The National Register. — London, England, 1814-05-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MAY 15. PRICE Ok S'T'OCKS YESTERDAY. .1.• C." (..00J 6lll Otrm!em .•;• 4 p Cots for N . I(JNAL EIi:GIS L Eit. Latin, SUNDA V, MA Y 15, 1814. FRANCE. We lament to find, from the papers received in the course of the week, that many diinvence=, remain to be reconciled, which are continually breaking out in the !!anguinary (-carrels. The people are.divided with req‘ect to the Senat., and alto on the subject of the con stitution. It is to be hoped the patriatie energies of the King will put an end to th , se dkoiders. A temperate, but firm e7.?rriv.e of the Royal Authority, can alone unite tiro nail.-n stud annihilate those party feelins, •which me nacc.b France with evils not leg tremendous than those V. Lich she has already been fated to witness and deplore. ti a addition to the unpleac . ant tidings above referred to, we.learn from the proclnmatkus of the that contri- Lutions have heel: 1 . ,3 - the Allied forces shice the F ig of tl:c :Convention, on the Fiench people. it is uvol7able these hale been put an end to by the Allied Com n.andors, and, indel. , d, wo know that orders have been i , sued to that effect. The French Kiug, in one of his proclamations, states the droitr ?Tunics, as modified by Polonsieur, have not been pttuctualiy mud. These irregu lalities, in ti:e present situaticn of things in France, ure no more thon we were preparcd to expect, but still they alarmlui4. A fell- wc....ks n lA, we trust, relieve the Fuench froth tho pres , :ure c.;' which they complaiu, Hod ivstcre to them the I:lessings of peace under a mild and patcrual t;overnment. following Is the substance of the French papers re ceived yestinday. ::**, MAY 11.-13 v ordinanre of the Icirg dated on the of May, bis Majesty sap, ' We ie,ve had piefelited to us in a Coo;mil of S:iite, the Conventions between France and the Allied , Powers oii the April last, and ra:itied ten the :sth by our dear Li other, Alonsieor, Sou of France Lieut.-General of the Kingdom, in our aliAmec ; and vv. hare seep w ith the greatest satisfaction that it wag the intention of the high powers, as they are clearly ex. SSed, to give to France as soon to possi:de the enjoyment of ILL 1, sines of Pelee, a cn befoie ail the pro., i'lei:S of it had been I , mipolated. have fixed our patilinliu• unct:linn neon the Btll itt is lc : of the Cott , .etition, in which the Allied Powers, in come quence of their hit ndsliip for France, el:plots their wish to pot an cud to military revisitions I u,n the to:Anent these provinces should I, debyrred over to she 161. j: bottle utmer It is not therefore ,i:shment that we let c learnt, that, though the royal authority' he now the ot,:y one icengnbcd in france, and subse 'picot to the delay tietessLry fur the ratiticatimr cf the Cotivention t or the Y.'l April. the Conainandeis e r In;endants of the Armies of the. Allied Powers, have continued to rt quire war contributions, or to exercise veiy extensive requisitiro.s : that even hi sortie provinces • they have pi( cio•leil to anticipated Ltijudications of %wood, and sa'es of moveabb.:s belArgiii4 to the state. W have the hap," as sw ance that such measures are contrary to the intentions et 'the • Mi•Vi reigns assembled in our capital, aild that they wish to tenni n lie with genorosity a war undertaken not against France, but for the satily of Europe. We have thought, tnerttOre, that we owe it to the Allied Powers themselves to ontotain by our authority the execution of the Conventions of the 23d April, and to prevent any of /In stibkets from taking part in measures which would be vii,ktions of the Convetittone. We, therefore, decree as follows : [The decree orders tin.• fin ei,rn troops to be supplied with meet. SRI kb, but the orders are to be given b the King ; and no orders are to o; , eyed which sir dl proteud um 114^ Ctuuuanderi or 1u te14;144.4 of the Allied Power. 