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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

deciding cause of the ruin of both. Had he not turned 1
against Buonaparte at the hour of his misfortunes, the
latter would probably still retain the Imperial Crown, and
Ferdinand would not now fill the throne of Na soles.
Upon the whole, however, his conduct was perhaps pe-
rior to what might have been expected from his origin.
—Murat was porn at an inn near Cahors, where, even
when a child, he was remarkable for his courage and ad-
when
in riding the most spirited horses. The same traits
were afterwards eminent in his character when he entered
the army as a soldier of fortune, and his early habits in-
duced him particularly to cultivate the science of cavalry
manoeuvres, for which he became so highly distinguished.
His marriage with Buonaparte's favourite sister gave him
a crown) and) as if fortune resolved that he should wear
it, his cause, by the most unforeseen and prosperous events,
was severed from that of Napoleon; so that he appeared
even to triumph in the downfall of his master. But the
ve,tlessness of his ambition, and the contemptible chica-
nery of his politics, worked his ruin. Net satisfied with
what the Austrian Minister, in his remonstrance to him,
justly called " one of the most ancient, compact, and
b:autiful kingdoms in Europe," impelled by the principles
be learned in the school of Napoleon, be sighed after the
patrimony of the Papal See, and attempted to seize on the
three Legations.—Success had rendered Murat an enthu-
siast; he fancied that Italy panted for liberty—tpat she
would hail him as her regenerator, and reward him with
her diadem. With thes3 hopes he encountered the power
of Austria, with about thirty thousand men, after having
severally deceived every Court in Europe, and forfeited
the bribe for which he sold his patronlby joining him again
before the bargain was completed. The loss of his throne
was the just punishment of his perfidy, and the loss of his
life can be regarded in no other light than as the sacrifice
of in incendiary, offered to the safety of his intended
victims.

The Austrian Archdukes (who are brothers of the Emperor
Francis); accompanied by the Prince of Esterhazy and seven
e•thcr Austrian Noblemen, left town on Monday to witness
the Racing at the Houghton Meeting; they were superbly
entertained on that day at the King's Lodge. They returned
t 4 town on Tuesday. On Friday they are expected to set
off on a tour to view the principal cities and manufacturing
towns of the kingdom.
The Princess of %Vales, at her residence on the Lake of
Como, in Italy, supports a splendid establishment. 'An
Austrian gua►d of honour, of about 2 or 50 men, arc con-
stantly posted at the gate of her house, which has all the
appearance of a palace ; it is expected this will be her per-
manent residence i.she nevertheless was expected shortly to
proceed, fist to the Grecian Isles, and from thence to Coo-
atantineple, v' the winter.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PkiIERS.

NOV. 4.

A series of three days' Paris Papers arrived on Wed-
nesday. We learn from them that the proposed law
respecting seditious practises was di•cussed at considerable
length in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday last. The
Bourbon Cause is proudly triumphant in both Houses ;
and the zeal of the Assembly of Deputies is particularly
strong. Several amendments were proposed in the course
of the discussion, and such as were adopted are of a mantes
to increase the penalties originally sugg' sled by Govern-
ment. It was proposed to substitute the punishment of
dea h for that of transportation in certain cases of rebellion.
Th s produced a warm discussion ; and with all the force
of reasoning employed by the Ministers, and the strong
colouring given by them to the punishment of transpor-
tation to shew that its severity was adequate to the offence,
the amendment was negatived by only a very trifling
majority. A motion has been made in this Chamber to
substitute extempore for written speeches ; but it was
rejected, on the ground that they are too much in the
infancy of political discussion to limit it to extempore
speeches. The Peers were occupied during the public
sitting of the 26th, in discussing the lawn projet which had
been transmitted from the Deputies, for the arrest and
detension of suspicious persons. The Afoniteur gives the
speeches delivered on the occasion, but suppresses the
names of the speakers. It appears, however, to have
been an at i nated discussion, and one of the Peers, Count
Lanjuinais, energetically opposed the projet in the fol-
lowing speech :
Messieurs,—In ascending this Tribune I experience two
sentiments extremely painful, grief and astonishment—
grid, to behold so disastrous a law proposed under the
government of the! best of Kings ; astonishment, to say
the least of it, at hearing those who propose it declare, in
the onset, that it can be objected to only by hypocrites,
by the factious, by the accomplices of the guilty, and by
the partisans of a sanguinary despotism. Never, during a
year which I dare not recall were permitted ebullitions
of oratorical fury more dreadful. Is there, in fact, a
necessity for any extraordinary measure ? Is the law which
has been proposed to us so necessary, so indispensable?
It certainly is not. In fact, do the Ministers omit ens
arrest when they think the public safety requires it ?
Is
there a single department where they have had any
scruples upon this head? No. They assume, as they
confess, all the responsibility of the matter. In truth, no
man who reasons„ can accuse them of this as a crime, and
nothing can mitigate the zeal or the obedience of their
agents. Did ever any Prefect refuse to execute their most
dreadful measures ? Prefects and Sub-prefects are not, in
this respect, amenable, except to them, the Ministers,
or to the Council of State; and they, the Ministers, are
responsible to no one, since the--
their responsibility; for during 11
measure has not been agitated.
There can be no crime or pu,
which previously defines and dete
is the necessity of the law ? But
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have explained what it is. I cant
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to suspected persons which pas;
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