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Bill under consideration, because those Resolutions
would serve to enforce the residence of. the principal
oficeril,- which was tthe more necessary, as the tie-
. poly offices *ere notoriously sold to the highest bid-
ders ; of course liable to be held by exceptionable
persons. These Resolutions would theriforo be
productive of a most salutary Reform ; and having
mentioned Reform, the Learned Gentleman's use of
the word " Jacobinical," which he confessed he. now
heard with surprise, naturally occurred to his me-
mory. In using it, he most take leave to say, that
the Learned Gentleman (Mr. Stephen) was rather
a day after the fair," and felicitous as the Learned
Gentleman was in his diction, he thought he would
have been somewhat novel in his expression, and
laid aside an old obsolete word referring to what
was past and gone, never, he hoped and trusted,
again to retiwn.—[Hear, hear!]—After dwelling
forcibly upon this point, and illustrating the ineffi-
ciency of the Bill which prescribed the observance of
a law, while by a special clause it saved-those by
whom it was violated, expressed his resolution to op-
pose it, es fraudulent and delusive.
Mr. MARRYATT, in explanation, said, that
his observations applied solely to places held by
Commission, and not those which were held by pa.

fortis—{a laugh].--The perils of the climate of the
West Indies ought to be considered by the House
upon this occusion, and he asked, whether those who
had been rewarded for great public. seryiees, byatp-
poivemeets in Met climate, should be compelltd uni-
formly to reside there-?-should be prohibited ftom
occasienally returning to Europe to recruit their
health—to purge off the drois of inferior society,
and Anteus-like, to profit by retouching their native
earth—[a laugh]? The Learned Gentleman con-
' eluded with a panegyric upon the character of Sir
Evan Nepean. ,
Mr. CILEEVEY, in explanation, stated, that his
object was to provide that those who performed,the
duty of an office should. receive the salary attached
to it, or that, if they neglected 'the duty, they should
be deprived of that salary.
! Mr. I'. MOORE conceived, that no adequate
Parlitimentary ground had been laid for the Bill he-
' fore the House, and called to the recollection of the
Learned* Gentleman who spoke lestl.that the cheer-
' ing to which he allpded in a former debate, was ex-
citedly the declared disposition of a Minister to sa-
crifice patronage and promote, reform. The cheer-
ing then applied to a nrinciple, and not to this Bill,
I whiCh was not at all in consonance with that prin-
ciple. . •
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY differed from the
Learned Gentleman (Mr. Stephen) as to the meaning
i of " vested interests," which, in fact, according to
law, were understood to meats rights, of which the
!holder could not be legally divested. " Vested in-
terests," therefore, very materially differed film con-
tingent or merely existing interests, to which the
Learned Gentleman appeared to think the phrase tip-
teicaltlee or his use of the phrase bad no application
to his argument.
Mr. STEPHEN explained.. •
Mr; MARRYATT supported the Bill, which he
hoped woeld serve to increase the number of respect.
, able white population in the West Indies, the de-
r crease of which, especially of late years, was a se-
i rious disadvantage to our colonies.
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that in the first in-
stance he should take the liberty of paying his
personal respects to the Learned Gentleman (Mr.
' Stephen), who had so particularly alluded to him,
and whom he therefore wished to have immediatefy'
followed. The Learned Gentleman had thought DUTCH : PAPERS.
proper to attribute to him (Mr. W.) a capacity for ---esee-- - • ,
repartee, but he must decline the compliment; and 1
as to sarcasms, he had no talent for them, but if he ' ROTTERDAM, APRIL IG.—The following accounts
I
even had, they could riot affect the Learned Gentle-
of %hit has passed at Fontainblenu are considered as
man. Indeed he professed to disregard them, and authentic, coming from one of the most respectable
Officers of the French army :
: justly, for against him they must be ineffective—
On the Ist of April, in the morning, Bonaparte
they must fall from him. imbellia tela.—TP laugh.] •
reviewed the troops which he seemed to consider as
But as to the phrase, " vested interests,6 it appear-
his own; the Marshals and Generals who had learned
ed, that notwithstanding the Learned Gentleman's
from the P
ruminations upon the subject during the recess— a per s 'the resolutions of the Sceate and
the Provisional Government, conversed together on
notwithstanding his overstrained endeavour at defile-
' dein to cover his use of that pltrase it •"
, was stilt ob- the subject loud enough to be heard by Napoleon,
Ibut he appeared to pay no attention to what they
vlously inapplicable to his argument.
.Tbe Jeeerned
;said, and the review, passed quietly.. When it was
Gentleman had perhaps used tt in a former Wittiness,
because he thought he was not addressing au as. i over. Marshal Ney, as had' been settled, entered the
sembly of lawyers—because he calculated upon the , Keace with him and followed him into :his cabistet,
k- where he asked him if he was informed of the great
influence of an imposing phrase upon comparatively '
revolution that had taken place at Paris. He replied
superficial men. His calculation, however, proved
with all the composure he could assume, that he
erroneous, and he was this day proved by high legal ,
knew nothing of it, though he was doubtless well
'authority, to have made an improper application of
informed of the whole. The Marshal then gave him
.a phrase which he ought to have understood. Bet
I • 1 the Paris Papers, which he seemed to read with at-
the highest authority, in his, estimation, was Mr.
tension, but he was only se 'king to gain time to corm
Fox, and that distinguished Statesman applied in that .'
an answer. Mean time came Marshal Lefebre, who,
