THE NiTIONAL REGISTER. it IS said that he Josephinos. or late paisizans of Jo , e h, in gt( nunihets no , - In Fiance, to•g titer wt h the friends of ti.e ' ot les, have pl tted t • juin Chat le' IV in older .11a? he Ina% te ascend the 'lnoue. Spain prese. is a scene of eon ftri,,n and disc' iro ni brewing in the mind , of thenegiple. litte is no conficisuce, ail ptiveitv, and the 104d' ate in lesteti with 'chit( ts. It was strongh reported on Frtd.iv, on the st:enoh of lettets of the isth Can:Mar, that the Goverpment of Spots* had h'. pub:ic older excluded Al French vessels beating the wi•ite hag from the ' , tits a The triiivve of this hfest le cottrktrl is said to he the sancti..n given by. Louis ?tall!. to the claims of Clear ..s IV. oti the Throue of Spain It is said, on the antliont% • f letter- from Fran• e. that in. jut:nerd to !:61e potic , ., Louis the 18th was about to le-establish tic Jet.iits— at d, not in the letters rz:e havetscen, that the lnqua-ition moo lied aod intro% ed will be esta blished at the same time. Indeed, we think one is the ne cessary consequence of she other, And equtilly graceful to the coo.mou pace' book of an at bitrary monrreh. We would really persuade out se:yes that these who plop:mate these rei.orts, n cress inte..d to jest with us. But when we see thee things seri usly jussifietl b% 'Lose who ate known to possess the ear of the French anthwitics, out ridicule ;ices way t Indig , ...tion, and -tit firs-arance to eolitempt. It is stirel impo,sib:e ft.ngland can so far fine, either the Reformation o. the Revolution as to be a silent spectator of these papal mutemei ies. The Catholics need no loner he solicitous of elnanciration, as, in •he course of a few mon hs, vee shad be anlying to 'hem for pe.mission to allow the flee exercise of the P. ptestailt We are, howeser. acquainted o many of the Catho tics of this coon:, mean any lefh elion upon their Ltood sense and loge of f ,ednn , and we believe there ate no soler meant of sepal wing them from the ('hutch of Rome than re in% estitig it with the idolatrous foli of the ISth century. The most important feature in the Paris Papers received this week is the termination of the debate on the Labe , ty of the Press in the Chamber of Deputies The project of Miro:.tet • in the insti:ution ()fa Censorship his been modified and accepted The changes which have taken ;dace in the Bill since vs original introduction are - 1. (July writings of twenty sheets and muter arc subjected to previou- in , pection. 2. The opinions of Members of the ClLimber of Deputies ate (lee. 3. And the law is only a probati..ntry one. bring li mited in it, duration to the cr:d of tl e session of 14 With these amendments the BM was cart icd by a najotity of .07 voices, the Nlemlieis voting by black and white bull s . When the Abbe Montesgniou sa:.s that the English Go. vertu lent is the sti ones , in the world, but that it came by chance, he is •ike one of those Cerlannets against religion. who acknowlrdge the sublime be.nity of the system of the universe, but asset t that it is :he fortuitous iesult of the pro percies of matter No the B 'tish Consti u ion is not the wink of accident, but the result of the expo' icece of ages, snolilded by the haeds of wisdom and lat rio ism. It i , not a ''onstitution, digested and finished before-hand, but a se ries of Acts passed, as the - e'xperienee of daligrr f demanded a remedy. Our a-cestors' felt the :zreat leading truth, that' man in society had a right t., the f eedi in iind fiscally of hi person, his propel ty, of his inn d, and his enn scit;!;Le; and the c are of lair assemblies ha 3 ueifinely been born to secure to him the enjoyment and the exerci c of the:,e rights withont detriment to the rublic- and without annoy *no' to the rights of his fc:lt _. T C 7 1..11 VLI•I9 The same progiess of ex erierce that cs , ab!ished these rights as the great leading privilege, ha , : also smoo•hed d wn the practice Of the rorstuut;on, witliout which the cite( b and op, osi t , et up as the means of se uti y, live imreded the !Larch of the macili:.e of Government; a nd there is mot g , eget. beauty in ti , , e fabric • four Coosiittiticoolinn theie is in the facii ie. wt it have been gi% en for mod•f..ing the stubbotti princles • f ti:e fabric The balances of if:e three cslates of the 1 -, .