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each of 'theTou'r chief 'Allied Powers, and the fifth part will be divided among the smaller Powers in proportions accord ing to the contingents of troops they have furnished. A struggle was made for the occupation of : Lisle and Strasburg, hut, rather than mortify French pride too much, it was given up... The line taken, however, it may be re mai ked by lookilig at the map, strips France of her iron fron tier from Cambray to Alsace, and enables the Allies, upon an y occas ion of necessity, to march suddenly upon Paris or, should the French make war by attacking the Nether. lands from Lisle, or Germany from Strasburgh, the Allies can immediately advance and take them in flank. Alsace. Lorraine, and French Flanders, of course, remain to Fiance. The payment of the contribution of 29 millions sterling jc what it is thought will most vex and distress the French. nie Government is beginning, by all sorts of examples and arise, to encourage people immediately to pay their parts of this impost. For such very favourable conditions the French are wbolly indebted to the good-will the Allies bear to the Bourbons, for the necessary delicacy towards them, and the desire of establishing a solid peace; otherwise, we make no doubt, France would have been compelled to restore the conquests of Louis XIV. as well as those of the French Revolution ; and Alsace, Lorraine, and French Flanders, would have re turned to their proper owners. . - . • REVOLUHON IN SPAIN. THE--NA -REGISTER. OFFICIAL ARTICLE. n, SEPT. '27.-.—Some troops of the. garrison of Corunna, seduced by Field-Marshal.Don Juan Diez Por lier, (known by the name of Marquesito) rose on the morning of the 19th, against the legitimate authorities, publishing seditiously the constitution of the soi-disant Extraordinary Cortes, and arresting the Captain-General and the Governor and Commandant, without the inhabi tants of the said city taking a part in any of these acts. For the purpose of making his detestable project success ful, and of supporting his usurped authority, the same per son caused seditious proclamations to be circulated, which, far from producing any bad effect, filled the loyal inhabi tants with indignation. The success corresponded with the temerity of the en terprize ; for the flame of insurrection was scarcely kin dled before it was extinguished, as appears from the fol lowing official letters addressed to Don Pedro Cevallos Fin::T with joy at the sight of & people celebrating the victory of its Ring and of justice, I 11.1ve the honour to announce to your Excellency .the ilgreeabie intelligence that the scenes of horror which Don. Juan Diez Porlier prepared for this loyal people, are happily terminated.—lion Juan left this city on the night between the 21st and 2'2d, with the small number of troops -who he believed the most faithful to his cause, and fol lowed by some pieces of artillery, he marched upon St. Jago : from whence I received notiee that he was abaft* dotted by the greater number of his peoplei and put com pletely to rout - by the faithful- troops.who waited to meet: him on the road, and who were, it is said ) commanded by Field-Marshal Don Pedro d'Avalos;• ' r.: •At this news, the troop which fornted-the garrison of this pla o• rather terci to the fury of the away lsr - We - hope. and to enjoy assure your OCT. 15 Excellency, that I have seen with the greatest pleasure all the authorities and official persons of all classes, testify in the most heroic manner their love for their sovereign.—: God preserve your Excellency, Cortinna, Sept. 24. P. S. The General has left the Castle. SzcoNn. LETTER.—May it please your Excellency.--I have kept the courier till half-past eleven o'clock, that the Captain-General might inform your Excellency of his be ing set at liberty, of the re-establishment of the tranquil lity in the city, of the flight of the Traitor Porlier, and his partizans, who, according to the news brought by an Officer who has come from Betanzos, has been taken and carried into that place.--( Madrid Gazette Exlraor• dinary.) Conning, Sept. RS. Nole.—Our private correspondence adds to this relation the following details :—Porlier was arrested in a village two or three leagues from St. Jago, where he was taking some rest. It was two petty-officers (serjeants), who, as it is said, having received large bribes from the clergy and the nobility, succeeded in making the troops march a gainst their Officers and Porlier, who arrested him while asleep. The Colonel of the Regiment of Gallacianß, who was at St. Jago, by refusing to obey the orders which Por lier sent to him from Carunna, to cause the Constitution of the Cortes to be published, has, perhaps, saved Spain from a revolution. this place went oil', or rather filed to escape th people, and carried away stem `the feetinels ove • . . . • e tiburedirnahoriti* i - ir - • I • . t:'' 1 - a' a ' I fligt Ul Sc i 1 & can . i ~, , ~ AP. • 44 _ r '? ..., AI .... '... -Q3itr•-•.0-- • A v i , ,ii • „:" ,: t , I; - NAPOLEON TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE. The accompanying paper is the translation of an Ad dress to the French People, which is generally circulated in France, and which is believed to be an authentic docu ment, written by him on board the Bellerophon : " PARIS. OCT. 9.—" The machinations of treason have obliged me to separate again from you ; but victims of the same treason, I lament only your misfortunes ! gg I coveted the sceptre but to sway it for your glory and welfare ! The knowledge of my devotion to your ho. nour and prosperity excited the hatred of the Sovereigns of Europe. Had I sought only to reign without regard to the interest of my people, I should have established in their eyes the legitimacy of my title to the throne. Had agricuflure been neglected, had manufactories languished, had debt accumulated, and public spirit been degraded, then I bad assured the friendship of rival Potentates : had I circumscribed the prosperity of the empire to the em bellishment of its palaces, or sacrificed the majesty of the throne to .the preservation of the royal authority, then my dynasty might have possessed the inglorious inhe ritance. " The Sovereigns of Europe confederated against me as a Legislator whose establishments nurtured and ani mated the talents and industry of the community of which I had been elected the Chief Magistrate, and they pro scribed my person as the shield of the power and inde pendence of the State. The enemies of a revoiution which had triumphed over the abuses that occasioned it, and mer cenary traitors insensible to the calamities of an invaded country, associated their efforts to paralyze national ex ertion, and to make you believe that war was my policy, and peace the boon which the Governments of Europe so. Hefted:from:France. Unwilling to sacrifice the illustrious • remnant oflpur defend e rs, thus isolated from their coun try, X yielded to the wishes of your Representatives ; and,