The National Register. — London, England, 1814-05-08 00:00:00

TEL the Emperor alone ; that he saved a part of its members out of Vie storms of the revolution, raised another part from nothing to great ness, and protected them against the hatred of the nation. The Se nate appeals to the Article of the Constitution in order to overthrow it. It does not blush to make reproaches to the Emperor, without reflecting, that the Senate itself; as the first body in the State, has had a share in every event. It has gone so far as to dare reproach the Emperor with having.falsified the o ffi cial documents in the pub lication ; the whole world k nows he had no occasion for such arti fice!, a hint from him was a command for the Senate, which always did more than was required of it. The Emperor has ever been ready attend to the well-founded advice of his Ministers, and he ex pected from them, under present circumstances, the fullest approba tion dad support of his measures. If, out of zeal, exaggeration has slipped into the public addresses and speeches, the Emperor may certainly have been deceived. hut ought not those who have held :oda language to bim, reproach themselves for the consequences of their own flattery ."The Senate is not ashamed to speak of libsls against foreign powers; and fOreets that they were composed in its own bosom As long as forrine reina;ped faithful to their sovereigns, these people never let a liable of complaint about the abuse of power escape their bps. If the Emperor had despised making as he is upbraided with Navin" done, the world must now acknowledge that he had 30111 e reason to despise them. " He has received his dignity from God and the nation ; they alone can take it trout him. He has always considered this dignity a% a burti►en,. and when he took it upon himself; it was from the couvietion that he alone was able to ) support it in a becoming manner. His fortune ►+cem4 to be his destiny. Nnw that fortune has declared agaiivi him, nothing but the a%px•eal will of the natiou could prevail upon him to remain, nxy long , .sr on the throne. If he 'mist consider I.iot•zelt as the only obstacle to peace, he most willingly Makes to France his last sacrifice. lie has accord ingly sent the Prince of NU)::ksra, and the Dukes of Vicenza and Tarentani, to Paris, to open a negociation. The army may be assured that its honour, autl the happiness of France shall never be opposed to each other: ) . • ' MAY 8. BUONAPARTEAN FAMILY. AUTUN, APRIL 26.—Napoleon was to have passed through our town. and several detachments of the Allied troops had proceeded to escort him ;'hut he tObk the road of Boaribonnais, His brothers have been wandering in our environs. Jerome slejt at Luzy, about ;even leagues from hence. On the 27th he alighted unexpectedly at Madame la Chapelle's, the wife of the Mayor, who was extremely embarrassed about receiving him. Her husband was atisent. This lady and her family are devoted' to the Bourbons ; but these bye places are three weeks behind•hand in news, and a corps of par tisans which infested the banks of tne Loire, rendered all communi cation difficult fur some time. Jerome alarmed the Royal 'prinei plcs of his hostess by saying—', What is passing is nothing—facts arc exaggerated—a petty movement caused by two or three had persons is called a counter-revolution—patience—the Emperor is snore powerful than ever--all rally round him--lae will triumph over the rebels, punish them exemplarily, and order will be restored." On the 22(1, Jerome halted and slept at a short distance from our town on the road to Moulins. He travels with much baggage; a Roisian General accompanies him, and lie is said to be going to Elba. It is pretended that Jerome reckoned upon the assistance of Nieenais, the inhabitants of which had been worked upon by agi tators. The peasants have not yet recovered from their fears of the Allies. Credulous people believe that '200,C00 Turks are advancing to the Danube to take the Mlles in the rear %%Mkt Buonaparte at tacks them in front. Joseph Buonaparte passed by our town on the 24th, he was treated by his conductors with regard and too mach confidcnoe. It was thought he was going to the Isle of All at once he escaped into a wood between Desise and Lnzy, and disappeared. A Colonel %vim is in pursuit of Lim arrived yesterday at Autnu. PARIS, MAY I.