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who would have been astute in evading the general law, to which the Scotch law was au exception, hed not till very lately found oat the existence of it. By other laws aliens might go to certain corpora tions, and by the payment of a small sum of money obtain their freedom, and the moment after deuixo lion. The question therefore woe, was it not wise twpass a law to suspend the operation of the laws be had referred to for a limited time Mr. W. SMITH Said, he saw no valid objection to the present measure, and he felt as much pleasure in stating, that he would have experienced uneitei ma% had the rejected clause made part of the law. Ile was of opinion that the suspension of UM anoma lous right fur nine months was no very great injury to any one. Mr. ‘VYNN thought that the principle of confis c.iting the property of aliens, which the rejected douse went to sanction, wee inconsistent with every principle of law sod justice. Fle was not so much surprised, as other Gentlemen seemed to be. at the discoverr of the law alluded to, because he dad not see that feeling of jealousy in England sod Scotland agoinst foreigners settling in these countries, which other Gentlemen believed to have actuated their re spective Legislatures. The jealousy that operated in the time of King William arose from the partiality of that Monarch for foreigners. So far had the prin ciple of encoursging aliens to settle in Ireland been curried, that by two Acts pasted by the Irish Legisla ture in 1780 and 1786, any foreigu Protestant what ever, on taking the oath of allegiance, which any natural-born subject might be compelled to do, was at once naturalized. In 1796 a license from the Lord Lieritenant was rendered necessary, and that was still the law of Ireland.- Sir W. BVIIROUGHe thought that the clause, the rejection of which led to the discussion of to-night, was one of the moat objectionable ever brought into a Bill. He looked upon the Bill under discussion as materially different from it. He trusted that hie Hue. Fneud (Sir J. Mackintosh). who had an nounced his intention of proposing, as an amend- Meet s in the Committee, the addition of words specifying the corporations to which the Bill was t o emend, would not persevere. Hr fe.red it might render the proposed useesure useless, and should feel it his duty to oppose it if persisted in. Mr. Bnoutinait understood from the Noble Lord that all the retrospective effect of the former dowse was to be taken away, end that this cousti toted the difference between it and the Bill. But in order to make the measure completely prospec tive one alteration was necessary, that the Act should be made tocommence its operation from seine certain day hereafter, instead of from and after the passing, in older to give notice of the change in the law to persons, for instance 400 miles off. To make clear what he meant—suppose a foreigner had purchased stock iu Edinborgitg• hours before he could have beard of the pawing of the Act, in order to secure lauded poverty previously porchwed, the words " free sad Ater the paean of the Act," would seesaw • feeleitere. sod operate as an ex peel .misty lea spies* bin ; with such an alteration, and ettdev ell the circumstances, he should have no objection to esepeed the standing orders, and car. eying the Bill through all its stages to-night, though be wlshed entirely to protest against it as a pre ceded. General Nitwit% said, he had been in the city this day, rod that he had heard orders even within the last two hours by aliens at the Bank of Eng land, fur the purchase of stock in the Bank of Sentlaud, no douht with a premeditated view of defeating the Bill, which the Noble Lord was now •Lout to introduce. _ Leave was then given to introduce the Bill, which L.2rd CASTLEREAGH then brought in, and moved it should be read a first time, which was agreed to. The Bill being read, he moved it should be then read a second time. His Lordship observed, that in moving fur the second reading of this Bill in this expeditious way, neither he nor the House could be considered as attempting to take these persons to whom the present Bill referred by sur prise, or as attempting to affect their interests without giving them that previous notice of the inten tion of the Legislature, which even they were in some degree entitled to expect at the hands of his Slajesty's Government. The Bill which had passed this Session, and was now admitted to be incom plete, had in its very principle contained a sufficient intim►atirwi of the intention of the Legislature.