The National Register. — London, England, 1814-10-30 00:00:00

OCT O. Harbour. It ulnsist , ti of 7.000 mett; bat .ate home that our naval fore.. will prevelit his com,Whing, with Gaines in an attack on nay -7-a. Ttie President's lidessaa. is not arrived, but is hourly expected, and with cov,,tderable impatience. We suspect it nillte received via Paris. FPANCE. wha'ever cause it may lie qscribed, this country appears to be ap p roarhing a state of confusion. The reigning family ' appyar to to eNet4 a power mote than coilitilensuiate with either their me.ols or their influence. C!artot's hav•nz been printeA, pry geeutions were ordeted, Ism punish. meta. have not been inflicted, fur it appears the delinquents have been di.missed. 61 We Lave lost every thing hut our honour" 1 , 71 - e the u•lit,ns exclaimed, in ages and •i•uations. Ge;.,erally srraking, th,y have adhered to a nobility of princirle that b.i%e given tt , ern a riLht to the use of such Iat , ;;;:;ge. It was a c. uNietton of this hind, that the solemn dechrivion of nis the 19 1 ,h, in Februarv, 19 . 13, " that the trileunals prs(itartes of the laws shall prohibit all proset.utions hearing ri!atiou to 'hoer unhapt:v times, of which it, return (the Muse of Bow bon) will for ever seal the oblivion." Let us now reverse the medal, and se:. how this manly de- clarat 'Am is attempted to be evaded, aod the ridicul , als and • abFuid sentiments that are promulgated in this extrantdirary ir.y ; ier " (' o n'i a trirg, that it arpears b,*. too certain that his Majesty, penetrated with tl e t ardent desire of ei.tienig Ihe happine•c of l lirwiec, to tite do - one of xl hie', the love of Lip petnde 11,1. 54) ilorl tatsly torellll . ll lain, 11:14 been still). iecal by the amiable. but theeit.- I,:i, illusions of a sA:di ni. called liberal, that d!.ii‘ers into the hatd/s of 1 1 .. e pe , ple a considerable rcrtion of the Royal authority, which aw s itntors are al..vays ready to abwe ; Considering, that in roust - tine:ice of this deceitful and nielan (l"):3' systcm, :Treats determined no longer to enipl,oy Ir. hi: “.a.,:eg.• and tar of 17r own, either the Parliament of eir the Proviiir( s, the ttitiisral d. tilitlers of those l'a °via:: es ; th-at his Majesty, in ha: liroclausatita of U e ist of Ja- • pan! y of 11,e•ner,ctit yrat, given in En..,lantl, (not Yt titled in any Court, anal winch rnav therefore he revoked, in doubt as to its ex i•:eree or validity. not being comiter.iened either lay the Chan or France, or by . any 'linister or Secretary of Si ate reeog such), has, in the- exce-s of his paternal goodness, forl:otten, tat it if (demi 'icy is one the flue:4 prerog itiVes of life throtx• tiro is it. first and mo•t duty, that it i% crilies, above all, ‘vhieli the inn/tut:ibis. ;aro, of Divioe justice, and those of wan. who is its meak itnsi e , prohibit to go imvunitlical, be-:•,kuse they sap t'Je most material foundations o;*social order. for 'tile piT• CI "o at 1011 et . V 4 hicl: lings . l:,:ve bet 0 appointed by the I)ivinity, and to chum they inu•t render an acentint equally severe and terrible; '' That these unpardonable eritnes are treason against the 1.);%1- er the first limit n t hid . ; 11,44 t ole la:ter eminently consists in raiing a parieiilal hand The per•on ttf the Soverci,vai ; '' That in any king,low. and ai)ove all in France, the law does Not in•roiit the Sorer. ign to grant a pardon to regicides ; " That it prohibits in France all tribunals from comfit ming them, or fraying any rei•ard to then ; " h tt, boo evi r, by the suppression of the Parliaments, and pnrtienlaily by tiro of tile (curt of Peers, the Fpecial gitaralian the izlits of the Crown the regicides seem to be protected from the undoubted iiitlexibility of the law, and enjoy also n fri2lllllll inipmai;v, in eentempt of the teligion of his Majesty, and at Is hich ail France and Europe are justly itadignant ; '' That it is o:,!y, pettivc, to the just terror. inspired by the prompt, inflexible, anal terrible justice