The National Register. — London, England, 1816-02-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. turb. This may be the opinion of a pure royalist, which we believe to he our friend's political cast. 'But if it be even true, thatult FraneelS . Tiftely royalists, it would be wholly unnecessary to keep the -Foreign troops there Our own opinion is, that in such a country as France, the peo ple of property - are content with almost any government which does not much disturb them, and submit through fear to ping, or Republic, or Emperor, which ever is upper. trtw.t. But before three persons can be brought forward in si ppott of the Government, it is necessary to get rid of the Political thinkers. and bold actors!who alone guide fhe public opinions.. For this purpose the Foreiv trovs are necessary, and the patient bearers of the burthen will then find, that they will be abliged to move at the tcintintild of the Gavel nment. In the absence of a free press, we know no more of the real opninions of the people oh France, than we did in the reign of Bonaparte. It is r,2asonablu to conclude, that the better part, of the people must desire louda Constitution and a limited Monarchy. A Letter from Paris, &ied Jan. 29, says : " You avii ot be surprised at w hat has lately happened at Lyons, aviwn you know it is the grand rendezvous of all the Rdercs frum all the towns snd neighbouring departments. Mon sieus f iivaud, in his pamphlet entitled Les Crimes des Fediret," observes, " it is fit that the Government should lot in a just hiea of the spirit which pervades the towns and the country within the circle of the Federation of Lyons. At Vienne, Romaus,Valence, Bourg,Thoissey,Villefranche, Wsitijeau, Tarare, Macon, Charolles, Nantua, Chalons, Tuornos. and all the villages and hamlets adjoining these towel, one is uncertain whether it be Lou's XVIII, or Buonaparte, who reigns in France. The cry of '" Vive PEmpereur" was heard even on the high roads ; the tri Coloured flag is paraded about, while the white flag is torn in pieces ; if the mayor he a Royalist they hang his dog, beeaose they cannot hang him.—lf on the contrary the mayor be not a royalist ; he treats iii all the young men who cry Vive I'llol A duel took place yesterday in the Champs Elysees, be tween Monsieur de la Tour du Pin„ • a Major in the Royal Guard, and another Officer in the7same Corps ; the result of t:hieh %vas fatal to the former gentleman.--Monsieur de la Tour du ['in is son to the Marquis de Gouverney, Peer of France, and t . s ho was formerly Prefect of Brussels during the rei4n of the Usurper. 44 The unwise and desp — otic measure of suspending the English newspapers, will suffice to prove to you that the Ultra ,toyalists are Lords of the Ascendant. Ilis Majesty is known to be personally averse to this prohibition. The Due cie Richelieu and llarbe Marbois have not disguised their disapprobation of it; but in vain. It is imagined, one motive that ititlnences the Government is the approaching Session of the Elitist' Parliament, and the probable tend! ency of the si.e.eclies of some of the Members. " Permit me now to fix your attention on the various advances of the par r since the commencement of the great struggle, and the victory they obtained over the King, Mi nistry, and Constitutionalists on the Amnesty Bill. " First —Dismissal of Fouche, and gucrre a twirl against all the ja,abias of the Revolotion and their adhereiits— their attack on l'alleyrand, who represents all the moderate ;evolutionary interests—all the persons who, born since 1790, i,.td servi'd under each successive Government, and were content to serve under the legitimate one. " Motion of M. Cannel on the additional pensions for the tiuldiers of the royal armies of 1.4 Vendee and the South, Motion for empowering the citizen to bequeath legacies of whatever nature, to the Church or the Confessor. ¶' Opposition to the. Budget in all points. 44 Suppression of the Institute, &c. "Interdiction of the English Newspapers. 44 Talleyrand remains determined not to quit Paris unless by compulsion. It will not be easily believed, that open violence can be employed against a man who has given such undeniable proofs of his attachment to tht Bourbons, that his efforts contributed materially to place them on the throne. 'Who can have forgotten the strenuous perseverance, the indefatigable activity and address with which this States. man engaged the Allied Powers to Agn the important do. current of the 13th March ; and which, had it been delayed six days later, many suppose problematic, whether it would have been signed at all, had 13uonaparte's unmolested en. trance into Paris been known at. Vi e nna. For this was his property confiscated, and his drath.—sentence pronounced. These are assuredly no trifling, serv.es, and are on record. 4,4 . The Duc de Richelieu three nights since had a private conference with the Duke of Wellington, which la6ted two hours. The same night the Duke gave orders for the int. mediate departure of the Guards. It is conjectured that the King had declared his unwillingness to consent to the augmentation of soldiers, which the Commander in chief considered prudent to require, should he have prolonged his residence in the metropolis. " The Erench paper, the 44 Aristarque," of which M. • Jouy is one of the principal Editors, has been suppressed ; as is supposed irrevocably so'. The cause of this measure is some miserable equivoque concerning the Indian Jugglers. The Jugglers are divided, says the factious Jour►►alist, into several classes. These are named, and some ,iEdipus dis. covered in those names the anagram of several of the allied Powers. Yon will acknowledge, I think, this puniAnnent severe foi an unfortunate attempt at a scurvy joke." IRELAND. 1 It is with great concern that we have to state, that the .disturbances in Ireland still continue. The Cork papers which. arrived yesterday arc filled with details of the• most heart rending description, chiefly in the shape of trials under the Insurrection Act. We subjo►n the following account of the Special Commission held at Clonmel CLort MEI., Jan. (24.—0 n Saturday morning E. Maher, T. Hurley, W. O'Donnell, M. Carney, T. Fitzgerald, and W. Maher were arraigned, for that they, on the night of the ifith of September last, did assault, fire into, And set on fire, .the house of W. Burke, at Cappa Uniack, in this county. William Burke, being called and sworn, deposed, that he lived at Cappa Uniack, where he followed the business of a publican. On the night above-mentioned, ahem twelve o'clock, as the witness was preparing to go to bed, he heard a noise at.t!ie door, proceeding front several persons demanding liquor : the witness's mother went to the door, and told them it could not be given at that hour. They then asked for some porter, but this was also refused, nor would she open the door. Find ing they could not obtain admittance by stratagem, they at tacked the Windows'of the house, and shattered them to pieces. Witness seized his gun, and kept firing through the window. in a direction. calculated for effect ;—and from this time he ob served that the assailants carried on the assault, not in front of the windows, but by the sides, and close to the walls. Witness. kept thing as fast as possible—though at random. When about half his ammu►tition was expended, the assailants called out to witness to deliver his arms; he replied by directing a musket:. ball to the spot whence the demand proceeded. Afterthe wit►,ess had fired a few shots more, the assailants again demand . ed his arms, declaring, that if he refused : they would set fire to FEB 4 a ti 1 t 1. •• A • i • •