The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. in this Assembly,listenieg to these animated debates fur the sake of Journals, pamphlets, abortion% of the brash)! and to these yon , would sacrifice the security of the State. When the King has re leased you from the most dreadful ts rawly, and introduced you into a mild and peacetid regime —when he has operated this change, by a revolution after the manner of Henry IV., after the mamar of the Bourbons, has he not a right to ask you to grant something for the security of the throne, arid the press rvation of good order? The Min;ster then observed, that it waa important to leave to the tiiug the right of permitting the publication of periodical writings, as a measure which afforded a double security; tor, said he, the ministers then become responsible for the iefinenee of the authorised journals. The Chamber would demand limn them an ;te em:tit of this influence, would thus prticipate in the guarantee. of, %hie he spoke. and contribute to a lea:enable latinee being al_ lowed them. But it' they remained iii absolute adependence, to hum oink' you complain of the disorders winch their licence may Lave caused? M Moetesquisio concluded by conceding on the pa. tof the Kieg, certain amendments, ta the effect that en censure should apply to a work exceedieg ‘.20 sheets, and that the law should sense to operate at the end of the Session lElit3. He then asked it' the Deputies vs is•hed the law to declore that their opinions Amulet not be ;abject to any sesame? The Members with one yoke answered in the ne gative, conselerite:, this as iiiilitTe,”qtry. AI. Rayilmard, the Reporter from the Central Committee. was heard at treat leo;:th in I eply. He toe k a view of the different periods of nee Revolution, of which he' contended that the' licen tiousness of the press was only a secondary cause, of which factious men availed themselves. Bat there was no resemblance between those periods and the present, when time goweroment had a moral iliflueuce which was evrry slay increasing. What was now the wish of the people, of their magistrates, their defenders ? trainpullity, the stability of the government. Referring to English history, he • oh-Havel that if ever any remarkable circumstance in it would have authorised the fixing limits to the liberty of the press, it was when toe 1-I.4use eft Haoover was invited to the throne. But the idea of curt ithug Use liberty of the press was never thought of; no danger had resnlted, and England prided herself vu the advantages which this liberty procured to her. He descanted on the mischiefs which the censorship would pro duce. Nice that crime, said be, in the hands of Ministers, and pahlie opinion will be perverted ; your institutions, your conduct will be accused and condemned ; you will be reduced to a stupid si euce. • Way, he asked, should not political coutests he decided by equal arias? But when he spoke of equal arms, it was allowing too ninell; tOr would not Mioisters always have the asost ample means of ad dressing publie•opinioe? would not they have their journals. and their writers? They would always find Addisons aed Steeles to avenge the goyernusent, it' it was unjustly attacked. They would even find writers enough to vindicate aced extol their errors. By means of their Official Jouroal can they not even at present attack the opinions whien displease or thwart them? Let thew enjoy this privilege, provided they allow to Frenchmen the liberty of the press. He concluded with conjuring the Chamber to reject the law. The Abbe Nlontesyniou again rose, and adverted with warmth to the journals of the :Nl.ht it.. and the Pere Mangles, to their threats their iecemliary appeals dispersed ia ail the pro% ince , . For three years those men labooied in destroy lug the sod .1 edifice: they at last effected toeir purpose. So.di were the iesults elan unbounded liherty of the press! What good eat) you expect, said he, from these aaitators,- these pr,onuters of disorder, who cannot even sie. ! gest a new idea? You alone are the guardiaos of the Constitution. Fiance demand% yon, aid you only. (live her that l'epONe of which she has Rei much Hee d, anti 'shah the Government is se, anxious that s he should enjoy. Here a lona cry of question ! gni stirs I burst from all parts of the hall. Several members eudeavoured to speak. but cousin not obtain a bearing. The President then stated the nature of the question, and after tome deienssion on the mock of shapine it, it was agreed, that it shott:d stand. whether the law as amended by the couees:ions on the part of the Crown shonni he adopted. The form of voting was this : every Member, as his name was called over hv one ot lae Secretaries, answered in his place, and Came up to the table, where he deposited in an urn two of the balk, white or black. which he had received trim the Secretary. The h4ll which he did not ttse be placed in another urn appropriated for that purpose. This operation being terminated, two of the Seere• tarie4 emptied the imp for votes, and publicly Aeparated the white balls trom toe black, and sunimcsl them both up. The number of bails thrown into the other urn was then verified. 