the inhabitants of the communes had done very ill in not giving up their arms, when they were called upon so to do. One of the deputation observed, that the inhabitants, though armed, had already experienced so much persecution from the soi dissant Royalists, that they thought themselves obliged, for the sake of their own safety, not to suffer themselves to be disarmed. He even went further, and requested the Prince to be pleased to publish a proclamation at Nismes, to make known his opinions and favourable sentiments towards the Protestants, and exhort the people no longer to persecute them, under the pretext of Roy alism; but the Prince refused this just demand, alleging that his powers did not authorise him to make such proclamation. This confession of the Duke's confounded the Protestants, and inflamed the audacity of their persecutors. It is even said, that the deputation of the Protestants, in order to avoid the insult of the populace, was conducted to the Duke by a military escort, and entered by a back-door the house where the Prince put up. According to some accounts, the Protestant deputies secretly left the town to pay their respects to the Duke, and to recommend their interests to him before he entered the city. However it may be, on the Sunday after the Duke's departure, divine service was again performed in a Protestant church, the entrance of which was guarded by a considerable armed force; but this precaution was in vain; the people being informed that the church was opened, collected together and went thither, uttering împrecations and menaces, forced the guard, and entered the church; those who were in it with difficulty saving themselves by immediate flight. General La Garde being informed of this, strengthened the guard, and repaired in person to the spot. [Here follows an account of his being shot.] Some people attribute these last troubles at Nismes to the refusal of the Duke of Angouleme, by some ecclesiastics, to set at liberty the famous Taralior, (as others spell it, Trestaillon) chief of a band of assassins, telling them their demand was more than unreasonable, and that this man was to be judged by the competent tribunal to which

he had been delivered."

An order of the day has been published at Nismes, addressed to the national guards of that city, which, in alluding to the present atrocities, implies the criminal activity of that corps in perpetrating them. It at tributes their excesses to the agency of "certain concealed agitators," who have paid evil-minded persons to commit them; and the order desires them to prepare for an immediate organization, which purposes to

exclude from their ranks persons "whose conduct could tend to their dishonour." The private accounts represent that the Protestants in France will receive but little protection from the Duke D'Angouleme, notwithstanding his professions. In a speech recently made by his Royal Highness to the President of the Consistory of Nismes, he said, "Perhaps they have attempted to pre judice you against me: they have publicly told you I did not love you: I am, I confess it, a very good Catholic; but I shall never forget that the most illustrious of my ancestors was a Protestant." Yet his Royal Highness took no steps, while at Nismes, to bring to justice those who had instigated, or who took a share in the barbarous massacre of the Protestants. Gen. La Garde continues to recover: the assassin who shot him is named Boissin, a grenadier of the national guard of Nismes: he is supposed to have taken the road to America.

SPAIN.

As we predicted, it appears that the fit of moderation which seized Ferdinand VII. in consequence of the insurrection of General Porter, has been of short continuance. According to private accounts, the persecutions in Spain still continue, and even increase. Neither high nor low are spared. Don Antonia Ruiz Padron, one of the most distinguished members of the Cortes, an ecclesiastic of great merit, and a sincere patriot, has been condemned to perpetual banishment; and Don Pablo Lopez, has been awarded ten years confinement. King Ferdinand, we are told, has made serious remonstrances to the English government on the subject of the freedom which the English journals have used, in relating the enterprise of the patriotic Porlier, and lamenting his unhappy

fate.

A contribution of 500 millions of reals (about £5,000,000) which the govern ment intend to impose upon all classes of the nation (with the exception of the clergy) excites a general feeling of displeasure, and causes a fermentation that may result in unexpected opposition.

The Inquisition is also making most rapid progress under the benign auspices of Ferdinand. It has lately published an index of prohibited books, in the usual form. This index, with the exception of reprinted cate chisms and prayer-books, contains a condemnation of every thing published from the commencement of the late revolution, up to the arrival of the beloved Ferdinand. In this index, Mr Puigblanch's “ Inquisition Unmasked," is prohibited under the severest censure; but it is remarkable, that these

censures

ensures are accompanied by no specific ob jections founded on heresy or immorality.

