The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL TtEGISTER.

of the !theme% of Europe %err broken by the unshaken resolution of
the brave Germans.

.FRENCH PAPERS.
French Papers to the 19th instant were received yesterday.
They contain the following speculations on the objects
which now occupy the attention of the Congress at Vienna,
and betray, the jealousy which the French, even under their
present Government, still entertain against our naval supe-
riority
" PA a is, OCT• 13.—Aecording to all accounts, one of the priacipal
stipulations Much will be wade at ihe rotwress, will have for its abject
the guarantee of public liberty in each tit the States of German;. With
this view States-Gcn,ral Mill be organised, as well in those doutaite‘
which, aecordiog to their out constitutimi, ought to possess them, as in
those which have never had them until now. The negociations art
still enveloped in the most pr.( found tuptery ; it is however supposed,
that in a tew days the public will be made acquainted with several iin•
portent objects, which, it is saiii, are jolt decidrd.
Ocr. 19 --It io sopposed that the basis of the law of nation',
mbich aias de,troyed by Napol?on, will be established at the Congress ;
Ilse principles which in time of war ought to regulate the conduct of
the powers, relative to the safety of commerce and navigation, will be
part;culi,ily determined on."
By the laws of nations " which Napoleon had destroyed,"
and which we ate told the,Congiess will restore, it is not
difficult to understand what the wrier means. Indeed, it is
3 evealett at the very close of the paragraph, where it is as-
serted that the nege&ators will settle the principles that
are to regulate in time of war the conduct of Powers relative
to the .woolty glcomnirree and aina•ciaalion." If any doubt
rell1Rifl«1 respec?ine the applica it of this statement to our
naval superiority, it would be entirely dispelled by the fol-
lowing paragraph, given, by way of elucidation, in another

Paper :
lr i• !.oped Ergtenti, having no longer to combat the man
svho d a eaatineloal despotism, will ienoutice, on . er part,
the iimeapok or maritime commerce."
As it is to the unimpaired existence of our naval supre
Tnaey that Europe owes her safety, and the power which
she now possesses of fixing her own liberties and happiness,
these is rip fear that her monatclis should he so blind to
their own interests as to shake and overthrow their Palladium.
Should the attempt be made, we must resist it, and as we
have alteady done, disarm the hostility of the world by our
rerseveranee and our courage. But we repeat it, the arts
and jealousy of France will fail, and it is even doubtful
whether she will be allowed to have a voice in the Congress,
for the declination of the Einiet or of Russia " that no
change shall be made in the Treaty of Pal is, which shall be
executed .•ccordin2.-, to its form anti teno,," seems to have
been issued for the purrose of rendering the pi esence of a
French negociator at the Congress useless.
The Commission to which the proposed Law relative to
the restitution Of Emigrant Property not sold, has been re-
ferred, have preseie ed their Report. Some amendments
are proposed, and the discussion is to take place three days
after the Report is presen!ed.
The Gaeite Se France contains another of those articles
which tend to prove that there arc parties, and by no means
feeb!e ones, against the French Government.
Paris Papers al rived Tuesday of the 14th instant. The
principal article which they contain is a proclatnation, dattd
BLlthid, the :;titli of I st month, authorising the Viceroy of
Navarre, Count Espeleta, to cause ail the troops in the line
of that province, and those adjoining, to march against
Nina and his adherents.—There is a curious circular order
Tiotieeel under the head of Madrid, by which all Archbishop*
and Bishops are orderer: to retire from Court as speedily as
possible. This looks as if even among the Clergy there were
some N‘liose presence occasioned Ferdinand a little trouble.

OCT. 23,

The war or accusation and recrimination between the dif.
ferent patties in France, begins to assume an acrimonius
character. References are had to the former actions of the
Revolutionists. Carnot's Memorial to the King has prAuced
a great sensation, though it is not allowed to be sold publicly
copies of it. however, get into circulation, and the emigrants
are represented to be particularly enraged against it. Carnot
accuses them of haying produced much of the misery and
mischief of the Revolution ; that their extravagance before
the Revolution drained the finances and impaired the ',opt].
larity of the Government; that they were the•first to set the
example of breaking down all respect for the king, by
culing his simple and moral habits; that when he was sur-
rounded by difficulties and dangers which they had in a great
measure produced, they left him to his fate, instead of rally.
ing round his Throne, and perishing if necessary, in its ruins.
Carnot complains too that the promises held out by the con-
stitutional charter have not been fulfilled, and that there has
been nothing like oblivion of the past. The- consequence
has been, that parties have again become active, bitter, and
revengeful.—Whatever hay been the cause, it is but too true
that a party spirit has again shewn itself in Paris, and with
considerable virulence and force. Private letters assign as
one cause of the revival of this spirit, the great quantity of
religious ceremonies for events connected with the Revolu-
tion. These, by conveying an indirect censure, have given
great offence to those who have played principal parts in the
Revolution.
The king of France has published an ordnance, founded
upon the difficulties of the church," empowering Arch-
bishops and Bishops to establish seminaries in their respec-
tive dincees for the education of young men destined for the
ecclesLatical state. The growing irreligion of France is, ac-
cording to all concurrent testimony, most fatal in its effects.—
Suicide, which used to he considered as peculiarly the vice
of Englishmen, has become in a much more marked degree
that of the Ft ench ; and it is repo: ted, that scarce a night
passes at Paris in which some miserable creature does not
put an end to his mortal existence by drowning. himself in
Cie Seine.

The public are aware of the hal hour succours which the
American ships of war obtain ft om the neutrality of the
French pmts. We have one remedy wi!hin our reach, and
we hope it will speedily he adopted. The po:ts of France
ate open to us as well as the Americans. Let a Bri!ish ship
of adequate forc be placed almonie of every American
armed vessel in the harbours and waters of France, to sail
when she shall sail, or as soon alter as the establ!shed regula-
tions will admit, and to attack her when she gets beyond the
neutral bounds.
A mail has arrived from Malta, which has brought letters
from thence of Sist August, and we have advices through
another channel from the Island to the 4th of last month
but those are not so late by a week as those previously ob-
tained. There was some direct trade with the Ilavannah,
and a much more extensive intercourse than was expected
with Marseilles.
Advices have reached us both from Smyrna and Con•
stantinople, the da!es flom the fin-met to the 56, and from
the latter to the 11th ult. The Exchange at Smyrna was
and the place was free from all pestilential infection.
The following is an extract of a letter fi om the Ottoman
ca-
pital:—
CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 10.--No epidemic disease at present
prevails in this city or its neighbourhood. A great mituy ships Wive
arrived Item Russia (Odissa), with which the intercourse is now
entirely open. A large quantity of iron has arrived, but very little
corn.