—Between the 11th and 19th April, Joseph, Louis, and Jerome Buonaparte, their Mother, and their. Uncle, passed through Bourges, in the direction of La Charite, followed by well laden waggons and carriages. Whatever one of our journals may have said, Cardinal Maury and alt his family continue to inhabit tile Archiepiscopal Polace. / 1 4TATIONAL REGISTER. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. . HOUSE OF LORD 4. MONDAY, MAY 2. A copy of the Convention entered into between the Allies and the Government of France for the suspension of hostilities; and also a copy of the treaty of concert and subsidy between this country and the Allies, Was laid on the table by Earl Liverpool, Lord GREY moved fint an account of the second Subsidy paid to Sweden, according to the treaty entered into with - that country, ald the number of forces brought into the field by Sweden, according to agreement. Also an account of the time when Guadeloupe was surrendered and taken possession of by Sweden. Also an account of the orders issued by the Admiralty for blockading the ports of Norway.—The whole of these were ordered. Earl GREY then gavt notice, that lie should make a motion on the subject of Norway, on Tuesday, the 10th inst. and mi,ved that their Lordships be summoned.—Ordeied. Earl STANHOPE preielltCli two Petitions from persons in the Fleet, complaining of extravagance of fees, and then moved for an account of all fees received under the Act of Parliament, by officers in the different gaols.—He moved also for an account of fees, in or der that the same might be put up, where all prisoners might have access.—Both the Petitions were ordered to lie on the table. The Noble Earl next introduced two Bills, one to do away mesne pro ee.,,s, and another to protect debtors against pettyfoggiog attornies. Both were read a first time. TUESDAY, MAY 3. The Exchequer Bills' Bill was read a third time and passeil. The Cordage Einheatlement, the LEW of Attainder the Ilieli Treason Punishment, the Corruption of Blood, and a num ber of linclOsureand Road Bills, were brought up, and read a ht time WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. The Rnyal Anent was given by Commission to the Exchequer Bills', the Gold Coin, Cochineal Importation, and the Salt Duties, and to a great number of pi ivate and local Bills. The CH.* Penalties. Su-pension Bill was brought up from tl.• Commons, and read a first time. THURSDAY, :HAY 5. Earl GREY presented a petition from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, sign ed by 8,000. persons, against filo alteration in the Corn Laws. Earl GREY understood that a Mission had proceeded from his Ma jestv's Government to-the Court of Denmark: He hoped the Earl of Liverpool had no objection. to inform the House as to the object of that mission ; whether it was intended to make the submission of Norway a sine qua non ; and to compel them, it necessary, by force of arms., to submit ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL, answered, that Commissioners had been sent on the part of the Allied Powers, of whom Great Britain was one. to Copenhagen and to Norway, with a view to an amicable ar. rangement. Earl DA RNLEY rose to ask whether there was an intention to sub mit to ParliaMent any proposition for a grant to the Doke of Wel lington, to enable him the better to support that well - deserved dig nity ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated, that either to-morrow or the next sitting day, lie expected to have to submit to their Lordships a pro position on that subject, by order of the Prince Regent. Lord finiiiortLlAL., after an eloquent speech, moved an kddre-zs to the Prince Recent, humbly praying that his Royal ifigitheAs would he pleased to take fin tiler mean' to procure the concurrence of other Powers in the Abolition of the African Slave Trade. The motion was agreed to nem. dis. FRIDAY, MAY 6. The Duke of NORFOLK' moved the reading of the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Pantheon Theatre Hill, with a view to move that it should be discharged, which motion he w:lti ir duced to make for particular reasons. He added that he !•houtic . Ibr the satisfaction of all the parties interested, 4ive due notice of the day upon v:hich he proposed to move a farther proceeding. SWEDEN. Earl GREY observed - I — that, among' the Papers hid nn the table, in consequetice of a motion which he hail submitted to the House. a viclv to ascertain how far the comp return Elvin Mr. Edw. Titorn act between thii cm . "'" '"" Sweden hatl been executed, timild a ton, dated the 6th ofJ nue, 18 13 , in %Inc h it Wati s t a ted that SW. den 295