The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

latter case, they would bear the invincible standard
of a people deterruinel and &saving to be free.

Parliament certainly tueets on the 23l instant,
fur the dispatch of business, and our history fur-
nishes no instance of its meeting under circum-
stances sn momentous, or so appalling. Dissensions
in the Cabinet, discontent in the country, dissatis-
faction loudly proclaimed against the late infamous
proceedings ; commerce almost at a stand, immense
failurei taking place every day, the mercantile in-
terest in a state bordering on Bankruptcy, the
Agriculturists ruined, the Landholders without the
means of obtaining their rents, the Revenue under
the exxssive pressure of war imposts, after six years
of profound peace, unable to meet the interest of the
overwhelming demands upon it—these are the cir-
cumstances tinder which the British Legislature
must meet—and what, it may he asked, can
they do ?—Why, the • only course by which they
can make any thing like a probable effort to save
their country, must be to ad&iress his Majesty,
to request him to dismiss the reptile crew who
have produced such a state of things, and to
adopt measures exactly opposed to those of the pre-
sent administration—to conciliate the people, and as
a first step to so desirable a purpose, to take to his
Councils men, who, at all events, shall have the
primary recommendation of abbot ring the prineiples
of the present Ministers.

Wehave received the Fretted papers of the Ist,
2d, and 3d iastant.

The French news which these papers contain are
aot of interest or importance.

On the 2d, M. !toy, the Minister of Finance,
presented the draught of a Provisional Law respect-
ing the collection of the taxes during the current
year. He afterwards, as a preliminary to the future
exposition of theßnaget of the present year. presented
the Chamber with a report on the state of the Fi-
nancial Accounts of the fortaer years, which have
nut yet been liquidatc'l. In conclusion, the Minis-
ter observed " Every thing tends to the diminutiop
of the taxes. Every part of our public expenses is
submitted to an over=active agent of utknuation.—
The perpetual is continually reduced by the Sinking
Fund the temporary Debt at Pensions by natu-
ral extinction ; the mass of administrative expenses
by the daily suppression of those which are no longer
indispensable."

We give the following extracts of the proceedings
in the Neapolitan Parliament:—

NAPLLS, 14c. 15.

NATION ‘L I'IIILIAMENT.--SorriNa OP Dec. 11.

The Seereias y read a letter from the Minister of Fi-
na..ces, in u hick an oiI•r is inide of a loan of 12 millions,
in consideration of• a mortgage on tavogliere of Apulia.
111. Burch.) reads the Report of the Committee ou the
last ;\ lessage to his Majesty, and concludes—
" 1. That the departure of the King he and even pat
in discussion.

" That there be no more questions as to the four Depu-
ties asked for by his Majesty to accompany him in his
journey—as the Kim; should be accompanied only by the
hopes or the nation "

On the Wile, a deptitu'inu of the Parlimut ut waited on
Lie Majesty— the Deputy Borelto addressed the liing ; the
following is his address :
" Deputed be the National Pm 'Lemma, we present t
your 111.4jeesty Its answer to the last Nlessage, which your
Al4jesly aildress-d to it.
" Ws. will pelt yon in 110 . ion, ill the course of the
any, ~f the few neutlihieat ions which must finish the work
of our eocial edit:4 c ; they will show you how careful we
lava heel' to glillitl the Itoy al rawer, the mitional liberty,
your 414111 and wus. Will pew 'Nl.iyesty 4:rigil,
In listen to us ou a subject winch excites our warmest
interest.

" 1 our Majesty prepares to wt out for the Com:yese of
Lay b..t the N.itional Parliament caiiiiiit nr you imi the
paha sit separitiiivt 1111111 your belowril people Without the
naiww puLtimit grief. It would have dime shy Will no to
have hero deprived for a moruent of your
(I.r IhuuChl Moue Can dihiihial our oief : it is the sacrifice
vi loch to willopoit 111, C01ulifill."11 of
o.lr 05511 1111ler11.,..nce, 1001 Clot of 3 oar prople, the
prosperity of all, hail oar rotivaou oath. 'Ma). haven
:•ecou,l the %%ashes of 3 our people.
The Kau. replied, " I gir to the Congre.s 11/ fellil tv hat I
have s%i 4,111 I I leave, %%hit pli.ltsare, my eheri:lied sail as
Itegeat or the kiu,dum, I hope that (pod may grai.t
netmeary to carry my h lrhtinu. alto S.
Three words, prituoitheril si 1111 the ucerot 01 p .terionl caw
Skill, WIIC %hit uoauiwuuu criLauf Villeis Rsi•

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