— The failure of the clause, particularly applicable to the owes of these individuals, the principle of which was then by no means abandoned, was suffi cient to apprise then► of the disposition of the House, but, by the notice of Saturday night, all these partied must have been aware, that Muhammad was then taking steps to defeat the projects of such as were anxiously endeavouring to avail them selves of the incompetency of the Alien Act of this Session, to procure for themselves the privi leges of naturalisation. Would the House willingly open a door to this species of imposition upon the Legislature? He hoped the House would see the plopriety of iaterposing in this case, and not allow thr parties to take advantage of the interval be tween the propovition of this law u an additional clause, and the passing of the present Bill. The gallant General had informed the House. that pur. chases of this nature were at this moment going on expressly with a view to defeat the object of 'the Bill. The House should be the more cautious as to this point, in as mach as it was very obvious, tluit those who were now so desirous of evading the law, and obtaining naturalization at all haxasels, were the parties to whom the House and the country ought to feel the strongest objection. The Bill he hail introduced, as it now was framed, had obvia ted all the objections which bad been urged against the clause in the former Bill, ou the ground of the ex post facto operation of that clause. Under those care Lances he should be induced to expect the co.uperation of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, greater . ,the other fileuther in thai House P—lHeer.' Ater, rest Lard c.str el e d rgh )—or did he then mean that the parties uuw interested in tht decision of the House, as to their case, should, because of the notification la of the No, Lord, be perfectly satisfied with the manner in which the House might treat their interests or dispose of their property l It was as much is saying, although that particular clatise'd the Alien Bill was the other night rejected, because it bade retrospective effect for • couple of mouths back, the notification of a Secretary of State, that be is about to bring in a Bill, which may possibly bear this way or the other upon the merits of this ques tion, should have all the effect of an es post facto enactment, at least so far back as twenty-four hours since Saturday's notice. Was it now to be laid down as an axiom in politics, that as the sub jects of this realm were apprised on that night, that the attention of the Legislature would be probably directed to such • subject of legisla tion, that let the result as to their individual pri vate interests be what it might, they must of coo sequence submit without a murmur to that deter initiation. He saw the more reason to regret the course pursued by the Noble Lord ; because all this short-hand mode of legislation was employed to effect that which in itself was directly in contra diction to the Act of Union between England and Scotland. The 18th section of an Act confirming the Act of Union, provided for the preservation of all private rights with peculiar jealousy, and pro vided that none such should be affected by any ge neral Acts of the Legislature, except it most antis factorily appeared that such Act, or clause of •n Act, was decidedly in favour of the interests of Scotland. He supposed • case of a person dis patched to Scotland on Saturday, for the purpose of purchasing stock (with a view perhaps of ob. trilling naturalization), this party arriving next Wednesday. might conclude the purchase of this stock, on the faith of the particular clause of the Alien Act having been rejected ; or even supposing he had heard the notice of the Noble Lord on Sa turday evening, which announced, instead of the clause, • Bill having no retrospective effect, and hence considered that lie or his priucipal were per fectly safe in entering into the contract for the purchase of this Batik stock, upon the comple tion of this purchase, and his return to London it is discovered that the Bill, by having effect from and after the passing of the Act, must unavoid ably have reference to his case, and render null the object of this mission undertaken expressly upon the faith of the notice on one hand, or the rejection of the clause en the other, upon the grounds of its having a retrospective effect which the House considered unjust, and not to be sanc tioned by its approbation. In such a case the stock would not only be rendered less valuable, but what was of much more importance, lied the party concluded a purchase of land, under such circum stances the property so purchased would have been liable to confiscation to the Crown. Upon these very few reasons, amongst others, he could not give his assent to the principles laid down in the speech of the Noble Lord. Mr. CAIIIIIIIO felt disposed to make any con cession to insure the unanimity of the House upon this subject, provided it did not compromise the question itself. But he begged the Hon. and Learned Member to recollect that the clause was not rejected because it had a retrospective effect, but because it violated the privileges of that House. There had been on that occasion no doubt on the general principle of the Alien Bill; no Gentleman had argued against the general measure as impro per or inconsistent with the public interests, and _ . the preservation of public faith. All had agreed upon these points. The notice, therefore, of the Noble Lord, only went to affect all inchoate purchases— purchases not then completed. All such purchasers must be considered to hive had ample notice of the intention of the Legislature, and that such in choate iourchases would of course, if completed, be vitiated by the Act then notified to the House and the country generally. A person about to purchase might, after the debate of Friday night, have con cluded the design of further restrictions as to aliens might possibly be abandoned, and conclude the purchase without