Star.
London, England, 1820-11-04 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

The French Papers of Tuesday arrived at a late
hour last night, and those of Wednesday came to

hand this day.
The trial of Gravier, Banton, and I.egendre, for
exploding a petard under the windows of the Duchess
de Berri, during her late pregnancy, in order to cause
her to miscarry, was resumed before the Court of
Assize, at Paris, on Monday morning, at half-past
six. Bouton, who had fallen into convulsions the
night before, at the sudden declaration of his Coun-
sel, M. Claveau, that his wife had died during his
confinement, was attended by a Physician, and ap-
peared in Court in the morning in a very weak and
nervous state. The Court having assured itself that
he, nevertheless, had full possession of his mental fa-
culties, the Advocate General enquired whether M.
Claveau was .present ? and being answered in the
negative, and that as he was painfully affected by a
sense of his imprudence, he was not expected to
come into Court, he immediately proceeded to de-
mand the suspension of M. Claveau from his func-
tions as a Barrister. This he demanded for the ho-

noun of the Court, and that of the profession of an
Advocate. M. Moret, who defended Gravkr, ap-
pealed to the Court whether it would punish his col-
leagues for an imprudence solely committed with a
view to enlist the pity of the Judges and the Jury on
the side of his unfortunate client? The Court, how-

ever, decided that he should be suspended for the
term of one month from the exercise of his profes-
sional duties; and M. Barthe was appointed to de-
fend Bouton in his stead. Gravier was then asked

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if he had anything to add to what his Counsel had,
on the former day, urged.in his defence? when he
begged the Court and the Jury not to be led away
by the calumnies which the Journals had heaped on
him. He admitted that he had been imprudent, but
not criminal ; and attributed his situation and that of
his fellow-prisoner (whose innocence and his own he
proclaimed), to the artifices of the cannibal, Leydet.
The President summed up the evidence, and the
Jury declared Gravier guilty of having made an at-
tack on one of the Royal Family, by fir►ng 'ff a pe-
tard on the 28th of April ; and of having, on the
night of the 6th of May, placed an artificial fire-ball
near the apartments of the Duchess de Berri, with a
view to produce a much louder explosion. Bouton
was declared guilty of being an accomplice with
them, and Legendre was convicted of not revealing
their plot to the Authorities within twenty-four hours
after he became acquainted m ith it. Gravies. and
Bouton then received sentence, from which they mar

appeal to the Court above; and the latter withdrew,
calling upon his " Poor wife!"
The Prince Royal of Prussia quitted Berlin on the
17th ult. fonithe conference of Monarchs at Troppau,
in Silesia.. It was not known at Vienna how long
the conference would last ; but lodgings, it was said,
had been taken at Treppau for more than 600 per-
sons. The King of Prussia was expected to leave
Berlin for the same place the week after his son.
The Prince Royal of the Netherlands had arrived
at Warsaw, probably in order to accompany his bro-
ther-in-law, the Emperor Alexander, to Troppau.
The Prince Royal of Bavaria, travelling under the
name of the Count de Spessart, has passed through
the Tyrol on his way to Rome ; and Prince Maxi-
milian, brother to the King of Saxony, and the two
Princesses, his sisters, had arrived at Verona, going
direct to Florence.
The advises from Naples are to the 14th ult. With
regard to the occurrences at Palermo, they agree in
substance with the letters received direct from that
place. A very dreadful conflict took_ place on the
6th, the day after the forts were occupied by the
Neapolitans, between a body of insurgents, and a
part of the Neapolitan army which remained en-
camped in the vicinity of the city. The Insurgents
were speedily routed by the Neapolitan Cavalry.
On the bth General F. Pepe issued a Proclamation,
declaring that all future attempts to disturb the pub-
lic peace would be punished by a Court-Martial. On
the 9th ult. the city of Naples, and the Theatre of
San Carlos were illuminated, on the receipt of the
intelligence of the birth of the Duke of Bourdeaux.
The same evening the Duke of Calabria, father of
the Duchess of Berri, visited the Theatre, accom-
panied by his august spouse, his daughters, and the
Prince of Salerno. They were received by the spec-
tators with repeated plaudits. A Deputation of
twenty-four Members of parliament had presented to
the King an Address of Congratulation un the birth•
of the Duke of Bourdeaux. The Parliament, aim:
deliberating on a Report from the Minister at War,
had decreed that the fortresses throu4hout the king-
dom should be provided with supplies of all kinds
for six months, and that the punishment of the gaunt-
let should be abolished.

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AMERICAN JAPERS.