House the phrase of " vested interests" only to .
addressing his late Emperor in a feeling tone, said,
patent places, which he compared to freehold rights.
" It was however reserved for the Learned Geutlemao You' are undone; you would not listen to the
councils of any of your servants, and note the Se-
to maintain that vested interests were tantamount to
existing that Sir Evan Nepean had truly , (safe has declared that you hove forfeited the throne.°
interests,
These words made such an impression on him, a freehold right, because .Evan
held an office which ' •
Who was used to consider himself above all laws, that
office he had—[a laugh] ;—that Mr. King, too' had '
he immediately burst into a flood of tears) and after
the same right, and for the same reason. The
some minutes reflection, wrote an act of abdication
Learned Gentleman was angry, it appeared, because
he had been called in the course df this debate a ht favour of his son.
Muter in Chancery ; but he (Mr. W.) was quite at ! Another Officer, who was likewise a witness of
what passed, relates, that on the sth, about eleven
a loss to conceive the cause of that anger ; for, wasl
o'clock, several Generals sent to the Duke of Bas.
he not a Master in Chancery ? and what could now '
sano who was mostly alone with the Emperor,to dis-
disturb him on that point ? It miebt have been that
suede him from appearing on the Parade. But he
he was much disturbed before he became a Master :
would not refrain from it. About half-past eleven
, by the doubt and difficulty of attaining the office :'
he formed a plan, which he made the Duke of 14as.
some might have strongly opposed, although others
sano write and sign with him, to repair with 20,000
strongly recommended Isis appointment; and the
throes men, that he had still with him, to Italy, and join
and swellings of suspense which agitates a
the Prince Eugene Napoleon. He repeated several
nymph before she is brought to the altar to consent-
times, "
" If I choose to go there, lam certain that
mate her wishes, might possibly have agitated the.
'
Learned Gentleman; but now being actually a all Italy will declare for me. On the Parade he
Master in Chancery, and knowing that no Chancel-
looked horribly pale and thoughtful, and his convul-
lor could turn him out (unless he misbehaved, which sive motions showed his internal struggles; he did
not loop above eight or ten minutes. When he got
was improbable), although a Chancellor might have
into the Palace he sent for the Duke of Reggio and
objected to .his original appointment, why should he
asked him if the troops would follow him ? " No,
be so angry at the description of his office?—
Sir," answered the Duke, " you have abdicated."—
The Hon. Gentleman reviewed the circumstances
" Yes, but upon certain conditions."—" The sol-
of Sir E. Nepean's appointment, who was pledged
Biers," resumed the Duke, "don't comprehend the
by the words of the Act under which he accepted it,
difference, they think you have no more right to
to have held and personally perform the duties of it.
consmand them."—" Well then," said Napoleon,
For such was the condition, and it appeared that so
" this is no mere to be thought of, let us wait for
Sir Evan understood it himself. For if he (Mr. W.)
the accounts from Paris."
were rightly informed, Sir Evan Nepean actually
went to Jamaica in order to obtain leave of absence Tire Marshals returned in the night between twelve
le
from the office, and in Jamaica he remained two and'one. • Marshal Ney entered first,—" W 11, have
days, when no doubt he felt the peril If the cli- you succeeded ?" exclaimed the Emperor.
mate, and returned to purge off the dross of West " Revolutions do not turn hack, this has begun its
India society, to retouch, Anteuselike, his native course; it was too late. To-morrow the Senate will
earth, and become a giant, like the Learned Gets- recognize the Bourbons."
tleman.—[A laugh.--Was, be would ask, such a I " When' shall Ibe able to live with my family ?"
palpable fraud and abuse of the law to be over. 1 " When your Majesty shall please, and for ex-
looked? Yet such evasion might go an under the , aniplein the Isle of Elba, with a revenue of six mil•
saving clause in this Bill. But a warm climate had lions."
not, it seemed, such terrors for Sir Evan Nepean, t " Six millions !
•that is a great deal for a soldier,
for leaving the West Indian office,, wlaCh he ob- as I am. I see very well I must submit. Salute all
tained in 1809, he in 1812 accepted the office of ley cernpanions in arms."
Governor of Bombay, wherehe now was perfOrm. I , Here Napoleon ceased speaking.
ing his official duty. Was this, he would appeal to I . The following circumstances may be added :
common
sense and justice, consistent with law or I FotO days ago Napoleon thought of passing a De-
propriety ? Adverting to the observations of his cree' inflicting the penalty of death upon every one
Hon. Friend (Sir James Mackintosh)) he remarked, who should be found to have a newspaper in his
that such men as Sir Evan Nepean, Mr. King and pocket. The evening before his dethronement he
Lord G. Seymour, could not be supposed to violate made a Colonel a present of en estate in Westphalia.
the law through ignorance. At all events, such ig.! , The EMperor'Of Russia, immediately on his ar-
norance could not be allowed to excuse them, while. rival at Paris, rode on horseback t•a the Thuilleries)
the plea of ignorance was not allowed in this coun- examined every thing, and praised the taste with
try to excuse even the criminality of a child. With 'which it was adorned. " 1 have found Paris very
a view to promote the residence of a respectable Ate," said his Majesty, " but I shall leave it in a
white population in the West Indies, which an Hon.. much more flourishing condition."
Member (Mr. Marryatt) justly considered so advan. Being shown the Saloon of Peace,he said, "What
tageous, he (Mr. W.) thought the Resolutions of his use could Bonaparte make of this Saloon?"
Honourable Friend, were infinitely •preferable to the When he came to' the greatjallery of the Museum,

