The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-29 00:00:00

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No. 564.—V0r.. XI.

POLITICAL. DISQUISITION.

THE LATE CONGREiS AT MX L 1 CH IPELLE.

NVE this day present our readers with the grand
official result of the transactions at the late Congress.
If he last protocol. and declaradtoti of the Allied So
veretrs, or their Ministers, towards which all their
consultations bave tended, and with the signature of
which their asseu.bly is filially broken up, and its illus.
trioti's members dispersed. These documents arc interest_
ing, in point of form they exhibit the completion of the
work which has long attracted so much attention ; but,
otherwise, their contents arc modestly expressed. There
is little for ingenuity to carp at ; and thankful as
France may be for the alleviation which she has obtained
front the conferences at Aix-la-Chapelle, there is, we
trust, with this partial good, us little general evil united,,
as ever did result, or ever can result, from the meetings
of personages who possess, we may say, conjointly,
of two at their command.

The first ducat:tut is an acknowledgment of the four
ied Pow ers, of the tranquil state of France, of her fulfil-
ment of all her existing engagements, of the adequacy of
the pledges which she offers tin• their completion, and a
consequent acknowledgment of the propriety of
withdrawing the Army of o:cupation. The King of
France is then invited to make one of the Congress.
This invitation sia,in the second document accepted, in
pus Sovereivetk.minte, by his Minister, the Duke of
Richelieu, whose signature is of course affixed to the
two acts, which have relation to the general interest
• Ihsrope. • 'Theft twee acts, the las!. of the Coss--
gress, will be variously canvassed : but we do not
think that '-any ill can be drawn out of them. We
should say, that they might Le productive of good. it
the passions of men were to be controlled, as often as
temptationhor provocations arose, by previous resolu-
tions of dit;interestedness and honourable conduct.—
The Sovereigns, in the Protocol and Declaration, blth
dated November 15, hint at the probability of future
conferences for the good of Europe; but declare, that
in all their dealings with each other, and in their
decisions on the appeals of these Powers which take
no part in the quintuple alliance, they will be governed
only by the law of nations. Neither do they make it
obligatory upon other States to request their interfer-
ence ; it is only if called upon, that they will decide by
this law. Should these determinations hold firm, we
suppme we may look forward to a lusting peace ; man-
kind may forget the art of war, and aspiring Statesmen
turn all their attention to Vattel and Groans.

General Taylor, who was of the dinner party at
Cambridgc-house, Kow, on Wethiesday, met with a
very serious, accident in returning to the palace. The
(raiwral, after having dined at the table of the Prin.
.cesses, always returns to the palace through the Ilitanic-
gardens, ta the door of which, at the extremity of the
Birdeage-wilk, he has a kei. Ua IVednesday night,
immediately after the departure of the Mince Regent,
•he left Cambridge-house inaatentled, and, in passing
aloogtve.af:the avena4,near the menagerie, owing to
the darkness of the night, fell over Nate gardening ha-
pleatentai (which had.4noen imprudently left there by
some •of the workmen) and fractured the small bone of
the tight Aire. arts, slid' also received a considerable
anjuiyin-the-lsnets- M.e Julio t, surgeon, of If ielnwnd.
was immediately sent for, and the fractitre, a:ter some
time, was. reduced. The General was able to walk ant
on Thursaav morning and pay ids respects to the Prin-
cesses : but the actidont is truly tinfintimate at the
present tirmit•irt, as in his c iiKteity of Private *eretary
to the King stad her late Majesty, a e. ,nsiderahle portion
of respotisiullity in the approaelliag solemnities devolves
upon hinf. Ever since the death of !ler Majesty, the
General, and torn of his secretarics, have been almost
constantly employed in writing.
Pthe trans-Atlatitie journals cannot agree amongst
thtnaseives, whether klorirla belongs at this nimneat to
tire Repablii;air Govci.iuiciii or to that of lain.