The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-10 00:00:00

JULY 10.

much for them, and without our aid and interference, Fer-
dinand may ultimately triumph. Let it not be said .that we
stop short of the GREAT worm ; and that all our toils and
labours have met no other reward than the establishment of
the divine right of Kings in France—the restoration of the
Inquisition in Spain—the Pope to Italy—and the Slave
Trade to Africa. These objects would indecd sully the an-
nals which conimemontte the return of order and legitimate
government, and expose us to the calumny of those, with
some truih, who envy our successes, and pine at our pros-
perity.

By the Paris Papers we learn, that Monsieur recovers his
health gradually at St. Cloud, but is not so fficiently re• establish-
ed to permit his return to Paris. The Duke of Orleans has de-
parted for Palermo, to bring his family from thence to France.
Madame Moreau's arrival at Paris has excited some interest
Eugene Beauharnois, who takes the name of Count
Malmaison, has left that capital for Munich. Louis Burma-
pal te, Count of St. Leu, means it is said, to fix his residence
Dear his brother Lucien, at Rome. The Liberty of the Press
occupies much discussion among the politicians Of Pal is, at
the present moment. Besides the debates which have taken
place on it in the Chamber of Deputies, several pamphlets
have been published, both for and against the adoption of the
EtiTtsli system. The notions of the French writers arc,
however, so crude, that to introduce into that country the
institutions of a moral, a free, and a temperate people,
requires no ordinary degree of judgment, and must be at-
tf meted by very slow and cautious gradations. On the
22d ult. several deputations from the provinces were in-
troduced to the Emperor of Austria, at the Imperial Palace
:it Vienna, when his Majesty, surrounded by his Officers of
`state, the Royal Family, &c. addressed them in a speech,
expressing his approbation of their conduct. The address
contains the following passage :--"We have supported with
firmness and unshaken courage, the wcil;ht of twenty years of
a disastrous war. They are passed— the evil is annihilated
in its root." 'The evil, here alluded to is the conscription,
toe system of Buonaparte which made every Frenchman a
soldier, and all France a camp. The Emperor of Austria, it
tlins appears, can reflect with pleasure upon the annihilation
of that system, and with it the power of Buonaparte, at its root.
hese Papers also afford some curious information as to the
French Parliament. A proposition was made in the Chamber
of Deputies to address the King, praying for a law to secure
the liberty of the press. In the Sitting of the 30th ult. M.
Dui bach renewed this proposition, and spoke at considerable
length in support of it, instancing the example of England,
and quoting Blackstone and De Lolcue, in elucidation of his
argument. He concluded by stating a fact the most convin-
cing that can well be conceived, of the necessity of some law
to insure the liberty of the press, by mentioning that-a work
of his own, with his name attached to it, entitled, " Encore un
:'sot stet. la Constitulitm," had just been seized by a Police
Inspector, at the house of his printer. Notwithstanding,
however, the practical proof thus so clearly afforded of the
eir,layed state of the press, a majority of the Chamber decid-
ed against taking the proposition into consideration, and it
was therefore adjourned. It is stated, however, in The Journal
cies Debaf?, and Journal de Paris, that the consideration was
negatived, on account of sonic objections to the terms of
the proposition, and that the subject is to be again brought
forward. The Gazette de .France contains some observations
on the expected Commercial Treaty with this country.
.Altez statil'g that, " the lAst Couunerci4l Treaty wr.,uld be

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none at all," the writer proceeds thus :—" For these twenty
years the progress of the cotton manufactories in France has.
been such, that we have been able to supply all the cotton 4
goods which formerly were brought from India, Switzerland*
and England ; and also to supply the wants of the whole
Continent from the Adriatic to the Baltic. A single line iii
the Treaty of Commerce may annihilate all these advantages,
reduce to beggars 600,000 workmen in France, and render
us tributary to a foreign market -for the most important-of
our consumptions."
The Paris Papers are little to be depended upon for accu-
racy with respect to the internal state of France. It is
positively stated, that a dreadful riot took place a few days
ago at Stratsburgh, between the garrison and a corps 0f3500
prisoners, who refused to wear the white cockade. No care
had been taken to guard against any disturbance, and a despe-
rate and sanguinary conflict took place in which many lost
their lives.—Lyons is said to have discovered some unfavour-
able symptons, and in Paris, a person might infer from the
conversation in Play-houses and in the groupes, that' another
revolution was on the point of taking place.
A private letter from Paris says :—" Three days, ago after
a review, two officers of dragoons went into a bookshop in the
rue de Richelieu and seeing some pamphlets on the counter
which reflected on the reign of nuonaparte, they tore them to
pieces without ceremony, and scattered them to the winds.
Not satisfied with this very logical analysis of the charges
bronght against their master, they revenged themselves by
an attack upon hie adversaries, spitting repeatedly at a mina-
ture engraving of Monsieur which hung against the wall, and
damning the whole race of Bourbons. The unfortunate
woman, whose crime of loyalty was thus visited on her
means of living, had 7.pirtt enough to threaten them with a
complaint to the police, when they left the shop, but return-
ed in a few minutes with a reinforcement of three or four
more office's, and told leer plainly if she dared to complain.
they would break every window she had, and turn her books
with herself and family into the street."
We yesterday received Paris Papers to the 7th instant.