• tent.
Mr. W. BATHURST said a few words which we
could not distinctly hear. •
, Sir F. F LOQI) declared he should deliver his opi-
nion according to his conscience, and therefore he
should vote for the Bill.
• The House then went into a Committee, 'in
eghich
Mr. A. BROWNF proposed several clauses, all
of which were rejected.
; . Upon the saving clause a division took place,
when the numbers were 33 for retaining, and 9 for

omitting it.
o The 'louse then.resumeds when the Report was
orderea to be received to-morrow.
Tlie other Orders of the 'Day were then dia-
-1 dosed of. .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER

postpnned the reading of the East India Shipping
Bill till Thursday se'nnight, after which the House
adjourned.

he said, " ten days are necessary to see this line Cal.
lection." Observing that some pictures were re.
moved, he said, " his character must have been
quite Misunderstood, if any fear had been eatertained
for the Museum." The Emperor laughed, though
not with bitterness, at the fear with which it bad
been attempted to inspire the Parisians.
The moi,u went of the Place Vendome is under the
protection of the high allied Powers ; the statue of
Bonaparte, at the top of it, is to be replaced by that
of Peace. As the Emperor Alexander rode by it,
he said, " I should be afraid tf becoming giddy, gi
stood so high."

44 Your Majesty's arrival at Paris has been long
expected and desired," said somebody. 66 should
have been here sooner," replied the Emperor: 4( ate
tribute my delay to the French valour."
lfilis.Majesty goes every morning and evening, with
some Staff Officers, to attend Divine Worahip in his
eitspel,,made at the Bureau of the Marine.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

TURSDAT, APRIL 19, 1814.

