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FRENCH' P4PARL •• • 1(<
PARIS, JULY se.
'Vetere:lir, after Mass, two leginnstf the NatiOnai
Guard, the :Departmental Legions fornting the gar.
than of Paris, acid all the *lament* of . the Royal
Guard, both foot and horse, with twelve pieces of
oannon, were reviewed by Monsieur and the Duke
de Berri. The Princes were surrounded by the Mar-
tha!, and a brilliant Staff. •
The following letter from the King to the Vicars.
Generals of Paris was read yesterday is the different
Churches :
Gstii tzttett—W'e have experienced a Satisfaction vie,
pleasing to our heart; iu rapre.sing.cout vows aud thanksgivings
at the toot Of the a'tar.: We bare seen tl:at the lave of iteligion
was still preaerved among-our people, Ike tlte hive a their ~over-
eign. 'Nese notion lltlj base burst forth in the nolo wo-ot isn't
unanitents manner; all Prance has joined its payers to ours with
that teal which calls down the blessings of litiven on Kings
and Bmpires. Our King ruin participates u all tine lavnurs
which Fuovinettua takes pleasure in diffusing Over States to
hich It is racism*. Tramiuillky and union spring up; and in a
few (lays we may hope that al.undance will repair our lovses and
privations. Time earth is covered with grain antl:fruit.:, which'
rtquire only soulr rays of heat to answer to our labours and our.
hopes. his is the moment to Implore with nt-se *Moor the in-
terttention of Dr:txa Fativipt;sce. Let all France therefore
uu.ite in ‘rayitig the SWitas mots kutaa of the StA%nuli to pre-
tveve fur us the fruits of the earth. tit voile the storm, to cea4:
which might injure them. and to grant us those serene days that
tt ay ripen them 1:1 dui time."
The letter,' which is dated the 19th of July, con-
cludes with directing public prayers to be put up in
all the chotches of the diocese.
The Vitals-General, yielding a ready obedienceto
the Royal command. have ordered ptiblic prayeis to
that r ff.ct until the 1,5:11 of August next.
'Letters from Spain state that the hat vest promises
to he so abundant, that they do not know where they
sfall find room to house the grain.
Geller:li Kosciusko is now on a visit to Switzerland
wit') hi, friend Xavier Miner.
p..rsotis or the Commune of Utienheim,
Lower Mita% , have been condemned to a montli's
imprisonment each, and a fine of 300 francs, forca.
lumui.),is accusations Ngainst their Mayor.
Genera! Rapp at present resides otCan estate which
he has purchased in Switzerland, us the Canton of
Art

M. Forbin Janson, included in the Ordinance of
the 'll4h Lily. has obtained.permassion from the Pope
to renotio at Rome.
M. Le Baton, Ex.secretary r-f the Class of Fine
Arts at the Institute, who trobarked at Havre six
months ago, with several iminters, sculptors, and ar-
chitects, has arrire.4 in •ttke brazils nit!) his compa.
grhirS• S Trs dtif them had the honour to be presea.
to tfe. 81-e King, who received thetn with itonlaress,
.
prool;ried them his i.ivottr.
Gvueial Savary has vetiqin from Smyrna to the
Marquis de Rivivre at Constaptittople, requesting Ilis
htetcessiots with the.iiing to 'remit him to come to
wtte and family. *.
The lyntale servant of the dealer in wines who is
at•cused of poisoning a gen:lemur who dined at his
house went mad on seeing a gen-cPatrues enter the
house. She thought he came tq arrest her also. She
is confiaed in the Hospital.of St. Louis.
A truing commotion took place on the 12th at
arrondissement de );ethane, department of
the Pas de Calais—it was soon-qtfeiled, the pritteipals
-were 4rre,ttd and sent to St. Omer, to be tried by the
111 evcr al Curter.
A n avalanche to, ,k place in the Cinton of St.
in S•siizerlaird, on the 3d of July, which destroyed
the cro;'s of 1.13 acres, by causing a rivet to over.
11.1 w its beaks.

INONA. 31.71.1" Is.
eouitT NARTIAL ON GtNElt.l.l. MOUTOX•DUVERNET.
The Court has been occupied two days in this pia].
It appealed o.at GcLeral Devernet, immediately on
11;s return to France from Hungary, w:iere he had
b.-en •a pfsuner, solicited employment on the part of
the King, and received from his Majesty the Cross of
Sr. L,ints, and the command of the second sub divi.
• soon of the seventh military divi,ion ; on which 0cc4.1
siiin lie took the oath of fidelity to the King, accnni•
panying it with the assurance that his Majesty had
not a more la,thful and devoted servant. Tne charge
against him was, that while in commute' of the De.
partment if the Drones, and after learning on the 4th
of March the tad cat ;be landing of BJll.lpArte, he
had, some this afterwards, an interview with one
Ernzry, Banaparte's sni-genit at Affrai, and joined
Bonaparte hiaistif at Lyans on the 10th of March.
a letter from thecce to die Cemnnandant of the
• city Guard at Valente,
.the General stated, among
other things, that there could roi longer be gay doubt
that the people wished him alone ins sovereign ; it
would therefore be madness not to second tlivm;
• ' that those who endeavoured to atm tl.le Lyoneie .to
oppose his mach, and who were alone interested
• in stopping it, had fled like cowards. el Their cause,"
be added, Ais therefore no longer ours." That after
Ibis he accepted from Bonaparte a mission to Gre-
noble and the Upper Alps, and wrote various
patches on the state of the public mind in those Da.
partments,:ehe- soisetancie of General Duvrissieskcv
defence, as disclosed in his interrogatories, was, that
he proceeded to Lyons to receive the orders at the
Cmunt d'Artois; that on arriving at the suburb la,
Gnillotiere, he was very touch surprised to find him.
self amidst the population and the troops, shouting
a rive 1 Einporcur !" that his carriage was stopped,
and he was compelled to march with the Staff of Ge-
neral Brayer, on the road trona Lyons to Grenoble,
where he soon met Bonaparte.
Q. Having taken the oath of fidelity to the King,
why diJ you accept, and own solicit, employment
from Bonaparte? Wow. yoti ignorant that you thus
became a traitor and 3 perjure' In the con-
strioued position in which 1 then was, in spite of My-
self, it was no longer in tny power to act aecnrding
to the dictates of my heart, but I was comptlied to
act accot ding to tit CMOStaliCeS.
With regard to the letteri in his name from Lyons.
to vat ions Prefects, he acknowirdAed that he signed
them, but said he was not the author of them. They
were given to him by Bertrand.
The depositions -of a great number of witnesses
were also teal.
'the tellowing is the' account which tip Journal de
Paris gives of the proceedings rf the ;id day, July 17
Coin was opened at ten o'clock. Latta,-
aaist.General Wilton Dnvernet was introtuctel with
• lass Counsel, Mesi.rs. Ail.trtias and Poser. Witnesses
*est thea examined for the prosecution, and sonic
proclamations ascribed W the accused Wilt read.—

