The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISERT

sword against the liberties of France—she might
redeem her credit with ther world by chastising the
unauthorised and unjustifiable assumption of Russia,
Austria, and Prussia.
Ministers are ;making extraordinary exertions to
gather together their minions on the meeting of Par-
liament—it is said they mean to propose 50,0001. as
the annual allowance to the Queen, but to accom-
pany the grant by a declaration of her guilt. If
they attempt to do so we hope the House of Com-
mons will punish them for their daring temerity—
they appear to count upon the entire devotion of that
branch of the Legislature, but we do not quite
despair of seeing them convinced of their error.

There is a passage in the Manifesto of the Portu-
guese nation (which we insert
,this day) so exactly
applicable to the present lamentable and miset:jible
state of our own country, that we. cannti avoid
noticing and drawing the attention of our readers to
the conectites of the picture of English aiiisfortuae.
They say,—

IVliat conlil the nation do in such a situation? Stiffer
still hope? It did starer and hope in vain for many years.
Sigh, iemonstistr, complain? L did sigh; hat its sighs
were not listened to. Net listened to ? They were re-
pressed, cruelly stilled. It remonstrated and complained;
but its remonstrances and rosuplditits never reached the
throne. The sing was told that his people were con-
tented and faithful."

French papers of Tuesday arrived yesterday.—
They contain nothing but a stormy debate in the
Chamber of Deputies, not on the demand of 6- t 2ths
of the revenue for the year, which was fixed for the
subj,:et of discussiol, but on a charge ,brought by
General Donadieu against one of the Ministers for
offering a bribe of 1,000 francs to a Deputy fur the
purchase of his vote. The Keeper of the Seals
demanded an explanation of the General's meaning.
and declared the charge a calumny. The General
persisted in his assertion that a bribe had been
offered—that the honour of a Member of the
Chamber had been outraged by an attempt upon
his independence, and that he was ready to name
the parties at the pleasure of the Assembly. A
Secret Committee was demanded by the Prince de
Broglie to investigate the circumstances. The
motion was over-ruled, and the Member's name to
whom the bribe was tendered was not given ; but
it was evident from the ext.iantation, " Such are
the French sentiments imported from the Crimea,"
that the Duke of Richelieu was the Minister against
whom the charge was directed.

We have received the German Pipers, their con-
tents are important. An article from Hamburgh
gives the Declaration of the Allied Powers at Trap-
pau against Naples. They commence with a sweep-
ing denunciation not only against Naples but also
against Spain and I'ortugal, as if their great revenge
had stomach, for them all."• There is much ambi-
guity as usual in this state document, which betrays
their wishes more than their intentions. It is not
so boisterous nor so violent as the article in the
Austriau Observer, declaratory of the measures which
the I 4 'y triumvirate have in contemplation. They
declare that they had no other object in inviting the
King of the Two Sicilies to Congress than to make
them Mediators between him and his people, or
rather to induce hint to sign a formal abjuration of
the new sysrem. As there is no dispute between
between the King and his subjects, the idea of their
becoming Mediators is rather whimsical. They
speak of precautionary measures, yet they admit that
they intend to effect their object by force. The
King of Naples and the people would dispense with
their mediation and royal kindness, which, now-
ever, they do not venture to propose extending to
Spain and Portugal, though noticed in their gene-
ral denunciations against all Countries recently
revolutionized. There scents to have been some new
lights, broke in on the Sovereigns of Troppau since
they truckled to Buonaparte, and anknowledged his
Government, though he was •' the Child and Cham.,

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