French Mail arrived this morning, hringieg
' Paris Papers of the 15th and 16th, Friday aitd Its. •
turday last. The Empero• FaAmors'arrived on the
• former day. The Emperor of RUSSIA, the King of
Paws's, the Crown Prince nt. SWEDES, NEC.
SCHWARTZENBERG, with 11187,11 Brent Stalls, went Out
—to accompany his entrance, and they were met ea
the Boulevards by MoNsreon, at the head of the
National Guard. The whole of :these illustrious
:Personages'. attended his Austrian Majesty to
the Palace Borghese, mhere his' residence is
fixed. We are not told when the Swedish.
I French, or Freuch-Swedish Prince arrived. His
name is mentioned in the dryest manner, in the
enumeration of persons attending the entry of the •
Emperor FRANCIS. He is evidently no longer ,o
prosperous a gentleman as he was soave mouths ago;
and if the Norwegians make a determined stand for
their independence, we should not be surprised if the
GC magnificent guarantees," .which sanctioned the me.
' ~vexation of that coutitry to Sweden, proved of
!Mk^ actual utility. BONAPARTE remained st
Fontainbleau to the 16th, detained, it is said,
by a cutaneous disorder, which renders the baths
necessary for him. We have: not /before heard
of his being so afflicted, though such disorders are, of
all others, the least likely to hg concealed. Can this
be merely a pretext for his detention ? The Ea.
EMPRESS set out, on the 12111, from Orleans to Ratn.
bouillet, in consequence of dispatches received the
night preceding. She is abOut tes,have an iutervie#
with her Royal Father. Perhipe.4he delay of 80..
NAPARTE'S journey has souse connection with '
this interview, which may be designed to affack
I some alteration in his destiuy. General STEW'
ART has been dispatched to the head.quar
ters of Lord WeLtanniosi and Marshal Souvr.—
.
The Provisional Government has been placed in the
hands of MONSIEUR till the arrival of the KING.—,
The Senate and Legislative Body waited upon hint
on the 14th, to announce this decree. Some of the
expressions employed on the occasion are remarks.
ble. TALLEYRAND Says, " instructed by the pre.
sent and the past, it (the Senate) desires, in cam;
mon with the nation, for ever to found the Royal
Authority on a just division of power, and on the
public liberty, which are the only securities of the
happiness and liberty of all." To which of the an-
cestors of MONSIEUR might such language have
been addressed ? Mossrsua, in his reply, states,
that finis without express authority •o accept tl4
Constitution ; but that he is sufficiently acquainted
with the KING'S dispositions and designs, to take
upon himself to accede to it, without any appre-
hension of his conduct being disavowed.
ISAVARY, CIIAMPAGNY, and Count MOLI, hare
sent in their adhesions.
PARIs, APRIL 15.—T0-day, at eight in the moru-
ing, the National Guard was under arms, and pro.
ceeded to the different posts, which had been pointedl
. •
out by the Meneral Commander in Chief.
At ten o'clock his Majesty the Emperor of Auss
trin entered Paris by the barrier du Trone. Salutes
of artillery announced his arrival itr the capital.—
I The Emperor Alexander and the Kii'g of Prussia had'
preceded his Majesty. His Royal Higintesti Mon-
sieur, escorted by the National Guard on horseback,
received the three Sovereigns on the Botilevards of
the Temple. They were accompanied by the Prince
Royal of Sweden and Prince Schwartzenherg, and
surrounded and followed by numerous and brilliant
Staffs, and strong detachments of infantry and cis
valry. The National Guard formed the line.
The Allied Troops were assembled in the Place
de Louis XV. Their Majesties passed them is res
view, and saw them file off. , . t
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i After the parade, his Majesty the Emperor tte•
Austria, repaired to the palace Borghese, which he,
will occupy. lie was re-conducted by his
IHighness Monsieurs who. afterwards returned ro
the palace of the Thuilleries, continually accenting

