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

OCT. 30. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. STATE PAPER. It was an assertion which might lead the public into error, and real dered it necessary for the Committee to explain, tn hint o as their organ, what passed in the bureanx of the Cham ber on the sub ject of that plan of law. It was, he repeated, in V e name of that Committee, that he now came to give this explanation. Never were opinions more unanimous than those of the bureaux relative to the unsold property of emigrants, and also with regard to the discourse by which the plan of the law was introduced. They all united in the generous views of the King, and in his sentiments respecting those French men who are the objects of the law. Some of them went even far ther than the law. and spoke against the exceptions which the pru dence of Government prescribed to the general principle. The same unifttrmity of opinion, however, existed in tl:e bureaux tvith regard to the discourse of the Mitiister of state, M. Ferraod. All demanded a censure of that discourse ; several dent still far ther. The Committee, faithful to the spirit of its constituents, .displayed in the discussion of the law the same uniformity of prin ciple which had existed in the bureanx. It was unanimous as to all the principal enactments of the law ; and equally so as to the ens- Hire of the Minister. Such were the facts of the ease, which it was important that !I France shool(1 know. They contlite the assertion of the jutirmilist. Jtut %%lint the Committee had char:zed hint (M. Soupiest) to propose 1 1 ' to the Chamber on this delicate point, would settle public opinion still more, and probably prevent every kind of mistake; it was, that the Chamber should re•consider its dNision, relative to the distribution of the •peech of M. llesloch, the Reporter, which was iofluenced by motives totally different from those ascribed to it ; - and should now vote the distribution of six copies each of the re- i port of the Committee. The Committee will not notice the injurious insinuations of the journalist against its reporter. The chuacter and conduct of M. 1, illedoch were tar above such miserable attacks. Constantly at- I tartled to his conutry and ii King,, lie braved fir them duns eons death. Calumny could not stain the reputation or one of !' the most estimable of their colleagues ; hut Government will, doubtless, not suffer that the Chamber should ever have reason to repent o( their saving consented to a mmentat y restiictiou of • the liberty eat the Press. BUONAPARTE. EXTRACT OF A LETT Lit FROM PORI 0-FERRAJO, 1) &TED SEPT. 10• " Our Sovereign has not coined any new money, neither with the incription ( Napoleo Imperatur übicumpe Felix), or with the figure of a sleeping eagle, at least no such coinage is seen here. If any such money is in circulation on the Continent, it most be a peen latin of false comers. Napoleon sees the English less frequently than he used, he is likewise more inaccessible than fnrinerly. " For some time past, he has caused considerable works to be executed in the iron mines of Rio, has GM( red a great road to be constructed hrtwt co this town and Porto Longone, at which .3030 workmen are employed ; this fi:;e road will I4peedily lie and %vitt form fl conummication between the tv.t) plimeipal ports ot this is:a:t l. If constautly superintends the , e works him self. lie is frequently otrer vet] to wand( r thoughtfolly alone the Shore, and sometimes for more than half an hour amuses throw iog little stones. so as to make ducks anti drakes along the Ellti . aCe of the water; at other times lie shuts Idinst If np thr whole i:; his Cabinet, and assiunes a severe aspect towards every one. Two Polish Lemcers, who wished to return to their native country on family :Adis, obta:ned an audience of leave Irmo be , ides being presented with a military badt.te anti three ft ones Ir r day for travelling expene , s. Lieutenant one of our Admirals. has imarritd a beautifnl and weitlthy yomig lack of Porto-Langone ; but the most of those who remain here ore getting tircd theb. nne,ter. Our communications with the Continent are not very frequent ; few pers. ns arrive her.:., and every ra:e is not rcerfived. Fi and some other Corsican Oiliers. who have e.lt Italy be cause the cw e itication condodcd bet ween 'ulna Ad the Lii:g;tinn of Italy has not been obwryed, have arrked ti' re; but will