London, Wednesday, April ...
The Times, 1824-04-07T00:00:00

'flte Ji-rech papers of Sunday, which arrived last night, contain no political news of importance. The affair which at present seems most to occupy the attention of the Parisians, relates to the papers of the late CA)5BACERES. On the death of th.s celebrated person, about three weeks ago, his Majesty Louis XVIIL, on the repre- sentation of his Keeper of the Seals, signed an ordinance, directing a Counsellor of State to attend the executors at the unseali3g of the papers of the deceased, and to reclaim, as public property, such pieces among them ns came into his bands on account of the public offices which he held. The grou4os of this decree are not less ex- traoedinary than its enactinents. It proceeds on the assumption, without proof, that the deceased possessed documents which did not belong to him, and uses the word, it appears, as a reason for violat. ing the rights of private property. The Counsellor of State is then directedto verify this appearance, by seizing upon all papers thdt may in h's opinion belong to the Governmnent (" without, either in the inventory or in the proces-verbal of the transaction, giving any description of them"), and depositing them in the hands of the said Keeper of the Seals. The heirn of CAEr- 3Acra-Es appealed to the Cozer Royale against the execution of this ordinance. The Cour Royale issued an ordinance, declaring the -Aeasures taken by the Keeper of the Seals merely " provisional and " conservative," and ordering the Juge de Paix of the district to at- tendanl deliver the papers "presumed from theirnature" to be state papers to the agent of Government, after numbering and describina tlem. This was to be donewith the reservation of the rights of al parties, and the decree was therefore merely interlocutory. On Sa- turday last the cause was to be heard, and the conflicting claims of the Government and the late Statesman's heirs decided: when lo! the Prefect of the Seine comes on the scene, and claims the cogrni- zance of the affair to the Council of State, as coming within the administrative jurisdiction. Insteadl, therefore, of being decidel by a court of law, the rights of CAMBACEiRES'S heirs will be judgedl by rtbe Council of State, headed by the Keeper of the Seals-the very officer who disputes them. There can be no doubt on the judgment which this council will pass. This affair has alarmed all that nuraerous dass of persons w',o, during the courseof the revnlution, or in the late various changes of Cabinets in France, have held public appointments, or become possessed of poli- tical cerrespondence. Accordingly, wve are told that grcat activity is observable in the families of ex-nministers, ex-diplomatists, and ci-devant agents of power, and that immense masses of papers are seen carrying away from their houses to secure depots, as if they dreaded an approacuing fire. The following are extracts from the Etoile of Monday's dav. PARIS, APRIIL 4. ." The Chamberof Peers willnmeet to-morrow atone o'dock, to re- ceive a ministerial comnmunication. The Pilote of A. 'Tissot has been ohibited from appearing this evening. 'be last number of the Gaszettc of Afuil, id contained a letter in- dicating the project which had been formed by an English com-. pany tof ork the mnines of Alexico. The operation vas to begin by asubscribinig a raillion sterling. ''lVe are not surplrised,' says the au - thor ofteetr'ts theksflritish speculators nave allat once re- nounced thig ehim&rd 'Better informationhbas doitbtess told thetn, ththt;t~h iuiin tie New Worsld have been so neglected since the rev6lutionistg hive 're6gned flferc that individuals who shoild at- tempt' t6te-opcn thetn 'would -imost certainly bury in them more coinedsilver th.4iidyh would'i6xWflvt i)Yvrore.,. 7C .'MADAMID MAtncr25.- xa.'4-esterday there wwaS a gram drm--h -wipasanh kissingo-hands at Cirttt elelirate'tlibnnfv&sary of.the- Kiong's return tobhir d.i I"hevAinii'eb7Whr hi tblishedtwo iayal oerinnncesserii rbe firit4 ? tei' ' fsgv'e W oersof the armr inteided to serve in tb 6loniesaredeclarednull aadvoid, the conditionon which they had been received not having been fulfilled. By the second, all no- minations made in the army during the Constitutional Government being anmujled by the decree of the Ist of October lest, the Cap- tabsGeneral m CMijitry Comnandanti are orderad to #a460 -the bre'ets tocb restored to them whicht weve delivered to o0ficurs ofi -all ar-ms d zing that time. 'i Ar i,,ous ceremany is celebrated today for tbh removal of the remains of th.e Canon Vinues.sa, the martyr of his loyalty, which will be deposited in the church of the Jesuits' Co.lege. All theoerilsttut. d autborities, the ttoop, and t'ne staff of. theaary atteinded. Elx.sIaj4E.y Fill, have the obsequles of thL4 victin as oficent as tl70se whwc will be celebrated in botiour of theheroe.5 ofe2d lliy, o 1Ti 8. T&e number of persons, arrested for the ssa.cssnatica of that ccelesinstzc is satd~ to be I3J - - R is AtaJestg.sec oat for Aran3tuez the ig.y aftertdiortoW:. Bge will take with him only one -Ministet iuid,ahesoekfres e partment, -~r the Roy:& - for eap *h- "oateors, whicittllspleasd di those in th7-s c;>picui, is t.o be t'fl)i7iieA1, as wve 7caue2P - - LONDONV. WXEDNSDAY, APRIL 7, 1824.