Star.
London, England, 1814-10-29 00:00:00

THE EVENLNG STAR.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1814.
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We have this day laid before our Readers a curious
document, purporting to be a Protest by the Parlia-
ment of Paris against' the. Constitutional Charter of
the 4th of June last. This paper is understood at
P-ris to have been signed by the Prince de CONDE,
by the Duke de Boussopt, and by M. FEILRAND, one
of the Ministers—a circumstance which may account
for a contest which has taken place and is still car-
tied on in the Chamber of Deputies, respecting the
wording of the laws now in progress for testoring to
the Emigrants the unsold estates and property of
which they were deprived by the Revolution, and in
other ways giving them a compensation Er their
losses. The Opposition, for the word " Restore,"
propose to substitute" Remit ;" alleging that the use
of the former term would amount to an acknowledg-
ment that all the acts of the Revolutionary Govern.
rocas were illegal—a doctrine which would at once
destroy every transfer, purchase and act done under
the sanction of the laws existing at the time, and
since confirmed on the restoration of the Reigning
Family.

We shall not enquire whether this be a question of
triscifsle or a trial of strength. But we have no hesita-
tation in declaring our opinion, that whichever it may
be, the prospect which it holds out to France and
to the world is highly alarming.
The assumption is the document, that the Parlia-

ments have still a constitutional existence—in othdr
words, thtt lik the
Kingly offic!, thmy cannot die,
is a dogma takes it I:I granted
that the organi-
cations connected with social order, having been le-
gmlly recognised at any period, can n;!ver afterwards
receive amelioration doctrine which, if admitted
ts a principk, would infallibly bring Europe to the
state of China, and produce a race of animals no way
differing from cabbages, except in possessing locomo-
tive powers.

In what a situation would Britain—nay Europe
have been found this day, had such a principle been
established only a few hundred years ago ! The at-
ot. any rettxt whatever, to re-establish worn-
rritiz;;);es, is about as wise in Statesmen, as it
\VO;l: 1 1.4' i:1 a Builier to attempt to repair a house by
t it't‘d.ll; I (Well timbers over with glue, when he
..mg:tt to tel,..tce them by new wood, of strength suf-
ficient to uphold the structure.

The F;clich volcano is not extinguished ! The
drama has not yet reached the fifth act! A docu-
ment, which-in its spirit threatens to visit-with ven-
geance the perpetrators of the inumerable crimes of
the Revolution, cannot but produce a counteraction
dangerous to the peace of t:ie world.

We have received Paris Papers.of Tuesday and
Wednesday. In the Chamber of Deputies on Mon-
day, a debate took place on the subject of the project
of the law for restoring the unsold property of Emi-
grants. M. SARTELON, in a long speech, supported
the verbal amendments proposed by the Committee,
but suggested that the benefits about to be conferred
nn the Emigrants, should be extended still farther.
He was of opinion, for instance, that all sums of
money arising from the sale of their property, and
lodged in the Cairse d'Almortirsement, as well as set
apart for the hen. fit of Hospitals and other Public
listitutions such sums were not already expended
on national objects) should be refunded. He was of
opinion also, that the Emigrants should be admitted
to claim all debts due to them by the public on the
Ist of January, 1790. M. SARTELON'S speech was
ordered to be rioted.
M. Duts,,CCIIET approved of M. SARTELON'S doc-
trines, but thought the funds set apart for charitable
ir.stitutions, ought not to be touched.

M. DUSIOLARD lamented the case of the emigrants,
but wished to see the matter set at rest, by their re-
fl.:cting that their lot was like that of the inhAbitants
of a district ravaged by the irruption of a volcano, in
whom all complaint was fruitless. As to the funds,
transferred to the Caisse d'Amertossement end the Le-
gion of Honour, he thought, as these funds never
ceased to be strictly national, they ought to be restored
to the emigrants. With respect to the money set
apart for charities, he thought it ought not to be re.
st.ircd, th:re, being a real property to the individuals
entitled to relief: He concluded by expressing a with
;hat all Frenchmen, aristocrats, republicans, emi.
grants, Ideralists, patriots, &c. would drink of the
waters of oblivion. He vote 4 for the prsjer as
amended.

