The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-10 00:00:00

JULY 10. much for them, and without our aid and interference, Fer dinand may ultimately triumph. Let it not be said .that we stop short of the GREAT worm ; and that all our toils and labours have met no other reward than the establishment of the divine right of Kings in France—the restoration of the Inquisition in Spain—the Pope to Italy—and the Slave Trade to Africa. These objects would indecd sully the an nals which conimemontte the return of order and legitimate government, and expose us to the calumny of those, with some truih, who envy our successes, and pine at our pros perity. By the Paris Papers we learn, that Monsieur recovers his health gradually at St. Cloud, but is not so fficiently re• establish ed to permit his return to Paris. The Duke of Orleans has de parted for Palermo, to bring his family from thence to France. Madame Moreau's arrival at Paris has excited some interest Eugene Beauharnois, who takes the name of Count Malmaison, has left that capital for Munich. Louis Burma pal te, Count of St. Leu, means it is said, to fix his residence Dear his brother Lucien, at Rome. The Liberty of the Press occupies much discussion among the politicians Of Pal is, at the present moment. Besides the debates which have taken place on it in the Chamber of Deputies, several pamphlets have been publi s h e d, b o th f or an d aga i nst t h e a d op ti on o f t h e EtiTtsli system. The notions of the French writers arc, however, so crude, that to introduce into that country the institutions of a moral, a free, and a temperate people, requires no ordinary degree of judgment, and must be at tf meted by very slow and cautious gradations. On the 22d ult. several deputations from the provinces were in troduced to the Emperor of Austria, at the Imperial Palace :it Vienna, when his Majesty, surrounded by his Officers of `state, the Royal Family, &c. addressed them in a speech, expressing his approbation of their conduct. The address contains the following passage :--"We have supported with firmness and unshaken courage, the wcil;ht of twenty years of a disastrous war. They are passed— the evil is annihilated in its root." 'The evil, here alluded to is the conscription, toe system of Buonaparte which made every Frenchman a soldier, and all France a camp. The Emperor of Austria, it tlins appears, can reflect with pleasure upon the annihilation of that system, and with it the power of Buonaparte, at its root. hese Papers also afford some curious information as to the French Parliament. A proposition was made in the Chamber of Deputies to address the King, praying for a law to secure the liberty of the press. In the Sitting of the 30th ult. M. Dui bach renewed this proposition, and spoke at considerable length in support of it, instancing the example of England, and quoting Blackstone and De Lolcue, in elucidation of his argument. He concluded by stating a fact the most convin cing that can well be conceived, of the necessity of some law to insure the liberty of the press, by mentioning that-a work of his own, with his name attached to it, entitled, " Encore un :'sot stet. la Constitulitm," had just been seized by a Police Inspector, at the house of his printer. Notwithstanding, however, the practical proof thus so clearly afforded of the eir,layed state of the press, a majority of the Chamber decid ed against taking the proposition into consideration, and it was therefore adjourned. It is stated, however, in The Journal cies Debaf?, and Journal de Paris, that the consideration was negatived, on account of sonic objections to the terms of the proposition, and that the subject is to be again brought forward. The Gazette de .France contains some observations on the expected Commercial Treaty with this country. .Altez statil'g that, " the lAst Couunerci4l Treaty wr. , uld be 445 none at all," the writer proceeds thus :—" For these twenty years the progress of the cotton manufactories in France has. been such, that we have been able to supply all the cotton 4 goods which formerly were brought from India, Switzerland * and England ; and also to supply the wants of the whole Continent from the Adriatic to the Baltic. A single line iii the Treaty of Commerce may annihilate all these advantages, reduce to beggars 600,000 workmen in France, and render us tributary to a foreign market -for the most important-of our consumptions." The Paris Papers are little to be depended upon for accu racy with respect to the internal state of France. It is positively stated, that a dreadful riot took place a few days ago at Stratsburgh, between the garrison and a corps 0f3500 prisoners, who refused to wear the white cockade. No care had been taken to guard against any disturbance, and a despe rate and sanguinary conflict took place in w hi c h many l os t their lives.—Ly ons is said to have discovered some unfavour able symptons, and in Paris, a person might infer from the conversation in Play-houses and in the groupes, that' another revolution was on the point of taking place. A private letter from Paris says :—" Three days, ago after a review, two officers of dragoons went into a bookshop in the rue de Richelieu and seeing some pamphlets on the counter which reflected on the reign of nuonaparte, they tore them to pieces without ceremony, and scattered them to the winds. Not satisfied with this very logical analysis of the charges bronght against their master, they revenged themselves by an attack upon hie adversaries, spitting repeatedly at a mina ture engraving of Monsieur which hung against the wall, and damning the whole race of Bourbons. The unfortunate woman, whose crime of loyalty was thus visited on her means of living, had 7.pirtt enough to threaten them with a complaint to the police, when they left the shop, but return ed in a few minutes with a reinforcement of three or four more office's, and told leer plainly if she dared to complain. they would break every window she had, and turn her books with herself and family into the street." We yesterday received Paris Papers to the 7th instant. On the sth two of the King's Ministers presented to the Chamber of Deputies, in the name of the King, a law upon the Press. It is proposed that every work of more than 30 pages shall be freely published and without examination. With respect to works of SO pages or less, the Minister, and in each department the Prefect, may require that they shall be previously communicated. They shall be examined by CCIISOIS, WllO may stripend Ore publication if they are found to he injutious to the rights of government, morals, and religion. Jourual3 and periodical writings shall not appear but with the KitN's authority. Printers and booksellers are to be breveted by the King. Clandestine writings expose their authors to a fine of 10,000 frames and six montlisimprisonment. The law shall be revised at the end of three years to make the modifications which experience sball deem necessary. The Monitcar of the Gth contains an Ordonnance appoint ing Counsellors of State, and Masters of Requests.--Among the names we find many of those who have played promi nent parts in the Revolution. A Dutch Paper arrived yesterday. Mr. Foster and the other Plenipotentiaries appointed to proceed to Norway have embarked for Gottenburg. The King of Denmark gave them a letter to Prince Christian and to the Norwegians, which it is hoped may be effectual. The Emperor of Russia anived at Amsterdam on the 3d. THE NATIONAL REGISTER: