The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-16 00:00:00

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The Pali, Papeis received On Tuesday contain accounts of I
tie solemn entry of the Emperor of Ru,sia and King of
Prussia into Vienna, accompanied by the Emperor of Aus-
tria, who went out to meet and receive them with distill- [
g.aished hononrs. No less than one thousand cannon were
tired on the ocea,ion, and the whole ceremony was grand and ;
imp! essive in the extreme. The French Papers have entirely i
changed their tone with respect to the Congress at Vienna,
and the probal,lt reitdrs. They lately abounded with para.
graphs itintratiag doubts and difficulties, existing jealousies
and suspici(ois of the views oldie Alned Powers, and pointing i
unt some of than individually, a, actuated by views ()lambi-
tion av 4 a7grandi,einent. The Journal des Debats of the 7th,
bas published a long article calculated to do away any unfa-
vnurable impres,ion whirl) such paragraphs may have pro
';need. It states that the happiest results may be expected
from the Congiess of Vienna, and that those hopes may be
indulged without anxiety or mistrust. It pays a compliment
to each of the Allied Sovereigns, including the Pi ince Re-
gent of England, and their Ministers, adding, that " every
thing proves that !leaven did not take at random the deposi-
eoties of its gt eat destgns."—The long-contested Decree on
the liberty of the Press has at length passed both the Ftench
I.vgi,lative Bodies, but under circumstances which clearly
!nark it to be, as it one;ht to be, of temporal duration. The
'preamble so much objected to in the Chamber of Deputies,
as implying that. the law was to be permanent, has been •
sand; out by the Peers, and in this state the law will no
doubt re' rive the Royal sanction.--Several booksellers ar-
re.;ted in Paris, charged with selliog anarchical and seditious
libels, have been transfer-I ed to the pris-on 1.. a Force, for the
• put pose of Hein;; I.tight to justice. The particulars of the
charge against them are .not stated, but it appears there are
:natty tuibulent spirits still in Fiance, who ate anxious for a
change, and are secretly aspersing and calumniating the Go-
%eminent, at the same time that they ratter the Marshals,
and are anxious to conciliate the military. In the Chamber
of Deputies, on the 4th inst. a peti•ion was presented from
several of the booksellers above alluded to, complaining
that they were atbitrari'y arrested, which was referred to.
'the committee -of Petitions. Marshal Macdonald, one of
the Chamber of Peers, has been among the most strenuous

.kidvocates for the liberty of the press. . .
By the accounts in the French Papers from Madrid, we
learn, that Ferdinand has ordered all property, styled Na
iional, whether belonging to private persons or the Clergy,
to be re,lored to the former proprietors, without any indem-
nity to the persons who had purchased it. The Government
is in want of money.—The troops which have been order-
id to South America, have refused to embark. The arrest
:of the brave General Alava, and the resignation of Sir
'Thomas flyer, are mat ked incidents tending to shew the
state of politic opinion in Spain. Several even of the public
]Ministers appear to have retired from their appointments.
The re-e,tablishment of the Inquisition turns out to be by no
means a measure .of mere form. Not less than ninety arrests
arc said to have taken place in one night : and the prisons are
.lint large enough to contain the state prisoners. This state
of cannot continue long, especially if, as is asserted,
the Gus-em um:lnt is in want of money to pay its troops. The
system of severity spreads such dismay, that persons are emi-
grating as fast as possible into France.
Evers account from Spain strengthens the apprehension
.of a speedy civil war in that country. The province of Cata-
lonia has sent a deputmion to Madrid to claim the liberation
Of those of its Deputies, Members of the Cortes, who have
been arreSled and thrown into priSon. In Madrid itself new
arrests have taken place, and the two enterprising Guerilla