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PATHOLOGY.

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MONTHLY REGISTER.

Europe.

FRANCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AN extraordinary occurrence took place at the theatre at Paris on the 24th March, at the representation of Germanicus, a new tragedy, from the pen of M. Arnault, one of the banished members of the Institute. The Duke of Berri, who was in his box with his suite, honoured the noble sentiments the tragedy is replete with by his repeated approbation. All was tranquil during the representation, excepting when the genuine beauties of the piece called forth the rapturous applauses of the audi

ence. But when the author was called for, as is customary at Paris, a serious skirmish ensued. In an instant a thousand sticks were brandished in the air: the royalist officers were violently assaulted with bludgeons by the half-pay officers, who were in much greater numbers. The pit was carried by the Bonapartists; the boxes by the Royalists. The curtain drew up, and a numerous party of gendarmerie, with fixed bayonets, rushed into the pit, and order was restored; but not till after many persons had been much hurt. MM. De Cazes, and D'Anglés waited on his Majesty, and represented that it would not be prudent that Germanicus should be repeated, as the

two parties were so exasperated, that bloodshed would inevitably ensue. The king signified his acquiescence.

The animosity, revived by the representation of the play of Germanicus, betwixt the Royalists and Bonapartists, has found another subject of contention-the Gardes du Corps. This body, composed of persons of respectability, has always been an eye-sore to the party styled Libéraux, who contend, that it is highly improper that the sovereign should have a guard unconnected with the army. The infringement of certain privileges, to which this corps had considered themselves entitled, seems to have excited considerable disgust among them, and some disorders. Of the Duke D'Havré's company nearly the whole have sent in their resignation, and by a royal ordonnance of 10th April, that of Noailles has been disbanded.

It will be seen from the following article, that arrests for criminal designs against the government of the Bourbons have not yet entirely ceased. On the 29th March, the Count de Croquembourg, a Belgian officer, formerly in the French service, and M. Arnoud de Briqueville, were apprehended at Paris, and their papers secured, on a charge of carrying on a treasonable correspondence with the French exiles in Belgium; and, more recently, the wife of M. Regnauld de St Jean D'Angleby was apprehended on a charge of a similar correspondence with her husband, now an exile in the United States of America. A copy of a curious letter, said to have been intercepted, is given in the London papers, but it is evidently of English manufacture.

The French police has not permitted the journals to take any notice of the motion of Lord Holland with respect to the situation of Bonaparte, nor of the answer of Lord Bathurst.

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Late accounts give the following state of the present military force of France:-The Garde Royal, 20,000 of all arms. fantry, 81 departmental legions, consisting each of from 300 to 500 men. The regi ments of cavalry are each from 200 to 300 strong. The corps of artillery and sappers complete, as fixed by ordonnance of the peace establishment. Besides these, France has in its service seven regiments of Swiss, and two regiments of Germans the latter under the command of Prince Hohenloe.

Died at Paris, on the 4th April, in the 59th year of his age, Marshal Massena, Prince of Essling. He was one of the ablest and most successful of those great officers whom the French revolution raised to distinction-the great blemish in his character, as in that of the English Marlborough, was avarice.

The state of the weather during the month of April seems to have been particularly unfavourable in France, and great public anxiety prevails respecting the vintage and harvest. At Toulouse, and other places in

the south, daily prayers have been offered up during some weeks for rain.-From Sancerre, department of the Cher and Loire, on the contrary, we learn, that for three days preceding the 5th April, hail and snow had fallen without interruption; that the fruits in general had been blasted, and the vineyards threatened with a total destruction of this year's crop.-The distress in the provinces is excessive. Bread is every where 7 sols (34d.), in many 9 (44d.), and in some 10 and 11 sols a-pound.

By a late ordonnance of the king, the standards of the ancient company of horsegrenadiers of his guard are to be deposited in the hands of the family of La Rochejaquelin. His Majesty has given permission to that family to make these ensigns the supporters of their arms, and to unite them by the following device: "Vendée, Bordeaux, Ven. dée," as a perpetual memorial of the faithful and devoted services rendered to the crown by that illustrious family.

NETHERLANDS.

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Two ships, under the flag of the Nether lands, which were captured by a Moorish vessel in October last, have been restored.

The king has done ample justice to the inhabitants of the city of Antwerp, for in a formal decree he declares the toll of Flushing to be abolished, and that the sumns which have been levied upon the merchants shall be restored.

On the 11th April, a dreadful storm, accompanied with lightning, assailed the town of Ath. A thunderbolt fell upon the steeple of the cathedral church, which it also set on fire, and in less than eight hours the whole edifice was reduced to ashes.

A most horrible catastrophe is detailed in a recent Ghent journal. A poor peasant and his three children had applied to his brother, who was in easier circumstances, for relief: he met his brother on the road, who desired him to go to his house and ask his wife for bread and potatoes, which she inhumanely denied. The poor wretch, afflicted at the situation of his starving children, resolved to kill them; and for that purpose tied them all together with a string, and threw them into a deep well, and im mediately leapt in after them. His brother, on his return, finding what had been done, blew out his wife's brains with a pistol, and immediately delivered himself up to justice. The public feeling is strong in his favour.

