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London, England, 1816-08-31 00:00:00

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. The Commission Cro the Censorship of Books,
Journals, &c. reckzived hes!' instructions,
among which are the following :
4i The Commission most pay particular attention
to all Journals aid Newspapers published in Ger-
m ,ny, in order t get act-painted with them speedily;
to secoestrate all those Journals and Newspapils
whose Editors show the intention of circulating dan-
s roes ideas, of exciting discontent in the subjects
with the existing pollical institutions, of spreading
presumptuous opinions and criticisms on the actions
of Princes, or subjects of the Administration of the
:state, or in general of maliciously influencing pee.
pies' sentiments, to the prejudice of the general wel.
fare; and they are to take the necessary measures for
prvititting the circulation of them in our States"

A Berlin paper centains the following article s
a Lieut.-Colonel Fischer, the ingeni. us founder
and' proprietor of the manufactory of wrought steel
at. Schathausen, improved the first moment of re-
stored communication with England, to make a Jour•
ney thither, the main object ut which was to oh.erve
with his own' eyes, the improvements made,during
tte last twenty years in the manulActure of irou and
steel. We now communicate some interesting notices
horn his journal.
'l' At Birmingham our traveller was allowed to
visit the manufactories of Messrs. 'Wilton and Watts
in Soho, who by their improvements of the steam-
engine have increased the resources of their country
by many-millions of money. Them, among other
things, he saw machines, whose power is equal to
from 6 to 50 horn s, and which equably, and without
noise, accordingly to laws impressed on them by the
genius of the artist, perform their assigned labours ;
strike money, roll tin, produce plated works, put
hammers in motion, turn immense beams, and bore
cylinders, which reay require some months to com-
plete them. Within the circumference of this unfer-
tile track, which is as it were ove.rspread with manu-
factories, he saw the Wilkinson iron works of Brad-
ley, which alone employed 5,000 workmen, , and
Which, since the death of Wilkinson, are now con-'
ducted by a Mr. Ferriday, who, in his early youth
was a common coal-heaver. On his way to Man-
ebester, he was shewn the whole of Mr. Wedgwood's
Etruria. Mr. Wedgwood d..suaded him from any
purchase of his porcelain, observing, As you return
through France, you will find finer and better at
Paris. I shall probably wholly give up the making
of porcelain.' He assigned as a reason for this sin-
gular declaration, that France possessed much Isetikr
materials for the making of porcelain than England.
66 The ageiculture of this part of the country Mr.
Tischer found neglected; and besides the great quan-
tity of waste land, he was particularly surprized that
so Wile use was made of manure, of which one cats*
is, that the farmers permit their cattle to graze in the
pastures, and that stall foddering is still very little
used. , At Leeds he noticed the waggons driven by
steani, which conveyed coal along an iron railway
three miles in length, to the town. I went to meet
this train,' says he, ' two miles off ; and when I came
up with it, the man who guided the whole desired
me to mount the waggon of the machine, which was
provided with seats; and the usual rateot its motion
being such, that a man walking rather fast can
scarcely keep up with it i in order to satisfy my cu-
riosity, he increased its rapidity to that of a trotting
horse, by a stronger application of steam to put in
motion the stampers, which moved at the rate of 80
strokes in a minute. I was very glad when he made
it move more slowly, as I was afraid of an explosion,
because the steam hissed as if our vehicle was drawn
' along by half a dozen of broken-winded horses. For
Win rest. I rejoiced to enter Leeds seated in this tri-
- orophal car of human ingenuity (for so I would call
is) whore the elements confined within so small a
Awspags *muslin impel tfi Waggons laden With
60-coy if coal each.'"

pßE*ert PAPERS.
PARIS. .14:UOUrt ti.
A letter from Spain, of the lath inst. &stogie,
that the English squadron sent against Algier* had,
passed the Straits of Gibraltar some days before.
As *e have already stated, the Municipal Body of
Paris, headed by the two Prefects, hart the honour to
be Presented to his Majesty on Sunday, as he was
passing through the blue saloon on his way to mass.
His Majesty hid :he goodness to stop, which gave
time to the Prefect of the Seine to observe to him—
" Sire, these are children who come to present their
respectful homage to their august father." His
Majesty, receiving the words with a snfle of satisfac-
tion and benevolence, replied—" A father always
feels pleasure in receiving the felicitations of his chil-
dren, and especially of the eldest of his children."
We learn from the department of the Isere, that
the produce of the harvest is likely to exceed by a
fifth what it was last year. The ploportion is still
greater in Normandy, where the excess is expected to
be a third.
The tribunal of Tarbes lately fined a capitalist of
that town WOO fr. for having last money at usurious
interest.
His Holiness the Pope, by an edict of the 7th inst.
has prohibited, under %evere penalties, the exportation
of every kited of grain, either by sea or land.
On Sunday last the blind musicians of the royal
hospital of Qninze Vingts performed several pieces
of music in their chapel, in celebration of the day.—
The band, composed of the blind, was also led by a
blond Man. In the evening was displayed an elegant
illumination of the bust of the King, having under it
the following verse :
Eiranger a nos pia. it regne dans nos mars."
The nem!. Academy h.is proposed, as the subject
of the prize of eloquence far 1818, the Ebge 0!
Rollin. The prize is a gold medal' of the value
of 1500 francs.
The son of Count d'Osmond, his Majesty's Am.
bassador at Loul-n, bah arrived at Paris, with dis-
patclots.
It is said that the Duke of Wellington will remain
at l'atis till next week ; his Staff will set nut early in
September. His Grace has hired a house a few
iledgues from Cambray, where he will remain till the
ent: of autumn.

The Court of Assizes at Perpignan cnndemned,
on the 6111, to 1.5 months imprisonment, the Abbe
Aurisse, Cure of Triton, convicted of having deliver-
ed in his church, on the 30th of July, a d:urnt►se
cnnuining stvtral expre.sions against the Govern-
ment.

M. Desezn, the intrepid advocate of Lours XVI.
was late:y made it member of the Royal Institute of
France. When he was introduced, the Vice-Presi-
dent, alluding t., the ccmdnct of the unfortunate Mo-
nad), observed —4 On ihatawfuloccasiun throughout
entire France nought was calm and serene, but the
.fore!,ead of she v y arait de redone et de serein
fie kfruat de ha riding." uAs for you, Sor," said he,
turning towards M. Desna, 44 you ave associated
your name to the glory and virtue kJ Marsherbe, whom
your presence involuntarily recalls to my tummy
Your name is 1..-Ilailast the Monarch pronounced,
it has stamped on you something that is sacred."