The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-16 00:00:00

-TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

OCT. Iti

Chiefs, the Minas; are in insurrection againat the Govetn-
mem, on the side of Navarre, in which they are said to have
a great many followers. Thus,. in the North, in the East,
in the South, and even in the heart of the kingdom, in the
capital, all is fear and distrust on the part of the Govern-
ment, and discontent and resistance on the part of the peo.
plc. It is stated in private letters from Paris of the B:.h, that
the Minas had become .so strong as to have collected a force
of 18,000 men, and so daring as !o attempt to' surprise St. Se-
bastian, 'on the 25th ult. in which they failed, from the. trea-
chery of some of their officers; but it is not noticed in the
Paris Papers of the loth instant, or in private letters from
Bilboa of the 29th last. According to other accounts, the
attack was made, not upon St. Sebastian but on Pampeluna.
They add, that the professed object of the Minas was to re-
store and establish the constitutional monarchy of Spain, as
recognised by the British Government, and other no °peat'
Powers. prior to the unfortunate measures resolved on last
spring at Valencia.
Fut ther Paris Papers to the 10th inst. arrived on Wednes-
day.' The Chamber of Deputies pursues its labours with little
intermission. The law on the exportation of co' n is still
under discussion. The principle of flee trade in this esential
article seems to meet with few advocates. Au import duty
is proposed by some ; hut the principal point on which they
differ is on the price above which exportation shall be pro-
hibited. This price, it is intended, shall be different in differ-
ent departments. The Goverm»ent has presented the plan of
a law for the better observance of Sundays and festivals. The
petition of the printers and booksellers arrested on the charge
of distributing; seditious libels, was dismissed on the report
of the Committee, statiog that they were d:tained according
.to law, and that the cases were to be adjudged by the regular
Tribunals. The amendments made by the Chamber of Peers
in a projet relative to the press were agreed to on a division.
The libel for the circulation of which these persons are pro-
secuted, was entitled " An Extract from the Monitenr." Two
other booksellers have since been taken up fox - vending a
" Memoir by the celebrated Carnot." Carnot says, in his
own defence, that the publication was against his wishes;
but be does not deny -having written and addressed it to the
King in July last. Carnot is a strict republican ;he was one
among the fcw who refused to take the oath to Buonaparte as
Emperor; and the work now referred to was intended to
prove, not only that the murder of Louis XVI. was just and
reasonable, but that those faithful subjects-who bore arms in
his cause were the real regicides ; including, of course, in
his abuse, the Monarch he addressed, and the surviving
members of the Royal Family.
Frankfort and Brussels papers arrived on Tuesday. • They
contain four Decrees from the Prince Sovereign of Holland,
for the regulation of the Belgic Provinces. The first restores
the strict observation of Sundays and holidays, which, uncle:.
the French, had been almost entirely neglected. The second
interdicts the use of the Trench language in official docu-
ments, which are to be drawn up in Flemish. The
third
opens a credit of 200,000 franks, for the relief of the inferior
Clergy ; and the fourth provides for the Government of Bel-
gium during his Royal Ilighttess's abscn e, probably to at-
tend the Congress. The Cantons of Schweitz and Lower
Onderwalden still refuse to accede to the new Swiss Federal
Union; at Tessimo and Lugano the pc:lsantry have commit-
ted open acts of hostility, and various skiimishes have been
fought with the soldiers. Murat, King of Naples, is sai4
to have amassed a treasure, by • the dexterous management
of his revenue, to the amount of about four millions ster-
ling. lie has long been solicitous to promote an intimate
commercial intercouse with the British nation.

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