French Finances as in a very flourishing state: they have been greatly improved by the voluntary renunciation of the claims of the inhabitants of France for indemnification in consequence of the ravages of the late war. The Gazette de France says, that in all quarters the people have made the most generous efforts to pay the contribution; that in the month of November last the receipts in the Royal Exchequer amounted to 73 millions, a sum far surpassing the hopes of the Minister; and that the Treasury Bonds, which, on the 7th of December last were at a discount of 6 2-3ds. per cent. are now only at 1.

From Havre it is stated, that a number of vessels have sailed from that port for Guadaloupe and Martinique, in consequence of those islands having been formally restored to France. Ships are also preparing for the Isle of Bourbon and India; and, shocking to relate, it is unblushingly avowed, that some vessels have sailed to procure slaves for the French colonies.

RE-INTERMENT OF THEIR LATE MAJESTIES OF FRANCE.

The Paris papers of the 22d inst. were chiefly occupied with the solemn proceedings that took place on the removal of the remains of Louis XVI. and Marie-Antoinette, from La Magdalene to the Royal Sepulchre of St. Denis, on the 21st,-the anniversary of that fatal day, when the most humane and gentle-hearted Monarch that ever sat on the throne of France was ostentatiously murdered in the heart of his capital, in sight of the palace of his renowned ancestors, and in the midst of scenes so often animated by the cheerful loyalty of his subjects. Two-and-twenty years have elapsed since that "deed without a name" was perpetrated: the chief assassins have long since perished miserably; their bodies are lost in the mass of undistinguished earth; and their names exist only in the universal execration and horror of mankind;-while that justice which was refused to Louis XVI., when living, is paid with warmth, and affection, and earnestness, to his memory; and his mortal remains, which it was so carefully sought to annihilate, have been singularly preserved, accurately recognised, and transported in the utmost pomp, together with those of his Queen, to the ancient receptacle of the deceased Sovereigns of France, followed by the relatives that were nearest and dearest to him when Jiving, and by those faithful and honourable subjects who were the objects of his choicest regard.

On the morning of the 21st, all the regiments of the garrison of Paris were under arms, and the way from the Rue d'Anjou to the barrier of St. Denis was lined by

detachments.

Monsieur, with the Dukes D'Angouleme and Berri, proceeded, at eight o'clock, from the Thuilleries to the residence of M. Descloseaux, and laid the first stone of a monument to be erected on the spot where the bodies of Louis the Martyr and his Queen were deposited, in the adjoining cemetery.

The precious remains of their late Majesties, in superb coffins, were placed on a funeral car, and attended more immediately by the company of the Scots Guards of the King. The procession then set out for the Abbey of St. Denis in the following order :

Detachments from various military corps, both cavalry and infantry.

The Governor of the First Military Division, with his Staff.

Detachments of National Guards, horse and foot.

Lieut.-general Count Dessolle, with the Staff of the National Guard. Detachment of Horse Grenadiers. Three of the Royal Carriages, with eight horses to each, containing Officers of the Princes.

Detachments from the Musketeers and Light Cavalry.

Eight Royal Carriages, with eight horses to each.

A Carriage, in which were Monsieur, and the Dukes D'Angouleme and Berri. Heralds on Horseback.

The Grand Master of the Ceremonies, and his Assistants, mounted. Detachments of Cavalry.

THE FUNERAL Car.

Attended by Parties of the Scots and Swiss Guards.

The principal Esquire to his Majesty, mounted.

Officers of the Guards-du-Corps.
Detachments from various Corps.

State Coach of Monsieur.
Ditto of the Dukes D'Angouleme and
Berri.

Squadrons of the Royal Dragoons.
A train of Field Artillery firing minute
guns on the march.
Detachments of Military Horse and Foot.

The National Guard of St. Denis were under arms in the space fronting the Abbey. All the Troops wore crapes on their arms. The Drums and Musical Instruments were decorated with black serge, as were the different Colours and Standards.

The procession was received at the gates of the Church by all the attendant Clergy.

