Star. — 1829-12-02 (London, England)

SCOTTISH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Buchanan, Duchiage, Stlrlingshlre. wood-merchant. D. Bridges, jun. Edinburgh, cloth-merchant. PARIS, Nov. 28.  Yesterday evinced the determination of the Government to grapple with the Association Bretonne—the result shows that its objects can no longer be questioned. A letter of M. la Flue, alluded to in the papers of this day, proves the fixed resolves of the Associates to persevere—a crisis is, consequently, at hand. A catalogue of the crimes committed in France, under the eye of its celebrated police, would affright a foreigner about to make this country his residence. A detailed statement would be tiresome, but a few brief instances may not, perhaps, be uninteresting, or altogether useless. In no country in the world is the value of human life at so low an average as in France. If a gentleman receive a mere constructive affront, tyrant Custom extorts from him the peril of his own life, and that he place that of the offender in jeopardy, " in the field of honour," however much he may be imbued with ornaments of religion and humanity. If a charcoal-porter, or watercarrier, suspect the fidelity of his mistress (an oyster-wuenan for example.) he puts her to death in the most cruel manner with his horrible knife, and then either anticipates the guillotine, by turning his weapon against himself, or, after an imbecile attempt at escape, mounts the scaffold with a " sang frold" disturbed only by an occasional sneer at the attending Minister of Religion. If a soldier receive a rebuke from his superior, he, very quietly, loads his musket, and removes the stain by blowing out his own brains—sometimes, it is true, taking the life of his unhappy officer " en passant." A losing gamester stops at no crime to supply his wants, unless in the first paroxysm of be incapacitates himself from injuring others, by suicide. passion ry day we read of cases of parricide and fratricide, sufficiently revoking to make the blood curdle in our veins. Robbery is frequently followed by the most horrifying murders; simple homicide" without premeditation" produces no sensation even of disgust. Can any thing be more deplorable than this state of society ? The trials of four individuals for assassination stand fixed for this day, with the results of which I hope to be able to acquaint you by this post. The trial of the adscreant, for the murder of his wretched mistress, called La Piot* (the little me) last week, will net take place until next month. That of the parricide Josephine Bouvier, at Bourg (par contunsace) you have no doubt extracted from the Journals. The most extraordinary feature in it was, the almost miraculous preservation of the body of her victim, which at the end of 7 years, was found so perfect as to enable the surgeons. without trouble, to detect the presence of arsenic in the stomach. —A man of large fortune is in custody here, as you already know, accused of the murder of his first wife, and an attempt to assassinate his second ; but the latter baying retracted her depositions, and no new evidence having been obtained, be will escape, although not immediately ; for writs of habeas corpus being unknown to the French Constitution, the Crown has a discretionary power to confine parties charged with offences until every exertion to prove his guilt or innocence shall bate been made. Another man stands charged with similar crimes, by means almost incredible—namely, the murder of his first wife, by convulsions excited by tickling the soles of bee feet, having previously secured her by swathing her body in the manner of a mummy! No marks of violence being observable, the poor woman was deemed to have died a natural death. The attempt on the second wife failed in its murderous intention, but she is insane. The Coon of Cessation having on Thursday last rejected the appeal of Daumus Lupin, convicted of the murders of the Aubergiste and his wife, in the valley of Montmorency. last January, the sentence ought, according to the spirit of the law, to have been 'executed yesterday (within 24 hours of the rejection of the appeal,) but it is postponed to Wednesday nest, to give time for some further inquiries. No moral doubt can, however. be entertained of the prisoner's guilt; his esecution will accordingly take place. Two ludicrous circumstances show the general prevalence of the idea, that a change of men would bring with it a clump of measures. The late Minister of Police forbade the appearance of " les Mks publiques," in the Paiais Royal, on the Boulevards ; and, in short, their obtru4on upon the public eye. He, with the same regard to decency, banished from the market of St. Germain., to the horse-market. the dog-dealers' who held their sales there on Sunday mornings. The moment Prince Pulignac assumed the reins of Government, and that the Minister of Police was changed, the cyprians and the dog-stealers returned to their haunts and their traffic; but they were mistaken in their belief that the good old times had returned, and were compelled once more to seek the shade. Having incidentally referred to the practice of duelling, so frequeut in France, it may not be amiss to state the origin of the late affair between MIL de Montmorency and Lstare, -without, however, any intention to connect their names with the system against which I have inveighed. M. Lafam, nephew and heir to the Peerage of the Cardinal of that name, married the sister of his brother °Meet Montmorency (Prince de Robeque) and made (as is reported) but an indifferent husband. • Montmorency interfered, sot during the life of his sir ter, bat immediately upon her decease, which lately took place ; be challenged Ware" a l'outranee " wbh accepting the caul, they and (as you already how) Ltd five shot• nook with Out effect. The sixth from Lafare wounded Montmorency severely in the breast, sod thus ended the affair for the present.—Jdoritirsi HOWL