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London, England, 1816-08-27 00:00:00


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•e GER.ILIN PAPERS. .
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lilt OM THE FRONTIERS OF SWITZERLAND, AlNiv•
The m'ilita.ry armaments in France still.centinee,
and excite attention. We cannot assign the tone lea.
ipa of them. 'Conjectures are not wanting. but thtty
are too uncertain (or us tt• communicate them. What
paittcularly.excites remark is, that the French Go-
, ,ernment has given renewed orders fur prnvisioning
those fortresses on the frontiers which are not in the
possession of the allied troop I and for the executing)
of this measure, a special commission is appointed in
each fortress. Bides this, the gait-isms these
places, which have been hitherto very weak, are to
be strengthened, and the troops destined fur this pur-
pose must be put on their march without delay..:--
There is, however, no doubt but. that these fortresses
will not receive more numerous garrisons than fixed.
in the convention un this subject between the Allicd
Powits and France. Bit if we add t i the maxi-

mum of this force the active Nati, nal Guards, who
nie every wfu:re Organized in the fortresses, it appears
that they hay.s strength enough to maintain a respec-
table defensive attitude.
li3 the .Esstein. trsintier tlipartm-pis, peopleure
ulnae sat a loss to explain this, -11. the French Audio-
Tseles are upon the must friendly mints with this Aii-
stsiass. Bavarian, Wurts:mburgh, and Prussian Com-
manders' and no discussioni of any importance have
'adult° taken place. ...These Commauders, howev,r,
donot allow-iv rued National Guards to be organis-d
i s the districts which they occupy. Some attempts
s f the kind could not be carried into eff..ct. What
is in every respect remarkable, is the placing in active
itivice ((Aids has no w actually taken place) of a
considerable number of French Generals, mostly such
us the Government has hitherto hot trusted, because
they servo d under Napoleon in the Spring of 181.5.
An nlliCsal list `Ot Oem is not yit published:: tn.
•a!e !risers. mention the names of several iiiho..have
distingaished ti emsehes daring the last ten year&-..‘
Of the Nhitsli:fls, Secheti, St. Cyr, and Monier, are
put into activity. Macdonald is also 'said to be en.
Whether tl eye app-Ointments indicate the
Tual;ta king of the command of corps d'arnics, may
be doubted, as till trove at leest no orders h tee been
published respecting the formation et particular cores.
It is said further,. that Marshal Soult, who is now
with his family at Duesel.tortr, has received the as-
surance that lie shall soon to struck cot of the list of
proscription,. and seinststed in his rank cf Marshal.
France would undoubtedly recover in )sim one of its
'mint Coronvnders, whose political offences to-
wards floc: Bomilions 4T.0 SWOT les ciniderable than
these for cram+ of M.trshal Sachet, who has been
again received into f.voisr, and of whose Conduct,
in March, 1815, an iutetesting account has. bten
published.
A cc/siding to the intended augmentation of the
French as my, every regiment al infantry se ill be raised
to-1000 men, and - very regiment ei cavalry to 6'M)
men. Great complaints have lately ben made again
respecting the vexati.lus conduct of the French' Cus.
tom-house Officer!, on 'the Swiss frontiers, and it is
a fact, that they have not proceeded with such rigour
at any period within these last twenty years. 'Yet
still large consignments of foreign goods are smog-
gled into France.
For some time past the roads leading to Beson"coni
and Lyons are covered with convoys of artillery,
sluch are removing from the French frontier for:,
tresses into others, in the neighbourhood of which
there are no allied troops. A great quantity of heavy
artillery has arrived at Besarapn and Grerloble—it
came chiefly from Metz and Strasburg!), from which
places all the artillery that isnot absolutelf necessary
is to be. brought away. The ammunition is to be
removed in like manner.

