The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON :
SUNDAY, MAY 12.

CHANGE IN THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

PARIS Papers of Wednesday last have been received.
The Moniteur of that day announces, that MM. BARBS
MARBoIS and VAUBLANC, the Ministers of Justice and
the Interior, have been replaced by the Chancellor of
France, who takes, par interim, the l'ortefeuille of Mi-
nister of Justice ; and by M. LAME, the late President of
the Chamber of Deputies, who succeeds M. de Vso BLANC.
The latter is named Minister of State and Member of
the Privy Council—mere honorary offices.
General Bertrand, who is with Buonapartc at St. He-
lena, has been tried by a Council of War at Paris, and
condemned to Death. The cousin of the General, NI.
Delasalle, demanded a delay of three months to notify
the process to the General ; but the Reporter opposed this
demand ; asserting, that it was notoriously impossible for
the accused to appear before the Tribunal.
The Papers contain no other intelligence of importance;
but private letters speak of the numerous arrests that have
taken place in Paris and elsewhere, and of the plots which I
have been in agitation, with ramifications extending to
Madrid and Naples. The objects of these plots seem to
have been equally wicked and absurd—to take off' all the
branches of the Bourbon family, to change the dynesty,
or to restore the sanguinary regime of the Rebublic one
and indivisible.

" The following are the details in the ministerial cir-
cles concerning the conspiracy which has just been dis-
covered at Nis: there can be little doubt of their au-
thenticity
" Some of the agents of the Military Police, fencing part of
the nocturnal patrales, list) remarked an indivitlind, apparently
of the inferior class, returning to his house in the Ree de in
Harpe, at tour o'clock in the rooming. lie was traced at nine
o'clock to the evening to au obscnre house in the Rue tie !a
Rocherhoentil, where he regularly passed the uight. He was
seized at the end of it fortnight, as well as all the persons as-
s ridded there. The greater pan were disbanded officers; men
already signalized by the Police. Theirs xamin•ation lcd to
farther discoveries: a press, and several seditious procla-
mations, were seized; rather, I air tending to sub-
vert the present Government, than in t'avour• of the Usterprr
or any other Pretender. it is asset ted, that nor. up;rreherorian
of Benoit, Mari•t's Secretary in SlN:tzerland, ar. : the Cheva-
lier St. Aignon, base thrown new and unexpretr of light on the
subject. 'ibis is aow believed to by a subordinate ramification

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or a deep-laid plan, which embraces in its act kei limehe at
Dresden, Carnet at Will ',Am., Ekeelmatis in the Netherlonds,
mist seult at Dusseldorf. Considerable sums of money base
been aim ea dy 51.1.111C:l and as the affair will shertly be examin-
ed by a ('oust or Justice, the peblic anxiety will soon lie dis-
sipated. 7he Government ap;•eitrs perfectly Fati‘tied with the
measures already adopted, and full of confidence in the acti-
vity of the Police.
. _ . _

MM. Moon and Clouet, formerly Aides-de-Camp to Mar-
tibal Ney, have been apprehended at Nismeg. motives of
Old* measure have no comiert Mu with the affair I have just 'e-
lated. It it believed these Gentlemen are acting under an Cll.
tirelv different influence." _ .

While the ('iris papers represent every thing to be joy
and affection and respect fin. the Royal Family, private
letters continue to speak of plots, of arrests, and of the in-
cessant activity of the disaffected. One letter tell us of
triangular van's, with mysterious symbols, being in cin.
ciliation. Another as.serts, that arrests have multiplied
within these few days, and that among them are one or
two Generals of distinction.

Louis XVI 11. it is stated, in order to signalize thd epoch
of his entrance into Paris, has granted a full and absolute
amnesty to all military men guilty of desertion before the
first of October hat year. The rarties, however, are to
pay the costs incurred by their prosecutions.
The appeal to the Council of Revision, against the ac-
q►►ittal of General Cambronne, has been over-ruled; and
the judgment of acquittal consequently confirmed..
A letter, under the date of Newburgh, May 3, says :
Letters just received by post from St. Petersburgh,
state, that the new Tarif, signed by the Emperor, is now
in the press. The printing-office is guarded by soldiers.
—liamlntrgh liorsenhall Lief, May 3.
Exchange on London at Hamburgh, April 30 and
May 3, 34 9.
Hcr Majesty and the Princesses intend residing at
Buckingham House during the remainder of this month ;
and nearly, if not quite, the whole of the next. Her
Majesty's apra►rtments at Windsor are undergoing a repair.
The Prince Regent will hold a Levee on Tuesday at
Carleton House. The Queen will hold a Drawing-
room on Thursday, at her Palace; on which day the
Court will go out of mourning for that day.
The Duke of Wellington, after inspeeting the fortress
of Valenciennes, returned to Cambray on the Ist of May.
, A change of the cantonments of the army was speedily to
take place ; but whether it was to be confined to the right
wing or extend to the whole of the line, has not trans..
pired. As soon as the Duke gives di. ections for the we-
, ditated arrangements, he will return to Paris.
Lieut.-Col. Midgley has been tried by a court-martial
at Chatham, upon nineteen charges, affecting; his conduct
as commandant of Tilbury-fort, and acquitted. The Prince
Regent has confirmed the sentence ; and ordered the pro-
secutor, Lieut. Brewer, to be removed from the situation
of adjutant to the depot at Tilbury-thrt.
Sir Graham Moore is appointed one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, in the room of Lord Henry Paulett, who re-
tires through ill health.
The new coinage, which is proceeding at the Mint,
is said to include both silver and gild. The gold pieces
arc of '2O shillings, which is certainly et great convenience
to trade. The silver includes ►•hat leis long been much
wanted—a shilling of a new die.
Another considerable rise in wheat has taken place at
the Corn Exchange. It is said, the farmers will not be-
nefit by the advance, as they have long ago parted with
their suck.—fl e know not whether the growers or the
dealers be the gainers, but the Poor will soon know by
woeful experience who are the losers.
The present unprecedented rise has been, in a great
measure, produced by the scarcity in France, and the
consequent opening of the French ports to importation.
In consequence of this increased price, the labouring
classes in agriculture may think that they should Lave
an immediate advance in their wages from the farmer.
But they will recollect, that in nine cases out of ten the
farmer is not benefited by the rise, having sold his grain
before the rise took place. To feel or to execute eny
therefore, against him for not giving this advance,
would be equally unjust and useless.
The approach of Tuesday next, and the advantages
resulting from a purchase in the Lottery before that day,
have produced a bustle at the various Lottery Offices sel-
dom witnessed. The inducements are certainly most in-
viting. No ticket drawn upon that day can be a blank ;
the first drawn above 5001. must be 6,0001., and may he
3 ~0001. ; added to which, all purchasers befhre Tuesday
will be entitled to a share in the Bonus of 200 whole
tickets ; and those who bought before the 27th of April,
and now buy again, will actually share in all the prizes
that may fill to 500 Tickets, which may very likely con-
tain two Prizes of 30,0001., besides other capitals.