We are assured, that at the very moment while King Ferdinand is thus taking his se. vere measures against the brave men to whom he owes his throne, he has issued a deeree, inviting into his service the traitorous and unnatural Spaniards who fought for the Pretender Joseph. Near a thousand of these despicable beings, who remain at the depot of Chalons-sur-Saone, are said to have obtained permission to return to Spain, with their former rank and pay!

GERMANY.

The arrangement of the peace with France was not the only diplomatic business transacted at Paris. The German indemnities were settled; and Austria recovers Saltzburg and the Invertiel from Bavaria, who obtains as an indemnity, territories whose population exceeds that of the countries she has ceded. Mentz, Landau, and Luxembourg, are to be fortresses of all the German Confederation: Luxembourg will have a Prussian garrison and Commandant. Darmstadt cedes to Prussia the duchy of Westphalia.

"By the treaty of peace of January 14th 1414, (says the Copenhagen Gazette,) the King of Sweden ceded to Denmark his rights to the duchy of Pomerania and the isle of Rugen. Divided by the sea from the other Danish possessions, this acquisition was of less value to Denmark, considering the population and the resources of these provinces, than it would have been if more favourably situated. On this account his Majesty the King acceded to the propo sal made to him by the King of Prussia, to şede to him his right to those provinces, in exchange for others lying nearer. During the negociations at Vienna, it was agreed that his Prussian Majesty, who received from Hanover the duchy of Lunenberg, which confines with the duchy of Holstein, should cede it to the King of Denmark in exchange for his rights to Swedish Pomerania and Rugen. Thus his Majesty's dominions have now obtained the Elbe for their frontier."

The German papers contain the formal act of the King of Sweden and Norway, discharging the inhabitants of the late Swedish Pomerania and the Isle of Rugen from their oaths of allegiance, in consequence of the cession of those countries to Prussia. The King of Prussia at the same time issues letters patent, assuming the sovereignty of these new dominions. According to the late arrangements at Vienna, it had been agreed that the Duchy of Lunenberg

was to be ceded to Denmark by the Govern ment of Hanover. The former, however, it is said, has thought proper to dispose of it back to Hanover, for a consideration in money.

Our readers are aware that the States of Wirtemberg had requested the restoration of their old Constitution. From the last German papers we find that this assembly met on the 15th inst. at Stutgard, when a rescript was delivered on behalf of the King, stating, that his newly-acquired States could not have any claim to the old Constitution, and recommending the States. to assist in forming a new one, which should retain as much of the old as suited with pre-sent circumstances.

Extract of a letter from Vienna, dated September 20th,-" I have frequently seen the wife of the Ex-Emperor of France.→→→ She still continues at Baden. I resided in the hotel immediately opposite to her's, and saw her several times every day. Her ob ject in coming here can hardly have been to take the benefit of the waters; she ap❤ pears to enjoy the most robust health. She generally rides out in a habit a l'Anglaise. Her admiration of the English nation is extreme. I had the honour of being several times saluted by her en passante; I asked what it was that made her so favourable to English manners and English character? The answer I received was, that her admiration was gained by the respect with which the English nation treated her husband: she is still very much attached to him. Her French servants have been replaced by Austrians, but her confidential attendants are still French.--Her livery is green, that of Bonaparte, but plain. She is styled the Archduchess by the people, but her immediate servants treat her as Empress, with the title of Majesty; the little Napoleon visits her twice a-week; he is a very beautiful boy, and has great talents for his age; I have seen him with her several times on a terrace, pointing out to his notice some English, who happened to be passing by, and apparently explaining something to him with great earnestness. There is no doubt of her having attempted to escape to France when Bonaparte returned from Elba; the relays of horses on the road were ordered in the name of the Duke of Wellington; it was one of her domestics who betrayed her to the police. She is scarcely ever visited by any of the Austrian Royal Family, at least in a public manner.

