The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, JAN. JAN. I.—At ten o'clock this morning the
King received the usual congratulations from his
tinily, the Ministers, and the public functionaries,
on the new year.
At noon the King took his seat on the throne,
surrounded by the principal state dignitaries, and
received the grand deputations of the two Cham-
bers, the General Staff, ar.d officers of the National
Guard and garrison of Paris.
The Monileur contains a royal ordinance, dated
the 19th ult. appointing General du Coetlosquet to
be Director-General of the Ministry of War, and
M. de Pcrccval, a member of the Chamber of De-
puties, and Secretary General of the Ministry of
War, to be Intendant General of the Adtninistration
of War.
To the details which we have already given rela-
tive to the coup-de-main which was projected against
the castle of Saumur, a letter from Tours adds, that
several subaltern officers of the Horse Chasseurs of
the Arricgc corps have been arrested.
More corps of Austrian troops from the kingdom
of Naples passed through Rome on the 12th of De-
cember, without halting, on their way to the here-
ditary states of the Emperor.
The following is an extract of a private letter
from Barcelona, dated Dee, 19:—" Gerona is the
theatre of an unhappy event, which might have been
attended with the most serious consequences. On
the 14th, 300 men, well armed, presented themselves
at the gate of the town which was nearest to the
prison. It was the hour of dining, and the guard,
suiprised with the glass in hand, wassarmed and
replaced by the troop of malcontents o occupied
this station, to prevent any person from entering or
quitting the town, whilst another 300 men pro-
cceded towards the prison, and delivered some pri-
soners who had been shut up as Serviles ; but the
tot !mil of the guard, aware in time, barrieadoed
themselves in the interior of the prison with the.,
gaoler, and through the windows, which were over
the entrance, kept a contnu •fire of musketry upon
the assailants. The no o ms ut length reached
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the guard of the regimentof abasti, which assem-
bled, and the malcontents were soon after charged by
this corps. Four were killed and 17 made prisoners,
ef wl.ich two were shot upon the spot ; and the re-
maining fifteen, who are reserved for the same fate,
ate put into secret confinement, in order to learn
from them the authors of this outrage."
NEW LAW ON THE PItESS.
_ I'AHIS, JAN. 2, 6 o:ctoct: r.m.

Great expectation was to-day excited by a report,
which was spread in the morning, that Ministers
had at last resolved to come forth from behind their
veil of mystery and indecision, and to propose to the
Legislature their new law for journals. It was pre-
sented to-day. The following is the substance of
its most important provisions :
Art. I.—No journals except those which at pre-
sent exist can henceforth appear without the autho-
rity cy.' Government.
Art. 2.—The offences of the journals against in-
dividuals will be prosecuted in the ordinary manner.
Art. 3.-11) ruse Me spirit or general tendency of
any jouriml or periodical writing shall be of a nature
to injure the public peace, or the respect a.; to the
Mignon of the state, or to the other religious recog-
nized in France, or the authority of the King, or
the stability of constitutional institutions, the lLoyal
Courts, within the range of whose jurisdiction these
journals are published, shall have the power, in u
solemn audience, to suspend Me said journals, or even
to suppress Mein.
Art. 4.—if in the interval of the Session of the
Chambers grave circumstances should momentarily
render insufficient the measures of guarantee and
repression at present established, the cenam ship shall
intmediegrty restored to activity, in virtue of a
r sal ordinance, couidersig,ned by three Minister.
The sth article only states that the provisions o'
the former law, not repealed, shall rcjnain.
The result of this abominable prijet will probably
be to dissolve the Ministry who have flumes' and
sent it forth. Their prejudices would nut allow
them to sanction a free but responsible press; and
after having declaimed against and decried the, cen-
sorship, what remained for them ?
M. de Cares is expected. at Paris, to oppose Mi-
niters in the leers.

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