Monsieur was followed by all the Princes and Princesses of the Blood (who were attended by the Counts Laine and Bartheleiny, and the Dukes of Dalmatia and Reggio) into the body of the Church. They took their places in the stalls erect

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seem from the same article, that the departure of the English Ambassador, Sir H. Wellesley, now in France, was attributed at Madrid to pique or misunderstanding. In noticing the circumstance, it says, "the English are hurt that we attribute the deliverance of Spain entirely to our own efforts." But it is not towards England alone that this selfish unkind spirit betrays itself in Spain: it is confessed that it operates generally against all nations.

From Bayonne they report, that the King of Spain has confiscated the property of all Spanish refugees in France.

The merchants of Cadiz complain heavily of the misapplication to Court purposes of the funds which they had contributed to accelerate the departure of the armament for South America.

ITALY.

Brussels Papers to the 15th inst. state, on the authority of private accounts, that "the plans and connections of the malcontents at Milan, which have been discovered by the arrest of Gen. Lecchi, and two other Generals who had conspired, were very dangerous, not only for Italy, but for all Europe, by the extent of their ramifications; and that eight persons, chiefs of the conspiracy, are condemned to death." The arrest of couriers for the purpose of obtaining their dispatches, and many other recent occurrences, may be adduced as evidence of this spirit of insurrection in the North of Italy; a spirit that will not be a little extended and inflamed by the discontents in Genoa, in conse quence of the annihilation of that ancient Republic.

An article from Rome furnishes an abstract of a Papal Bull; the object of which is, to preserve the respectabilty of the Clergy, who are prohibited from appearing at Theatres in the habit of their order, from exercising mechanical professions, and from being heads or masters of estab lishments.

From Naples it is stated, that King Joachim becomes daily more insecure on his throne; but this statement in the French Journals is completely at variance with the accounts received through other channels.

GERMANY.

A letter from Vienna, dated the 30th of December, contains a paragraph which countenances a report of Sir Sidney Smith being endeavouring to induce the Powers composing the Congress, to take measures for puiting an end to the depredations of the piratical States of Barbary; it is as follows: "Yesterday, in the Au-garten, there was a great Pic-nic, under the direction of the celebrated Sir Sidney Smith. None but Members of Orders of Knighthood were invited; and the benevolent

object of this Chivalric Meeting was to make a very considerable collection for the Christian slaves in Algiers and Tunis, as well as to communicate several ideas respecting the plan for henceforth securing the nations of Christendom against the enterprises and oppressions of the Infidels."

Accounts from Vienna to the 7th inst. mention rather a remarkable change of Negociators as having taken place. Prince Metternich, it seems, opposed the views of Russia in regard to Poland; though it is acknowledged, that the people of that country, as they cannot have a King of their own, are anxious to have it created a kingdom under the powerful and magnanimous auspices of the Emperor Alexander. This reported obstacle to the general happy arrangement of Continental affairs, is now however stated to have been removed by the Emperor of Austria, who at the request of Alexander, has appointed Count Stadion successor to Prince Metternich; similar changes being at the same time consented to both by Russia and Prussia-the former appointing Count Capo d'Istria successor to Count Nesselrode; the latter naming Count Jordan, instead of Baron Humboldt. The new Ministers are stated to be all unequivocally friendly to the proposed new order of things.

Our accounts from Vienna are to the 12th inst. but bring nothing but contradiction and uncertainty. A grand conference is said to have taken place on the 9th, but of its result nothing was known. To make up, however, for the want of real information, conjectures and speculations continue to be hazarded, frequently contradicting and opposing each other. Thus we have two articles from Vienna, of the same date, in different papers; the one full of alarm and apprehension; and the other, telling us that the negociations had taken a more favourable turn, and that the difficulties relative to Poland and Saxony were either removed or on the point of being so. The actual state of the negociations we have yet to learn.