any perverse intention being ma nifested of a design to defeat the intentions of the Legislature ; but after the notice of the Noble Lord on Saturday, no purchases subsequently concluded could be looked upon in this light, because no person could imagine for a mo ment that the design of the Legislature had been abandoned. It was undoubtedly tune that it was the duty of that House scrupulously to protect pri vate rights horn being infringed on by public acts', except there Were • paramount necessity, or more than equivalent public advantage to result from the adoption of the proposed regulation; yet this general rule lead yielded to the necessity of the cue in va►ious instances, and in none more remarkably than in the case of the Abolition of the Slave 'Fred,. where the great difficulty was to effect the general object, without touching the interests of individuals engaged in speculations of this nature. Yet on that occasion it had been said over and over again, in re ply to such arguments, " Let not the danger of en cruaehing on private property deter us from doing. general good ; let the Legislature abolish altoge ther this stain which deforms the fair character of this land of liberality end justice, at all events, and let the parties who may be injured by the general measure came to this House, and chew how they hive been i•ju►ed, and apply fur redress or compels. sation." Nuw if this argument were held good in that instance, hr would say in the present case, let the House but secure the safety of the State from the impending public inconvenience, ■nd let the parties aggrieved by the general measure rouse in like manner before the House to demand that remedy they would no doubt receive if they should he able to make nut a case of a satisfactory nature to the House. He for one should not be averse to granting • patient and attentive ear to with unprecedented expedition through the House. Lord Ft:out-tons objected to the conduct pur sued by Administration oo this occasion, in hurry ing the Bill through the House. Ou other occa sions, when something not very palatehle to the House had been demanded by his Majesty's Minis ters, Committees had been appointed to investig ice the grounds on which the House was told it should proceed to legislate. In the memorable case of last Session,the result of the Report of such a Committee had been, that the House agreed to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act. But in this case, it was re quired that the House should act only on the assur ance of Ministers that a particular danger was to be apprehended unless the House should agree to the measure now proposed. It was too much to expect the House to act on en occasion of such importance, entirely on the credit of a Government which hid so completely forfeited its character with the public, that nut above three days ago this same Administra tion, and particularly the Right Hon. Gent. (Mr. Canning). had argued that the measure would be altogether incomplete, except it embraced the re trospective clause referring to purchases made since the 28th of last April, whilst at this moment these very Ministers were conteut to take the Bill in its present shape, admitting by so doing that they had made to the House a false representation of the mate of the country, which had on that Oc casion been stated to be in so alarming a state that the clause then introduced was rendered indispeu sably requisite. What confidence could be placed in the representations of such men P They hid cajoled by fabricated and highly-coloured state ments, the Parliament out of the great privileges of British subjects, and the House consented to repeal the Habeas Corpus Act; an Act of Indem nity followed, to our eternal disgrace. The next great object of the Session had been, after some time spent in its consideration, abandoned. The projected improvements in the Poors Laws had, after occupying for two years the attention of a Committee, been moved to be read that day six months, and the country were happy in even getting the Bill for select vestries. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's grand plan of titmice respecting the Bank of England and the Country Banks had also been lost, and now the country would see with • just appreciation of the character of the Hotter, this iniquitous clause, carried in the shape of a separate Bill, with unparelleled precipi tation at the very close of the Session. To such conduct he would only say, that he rejoiced his voice had been, in almost every instance, opposed; and he now, in the fullest manner, entered hie protest against the proceeding of this evening. After a few words from General Tanaweistr, amidst cries of "Question! question P' The Bill was reed a second time. The House went into a Committee upon the Bill. Mr. GooLevan brought up the Re. port. The Bill was then read the third time and M. Mr. P. Morten then presented a Petition from Wm. Aria, stating. that the Lords of the Trea sury had refused to make him any compensation fur tasking many discoveries of extreme fraud in the revenue, and praying fur remuneration.—Read and laid on the table. ___ The House , ou the maim of Mr. B. BATHURST, then adjourned. