suspicion the good faith of the king. Count d'Artois has shown himself the greatest enemy of the revolution. He first gave the example of emigration; a step to which may legitimately be ascribed the dangers to which his brother was exposed, and which ended in a catastrophe always to be deplored. This prince, who is reported to have said "Let us content ourselves for the present, I will answer for the future," would be a just subject of terror to the friends of the charter, if he were much younger than the reigning king, and had thus a greater chance of surviving him, and reigning after him long enough to destroy his work. We cannot sufficiently wonder that, residing so long in England, he should have been so little familiarized to the spirit of a free government, and that the fate of James II. should never have occurred to his mind.

1.-A horrible crime was committed yesterday in the centre of Paris, in the most frequented quarter of the capital. About About half past ten, an individual, who had left a gambling-house, entered the shop of M. Moutier, moneychanger, Rue de la Feuillade, in which Madame Moutier was alone. He shut the door behind him, drew a dagger, and struck Madame Moutier, who fell bathed in blood. She had strength enough left to call for help. A female servant entered, who was laid low by nine stabs of the dagger. The nephew of M. Moutier, who was at the top of the house, ran down; he struggled for sometime with the assassin, and at length fell also stabbed in seven places. It is to be remarked, that the

whole transaction occupied a short time, and that there were few persons in the street, as it rained in torrents. The cries, however, excited attention; the assassin took flight, and was secured, after having stabbed two other persons who attempted to stop him. He was taken to the guard-house at the bank, but he scarcely entered before he drew a pistol from his pocket and blew his brains out. No paper was found on him. Three of the persons wounded are in a dangerous condition.

3. A religious society has just been established in Paris, with the concurrence of the government, which is, according to the penal code of 1810, necessary for every society of more than twenty persons, whether they assemble for discussing political, literary, religious, or any other subjects. The establishment alluded to has assumed the name of the "Société de la Morale Chretienne." The society is declared to be instituted for the purpose of applying the precepts of christianity to the relations of social life. A prospectus, containing the views of the founders, has been circulated, in which they say-" Persuaded that the greater part of the evils under which mankind suffer, is the deplorable fruit of the illusion under which they are with regard to what is necessary to constitute their happiness, some friends of humanity consider the present a favourable moment for the establishment of a society, which should endeavour to recall men to the only true source of happiness, the precepts of christianity-precepts which are essentially the same as those which the Creator has engraven in the hearts

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of all men, and which Jesus Christ only developed and exhibited in a more attractive and luminous manner, and founded on more powerful motives, but which are unfortunately less known, less respected, and less practised than they ought to be."

The object of the society is thus stated in the first article of their rules:-" The object of this society is to explain and constantly recall to the minds of men the precepts of christianity in all their purity; to point out the important influence those precepts exercise on the happiness of mankind; and thus to endeavour to instil or revive those sentiments of charity and general benevolence which are calculated to establish peace on earth."

But the most remarkable circumstance connected with this society is, that it is established by the united efforts of distinguished catholics and protestants. It is, perhaps, the first time that the adherents of these hitherto hostile religions have united for the purpose of diffusing the gospel of Christ, without reference to the success of their respective systems.

The prospectus is signed by the following names. The let ter C is placed after the catholics, and P after the protestants-The duke de la Rochefoucault Liancourt, president, C.; baron Degerando, C.; M. Delacroix, C.; the Rev. J. J. Goep, P.; count Laborde, C.; count de Lasteyrie, C.; Dr. Spurzheim, C.; baron de Stael Holstein, P.; M. Stapfer, P.; baron de Turkheim, P.; M. J. G. Wurtz, P.; M. Willm, secretary, P.; M. Cocquerel, assistant secretary, P.

-A singular event has occurred

at St. Claude (Jura); an individual, pursued by one of the gendarmerie, escaped his pursuers, and took refuge, in a state of nudity, at the house of a cure, some distance from St. Claude. To account for his appearing in this plight, and making so precipitate an entrance, he announced himself as the grand vicar of the bishop, who was immediately to take possession of the bishopric of St. Claude; and stated that he had been attacked by robbers in an adjacent wood, who had taken from him all his property, together with his apparel, and that it was a miracle he had escaped with life. Conducted by his host to the house of another cure, he repeated the same tale; his new host received him with the greatest kindness, and with the respect due to his supposed rank in the hierarchy, offering him the best apparel, a gold watch, and twenty-five louis (all the venerable pastor possessed), which the pretended grand vicar very readily accepted. They then set out for St. Claude, where having learnt the residence of the cure, they proceeded thither; the cure was absent, and a messenger was sent to inform him that the grand vicar wished to see him: the pastor hastened home, but in consequence of his age and infirmities, had no sooner reached his house, than he found himself so much indisposed that he was obliged to retire to his bed. The pretended grand vicar expressed a desire to remain alone with him for a few minutes, and his companion retired. The pretended grand vicar then produced a brace of pistols, demanded the cure's keys, and having possessed himself of all his valuable

