The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

" Private letters from Galicia appear to announce
that smile popular niaventeata have taken place. To
this cause is attributed the r'cal of Captain General
St. Marc, who was not likel is that conntry, is which
several officers arc in prison ever since the affair of
Porlier, awl who aeutana a trial.

" The departure of M. Garay has only produced s
sort of momentary stagnation in commercial inter-
course ; the It )yal V.714:1 have no fixed course. The
first proceedings of his successor are looked for, to
know upon what g..aunds we stand, ani it is hoped
that he will not destroy the system established. This
department is the crest difficult to direct ; this accounts
en- its Minister having been changes' seven times since
the return of our Sovereign to the kingdom

" M. Lozano de Toms has obtained a decided vic-
tory over M. de Pizarro. These two Ministers were in
declared opposition. It is even asserted, that although
necessitated to mees frequently in the saloJus of the
palace, they did not salute each other, to such an excess
did they carry their animosity.
" Much is antiicpatel fro:n H. Casa-Irajo. if he be
finally charged with the Department of Secretary of
State, or that of exterior relations. None of his col-
leagues can rival him in diplomatic talent, and besides,
he is not of a character, to yield easily to the impres-
sions of others ; of this he gave the most unequivocal
proofs during his residence atWashington. M Pizarro,
it is said, had proposed him to the King to be sent to
Aix-la-Chapelle; they neither of them expected the
turn which affairs have taken.

"In a few days, the mysteries of this petty revolu-
tion will be known, or at least it will be seen whether
a new system will be substituted for that, the authors
of which have just been baled.
" Agreeably to a Royal Ordinance, the unconsoli-
dated Royal Vales will be received during the month of
October, in payment of a fifth part of the Customs'
Duties and Contributions, under a deduction of .79
per Cent. loss, seeing that they have been negociated at
84 per Cent."

We have received the following important communi-
cation from Aix-la-Chapelle, dated on Thursday last:

" AIX-I..II•CILATILLC, OCT. b.

Oa Tuesday last General Count Mahon, who in the
war of' the Republic was Aide-de-Camp to Moreau,
who was afterwards Governor of Paris, and who as
commander of the troops at Calais received the King
on his landing
.in 1814, had a long audience of the
Emperor Alexander, in which a very interesting con-
versation took place on the spirit of parties and state of
things in France. His Imperial Majesty entered upon
the subject with the most lively interest; and the Ge-
neral, who is employed by his Sovereign for the special
purpose of giving information, seized the opportunity to
explain himself with the utmost frankness, and to re-
present the position and prospects of his country with
the energy, and perhaps the colouring, of patriotism.—
In the course of the conversation, his Majesty asked
the General if there was not still a considerable party
in France opposed to the new order of things, and de-
sirous of restoring the ancient regime ; to which the
latter replied, that there certainly was a party not in-
considerable in numbers, and not deficient in zeal, who
entertained such views and wishes, but they were as
nothing when opposed to the liberal principles of the
King, and compared to the immense majority of French-
men who rallied round the charter and the constitution.
—But, asked his Imperial Majesty, will there be no
danger of disturbance from the influence of this party
in the event of the death of the King, and the acces-
sion of Count d'Artois? " No," replied the General,
" Monsieur will feel himself constrained to tread in the
steps of his brother." " Phut," rejoined the Emperor,
with some vivacity, "that is just what the Duke of
Wellington told me." With a perfect confidence in the
future tranquillity of France, thus entertained by So-
vereigns and Ministbrs, the poli:y and necessity of the
evacuation was scarcely an object of discussion. The
bases of the convention on this great point were fixed at
the second or third conference, without any opposition
fow any quarter, or any difference of opinion. The
p:intniary arrangements, and the securities to be ex-
acted from France for the perpetual discharge of her
engagements, were therefore the only matters that
remained for future deliberation. On this subject each
Power delivered u memorial stati:tg its views and
wishes; and it was surmising to find the coincidence
between the contents of these difl'erent documents—
a coincidence only to be explained from previous mutual
communications and mature reflection, under the guid-
ance of similar principles. The general arrangement
we believe to be nearly as we stated it a few (lays ago
—namely, that the contributions will be paid in nine
months from the signatu re of the treaty, either by instal-
nia Its at the intervals of two months, or by moa.hly
intalmeats of 31,000,000, per month; that Messrs.

