Star.
London, England, 1818-03-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Extract of a Private Letter from Paris, dated the
2d of March :

" Lord Kinnaird Is still here, at the house of the Duke of
Wellington. His fellow-traveller, whose name is not mentioned,

is at the Coonergerie. The Noble Lord has had a bearing before
one of the Police Judges, and so has the Count de Croquem-
bourg. They speak of the arrest of a man named Nouin, upon
whom suspicion had fallen. lie was taken in Burgundy, on his
road to Lyons, and was conducted to Paris. Letters from Dijon
state, that when he was taken, he said to the officer of gendar-
merie—. What ! are you looking for the assassin of the Duke
of Wellingtonr —.The Minerva assures us that the Count de Cro-
quembourg is at large, under the care of two gendatmes.

" The Commission on the Budget has finished its labours all
to a few things It has proposed to the Ministers economical
savings, to which they have consented, and which amount to
241 millions of francs. By means of this reduction of expendi-
ture the Government All be able to abolish the tax of 50 cents.

m moveables, which will produce a. reduction in favour of the

contributors of so millions of- francs, a relief which will be felt
in a lively manner. The Ministry of War is comprised in these
retrenchments to the amount of 10 millions, the Ministry of the
Marine at a million and a half. The choice of M. Roy and M.
13eugnot, as Commissioners, proves the good spirit of the com-
mission.

The Commission on the Concordat assembled this morning,
and the Ministers are to atie;:d it. It appears that this confe-
rence was required in consequence of the arrival of dispatches
from Rome, which authorised some madifications in the circum-
spection of sees, and which consent, Ist, to declare that the Con-
cordat of Leo X. shall have no other effect than the nomination
of bishops by the King, and the Institution by the Pope ; 9d,
to suppress the words inherent in the Crown, contained in the
Lest article. It is not doubted that the law will pass the Chain-
her. It will not be endangered, unless the right side of the
Chamber votes against it. It is said that about 30 Deputies of
that sick will vote, but will not speak against it.
" Rumour spreads afresh today, that the Emperor Alexan-
der, the Emperor of Awstria, and the King of Prussia, will
base a conference at Vienna much sooner than was expected.
The time is esti: 5....(1 to be tally in Jlarch.
" It is said that there is a dispute between the Cabinet of St.
James's and that of the 'fiiilleries. England demands of France
the right of visiting her vessels under pretence of the Slave
Trade, and she offers reciprocity ; but France refuses to ac-
quiesce, because the ba:anze would be against her.
" It is rumoured that the negotiations on the subject of the
private claims do not as yet take the nitro favourable turn. Se-
wral conferences have already been had, at which the Duties
ria.Richelieu and of We.lington were present ; and according to
the news circulated in the Diplomatie circles, they have hitherto
agreed upon nothing. The claims of the Allies, and, above ass,

of Prussia, are, it is said, exorbitant.
" P.S. Last night, about one o'clock, one of the sentinels
placed behind the hotel °till= Duke of Wellington, was insulted
by three persons. Being attacked by one of them, he was

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obliged to fire his musket, but did not, however, hit any one.
The Duke had just gone to bad, and heard the report. The
patrol of the Champs Llysees immediately ran to the spot, but
found no one. There is reason to suppose that the fellows were
drank. This event, though very simple, hm giveu occasion to
various conjectures

A Manuscript has found its way to this count-iv,
from St. Helena, entitled " Obserrations A Lord
B.rniustsils Speech ix Mr Howse of Peers, on the 18th
of March, 1817." These Observations are stated to
have bees written in the early part of fast June, ar.d
they are preceded by a sort of imprimatur. dated
Longwood, 9th October, 1817, and signed " liaeo-
infmr," in which he approves of them, and desires
that they may be seen by the Sovereign and the Peo-
ple of England. There is a Memorandum .prefixed,
in the hand-writing of BERTRAND, purporting that
tiler (the original of this duplicate, it may he infer-
red,) were seat. sealed, to Sir HUDSON Lows, to the
address of jLord LIVARPOOL, OR the 7th of that
month. A lace Appendix of Official Papers is sub-
joined, containing copies of the restrictions made by
the present Governor of St. Helena (Sir H. Lows),
and some kitters of a correspondence between that
Officer tied the persons actiag as Secretaries to Bo-
.mArAstra.—Ac he appeals to the Sovereign and Pecs.
ple of England though the medium of the Press, it is
consistent with English fair dealing, partisularly to-
ward a man in captivity, that he should have the ad-
vantage of such an appeal. Whether it be one which
he himself would have allowed to any of his .awn
captives, is a question which many would now be
more ready to ask than he to answer. The Manu-
script is about to he published in English.
The following short account has been communi-
cated by a Correspondent :—The Observations ate
written in the manner of those comments on the
Speeches from the British Throne which occasionally
appeared in the Moniteur while BONAPARTE was ru.
ler of France. They are desultory and ahript, like
most of his proclamations and harangues, and are
delivered in a tone alternately querulous and indig-
nant, which seems vet y characteristic of the min in
his present condition. He takes occasion in the out-
set to protest against the Bill in Parliament of the
11th April, 1816, which he calls an act of psoscstp-
tion similar to those of STLLA. He denies the ast!le-
rity of the British parliament to place him at the-dis-
posal of Ministers, and to invest them with the right
of placing him under restrictions. He denies their
power of delegating that right, and then proceeth to
argue against the restrictions themselves—namely,
the detention at St. Helena—the name imposed of
General Bonaparte—the prohibition of going abroad
on the island, unless accompanied by a British Offi-
cer—and, lastly, the obligation of having all letters
which he may write or receive opened and examined
by the British authorities. He quotes in succes-inn
the principal statements in Lord Ballo:eves Speech
respecting the treatment to which be is subjected at
St. Helena, and severally contradicts them in very
round terms. entering much into detail occasionally,
and execrating the conduct of Sir HUDSON
as capricious and cruel in the most extreme degree.
These arguments and declamations are strangely
mixed up with certain domestic disclosures respect-
ing his personal condi:ion, from which it appears that
he finds himself very ill accommodated at Long.
wood-house, whjch. he describes as having been ori-
ginally a barn, and as situated on the most unheal-
thy and exposed spot on the island, destitute of wa-
ter, trees, shade, and verdure. The Governor, whom
he continually styles the commandant, having relit-.
ced the range originally allowed him ; having foi hid-
den him to hold conversations with the inhabitants,
or go into any house; and having also insisted that
an -English Officer must accompany him when be
rides out, he has discontinued his favourite eiercise,
not having been on horseback for 18 months. Under
the conditions prescribed for his correspondence, he
will not write or receive any letter. Such is the dear-
ness of living at St,. Helena, that the stipulated allow-
ance of 8,000/. a year, divided by the number of in-
dividuals in his establishment, will scarcely amount
to 10d. per head per diem, which, he says, is " sol-
dier's pay." The flour was so bad latterly, that he
did not taste bread for three months. He has betaken
himself to a sedentary life; his legs begin to swell,
and the scurvy has attacked his gums. He declares
that there exists an intention to terminate his exis-
tence by agonies so protracted, as to make it appear
that he died a natural death.