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, Jinn 9, tem. The promised Bill for suspending, until the tsth of March neat, the clause in the Scottish Act of Parliament for enabling aliens to acquire natu ralization by investing money in the Bank of Scot land, was last night introduced into the House of Commons by Lord CASTLZELICAGH, and pushed through all the stages almost without (apposition. It will probably run the same course this evening in the House of Lords. for Lord SIDMOUTH gave notice of his intention to move the suspension of the Standing Orders of the House, that nothing might interpose to prevent the passing of the Bill. The debates in the House of Commons were wit nessed by her Royal Highness the Duchess of CADIDIUDGE, who, attended by her Royal Consort, and his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke MICHAEL, graced one of the side galleries with her presence. The Proclamations for dissolving the present Parliament. and calling another, were signed at Carlton House on the 6th instant. Their publica tion has been only delayed, as our readers are aware, by the difficulty which has arisen out of the Alien Bill. Copies of the official dispatches recently re ceived, containing the details of the latest military operations in India, are given in our subsequent columns. We are thus rumbled to anticipate The Ezeraordimey Gazette. which will be published this day. The Paris Papers of Friday last contain the decision of the Assize Court of Colmar, sentencing to death ■ woman and her son, for the premeditated and savage murder in the month of January last, of a man named Jucques Ilenrick, the Inuband of •-- ,sea trenched en the Ad of Settlement. lo the whose strongest ebjection to the • welt applications, although be certainly would not Committee he should moviros as amendment, that carded open the grenade stated,,, 7 I hR Inlaid give a similarly &equable the corporations whom rights the Bill was intended Mr. Sponemas void mil ti gialei • &petitioner who migfit apply br re- • • to interfere with should be Dashed, or at least finch • eiples laid down by the Nellie Lard. - • 1 dime to t Skew *hen it should appear he had general description given of them as to take away to the Bill now before the Muse, as he - , nalempted within the last twenty-four house a the diegrseefel reflection that the omission hod they would trench on some of the most vital Bend upon the well-known intentions of the !Agit- ation% front ignominy& trims of the constitution of this county/. W kture. The AtTORMIR-GRWRIAL argued, that the tbs. House to be told by the Noble Lord, that, became Mr. BROUGHAM explained, that he rather in- , eovery of the Scotch Act was very recent. Five he had on &tardily, funooth, given notice by his tended to enter his protest against the sum- . different Acts had bees passed by the British Le- intention to introduce a Bill upon this subject, many wey in which the House had proceeded in this giblet ore that Mewed they must have been in igno- that his notice would prodsee a different effect, or case. by suspending the Standing Orders of the mime of the existence of such e law. Ewen those be of greater consequence than the notice of any House for the purpose of passing the present Bill .'" , ms • J , s. \\ . Mrs end father of the other primmer. Iwas witnessed by a child of the efie of seam years. Ithe daughter of the deceased, and her testimony, corroborated by strong circumstantial evidence, left (to doubt of the guilt of the prisoners. Some further details are given of the new Bova lien Constitution. The dumbly of the States- General of the Kingdom will consist of two Chant ben; one of Senator., the other of Deputies. The Chamber of the Senators will be composed of the Princes of the Royal Flintily ; of the Dignitaties and Officers of the Crown; of the two Archbishops of the heads of ancient families; of Princes and Counts who had been States of the German Empire ; of a Bishop nominated by the King; and of the President of Protestant General Consistory ; and of such other persons as the King shall think proper to nume, who shall enjoy the dignity either fur their own lives, or as an inheritance. The Second Chamber shall consist of landed proprietors, who exercise in their estates a seignorml jurisdiction, hut who have nut the right of sitting or voting in the other Chamber; of the Deputies of the three Universities; of Catholic and Protestant Ecclesiastics, and of the Deputies of the towns and boroughs. The number of members will be regu lated with reference to the number of families, in I the proportion of one Deputy to every 7,000 fa milies. The first Session of the States-General will take place on the Ist of January, 1819. The Gazette Uainertelle of Dresden contains a tirade in the most approved form, and no doubt etniueutly suited to the taste of the Continental rivals of our commerce. agonise the frauds prac tised by English merchants, and the Jews. their assistants, to deceive the people of Germany into the purchase of articles of a very bad qua lity. The merchant. it is said, at the corn. mencement of the fairs, sells off some prime ar ticles at a low price ; and haviug thus drawn the public attention. he, under pretence of hastening home, disposes by public sale of the rest of his stock. of which the greater part consists of bad commodities. It is, however, admitted, that Eng lish manufactures still inundate