The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-09 00:00:00

In ease the impetuosity of the party entrusted with
the execution of such warrant, should cause him to
fancy the man whose sleep is thus broken in upon
not sufficiently speedy in his obedience to this law
so novel to Englishmen," that the petty con-
stable has by this Act a right to break open the
dwelling-house of this tardy Briton—such is now
the law—how long it may be suffered to remain so,
God only knows. We would gladly learn how,
under this law of nocturnal visiting and violence,
the victim of an attack of the sort is to discriminate
between an officer of police and an unprivileged
housebreaker. The enactment is new, and preg-
nant with more dangers than we dare point out.
Of the Act against training, it only need be said,
that it was quite unnecessary ; the old and unre-
pealed law was quite sufficient to reach the evil ;
but the alarmists chose to add a Mile to the cry of
danger. We shall probably observe upon the other
Acts next week.

In another part of our Paper will be found a
statement of the receipts of the revenue for the last
quarter—it is iu its a melancholy document, but
would appear much more gloomy if it were accom
panied by a statement of the amount of the arrears,
the payment of which has been enforced by crown
proeesses, and which arrears were never urged so
closely up before ; this is a measure that nothing
but the plea of bard necessity can excuse, and we
believe Government may too truly set up that plea.
We are at a loss to suppose by what means the
Chancellor of the• Exchequer cam provide fur the
great defalcation of the Revenue, seeing as we do
that the present burthens of the people are insup•
portable, and that the addingto the Taxes decreases
their productiveness.

We have received the Paris Papers of Thorstray
last. The King before hearing. Mass, on Wednes-
day, received tilt President of the Bureau of the
Chamber of Peers, who presented to his Majesty
the Project of the Law ort the Fiaances, adopted in
She Sitting on the day preceding, when it was
agreed to by a majority of 38- to 9. On 'he
instant the Chamber of Deputies -a to presort
to
the King the new Palieet of Law relative to the
Elections. This is a sulojeet that excites- a lively
interest in France, and likely to meet with much
popular opposition. rune of the private letters
from Paris imagine Coat if Ministers should press the
measure, that they will autfer a deflot„ and proba-
bly produce a change in administration. The French
)Ainister of War has addressed a circular :et ter to the
Lieuteotants(ieneral, the Commandants of Divisions,
and the Colonels of the Army, stating, that he has
received information that seditious wraings have
been distributed in some of the Garrisons among the
soldiers, of a most culpable tende.,ey to promote
insubordination, and recommending that every
necessary measure should be taken to preserve
discipline and public order. The circumstance has
been obscurely alluded to in former papers, and
seems to be more serious than was at first appre-
hended. The School of Medicine at Toulouse has
been lately the Theatre of some troubles and dis-
orders, and it has been found, necessary to have:
recourse to force to establish tranquillity: Some of
the principal persons concerned in, the tumult have
been arrested. The aceounts from Spain are
favourable. The virulence of the malady has con-
siderably abated, and in the course of a few days all
obstacles to the usual intercourse between Madrid
and the interior of the kingdom- were expected to be
removed. •

The French papers of Tuesday arrived at a late
hour last night : tkey contain- nothing of any pub-
lic interest. The tidlowing are extracts :
PARIS, JAN. 4.—" To-morrow there will be a
public sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, to receive
• communication from the Minitter of Finunes, aud.
a report from the Cumtnission on Petitions.
The Due dc Biome, banished by the cabana