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nied by the cavalry of the National Guard. An Tbise, Gentlemen are, ft seems to tne, the baste
immense concourse of people every where accompa- I which are essential and necessary to ensure all rights,
nied him. All the avenues oethe palace were filled i trace all ;lodes, secure the continuation of all exist-
with multitudes of spectators, and his Highness re- ing institutions (assurer tortes les existences); and
turned to his apartments, amid unanimous acclama- guarantee our future situation (noire avenir)."
tions of Rue is Rue Vive Monsieur! After this discourse, his Royal Highness added—
The English General Stewart has set out, charged 44 I thank you, in the name of the King, my bro-
urt and the Allied Powers, with a mission ther, for the share you have had in the return of our
to theiiead-quarters of Marshal Soult and Lord legitimate Sovereign, and for having thus secured the
Wellington. happiness of France, for which the King, and all
Her Imperial Highness the Arch-duchess Maria his family, are ready to sacrifice their blood. There
Louisa, who was at Orleans, set out on the 12th, can be no longer any difference of sentiment among
with her son, to repair to Rambouillet. She had us; we must no more recal the past; we must from
Am the evening preceding, received dispatches, which henceforward bea nation of brothers. During the time
<tyre brought by the Princes Lichtenstein and Ester- that I shall have the pow«r in my hands, which time
hazy. Her Imperial Highness will immediJely have I hope will be very short, I shall employ all my
an interview with her august father. efforts in labouring for the public happiness."
Napoleon Bonaparte is still at Fontainbleau. He One of the Members of the Senate crying out,
is detained there by a cutaneous disorder, which " He is a true descendant of Henry IV."—" His
obliged him to have recourse to the baths, and a blood," said Monsieur, " really flows in my veins;
suitable treatment. I should wish to have his talents, but I am sure of

It is said that Napoleon's Mameluke has refused
to accompany his master, though he earnestly re.

quested him.

. PARIS, APRIL 14.—Monsieur has received to-
(lay, at eight in the evening, the Senate and the Le-
gislative Body.
The Senate was presented to his Royal Highness
' by the Pciaaae-of Benevento, its President, who
said—

" Mossirexton,—The Senate brings to your
Royal Highness the offeritig of its most respectful
submission.

" It has invited the return of your august House
to the throne of France. Too well instructed by
the present and the past, it desires, in common with
the nation, for e►er to found the Royal Authority
on a just division of power, and on public liberty,
which are the only securities of the happiness and
liberty of all.

" Monseigneur,- The Senate, in the moments
of public joy, obliged to remain apparently more
calm in the limits of its duties, is not less a partaker
in the universal sentiments of the people. Your

Royal Highness will read in our hearts through the
reserve of our language. Each of us, as a French.
man, has joined in those of feeling and profound
emotions, which have accompanied you ever since
vont entrance into t:te capital of your ancestors, and
which are still more lively under the roof of this Pa-
lace, to which hope and joy are at length returned
with a descendant of St. Louis and Henry IV.

" For myself, my Lord, allow me to congratu-
late rn; self in being the organ of the Senate which
has chosen me to be the interpreter of its sentiments
to year Royal Highness. The Senate, knowing my
attachment to its Members, has been pleased to re-
serve for me a delightful and honourable moment.—
The most delightful iu, fact, are those in which we
approach your Royal Highness, to renew to you the
expression of our respect and our love."

The following is the Decree of the Senate
EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OI THE SENATE, THU RS.

DAY, APRIL 14.

The Senate, deliberating on the proposal of the
Provisional Government, after having heard the Re-
port of a Committee of seven Members, decrees u
follow :

having his heart and his lore for the French."
After the Senate, the Members of the Legislative

Body, who were at Paris at the time of the happy

The Senate commits the Provisional Government
of France to his Royal Highness the Count d'Arto,is,
ender the title of Lieutenant-General of the king-
dom, until Louis Stanislaus Xavier de France,
called to the throne of the French, shall have ac-
cepted the constitutional Charter.
The Senate resolves that the decree of this day,
concerning the Provisional Government of France,
shall be presented this evening by the Senate in a
body to his Royal Highness the Count d'Artois,
The President and Secretaries,
The Prince• of RENEVLNIO.
Colmt tie VALENCE.
'Could de PASTORET.

event which restores us our King, and the deputies
of the neighbouring departments, who have eagerly
repaired to Paris, were admitted to\n audience of
his Royal Highness, Mr. Felix Fauleon, the Vigil*
President, spoke as follows :

1, .

" MY LORD,—Tbe long misfortunes which have
oppressed France, have at last reached their period,
the Throne will now again be filled by the descend.
ants of that good llenry, n hom the French pebple

are proud and delighted to call their own ; and the
Legislative Body is happy in expressing this day to
your Royal Highness, the joy and the hopes of the
nation : the deep wounds of our country cannot be
healed, but by the tutelary concurrence of the will
of all. No more divisions ; your Royal Highness
has said, at the first •tep you took ha this capital;

it was worthy of your Highness to pronounce these
sweet words, which have already re-echoed in every
heart."