flat. actioos with :,:!rim. Vrapee still fr i Timis, that they owe the false imiimations b. their abolition has be, a obtained front i.isi MajtAy ;" SP UN Still cerm‘ in a sfafe of confusion. She is dispatching rn expe , .i:',l:in to youth America, to recover Mutlte, Villeo. it is, ai ls) said, that Ministers have pwetoed the assent of reicli oerupy Louisiana and Flori:la. This is not credible. as it would b' much better and quite as easy to possess our selves of them as territories of the United States. It is; said that other colonies have declared their Independence of Ferdinand. One of their first steps (and all will agree that it is a most powerful one) is to have the Constitutions of the United States translated for adoptiem nt we hope that relis gious toletration will not be erased. The accounts from Spain 'teak of iLsturLances at Ilaaviiaa anti dilierent parts of Estreniadura. On the other band, the instill ection of the Minas is !aid to b^ comtiletely sup. pressed. The two Chiefs of that 'tame hate made their escape int 9 France, and some letters add, that they have hen sent under an escort to Paris. The G vernor o f Paul pelona put aln ice.upon OH , - heads. The accounts f: on* Madrid state, that King Charles and the (Ineen arc deter mined to remain at Rome. Kieg Ferdinand had demanded of the Pope that the Prince of the Peace sh,:uld he t..livered up to him to he tried in Spain. King Charles cr , posed the. demand, and the Pope in consequence (kerne.: com;slk ieg with it, but offered to detain the Prince at Pesaro, and have him watched. The Spanish Cove; ntnent have got a loan of 500,000 piastres from this count' y, and our Ambassador has obtained a postponement for snma months of the prohibition relative to the introduction of Engli , h merchandise. It is 'aid, also, that the Spanish Government will extend to this country the same commercial advantages which it has just given to France. NATMNAL REGISTER. THE MERCANTILE 'WORLD has been agitated by the question of the Bonding duties, and an 'attempt has been made to pi ejudice the public, on the) subject of tin: continuance of the Income tax. To both these topics we propose to call the attention of cur readers, which w bole will he yielded to us, without a bigotted attachment to " thins aA the, are." On Wednesdav, Paris Papers were received to the 9.sd inst. The Mani'cur, after officially announcing a lieclara. tion which postp.nes the meeting of the Congres of Vienna till the Ist of November, inserts the fdlowing observations thereon The above declaration, by ex p!aining, the mo tives which have occasioned the postponement of the Con gress of Vienna, is the first pledge of the spirit of wi:dont which will guide the labours of the assembled Plenipotentia ries. It k indeed by the maturity of Councils, it is amidst the cairn of the passions, that the tutelary author i!v of the principles of public laws, invoked and recognised in the late treaty at Paris, ougl t to be re-established.—'Thus the just ob ject of contemporaries will be fulfilled, and in the approach ing negotiations a - result will be obtained conformable to what the law of nations and universal law of justice niescribe to nations in their concerns with each other.--At this epoch when the great Powers are leagued to re-intrndure into the mutual r elations of states, the respect of property and sect'. ty cif throne , , no ttansactions, except such as are invts•ed with that equitable charm: er, are to he excepted. alre,:dy accepts this happy aut:ury, and Plante who h tint jea;uits of v advantages for which the states may reasonably hope, aspires to nothing more than a just equal uin. Pi.sses.c,ing her:elf all the elements of strength and Pr<4periiy, sire seek; not for them beyond her : she wilt not listen to any insinuation; tending to e:tablish s%sterns of mere convenience ; but resuming the character ,‘ hich the esteem and the gratitude of nations heretofore entitled her, wia desire no other glory than that of which the guarar