The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-24 00:00:00

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Majesty embarked yesterday, and sleeps this night at
C-dais or lioniniAne ;on Monday night at Amiens; -on 'rues-
at Itainhotullet; on Wednesday . or: Thursday ht
wake his public entrance into Paris.

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DEFEAT OF souur AND CAPTURE OF THOUT.,OUSE.
The friends of humanity had hoped, (the reign of Trace
taving commenced) that no more human blood would be
tiled, at least in Europe. Unhappily, this expectation. has
heti) d:•appointed, a new battle has been fought, and we have
to mourn tha► our gallant countrymen in arms, still victo-
rious, have fought and have conquered in vain.
On the loth, the army of Cord Wellington, engaged that
under Soldt, and defeated it. The result of this was, the
Frcach commander was compelled to evacuate 'Toulouse
Under other circumstances, we should have hailed such a
•triumph with raptute, but in the present instance, when no
new wreath of gloty was wanting, to make British valour
famed throughout the universe, it is a subject of melancholy
reflection, that many of the brave fellows whose valour had
contributed la7gely to produce the present happy stale. of
affairs, should have lived till the termination of the awful
conflict, to fall in the moment which ought to have restored
them to the sweets of domestic Peace.

It cannot but. excite surprise, that up to the 10th, Souk
should have received no intelligence of the counterrevolution.
In such a case, it is natural for suspicion to he on the alert,
and it is proper that strict and immediate enquiry should he
made into all the circumstances of the case. We ought how.
ever to bear in mind, that where such mighty events, h.tve
taken place, great contusion must pervade many departments,
and the unfortunate delay may be fairly accounted for in a,
variety of ways. It' is hinted iu one of the Paris papers, that
this catastrophe has been causer' by orders from Buona•
paste, hut really we cannot think this at all probable. Ile is
.not such a lover of justice, as to commit an act in his present
:circumstances which must inevitably doom him to the sal-
lows be deserves. Ilad orders been issued by him, subse-
quent to his abdication, it is not probable that they would
itave reached Soul: before the dispatches of the Provisional
Coverntnent, and. only in this case would 'he have dared to
act upon them. The fact must immediately be known.
..Should it appear that Buonaparte has caused this effusion of
blood, by any act subsequent to his abdication, for such
treason he ‘vill of course he brought to trial, and sentenced-
:to make some fai-it expiation by terminating his wretched ex-
istence on a scaffidd. The conduct of Soult must also be in-
-y:stig:ded, and if a participation in the crime be proved, of-
fended justice requires that he should share the fate of his
Late master. ,

APRIL et

sion on the Speech made by the Speaker, at,the close of the
'last Session of Parliament. In that paper we:could never see
anything unconstitutional, or any thing which was unbecom-
ing the Speaker to utter on such an occasion. If, in stating to
his Sovereign,_ what bad been done in the course of the Ses.
sions with respect to the Catholics, he had given a designation
to them which they did nol deserve, his conduct would have
merited repr'hension. It was not pretended that he had
done this, and it was therefore ridiculous to prefer any charge
against him. The motion of Lord Morpeth, which went to
censure the conduct of the Speaker by implication, was ne-
gatived by a majority of 168.—A direet tote of censure
moved as an amendment by Mr. Whitbread, was negatived
without a division. The Debate was uncommonly tedious,
notwithstanding Mr. %V hitbread, the Speaker, Mr. Catrning
and Mr. Plunkett. took .part in it. The Duchess of Olden-
burgh was present. She is really a very extraordinary wo-
man, for she kept awake all the time Lot d Morpeth was
speaking, and did not seem much terrified by Mr. Whitbread,
though he roared loud eneugh to be beard in Palace Yard.
!she bad fortitude enough to remain till Mr. Williams Wynn
get up—

" The torce of patienic could no further go."

AMERICA.
The Swiftsure- Packet has arrived with a mail from Hali-
fax, •at St. Ives, in Cornwall. She has brought Halifax pa-
pers to the 29th ult.' and Boston to the 18th. Debate, run
high in Congress on the subject-of Peace, and the. majority
of Mr. President Madison begins to diminish. On a motion
made by Mr. Wright, on the 2d of March, for considering
the propriety of suspending the embargo, the resolution was
carried by only a majority of three. Commodore, Rodgers
has returned unhurt from another cruise, after being absent
75 days. He returned to Sandy Hook on .the 19th of Fe-..
bruary. It appears, from his own statement, that hte was
much terrified by the approach of two ships, which he con-
ceived to he enemies; one of which, we learn, was his Ma-
jesty's frigate Orpheus, Cant. Pigott, of 36 guns !
The remaining intelligence in these papers consists of
the usual occurrences in the history of American Warfare..
Armies retreating, boats and stores burnt, numbers reduced,
soldiery insubordinate, generals arrested, and officers of go-
vernment criminated. General Wilkinson, in the early
part of February, burnt his boats on the Salmon river; he'
then set fire to his barracks at French Mills; and marched
his troops, reduced to 3000 in number, part to. Sackett's
1 harbour, and part to Plattsburg. The British followed him
to French Mills and Malon, and cart ied off the stores at the
Ilatter place. In consequence of this 411c1 the former failures,
the Secretary at War insisted on Wilkinson's arrest, and at
length this point was conceded by Madison, by whose per-
Isonal wish Wilkinson had been appointed. On the other
baud, W i!kinson's friends charge his failures to the incom-
petency and contradictory orders of the Secretary at War.
General Hampton is permitted to retire from the service;
and Granger, the Postmaster-General, is turned ont of of-
fice. Even the armies which were sent, " not only to, chas-
tise the savages into present peace, but to make an impres-
sion on their future fears," seem to have been defeated.
The Creek Indians have proved more than a match for
General Jackson and General Floyd. The latter writes,
that partly from the insubordination of his troops, and partly
from the deficiency of his supplies, lie fears he shall be com-
pelled to retreat; more especially as the Creeks have seized
au American post, very appropriately named Camp Defi-
ance, from which they threaten to attack him. A detach-
ment of American dragoon; havint; ve, utured, on the 16th