The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-20 00:00:00

TILE 1414-T ICr AI. WEGISTEII.

lt issue:A that the proposition !nude to the Erenah
Go ;ern:matt with respect to che removal of the Amoy
of Oactipation, is, that it should latke up its.quarters
on the frontiethut is. out of t..e French territories•
one whole ;year, .and be there maintuined at -tbe
emaana an' France ; and it is :Wed, that -"Alia; is to le
the qua..non of their AV ruwing." We.sheuld
ourselves bliplIONC, that at least eat; last .clause of this
sentence IS tfoncous, and that -ti( deft:ll;l...e propaeltitan
will err ..xtn be mule to•the French 'Oovernment on the'
retirenwt,t of the fitrei.m troops till the meeting of.
Sovereigns ut ns The preceding parts
ef -the alinement are nfcourse rendered more clubieus 4y •
the error •in the conclusion. It is not itaprneuble..
In'wever, -thaesuell a 'lmp. nista Inlay Lc conttlep:uted,
an& w' shall theretine bestow a few words upon it. it
Lateens simply, that 'the French -aka% .as now, supply-
. money for the umiznainanee of thetroops, but that the.
money rind) cease to be spent tunong the French -
themselves, from the time when the troop are drawa.
bark.; the presence ef the ocettpying army being con-
ceived to be one rf those circumstances which may
give must pin to French feelings, or r much patriotism..
Wert:Mice to state, that thot•ecupation hasbecat hitherto
o null mainaged, that few oxasions of d;ssaistlictioa
have arisen between the troops aol the italtutittnits ;
and as•tu -tbeahveretie principle by whieh the nation
at largemay ffeel4fittirt at this foreign ocenpaney, we do
► not think that ranch will 1:4 ,;alined, nt mu-ch aversion
soothed, by merely removingg. the trite's:: ent.of Trance
and retaining them on the frontier. The ,general
question of dismissing lhe troops altogether is one Of
seine difficulty ; yet, so general a persuasion has gone
Utreaa, the expectation of -the 1.-renal-is so fait
that they will be •ffiannissed, tt.at we fear great and
general cdisappointment, with all its obvious cense
quences.• would result from their continuance. lime-
ever, the question is still one of expedieucy.and pro-
hability. The mere wish of the French toga rid .of
the Army of Occupation is not of itself a sufficient
reason • fur withdrawing it. 'I he Allies ought to be
assured of the peaceful disposition of .the French
towards their neighbours, before they withdraw the
safeguards against agge•ession. If the .Sovereigns feel
that.the late a.sstudters of all peacefnl•states are really
turning to lieaceftil habits, and seeking happiness rather
than what they termed glory; tbe.retention of the troops
would be impolitic and injurious. The resident .Nli-
nisters.tit. the Allied Sovereigns in France must have,
no doubt, made • and remitted to their •respective-
Courts, observations upon the present state of public
feeling in that nation ; upon the probable views and
means of the several parties, and by the general tenour
of these observations the question of withdrawing
the !mops will he greatly swayed.: for,it ioolwitiug, that
it the occupying grow preverateno evil, ;it matas4me.
ll' the decision is'duhious, we should wish to see the
King of France on the sidemithose -who urged the recal.
Some American papers '.have come to hand, the
writers in which treat the ptmislunent of Messrs. Ar-
buthnot and Ambruster--put • to death, our readers
know, ifor• the alleged atknee of stirring up the Indians
against .the American Government—eas - an occurrence
to which great interest attacks ; and which, indeed,
reflects no small quantity of glory on General -Jackson,
wlui-tried the unfortunate men by .Court-martial.
Arbuthnot and Ambruster acted on the authority of
England, England is bound to protect her legal agents;
but if 'they have 'offended ag.inst the.law of nations,
and been, triedland punished by the law of nations,- oar
Government is not bound to interest itself in the trans-
action. Arbuthnot, we h?.ll::.we, wasiin England some
time ago. We arc wholly ignorant :as -to the fact of
his having been in the British service at any 'brazier
period. General Jackson's determination' to. seive4ed
occupy Pensacola is spoken of with a ;Intel deal of re-
publican exultation. Lord Selkirk is in 'pretty plain
terms reproached with being a " British emissary," (a
fashionable nickname amen,* the gentry of the demo.
erotic press in North America); and his Lordship is
kindly warned to beware of the fate which befel Ar-
buthnot, Ambruster, and Co.
Dutch papers have arrived to the 12th instant, and
Eamburgh Journals to the Bffi. The King of Prussia
and the Crown Prince made their entry into Moscow
on the 16th ult. accompanied by the Emperor Alexan-
der and the Gratnd Dukes Nicholas and Constantine.
An article from *LObeek says, that the Spanish Minis-

ter to the Hanseatic Cities, has signified in the Senate,
by order of the Court of 'Spain, that in future all fo-
'reigners taken in the,serviee of the Insurgents, with
arms in their hands, will be treated and lomished as
Spanish rebels.. It is politic ill the'Spaniards to hold
out this threat ; hut, considering the ample means of
nealiation whiehthe Patriots now have in their hands,
we doubt whether •they will have the temerity to act
uptat it. Lord Turghersh, it is said, has been acere
dited as British Envoy at the Court of Parma. and has
had his first audience of the Ex-Empress .a':aria Louisa.
A Flanders Mail hail brought us Papers io the .oth
instant. The Prince of Hesse Homburg and his Consort
passed.through Liege on the 6th instant, on their way
to Spa. • These' Papers repeat the rumour, that the
Regicide •Cambateres had received permission to re-
turn tie France, -and 'to :resume his title of Prince of
Parma.

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•covr:N WEN THF.ATI2II.

s.litsrAiry ibis /lit'atit; terlll 111001 its perform-
ing:CS for the season. _which has
.proced.a wry successful
one, witli Rub Ruy.and theilerend ilia Men. Tate
farewell address .which •A as .cleiivered by Mr. Fawcers,
did not itsaterially tlitlia front the prescribed forms try',
theatrical leure-soking; &tie eircutustance, however,
• pecaitlin to the present wagon, was very properly no-
ticed.us a source of hi nest pride in the establishment„
and it proof of its desire to.give currency to the-zoble..t
~Hints of the drat;:::—we-• mean, that of having pro-
' ducet three triged.es, slur .whiels, in.u.grcater or hms
sletsrs.e, have begot rewarded wish the patronage of the
public. Tire ilwatre will re-open on the 7th of Sep-
tember.

The Dulie and 'Duchess of Kent, whom; intention a
hciug,preseat luai been previously announced. entered
Prince 'Leopold's Lox soon after the comment meta dr
the opera, when the perthrmance was suspended, and
the customary haneurs.ilaid thou.