The strictest secrecy, we understand, has hitherto been enjoined upon all the Ministers at the Congress; and the reports which appear in the Foreign Journals are, of course, destitute of foundation. The secrecy which has thus been observed is highly honourable to all parties concerned. Instead of suffering ex-parle statements to appear in the several nations of the Continent, to inflame the minds of the people, in order to make them compliant with the wishes of their rulers at the moment, the most profound silence has been maintained on all hands during the progress of the negociation; and it cannot be doubted that the great work of universal pacification must be much facilitated

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By letters from St. Petersburg to the 25th ult. we learn that the Finance Department of Russia had been actually engaged in collecting, by purchase and otherwise, a great quantity of silver coin; whence it was concluded, that the Government had in contemplation some belTigerent proceedings, and it was surmised that Turkey would become the new theatre of war. Specie had risen 10 per cent. on account of the purchases so made for the use of the State.

AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES. The news of the pacification of Ghent will arrive in the United States at a most critical period.

The Democrats themselves began to complain of the war. The universality of the objects of taxation had. occasioned great dissatisfaction in a country where they have been so slightly af fected by the modern system of revenue, adopted in Earope. The bankruptcies were numerous in all the chief commerGal establishments, and especially in Baltimore. So late as the 1st of December, Mr. Madison appears to have been altogether hopeless of the extraordinary good fortune which on the 24th of the same month snatched him from political rain. On the first-mentioned day, he laid before Congress a letter from the American Agents at Ghent, with its enclosures, as explaining the actual state of the negociation; and this letter, which is dated on the 27th of October, expressly says, that "no hopes of peace could be entertained," When this intelligence reached the United States, the Government was openly and avowedly Bankrupt ! the Secretary of the Treasury having given public notice, that, in consequence of the depressed state of public credit, he was unable to provide for the payment of the interest of the public debt in specie ;" and therefore he very obligingly gave the creditors an option of subscribing their demands towards a new loan, or of taking drafts on certain private banks in the Southern and Western States, many of which, particularly that af Baltimore, were known to be in a state of insolvency. As to the scheme of a National Bank, that had totally failed: Mr. GENT. MAG. January, 1815.

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Monroe's grand plan for raising 100,000 men had been diluted down to total inefficiency; and the different Bills for doubling the existing taxes were dragging heavily along, with great opposition in Congress, and an absolute certainty that the people could never be brought to submit to the payment. Such was the state of things in America when the Treaty of Peace was signed at Ghent.

The Vice-president of the United States, Mr. Gery, died in the latter end of November. Mr. Gaillard has been appointed his successor.

A Canada paper says-" Every soldier now serving in this country, who relinquishes the Chelsea pension, is entitled to 200 acres of land, upon application to the Land Board at Quebec: he must, however, settle on the soil. In fact, it is a standing rule with this Government, to grant 200 acres to any person, who is a British subject, provided he settle thereon. As to officers, we know of no fixed allowance provided for them. But this much we can say, that any gentleman retiring from the army, by representing past services to his country, may have liberal grants. It was officers and soldiers diecharged at the peace of 1783, who settled the now flourishing province of Upper Capada. Officers had from 500 to 12,000 acres, and some by great favour, got much more.. No soldiers, to our knowledge, got less than 200. The Government has yet many millions of acres to concede, and when the army shall be reduced, liberal grants will be made to our veterans of all grades."

Letters from Cape Henry, in the island of Hayti, announce the arrest of the Commissioner who had been sent from France to that place, and who was a Spaniard by birth, calling himself Medina. His real name, however, was discovered to be Augustine Franco; and he was recognised as a traitor, who had betrayed his post under Gen. Toussaint to Leclerc. On being closely interrogated by the Governor, he gave up his instructions; in which he is desired to cultivate the acquaintance of the Generals and natives, and, if possible, to occasion a revolt. He has been exh bited in the church, to the whole town, and to the soldiery, as a spy. King Henry Christophe immediately sent information of Franco's arrest to the President Petion, who, in consequence, detained Lavaysse, and Draveman, the Commissioners who had reached Port-au-Prince with the same views which Franco had entertained at Cape Henry. This circumstance clearly shews, that whatever hostilities may have formerly fraged between the North and South of Hayti, both parts are united in their determination to repel aggression on the part of the French.

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