The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lord 11.ettington was, from the excessive rains and the melt,
ing of stiow, by which the rivers were unusually sw•elied, un
able to come up with Soult in the rapidity of his retreat, thus
a further useless elision of human blood has been prevented,
and Soult will, we trust, have sent before this his adherence
to the forl:iture of the Usurper.

TiAe'following is an extract of a letter received yes-
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Powrsm-vrit. APRIL 15.—This day presented a novrl and in.
tcrelti,.g sight, I,v the arrival of iI" po!otgai, Rear-Admiral
Tiii:!;, the flit!! cf. the ands' ,'t .Sovcreigns of France.
Tim. Pulonai '. from Cherborg, and brings over a Deptitatiorl from
that .e;ty, win:, with Admiral Trugett, were landed at this port,
and im.::ediatdy waits lon Sir Richard Bickerton. -
Lord Castlereagh has desired to be furnished with a list
of the French Emigrants, who receive succour from the Bri-
tish Government, for the purpcsc of obtaining for them the
same n'lnwance at the hands of the French Government.

raulaineouri is to he allowed an Asylum in Russia.
ITe celebrated CamitacereF, Regnier, Le Brun, Segur,
I atour "Nraubourg, Uolin, Merlin, Admiral Willaume, to
..horn we may add Berthier, 1-;ebastiani, Augereau, and
others, have adhered to the new Constitution.

The most singular fact mentioned in the French journals
is that which states, that Marshal Oudinot, in giving in his
adherence, " offers to make some interesting commuica-
trolls." Or what nature these commtinications are is not
ltinted : whether they relate to the concealment of pillape,
or to more atrocicns crimes intended or perpetrated by the
Corsican, it is not possible to surmise.
Mr. M'iliams, the Messenger, arrived yesterday morning
srith dispalches from Lord Castlereagh, d.tted PariS, 1,1111
inst. The Duke de Fetter (Gen. Clarke), Buonaparte's Mi-
ni:4er of ‘Var, had sent in his adherence to the new order of
things. All was quiet at Paris.
CA UT, A INCOURT DUKE or VlcENzA.—Caulnincourt is
of a nob!e family in Picardy ; his father owed his military
preferment .to the Prince de Rohan Soubise, great-grandfather
of the Duke D'Enghein. Having remained in France at the
ye' iod of the establishment of the Republic, he was exposed
to all the persecutions which the nobles underwent. In
some measure to escape from them, he enrolled himself in a
regiment of cavalry and soon distinguished himself' by his
courage; but his Lientenant-Colonel, the sworn enemy Of
ri-derent nobles, suffered him to remain in the ranks.
(kn. Desaix having been the friend of an uncle of Caulain-
court's, took him from his regiment to make him. his Aid( -
de-Camp, and it is to that situation he has Owed hi4lortune.
Buonaparte, who it is asserted grit Gen. Desaix assassinates
'at the battle of Marengo, by Savary Duke of Reyigo, deter-
mined, in the hope of escaping suspicion, to take for his
Aides-de-Camp all those of General Desaix. •

AI hen Btionapaite conceived the project of kidnapping
the Duke .D'Etighien, it was the turn of M. de. Colbert,
znother of those Aides-de-Camp, to march. Lie did not
nresent himself at the Thuillerics, and Catdaincourt was in
consequence dispatched towards Strasbourg with sealed
orders, which he was only to open on his arrival at that place.
Some persons attached to the person of bis Royal High-
ness the Prince de Conde, have been known to say, that Cau-•
laincourt in arriving at• Etteinheim ascended to the apart
tient of the Duke D'Enghien, accompanied by only two
soldiers, whom he left at the door of the room in which the
Duke was with the Princess de Rohar(to whom it is said
he was secretly married) and that on entering alone intr
The chamber, address: ng himself first to the Princess de Mean,
ire said to her----“ Madam, where is the Duke D'Enghien."
,nynster," replied the Princess, " do you hope to cloak

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your Warn . by feigning not to recognize him, you know
him well enough, he is before you."
Many are inclined to believe from this that Caulainenurt.
entertained the intention of giving the Duke d'Enghein the
time to escape while he went to seek him in The spot which..
the Princess de Itohan should indicate to him, but that the
exclamation of that lady having been nece,:,arily overheard
by the ,oldiers, who were on the stairs, he was compelled to,
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seize the Duke.

To this statement, which we give as we received it, we
shall oppose a piece of information,. on the accuracy of
which our readers may depend. A person, who, from
situation, has had it in his power to know with certainty'
every thing which took place at Chatillon, Las said, that,.
Caulaincouit had convinud the Plenipotentiaries at that.
Congress that he had no hand in the wrest of the Duke
d'Enghein.
This may give some credibility to the reports from Paris.
that Caulaineourt was going to Russia, where the Emperor
Alexander had rermitted him to retire, as well as that he,
having been in the scheme of Talleyrand, had flattered tiie
Tyrant's %%inky and obstinacy, so as to induce him not• to
recede from his pretensions, hut refuse to sign the honourable
oCaCC which the Allies propoed hire. _ _ _

MA DAME DE STAEL..--The Ex-Minister Necker had lent
two millions of !lyres (upwards of gO,OOOl. Sterling) "to'
Louis XVI. who gave him an order for that sum. Ili.;
daughter asked Buonaparte what course she ought to Or-
sue to recover the money. Ile replied, that "he ~vo;i1,1
cause it to be repaid, if she would consent to love hip,'
Madame de Stael set too high a pi ice on her liberty to sacri-
fice it for a few millions, she therefore kept her order, whicis
now, however, she proposes presenting to Louis XVIII. ori
his arrival in London. There can be no doubt but that h
Majesty will acquit the debt of his brother: but as he welt
knows az sentiments of Nladame de Stael towards the Houser
of Boni hon, it would be pleasant enough if, after having sa-
tisfied the demand, the king were to require of her the lo‘e
of him.

THE LATE STOCK-JOB2ING HOAX.--.Tuesday, Captaln
de Berenger, accompanied by Mr. Wood, the messenger bt-
Lulgini:: to the Alien Office, and two others, arrived in a elnise
and four at the Secretary of State's Office for the Home De-
partment, from Leith, where he was apprehended and his
pai.ert seized on Friday last. He passed under the name of
Captain Brown. It is .tow expected that the whole odi this
nefarious conspiracy will be developed. A person tsamcd
%'l‘Crae has written to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, offe:ring to
disclose the whole affair, on condition of receiving 11?,000i,
on- conviction of the parties.
A Court of Common Council is arpointed to be Iseld on
Tuesday next, to consider the propiietv presenting lova',
and dutiful Address to his Hot al 1.-I.lntess the Prilein Re-
gent, congratulating his It o;01 11;g1teess upon the .I)Pliiant
successes of the Allied Powers, and the happy and glolions
events that hove m'ently taken Cace, and which Ive trust
will lead to the general restoration of tranquillity, and esta-
Wish the rights and liberties of the people upon a secure and
permanent ibundation.
Persons desirous of going to France are desired to take
pass;-ot ts, and the Count de Chartres panty; them ii-ecty.
Three packets have already been ordered round ti•do the
packet duty between Po% er and Calais. It is said, they trill
begin sailing on Wednesday.
In consequence of the recent events, a contract about to
be entered into by Government for .200,000 gallons of
eta'' been • reduced to .iv),900, and a qua• tity of c gont,
chased on account of Gover;:mcilt, is to be v.:at to ma7k

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