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Stutgard, November 8.-Jerome Bona parte, who continues to reside at Elwangen, has been compelled to account to a person appointed by the King of Wurtem berg, for the large amount which he had in

kands.

hands. It has been invested in estates in Wurtemberg. The property that Jerome had bought at Trieste, and in the neigh bourhood, is sequestrated, and will be sold. Only a small part of his fortune remains in his possession.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Crim. Con.-Sheriff's Court, London.-An inquisition was held on the 30th ult. before the Sheriff, to assess damages, the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default.

The action was brought by Sir George Barlow, late Governor of Madras, against Major Barlow, who stood in the relation of cousin to him, in order to recover a compensation in damages for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at £.5000. Several facts came out in evidence, and among the rest it was stated, that Lady Barlow, during her co-habitation with her husband, had no less than fourteen children. The Jury having retired for about twenty minutes, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, damages-Two Thousand Pounds.

Crim. Con.-Sheriff's Court, London.-An inquisition was held on the 1st inst. to assess the damage to be levied in the case of Sir William Abdy, Bart. against the Right Hon. Lord Charles Bentinck, for a criminal conversation with Plaintiff's wife. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and the damages were laid at 30,000l. Mr Topping stated the plaintiff's case in a speech at considerable length. It was almost unnecessary for him to state who the plaintiff was. He was the representative of an opulent, and honourable family. In July 1806, he married Miss Anne Wellesley, the daughter of the Noble Marquis of that name. Sir W was then 26 years of age, and the lady about 19, no improper disparity of years between them. The facts of the adultery were then proved, and the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of 7,000l. damages. The defendant is the youngest brother of the Duke of Portland, and aged 32.

IRELAND.

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the county of Westmeath, to his friend in Kendal, dated November 22.

"By the bye, the disaffected never were in earnest until the present period, for what you experienced when in command of a de

tachment of your regiment is mere bagatelle to our present truly alarming situation. The loyalists, who reside in country places, are actually after night-fall in a state of siege, and the general idea amongst us is, that we are on the point of having more troublesome times than even those of 1798; for the disaffected are much more complete in organization and arms now, than at that memorable period !-You will therefore be well able to imagine our situation-in short, scarcely a week goes by without some one being shot or tortured, or a Hagart burst, or houses sacked for arms by these miscreants. In some instances they have been successfully resisted; but generally people have given up without resistance, by which, however, they fared no better than those who fought it out. My house is full of of fensive weapons. You know my sentiments on this subject-better die with arms in one's hands, than coolly see a whole family butchered before one's face."

We are extremely concerned to state, that on Monday the 4th instant, as Mr Baker, of Lismacue, a most respectable magistrate of the county of Tipperary, was returning home from a special session of the peace held at Cashel, he was fired upon as he passed the gate of Thomastown, by two persons. Both shots took effect, and he was killed on the spot. Mr Baker lately appeared as a witness against a man who was convicted under the insurrection act. He thereby incurred the resentment of the party, and was marked for assassination.

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.

The following, (from a Dublin paper,) will give the reader a good idea of the extent of the emigrations from Ireland to America. It is a list of ships and passengers that arrived at New York, from diferent parts of that country, on the 12th of Sep. tember last :

Nautilus, from Dublin, with artisans,

from the south of Ireland-number... 28 Another ship, Jones, master, with passengers, from Cavan, Tipperary, and Drogheda-number.....

52 The brig Helen, Captain Fitzgerald, with passengers, from Sligo-number...... 40 Virginia, from Waterford, with passengers, natives of Tipperary-number 20 Christopher, from Belfast, with passengers, from different parts of the north, -number....

Total in one day..........

50

190

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THE AUSTRIAN ARCHDUKES.