On the sth two of the King's Ministers presented to the
Chamber of Deputies, in the name of the King, a law upon
the Press.

It is proposed that every work of more than 30 pages shall
be freely published and without examination.
With respect to works of SO pages or less, the Minister,
and in each department the Prefect, may require that they
shall be previously communicated. They shall be examined
by CCIISOIS, WllO may stripend Ore publication if they are
found to he injutious to the rights of government, morals,
and religion.

Jourual3 and periodical writings shall not appear but with
the KitN's authority.

Printers and booksellers are to be breveted by the King.
Clandestine writings expose their authors to a fine of
10,000 frames and six montlisimprisonment.
The law shall be revised at the end of three years to make
the modifications which experience sball deem necessary.
The Monitcar of the Gth contains an Ordonnance appoint-
ing Counsellors of State, and Masters of Requests.--Among
the names we find many of those who have played promi-
nent parts in the Revolution.

A Dutch Paper arrived yesterday. Mr. Foster and the
other Plenipotentiaries appointed to proceed to Norway have
embarked for Gottenburg. The King of Denmark gave
them a letter to Prince Christian and to the Norwegians,
which it is hoped may be effectual.

The Emperor of Russia anived at Amsterdam on the 3d.

CAPTURE OF THE ESSEX FRIGATE.
We have the satisfaction of being able to confirm by the
following letter the report of the capture of the American
frigate Essex:—

" Santiago de Chili, March 50. 1814.
gg I have the pleasure to inform on of the capture of the Ame-
rican frigate Essex, in the Bay of Valparaiso, on Monday, the
instant, about *six o'clock in the afternoon, by his Majesty's chips
rheebe and Cherub, after a desperate and bloody action of an hour
and three quarters.—The Essex, on Miiulay last, about three
'clock, g't under weigh from the port of 'Valparaiso, with a strong
southerly gale, and made all sail to get away from our men of
war, who were at some distance off, but to w indward : she had
hardly passed the outer point which firm; the port, than she car
tied away her main-top-mast from the heavy press of sail she car-
ried ; she immediately wore round ;,nd stood in for the harbonr
again, but the wind being scant, she was not able to fetch the
anchoring around, and was obliged to run to leeward to a little
bay. called Villa la Mar, our men of war close at her heels, and find-
ing she was out of the prole ctios of the batteries, the little Cherub
ran up alongside of her, and gave her a broadside ; by this time the
Essex had anchored ; about tour o'clock they continued filing wit!:
great velocity for half an hour, wben, on account of the Essex
anchored flow in with the shore, and our ships being to leeward,
they were ribliged to make a tack to get more to windm.rd of the
Yankees. • She still continued firing with the greatest smartness at
the Cherub ; the Phoebe shortly reached her, awl thee 0 e battle
began en verite, which continued from the hour of bitir mail six,
when she struck her colours. The slant:liter on hoard the E-sex
has been immense, three officers and 150 men kiled and went:dell
The Pheebe, it is said, had only six men in killed and wounded;
the Cherub suffered tench more, as she was closely cngagtd with the
enemy about an hour before the Phcebe could come up."

We received yecterday morning American Papers to the
24th of May. A second attack oppears to have been made
by our force upon Oswego, When the last accounts came
away on the lath of May, a formidable force was
landing, and the Americans were in the gi eatest consterna-
tion.

A Brussels article would have us believe, that the nego-
elation between this country and America will be carried on
under the mediation of Russia.

The following is said to be a outline of the principal ar-
rangements relative to Germany, proposed to be submitted
to :he Congress at Vienna :

The Emperor of Austria to resume his title of Emperor of Germany,
and receive the Tyrol, Salshnrg, (which have been actually ceded
to him), the Brisgan, and the Ortenan.
The King of Prussia, in addition to all his former territories, to have
a considerable part of Saxony, including Wittenberg and Leip.ie,
Mentz, it is said, is to be ceded to his Alajesty ; Austria keeping
Spires.--Swedish Pnmerania will ba elven up to Prussia.
Bavaria gets Wurtzburg and A-chaffenburght with some accession
of territory from the King of Wirtemberg.
Hanover, besides her ancient po‘ses.4ions, extends her territories to
the Lieppe. The Duke of Brunswick will be considerably curtailed,
and 'he King of Saximv, returning to his old title, may 13e permitted
to have Dresden, with the territory' that is between Leipsic and the
13cherniati frontier.