Germany, and that British capital and energy are capable of overcoming every bar which ignorance or jealousy have hitherto been able to devise. The French Funds continue to improve. The Five per Cents. are 72 f. 80c.; Bank Actions, 1.6.30 1. The following are further extracts :•—• !Mlle, JUNE 5. According to an ancient custom, the King of Sweden, on the day of 14 CuPostilion, dines alone in the hall of the palace, surrounded and served by the grand Dignitaries of the Crown &ado( the Court. Letters from Stockholm state, that several tickets of admission bad been delivered to see, from the galleries, the table covered for the Royal dinner; but the King has suppressed this ceremony. The explosiuo of the powder mill at Saint lean d'Angely was productive of the most disastrous effects. Upwards of 150 houses were throw• down or rendered uninhabitable; IS persons were killed, and more than 100 wounded. The damage is estimated at 1,400,000 francs. The explosion is stated to bare been entirely owing to the imprudence of a workout at the mill. Accounts from Constantinople, of the 25th April, are quoted in a Vienna article, staling that the Baron de Sung*. noff, the Russian Minister at the Turkish Court, had re. cently ueutued a higher tone in his negotiations, in conse queues of new instructions from his Sovereign. We hart received Charleston Papers to the 3d last, but they contain no news. A Dutch Mail has arrived. The following is an extract : IPSVICII IMONTIZIRI, JUUE 2. The departure of his Grace the Duke of Wellington for Paris was hastened by the arrival of several couriers at Cambray. It is thought that the late Cunveutions with the Allied Powers, fur the regulatiou of another affair, require Isis presence at Paris. It seems certain that the Duke is to be present at the Congress of the Sovereigns. This is the reason that the review of the British troops is deferred till the autumn. The review of the Ruuiaii army has answered all espectatiou. The destined cruise of the squadron which sailed from Plymouth on Friday, is said to be fur exer cise in the Bay of Biscay, and thence to Madeira, whence the squadron, which has only three months provisions oil board, may be expected back in seven or eight weeks. A Meeting of inhabitants of Westminster was held yesterday at the British Coffer-house, Cock spur-street, when a Requisition was signed for putting Sir SAMUEL Rom' LLY in nomination as a Representative fur that City at the ensuing election. The public talents and domestic virtues of Sir Sastiet. RomILLY must unite all hearts and hands in his support. IVe, therefore, antici pate his success with confidence, and congratulate this great City on the prospect of having for its Representative the brat of the good—a man aithout speck or blemish—a man with as much perfection Is is destined fur mortals. The elec tion of s man who does honour to human nature, must shed more lustre upon his constituents than he can derive from their choice. The following are collies of the Requisition, and of Sir SAMUEL HoutzAr's Answer : TO SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY. Wespoistoter, Bth Jane, 1818. Stu—Anxious to sec this populous and important City represented in Parliament by a person conspicuous in the country fur talent and integrity, We, the undersigned Inhabitants of Westminster, rteinest you to permit us to \ • put you in nomination at the enuring Election. We further 'Trisect you to *Walt' foam all personal attendance, t and expense. We retptire from you no pledge; since the uniform tenor of your honourable life, your known attach ment to the Constitution, your sealons and unremitting efforts for the melioration of the lens, the correct' of abuses, aid the suppoot of the rause of flee-414,m, justice and hhmanity, wherever assailed, are a sure pledge to us of you► cinalifientious fur our /trivia., in common with that of the country at large. Wie have the honour to hr, Sir, your faithful Servants, John Markey Gi•orge illetralfe Gro. Yuan John Roilwell George Lamb A. Ritchie Wm. A II:111011 James Stoilart Tbos . VVright anti J. Aruuhl ',ironies Thomas Co, Ea war d ydr er y George Lane James Sutton Rohm Linerly Henry Jur.* John Wund Rohl. H. EMI/ Geo. Atteuelc ICAO!. Hubert. G. Philips Ruhl. IValpole J. Dunn H G K enne tt James Chninhers S. YDekiley,low, mod Daniel Giles H. Dunslilswi. Yuri:Airy Harvey Ciimhe I'. :Dunce Julio Paternoster R. Payne Knight Remy Burgess Gen, gi. Austen Ja. Perry J. Willis %I'. [CUM' Royce Cionbe K. Gridiu Julia Wilson CliffAduure V. Kn.'s Johu Smith _ ............... J. Mills T. Cliamberlayne Jas. O. Petiilt J. Fisher R Whitcruft Wm. Vicki ry Roll Spencer J. Oliphant Berne and Botsford Geo. Bainbridge R. W. (lin kson Richards sad Soli Th. Hughes Jao. sash Christoplii r Allen Joseph Del.ifield Cbm. Prater Stephen Lewis J. Hairuniiiid Sefton 'r. Field sail Sots Geo. Clarkson J. T. Walker George Deane Rirhd. Henderson Thomas Tuestkison Charles Sunlit. Richard Tail GRNT ***** answer to the Requisition it hieb I have this day had the honour to receive from you, I do not hesitate to say, that though I should never hive presumed to offer myself as a Candidate to represent the City of West. minster in Parliament, yet if it should be the pleasure of a majority of the Electors, without any solicitation or later fereute on my part, to choose me for oae of their Represeii tatiVes, I shall think tb it the highest honour has been coil. (erred on me that it was possibly for me to attain. 