Monsieur expressed his happiness at being in

the midst of the
people.

Representatives of the French

46 We are all Frenchmen, said his Royal High.
ness, we are all brothers. The King will soon ar-
rive amongst us ; his only happiness will be to secure
thekimppiness of France, and to make its past mis.
fortunes forgotten. Let us think only on the fu-
ture. I congratulate yon, Gentlemen of the Lees.

lative Body, on your courageous resistance to ty-
ranny while there was still great danger iu it. At
length we are all Frenchmen.".
The speech of his Royal Highness was followed
by universal acclamations. The Deputies of the De- ;
partments will relate to their fellow-citisens the ,
lively impressions which they hue eaperiettoed in ad-
dressing, for the first time, the wishes of France to a
descendant of oar Kings, in the Palace of Louis
XIV.

Champagny, Duke of Cadore ; Savory, Duke of
Itoriego ; and Count Moli, are at Paris, and have
signified their adhesion.

FRENCH FUNDS.
April 13, 61 f. 75c.

The House of Commons met last night, pursuant to
adjournment. From the short discussions which
took place, it will be seen how confidently Ministers
rely on the transient ascendency w hick recent suc-
cesses, have acquired for them. The Papers respect-
ing the negotiation at Chatillon, which the country
is extremely anxious to see, are to be withheld
not merely at present, but altogether. They were
to have been laid before Parliament immediately after
the recess, by the Executive Power, without any
demand being made for them. And now Mr. VAI'l
strrAwr lets us know, in his great, and generous, and
condescending moderation, that " he had not meant
to preclude the House from calling for the Papers, i
if their production should be thought necessary at!
any future time."—The meaning of which is simply 1
this :—" The laying them before you will not be a
Ministerial act ; the Opposition may call for them
if they like, but we the Ministers have a majority,
and they %ill not be granted."—lt is evidently in-
tended that these Papers should not be made public, I
and this greatly encreases our desire to see them.—A
new Negociation has been entered upon, and a dif-
ferent Treaty is about to be concluded with other Au-
thorities than those who were parties to the late con-.
ferences, and this is, doubtless, a good reason why the
publication of the documents in question should be
deferred, because the past might affect the pending
negociations ; because they may, on many points, be
linked together ; because the developments of poli-
s,
tical projects and designs, occasioned by the former,
cannot be unimportant to the conduct and progress
of the latter. But do not these very reasons plac

in the clearest evidence the necessity of the am-
talon documents, to the formation of a correct
opinion respecting the negociatione now carrying{
nn, and the treaty likely to result from them. Per-
haps Ministers intend, in their omnipotence, to divest
Parliament, for the first time, of the right of judging
as to the propriety of treaties concluded by the Ex-
ecutive Power. If such be their design let them
avow it, and not mock the Senate and the people of
England, by calling upon them to pronounce an opi•
nion, whilst they withhold, the necessary means of
information. There will, we are persuaded, be con-
siderable difference between the terms to be insisted
on by our Government in treating with the Bova•,

'ERMAN.
sows, Ind those to wideli they base laid cloths,
or those etas vrhieb they might hives obtained in
the recent negociation. Some difference will be
looked for, and may not excite say dissatisfaction
in the country. It is, however, necessary, that
we should know the Meat of this difference ; that
the two negociations should be exposed to our com-
parison ; and that, content, as we may be to Mid
that we hate paid something for the restoration of the
Bonnboas, we should be enabled to ascertain how
much it has actually cost us. Whatever importance
may be generally attached to this event, few persons
will deny that it might be purchased too dear.--
If the negociations at Chatillon should not be
fully unfolded, who will not conclude that it
is only because they would cast a shade on those
by which they were succeeded, or give too great a
notoriety to the advantages we have surrendered In
favour of the restored dynasty. The discussion on
the Colonial Officers' Residence Bill is well 4eserv.
lag of attention. It presents a picture to the coml.
try 40 the liberal manner its which its wealth is distri-
buted amongst the supporters of Administration, and
the facility with which the duties of office, even when
their performance is guaranteed by special legislative
enactment, may be evaded. To enforce the law re-
,speoting residence, would compel the present occu-
100111rif inany luersiflie situations to resign,and this,
Iforsioth, is a reason in favour of relaxing it. "We
are content to receive the pay, but if we must needs
alsO'do the work, we resign." And yet to torn
men out of their situations who employ this lin-
page, is deemed a violation of right. How tetier
I add
'indulgeut ! It would appear truly as if the
, Haase of Commons dreaded every act which, by the
midst impikdent sophistry, could be deemed a violation
olibt, spore than the most unceasing and flagrant
vielstiouswf the rights of the people. " But," says an
eloquent and ingenious Member, " If you force the
prom occupants to resign, you throw a great mass
of patronage into the hands of the Ministers of the
day." We say, "no such thing." The remedy to
Me abuse is not to substitute one set of useless
bikers by another, but to abolish offices altogether,
which the constant absence of their possessors have
I proved to be a needless encumbrance in the State,
and a gratuitous addition to the people's burdens.

