The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-07 00:00:00

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THE' NATIONAL tEGISTI.It •
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Jotter cure. they would bear ac it, t Pine M
of a people determined one, dew, u, lw tree.


Parliament certainly ince:, o. die 23,1 Latent,
for the dispatch of busine,s, scut our iiktory fur-
nishes no instance of its meeting ander circum-
stances so inomentous, or so appoliing. Dissensions
in the Cabinet, discontent in the country, Illus.:S.
litctiik loudly prod:timed against the late inl'airtous
proceaiings ; commerce annum at a stand, intinense
f,,llures taking pace every day, the mercaatile in-
terest in a state bortlerin4 on lkin'auptcy, the
Agricillturi,ts ruined, the Landholders without the
inemts of obtaining their rents, the 11-venue under
the excessive pressure of wi.r imposts, after six years
of prothund peace, unable to owet the litter:At of the
overwhelming demands upon it—these are the cir-
tauustunces under &old% the British Legislatore
must meet—Pat what, it may he a.-kcd, can
they do ?—Why, the only entfis.e by which they
,:an waist: any thing like a pnioAle effort to save
their country, must 131 to .a,kitess his Maje.sty,
to request hint to distoi:,s. rite reptile crew whe
have produced such state of things. and to
adopt me sure, exactly coposti to those tit:, pre-
sent odininistration—ko mnriliWe the inxple, trul as
a first step to so tle,iroble a putTosn, to tr::e to his
Councils wen, who. at all event:l/2.4.11,A have the
primary recommendation of oblioiring the principles
of the present Ministers.

We. jiave received the Fre. ch papers of the lst,
'2d, and 3d instant.

The F rench news which these pnpers contain arc
not of interest or importance.
On the M. Roy, the Minister of Finance,
presented the draught of a Provisional Law respect-
ing the collection of the taxes during the current
year. Ile afterwards, as a pre7iminary to the future
exposition uftheßadget of the present year. presented
the Chamber with a report on the state of tIV Fi-
nancial Accounts of the f,rurer years, which have
not yet been liquidated. In conclusion, the Minis-
ter observed " Every thing tends to the diminution
of t:"e taxes. Every part of our public expenses is
submitted to an ever-active agent of attenuation.—
The perpetual is continually reduced by the Sinking
Fund : the temporary Debt and Pen:sinus by natu-
ral extinction ; the mass of administrative expenses
by the daily suppression of those which are no lo.iger
indispensable."

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

NArLE:s, DEc. 15.
NATIONAL PARLIAMENT.—SaTimo OF DEC. it

The Secretary read II letter flout the Minister of Fi.
na..ces, in n hick an otrct is sicide of a loan of millions,
in consideration of a mortgage on tew.gliere of Apulia.
M. {torch° reads the Report of the Committee on the
List Nlessage to his Majesty, and concludes—

" 1. That the departure of the K ug be and even put
in di,tossion.

" That there he no more questions as to the four Dern.
tits asked for by hit Malirty to accompany him in his
journey—as the King should he accompanied only by the
hopes of the Intl ieu "
On the 13111, s deputation of the Parliament waited on
his 'Majesty-- Use Deputy Borelio addressed the King ; the
folhiwieg is his address :
"Du led by the National Pailiament, we present t 0
your Majesty its answer to the last Message, which your
Miaji•sty 411111(.664,it 111 it.
"We will put your it. pOPSCSltiettl, in the rooter of the
ty, of the few modiliral ions which must finish tae souk
•of our social edifice ; they wi'd show son luny C.'"""1 "
1111V4 !tent. to guard the Royal rowel, the ti,i1.1141 liberty,
you...tails and our.. )•our Nl.ijesly deign. inemitinie,
to listen to us on a sidiject which excites our vial mest
interest.
" nor Majesty prepares to set nut cm Use Congers, of
lat hurls . the NA. I Milli:wield cannot see yini on the
point of separatiou In your hi %WIWII lite
moat poiohint pier. It a mild h.tvr done It" I.)
hare been depots. d for a tttttt rent of your an _mil luewhice.—
The tl ;ht alone can diminish nor 4iiei: it is the saerifice
which your Majesty makes to support tile GonstilMi iiii
oar Una tiltle:Xl:deli' that of )OJI irt•tlitir,
proveriiy 41!. all, :mil Dior e O.llll. May if as rii
see 1 ISe iii-hes ut )iiiir people.
The Kisu. r pltea, •• I Ai, t h the Canwess to fellil %%lot I
t'ive "0"; 1 ayse, a!lh sty man son a.
Regent re. the lititdme. I at..,.e Oat (lad mi. 41 Ala MP
rilj ces,:ir) to rally M.) h Irelloos itittl
These pronounced is ill the :tees at t.t p ital mho •
.;fm, tse,e let tit a'. uita ou ',Lauf Ceti