The National Register. — London, England, 1815-11-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. deciding cause of the ruin of both. Had he not turned 1 against Buonaparte at the h our of his misfortunes, the l a tter would probably s till retain the Imperia l Crown, and Ferdinand would not now fill the throne of Na s o les. Upon the whole, h owever, his conduct was perhaps pe rior to what might have been expected from his origin. —Murat was porn at an inn near Cahors, where, even w hen a child, he was remarkable for his courage and ad when in riding the most spirited horses. The same traits were afterwards eminent in his c haracter when he entered the army as a soldier of fortune, and his early habits in duced him particularly to cultivate the science of cavalry manoeuvres, for which he became so highly distinguished. His marriage with Buonaparte's favourite sister gave him a crown ) and ) as if fortune resolved that he should wear it, his cause, by the most unforeseen and prosperous events, was severed from that of Napoleon; so that he appeared even to triumph in the downfall of his master. But the ve,tlessness of his ambition, and the contemptible chica nery of his politics, worked his ruin. Net satisfied with what the Austrian Minister, in his remonstrance to him, justly called " one of the most ancient, compact, and b:autiful kingdoms in Europe," impelled by the principles be learned in the school of Napoleon, be sighed after the patrimony of the Papal See, and attempted to seize on the three Legations.—Success had rendered Murat an enthu siast; he fancied that Italy panted for liberty—tpat she would hail him as her regenerator, and reward him with her diadem. With thes3 hopes he encountered the power of Austria, with about thirty thousand men, after having severally deceived every Court in Europe, and forfeited the bribe for which he sold his patron l by joining him again before the bargain was completed. The loss of his throne was the just punishment of his perfidy, and the loss of his life can be regarded in no other light than as the sacrifice of in incendiary, offered to the safety of his intended victims. The Austrian Archdukes (who are brothers of the Emperor Francis); accompanied by the Prince of Esterhazy and seven e•thcr Austrian Noblemen, left town on Monday to witness the Racing at the Houghton Meeting; they were superbly entertained on that day at the King's Lodge. They returned t 4 town on Tuesday. On Friday they are expected to set off on a tour to view the principal cities and manufacturing towns of the kingdom. The Princess of %Vales, at her residence on the Lake of Como, in Italy, supports a splendid establishment. 'An Austrian gua►d of honour, of about 2 or 50 men, arc con stantly posted at the gate of her house, which has all the appearance of a palace ; it is expected this will be her per manent residence i.she nevertheless was expected shortly to proceed, fist to the Grecian Isles, and from thence to Coo atantineple, v' the winter. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PkiIERS. NOV. 4. A series of three days' Paris Papers arrived on Wed nesday. We learn from them that the proposed law respecting seditious practises was di•cussed at considerable length in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday last. The Bourbon Cause is proudly triumphant in both Houses ; and the zeal of the Assembly of Deputies is particularly strong. Several amendments were proposed in the course of the discussion, and such as were adopted are of a mantes to increase the penalties originally sugg' sled by Govern ment. It was proposed to substitute the punishment of dea h for that of transportation in certain cases of rebellion. Th s produced a warm discussion ; and with all the force of reasoning employed by the Ministers, and the strong colouring given by them to the punishment of transpor tation to shew that its severity was adequate to the offence, the amendment was negatived by only a very trifling majority. A motion has been made in this Chamber to substitute extempore for written speeches ; but it was rejected, on the ground that they are too much in the infancy of political discussion to limit it to extempore speeches. The Peers were occupied during the public sitting of the 26th, in discussing the lawn projet which had been transmitted from the Deputies, for the arrest and detension of suspicious persons. The Afoniteur gives the speeches delivered on the occasion, but suppresses the names of the speakers. It appears, however, to have been an at i nated discussion, and one of the Peers, Count Lanjuinais, energetically opposed the projet in the fol lowing speech : Messieurs, —In ascending this Tribune I experience two sentiments extremely painful, grief and astonishment — grid, to behold so disastrous a law proposed under the government of the! best of Kings ; astonishment, to say the least of it, at hearing those who propose it declare, in the onset, that it can be objected to only by hypocrites, by the factious, by the accomplices of the guilty, and by the partisans of a sanguinary despotism. Never, during a year which I dare not recal l were permitted ebullitions of oratorical fury more dreadful. Is there, in fact, a necessity for any extraordinary measure ? Is the law which has been proposed to us so necessary, so indispensable? It certainly is not. In fact, do the Ministers omit ens arrest when they think the public safety requires it ? Is there a single department where they have had any scruples upon this head? No. They assume, as they confess, all the responsibility of the matter. In truth, no man who reasons„ can accuse them of this as a crime, and nothing can mitigate the zeal or the obedience of their agents. Did ever any Prefect refuse to execute their most dreadful measures ? Prefects and Sub-prefects are not, in this respect, amenable, except to them, the Ministers, or to the Council of State; and they, the Ministers, are responsible to no one, since the- - their responsibility; for during 11 measure has not been agitated. There can be no crime or pu , which previously defines and dete is the necessity of the law ? But tieal in their danger. I shall retu have explained what it is. I cant comparison, in these latter times, to suspected persons which pas; imprisonment._ executed in a net' 411 Ab if MO • Slav aMirlis ,• = •ili .•• - • - I - .. 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