The National Register.
London, England, 1820-02-21 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21.
rltnY o'Clock, p.m.
We this day give copious extracts from the
French Papers of Friday last. They relate only to
the assassination of the Duke de Berri. The pro-
cd.Aiirgs in the Chambers of Peers and Deputies (the
Fr.urch /louses of Lords and Commons) are too long
for its to attempt un abridgment of them. The Mi-
nisters of France, like the Ministers of England,
embrace with avidity nay occurrence, however me-
lancholy, if tlu y can i recrt it to the purpose of the
curtailment of the liberties of the people, or to the
addition of the excessive power of the Crown (that
is, the Nlioisters of the moment), and this they mo-
dest!y call the necessary strengthening the hands of
Government. We lament the fall of the Duke de
Ferri, not because we believe that he was by any
nr,:ans an estimable Prince, but because we are
chilled by. the horror of homicide under any, and
eeipecially under so horrible, circumstances; but we
execrate that cool calculating political feeling which
can equally avail itself of the discontents produced
by taw vat ion, or the murder of a Prince, as the
means of depriving the people of their unquestioned
r slats. The French Ministers have dared to intro-
dtice to their doubtless equally pliant Parliament
aiteasttres strongly resemblant to those which Lord
Castlereagh dared to propose to, and had the power
to carry through, the English House of Commons.
We hope, on the approaching election, every Mem-•
her will be recompensed who voted away the best
palladium of English liberty, when lee assisted to-
wards the recent destruction of the liberties of the
iress. It is worth observing, and it.is an observa-
Om easily confirmed by any one who has the power,
like ourselves, of reference to the original French
I).p.a's, not only that the cAser of the Ministers of
France, as to the necessity of the restrictive laws
they are about to have enacted, is precisely the same
a• that we lately heard from the Treasury Benches
in the Chapel of St. Stephen, but that the speeches
of MM. Cazes, I atour-Maulwurg, Pasquier, &c.
&c. appear to be literal translations of those pro-
nounced in December last by the Earl of Liverpool,
Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Canning, &c. &c. cut
" There is more in this than is dreamt of in our philosophy."
M. de Cazrs exclaimed from the Tribune—
.. Gentkuien, in this alarming crisis, we demand of you
foe one year, the renewal of the law of the lYth of February,
11317. W. deinsud the means of watching, in particular,
over tar safety of the King, of his family, and of the state.
All these ow menaced. We demand of you, therefore, 11. e
,er to offeol, with. llt being CUltiftelltit to so ti.rough any
pscituissary judicial fo.m, any individual suspected of plots
al mothmations 'Oat the person of the King, the safety
of the Male, or that of the Royal Family. We hope not to
have occasion to tt.e it, hut we ought to be invested with it,
that we may not he misruled before opinions, plots, and
vines of Ore same nature, witted might have the same
wore, and which we must tutu aside or prevent. The tem.
plows power winch we demand will he exercised wi.lo all
the circitinspee • which its importance requires; the
warrants of arrest will not be delivered but is the council of
Ministers, and signed by thr.e of them."
We need not remind our political readers how
nearly this resembles the late jargon of the House
of Commons !

11%.‘ Royal Highness the Duchess of York has had
but a very iaditkrent state of health lately. On
triday morning last she was so much worse, that an
express was sent off to Carltonlace, where the
royal physicians have had a table prepared fur them
ever since his Majesty's indisposition. 'cite messen-
ger arrived just as the physicians were sitting down
to dinner ; but the urgency of the letter he brought
was such, that Sir Henry Haltbrd immediately
r 0-e from table, and in Jews than five minutes set out
fur (kitlands in a chaise and four, the drivers being
directed not so lose in,tant on the road. We are
gled to know, however, that the paroxysm by which
hs r lh.yal Highness was attacked, had in a great
measure subsided before his arrival. Sir Hotly
remained at Oatlands during the night, and it was
announced on Saturday that her Royal Highness
Wits much better.