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His Majesty Louts XVIII. we are now enabled
positively to state, leaves Hartwell for London to-
morrow (Wednesday) morning, and will be met at
Stanmore by the PRINCE REGENT. The procession,
which will be very grand, will move through Hyde
Park and Piccadilly, to Albemarle-street, where
Gftimon's Hotel has been prepared for his Majesty's
reception. We understand that eight of the PRINCE
REGENT'S carriages will be sent for his Majesty and
Suite, and that his Royal Highness will proceed to
meat MM tilialoraft escort of cavalry. All the corps
of cavalry in the metropolis and its neighbourhood
will precede the Royal carriages .to town, and the
road from Hyde Park to Albemarle-street will be
lined with infantry. On his Majesty's arrival, It
Royal salute will be tired from the Park and Tower
guns.
On Thursday his Majesty Louis XVIII. dines
with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-House, and on
Saturday he goes to Dover • from whence he will be
conveyed to Calais in the Royal yacht, accompanied
by a squadron of men of war, under the•command
of the Admiral of the Fleet, his Royal Highness the
Duke Of CLARENCE.

Yesterday advice.; of a late date were received
from Bourdeaux. By these we learn, that in con-
sequence of preparations by the British to destroy
the remainder of the French shipping in the Ga ronne,
the French Commandant in that quarter caused the
Regulus man of war, of 74 guns, and other French
ships, to be destroyed by Are. The orders were car-
ried into effect, according to our account, an the
9th inst.

The Earl of H.tanowav is to be the British Mi-
nister at the approaching Congress. His Lordship
will afterwards be our Ambassador at the Court of
his Most Christian Majesty Louis XVIII. The
appointment renders the post of President of the
Council vacant. It will he filled by the Earl of
Bucithciumasmite, who retires from the Board of
Controul. Lord MELVILLE quits the Admiialty and
returns to the Board of Controul. And Mr. CANNING
is to be the new First Lord of the Admiralty, in the
room of Lord MFLVILLE.

Letters by the Malta Mail will not be delivered
until to-morrow.

Louis XVIII.—The following requisition was
yesterday presented to the LORD MAYOR:—" We,
the undersigned, request your Lordship to convene
a Court of Common Council, on an early day, for
the purpose of taking into consideration an Address
to his Majesty Louis XVIII. congratulating his Ma-
jesty on the late happy and glorious events, which
have released the people of France from a despotism
unparalleled in the history of Europe, and restored,
in his Royal Person, the succession of their ancient
and legimitate Monarchs."—His Lordship fixed neat
Thursday for the consideration of the Address.
rrhe following is a correct return of the prices of
provisions, &c. in the severalmarketsof Paris, viz.

Wheat Sts. per quarter. 60Ibs. the bushel.
Oats is. 6d. per (pouter, 401Iss. to the bushel.

Bristi lid. Per Di. ablei Sid. qsartern loaf.
Bed bd. per lb.
Tgp four a ply.
Port Wine 14d. perbottle.
Burgundy 91. 9d. Or bottle.
A Proclamation is expected to be issued imme-
diately for the cessation of hostilities between France
and this country, by sea and land. Orders have al•
ready been sent to Plymouth and other places for the
prisoners to prepare themselves to be liberated in 10

days.
BREAD.—The LORD MAYOR having inspected the
Mea!weighers' Returns, ordered the price of Bread
to be lowered 3d. in the peck loaf, which is 4cl. in
the qoartern ; the price then will be 110. per
qoartern.
Poarsaoora, APRIL 18.— Arrived an armed cutter from
Cherbnorgli, with dispatches for the French Admiral, Trout,
of the Polimaise French 74.