The National Register. — London, England, 1822-03-11 00:00:00

--r i fi~ - evd, ripty tationalt Luttilittr+ Our Eling, Con4titution, ant( Uainl. PRICE Sidi MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1822. Instance, with closed doors, in the affair of the tes tament of Buonaparte. lie laid it down as a fact, that Buonaparte was civilly dead since 1813 that in consequence the will which he might have made was invalid, and therefore Messrs. Bertrand, Mon tholn, and Marchand, acting as testamentary exe cutors against M. Ltsate,lA to be declared non reccvables on their application. The King's Attor ney insisted that the action could not be sustained, because the ordinance of the 6th of March, 1815, had given commands to pursue (courts sus a) Buonaparte, whence it resulted that he was struck with civil death, and consequently incapable of wak ing a will. Count Torreno, is arrived at Paris. This even ing the preaching of the Missionaries began at half past five in the churches of Les Petits Peres, Saint Eustache, and Nt.tre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle.— No troops were stationed in the Place des Victoires, nor in the adjacent streets; the police duty in the three churches was done, us usual, by the Royal gendarmerie. The greatest order prevailed ; how ever, after the church of l'etits Peres was closed, some hissing and hooting was beard in the Rue du Mail; a patrol of gendarmerie immediately repaired thither, and a young man, it is said, was arrested. To-morrow the preaching of the missionaries will begin at five o'clock. L'ami de la Cho)* of Nantes says. that there have been found in the various parts of the city, printed couplets against the family of the Bourbons. Many eopiesof this criminal perliirmance are in the hands of • the authorities, who have ordered the ne cessary search to be made. The police has paid u visit to the printer of this journal. M. V. Mangin, who supposes that his brethren have received simi lar visits. In tire night of the 26th the house of M. Felix wassestrminded. At day-break his house was entered fin. the purpose of arresting him ; but he was not fiamd. A search was made, the result of which is-not known. ctIANIIIEIt OF PEERS, Mutest 4. • The debate in the law relative to the press was continued, of which articles 3 to 1 1 inclusive were adopted.. Some amendments proposed were re jected. THE JIVE PER CENTS. There are some circumstances in the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that are not undeserving of the attention of the Holders of Five per Cent. Stock, be• fore they come toe deterniluation respecting the CoUtha to be pursued. Itt the first plate, it assess reasonable to , sok; wlry fa very short a tam , as twelve days only is allowed by the iesolotion of the lipase of Commons for the Stockholders resident in the United Kingdom to express their dissent. In the next place it may be asked, why is this period (short as it is) to commence, and in all probability termi nate, before the Act of Parliament passes; since it is pretty clear that the hill cannot go through both houses, and obtain the royal assent, by the ltith lust., when the term fur expressing dissent will expire? In this case the Stockholder who shall not have acted on the resolutions of the House of Commons (which, be it remembered, cannot in their nature be imperative upon him), by dis senting within the titne prescribed, will be punished by having his Five per Cents. converted into Foist pet Cents. and this by an er post facto law, the mast inequitable of all enactments, inasmuch as it exacts obedience to a 14w bofnre its existence. Nor must it be overlooked, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer atfec:s in his speeches to expect the funds to continue to rise. Why, then, It may be asked, if be be really sincere in this expectation, did lie not wait till the Four per Cents. should be at par; since lie might then have converted the Five per Cents. inta Four per Cents. without any bonus, and have thereby saved the natien a consideralde sten, both in principal and interest? Upon the whole, them when we see so very short a time allowed for dissent, and that short time, too, fixed at sit rally a period, that au ex post facto law (the most excep tionable of all laws) is required to carry it lir° effect; end when, moreover, it is further considered that the prospect held iett by tilt eltaarellor of the Exchequer of a I '. -oiler rise in the funds is inconsistent with his pressing the ie. duction of the Five per Cents. now, instead of waiting 0 , 1 the reduction could be effected without any 11,,,,05; when, I say, all these eirentustances are !taken lute consi deration, it is impossible not to