531 It finally appeared that of et 7 voters, the propustd law had üb• tallied IS7 while balls against 80 black toile.. • Thi. result being► communicated to the President, he delivered. in he name of the Chamber, the following declaration : a The Chanster adopts the law." GAZETA MINISTERIAL OF BUENOS ?SIRES. OFFICI IL COMMUNICATION TO DON JUAN LARREA, SECRE• TART OF STATE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCES AND SOLICITOR Of THE NAVY. "Un board the Hercules, off' Montevideo, May 19. " I hive the grc-a:e.-1 catisfartion in acquainting your Lordship, that on the 14411 in•t. at break of dav, the enemy's squadron set sail from the port of Montevideo; composed of the corvettes, Mercurio. Me. cedes, Neptuno, and Paloma, and of the I.rigs, Si. Jose, Hyena, and Cisne, will► one galley, the lialandra de Castro, and another vessel, the San Carlos, purpose was to make prize of and carry i n to pert the ship s I command. Butt the event, under ihe guidance rf Divine Providence, has di•appointed 16.4 expectatimi4. small force tinder my orders consisted of the corvettes, Hercules. Belfast, Agreeable. and the rtesar, of the brig Nancy, with the Sallies Julia and S uttissiu►a Trinidad." (The account then states the maoatuvres doting the day, and pro. ceeds to the action as follows " The ketch H)eua was at the head of the squadron, and was at the distance of gun-shot from the Hercules, but availing herself of her facility of sailing, after having reeeiso d two broedides she withdrew and separated herself from her companions. We soon discovered that the Chief o the squadron of the enemy was in this ship, although •he tied. The minting of thy 151 h we occupied ourselves in pursuing the enemy, sailing under light winds. At onP in the evening the two squadrons els! elicitor, and at eight at night the enemy availing him self of a north-east wind and of the darkness of the hour, weighed ancher, and continued his flight. At ten my people were le despair, the ui,ht having cleared up and they not discovering the enemy." After a series of operations, the account states, that " the Ci•ne, the Castro, and a galley, finding that it was impossible to escape, berm se the Hercules interposed between them and the port, took a course which ended in the galley being made prize ot, and of the hurtling of thy' two others. The remains of the enemies ships pro evedeo towards the mouth of the river. The Agreeable and the Nutley, on account of their bad sailing, could not come up in time to take p. it in the action. " Uocer these circumstance' the provinces of the Rio de la Plate have obtained a comple victory over the superior forces of the enemy, the object of whom was nothing less than to cut the throats of all those under my command, and for which purpose they had provided themselves with large knives adapted to such a design. Be their in teotion what it might 1 implore that they may be treated as prisoners of war. Retaliation would indicate weakness, pardon will chew gene rosity. These mess should be taught humanity by example. " The prisoners are about 309 in number, but the Officers are ex tremely numerous in proportion to their inferiors. " Of the exact state of the armament which has been captured; I am not yet informed, but it is considerable. " gone ships of the enemy are anchored and moored in tl:e port, &c. " Congratulating von- Excellency on this success, end recomo•mi... ing to your I beralitv the Commanders, Officers, marine", and soldieis of the squadron under my orders, I have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) " WM. BROWN." SuLsequent to the above engagement General Vigodet applied for a truce, on the part of the itoyalistF, which led to the lohuvring reply : " On board the 1-fercule l before Montevifleq, Mal 19. • • gg Most EXCELT.Eftit Sin —I have the honour to receive the die patch that you have addresser., to me by a floe truce, an.i I have only to sae in reply, in the name of my Government, that mail Monte vidto, with all its lorts, arsenals, ships of war, and..eery description of public property, shall have been delivered up to the tOrces of Buenos Ares, I shall li,ten to no terms that roily be proposed. " The property individuals and private persons sirall be resprted, butt the milirare must deliver up their arms Hum you should acce de anity demands that and surrender at discretiou. to these conditions. " y Jose Obregon, your Excellency's Adjutan t, li . a s proposed to rue an exchange of prisoners, to which l cannot accvde at present, but my Ul?lrsontuent %hall be apprised of your wish. "I have the huuour to be, Most Exerlient Sir, &e. 03t toccutient ou, a•.. WILLIAM SROWN." biiiitti.sammtim miriA . _.... :7 ..... _ AUG. 21. . '-'-