of his notes has been intrusted to the secretary of the Egyptian commission, who has inserted in the Moniteur the letters addressed to him by M. Caillaud. Accounts, dated Dongolah, 14th of January, 1821, state, that not far from that city, (the capital of Upper Nubia,) at about 180 leagues above the town of Syene, there exists a large Egyptian monument, similar to some of those at Thebes. It is upwards of 300 feet long, and has ninety columns of more than thirty feet high. Every part of this monument is covered with hieroglyphics and bas-reliefs. The spot on which these beautiful ruins are situated is called Lelib or Therbé. Six other Egyptian ruins, less considerable, were found on the banks of the Nile, between the second cataract and Dongolah. None of them, however, present Greek inscriptions, or any traces either of the Greeks or Romans. From these discoveries it would appear, that the Egyptains raised monuments far beyond the places marked out as the limits of these antiquities.

SPAIN.

Societies, calling themselves patriotic have been established in various parts of Spain, on a plan very similar to the Jacobin clubs of revolutionary France. Their object seems to be to subject all the authorities of the state to the influence of popular dictation-to place the mob in the seat of government. One of the rules of these societies is that all titles of distinction shall be abolished in their meetings, and that their members shall address each other only by the fraternal compellation of citizen. Some of them have proceeded so far as to deliberate whether it

would not be desirable to send an army to revolutionize France; and whether it was not their duty to dismiss from Spain the ambassasadors of all the despotic governments of Europe." The chief of their clubs, which holds its meetings at the Fontana d'Oro (Golden Fountain) in Madrid, has already menaced the government and demanded the dismissal of the minister of war, on account of his royalist or ultra-royalist principles. With this his colleagues saw fit to comply: the king, however, refused, in consequence of which the members of the cabinet are said to have tendered their resignations, which were refused by his majesty, who declared his warm displeasure at the proposal, and his fixed resolution not to be dictated to in matters strictly administrative. This seditious club has since ventured to denounce the infant Don Carlos, the king's brother, as being at the head of an extensive conspiracy for the re-establishment of the old government. Great exasperation prevails between the opposing parties, and neither has the least confidence in the good faith of the other. There is no scheme sufficiently wicked or preposterous to deter some small number of desperate men, in countries even the most settled and civilized, from engaging in it as the accomplices of any daring chief. But we are strangely misinformed if the great mass of the people of Spain will suffer any rebellious plot to affect the public liberty, The Spaniards may be slow to act, but the better classes among them are a prudent, reflecting, and resolute people. The constitution has relieved every Spanish subject from many

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grinding imposts, and grievous and degrading oppressions. The nation, generally, cannot be insensible to this. An immense majority of Spaniards desire nothing more than a constitution, of which a limited but irresponsible sovereign shall be the head; and they are equally averse to the dominion of a single and of a multitudinary despot. At this distance it is impossible to ascertain what practical difficulties the successive cabinets of Ferdinard VII. have had to contend with; but on the face of things they appear to have been wanting in vigour and activity, or that club of maniacs the Fontana D'Oro, and its provincial imitators, would have been long ago extinct.

PORTUGAL.

The formation of the new ministry seems to be viewed with satisfaction at Lisbon. The cortes have discussed and nearly adjusted the regulation of the council of state, which consists of ten articles, and discovers a spirit, suspicious undoubtedly of the government, but all things considered, neither wanton nor excessive in its jealousy. When the new systems of Spain and Portugal shall have become by age less vulnerable to faction and to fraud, the people may afford to give up, without imprudence, some further share of power to the king's ministers.

By a decree of the cortes, a new national cockade has been adopted for Portugal. The colours are white and blue.

GERMANY.

The city of Saltzburg, the native place of Haydn, has lately paid a just tribute of respect to the ashes of that celebrated com

poser. The mortal remains of the author of the "creation" had reposed almost forgotten for fifteen years in the cemetery of St. Peter. The rector, Werigaud, his friend, and the composer, Hacker, his scholar, opened a subscription to raise him a monument. On the 9th of August, the anniversary of his death, this monument, which had been placed in the church of St. Peter, was consecrated by a solemn requiem, the music of which was the last unfinished work of the illustrious dead in whose honour it was now played. A multitude of his fellow-citizens and friends attended this ceremony, which acquired additional interest by the presence of his widow.

PRUSSIA.

Berlin. The commissioners appointed for the reduction of the national debt, (whereof the government bonds denominated Staats Schuldscheine form a part) have just published the yearly report, by which it appears, that with the sum of 1,000,000 dollars, the amount of which is annually destined to diminish the national debt, they have, during the last three years, purchased more than 5,000,000 of outstanding bonds, which have been cancelled. Thus, in the year 1818, bonds to the amount of 1,500,000 dollars; in 1819, nearly the same amount; and in 1820, bonds amounting to 2,035,000 dollars were taken out of circulation. The interest saved by bonds so cancelled is added to the sinking fund to assist further in the extinction of the national debt.

NORWAY AND SWEDEN.

Attempts have been secretly making by the king of Sweden to increase