perceive that there reu‘s be some very strung seas.us operating on the mind or t,,a Chancellor of the Exchequer, to induce hint to net in so eel ram 'theory a Winner, awl with such unheard of pi vet pitalley 1 anti what 1,411 that reasOls pos , ilily be, hat ail apprehension le.t the negOciations pending bet wr,n Russian.' and the 'finks should terminate in hotti:ll ivs ; which, lie well knows, would sit once put an end to project? That these tiegocietions should so licentiate, 14 mere 01411 prubrible, cutisitleting that the whittle body of the Russian nation is decidedly for war; told ailtiiiituat the Emperor's known partiality for the cause of the 6reeks, on the score of their religion, should have iiiduetel him to yield to the wishes of his people, and cousetpieutly In ovei come his general lepliDtasice to hortilitie., yet pr it. deuce would main:illy sileg , tst to him the prom tety prutrActitig the negociations till tilt pieseut season ~ I * 1;10 year, when the camp lien can be opened with tile best etfeet. thence every mail may be uow expected to an. notince iiis determination ; nllll should that be (is the le. cent huts lligence from the Continent leads its lo es ucel in favour of war, the Chaucellor of the Exchequer wII have great reason to phone litttoWit . opuil his lost sigh. ; of the Five per Cent.. who shall hese act eoted his tetras, will tiad themselves completely (wa witted. cannot conclude these remarks without noticing the glaring utismility of that pact of the resolutions wlurh States that Imoks will not he opened for dissect till t;ie 4th of March, and yet declares that such Five per Cana. holders as shall have heel) its the United Kingdom' between the 2 id of February and the 'Gni of March, and shall wit have dissi sited, shall be held to have assented; hereby ]wleaiiiog of all such persims as shall have left the kiug dimi, bv sea us baud, ittotuecu the 2SII of February ahi ttsu 4111 ut Atsireit, ~whoa 'Mort wt . a physical 14i1pU3Siltillt V. London, March 9. CI VIS. ~l ` '~ By the Imperial Hcatican Gazelle of the 27th of November, and letters of the 17th of December front Vera Cruz, it appears by the latter, contrary to the statements recently made in the Charleston papers, that Gen. Davila still held possession of the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and that he refused to sur render it until orders should arrive from Spain for that purpose. One of the members of the regency at Mexico hail visited the castle, and hail a long con ference with Gen. Davila, with the view of inducing him to change his resolution, but without effect.— The 4 , adle, which is official, is chi* occupied with the arrangements for electing the members of the new Cortes, in conformity with the treaty of Cordova Unlike Ole Cortes of Spein, it is proposed to divide the legislative body into an upper and lower house, to whom is to be assigned the task of pre paring laws calculated to produce seenrity and pres perity to the eiwpire. Thu elections fur the different provinces were expected tube completed on the 13th February, and that the Cones would be installed on the 24th of that month. The Gazelle for the convocation of the Cortes also eentains an address to the people on that occasion by the General in Chief, lturbide. In this he not only disclaims all views of personal ambition, but desires simply to be considered as a citizen. " For myself," says the General, " I long impatiently fur the fortunate day when the national Congress shall he installed, that I may pre sent myself as a simple citizen in this sanctuary of the country, and deliver up the sacred trust which has been confided to me; that 1 may protest before them, as I have already done in the face of all Mexico, that those who - at present hold the reins of Government, my companions in arms, are but sub jects of the sovereign people, and ever ready to obey their orders The whole tenor of the intelligence from Mexico is at variance with the iulioraation front Puebla, that a dill . ..lv:we of sentiment exists respecting the tuna of Uovernureat to be adopted. ~' a f - - - - --- t - V 1 CNNA, Era. 92.—According to despatches frmn Belgrade, the Pacha of that city had received . Turkish courier, who, calculating the time he has , been on the road, must have left the camp of Joan nina on the 2,1 or 3d of February. He has hrom,;ht intelligence of the capture of the famous Ali Paella, who has been delivered up alive by his own trool4 _.. . to Chnursehid Paella. The latter hai loaded hint with chains, and has sent a courier to Constantino ple, whence he expects farther orders. the 4s. perate situation in which Ali was accordin. , to 4 . 