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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9. •
By the Charlotte, 'from St. John's {New -Brous-
wick), we have the particulars,of extensile fire,'
which spread its ravages for nearly 100 miles; over-
the most fertile portions of the. north and western
parts of Nova Scotia; from the ,neighbourhood of
Yarmouth to the country of Annapolis. The fire
continued burning three days,. and such was its in-
tensity, that fields of grain, stocks of all kind, whole
villages and settlements fell a prey to the devouring
element, and not a vestige of vegetation or herbage
remains. Several lives were lost.
The St. John's Newspaper, of the 26th ultimo, con-
tains the following extract of a letter from Mr. J.
Wetritore, to his son in that city :
" On returning from Yarmouth, we ran under
our bare poles for Bartlet's River, hoping the tide
was up—eve in a few moments were in the breakers,
and, without striking, anchored safe—found the
whole shore in flames eastward—landed near Por-
ter's, and followed the shore all round Black Point ;
the wind blowing a hurricane, the flames out-run us ;
an immense fire behind Frank Davoo's, which threat-
ened destruction to everything—we reached the road
behind this fire—got home safe, took tea, thinking
ourselves safe—went to assist the French, who were
moving; young Frank's house in flames, and others
not to be seen for smoke—we staid perhaps twenty
minutes---teturned ; met one of the children crying,
Clarke's house is on fire!' we run our best ; met
women and children flying before the tempest—the
mill, barn, and house, with twenty acres of land in a
blaze—trees falling in all directions—we got to the
house through forty rods of almost solid fire—threw
trunks, &c. into the well— I took a bed, tied a woollen
blanket round it, and escaped for my life, the fire
flying on me like a heavy shower of hail—l fell un-
der the bed, got breath, and ran ; fell again, nearly
melted with heat, and suffocated with smoke; I rose
once more, and fell again, quitted my load, saw boys
a-head barefoot, could not enter the fire, they- met
me, and we got the bed safe through ; Mr. Clarke
came up with a book in his hand, nothing more
saved, all burned in the well ; fences and field of
potatoes swept clean. My fields, though not much
burned, are all laid open to the mercy of cattle and
hogs; at sunset, found my house and uncle Natha-
niel's crowded with women and children, who left
their all, and fled before the fiery tempest, from the
neighbourhood of Beaver River. Wednesday morn-
ing, seven o'clock, a fine rain that deadened the fire;
heard the Settlement at Beaver River was all in
ashes; Mr. Saunders, Clarke, and myself went to
their assistance; found but three houses standing
for six miles in length. T. Tirst has lost his house,
new grist, and saw-mill, two barns full of grain,jiay,
kc. a yoke of oxen, one horse, two or three cows,
several hogs, all their furniture, and a little ,boy,
four years old, burnt in the house, having crept into
a cradle, and was left unperceived, together with a
trusty dog, which lay by his side. Daniel has lost
all, a cows, two hogs, furniture, clothing, Bcc. The
word at sunset was to escape for their lives. Daniel
took up his child, and bid his wife follow him and my
brother Ranna; others cried, Which way shall we
fly ?' answer, To the Lake;' some reached it ; others
were cut off, and d,rcive up the road for a mile or
more before an opening was found to the sea shore.
Husbands and wives were parted by the fire and
smoke, and did ,not meet again until the next day.
Daniel took his wife {very sick) on his back, to the
edge of the Lake, and waded out some rods to a bog,
which sunk with them, but he found old stuff and.
raised it, so that his wife sat in the water until morn-
ing. Ranna lost them ;he waded up to his neck,
and there stood twelve hours, the fire often stream-
ing in his face, wheithe was obliged to sink under,
then rise, and take breath. I found him on Wed-
nesday, and took him borne with me ; be had eat
nothing for 26 hours. It was a melancholy scene to
see fences swept away, fields of grain, potatoes, and
turnips, all burnt up—great numbers of cattle, sheep,
and hogs, lying dead by or near the road. side. Some
persons were skinning cattle, which were too much
burnt—others looking up their stock. I saw two large
hogs lying together alive, burnt so as not to be able to
walk, and we were not alone. I have just heard from
Yarmouth, Cherbourg, that much damage is done
many houses, barns, mills, &c. burnt ; and also
through the French Settlement above Montagan, a
great many houses, barns, mills, &c. are destroyed;
the French Chapel, with the Priest's house, are con-
sumed; one Negro burnt ; so much hay lost, it is,
supposed that half the stock cannot be wintered.
People from Yarmouth, on hearing our distress, came
up with ox and horse-carts, chairs, and horses, to re-
move the sufferers ; and I believe there were not
two cart loads of furniture saved out of 16 houses,
from John Clarke's to E. Corning's, seven miles ;
Daniel has 'nothing left but a shirt and trowsers
which he had on; his wife and child nothing but
what was on their backs, and set out for Yarmouth
on the stocking feet the last I heard of her—but
where they will go, or what he will do this winter,
I know not—be has nothing to eat or wear.
" SATURDAY 16.—News has just arrived, that as
far as Annapolis, 100 miles above this, is mostly in
ashes, many lives lost, grain and hay mostly de-
stroyed. How we are to live through the winter I
know not. Daniel has not yet come here; perhaps
he hai followed his wife to Yarmouth, or he may be
trying to save some of his potatoes, &c. I shall
finish this, and go in.search of him. We are all em-
ployed (that is me and my two boys) in trying to save
what little crop I have left. My buck-wheat is
nearly lost."

OCTOBER IL
A letter from Savannah, dated the 23d ultimo,
states, that there are not above 1,000 white inhabi-
tants in the place; that from 10 to 12 die daily; that
there were 100 deaths from the Ist to the 2,2 d ultimo;
that two Physicians have already left town, and that
one or two others talk of going.
A letter from New Orleans, dated the 12th of Sep,
tember, states, that the deaths by fever at that place
averaged about 140 a week. -

The accounts from Sherborough corroborate what
was reported of the distressing fate of the colony of
liberated Africans, the whole of whom, with the ex-
ception of one man, had fallen victims to the cli-
mate; also the Commander orthe schooner Augusta
(left there for the protection of the colony), is dead.