The National Register.
London, England, 1815-10-22 00:00:00

THE 'VATIONAL RECIRTER!

terms, as he is, indeed, with all the Officers of the ship ; they
frequently play at cards, Etc., in which, occasionally, they
have the advantage of each other.
'lithe' to our passage has been very favourable, and no par-
ticular occurrence has taken place since we sailed from Tor-
bay. • • , • ••

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

•SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1815.

pensions or salaries were granted by the King; in order
to their being taken away or reduced as the ccmmittes
may think fit. The second Ordonnance appoints a com-
mittee of officers to examino the conduct of all officers
who have served during the usurpation. No officer is to
occuprany post in the army unless the committee reports
favourably upon his .conduct.. The Duke of Belluoo if
president of the committee.

In the Chamber of Peers on Monday there was a good
deal of discussion. The Dnke dr Vauguyon propoed that
the Chamber should speedily direct its attention to four
great points—Th, Liberty of the subject ; the Liberty of
the Press ; the Responsibility of Ministers; and the Or•
ganization of the Electoral Colleges. No opinion was
pronounced by the Chamber upon the llnke'sproposition.
The publication in the papers I,l' the debates in the Chant.
ber has attracted the notice of the Peers, and a entnmissiost
been annointed to revise the Regulation of the Chamber
upon the subject. By the Constitution the debates of the
Chamber are•to be secret.

The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Tuesday in
a Secret Committee in diieussine the law relative to sedi-
tious speeches. Some amendments were proposed., and the
law was referred to a Committee to make a report.

Some of the accessory articles of the Convention with the
Allied Powers are said to have been ‘ettled on ,Monday;
but they relate only to the mode and payment of the Con-
tributions. By the end of this week every thing was ex-
pected to be detinitiv.•!y arranged and signed.
_ _

Ney has transmitted to each of the Peerc a memorial, La
which he denies the jurisdiction of a Council of War, and
demands to be tried by the Peers.
The Duke of Wellington' Letter to Lord Castlereagh,
is given at length in these Papeils. His Grace has had a.
long audience of the King and the Duke d'Angouleme.
More persons have been taken up for seditious cries.
Precautions have been ordered to be taken by the Pre-
fects and Mayors in delivering passports, paticularly for
Paris.

In one of the last sittings of the Peers there was a veer
warm debate upon the part of the Address which t elate%
to measures of justice against criminals. The Duke of
Orleans wished to expunge from the Address all the
phrases relative to justice, pnniFhment, and. purification.
One of the Peers immediately asked his Highness, whe-
ther he meant to deny that circumstance called nut for se-
vere measures? This question gave considaable warmth to
the debate. Ilead3 became cchaufrees. The Bishop of
Langres, Baren S,..guer, and others, were for measures of
justice against state criminals : Lanjuinais urged the ne-
cessity of moderation, and the desire of security felt by-
the citizens. (Laujuinais wiis President of Buonaparte'4
Chamber of Representatives!) . The debate closed by re-
ferring the Address to a Commission. We have already
given the Address as it was presented to the King.
The French Funds are 57—They have beta rather
lower.

King Ferdinand has given a fresh proof of merry. in
causing the brave aid patriotic Porlier to be hanged un-
tried. lie probably felt that a trial, when the death of
the victim was previously determined on, would only' be
a solemn mockery of justice. In that case we may c or-
gratulate his people on the awakeni.ig of his consciisnce.
Porlier's testament, and his affecting letter to his wife)
will be found in another part of our paper.