The subject was taken up again next day.
M. GASTON spoke in favour of the preget, as it ori-
ginally stood, and gave notice of a motion for ten mil-
lions, to indemnify the emigrar.ts whose pri perty bad
been s

M. Dun 'cu, in a very long speech, opposed the
prop alt gt:tiier. He thought that, if Adopted, it
would in.,ke one-hail <I the emigrants rich, and the
other ha 4 would !.)e totaliy destitute. The country,
he preJicted, would -ne day have to impute a multi-
tude of mtsfortut,es to them if they did not reject the
law. He thought nothing whatever ought to. be re-
stored, becau.x it would shake the titles of the put-
chasers of the pri.perty actuaily sold. He would pre-
fer the giant of annuities for life; from the public
purse, to all the emigrants intlisctiminately. M.
DuituActi's speech vv.:s ordered to be printed by a
very :lATrOW maj:;rity.

M. &Au-um warmly supported the pmjet, as
drawn up by the Ministers. His speech was unani-
mously creerLd to be printed.
M. de la IlloaupsatE attacked the projet, not be.
I CAM', it restored a part of the property confiscated to
the State, but because it did not restore the whole.—
The greater part of this property was alienated upon
simcle,ordonttances of Ministers only, arretes of Pre-
fects, or even of local Administrations. " What
signify," said the orator, " these grammatical discus.
sions, these distinctions b.ltween the words re.tfitution
and reinission The property was plundered by in-
justiLe and violence : but there has been too much
said already on this subject. Let us restore or remit,
it is of no cow. qu 'nee."

The Speaker Then drew an energic and striking
picture of the dire effects of the tyranny of BONA..
PARTE. He would to his latest breath oppose the
revolutionary acts of this wretch and of all those who
preceded him relative to emigration. It is not possi-
ble to rk:spect such acts : the Chamber was thzrefore
bound to ruject the amendments as dangerous. Never,
he contended, could there have been any legal
nation in favour of the caisse tremor-linemen:. The
property thus transferred ought to be restored : would
they sell the property of the most faithful subjects tf
the KING and the compnions of his long misfor-
tunes ? As to the. Legion of Honour, he wondered
how men could Ey lvtig to it and reap any benefit
from its funds, vl.en he reflected that the lawful
owners ot th, se funds were dying of hunger. M.
A UGIEIt ft:l4oWed on ,he same side. M. DELAvtu,t;
was for rejecting the whole projet, and the S:ttings
acljourzed.

VIGOROUS PROSECUTION Or THE WAR

IN AMERICA:

GovertiMent has; at length, come to the resoluticS
of prosecuting the war with tte. Utmost vigour h.
America : our army there will be on the grandest
scale. Not only ItirGEORGE PREVOST, but most of
the Senior Officers came home immediately.
The disembodyieg the Militia is stopped, and all
our disposeable force will, without loss of time; Le
sent out to America ; even cavalry is mentioned,
with a large force of artillery.
The arrangement for the present is said to be, that
Major-General KEatyr with rank as Lieutenant-Gene-
ral, shall command in Canada ; and Major-General
PAKENUAM, as Lieutenant-General, shall command
the Coast and detached Armies. Most probably a
ComMander of great name will, ere long, go out to
Command in Chief.

The Staff immediately going out in the STATIRA
frigate, is as follows:

The Hon. Sir E. PAICF.NUASS, K. B. Commander
of the Forces.

Major-General Ganis, 52d Reg7nsent, second in
command.

Colonel STOVEN, Adjutant-General.
Colonel BELL, Quarter-Master-General.
Mooing, Eq. CommissAry-General.
Doctor ROBE, Inspector-General of Hospit.tls.
Colonel BRADFORD, Military Secretary.
HUNTER, Esq. Paymaster•Cencral.