OCT. 1

Baring and Co. are securities for their payment ; and
that the troops will le we Franca about the end of this
raaath. Li the Ihrmation of such complicated pecuni-
ary Arran:Nolen:A us those involved in the payment of
contribuiians to so many states, iu the molt convenient
shape, and at the most convettient time, for all, and
conne:ael with flintier accounts, it would be absurd
t; eveot th.tt difficulties and delays should not occur.
Use diiii:ttlty of considerabla importance is now under
the consi.cration of the Ministsrs. By the treaty of
Paris, November, W 1.% it was stipulated that France
should maintain the army of occupation., and the expense
was calculate .:tt 150 millions of francs a year. During
the course of the three years this annual expenditure
would amount to 450 millions ; but from the scarcity of
corn in 18 16 and 1817, her expenditure has amounted
to 490 millions. The French Ministry have therefore
subalittell to the Allies, that there ought to be a deduc-
tion in the contributions afterwards to be paid,. for this
uncontemolat:d excess of expenditure, created by cit..
cumstunces ova which Franca could have no controL

titics..itm, %whit several ether: of more or less
cons.pc:tee, wi.:' require for its devi&bn a cmsiderabh
time.

Then the discessiens on the mode of payment, whe-
ther by bills on Paris or otherwise ; the nature of the
securities, the division of the contributions among the
different claimants, and other points, will create farther
delay. In the mean time the Allied Ministers, aware
that such details cannot be precipitately adjusted, and
determined not to lose the opportunity which their
present meeting offers for the consideration of other
questions, are to proceed at intervals, and simulta-
neously, with the remaining business of their mission. It
is not supposed that on any other subject than the
evacuation of France, they will conclude any formal
treaty, or come to any positive arrangement involving
details; but the principles of several other measures
• will be determined open, and a basis la'd down on which
the Powers will act in certain contingencies. Among
the most important questions of this kind is one that
refers to the conduct of Sweden towards Denmark'
one relative to the solicited mediation between Spain
and her revolted colonies, one on the differences
between the Courts of Bavaria and Baden, and per-
haps the subject of treaties for the more complete
suppression of illicit traffic in slaves. The reports
in circulation in London fur some time past about the
disposition of the Emperor Alexander towards the exile
of St. Helena, and his determination to make the
treatment of which the latter complains u subject' of
discussion at Congress, with the view of procuring an
alleviation of his lot, or a removal of some of the re-
strictions to which he is subjected, are totally devoid of
foundation. The regulations for securing Buoneparte
are already the subject of treaty : none of the Powers
entertain a suspicion that they have been violated for
the purpose of inflicting unnecessary severity ; and the
E uperor Alexander, however actuated by a generous
feeling of humanity towards the captive, is not anxious
to step finevard as his champion, against the conic.
quences of an Act which he himself signed fur his
detention. With regard to the conduct of Sweden
towards Denmark, his Imperial Majesty, and the other
Sovereigns and Ministers, are said, on the best authority,
to feel very differently. Ey the treaty of Kiel, which
surrendered to Sweden the kingdom of Norway—one
of the brightest jewels in the crown of his Danish
Majesty—Sweden was bound to certain stipulations,
not one of which has been fulfilled by the present King,
either as Crown Prince, or since his accession to the
throne ; one of these stipulations was, thut Sweden, as
receiving one of the most valuable portions of the
Danish monarchy, should contribute to a certain amount
towards the liquidation of the Danish national debt.
Denmark has fulfilled her part of the treaty with the
utmost prompitude and good faith, while the power
enriched at her expence has, it is said, upon various
pretences, hung back in the execution of her engage-
ments. This treaty of transference was confirmed by
the convention of Paris; and the Allied Monarchs,
having thus become guarantees of it, feel sensibly this
tardiness of fulfilment ou the part of Sweden, and are
resolved to take some steps in consequence of the pre-
sent Congress, without probably making any form tl
act. They will observe, nearly the same conduct with
regard to the question of meditaing between Spain and
her colonies. They will enter into none of the details
of the question ; they will not even make any forusal
act ; but they will decide upon the principle, whether
in any circumstances they will mediate if called upon.
No Spanish Minister is here, nor will any be listened to.
It is believed that in consequence of the decision
of Congress with regard to the evacuation of France,
the Allied troops will be reviewed preparatory to
their departure, been the 15th and !.20th instant.
The English contingent will be reviewed on the
17th, and the Prussian and Russian on the 18th and
19th. The greater part of the Premien troops now in
France will be distributed fin- the winter in the
Prussian Rhenish provinces, a part of them in West-
phalia, and a part on the left bank of the Rhine. Great
easernes are already prepared at Cologne. N embers
will be stationed at Coblentz and Ehrenbreitsteite—
Even Bonn, the seat of the new University, will have a
garrison. M. Pozzo di Borgo arrived here last night.

