The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-14 00:00:00

AUG. 14. he ri ore app;‘retit, when it was considered that 4.sths'of the works on the subject r.t the public edministration did not exceed '2O sheets. RIO vnull consequently come under the cognizance of the partial tribunal whicla it Ives proposed to establish, and which could nit fail to stifle true and useful ideas, togethr r with such as were false and pernicious. I ' In short, Gentlemen," continued M. Galicia, " the whole sy Stttoof censorship and restriction established by the plan of the law, both in regard to larger vemks and the journals, is absolutely contrary to the principle of a representative Constitution. It tenth to deprive the nation of the inbrritiarion w hich it has a right to receive on all subjects of unblic interest, to form its cpinion both respecting that interest and the pet sons whose duty it is to defend it. Whatever deprives a naticn of the knowledge o f it rights and interests. also deprives the govern ment of its real strength ; tor, in a free country, the strength of the government resi..ics in the pk.Hic opinion, and in that alone; and the liberty of the press is the it, -.rnmeirt of that opinion." 110. Chamber ordered the speech of M. Gallois to be printed. M. Gner.Art D Supported th' seutiments of the minority of the Corn- Mint' e. !ASA us adjourn, said he, that liberty of the press which may inger the happ i ness of our country. lie proposed, therefore, that in the event of a previous censorship being voted by the Chamber, it should also decide : Ist. That this'cen , orship shall only include writings of twenty sheets of print. Qd Thar the Jury charged to examine these wilting, 01011 be pe►menenr, in order that if useful truths he found in these . writings, they ►uay be pubished. Sd. That the law shall only be in force till the next session of the legi , lature, and ►hat ntthut period the same qucs lion be• again brought fur discussion. M. Demot.Arto.—Gentlemen, the principle of the liberty of the press cannot be doubtful to men of good faith. In our modern states, at the point of civilization which we have reached, the liberty of the press is the necessary regis of civil and political liberty. To deprive us of tin' one is to destroy the other. The national wish and the con stitutional charter have formed of this principle a fundamental maxim, ssluch it will be vain to attempt to destroy by an interpretation con trars to the truth. Far is it from my wish to protect licentiousness under the semblance of liberty; liberty itself is interested in repressing its own abuses. The system of the plan ordains, generally' speaking, a previous cen soiship cm the publication of all kinds of writings. The Ist article appears to exempt therefrom, works of more than thirty printed sheets; but tl:e 14th and I,sth articles destroy the effect of this exemption. It is there said, that no writing can be publishf d before having been de clared or deposited, and that the work will he seized, if information is given against it to the Tributeils. Observe this expression ; it is not merely an examination, a decision of the tribunal,—it is sufficient, that it be informed aeainst by the lowest agent of the police s in order to its publication being delayed for an indefinite time, which it is so easy to prolong. As well might the law have declared—nothing shall be published, nothing said in France, but by order. Soon no book would appear but under the good pleasure of the Ministers—(a laugh.) We have heard touch of a jury which, pronoureing in the last resort. Mill remedy the wrongs of the censorship. Reflect u little on tie mass of writings which will anroially be in waiting for the scissors of the Censor : view. the Director-General of liookselling sinking under the mass of writings, the delay of whose publication he shall have an j.ined : lastly, there must be three Peers and three Deputies, to read minutely all these writings, and to decide on the opinion of each Censor. And where shall he the responsibility of the Director ? Ile will be only n gigant i c fantom ; the Ministers will hug themselves with impunity on the success of their despotic measures. The Minister, on presenting the plan of the law, said . that the character of the French nation was not suited to more liberty : that we had received from natio e a mobiltv of inn , ination, which must absolutely be restrained ! Has not some one dared also to calum niate our military glory in a pamphlet, whieli was profusely distri• Lured to yon on the very day when the plan was submitted to yon' ere there told that that military glory was fouvdcfr only on lard elfishness. Ah ! the justifieation of our wart i,irs will be f t ,nod iu our history and in our hearts ! Al Fraere is equally tired of servitude .and of licentiousness. French honour remains untouched ; the Kings of Enrope acknow ledge it ; t;:ey vanquished Buotiaparte, but did not pretend to triumph over the French. I repeat it, without the Liberty of the Press there can be no civil liberty. Frenchmen! will you nertnit the statue of liberty to be covert d with funeral crape ! The King who governs us has promised the Liberty of the Press, ac one of the blessiegs of hisseign :, it 1s upon it th tt r:se foundation of the monarchy must be seated. T'te priiiti:!t; of this discourse was demanded. put to the vote, and rejected by a small make ity. The astsrmbly then rose s and the dis cos,ion was orth red to be Collolllled on Monday, •. . ; M 5 Note.