10 last news from Pervesa, gives much prZhilitf to -' this event, the truth or falsehood of whielk howetin 14, we shall soon learn by other channels ..... ... .. A commercial courier arrived on Tuesday lastfitt, . Paris, from St Petcrsburg'i, which he lett on ttss.:. _...„:„.• 17th of February. It was b.dieved at his &liar- . lure, that war was on the point of breaking cut A '1 with Turkey, for orders had been sent to all the ,A armies and to the Russian Met in the Black S.:a.— . i The Grand Dukes were gun,; to the army, and the • Emperor and his Ministers were exrecto,! to set otr immediately. • , ~.~,,~• ,~i` 1' . t `rte i , No. 1.359 —VOL. XV.] FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • _ - PARIS, Matzen 2—A journal has announced thot there had been an insurrectionary movement at Nmrt. This statement is wholly destitute of foun dation. The news which was spread yesterday on 'Change by some speculators that insurrections had broken out at Nantes and Angers is entirely false. The regiment of chasseurs on horseback, in garrison at Marti, received orders on the 26th to march to Saumur. In consequence of the assemblages yes teulay evening, 28 more persons Were arrested about the church of the Petits Peres, and conducted o the Prefecture of the Police. This evening the Place des Victoires was occupied, as yesterday, by the armed Circe ; but in the court of the church dos Petits Peres, the Bens d'armes on thot had no muskets, and people walked about there without re straint, as well us in the Place des Victories, and the adjacent streets, where the shops were not shut.— The churches des Petits Peres, of St. Eustache, and Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle, were filled with the faithful, as well as well as persons attracted by curiosity, as they bad been on the preceding days. We have not learned that any disorder took place at the Petits Peres, but at St. Eustache the sermon was frequently interrupted Ly affected coughing, exclamations, and petards, which were discharged at the lower sides of the church. Two Chiefs of Division in the office of the Mi nister of Justice, Messrs. Robert de Rhoellerie and Germ?ati, have just been discharged. The dismis• sal of 68 public functionaries, such as sub-prefects, secretaires general, &c. is also announced. Among others that are spoken of as certain, are the revoca tion of Messrs. D'Herbieny, Secretary-General of the Prefecture of the North ; Fabry, Sub prefect of Gex ; -and the Sub•prefccts of Chalons sod St. Quentin. Great changes have also been made in the officers of the Prefecture of the Police ; it is said that many peace-officers have been dismissed to-day. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF MARCH 2. On the prat's ye.•bat of the weeding sitting be ing read, M. Dutton rose to complain that justice was not done to the two deputies who had been arrested. Departing from the question, the Presi dent several times reminded him that he ought to confine himself to speak of the omission of which be complained. At length he iaid, that the preach ing of the missionaries was not the cause of the 9S. semblage; that every thing passed quietly at St. Eustache : and that the space about the church of des Petits Peres being confined, was expressly chosen to make a copy (plagiat) of the first troubles of the rcvolution. Atter a moment's interruption, he preecedcd to may, that, that the factions had chosen the spot be cause it was near the Batik of France. Misled young men, united with the malefactors, were to come by the street des Bons rufans, to plunder the Bank. (A cry of indignation on the left, a great number of voices exclaiming it is an atrocious ca lumny." A Aimee of disapprobation on the left.) The President declared to M. Dudon, that the Shots he stated not being in evidence could not be brought forward to rectify the prows verbal. lle - told M. Dudon that he could speak no longer, and that the proms verbal should be put to tho vote. M. Dudon again attempted to speat ; but a hun dred angry voices drawned his words, and he re turned to his seat, where be did not seem to receive many congratulations from his non. friends. The proces verbal being approved, the debtte on the public accounts was then euntintied, and the further discussion 'adjourned till Monday. Nam, Mattel' 4 —Before and after mass yester day, there was a levee at the Palace. The digni taries of the kiugloin, tha ministers secretaries of state, the marshals, many peers, deputies, generals, public functionaries, and superior oflieers, came to pay their court to the King. Among the persons admitted. we remarked Prince Talleyraad and the Doke de Cazes. Nl,J,:eit,inot de Pampelone pleoited to day, be fore the First Chamber of the Tribuoul of the First