The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-19 00:00:00

MAR.I

'ATI

oft
TUESDAY, atAarn i 4.
Mr. Tionwza gave notice that be would, on the MI in•t. rutorsir a
motion to the House. on the subject of the recent failure of his Wm-
jes,v's arms at New Orleans.
The other Orders of the Day, which produced no discussion► of in•
terest, were all gone through, and the House adjourned.

VirDIgrSDAY, MARCH 15.
The House received several Petitions for Tlllll against the, Corn Bill,
went through the various Orders of the Day, and theta adjourned.

7IP VIISDAY, marten 16.
Mr. Wit ITARPAD inquired of Lord Castlereagh, if he would he ready
to enter into the discussion relative to:tbe Congress of Vienna on Monday
next ?—he at the same time protested against any measures being taken
to implicate Great Britain in the civil war which might now have be-
Win in France, on account of the lending of Buonaparte in that coon-
trv, for any object in !which the interests of Great Britain were not im-
mediately concerned.
Lord CASTLF nEA cif said, lie was convinced the Ilonse would trust
to the responsibility and discretion of his Majesty's Gortrnmesit, and
would give no weight to the insinuation of the 1100. Member, who, he
bared, was not an exception to the universal teeing in favour of that
power which had given peace to Europe, against the man who had so
(men disturbed it. It never was, and he trusted never would be, the
the practice, or the wish of this country, to dictate to France ;
but wit :t course Great B. itain, in conjunction with its allies, would
think proper at present to pursue, the house, he trusted, would not
permit him to state, if lie himself could be so unmindful of his duty as
to give any indication of it.
Mr. VA srerrrAnv postponed the further consideration of the new
taxes to Monday fortnight.—Adjourned.

FniDAY, MARCH 17.
The House resolved itself into aCommittee of Supply, to which was
referred the Petition of the British Merchants resident in Rotterdam,

In the Committee were moved Resolutions, by Mr. Arthbuthnot,
for the following grants:—
For raising Exchequer Bills on Debentures 45001 ; for interest on
motley raised by Debentures to satisfy Exchequer Bills, 19,7001. ; for
discharging certain annuities, raised under the 37th and 42d of the
King, 56,187/, ; to defray probable amount of Bills drawn, or to be
drawn, on account of New South Wales, for the service of 1815,
800)01.; for works and repairs of the Fleet Prison, 1.5051. ; Marshal-
sea, 1071. ; King's Bench, 4,493/. ; for repairs of the Roll's Chapel,
; for repairs and works done to the Houses of Parliament and
the Speaker's residence, 6,5)01. ; towards defraying the expellees of
building the Penitentiary House on Milbank, 60,0001. ; for roads and
bridges in Scotland, 20,41001.; retired Lottery Clerks, 2,2801. ; super-
annuated Clerks, formerly of the office of Public Accounts, 1,7001.;
printing the Journals of the Houses, 3,4101. ; printing Bills of the two
Houses, 10,0001.; printing papers, &c. ordered by the 14,,use,
16,0001. ; towards printing the Reports of the House 6,0001. ;
towards [rioting the Votes of the House, 2,5001.; deficiency of last
year's grant for printing fur the House of Lords, 3,6t111.; printing Acts
fur the two Houses of Parliament, 21,0001.; stationary for the two
Houses of Parliament, 3,5001; salaries of certain Officers about the
two Hou-es of Parliament, 1,8001.; incidental expences of the House
of Commons, 4.2001.; for the poor French Refugee Laity, 4,7181.;
Dissenting Ministers in Ireland, 7331. ; Ditto in England, 1,6 I Si.; for
the relief of the American Loyalists, 8,0001. ;to defray small Cheri-
tes to the poor of St. Martin in the Fields, 1,1631.; for the Notional
Vaccine Establistithent, 2,0001. • to. defray expences of superintending
7,9281.

Mr. W ITIIREA D wished for the particulars to be laid before the
Committer —Withdrawn for such purpose.
To Sheriffs for convictions of felons, 12 0001. ; for the Public Office,
T. ivt-street, 14,0001.; expences of prosecutions relative to the coin of
1/''' kingdom, 5,000/. ; for Law charge., 20,0001.; tees on passing
Poldie Accounts, .1,1)00‘. ; Royal Naval Asylum, 25 0681.
Mr. Willi aim .a bald the bum was very large. the charges ap-
P'.rted to he extravagant. For an Auditor of the Accounts there was
salery of 3001. when 1091. would be an ample sum, and fifty guii-
;iras for a barber !—(a laugh.)
After some ohservations from Mr. Croker, Sir C. Poole, and Mr.
Arbuthnot, the Re4olution was witlidr..mi fur the present, to enable
..iipury to be instituted.
For rebuilding the Church at Rotterdam, foe the Protestants, 20091.
The above Resolutions were agreed to, excepting thoke stated to be
..vi!hdrawn; and the Report ordered to be received on Monday.
The other Orde:s of the Day bcing disposed of, the House adjourned
:a :•Ivtiday.

p~... .

ICA in

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

• _I ,

ontron,
SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1815.

.

FRENCH PAPERS TO THE SIXTEENTH.

REVERSES OP BUONAPARTE.

It is impossible to mention all the rumours which this
week has produced. Never, iit the most eventful times of
the French Revolution, when the tide of devastation rolled
throughout the Continent, was curiosity more alive and its
purveyors more active. Even at a late hour last night this
flood of unofficial intelligence has not subsided. We hold
at this moment the fifth edition of an Evening Paper, and
whilst examining its editions seriatim, will point out what
is authentic and what is mere report : what seems well
founded, and what is barely probable.

The first edition contains the French Papers of Tuesday
and Wednesday last, the arrival of which put an end to
all the unfounded rumours which had hitherto prevailed
that the King of France had left his capital, that Napoleon
bad entered it, and had been once more proclaimed Em-
peror. These reports had been so confidently repeated,
that no doubt was entertained of their correctness, and the
funds experienced a rapid and alarming fall. Even yes-
terday they did not rise to par, until at the close of the
market. What had prepared the public mind to credit
those statements, was the Report made by the Chancellor
to the Chamber of Peers, by order of the King, in which
he announced that Buonaparte having landed with 1,110
men, had been rei►►forced by numerous defections, and at.
the time it was expected he would be put down, had taken
possession of Grenoble and of the second city of tile
kingdom, Lyons. The tone of alarm which pervaded
this Report, justified the most serious apprehensions ;
and, it is remarkable, that it is only since So►:;t
has ceased to be War Minister, that a more encou-
raging language has been adopted. Such is the case i-..
these papers. They contain no fresh telegraphic dispatch;
and, whilst they represent the French Marshals to be,
marching from alt sides on Lyons to attack the enemy, they
represent the force of the latter to be exhausted with fa-
I tigue, and to consist of only 4,000 infantry and a few hun-
dred cavalry. The attempt of Lefebvre Desnouettes to 3c-
duce the Royal Chasseurs having failed, he escaped himself
to join Buonaparte : twogenerals and several officers who
accompanied him have already been arrested, and General
Drouet, Count d'Erlon, who was seized at Lille, is stated
to have been shot. The Second Edition brings us chiefly

I

•

•