General PAKENuAst is brother-in-law to the Duke
of WELLINGTON, and was his Aajutant-General. He
and General Guns are Officers of the greatest talent.
Major-General GRANT goes out by and by to take
the command of the Cavalry, and several other Ge-
neral Officers will go out with the troops, as soon as
they can be collected.

It is reported, on the authority of a private corre-
spondence from America, that a new basis for a
Treaty of Peace with this country has been agreed
upon between the Federalists and MADISOWS Party,
on the rejection of which by this country the Fede-
ralists have promised their utmost support in the
prosecution of the war. The arrival of dispatches, in
answer to those which went out by the John Adams,
will bring the new proposition, and the Americans
are v:ry sanguine with respect to the turn artlich • is
1. kely to bo given to the Negotiations at Ghent in con-
scrim- !ICC.

The following is a further sketch of the contents of
of th.: V: nch Journals received this morning :—They
stax, Its fm difs, that the fate of Saxony has been
finally decided, and thit Prussia is about to take for-
mal possession. Tile latter Power gives East Friese-
lend to he Electorate of Hanover, which is to be
raised to the dimity of a Kinglotn—Hesse Cassel
be a Gand Duchy—Poland to be under the domi-
-1:ion of Russia, with the exception of Gallicia, which
Kill remlin .to Austria, and some small districts,
s‘ Veil will be incorporated with Silesia.
Among viler :t!ssurd reports it is said that the King
of Denmark gives Zealand and Copenhagen to Eng-
:and, and receives Hamburgh and Hanover in ex-
change.

Our readers havc.been informed of the arrest and
liberation of General MINA and his Nephew at Paris.
The following particulai s are interesting :
. It appears that MINA, jun. afte.r the failure at Pam-
peluna, took itlage at Pan, with several Officers, who
had determined to inflow the fortunes rf himself and
his Uncle. Soc:n after his arrival he presented himstV
to the Police-office at that pLtce, and addressed a
memorial to Louis XVIII: in which he set forth the
principles by which he had been: guided, as a sol-
dier, in the defence of Lis country. He stated,
that be had constantly supported the cause of the
Boutsost family—that his great object was to aid
them in their restoration to the Spanish throne, upon
the basis of a free Constitution—that such Consti-
tution had been framed, and acknowledged by the
whole nation—but that FEUD:NAND, unminiful cf
the valuable blood which had been spilt in his cause, •
instead of adopting the Constitution, had persecuted
with the utmost rigour those patriots who had most
distinguished themselves in his behalf, and had thereby
plunged the nation into endless calamities. In ecnse-
tpience of this state of things, he (MINA,) and many
of his companions in artna, faithful. to the oath they
had taken to the Constitution, had made exertions in
its support ; but, unhappily, having failed in their
undertaking, they now applied to his Majesty to re-
ceive tLeat with hespitality in France, cr to grant
them passports to any otleer coahtry than Spain.
About the same period, General Esvoz MINA,
uncle of the former, arrived in Paris with four or five
of his Onicers, and immediately waited upon the Spa-
nish Caarg6 (PA:T:44es in that city, Count Dc CASA
ht utter, under tietit'ous names, fur passports. One
ot the Legation happening to reco7rnze the person of
the General, gave notice to the Count, who ordered
teat the General should be amused, until he had
taken means for his arrest. The French Commissary
of i'elice wits aceordin!;ly applied to, and with his ac-
quiescence, the gallant General was soon in custody
but no sorrier was the fact cemninnicated to the
!tenth Minister for Foreign Affars, than he otdered
the Commissary of Police to be arrested in turn, for
having violated the laws of France; by obeying the
orders ot a foreigner, who had na authority whatever
in that country. His Majesty was now made ac-
quainted with all that had taken pl ice ; when he re-
piied, without ler,itation—" Let these Geutleineit be
instantly set at ; the laws of ranee afford
ham hospitality : and it is my will that the Cotnrni,:•
nary be aL.erat.ae. from. Lis ofilee."