The National Register. — London, England, 1816-01-14 00:00:00

S7O rise higher than 12 years revenue of - she possessions of the con demned. The estate sto be sequestrated by the AdniiniStration of landed domains - , and allowances to be deducted from the revenue, for the rapport of widows, children, or the condemned themselves, f not sentenced to a capital punishment." The previous question was then put to the vote, and declared to - have !wen lost. —( Gr.-at tumult, cries sf No, an—Yes, yes.)--It was then oneo more put to the vote, and carried by a small majority. The Chamber then passed to the last amendment of the Cow mission, respecting Regicides. If. Le Courbe de Bethisy.---" 1 shall only answer to one of the opinion= expressed in this Tribune—Can we be more severe than the King ? Yes, Gentlemen, we may ; there are circumstances when we ought. Let us leave to the King, Gentlemen, this im poise to pardon, which can only be compared to a propensity which the factious shew to ahuse it. Can we, would we, desire to restrain him cram shewing clemency even to magnanimity f No ! for it world no longer be him ; the mild blood of the Bourbons Cows in his veins, and as the•eldest son of the church he would pardon. But we, Gentlemen, who owe to France, as its Represen tatives, to throw upon the true, the only culpable iudiv:duals, the horror ofa great crime, must take npon ourselves the weight of severity, the weight of justice. The article was put to the vote, and adopted in the affwmative,sJ in the midst of the most enthusiastic applause. When the nega tive was put, only three Members rose, saying—cut of respect for his - Majesty. The totality of the Law was then submitted to the-scrutiny, and adopted by 333 against 32. The number of voters was 366. s The following is the text 'of the LAW as agreed to by the Chainber Art, L A full and entire amnesty is granted to all those who, di rectly or indirectly, have taken part in the rebellion and the usur pation of Napoleon Buonaparte, except as follows : IL The Ordinance of the 24th of July shall continue to be exe cuted with respect to the individuals comprised in the Ist Article of that Ordinance. 111, The King may. in the Interval of two months from the date of the promulgation of the present law, expatriate from France those of the individuals comprized in the 2d:Article of the said Ordinance, whom he shall stiffer to remain so comprised, and who have not i lieen brought before the Tribunals. In that case, they shall depart from Prance in the appointed interval, and not re- enter the kingdom without the expressed authority of his Majesty, under pain ot tranporticion. .The King may also deprive them of all properties and pensions accorded to them by a gratuitous title. IV. The ascendants, children, and descendants of' Napoleon Buonaparte,; his uncles and his aunts, his nephews and his nieces, his brothers,.their wives and deSeendants, his sisters and tlieir husbands, are excluded from the kingdom In perpetuity, and are required to depart in the course of one month, undet the Penalties established by, the gist Art. of the Penal Code... They cannot enjoy within the kingdom any civil rights, or possess therein any • property, titles, or pensions, accorded gratuitously to them ; and they shall be required to sell, in the interval of six months, all property whatever they may possess by a legal title. V. The present Amnesty is not applicable to persons against whom prosecutions have been ordered, or who were under sentence or judgment before the promulgation of this law. Tim prosecu tions shall_ be continued, and the judgments shall be executed ac cording to the .due coarse of law. VI. There shall not be included in the present Amnesty crimes or olfimces against individuals, at whatever period they have been committed ' • and those who .shall be held culpable with respect to -them, shall be prosecitted according to law. VII. Those of the Regicides who, in contempt Oa clemency almost without bounds, have voted for the Additional Act, or have accepte‘VfnuctiOns or employments from the Usurper ; and who, .from such condect, are declared irreconcileable enemies to France and to its legitimate Government, are excluded in perpetuity from the kingdom, andithall be required to depart therefrom in the course of one month under the penalties enacted by the 33d Article of the Penal Nde. Nor can they enjoy any civil rights within. fhe uD kingdom, or possess therein any properties, titles, or . . . pensions, ta toed gratditously by them. . The Chamber adjourned until 1119nday at six o'clock, .14 .the course of the present reign there have been created 157 reeva g vs" ; ,:clucin g the same period 48. Peerages have became extinct ; su that the Luta! increase iu the Peerage since the its s accession has been IU9. THE• NATIONAL REGISTER. THE PRET-ENDED DAUPHIN OF FRANCE. The general rumour recently revived •on the Continent of the Dauphin of France, son of Louis XVI. being still in existence, has brought to light an