—The auditors - were very numerous, brilliant, and . attentive. At one of tllv most vehement passages of M. Dumol.,rd's speech, it Was apprehended that applauses were about to Intr,t forth from all parts; bat a proper restraint was observed by the public: MADRID, JULY €27.—We are assured that the Ecelish Ambassador has by 110 means read with indifference the preamble of the decree re. e.taldishinv the Inquisition. The matiner of de , ivating the scats p.tsed to the I •atholic faith is not very gracious . ; and the rather, ustha S:,aoish people take these things literally. We ought tint 'for g et that the English aided us in reconquering our :independence : besides, our c , innterce and the state of our cohitnes imposing ii upmi us :is slaw to keep on terms with England, it is iinpolitr., to f.m,•nt the weds of hatred and division on • account of religious opinions polessed out of the Peninsula. • • It is said !bat the Minister 165 testified his astoni+hmet►t at this conduct; hut the matter won't go 'farther : our Ministry will sa tisfy-him that the preamble of the decree n .a matter of forst, and does not deserve serious attention. The expedition deAitied to subdue the insurgent colonies is not yet ready to sail. Saragossa has been the theatre of some disa , ; :reeahle events:• gever,ll Frcticlnnen who remained in, that . city have been °bilged to quit it. 'Some ail them arcs arrived at Olernii. The Duke of Infuntadu still remains President of the Council of Castile. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. WAR•OFFICE, AUGUST 9, 13 t 4. His Royal Highness the Prince Rflent has been pleased - in the name and OH behalf of his Majesty, to appoint Ljent.-Gen. his Royal Highness William Frederick Henry Hereditary . Pi ince of Orange to be General in the Army, Cummiyaiion dated July 25, 181.1. , - ' THE, NATIONAL 'REGISTER. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, AUGUST 9, 1814. • • Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane has transmitted to John Wil.on Croker, E.q. - the undermentioned letters. viz. • From Captain Nouse, orhi. Majesty's ship Severn, stating the capture on the 1.4 of May, of the American privateer schooner Yankee Lass, of nine.guns awl eighty men, meaty days from Rhode Island, without making any caplare : From Captain Watts, of his Majesty's sloop Jasseur, stating that her boats under the direction of Lieutenant - West, on the '2d May, captured and brought out- from under a battery in the Chesapeake, the American letter of marque schooner, Grecian, pierced for t w e nt y gnus, but only fOur mounted , with five swivelb and having onboard twenty seven men . - And froth • Captain Hayes, of his Majesty's ship Majestic, re porting the capture en, the .! kof May, of the American letter of marque schooner Dominica, (formerly his Majesty's schooner of that name), mounting fotir. long six-poundets, ..And manual with thirty-stx men. . WHITEHALL, AUG. 9,-1814. His Royal Highness. the Prince - Regent ills been pleased, in the name• and on behalf of his N 7 jesty, constitute and appoint the. Right Hoy. Viscount Melvine*: 'Sir Joseph 'Sidney Yorke, Knight, Vice-Admiral of the Bine Squadron Or his Majesty's Fleet ; Peort:e Johnson • Hope, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Bed Squadron of I,is Majesty'. Fleet ;- Sit George IVarrender, Bart. ; John Osbnrn ; Esq.; Henry Panlet, Esq. (commonly called. Lord enry Paulet), Rear Admiral of the Rea Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet ; and Bari imrten Pope 1311cl:ford, F. , q to he his 3‘fajesyt'A Cominis.ionels for execu ting the Otlice . of High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. . . . . COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 3, 1814. Dispatches, of -which the following Are an e‘tiarr and copy, have been This day received from Lientt 11.1..t-Gelitixl Sir th.erze Prtwost, by I. ; .ari Bathurst, State for the War and Colonial. . 11 is Majesty's VI iiiripAl Seci etary b of Hemi-Qnarlers, 31oettea:. Judy 10, 1i;1:!.. T'have the honour to report to your Lordship, the safe al rlv;tl at Michilimackinac. on the 181 of' MJy last, of I.nutenant•Colotiel M'Dtmal, with the whole of the reinforcements of troops anti seamen, and of the supplies of stores and pr.ivisions with which ue batted from Nottawauga River on the 26th April preceding.