The National Register. — London, England, 1815-06-18 00:00:00

"4 TET F N. and make no mention of the subject. If hostilities have begun, it has not b , en by a sortie, or a trifling affair, but by a general battle, and the day on which it commenced was'no doubt the I.llh, a day which Buonaparte considers • as most fortunate on account of its being the anniversary of two of his greatest victories, MARENGO and FRILDLAND THE HUDiG ET- On bringing forward the Budget this week, the Chan' cellor of the Exchequer has satisfactorily explained the reasons which rendered a loan of unusual magnitude ne cessary. 7'wenty-one . millions of arrears remained to be paid, for which, even had not the peace been interrupted, a provision must have been made. Ile also stated that should the war continue, the public expenditure would next year be diminished between four and five and twenty millions. It is also highly satisfactory that no new taxes have limn proposed. ..wm..mw • FRENCH PAPERS. In the sitting of the French House of Representatives, on sth, some displeasme was evinced at a piece of insulting bi htviour of Buonspatte's. The President, ad interim, said be had made known to Buonapatte the nomination of M. Lavjuitnis o h • Presidency, and had asked hint whether he lad any thing to communicate relative to that nomination. llle replii d. hat if he, the President, wnuld write next morn ing to ti e Chamberlain, he would make known his decision. —Muritur• were immediately heard in the Chamber, at what they cons dered an indignation offered them. One of Bou naparte's friends, Regtiatilt de St. D'Angely, attempted to ex cuse him, saying , that the President had not beard his words. seem ately T he sitting was suspended, and when it was re- . sumzd, Regnault brought down Bounaparte's reply. It was very laconic I approve."—ln the sitting of next day, 13uonaparte's conduct was again alluded to, artd an excuse svgs M tele, th wgh but a lame one, for the insult he had of fered•thetn —ln the sitting of Tuesday, there was rather a warm debate upon the oath to be taken by the Members. Some were for its being taken, not in consequence of a de ee is, ued by a Soverign, but in eirtue of a law. After a debate, which turned a good deal upon the state of France, the oath was carried in these words •—" I swear obedience to the Constitutions of the Empire and fidelity to the Em peOur."—The brother of Carnot then moved a decree, pm porting that the army had deserved well of the country. This was opposed by one Member, on the ground that the army had not yet done any thing to justify the vote. Much clamour took place, and one Member said, " have not the army by a spontaneous movement saved the nation ?" The motion was got rid of by Regnault de St. Jean d'Angety, who observed, that the Chamber was not yet definitively constituted, and could not pass such a •vote.—M. Flanger gues, Dupont, La Fayette, sen. and Gen. Grcuier, have been slantedVicePresidents—Bounaparte has created 116 Peers, among whom are his brothers Lucien, Joseph, and Jerome, Eugene Beauharnois; his uncle, Cardinal Fesch, and all the Marshals and principal Generals. On Monday, French Papers arrived to the gth inst, On that day part of the. equipage and baggage of Buonapatte was sent off for the army, and also all the Imperial foot guards which were in Paris took their departure for head-quarters. The military service will be committed to the National Guard during his absence, which will be commanded by _Officers of the troops of the line, under the orders of the Minister of War. Domiciliary visits have been ordered in Paris, for the IS' R • JUNE 18. purpose of searching for disaffected persons. The spirit manifested in the Representative Chamber of Parliament can not conduce much to soothe the cares,. or allay the anxie. ties of Buonaparte. A motion was made in the Chatnber of Representatives on Wednesday, by M. Lapelletier, that as Louis XVIII. bad been called " the Desired," Bunnaparte should be styled " the Saviour of the Couutry.." Ile was put down by a tumult of disapprobation ; and the confusion was so gi cat, that the President continued for sonic time ringing his bell, in the same manner as in the n t disorderly pesiods of Jacobinical anarchy and bloodshed. Bayonne, Navarrens, St. Jean Pied-de-Port, and Blaye, have been•de clared in a state of siege. It is stated from Valenciennes, that all is in motion along the line of that frontier, The French funds have fallen to 54 and 544. They have sunk one per cent. since the opening of the Legislative Session. • A great diplomatic conference took place at Vienna on the 29th of May, which was understood to form the last meeting of the Congress there. That Assembly will soon resume its sittings at Frankfort on the Meine. A packet has arrived in five days from Corunna. The let ters from Cadiz are of the 26th, and from Bilboa to the 30tli ult. % General Castanos has assumed the Command of t h e Spanish armlr'of Catalonia, In General Orders, which he caused to be published at Barcelona, he has forbidden, under the severest penalties, any communication with France ; ;lea he tells the Catalans, that, after having fought like hence' during six years for the independence of their country, they ought to take arms at this time to overturn the infamous ty ranny of Buonaparte, which again threatens the world. Fer dinand VII. was expected in the middle ofJune at Barcelona. A squadron was fitting out at in the port of Carthagena, which was intended to cruise in the Mediteiranean, along the coast of Proverree. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, in presenting the Irish Budget, on Friday, took occasion to intimate that the duties of the Irish Exchequer were about to devolve on his Right Hon. Friend; Mr. Vansittart. This is explained by the fact that a Corn. mittee of Finance has been sitting for some time, whose report, though it has not yet been presented to.the House, will contain a recommendation, that' the English and lrisla Excheqeser be consolidated. Under this new arrangement, the whole of Mr. Fitzgerald's present department, will of of course, he absorbed in that of Mr. Vansittart. A courier in the course of Friday reached town with Dis patches for Government, which were considered of so much importance that a Cabinet Council was immediately held on them, and continued sitting some time. Information has been received at Lloyd's, that the Penguin sloop of war has been *captured by the American sloop Hornet, after an action of forty minutes, in the South Sea. The British Commander was killed., The part of the crew which survived was sent into Bahia in a cartel, in April. Governmentove understand, has established a chain of mari• time telegraphs, by ships stationed between Ostend and Deal, so that the intelligence of any event may be transmitted from Flanders in a few hours, The 43d Regiment and the 2d Garrison Battalion embarked at Dover on Friday for Ostend, A communicalion was made •n Friday night to Parliament, that it was the intention of his Royal highness the Prince Regent to call out and embody the Militia. It is said that the Regency of Lisbon has determined not tr. contribute the Portuguese contingent towards the allied at tack, upon Fraucc. JUNE 18. ersons. The spirit r of Parliament can- . or allay the an'xie- e in the ('hainber of Lapelletier. that as ;!sired," Buonaparte Country." He was ; and the confusion tied for some time the n t disorderly )odshcd. Bayonne, ;Jaye, have beerrde- from Valenciennes, that frontier, The They have sunk gislative Session. ;ce at Vienna on the , rm the last meeting will soon resume its Corunna. The let ) Bilboa to the 3rat.; e Command of t h e Orders, which he las forbidden, under n with France ; and fought like herce4 their country, they 'l'l the infamous ty- ns the world. Fer- fJune at Barcelona. )rt of Carthagenn, teiranean, along the e Irish Budget, on duties of the Irish Right Hon. Friend; e fact that a COM. some time, whose .ntad to .the House, English and lrisla s new arrangement, lepartment, will of ;ittart. bed town with Dis- isidered of so much nmediately held on 's, that the Penguin le American sloop in the South Sea. part of the crew irter, in April. led a chain of man- a Ostend and Deal, te transmitted from Battalion embarked ight to Parliament, ghness the Prince determined not tr. 'ards the allied at-