1 shall be proud to accept such an honour; and I shall endeavour to discharge to the best of my abilities the important duties which it will impose upon me. I have the honour to he, Gentlemen, With grand respect, Your most obedient and faithful Servant, SAM. ROM I LEY. June 8, 1818. • s • In consequence of doe above avocet of Sir Samuel Rumilly, a MEETING of the COMMITTEE will be held TO.JIORROW (TUESDAY), at the British Cuffee-bunae,, Cockspor-street., at Three e'Cluck precisely. JOHN MACKAY, Chairman. British Cuffee-huuse, June h,lBlll. Yesterday the Sardinian Nliiiister hail an audience of the PRINCE lILGHST at. Catritoit•lloU6r. It is reported that Earl ST. ArtricENT iotru is visiting Plymouth shortly, for the purpose of lug tlw sea air. Sir 11-15Nar HOTHAM is about to quit the Admi ralty, at the reco eeeeee emlut• of ph) iiicions. Sir PULTENEY NIALCOI.M. it is EMI, will be his suc cessor. It is remarked as somewhat ominous, that all our naval repairs and additions are made in the line of frigates, at.d such ships of war as would be most wanted in the event of a contest with America. Extract from a private letter, dated Dublin. Jane 4, 1818 :—" Although un the eve of a (ie. octal Election we have little of hustle, and I do out conceive there will be six seriously contested elections in Ireland. Is this despair, apathy, or acquiescence in the measures of Mististers? There will be no opposition to the return of the present Members either in this county or the city, and in the University the public 19,64 of Mr.S has saved that Learned [Judy from the disgrace with which they were threatened in turtling out Mr. I'm; X lESTr a and it is now said, that this Gentleman is secure of a decided majority. In Newry Mr. GRATTAN. jun. is expected to resign in favour of Mr. BEN NETT." A °WU LTURE.—Througle all the northern rho. tricts of England the spring corn is looking re markably healthy and abundant ; but the wheats appear to be a general failure, and scarcely ; rug to repay the expenses of seed. Against this event we trust Government will be prepared by an ad. guide supply of foreign grain for the year en. suing, as our own produce cannot be oufficient our demand. MEMOIRS OF LUCIEN BON APARTE.—M. ('EL TIER, to his " mibign," strongly corrolsorairs the opinion alieady given of these interesting Memoirs. Hr ob. , that they are entitled in every respect to be dist ingu ish ed from tlw mesa of scent histories, so called, which have hitherto appeared respecting the family of BONAPANTE. They can may have been written by a rtiggiblenliel Secretary, by one who less followed the steps and witnessed the actions of LUCIEN for tour-and-twenty years, and who now openly exhibits him to public view. A Nobleman, olio figured a little in the Revolution, avid who enjoys • high distineti in the career of Art, happened to be in London during the printing of the neck, said as be had been intimately con nected with the individual in question, he was consulted respecting their authenticity by t h e English Editor. lie acknowledged their veracity sills the exception of a rectifications, which lie has made to entail' anecdotes, aial some farts which he hail added in a letter addict*, il to the Editor, and whirl, is !printed at the end of the Vol This appendix gives to the work a double veal of authenti city: the reader will find a great fund of curious aneedoic, and the historian rich materials fur Ilse atuals of the Reso lution. 'intact's nor la emnr et r Inierieur de la Fanoille d , ANopoleon Bonaparte. Such is the title 4.f Woik which is on the point of appearinf, and which it is repotted is written by nu less a personage than the Countess de lIIONTISQUIOU....•••The following is an extract from tha preface :—" The object of the present Work is principally tu elucidate the domestic character of Napoleon therefore is advanced that is uncertain or duublfl—facts alone are recorded that are personally known to the Authors." The Ludy to whom we are chiefly indebted for it resided its Napoleon's Palace, accompanied the Court pp its jouruits„ and when the Emperor was in France it day never elapsed un which she did nut maintaiu ;whitest relation, with Into; thus she was necessarily the witness of a great part of lair private aid domestic life. Attached to the interior awl private service of the Empress Maria Louisa, she Aver/ frr a moment quitted the young Princess from the period of her arrival in France until her departure for Germany. The various fact* which abe nuw submits to the public, and of the chief part of which she was herself au eye witness, are therefore drawn from the most unquestionable source ; besides her situation, by placing her on an intimate routing with the individuals of the Court, enabled her to collect informatiou which lay beyond the public rench. Her ity may be the more firmly relied on, sine r the has nothing either to hope fur or to fear, and no niedit e either to flatter or calumniate. Her chief object is to present to the Historian, who may hereafter wish to trace an sat. partial picture of the reign of Napoleon, some trait; the correctness of which cameo be callerl to quertioui ■