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It iris restitlied that, ''*Oletrol gaeititilt
**robotic*
.to on eqtees*t contrary toll* vigil'
itirthe.,King. and that fie ropited with much firtelltil
and presence of mind the, Alleges brought against`
biin. Frost time to timelhi-Counsel spoke alternately
ta Weaken the depositions of the witnesses and the
weight' of the documents fog the charge. The accused •
then pronounced, at first with e Arm but afterwards
with a gradually altered voice, a well-written dis.
course dictated by the noble sentiments which should
animate a faithful subject and a French soldi r. At
the words—' I *ll3 an old s ildier, I have often cool-
' bated with you. on the &Id of battle'—stiii =d sighs
interrupted his voice, his eyes
sappelred most, the
Tribunal was nrove.i, and the whole audiencs were
ellected
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le iiitner this speech, the sister of the accused made
her nppearance, and tevesied, through the medium
of M. Marnas, permission to spend an hour in her
brother's prison. Tbe President immediately granted
the request, and expressed his astonishment that such
a favour should have been refused'. The Court
then rose."

Tim Journal de Path makes the following remarks.
suggested (it says) by the account of Mr.SHIMIDAWS
death in the London eapers England for ever!
that country of Letters and of Arts. How talents are
recompensed there ! The finest Genius in Great M.
tain' has pit died at Loodon;and in a Condition Hot.
11 tiering on wretchedness; and his fellow *countrymen
•allowed that his last mosnemb should be disturbed
by the dread of a personal arrest. But as soun as he
is dead, what honours are paid hilt; ! the Most ditu►
anguished personages followed him to the gralf*;
and disputed the honour of bearing the pan. In
Franca we make less fuss:—men 'tete live quietly,
and die so too. If I had the Misitretune, says the
Parisian Editor, to be a man of genius, I should
choose to live in Paris, and die in London."

The following is the sultject of a caricature that
has apprared in Paris : —Marsha: Suomi is lookine'
with utt stir of contempt on his new truncheon (butte
de Marichal) ornamented with the fleurs•cle.iys you
see hts old one buttoned under his coat, and pressed
to his heart, with one r 4 the ends peeping out, on
which is the Imperial Eagle : in the back ground ale
sera, on one side, Tarragona, and on the other side
Bedouin in flames ; underneath are the two first c:•tt
plets of a popular song made against the rebel army
of the Loire:

Oui je suit brigand mol.
le rcsiens de la Loire;
rai neva lois trald 111141 Rol,
Par amour de la gluke.
De Bayard, de Dogueerlin.
Ixs noms m'eiratunebent :
Jr ne counts que M.inaron.
Baonaparce et Canoodle!

TR ANSL A TI N.
Front the hark ut the I.o;re I am corm
A rubbcr right fatuous in s:u►r;
l'ut:e my K.ttg I !wrap i!, Sir, but—mum
'llea. all from :he pass•ou ut Tory!
Yeur BayarJs, Duguestlins, and stuff,
Are names at which 'farm my twat ;
Nly motto is, Mindrinthe

Grim Cam:niche, and die grand Ikon:Tarte!
LAIYSANNF, JULY 16.

In the environt of Niciau the inundations continue.
The total amount of the pastures destroyed is esti-
mated at about-17,000 francs; the loss in potatoes;
and other prodece at 6.000 francs. The streets of the
Wets of Nidau are filled with water by the rise of the
Mr, and many families have been obliged to trii.
their houses. In tl:e Oberland, near Frotigen, the
country was covered with snow in the early part of
July. Numbers of cattle have been brought down
Iron) the mountains into the. values, where great want
of forage prevails, and in consequence some of them
have perished. All the districts bordering on the
lakes of Bienne, Morar, and Neuchatel,have suffered
equal losses. The low grounds are under Water, and
the course of the rivers is scarcely perceived. l'he
village of Lar.deron alone estimates its losses at
24,tr00 fr. The earth-f4ll which tonic place on the'
Btl instant in the commune of Kappel, canton of St.
Gall, nverwhelmed three houses and three barns; the
earth giving way,. the precipice above was extended
over a space of almost a quarter of a mile, and stopped
a river in its course, which soon formed a small *Act
covering the hanks. Eighteen persons were either
killed or severely hurt, and 40 cattle perished.