The National Register.
London, England, 1820-02-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY QS.

;fierce o'clock, p.m.

• The French Papers of irttesilay and Wednesday
have arrived, The change in the Ministry is merely I
partial, as the friends of the Ex-Minister, the
Duke Deutzes, still enjoy the Royal favour.
ount Simeon bas been appointed Minister of the
Interior, in the room of the Duke; Baron Mounier,
Director-General of the Departmental Administra-
tion of Police; and Count Portalis, Under Secre-
tary of State to the Minister of Justice. The
Ministers will still have a difficult task to perform,
in conducting the public affairs, as we believe no-
thing will satisfy the Ultra-Royalists or the Ultra
Liberals, except their admission to place, while the
intermediate party would not wish to see either in
power. The remains of the Duke de Berrl were
removed on Tuesday from the Louvre to the Royal
Chapel at St. Denis.
Since the assassination of the Duke fifty-one
sons have been arrested in Paris, in consequence of
informations against them, but their alleged crime
isnot mentioned. The English in Paris are des-
cribed as having, in numerous instances, demanded
their passports to return to England.

A letter received on Saturday from Vienna states
t' at an official communication had been made by
the Austrian Atubasselor to the Court of Madrid,
that the British and Austrian Governments recom-
mended the Treaty to be ratified, for ceding the
Floridas to the United States ; but it ',Ls expected
to be made a condition that the latter would not
suffer any privateers or ships of war to have protn
tion in their ports, belonging to the Patriots in the
Spanish Col pities in South America.
"'Yesterday the Chapel Royal, St James's, was
attended by his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Weatmoreland, Lori
Melville, and several others of the Cabinet Coun-
cil. Immediately previous to the general thanks-
giving, the Rev. Mr. Knapp, the reader, announced
" that several members or his ,Majesty's Privy
Council desired to return thanks to Almighty God
for their late preservatLa.” In subsequently read-
ing the thanksgiving, he introduced the words
within the brackets:—
" Almighty Gad. Father of all mercies. we. thine ra•
worthy se' taut.. do kite thee onset humble and hearts
tinsels' Or all the &guidons sad lot I rig kiodiime to us and to
all teen, (p.iriitel irly to those who desire new to offer up
their praises and ih.iiiksiiriuo fur thy late mercies vouch-
safed unto theall"
Such is the account of the court circular. We
feel that the ministers have had a providential escape;
we also feel the propriety of the expression of their
gratitude to the supreme power for their preserva-
tion ; but, as the poet has asserted, that
" N Ito builds a &web to Gotland isiM to fame.
Will ne'er inscribe the soarbie with his h01m.,"
se do we consider that if the thanks of his Majes-
ty's Ministers had originated in real, religious feel-
ing, instead of the parade of it, their purpose
might have been better fulfilled by their attendance
at " The Chapel Royal, St. James's," and their
joining in heartfelt thanksgivings, than by their
attendance being announced by the reader.--ft
partakes so much of the Pharisaical feeling of
parade.
The body of the unfortunate Richard Smitbers
was brought to his late habitation in Westminster
between nine and ten o'clock on Friday night.
Ilia disconsolate wife, in a state of pregnancy, is
confined to her chamber by indisposition. owing to
the shocking catastrophe. Lord Sidmouth. in
speaking of her to a person who was describing her
affliction, said, " Tell her I cannot restore her hus-
band. but I will take care she shall never want."
Stnithers's aged father and mother, both of whom
are SO years old, live ut Fulham, and were supported
by his industry. The deceased was shot in the
shoulder, as well as stabbed, in the conflict on
'Wednesday night. The bullet was extracted on
Friday by Mr. Fisher, the surgeon, who opened
the body
Previously to Wednesday last Lord Castlereagh
received a letter, written in a very bad hand, and
ill spelt, and the production evidently of sonic very
illiterate person, apprising him of the recently dis-
covered plot, and the intention of the conspirators.
This is supposed to be from the man who followed
Lord Harrowby into the Park, and communicated
to his Lordship all he knew on the subject. 11 e
have nut heard whether this man joined in the plot
or not. If he did, be must have felt a compunction
of conscience, which induced him to disclose
all the ciicumsuinces, though it is strange that a
ortres, confided to more than fitly individuals,
should nut have transpired long before.