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London, England, 1819-11-09 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

ARAN, OCTOBER 25
An advertisement of the Council of State of Zurich,
of the 18th October, acquaints those who are in-
terested in the loan made by Marsnal Massena, in
1799, that the negociations for the repayment a.e
ended, and that the final result is, that 57 per 100
of the sums advanced %%id he paid before the end of
the month, to the holders of the bonds issued for it.

BERLIN, OCTOBER 26.
It has been stated, that the liovernment, in pub-
lishing the late Resolutions of the Diet, issued a new
Edict respecting the Censorship of the Press in the
Prussian dominions. The li,iloss ing are the two first
article. ekp;aining his Majesty's intentions :
I. All books and writings published in our dominions (that is
including even those which exceed 20 printed sheets), shall be
laid before the Censors mentioned in the following articles, and
neither printed nor sold without their permission in writing.
11. The Censorship is not to hinder any serious and becoming
Equiry after truth, nor to impose any undue restraints upon au-
t' on, ..or to impede the freedom of the book trade. Its object
is to prevent what is contrary to the general principle of religion,
without any regard to the opinions and doctrines of particular
religious panics and sects tolerated in the State; to suppress
what offends morality d good mann-rs ;to counteract the fa-
natical mixture of religious truths with politics, and the confu-
sion of ideas therein arising; lastl , t hinder what is contrary
to the d gnity and security both of the Prussian State and the
other Members of the German Confederation. Under this head
are to be placed all theories tending to shake the Monarchical
and other Constitutions existing in those States; every insult to
Governments in amity w ..1. russia, laid to the persons com-
posing them; forth. . ver tenus to cA... .aiscontent in
Prussia, or other iman States, and to excit, 1.-1- to
existing ordinance.; all attempts in the country, and out of it,
I 3 form illegal cowl ,nations, or to represent, in a favourable
light parties ex istn g in any country, which aim at the overthrow
of the Constitution.

'I Hip c, LNING STAII

LOA 1)0N.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1819.
Loan Matron's Li/Av.—Holiday at the Stock Exchange. -

The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday arrived
this forenoon. Their domestic intelligence is unim-
portant. The Journal des Debals remarks, that more
activity :hall usual has been recently manifested in the
War Dep.u-imeat. lhe advices f; ern Spain come down
to the `aith ; al:a we lament CO learn from them that
the pestilence has not in the least abated. On the
13th there were at Cadiz 12,333 sick, and 99 deaths;
on the 17:h, at Port Sainte Marie, 853 sick, and 18
deaths ; and on the 15th, at St. Fernando (Isle de
Leon), 214 sick, and 15 deaths.
French 5 per Cents. F; iday, 70 f. 25 c.

'We hive received morning Boston Papers, to
tl:e 15th of OctoLer.

The revisal of Spain to ratify the Treaty for the-
cession of the Floridas,appears to be now ascertained
beyond a doubt. A Boston Paper, of the 13th,
atrrns the fact, on the personal authority of Mr.
Fi...Nwtct;, who ‘Vaa the bearer of the Dispatches from
the Ametican Envoy, at Madrid.
Titt• arrival of the £pani3h Expedition of 3,000
troops, has caused great joy at the Ilavannah. Part
of them are said to be destined for Pensacola.

The deaths by the fever, at Baltimore, during the
week, ending the Ist of October, were 56 ; at Oi-
lcans they amounted, on an average, during the two
weeks succeeding the Ist of October, to 25

It will be seen from our Law Report, that the
Court of King's Bench have refused to entertain a
Motion made by Mr. Htmr, for a Criminal Informa-
tion against the Magistrates of Manchester, for their
conduct on the 16th of August, on the ground that
such a motion can only be made by Counsel for the
Crown, or, at least, by some Gentleman of the Bar.
The Court were unanimous in deciding this to be a
fixed rule of practice, and one which is founded on
the discretest motives. We will not presume to offer
Any opinion as to the soundness of this decision, and
feel the less tempted to do so since we are perfectly
satisfied that it must be against all good policy to
contest the point for a single moment.
It is not to be forgotten, that there is a question of
momentous importance remaining to be tried, be-
tween the Public and the Magisttates of Manchester;
nor can it be denied, that in the Shape of a criminal
information that question would have been brought
to an issue of some kind or other. Can nobody, then,
bring forward this question but Mr. HUNT? Is he
a man of such wondrous tact in this sort of matters,
that it cannot be confided with a reasonable hope of
f:uccess to and other? Mr. HUNT says, that " he has
not the means" of procuring Ccuncel or Attorney.—
But what has become of the Manchester Subscrip-
tion?—of the thousands of pounds subscribed for
the express purpose of bringing the authors of the
Manchester outrages to condign punishment ?
Mr. Buns. says again (not altogether consistently
with his first reason) that " No Gentleman of the
Bar will make an application against the Manchester
Magistrates." We can only say, that we do not be-
lieve so : we can never bring ourselves to think so ill
of a profession which has produced so many illus-
trious Champions of the Liberties of their Country,
and which, at no period of public emergency that
we are aware of, has been wanting in a sufficient
share of public spirit and independence.

A copy of the Affidavit which Mr. HUNT intended
to have read to the Court, has been published by
some of our contemporaries ; but as it forms no part
of the judicial proceeding, we do not think we should
be justified in following their example. It may be
enough tor our Readers to know, that it contains no-
thing but what they have seen in different shapes at
least a dtmen times before.