The National Register.
London, England, 1814-02-20 00:00:00

Tit E NATIONAL REGISTER.

FEB.

hope, however, that on the near apps cult of the allied
troops, which Ippoars inevitable, and has probably taken
place ere now, - the inhabitants of Paris will so far
shake oft their fears of
.the police as to follow the examwe
of the other towns in Fiance. Dijon, the capital ..f Bur-
gundy, surrendered to ten horsemen. Rheims to four hun-
dred, and each of these towns contains 40,000 soul. 'We
have no reason to think that the inhabitants at Paris are
more wattnly attached to the fallen cause of their tyrant.
and We trust that the prudence of the nrincipal citizens and
the genero.sity of the allies will still save that city, the de•
sti uction of which would be an irreparab:e calmity fur the
civilised world. •

An evening Ministerial paper of Friday last, has given in
11 c nest
.positive manner the following statement of the po-
litical views of our Cabinet, which it ctnlirms in its publica-
tion of ycwerday: it may he considcied as a compendium ei
.11e rumours on that side of the question :

The vipsious pt osecution of the war upon the territories
of France has been i esolved upon by our Cabinet, in sti ict
o--peration and unison with Russia, Prussia, and Austria..
The negotiations at Chatillon, or at Troves, may be consi-
dered as at an end. There will be no more diplomatic pro-
ceedings till the Allied At mks are in possession of Paris.
The dispatches transmitted to Lord Castlereagh by Skw
and Brown, the Messengers, are not of a specific nature.
Thcie will be no new opportunity for the Moniteur to W.I-
-./m forth.the mutual attentions and civilities between Lord
Castlereagh and Caulaineourt. Every apreics of intercourse
has ceased between theM. Lord Castlereagh l,ad left rha•
tillon on Thursday, the 10th instant, for Troyes. His Lord-
ship is :note particularly attached to the Court of the Em-
peror of Russia, and will ace,qnpany his Imperial Majesty in
all marches and movements.

Thu Allies will receive overtures and propnsaN for a pre-
liminary hasis, even before •their mica get to Pat is ; but it
is at Paris that they will make a full and e%plicit declaration
of their views.

Meanwhile they have received intelli:zence, that Minna-
parte will yield to nothing short of this—the acknoixledaing
and securing the sovereignty of Fiance in his house, and
the placing France, in voila of territory, externally and
internalk, as she was under the reign of Louis XVI.; ttris
refusing Lo accede: to any demand that ust ia may be•dis-
posed to advance, of the cession to het of FrancLe-Conit,
Alsace, and Lorraine.

It is now .-Acertained, that at the dinners given by Lord
Castletea2,li and Caulaincoutt, not a single step was taken t4;7
wards negociation ; We most at la,t Irit an end to the
Dist ries of the world,- saki Caukincou; t; but to this no di•
rect auswcr was returned. Noth'ar4 but general, the most
general eons ersation took placc.

DISSOLUTION OF THE LI:GisLATIVF. ASSEMBLY OF

R \'. • E

The Dutch Papers received Nes:erclay contait an ar-c,,un•
ani'arctrly a,lthetaie which h,,; !he di,soitoion of
the French Legislative Assembly by ituin4ipai.e. The
proceedings of that Assembly have exeitoll much
interest. They woe the mere mgaw, or 1.19-tviort!te's des-
: what he said they eely ei-l; what hr e;•mmanded
tlicy complied with. But when adversity I fi‘ertaken the
Tylant, they assumed a les, uitiful and obe..beni
and ventuied in a report drawn op hv an cNt!.arrdiirir.y
Committee to recommend peace the trori7:#.'st inanne..
The report was. ordered to be printed, but ;lit i-ght the
pulice entered the printing-office, destroyed t coi4saiready

1.‘21

Ointed, and broke the forms to vietes. The Members of the
Legislative Body were ordered to attend on Bfroralar. e
New-Year's• Day,- and of er receiving ft our him a le, ture,
his most violeot manner, they were dismissed, arid the As-f•
sembly dissoked.
We apprehend that the manner in which it recommends
peace was'not the oily nor are chief motive of Buonaparte's
displeasure. It Ventured upon viNeets of a much more
delicate nature. it indulged in "strains of an biAher
It touched upon the internal gocernmeot of the. Tyrant, ands
considered peace as only a Partial b: :ess.og, nniess it were.
accompanied with the exahrshment of constitutitinal limits
and laws. It proclaimed. the propriety of conviecing the•
people that the blood should no longer d for 10-
reign conquests. It enforced tire necessi!y of mlintainint;
in full and complete execution the la%,'s, which secure to the
French the freedom of person and property, and the free
developement of political igll•4. VinaPv, it recommends
the adoption of means for uniting more closely the throne
and the nation, in order tint both may combine their ef-
forts against mkrovernment, arbitrary iNower, and the
_ene-
mies of our country. We wonder leas M the vie lencc of
the Tyrant against such a report, than at the boldne,s of the
men who drew it up. By this one act, the
has almost redeemed 'he dip-ace of its former baseness and
submission, and it may be truly said, that " nothing in life
became them like the leaving of it."

It is now positively stated, that all doubts with respect
to Mtvat, the King of '.':aples, are removed. -He abandons
the cause of Eitionanatte, and takes a dei.isive part la favour
of the Allies. An arrangement h:ls been entered into witlt
him, the partictdats of which have not arrived. [lc re-
mains King of Naples.
Letters, to the 4tl' instant, from Lord Wellingtan's head-
quarters, state, that the army sill remained in cantonments,
and that the state of the weather, and the rvads, rendered
any immediate advance impi acticahle The Duke &Anvil-
leme arrived at the herd-quarters on the '7,(1 inst. Lord
Wellington and his suite went out to meet his Royal Ilili-
ness, who fot the present remained as a private gentlem.m.
Mails from Ilplland arrived on Monday ; and on Tur“lay
one Heligoland. and ten Bremen Mails were also rereivcth.
They state that the Crown Prinre of Sweden wa: at (lam',
Yer on the Sd instant, on a visit to the Di:ke of Cambridge.
It was not known how long he intended to emain ; bit it
was sniposed that he would immediately take the c.mitnand„
in person, of the left wing of his forces which had entered
the French territory under the orders of Gen. 'Wow, and
that the right wing and the centre would follow his qep..;
with all possible expedition. Hamburgh had not 51!r...e.h..
.dered; it was renorted that Ravonst had offered to cal itu:
rate, but throt the proposal was refused lry the Ca-own Prince,
who insiterl on the garri•on becoming pi i',iciteri of war. The
head-ouarters 0:;en. Pulow v..ere •at Brns,els :Le PHI
instant, whe, e a Deputation from Ghent had brong.st him
the keys of that city; accompanied by an Ad& e•-s, in ‘..;::ich
they expressed their detestation of the French, an:t re-
quested the General to secure them against the ven.leaner of
the common enemy ; 4000 Prussians had in. conse:!tr:nce
marched to Ghent,. In all directions the blunts are
stated to In.!ve received the troops with the greatest
demonstrations 04' iov The bombardment of A ntweip had
been eilpyerted into a blorkade. .

. _
The DICKe Mccklenburg Strditz, hrotlicr to the Quf.en,
and who was expected In the •priNg on a visit to Ins al
Sister in this r..untry, died On t Vedole,day, V.
Iu tint.
A Court mourning has been u;-dcr:d c:Ar