The baptism of the Duke of Brabant, son of the Prince of Orange, took place on the 29th March, at Brussels, in the presence of their Majesties, the Princess Dowager of Orange and Brunswic, the Princes William and Frederic, the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, &c. The young prince received the names William-Alexander-Paul-Frederic Louis. The Queen of Great Britain and the Prince Regent were the sponsors by proxy.

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SPAIN.

Letters from Spain state, that in the Rioxa, a province of Old Castile, the town of Armedillo has been overwhelmed by the falling of a mountain: every inhabitant perished. Nothing now appears but the top of the steeple.

The earthquake which was felt at Barcelona on the 18th March was likewise felt on the same day at Lerida, Saragossa, and Madrid. At Saragossa, the concussion was so violent as to throw down a painting in the chapel of the Virgin of the Pillar during mass, and the people fled from the church. At Madrid, the effects were still more alarming; it overthrew a wall at the royal manufactory of porcelain, which killed two men. A violent shock was felt at the palace of justice. The judges, who were sitting, deserted the hall, which trembled around them. The weather was again clear and serene, and the air had recovered its usual temperature.

The Spaniards are carrying on the slave trade with unabated perseverance. Several of their ships have recently arrived at the Havannah, with slaves from Africa to the number of two thousand.

A letter from Gibraltar states, that an affray had unfortunately occurred at the outposts, between some English and Spanish troops, in which several of the latter were killed. Two English soldiers had

been tried and executed.

Letters have been received from Cadiz, dated March 28. They inform us, that on the 25th the expeditionary troops destined to act against South America were reviewed by their commander, Count Abisbal, in the public square; and having received part of their pay, and with it made merry, they refused to re-embark. A regiment of lancers, and the regiment of Navarre, are said to have broken out into open mutiny, and bid defiance to the control of their officers. They cried out, they would not go out to act as butchers to the Cadiz monopolists; swore they would liberate all confined in the prisons, and themselves obtain their arrears of pay out of the Treasury. The other regiments were marched against them; and, after a severe contest, they were compelled to embark on the following day.-During the whole time the greatest alarm prevailed in Cadiz; the windows and doors of every house were shut up. A postscript of the same letter adds, that the contest was renewed on board, when a great number of men were shot, whose numbers, as well as 300 who had previously deserted, were replaced by part of the Cadiz garrison.

Conspiracy to re-establish the Cortes.Madrid, April 9.-A revolution was prepared and ready to break out in Barcelona, on Good Friday, the 4th instant; at the head of which were to have been the illustrious and patriotic Generals Lacy and Millano, well known in the peninsular war. VOL. I.

This revolution, we are assured, was organized for the express purpose of re-establishing the Cortes and Constitution, and the proclamations to this effect were couched in the same terms as those of Porlier in Gallicia. The first acts were to have been the seizure of all the constituted authorities, as well as of the strong fortresses of Figueras and Monjui, in order to make the city of Barcelona the point of union for all the troops which were to assemble and co-operate in the enterprize. The plan was, however, discovered by the government, before it could be carried into effect; and, in consequence, eighteen officers of rank, among whom is General Lacy, were arrested, besides a great number of other persons of distinction. Milano had effected his escape. A considerable number of arrests have likewise taken place in other parts of the kingdom. The prisons and castles are no longer sufficient to contain all the prisoners. In Malaga, twelve persons of distinction were lately arrested; and at Santiago, in Gallicia, several officers of the garrison, one chaplain, seven sergeants, and many private individuals, have been thrown into prison-all implicated in the Barcelona conspiracy.

ITALY.

April 3.-The Ex-empress Maria Louisa lives in a style of great splendour at Parma, but without ostentation. Her Minister of State and Grand Chancellor is a Mr M'Aulay, an Irishman by birth, possessed of considerable property in the king's county in Ireland.

The Pope Pius VII. has issued a bull of a most extraordinary nature against Bible Societies. This instrument is addressed to the Primate of Poland, and highly commends the archbishop for his zeal in having denounced to the Apostolic See "this defilement of the faith so eminently dangerous to souls;" and he goes on to say, that "it is evident, from experience, that the Holy Scriptures, when circulated in the vulgar tongue, have, through the temerity of men, produced more harm than benefit." The authenticity of this bull has been disputed.

GERMANY.

Mar. 25.-In Prussia the new plan of finance is completed. It is founded on the introduction of a uniform land-tax throughout the kingdom, from Memel to the Moselle.

A very liberal and important edict has been issued at Berlin, respecting the formation of a national representation; and a commission, selected from members of the council of state, has been formed for carrying this intention of his Majesty into immediate execution.

The Germanic diet have unanimously acceded to the request of the Grand Duke of Weimar, to take under their guarantee the constitution which he has granted to his subjects.

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