A central depot of artillery and ammunition is
established at Orleans. which receives likewise a great
quantity of artillery. coming front the Northern and
Eastern Departments.
The French cannon founderies and manufactories
of arms ate busily employed in order to repair, as
far as possible. the immense losses sustained in the
campaign. of 1816.
PALERMO. JUNE 24.
.In the Coma k Politico of yesterday, k an article,
of which the following ale extracts:
We are now at the end of June, and the period
ii elapsed in which, according to the 9th of the 12
Fundamental Articles, the Parliament ought to have
been convoked. In two months more we are at the
end of August, When the contributions that were
granted cense, when the taxes.. fixed in the last Ses-
sion of the Parliament for the sea vice of the year, will
expire,. We are therefore near to the fatal and dis.
tressiug alternative of seeing. either the politicalVna•
chine stand still for want, or the Conatitutinn in fact
destroyed, if the levying of the taxes should then be
proceeded on in an irregular and unconstitutional
manner. That is not all. The public creditors are
not paid; though there are so many families who
subsist wholly, or in part, on the interest of the stock.l
The civil officers are not paid, the troops are many.
months* rax. in , are*!.; the notes which the Goirerit-,
meta issue J for their payment with the most guicitm
assurances, are ineffectual, dna have contributed on
the contrary to ruin public credit. The writer men-,
tioas the several circumstances that seem to render,
the speedy summoning of the Parliament necessary.
and ,et be adds, nothing is doing that indicates any
intention of the kind, though- there is scarcely time
for the legal formalities of election, &c. _lt is clear,
therefore, continues het that one of tire two alive,
mentioned evils must take place, and it is easy to
guess which will he chosen. The second will be
chosen, and the first allvdged as the reason. :it Can•
not but appear astonishing and inconceivable that
'bitnisters should.bring tipao themselves such a heavy
responsibility. It the Constitution is not to be an
empty farce. bucreally to tlx the tide of, the country,
the stein Parliament must adopt energetic Measures
to provide in future against the recurreuos of similar
catastrophes." • •
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Extract of a letter from Dieppe, Aig. 22 •••44 Sir
Wu. ,Scorr hat keen indefatigable the investigatioo
at the.criiel murder-of Captain Psitrstope, and to
king the depredaiuri to justice, but all of no ayail.
They are allowed tri continue at large. None of the
crew belonging to die Nancy were permitted to WWI
en.ehe day the deceased' was carried-to the grar*.—..l
The corpse was, todowed by the Enslis,4 visite*,
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and residents in the,town."

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• PRIVATE LETTER. -
.44 Tv vaiinos Miniiters have already prepited ae
aftistrio of She *ants of their respective administra•
tows, .in CAW to inbmit.them to the consideration 01
the Chamber at the approaching Session. The
amount it not less than eleven hundred millions of
l•vres. The .extrarirdinary ek,Eat in the war .depart-
anent is attributed in part to the entire liquidation of
48 millions of arrears, of which it is affirmed a por-
tion .at least might have been deferred' to a mote
distant period. The commission has not yet resnlved
on any reasoned plan to provide for the exigencies of
the State. M. Corectto is expected in Paris in the
course of a few days ; and were any additional proof
wanting of. the meeting of the Chamber, according
to Royal Ordinance, on the Ist of October, it might
be !mind in the irresolirtion and disagre:ment v:hich
vre ail r:onceraing 14 finances, the state of which
contintl,s to iisflict a fatal wound on public credit.
A number of Derides have already reached Paris;
a. d the Ses.inn h etreeted to be so stormy, that it is
whispered there are vc•ry few questions to which the
public will be admitted.
The name of the street Jean Jacques Rousseau
has been effaced within the last two days at Paris, to
make roam for the more &sant appellation of '4 Rae
Platriere."

41 The rump it is again revived, that the South
Americans have offered the crown of their extensive
country to Joseph Sirup irtc.
44 Persons rriving bum Nancy say, that the nu►
merous apprehensions which took place lately in don
city were excited by an agent of the, police. This
man phi yed the part of t man disaffected to Govern.
ment, became acquaito....(l with many hall pay Offi-
cers, distsibured among .tkete unsuspecting men sedi-
tious pampltts or prohibited engravings, and then de.
nounced to the authorities the rooms where they were
concealed. What appears to confirm this rumour is,
that the Prefect has indexed *number of these priso.
was to be set as I.lnrty. .

" A very. scandalous outrage was off:red to the
Britist: army, in the person of one of the military or-
derlies, opposite to the church of the Assumption.
yesterday at Paris. The English soldier, in the exe-
onion his duty, was passing along the rue St.
Honore, when he was met by a fellow in the-uniform
of a French officer, accompanied by two outer per-
sons : without the slightest provocation cr even a
word passing h.tween them, the. Frenchman tittered
a'o!rt'nt of the lowest abnse on the English nation,
and struck the soldier with his horse%hip, who, front
7t sense uf discipline and the respect an epitukue ex.
cites, instead of retaliating, endeavoured to pinion his
adversall's hands. General d'Anican accidentally
arrived, and it:gutting of the Officer wh::t was the
motivo of his conduct, drew on himself several con-
temptuous appellations. and at length two or three
blows. 'l'he Gtfender was instantly con:lneted to the
corps de garde, and followed by a member of French
lookers-on, ssho voluntarily came forward to give
testimony as to the inoffensive conduct aid subsequent
moderation of the British soldier. The whip was de.
posited at the Etat-Major's, where the Officer was
conducted : on giving himself nut for an Aide-de-
Camp of the Duke of Berri, General d'Aiiican re-
plied, it was impossible the Duc de Berri could have
an Aide-de-Camp who could conduct himielf in so
unofficer-like a manner: in fact, it was afterwards
proved that he had entirely usurped this title. He
is at present au secret in the prison of the Abbayi."