THESE illustrious strangers, after leaving London, visited different towns in England on the west road, particularly Liverpool, Lancaster, Carlile, &c.They then entered Scotland, and on Sunday night, the 26th of November, arrived at Hamilton Palace, with their suit, in two carriages drawn by four herses each. As the time of their arrival was known, a vast concourse of people crowded the road leading to the Palace. Their approach was announced by the discharge of a piece of artillery, planted about a mile from Hamilton, and their arrival by another placed in front of the Palace. The Most Noble the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale had spared no pains in preparing for their reception. Their Imperial Highnesses and suit, accompanied by the Marquis of Douglas, the Earls of Dunmore and Rosslyn, arrived on Monday fore. noon, the 27th, at the house of Henry Monteith, Esq. Lord Provost of Glasgow. They afterwards, accompanied by the Lord Provost and Kirkman Finlay, Esq. M. P. visited the Jail of that city, the Royal Infirmary, and o. ther public buildings; after which they went to Mr Finlay's house in Queen Street, where they partook of a collation. About four o'clock they set off for Hamilton Palace to dinner, and on their way visited Blantyre cotton mills, which are lighted up with gas. Next day, the Magistrates of Glasgow gave them a public dinner in the Assembly Rooms, Ingram Street. In the course of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, they visited most of the extensive manufactories of that city, with which they were much satisfied. After visiting Port Dundas, the Grand Canal, &c. they left Glasgow for Edinburgh, and in their way visited Carron Works, Linlithgow Palace, &c. &c.

Saturday evening, the 2d December, about six o'clock, their Imperial Highnesses the Archdukes John and Louis arrived at the Royal Hotel, Princes-Street, Edinburgh. Shortly after, they were waited on by the Lord Provost, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, General Wynyard, and several other -gentlemen, to welcome their arrival. Ear

ly on Sunday morning their Royal Highnesses and suite attended divine service in the new Roman Catholic chapel, BroughtonStreet, in a private manner, where they heard mass. In the forenoon they proceed. December 1815.

ed in carriages to the castle, accompanied by the Lord Provost. The 1st battalion of the Royal Scots was drawn up on the hill, and saluted their Ilighnesses as they passed. At the gate, they were introduced to Major-General Hope, and then proceeded to view the castle, where they remained about an hour. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards returned to the Royal Hotel, where they were visited by several noblemen and gentlemen of distinction.Monday morning, the Lord Provost and council met at half past eight o'clock, when it was unanimously resolved to present a congratulatory address, and the freedom of the city, to their Royal Highnesses. In pursuance of this resolution, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, Convener, and City Clerk, in their robes, accompanied by Dr Andrew Duncan, junior, secretary to the University of Edinburgh, as interpreter, proceeded in carriages to the Royal Hotel, when the freedom of the city, which was elegantly written, and inclosed in two beautiful cases, ornamented with the city arms, &c. was presented to their Royal Highnesses. In the course of the day, their 1mmperial Highnesses visited Mr Haig's distillery at Lochrin, Heriot's Hospital, Watson's Hospital, the University, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Royal Infirmary, General Register house, St George's church, &. In the afternoon, the Right Honourable the Lord Advocate of Scotland gave a grand dinner to the Austrian princes, and a number of noblemen and gentlemen, at his house in George Street.-The boys of the different hospitals received a holiday at the request of the Austrian princes. On Tuesday, after inspecting the elegant mineralogical collection of Thomas Allan, Esq. Banker, Charlotte Square, they visited the Court of Session, the Court of Exchequer, Advocate's library, Signet library, and City Chambers. They afterwards visited the Calton-hill, Bridewell, and Nelson's monument, where a collation was prepared for them, of which they partook. They were entertained at dinner, in the afternoon, by the Right Honourable Lord Provost, at his house in Charlotte-Square, where were present, besides others, the following noblemen and gentlemen:-Lords Dalhousie, Binny, Webb, Seymour, Lord President, Lord Justice Clerk, Sir George Clerk, Sir

John