The National Register. — London, England, 1811-01-13 00:00:00

711 E NATION-AL REGISTER. - . :~~~~ Leloved Monarch's reign been fully accomplished, and publicly hailed by national gratitude, when the long sufferings of his daughter came to a melan choly close. Death snatched her from „his paternal love, and his reason was buried in her grave. Vio lent paroxysms of grief and of delirium succeeded each other. The people mourned-for their King : politicians felt for themselves. Parliament met out of necessity, when the period of its prorogation terminated. An adjournment was proposed and carried, though not without some verbal op position, in the hope that his Majesty's reco v:ery would render further proceedings unneces sary. The violent symptoms of .his illness hav ing decreased, another adjournment was moved for by Ministers at the end of a fortnight, when they encountered a most formidable opposition. Deli cacy and propriety, however, triumphed anew, and at the expiration of this second adjournment they agreed to an examioationof Physicians, the result of which displayed much ingenuity in the questions, and much science in the answers, but communicated little information on the main point, the probable time of the complete recovery of his MAJESTY. Measures for restoring the suspended exercise of the Royal Authority were then immediately adopted. Former patriots who so loudly declaimed againstthe fancied increase of the Royal Prerogative, and the diminution of national freedom now changed their language. Interest, the needle which guides their conduct pointed a different way, and they zatered their course accordingly. They supported the pro ceeding by Address which tended to create a Regent de jure suo and riot de jure Parlementi ye! rpuli, thus sacrificing the will, authority, and ix dependence of Parliament, at such an important And difficult period, to the pretended right of an elevated person to be Regent. Ministers, on the tonta - ary, proposed to proceed by declaring- the neceosity which compelled the two Houses to act ; lid by virtue of the wdl of the Nation expressed } through its Representatives, investing the Prince of :Witt.E.s with that ,Otion of the Regal Authority fteeessary for the,purposes of Qovernment. Vain attempts were made to -carry.an Address through both Houses. The supporters of the Bill triumphed, s‘ crud the year closed before the discussions respect ing the necessity of imposing restrictions on the :Regent, and theirmature, terminated. IA our next we shall follow the eventful course of iSIO, through British India and bOth Americas. and cotton within 14 miles of were destroyed on - the 12th Sep eruption. every thing else ten miles was also destroyed. The 'ea iirat 100 feet deep. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CONSERVATIVE SENATE. MARINE CONSCRIPTION. PAR/8, DEc. !ft—The Councillor of State, Count Cairarelli, presented the following Expossi " Senators—We are commissioned by his Majesty to present to you the Project of a Scnatus Consulpan, in which you will take pleasure in remarking the character of public utility, of energy, and of foresight, which belongs to the vast conception; of his Majesty. • " The Empire enjoys the most profound peace. The nations which surround it, deeply convinced that the surest pledge of their repose will constantly be found in their alliance with the French people, every day draws closer the ties which unite them to it, an di appear to constitute only one and the same great family, by their sentiments towards the august Chief of France. " And if the horrors of war still desolate the extremities of Europe; if the misled portion of a neighbouring nation, agitated by factions, still mistakes its true interests, you know, Gentle men, that the cause must be sought for in the perfidious machi nations of that Government, the enemy of Europe, which, re pelled and menaced on all sides, has no longer any thing but a single corner, where it is still able to fan the flame of discord and of civil dissections. " England blockades the ports of Europe; she patroles upon the seas her ships, every where the objects of reprobation ; she seeks openings tor the produce of her manufactures, piled. up in Ow warehouses of her dismayed inhAbitants. Her criminal system is recognized; her snares have lost their effect; the taa• dons at List know how to appreciate both her fatal alliance and her disastrous services. " Amidst the calm which his Majesty has re-established in the Empire and in Europe, he is occupied with the amelioration of his Marine; and his genius suggests to him efficacious means for opposing to his enemies upon the seas numerous Beets, ani mated, like his veteran and formidable plialamcesovith -a desire at last to conquer an universal peace. The will of his Majesty shall always be hat of destiny ; for power and genius sever v; ill in vain, Already, Gentlemen, at the voice of his Majesty, maritime establisment are created; our coasts, the extent of which is augmented, are every where defended by courage and fortified by art; the arsenals are provided lath necessary materials; ships are rising in our ports, and our fleets will one day try their stt ength with those of the enemy, and reign upon the seas. But to arm these vessels, to equip them, his Majesty has felt that he stood in need of seamen. Those who at present man his squadrons, would not he sufficient for the greatness of his plans • new means are necessary for new views. " Commerce and the fisheries, which were wont to furnish seamen to the State, are at pre,ent too inconsiderable, and new system must be fOrthwith resorted to for supplying the wants of the country. At the voice of his Majesty there issues from tho maritime departments, a crowd of young men, who, being at once sailors and soldiers, will shew themselves worthy rivals of those who have raised su high the glory of the arms of. the Em pire. 44 We shall now unfold to you, Gentlemen, the basis of thy; Institution, from which his Majesty 'expects the most .adv.inta geous results: The Emperor has perceived - that the mode of Conscription can alone procure fur the Marine those resources in men which it requires ; but he has felt thaw this mode could not he extended through the whole of our territory, for the iu clinations of men are generally the fruit of their habits. 'nes the inhabitants of the towns of the interior never seethe sea or seamen ; 1 stranger to that element, to that mode of life, he forms to himself only a monstrous idea of it; he rre lers the land-seotice for which the innuinerabi:! victories of our armies have already excited his early enthusiasm. " The inhabitant or the coast, on the contrary, 'from his ear- Hest years is hearing the sea-service talked of; around him every thing presents the image of it ; while yet*a child he gambols In ,that element, upon whicn.one day he will braVe a storM i tht: battle. Born on coasts adjacent to those of the enemy, he 'feels the necessity of defending them, because be hai td prettet his fainily and. his property. Ile is actuated more than any other with the feeling of. resistance to aggression i he is at once • a ma i n and a citizen. " It is from the marittne departments, then, that the marje must be itecruited; it is from the line of coasts that must - be made the selection of men destined to serve . on thisea. " But the profession of the seaman is liable to so . many Vi cissitudes and dangers, that it is necessary to uonunence it •frotn the most tender age, *hen the organs arr docile, the bo4y flotible ' and habits are contracted without dillkultv:* It is ne cessary 01. at the mariner. shonld be' early iicCUEQIIIC'd t! and lean to face it iwiei sr-4;e. 1, AR. the vines a I,,Wvittklitratrrius NVI , 1.1)r, a vvical thin e4ght or tell • , /llacel ;„..• . •\_,• 14