The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REC;ISTER.

ROYAL ORDINANCE.

A Roril Ordinance, dated the lath, renders the Peerage here.
ditary. In the preamble, his Majesty says ;--=.O Wishing to give to
our people a new pledge of the value we set on founding, in the
most stable manner, the institutions on which the Government we
have given Lem rests, and which we regard as the best suited to
their happiness ; convinced that nothing tends more to confirm the
repose of States than that hereditary sentiment which attaches itself
in families to the inheritance of high public functions and which
thus creates an uninterrupted succession of subjects whose fidelity
and devotion to the Prince 'and the country arc guaranteed by ex-
amples handed dewn to them by their ancestors, on these grounds
we have declared and do declare," Sce. ,

ORDONNANCE OF THE KINO, S.)%IED AvG. 16.

LoniA, by the gnwe of:Gott, King of France and Nil% at re,

549

By onr oi-dormant!, of the SOt). of Jotv last we aniliorist d one
rood city of Paris to raise on itself a direct enntribniion fur the intr.
pose of tlischarging the est 'morainal yexpenves brought on by t lie force
ofevents. We could have wished, but we could not have hippo, that
this contribution would have been soffit:kw to discharge !orally all
the expend s, the weight of whisk it was designed todin►inish
now, however, we are convinced of the insufficiency of the resources
hitherto cleated, and we feel with grief the necessity of further pr.
coniary saddlers. which alone can complete the delivieuthee of the
inhabitants from the pres•ule of the existing bortliens : but we have
ascertained, unit if the saddlers calk() for by the cirennisiaticea
should be sudden, as they twee been io many districts, they would
be too heavy for the majority of the iithabitalits of our good illy of
Paris, and we have tbei More been desiitins, as far as possible, to
lighten them, as well by distributing the periods of payment. as ,
wt II as by apportioning the snaps to be paid, and by uldt in them
to further account for a more happy period, whirls we are At kerb
permitted to hope: de.irons, moreover, that the holders of lent pro-
perty, already oveirhargerl, should not have to support the burthen
alone, in this or the other first instances of additional chaige that
eiteninstances might call fur; and conceiving our justice coneeined
to relieve them as far as possible by a more general
founded upon consomption, and by d less binthensume Mode ut cols
leetion—

We have ordained and do ordain as follows.—
The city of Paris is *lithos i'ed to impose en itself, in addition to
its taxes on real property for the years and lkst 7, a sum of
2,1:34,000 frans and fee saute year. in addition to the charges on
personal property, !70,0Q0 francs.
Here follow regulations for distritnitint the ehargea on articles
of provision coining into the city, including wine, fish, meat, poultry,
4cc. (Signed) LOUIS.

BRUSSELS PAPERS.
Bavistas, At:G. 9.o.—We have just been honoured with the
following letter :
" I inform you by the present letter, that the fortress. of Roeroi
surrendered yesterday at noon to my army. The day before yester—
day, in the evening, the trenches were opened at the distance of
300 paces from the fortress. After a bombardment of tour hours
the town surrendered upon the same conditions as were uranted to
Landrecies and Philippeville. Komi was defended by 39 pieces of
caution.

A CI: orrcs, l'riuce of Pru9sia.
" Head quarters at Maubert Fontaine, Aug. 17.

" To the Editor of the JI. de lk Iglu's)."

Bast.P, At:G. 9.--Iluoinguen has continued for some days past,
and again this waning, h brisk fire upon Bourglibre and IN eudorf.
Basle slow- bas been spred. Our alarms still remain. MI brandy,
oil, and in general all combustioles have been removed from the
magaziues and the custom house. Barlieliegue has thieatentd us
with a fresh bombardment if our ehassettra do not quit the right
bank. Yesterday the Austrians and the Swiss kept up a brisk fire
against litittinguen. Protected by little epaulements, our clots.
sews killed many of the enemy's people. The Fveuelt are trs ins to
make a passage to communicate between the fortress and the ad-
vanced reilotilits ; but this work is continually interrupted. Last
night the garri-on of Hiiiiiiignen made a vigoimis sally on the side
of Neiiiiorf. This morning. the Governor repeat. d it in much
vetoer torce, bat was repulsed with loss. The Austrian Gesiereil,
Baron Fitsching, who has been to urge the advance of the heavy
artillery, is expected this morning. Some pieces are already
ar-
rived, and are going to be mounted on the ! :ateries. The officers
affirm, that the siege will begin on the I t th. His luipetial Highness
the Archduke John has returned from Zitrich.
Lei PSIC, AVG. —While a report has been w itiely spread at the
same time in England, Holland, Italy, and almost all Germany, of
a speedy peace with France, founded on the integrity ut that king-
dom, according to the treaty ut' Paris, it eontitinea to be asserted
iti Austria, that a considerable line will be separated front that
country, and that this coniiition was age ced cpiiii b. fore hand, in
case it should Ije necessary to conquer Flatlet: again by fume ut
arms, a bich Inks been dose.