist the three
colours; C:hevalot and Marine', with having distri.
but. d proclamations. vomited imprecation's
against the lino:Ono.; and, it: line, the woman Bou.
14e, a lemonade seller, with hay.ng allotted her cr;f-
feeihouse to be made the focus of revolt.
'll,e first day's proceedings were occup'ed in hear-
ing a number of wrtioses.
French Papers contain the Account of a trial
for murder, remarkable Lot only from the chem.
stances which came out in evidence, but also fur the
singularity of the verdict of the Jury :
Jouish Simmonnot, a journeyman tailor, axed 20,
was ctiarged with the purder of his fern.ile
Reine Tarerney, a lace•cleaner, aged 17, residing
with her mother. Tne prisoner, it appeared, had
courted the young woman, who at first promised to
marry him, but afterwards withdrew her consent.—
The prisoner ascribed her inconstancy to a new at-
tad:merit to a man of the name of Vilierane. On the
3d of July he visited her at her mother's, who hap-
pened to be absent; and after having chatted with
her familiarly' at an open window, he all at once laid
bold of her by the arm, drew her into a chamber,
crying, " I have killed Vilierme, we mu4t die toge-
ther," and immediately discharged a pistol, which
took effect, under her right breast- The unhappy
young woman, thottgli mortally wounded, disengaged
herself from his hold, and, uttering piercing shrieks,
ran to the window to call for help, where he was seen
with her robe.all smoking from fire occasioned by the
wadding of the pistol. The assassin was seized, and
the poor girl, after eight days cruel suffering, expired or
her wound. When her body was opened, some chewed
swan shot were found near the wound. Simmonnot,
the assassin, who had come to her house provided
with two loaded pistols and a dagger, 'immediately
after firing on the girl stabbed himself with the dag-
ger, but the wound did not prove mortal.
The confrontation of the mother of the young wo-
man with the prisoner, on the trial, prodsiced.a heart-
rending effect on the audience. The prisoner, cowr-
ies his face, burst into tears. The uehappy mother
was exceasively depressed. She related all the cir-
cumstances which preceded the crime.. She had en-
deairoured to persuade her daughter in favour of Sim-
monnot. The evening before the catastrophe, being
affected by his gloomy and do jeered manner, she
said to her daughter, " See, it is you who are the
cause of his chagrin, and you, will perhaps be the
cause a his destruction." . You need not fear,"
. replied the young woman, " nifn are not so ready to
do themselves a mischief."
, Simmonnot, in his defence, declaked that he tiro-
tend the alms, and visited his COUthill with an interl-
eaf) to die in her sight if she retuned •to listen to his
addresses, Being rejected by het anew, be was no
longer bis. own magus, his band was Illi.cfirccted.

and he firekopon her thopistatiith wLich be roust
to destroy baaself.
The Jury in their verdict, declaredtulininsenrsty I
, that the prisoner had' committed homicide on tbf
.person of Reine Taverney ; by a majority that he
did so voluntarily. ,hut no with premeditation.
'Doe Court in consequence condemned the prisoner
to perpetual forced l,bour. the pillory, and branding.

PALINCIP,fI7ON OF SLAVES IN SOUTH
41MARICA

It would seem as if the extinction of Black Slavery,
tin a large and interesting portion of the globe, WAS
reserved for the Spanish Americans, who feel anxious
to communicate to that portion of their Fellow Citi-
zens, a participation in the same Freedom for which
they are contending. Long ago, Buenos-Ayrea,
which section possesses but fcw Negroes, decreed that
tLe Slave Tiade should be there at an end, and the
(mute offspring of Slaves free. A certain number
were alsl emancipated annually. General Bolivar,
previ:.us to his setting nut to liberate Caraccas from
its op pressers, a Decree, of which the follow-
ing is a translation. Venezuela, from its contiguity
to the West •Indies, contained a I age portion of
Slavei, scarcely any of which were owned by Spa-
niards, their native masters have therefore the sr.etit
of freeing their own property in favoiir of the rights
for which they have so long bled, and in stipirirt of
that independence they are resolved to attain. This
measure of itself furnishes a patriot army that may
now bid defiance to all the threats and exertion% of
Spain, and in honour of the man who has thus carried
it into effect, it ought to be added; that he was one
of the largest estate 'holders in that quarter. This
Decree has given liberty to 70,009 Slaves.

REPUBLIC or VENEZUELA.
t4MONI BIUIVAR, SUPREME CHILE AND CAPTAIN•GENI•
RAL OF AL!. 111 E 01' VENEZUELA. SEW
61:::N.IDA, &C.

" To the Inhabit:....cs of Pio Ca: Carupano, and Catgut)*
r;ei• t aIA our country, imperiously
call for t'.e rights of ratute, I have been induced
to des to, a I herehy do decree, the entire freedom of all the
Slaves wh.i li.ivc .33 tong groat:,. tinder the Spanish yoke for the
lag: C•ree ics. Conbiderii.g also that the K qui:the T....quires
the aid of al her c!til.'ren, we are compelled to impose on the
new Citl7.Crl IL.l;owing cumlittuni:
" hr. Every rcbt:,t ratan, from the age of 14 to 60, shall ap-
rear in the pariNti of the iliArlct to which Le belongs, to enrol
ui; der :Lc banuera of Venezuela, u 4 hours after the pub-
liciGnn of the presel,t. Decree.

" dd. 0:d men, women, children; and all maimed penon•,
fr:int the precut nu nnut .1411 remain exempted from the milt-
well es dev,eN :C and rural 'service in Which they were
it:rowdy tx.pioyett for the advantage of their taa•terf.

'• Si. The new Cit..tru who sh►wtd rcfuw to take up arms in
,ittkr to c ratty wci► the sacred Jury of defending Ha liberty,
41,a1rrrrtzin rc: j.:ct to iblavrry, not otily hirn4e►f, but alga Ms
.'-en, under tht• a,e of 14 years, his wife, and aged parer.•s.

44 41k. The rail,fl;is of the military employed in the Libe-
rating Army, shAil eijoy all the rights of eli.slnship, and of the
etiftrt: friseloni grant, d to them by this Deuce. Issued in :he name
et the Republic of Ventauala.

fie Prestlir ttgulat.ots shall have the twee of law, and
Mail be Laitiquoy.o4. reed by the Ref oblican..#utlsothies of Rio
Curupano, and Carioca.

". Hattie iu the Wad quartets of Carupano, signed by my Sand
and sealed with the Provisional Arms of the Republic, alai
et:roam-14;ov] by my Secretary of State and War, this scl of
hoe, 1116, sodslzat You of Independence.
0:rool) 64 SIMON BOLIVAII,
(L. 5.) 44 Pima* Bunn* Mullin."