The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-09-09
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To the list of wonders (says the London
paper of July 23) we have to add, that there
is now in London person who left France a.
bout month ago, who insists that he is no
less person than the Dauphin, who, accor-
ding to all accounts. died in the Temple He
alledges, that he was confined to a cottsr.r
in the department of the Artlennes, in the year
1898, and that the boy who died IN the Tenn
pie was substituted for him by the person
who carried him off. He says that he did nos
make his case known To Louis XVIII till last
year, when 1t was done through the medium
OF Gen. Dumonceau, to whom he communca-
ted his history. The answer of Louis XVIII.
was, as we are informed, that he should pre-
sent hlmseii-which, however, was not done
tor reasons which we Cannot enter into at
present we understand that he has applied
to be Admitted to an interview with the
Duchess .d'Angouleme, since her arrival in
London, which has been refused, on account
OF the want OF such proofs as are thought ne-
cessary to support his most extraordinary
statement-which proof however, he says he
can produce when IN France.
Uaettngton. Sept. q.
Since the return of the French mCaarch to
4" Gazette O6fci4ile." appropriated to this
sole purpose of promulgatng the ordinances
Of the king, the acts Of the ministry, and the
notes which emanste from the several depart
ments of the government. 1t is printed by the
same person that publishes the Mcniteur, 6
is tn be issued Just ~ the nature and number
Of the measures of administration may reqAir.
The Moniteur ceased to be the official journI
on the 18th of July.
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Gazette. They are filled with royal ordnan-
ces, relative to the finances the new organi-
Sat'on OF the legislature, the prefecture, tn.
military establishment, &c The whole pow
er ofthe Kingdom, legislative and executive,
was, for the time. exercised by the monarch
VITO, upon the reports of his ministers, or the
advice of the council, issued his ordinances,
IN relation to every subject, from the chateau
of the Thuilleres
The Paris papers. which we have bad an
opportunity of inspecting for few hours, are
as laie rs the oath of July. inclusive. They
do not contain any articles of much impor-
lance, in addition to those which have reached
us through other channels.
BY an ordinance of the king, Of the Goth of
July. the censorship Of the press is abolished.
and writer's and publishers are left merely
liable to prosecution for abuses in this particu-
lar, after the issuing of their works. Louis
COnteSSeS, IN COS ordinance, Cn2C " ne n2Q found
that the restrictions of the censorship upon
the liberty of the press had been productive
OF more Inconvenience than advantages, and
for that reason he had resolved to repeal the
restrictive parts of the law touching that sub
iect entirely" He leaves it, he says. to the
seal OF the rnagistracy to punish offenders.
In looking over the signatures to the sever
al ordinances, we find the following persons
in the exercise of ministerial aHthority
Fouche, Duke Of Otranto, Minister of POI
lice.
Gouvion 81. Cyr. Minister oe War.
he Count de "'GHcourf, Minister of the
Marine and Of the Colonies.
Baron Lotis, Minister Of the Finances.
The ministry OF the Interior appears TO he
vacant. Pasqttier, who is lord keeper Of thc
great seal of France and minister If Justice,
is charged par interim, with the Port Folio
of the minister of the Interior
Among some minor appointments, we OBJ =
serve that the seur 7a1evyand, who is the
project of Loiret, is named an honorary ccun-
sellor of state and Af.NGeorees ds Cdrc7iaal,
secretary to the French legation at the
Hague.
The number of deputies Representatives
according to an official table accornpanyin
the royal ordinance OF the 81 July, is to be
augmented from 262 to 400.
NJ. HNtct, brother-in~law of the late Gen.
Moreau, has been named secretary general
OF the Chsncery Of the Legion Of Honor.
Mar. Kat: