The National Register.
London, England, 1816-02-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

turb. This may be the opinion of a pure royalist, which
we believe to he our friend's political cast. 'But if it be
even true, thatult FraneelS.Tiftely royalists, it would be
wholly unnecessary to keep the-Foreign troops there Our
own opinion is, that in such a country as France, the peo-
ple of property- are content with almost any government
which does not much disturb them, and submit through fear
to ping, or Republic, or Emperor, which ever is upper.
trtw.t. But before three persons can be brought forward
in sippott of the Government, it is necessary to get rid of
the Political thinkers. and bold actors!who alone guide fhe
public opinions.. For this purpose the Foreiv trovs are
necessary, and the patient bearers of the burthen will then
find, that they will be abliged to move at the tcintintild of
the Gavel nment. In the absence of a free press, we know
no more of the real opninions of the people oh France,
than we did in the reign of Bonaparte. It is r,2asonablu
to conclude, that the better part, of the people must desire
louda Constitution and a limited Monarchy.

A Letter from Paris, &ied Jan. 29, says : " You avii
ot be surprised at w hat has lately happened at Lyons,
aviwn you know it is the grand rendezvous of all the Rdercs
frum all the towns snd neighbouring departments. Mon
sieus f iivaud, in his pamphlet entitled Les Crimes des
Fediret," observes, " it is fit that the Government should
lot in a just hiea of the spirit which pervades the towns and
the country within the circle of the Federation of Lyons.
At Vienne, Romaus,Valence, Bourg,Thoissey,Villefranche,
Wsitijeau, Tarare, Macon, Charolles, Nantua, Chalons,
Tuornos. and all the villages and hamlets adjoining these
towel, one is uncertain whether it be Lou's XVIII, or
Buonaparte, who reigns in France. The cry of '" Vive
PEmpereur" was heard even on the high roads ; the tri
Coloured flag is paraded about, while the white flag is torn
in pieces ; if the mayor he a Royalist they hang his dog,
beeaose they cannot hang him.—lf on the contrary the
mayor be not a royalist; he treats iii all the young men who
cry Vive I'llol
A duel took place yesterday in the Champs Elysees, be-
tween Monsieur de la Tour du Pin„ • a Major in the Royal
Guard, and another Officer in the7same Corps ; the result
of t:hieh %vas fatal to the former gentleman.--Monsieur de
la Tour du ['in is son to the Marquis de Gouverney, Peer
of France, and t.s ho was formerly Prefect of Brussels during
the rei4n of the Usurper.
44 The unwise and desp—otic measure of suspending the
English newspapers, will suffice to prove to you that the
Ultra ,toyalists are Lords of the Ascendant. Ilis Majesty
is known to be personally averse to this prohibition. The
Due cie Richelieu and llarbe Marbois have not disguised
their disapprobation of it; but in vain. It is imagined, one
motive that ititlnences the Government is the approaching
Session of the Elitist' Parliament, and the probable tend!
ency of the si.e.eclies of some of the Members.
" Permit me now to fix your attention on the various
advances of the par r since the commencement of the great
struggle, and the victory they obtained over the King, Mi-
nistry, and Constitutionalists on the Amnesty Bill.
" First —Dismissal of Fouche, and gucrre a twirl against
all the ja,abias of the Revolotion and their adhereiits—
their attack on l'alleyrand, who represents all the moderate
;evolutionary interests—all the persons who, born since
1790, i,.td servi'd under each successive Government, and
were content to serve under the legitimate one.
" Motion of M. Cannel on the additional pensions for
the tiuldiers of the royal armies of 1.4 Vendee and the South,

Motion for empowering the citizen to bequeath legacies
of whatever nature, to the Church or the Confessor.
¶' Opposition to the. Budget in all points.
44 Suppression of the Institute, &c.
"Interdiction of the English Newspapers.
44 Talleyrand remains determined not to quit Paris unless
by compulsion. It will not be easily believed, that open
violence can be employed against a man who has given such
undeniable proofs of his attachment to tht Bourbons, that
his efforts contributed materially to place them on the
throne. 'Who can have forgotten the strenuous perseverance,
the indefatigable activity and address with which this States.
man engaged the Allied Powers to Agn the important do.
current of the 13th March ; and which, had it been delayed
six days later, many suppose problematic, whether it would
have been signed at all, had 13uonaparte's unmolested en.
trance into Paris been known at. Vienna. For this was his
property confiscated, and his drath.—sentence pronounced.
These are assuredly no trifling, serv.es, and are on record.
4,4. The Duc de Richelieu three nights since had a private
conference with the Duke of Wellington, which la6ted two
hours. The same night the Duke gave orders for the int.
mediate departure of the Guards. It is conjectured that
the King had declared his unwillingness to consent to the
augmentation of soldiers, which the Commander in chief
considered prudent to require, should he have prolonged
his residence in the metropolis.
" The Erench paper, the 44 Aristarque," of which M. •
Jouy is one of the principal Editors, has been suppressed ;
as is supposed irrevocably so'. The cause of this measure is
some miserable equivoque concerning the Indian Jugglers.
The Jugglers are divided, says the factious Jour►►alist, into
several classes. These are named, and some ,iEdipus dis.
covered in those names the anagram of several of the allied
Powers. Yon will acknowledge, I think, this puniAnnent
severe foi an unfortunate attempt at a scurvy joke."