The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

of a portion of the integral soil of the United States, which.
therefore, cannot be conceded without the express permission
cf Congress, the Executive Government having no authority
to that extent. .
The Dutch Mailhas brought us the following communi-
cations regarding the departure of Mr. Dallas, which, it will
be Teen, do not entirely coincide; bnt the mate, ial fact of his
Fro.:•eeding to'the United States is pet fectly ascertained :
" xsrtuu vst, AUG. V3.-51r. Dallas is here, and is to proceed
to•rnorruw on board the John Adams, to sail for the United Mato',
" A Cartel is to depart from England on the same destination, in
lemllt it'll days.
ArasTr.nnt‘t. AUG. 24.—Mr. Dallas, who is now here, is to
wait until tinnier dispatches -ball have been trammitted to him.
These are expected in t.to or three days, when the Juhn Adams %ill
leave the Texel tor America."

It seems by another letter, and from a very respectable
quarter, that the season assigned at Amsterdam for tlr.! voyage
of M 4. is to consult his Government on the new
demanded for the British Colonies by their Government, and
wh:eli, it was supposed, would alienate a considerable part of
the State of Ohio.

It is impossible to form any opinion of the state of pub-1
lic feeling in France, from those persons ho have made a
mere visit of ceremony or curiosity to the seat of Goveru-
merit. But we are sorry to sec the King so wholly ab-
sorbed by his personal fears, as not even to pay respect to
tho-e whose moderate principles, and lore of France,
ought to have obtained the most distinguished considera-
tion. It is well said by some one, •" though those were
p;ecluded from office who voted for the death of the
Kith:,, employment was liberally bestowed upon those who
had destroyed the familits of the people." But France
and Frenchmen have no right to complain, the good st as
bsfore them—" which to choose," and they preferred sla-
very to freedom.
Pal is Papers to the 23J inst. together with Brussels Gazettes
to the 20th, and a Mail font itaunbut h, arrived in the course
of Thursday. Their contents arc of very little importance,
with the exception of an article from Rome in the latter,
whit it reports that Buonaparte will be permitted to reside
at Parma, and to assume the Sovereignty of the Italian States
ceded to the Archduchess \Taria Louisa. This, however, is
too improhable to gain belief. The Moniteur seems very
anxious to induce a belief that the inhabitants of the territo-
ries on the left bank of the Rhine, which have been given up
by Prance to the Allies, are di.contenteil at the separation:
but nothing of this alledged discontent is heard through any
other channel than the Paris Journals. Sonic jealousy i,
also evinced,- though not in express terms, at the vi,it of the
Duke of Wellington to the fottres,es in the Netherland,.—
Mona is said to be arming. against the BatLary Powers.
We have' another arrival of French Papers to those of
Wednesday laFt. The articles to which our attention has
been first directed are two purporting to come from Corfu
and. from Venice, but mote probably manufactured at
Paris. They are a suite of that system which the French
Papers adopt with increasing activity, by which they at-
tempt to raise the character of their own countrymen at
the expense of the British character, anti labour to shew,
that wherever Frenchmen have been their presence is
loved and their departure regretted, whilst the presence of
the English is drtetted and their departure is desired.
C.lrfo article speaks of the french having behaved
with such perfect discyino anti justice, that not one inha-
bitant ever had cause to complain of the French soldiers.
Our ;Tatters know that he who' attempts to prove too much

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proves nothing-. We leave this article without saying a
word more upon it. The other article from Venice would
make an impression unfavourable both to the Austrians
and English. The Commissioners of the two nations are
on bad terms with each other, but equally oppress the
Venetians ; nay, it is added, that the English have prohi-
bited the sailing of all Venetian ships. We have little
doubt that the allegations in both these articles are un-
founded: and we must add, that the eagerness with which
they are inserted and displayed, does not say much in fa-
your of the anxiety of the French to preserve, in the spirit
of peace, that peace which was granted them in a manner
so noble and so delicate. it is strange that the French
Government does not discourage those attacks, which ap-
pear first in the minor papers, and are next dAy regularly
copied into the Monitcur.

This irritating style and tone NI bleb would tend to create
feelings of irritation on the part of this country, are morn
extraordinary, when we consider the necessity on the part
of France of firing in peace for some time at least with all
other Powers, in order to restore credit to her finances,ac-
tivity to her commerce, and to heal the wounds of her Ions;
and bloody revolution. We have before us the Report to
the Chami)er of Deputies of the Commission appointed to
examine the Budget. The measures there recommended.
must owe much of their success to a period of peace. There
are large arrears of debt, which could net he discharged un-
less peace be preserved. Part of the national forests are pro-
posed to bs, sold, a well as the property of the Communes.
There is to be a voluntary inscription and the issue of
Treasury, Bills bearing an interest of 8 per cent. The
Government propositions meet in general with the appro-
bation of the Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.
But we mint gay, that the 8 per cent. Treasury Bills seem
to give a higher rate of interest than appears to be neces-
can% The French 5 per cent. funds are 75 francs, not
Yielding quite 7 per cent. for the hundred francs. How-
ever, we speak with great hesitation upon the subject of
French finances, which it is r.lways difficult to understand.
The King has rtblished an ordonnanee relative to the
erasure of inscriptions upo.i the list of emigrants. His
Majeite also announces that he means to propose a law re-
specting the restoration of such property of the emigrants
as has not been sold.

We beg leave to call our readcrs attention to the stric-
tures we this, day insert upon the state of parties in Spain.
They are furnished by a Correwondent intimately ac-
quainted with Spanish politics, and whose publications on
south America have already, as they deserved, excited
the notice of his Majesty's Government.

The address of Mr. Justice Fletcher to the Jury at
Wexford is too long for insertion in this day's Paper, but
we seriously recommend its perusal to our readers, as pre-
senting a comprehensiv,!. history of the causes which affl ct
Ireland, and affording a cool and dispassionate refutation
of the calumnies r hich aro so industriously circulated
against her. So h;g!dv, indeed, are we per -gimlet! of its
healing qualitie,, that the (..;,vernment cannot do better
than circulate it at their own expencr, as one sure means
of securing the tranquillity of the cenntry—epening the
eyes of the people to tli;jr real interests—and calling on
the guilty al)senteeF, if not eto:
turn aml cheri,.h,by their protec

intelligent, and laborion, rnee

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irely dead to shame, to re-
ef ion and influence,a hardy,
iij iy.ople, irritated and in-
.,f their
cuitoins and habi`,s.
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