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OCT. le

Information has -been received, that several vessels
from the Nlediterranean, with cargoes of beans, have
been seized at the Custom House, for a violation of the
Navigation Laws, the article being the produce of
Turkey, and therefore not allowed to be. imported.—
A deputation of gentlemen interested in them have
waited on the I,msls of the Treasury, and presented a
long petition, in which they represented, that the vio.
lotion of the Navigation Laws arose fimu ignorance of
the subjact, and prayed the release of the vessels in
question. The Lords of the Treasury have not, how-
ever, yet come to any decision; but it was intimated that
a favourable determination may be expeeted shortly.

The British Revenue from the sth July to the 10th
October, 1818, has been ascertained to exceed that of
the corresponding period of the year 1817, by a sum
not less than 1,7000,0001. in the Consolidated Fund ;
and though the produce of the Irish Revenue is not yet
known beyond the 19th of September, it had already
on that day improved above 150,0001. since the sth of
July.

And it gives us pleasure to add, that in both parts of
the United kingdom the principal improvement has
taken place in those great brandies of the Custom and
Excise, which best prove the increasing consumption
an.l comfort of the great bulk of the people. They
antatint up►n these two branches of the Revenue to
2,510,0001.
Lit us look back to the two corresponding Quarters
of 1816 and 1817. During the first of these periods
the Property Tax and War Duty on Malt produced
nearly three millions and a half; whilst in the latter
period the arrears of those Tires did not produce much
mere than four hundred thousand pounds.—After de-
ducting therefore, as in fairn:"As it must be deducted,
the surplus beyond the latter sum, from the total
amount of Revenue received in the Quarter, the nett
Revenue for the Octo er Quarter in 1817, exceeded
the nett Revenue for the October Quarter. 1816, by
99,7661. It will also be cheering to notice the im-
provement in the October Quarter in the Excise Taxes
since the October Quarter last year In that Quarter
the produce of the Excise was less than the produce of
the same Quarter in 1816, by nearly one million ; a
deficiency in produce which was accounted for at the
time, and which was owing to the deficiency in the
barley crop of the preceding year, :mth in quantity
and quality, which bad materially diminished the '
malting and brewing of the succeeding year (1817),
aid the more so. as the harvest of 1817 approached,
and gave promise of greater abundance and improved
quality. Btit the deficiency of the Octob r Quarter,
1817, was prelictel at the time would be only tem-
porary—a prediction which has been amply verified.—
The Excise Quarter ended sth January, 1818, was
better than the corresponding Quarter of 1817. In
the Quarter ended March, 1818, the improvement
amounted to nearly half a million beyond the corres-
ponding Quarter of 1817. In the Quarter ended sth
July, 1818, there was an improvement of nearly
950,0001. beyond the corresponding Quarter of 1817.
We have already stated the improvement in the Quarter
expired yesterday. The Customs have since October
1817 experienced a rapid increase. In that Quarter
they were, nearly 700,0001. bey-ma the corresponding
Qnarter of the preceding year. In the Custom Q•wrtcr
ofJan int ry 1818, the im p rove:nent was above 1,100,0001.
The April Q tarter presented a less improvement, be-
cause a larger sum had been pail up in the Christmas
Quarter, which would not have been paid in the ordi-
nary. course till the April Quarter. The July Quarter
presented a progressive improvement which has been
made greater and more rapid in the Oztober Quarter.

Tae Moniker contains an ordinance of the King of
France relative to the organization of the National
Guards of the kingdom, which must be deemed oteon-
siderable importance. Flis Majesty has by the present
instrument withdrawn the National Guard from under
the orders of its own separate and peculiar staff, and
placed it at the disponi of the Minister of the Interior.
The King has thus declared that respectable body of
citizens to constitute no longer a military force, but lus
recalled it to its original destination, and subjected it to
the civil authorities.. The second article of the decree
is a completa abotli,tion of the whole establishment of
superior officers of that corps, the highest rank which is
to exist in future being that of Commandant of a com-
mune or canton. The office, henceforth nominal, of
Colonel-General of the National Guards continues to be
bald by Monsieur, with the honours annexed 'to the
rank of Colonel-General &Armes; but it is a shadow,
of which the substance is no more.

The General Harris Eaq In liarm, Cain Welstel,
is arrive] off' Portsmouth from China. She left the
mouth of the Canton river on the Ist of A;itil LL,t, and
rings the most favourable reprts of the nati;re of the
intereonrse between the English nal the Chi:m.4e. The
Chinese, however, as if the continuance of this harmony
was doubted on their .parts, were busily enr;:loye:1 in
erecting forts along the shows of the Beea Tigris, which,
thong-1111ot of the most formilable deseriotion, ifilPbcd
the wish to-be proji.tred for a change of eireanistanciat.
Traae was going ea prositeicously, Mud the fatury in a
healthy-state.

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