old stoiy current in France, and generally believed, in the year 1800. A statement of facts, as they occurred at the time, has been preserved ever since hy one of the family of an eye witness, from whom the particulars were derived. The .copy of the statement is as follows : " In January, 1800, a young drummer in the regiment of Bol gidioso, in the Austrian service, being garrisoned at Tortona, in Piedmont, was sentenced to run the gauntlet three times for a slight fault ; as the corporal went to flog him, the young man said, that he had something of importance to communicate to the Com mander, they conducted him to the Colonel of the regime' t ) to whom he declared that he was the Dauphin of France, son of A. is XVI. ; that his intention bad always been to make himself known •to nobody but his sister, who, he thought, was at Vienna, and who would alone know him • but that he could not submit to so vile a punishment without making himself known. He added, that the only favour which he asked, was, to be conducted to where his sister resided. The Colonel, being much troubled, sent the young man to Metes, Commander in Chief, who had his quart( rs at Turin. I was myself there at that time, and I will relate nothing that I have not seen or heard. The young man arrived at Turin in a fine coach, drawn by six horses, and was treated every where with the greatest respect : on his pissing through Asti, he was recognised by an old Swiss of the Palace of Versailles, who fell upon his knees, wetting them will) tears, and said, that he should be satisfied since lie had been so happy as to see the son of his old master, whose death he-had so often lamented. ` 4. At Turin every one was permitted to see the young man, and I went and paid him a visit, accompanied by several friends ; the day after his arrival, he was fatigued with visits from many Gen tlemen of Piedmont; be told us that lie was much pleased at seeing some Frenchmen, that our couutry was a very unfortunate one, but that he hoped to-return one day to Versailles. " I had seenahe Dauphin in 1791, and I recognized his features in the face of that young man ; almost all those who had known him formerly, found it so. Somebody having his picture in profile, which had been taken in the.year 1791, we compared it, and found the resemblance Perfect ; the consequence was, that he asked it of us, and we gave it him. I‘desired him to relate to us by what suc cession of circumstances he watt now at Turin, and this is what he told us. I will addult that I learned from him in several private conversations,, •in which I examined him very closely. He said he had been entrusted to the care of Simon, a shoemaker. That man, under apparent bad treatment, concealed an unlimited devoted. uess to him, and indemnified him in private for the cruelties he seemed- to exercise over him publicly. Simon having received orders from Robespierre to poison the Dauphin, took that oppor tunity to keep him from his tormentors. He substituted a child of the same size and age, who had just died, and whose features were altered., attributing the effects of it to the poison. "• Simon placed the Dauphin in his house for several days ; and entrusted him afterwards to the care of one of his friends to con duct hint to Bourdeaux. He gave him a sum of money, and charged the Dauphin above all things to make himself known to no one but his sister, and to take patience till a time should arri' a when lie could see her again ; an event, said he, which must one l day or other take place. Having arrived at Bourdeaux, they em barked and sailed to Corsica. At that place, his attendant (lied, and being in distress, he was compelled to engage as a servant in a coffee-house, at Bastia. He remained there for a little time, and having heard that his sister resided at Vienna, he used all his efforts to gather money to see her again ; he afterwards embarked and sailed to Venice ; having there obtained passports for Vienna, he attempted to travel thither on foot ; but the commencement of hostilities in 1799, having filled Italy with Austrian recruits and camp followers, &c. the young man had the misfortune of being surrounded by one of their bands; upon his refusal to engage, they cruelly treated him, and their conduct terminated in .taking away his papers and money ; so being without resources, he was compelled to engage in the regiment before mentioned, in whicls he et:mid only be received as a drummer, on account of his age, 11 or 15. This is what the young man told us with the voice of truth, and at the saute lilac with so much apparent indifference, as 'flu. cared not a sous whether his hearers believed him or not. The kind of little Court wltioli had formed arqund bim never omitted to address him by the title of Monsieur le Dauphin, or Arinoeigneur. All the respeeetable ladies in Turin went to see him, and every one «tiered to provide him with cloaths, linen,dze. Several offered idui money, whiclr lie refused. The greater ;lumber among thom JAN. 14.