The Elector of Hesse Cassel keps his old possessions. The flan!
Towns will he preserved.

We hope that whatever may be the nature of the arrange-
ments really decided upon, or that may take place, that
something more will be looked to than mere territorial ac-
quisition : that something will be said of the form of govern-
ment most conducive to the happiness of the people, the
recognition of which can alone lead to wise an efficient
reform, in the hitherto defective constitution of the Ger-

manic empire.
Sunday the following Bulletin, of the state of the King's
health was exhibited at St. James's Palace : •
46 Windsor Castle, July 2, 1814.
" His Majesty contimies well hpbii health, and hag been generally
in a tranquil and cheerful state of Wind throughout the last month:"

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JULY 1(.

•in the course of the last week several failures have taken
place in the banking and commercial world, in Dublin and
Lincolnshire, that threaten to extend themselves. The latest
news from Dublin is full of alarm, as several new announce-
ments had taken place without being named, and others were
apprehended. The house of Messrs. Barnards, at Boston,
was one of long standing, and highly respectable in all its
con nections.

LAUNCH or THE NELSON.—Monday being the day ap.
pointed for launching this superb ship of 120 guns, built in
commemoration of our great naval hero, Nelson, the whole
mf the river near 'Woolwich was covered at an early hour by
an immens.. multitude, anxious to see the operation take
place. Between one and two o'clock Lord Melville arrived
in the Admiralty barge. Every necessary preparation having
been made, and the tide having risen to a sufficient height,
the shores which supported the ship were removed, and this
fine vessel descended with inconceivable grandeur into the
bosom of the Thames. The name of Nelson was then for-
mally given to her by Lord Metrbtle in the usual manner,
by throwing a bottle of wine, amidst the loud cheers of the
spectators, among whom were the Lords of the Admiralty,
several of the Nobility and Gentry of both sexes, and the
foreign heroes, Blucher and Platoft —At the Nelson's head
is a bust of the glorious hero whose name she bears, sup-
ported by Fame and Britannia, with the motto, " England
expects every man will do his duty." Not the least accident
occurred.

The following is an abstract of ordnance and stores sup•
plied to the Allies from the year 1808 to the year 1813, in-
clusive :-834 pieces of ordnance-765,724 rounds of am-
munition for ordnance-77,317 barrels of powder--
48,324.070 rounds of musquet cartridges-6,242,000 flints
—2,132,079 stands of arms—and 12.5,8.76 pistols:.
At the proclamation of peace at 'Windsor on Monday, hes
Majesty gave a sumptuous dinner to 2000 of the poor inha-
bitants, and caused several hundred yards of sheezing, with
which the tables were covered, to be divided among them.

The expences of the entertainment, given at Guildhall to
the Allied Sovereigns, amounts to 17,0c►01.
111 r. Sadler ascends in a superb baloon.from Builingt94
House gardens on the 15th instant.
The High Bailiff of Westminster has called a meeting of
the Electors for to-morrow, to nominate a proper person
to succeed Lord Cochrane in Parliament. It is said his
Lordship will be again proposed. Mr. Brougham and Mr.
Sheridan are also named as candidates.

The Hon. Cochrane Johnstone, absconded, has long been
a debtor to Government for balances dile from him in the
West Indies ; but for his priyilege of Parliament, he would
have been in durance long ago, and being o►s the eve of
losing his protection by being expelled the House of Com-
mom, he thought it better to than risque being imprisoned
for life.

An order has been sent from the secretary of State, to the
Sberiffs of London, to inflict the sentence of the pillory on
Loird Cochrane. &c. on Wednesday the loth efAurrust and
on Mr. ap4 Mrs. Askew on the 17th of August. • •
The firm. F. Cavendish, who stood capitally indicted for
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forging a power of attorney, by which the Bank of Ireland
was defrauded of IsEsol. was tried .on Monday in Dublin,
and acquitted.*
On Thursday night, between six and seven eci,,clc, one of the new
houses in Marchmont-Street, Brunswick•sq4are, cell to the ground with
a dreadful crash. There were several persons ii.; yarjous apartments
of the house at the time, but fortunately they all escaped. unhurt, hay.
in,! got. a few aliment's warnings; by a kind of lt6sing or creaking
From the second fl,or a* feMale lodger, who was in bed with
lter was precipitated into the street; and their live; were saved
Vy their clinging to the bed until it reached the ground,
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