The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Our Zing, anD Laths. . ' - IDUBLISHED AT NO. 11 ) NEWCASTLE.STREET, STRAND. No. 409: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1815. P ; ITICAL DISQUISITION, - PRICE gl 4 served the army entire, in order to retain means of defence against the Allies, should 'their demands rise beyond its disposition to concede: and now it find?, what it• wi , dom ought to have originally anticipated, that the army regards its existence, not as a bcon of Itoyal nirrey, but as a pledge of Royal imbecillity and terror, and is unwilling to use it only for the overthrow of an authority odious to the heroes of the revolution and tie satellites of a Conqueror. Here the crime, or to.employ a milder word, tEe folly, bears its own punishment. But is Europe to take no cognizance of the offence ? Is no alteration to be made in terms granted under very different appearances? is it equally safe for continental monarchs to ?cave Franca great and powerful, when the spirit which will direct that greatness a►►d power has'once more revealed its pernicious nature ? The treaty, if signed, has not yet been ratified, and - fresh stipulations might be introduced to avert the threatened da►►ger. The retiring movements of toe Allied troops should be suspended, and the entire disbandment of the Rebel-army insisted on, whilst there 4 , Still a suf, ficient foreign force in the country to assist the Ding iq carrying that necessary measure into execution, The number of troops left to secure the internal tranquillity of France should be increased, and the extent of their can. torments enlarged. More fortresses should be occupied, and in different quarters, for the north and the east aro not menaced with greater convulsions than the south and west, A duper Wound might thus be inflicted on Gallic pride; but the hour of delicacy is past. -An enemy once trodden under foot can never become a sincere friend, France has experienced the truth of this observation her self. In her days of couquest and of prosperity, she laid an iron heel on the neck of her enemies, She raised therm after Wards, when her policy required, all bruised, from the ground. She covered them with honours, made thena sharers in her toils and in her triumphs, and endeavoured to consume, in a blaze of glory, the memory of their downfall and momentary degradation. But the thorn rankled in their hearts, in the midst of feigned gratitodp and forced co-opeiation. They accepted Ler favours . , as yielding the means of future revenge, They circled round her thr , ,ne, to study bow its pillars might be shaken : they fought her battles, to learn the arts, and acquire the •, ski' which one day might strike down their conquerui ALTERATIONS TO MAKE IN THE TREATY OF PEACE. Our late anticipations were neither unfounded nor pre mature. The spirit of Insurrection, which we saw strug gling for a vent, now begins to display itself openly iu many parts of France. Its first acts have even been too public to be denied by the fettered prints of that country, and their authenticity is established by the repeated Or ders of the Day issued for their suppression. They have also revealed an important secret : .they have shcwn that duplicity was the soul of the system adopted by the king's late Alinisters. Conscious of the jealousy justly enter tained by the Allies of the existence of a disaffected' French army, they decreed its dismemberment, Accounts of the disbanding of whole corps, of the peaceable man net' in which it was effected, and of the return of the sol diers to the bosom of their families, were artfully drawn tip and carefully published, in order to create a belief that all grounds of apprehension were removed, by the com plete submission of the army. The Allies were deceived into security and confidence :—they abated the severity of their demands, in proportion as they fancied the Bourbon throne acquired strength and stability :—they hastened the departure of their troops and' the drawing up of a treaty, such as France, in a state of internal division and disoider, had no right to expect. Now on a sudden the truth breaks forth. That army, whose disbanding had been so quietly effected, once more appears in all its pride, discontent, and power! Whole regiments are denounced as in open rebellion, and this not at one particular spot alone, but in almost every part which is no longer over awed by the presence of the Allies. The cavalry of the Ex-linnet ial Guard is now found to have taken refuge in the Cevennes. The whole artillery of the army of the Loire, according to statements. which appeared in the . French papers three mouths ago, had been secured amidst these mountainous recesses. Generals, officers, and in fantry have joined this focus of reb'ellion, whilst still more adv. ntui uus agents are spread throughout the provinces, or concealed in the capital, to blow wide the flames of 'dis offectien amongst the people, Thus dots the duEdigtitif the Guverument now recoil upon itself, It sec f iretiv Prep VOW , Not tiVCCiii; i LW . ii . s ► 0 ► 6 ► 6 is At 'mot