the y remaio, or will they tin to their own country? Three youvg Fr,..neit tut:tt caused then•sclees to be introdied some days :tgo to Napo leon, he said to them, ' Go hence, serve your good king and pi t•vs.; to him your fidelity.' ‘, Very false ituries a►•e circulaticg in Italy respecting the Island of Elba," DECLARATION. The Plenipotentiaries of the Courts, who signed the Treaty of Peace of Parin, of . the 30th of May, 1814, have taken int., consi deration the 32(1 ar ticle of that Treaty, which declares that all the powers engaged on both sides in the late war, shall send Plenipo tentiaries to Vienna, in order to regulate in a General Congress, the arrangements necessary for completing the enaetmet ot the ! , aid Treaty; and after having maturely reflected on the z.ituation itt which they are placed, and on the duties imposed upon them, they have agreed that they could not better fulfil them, than by esta blishing, in the first, instance, free and confidential COMMlllikatifilli bettiTell the Plenipotentiaries of all the Powers. Bait they are at the same time convinced, that it is the interest of all parties concerned, to postpone the general a.sembly of their Plenipotentiaries, till the period when the questions on which it will be their duty to pronounce shall have attained such a degree of maturity, as that the result may correspond to the principles of public law, the stipulations of the Treaty of Peace, and the _last expectations of contemporaries. The formal openin of the Con. gress will therefore be adjourned to the Ist of November, and the aforesaid Plenipotentiaries natter themselves that the labours to which the intervening period shall be devoted, by fixing ideas and conciliating opinions, will essentially advance the great work which k the object of their common mission. Vienna, Oet. 3, 1314. TUESDA Y'S LONDON GAZETTE. COLONI.tL DEPARTMENT-DOWNING-STREET, OCT. I'4, 1814. A flivateli from Lientenant-General Sir J. C. Sherbrooke, KJ's'. enelusts the folh.wing:— Machias, September 14, 18:4 SJR—I have the honour to acquaint your Excellency, that I sailed from Penobscot lay, with time brigad you was pleased no nailer my commtand, consisting of a detachment of royal ar tillery, with a howitzer, the battalion companies of the t 9th regi. meta, and a party of the 7th battalion of the t,Oth loot, 041 the morning of the 9til instant ; and arrived at Bucks liarboar, about ten miles from this place, on the following As the enemy fired several idiom guns on our approaching tits shore, it was evident he was appreheaAve of an athwk, I therefire deemed it expedient to disembark the troops with as little delay as possibly; :it'd Captain Hyde Pallet . , comma , •din the naval force, appointed Captain Staufeil to soperintend this duty, and it wa' ex vented by that officer with the utmost prompt it and Upon reaching the shore, I ascertained tl:.11 tht-re oniv a pitio. way through the woods by winch we could advance and take- rot t O'llrien, and the battery in reverse : and as the of thew ‘OO kst commanded the p. A .,sage of the river, upon vv Poch the town iy.lo;_ atcd. I decided upon possessing ourselves of them, it practicable, during the night. We moved forward at ten o'clock P.M. and after a mo.t tydica4 and harassing:march, milli arrived near to the tort at breai: althonAli the distance dots not exceed five The advanced guard, hick consisted ot* two companies of the `•9111 acgiment, and a detachment of riflemen of the coth ret:iirent o under Major 'Tod, of tic. former corpq, VC In the er.""Y' , Pirclnets, and upioi nursitirg him vdos:dv, tort had been evacuated, leaving their colour'. about hre Ihito:; . e4 byt',lre we entered it. Within it, and ttn ilvirs ate ty ,, ) poonders, three 12 pounders, sevei I dii;.oitii!ed and 4 block•l;ouse. Thy ii.irty which escaped nioolioNd to Ahmot •eventy men of the 40th ref:ion:lit of American itifinitr. and un; ty of the embodied retreat wa , rapl that n- eaniA to one rs. I moferstioni di. re were a vsf wctinded, but II ("; tleki ( 1 101” -* V.VCS tvi)ni e ' :secured flit t:,rt, IO•t 1 . 10 tplig.• in ads:natl.::: opon Ma wir;ch was taken %.vittiont ally I'‘'S4tl.ll , 4:o, 311.1 '!. 0-00 fit ph'ees The boat , : of fi l e vnder du! ...z.ottr;lhe Ilotichiet. of the to\ al Navy, i:nd ihr royal in;it•loti Vi'clehto):l, weie dctio-lec. to Ow CiiSl • 111 zillie,4l : ft. *A:4 wive of csseuilui service iu taLiug tau ikl,l piece 4 vattekr ..~ - .i 659