4 ] 315 A second fieolaration comp' :ins of t!ip 11411• tilty in eollyrtiug tile tax . of the dreils reunis t Rs modified by the device of Monsieur of the 15th April. " The State has its ereditovi, functionaties, and armies. The Government is in watt of all itb resource! ; and it is not vt heti they are enfeebled by the miserly! of vrat that it sarrifif.e an important part of them without finding an equi valent. Hence the Fafety of the State requires that all the laws taxes s;iall be respected and obeyed, until °Oer laws p , °core to our polvie the relief which therdeturep and %%Inch circumsta nc e s •hall render possible. gg We proptie to change, conjointly with the Leciy•lative BoclY, the system of d!...its reani.. But till then. we t:rst, that fr om th e love mai of our subjects, will payoactly and p. aec , :bly all the direct e n d itulirect taxes itowiexisting. , , " Given at tl.e Palace of the Thuilleties May 10, •1814. (Signed) " Louts." We, Chmleu Philip of Fiance, Son of France, Monsieur, Brother of the Kibg, Lieutenant General of the Kingdom:— " Upon the report of the Provisional Cominiasiener of Marine and Provi.ional Collura of State, order as tollows " Art. I. When the of Peace between France and the Aliied POWt.rs shall have been signed, or a general armistice hi en,agreed upon, the number of ships of war or transports which ate act ud ily equ ippiA iu the six maritime districts shall be provi reduced itsjollows:— " Thirteen ships of the line,. twenty -mte" frigates. twenty . scvee cutters, fifteen wigs, thirteen flutes, and sixty trengporbi." ft. The above munbur of light vessels and transport:, nifty he tem porarily alionented, if circumstances respire it, to serve for the ,peedy euarey:thee of English prisoners cl war who are to be sent home in uxeention of the decree of the 13th inst. " 3. The foreun seamen, or ti o,re coming from the departments Inked to RUM since 179 i, shall be disbanded the first and scut home.. " 4. There t hall be provisionally employed only two ReanAdntirals in the i•ommand of the .naval futre in active service ) one at )heat and the other at Tol:loo. 4 k 5. ilk. vessels iv hick are at Flushing, Antwerp, and Genoa, shall remain evippctl until fresh orders. " Give tl§t Avid, Gl4: (Siened) By No lit' re. (Signed ) CHARLrIi PHILIPPS. 44 Baron tit VITROLLAIO " A Decree of the 9tli of May direct.; that the 71 clie7ta of Pa rrs irons the Diplomatic Archives of Holland, and depo , ited in the Archive , of the Minister for Foreign Offices of France, shall be restor, d to the Dutch Government. " A Doeree of the 9th of May directs that there shall he restored to the ten fist Spatiish the Onjects of Art. and other pro pi.rty, which were 1 1 ql les t e raid by the former French Goveryouenty in cynformity with the Decree of the itth Nov. 1808. MINISTER OF WAR. PARIS, MAY 8. T.) General Could Dopont, Commissioner of the War Department. " CoeNT—The ElTaal., my august Mater, has heard With tearer, that there have occurred between his grenadiers awl those of tite loyal guard of France, goat re! liccasinued by the branches of greets wilivb the Ansirian , oldiers wear in theit ea;):. I invite you, ('oma, by hiz Niaje:ty's order, to publish to t h at whoSe Frebrb army, that these branches of green, far from being 'filen of triumph ' are but a simple rallying Fign, prescribed trout tirai• immemorial by ont ini;itaiy rules, and our soldiers wear it io time of peace as in war. Accept, Stn. (Signed) ig SCHWARTZENBERG,II Lord Wellington will, it is said, leave Paris to•morru„• or the next day for Etiglas)(l, The four commis,.ionerF. of the Allied Ponsers who accompanied Ilnotiaparte to the I,le of Elm, are returned to Paris. MI that has been said of his fear and his di , guising his dress is exactly true. lie wept the moment ce saw any•assemblage of persons; his cowl. • tcuanee changed ; hr dreaded iiiways being killed., it . the "intuit ine:ea.sed, he shed. torrents of tears ; when he tborght the danger i over, he affected great serenity, resumed the conversation, and i spoke numb, but his ideas were cwt connected. lisnid bee.;nies more derawd every f.I It appears that ay . if- eNpressed constan a desire to 'go to Englund, but not the least regret in quid llFrance. Tile French Funds have fallen to 574. kis ntly Ling r • 4 1 it .• .