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ntariticle We. extract it without fur- ar comment. The opinions prevalent "parts on the subject will be embodied fithe letters of our Parismn correspon-

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at: e PARIS, FebruaryQS.

«On Friday the 22d February, at half ist five, Madame the Dutchcss of Berri elivered to General Bugead, governor of he citadel of Blaye, the following decla- ration:—

“pressed by my circumstances, and by the measures ordaind by the government, although I had the gravest pOSSllllc motives for keeping my marriage secret, I think [owe it to myself as well as to my chil- dren to declare that [was secretly married during my sojourn in Italy.

(Signed) ‘ MARIA CAROLINE,

‘From the citadel of Blaye,

this 22d of February, 1833.

“This declaration, transmitted by the General Bugead to the President of the Council,‘the Minister-of War, was imme- diately deposited in the depotof the ar- chieves of the Chancellerie of France.”

By the last reports, the Duchess is on the eve of her confinement it has been a fortunate event for the existing dynasty of France, and it cowrs the Carlists with Little credence is given to the story ofher being married, and the preva- lent opinion is that the father of the child is the Jew rutfian, Dentz, who betrayed her.

Carlism cut-up—-The expose of the Dutchess de Berrie’s being in the family

5- E? :5 to

amin in their endeavours to restore legi- timacy to France. The French, fond as they are of making fun ofothers, cannot stand being made fun ofin return; and the chivalrous Carlists, who would have fought a l’ outrance for the heroic mother of Henry V., will let the blade grow rusty in the scabbard sooner than draw it for a were female of sanguine constitution. Alas! Maria Caroline was of Neapolitan birth—and ltalia’s daughters are “ mighty warm.” This mnlheureusecontrelcmps will render Carlism defunct: the Legitimists viilnever withstand the caricatures of the th0ps—and the twits ofthe Salons—and the sneers of the Republicans.

The Cour Royale of Paris has decreed the trial of the celebrated Chateaubriand, by the Court of Assizes, for having, in his Memoirs sm' Ia Captirile de S. J1. R. la Duchess dc Berri, excited to hatred and contempt of this government, and attacked the right which the Orleans derive from the choice of the people. The proprie- tors of the Royalist papers, the Courier de l’Europe, Q-totidienne, Gazelle de France, Echo Francois, Revenant, and Mule, are likewise to be indicted for publishing a sPeach delivered at M- de Chateaubriand’s,

tending also to attack the sacred rights of the “ best of republics.”

\Ve have received by special express the Paris Journals and our private letters of yesterday. From these we have some facts of great interest and importance; the first interest probably is, that Chateau- briand, the editors of the Quodicnnc, Ga- zelle dc France, Courier de l’ Europe, and some other Royalists, who had been made the objects ofa State prosecution for wri- ting in behalf'of the Dutchess of'Berri. had been acquitted.

This is ofcourse a triumph to the Car- list partys but that is sadly counterbalanced by the unhappy affair ofthe Dutchess, from the effects of which the [loyalists do not appear to he recovered. Some details as to the discovery of the Dutchess’s situa- tion, will be found in the letter of our Pa- risian correspondent.

The acquittal of Chateaubriand and co- defendents, however, though it may not restore the party to the Dntchess, lowers the Government, as a Government always is lowered by a defeated attempt at prose- cution.

I‘HE Iii—{irisi—IMXSIERICAA APRIL ’20, 1833.

Bv the arrival of the March packet at Halifax, we are furnished with English dates down to the 9th ult. The bill for suspending the constitution in Ireland, and establishing a system of coercion in that unhappy country, has passed the House of Lords, with little or no oppo- sition, and is now before the House of Commons where it passed the first read- Ing on the 23th of February, when there Was a vigorous, though an uuavailing struggle made against it. “ All the evil spirits” says the editor ofthe London Examiner, speaking of the despotic scheme of Ministers towards lreland,— “ hail it with delight; the love of tyrano ny prevails even against the spleen of party, and Tory and Whig are cordial- ly united in this evil work. The hell- broth is brewing, and around it minglcs black spirits and white, blue spirits and grey. he Lords of misrulc of all colors and denominations cheerfullyjoin hands round the cauldron ; party rivalries and jealousics are forgotten in an act of congenial mischief. or if a sneer or a re- proach be vented. it is at the tardiness of the undertaking." On the other hand, it is asserted that the outrages commit- ted nightly in different parts ofthe coun_ try, are indeed appalling ; no security appears to exist either for life or proper- ty in the disturbed districts. The great

question is, are these vigorous measures the best mode of effecting this object P Mr. O’Connell and his party say they are not : that by adopting measures of conciliation to a sufficient extent, the far greater part of the peasantr would re- turn to good order, whilst t to ordinary tribunals would be sufficnent to deal with those who might continue refrac- tory. The fact is, England Imposed on the conquered Irish, the clergy of a Church to which they are irreconcilca- hly hostile, and we now find it impossi- ble to maintain this clerical domination, except by the strong arm of military force.

The provisions of the irish coercive bill, we extract from the editorial of the Halifax Journal, as follows:

The Bill provides, that, ifneccssary, any district may be proclaimed in a state of dis- turbance; in which case a different mode of trial from the usual one will be adepted: that the Lord Lieutenant shall be em- powered to issue his proclamation, in res- pect to any county where the peace might be disturbed, and to appoint courts martial for the trial of all offences under the act. Those tribunals to be compased of a field officer, captain, and four subaltern officers, to have power to pronounce sentence of transportation for life, to be carried into execution inslanler upon .conviction, and witho..t an appeal. They are not, unless by authority of the Lord Lieutenant, to take cognizance of offences punishable with death, or to inflict greater punishment than that of transportation. Persons absent from their houses between sunset and sun- rise are to be liable to be questioned by these courts, and those who should be in possession of arms and ammunition, or sell seditious papers, are to come under the act; nor shall any persons, imprisoned un- der it, be entitled to the benefit of the Habeas Corpus act—The Lord Lieutenant to be empowered to change the venue, when a fair trial cannot otherwise be had, by a separate bill.

Avery large meeting of the National Uni- on of the Working Classes, took place in Lon- don. to express their abhorrence of the measures ofcoerci-on proposed to be a- dopted towards Ireland.

A great meeting was held at Birmingham, where very strong resolutions in condemnation of the coercive measures proposed to be used towards Ireland, were adopted ; as was a. peti- tion to the House of Commons. in which they state that they approach the [louse with feel- ings of astonishment, ofg'rief, and of horror, at. the measures introduced by Ministers.

This port is now navigable, the ice having in a great measure disappeared: two or three small crafts came into the harbor yesterday, and this morning a schooner arrived from Pic. tou, N. S.