& u Reelo to 1 , ,.,1d out an impraeticlb!e 1, .i tier a .aiust wen. of the machine, but that Cies• have been s;.f end am! (41 dbv influe.ee, which, Viol IL c! ' - es ok• 6n the eVe, is felt at every muwent, ::ncl in Qvvry act c.if* the Cove' nment. This influence, which surceeded to the harsh a:1:1 it:tole-a ble power of prerogative, 1-, the ttat soult.e • of th se ties of which the A hbe Mom; sgniou with calls the strength of the Conqittrion ; hut it owes its tit to the moderation with which influerce is exerci,ed ; tti;(l it fo es't'n, that the tho..!;er of onr fain) , f has been long , Go , einnlent will be wiir'n that inn nen: e exten, beyond all measure of prudence. What is the check •0 the: influet cc operating on our system ? What but the porn !It• vote in the Le g iciatme, aided by our free proi.ioniot , ~f th,it yoict. thr-u2.11 the peiindic pres,;; :nil in the te:•e-; of Pal liament by the free exprt s.ion of piit Hai. sentiment :It public mretioLfs and 0n2.11 the organ t' pi " freedom that enlightens makes us strung " Every ac, of the State is canya-sed —and, as has leen inas.liftst• d on the 6 , 11 of the Slave TiNlv, the curve of the c nutty is l'r`'- n in a tune too luud and decisive fur any liiitsteis to To assert that the periodical press is either (1:1:1;:T!otts to a Government, or that it is totally in:itoriricant ::-14i conte;n:•- tible. is manifestly wroth;; and • yet the MA K! Monte:,ouioo, his vet y in«msistent argument, mikes both c-e x;se r tions. Thit it cannot be dangerous is in:title:A 1,0:n :he re sult of experience in the only nation where it exists The Abbe Montesquinu confesses that En• 4 land is :he st. , ;nty st Government in the world, and it the emir one ur.:l,•ri which the Liberty of the Pres. has existed, unless indeed wt ad lice the experience of the I.7u;ted i' , tatus of Amrrit.a. whose rapidity of growth may be truly ascribed to the frcetl:):a of communication which reigns there also. That it is not insignificant is moved by the attenlion ‘‘bich is paid to its voice The very pe:soni wln , are the h i•dest to inyHttit against it in pubic. are the readiest to cmp'ov it is p And accordingly we se:- with what industry the .cry persons who rail at the boldness of tho , e writers who eauline thy; conduct of Ministers with independent pen, and Wane, them where they think they ate wt , rig, cielotenance end employ other writers, to answer, and if possib e, repel their rea ,, ning. That pies cannot be considet NI as contempt;ble were pains ate taken to counteract and it cannot cl,ngeroui, where the country acquiesces in the wr h which the slightest trespass is pursued.—CrLriiing Chronic.'e The Paris Papers contain a variety of German news. rile two Lusatias, and a part of Saxony. are, it i, said, to be up to P. ussia, in return for the gnarantee o:* the Crown of S xony to the bi other of the present King, and une!e td the Emperor of Ans•ria. Madame Liztitia, Buonaparte's mothe , ., has gone to E!ba to see hiin. The Ge; nem province: whielt cuffeced by the late war are afready he!4inning to reco‘er theT:r former state. • I telv apppars to be ravaged by disc:HiJrd hr ids, f , bb' Italian' Anpare them to Etn.i.,li,h "me Filmic, auq witilout annoy- ~ 1 hands of ri.bbels. The Italians compare mem to 1 o:01,11 low- . ; creatures. 11;r o hway men !____They 1) ; , , .ve an accurate knowledie of Eng,- . AUG. 21. thi the lkT I 2114 Bli IWI ti e m AV -07 tics eh wI u n Pc we: rev a' rte de tre sei se: be 31: I