The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. '96 carry on with Persia by Bombay, will not be denied by th:eie who recollect the happy position of Constantinople, and that in the hands of an enterprising people it would Infallibly unite Asia to Europe. If the Russian Govern inNit, in its hitherto confined situation, and scanty means of extending its commerce, has invariably directed its at tention to that great object, how much more expanded will its views become ! how m uch more exalted its hopes, and impatient its desires, when all Asia bursts as it were upon its ravished sight, and displays the riches of the eas tern world ! A canal of little more than a hundred miles in length I will .connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean : the commerce of Acia will revert into the channels through which it passed into Europe before the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, and under circumstances infinitely more advantageous than ever Venice and Genoa possessed. It is not perhaps generally known, that, by means of the vast rivers that discharge themselves into the Black Sea, Russia can transport every species of merchandise by water from Cherson to Petersburgh, and even into Siberia : the Danube will enable her to furnish the more southern states ; and our trade to India may be eventually de stroyed. Those who suppose that the court of Peters burgh will not extend its dominion to Egypt after the Turk is driven out of Europe, or that it wilt not at tempt a communication which may be accomplished with much less expence than some of our navigable canals in Worcestershire or Lancashire, must have been a very careless observer of what is transacting on the grand theatre of the world, and extremely inattentive to the present Sovereign of Russia. If ever a commercial and enterprising nation should establish itself at Constantinople, it would become a colossus of greater magnitude, and of more real consequence to Europe, Asia, and Africa, than ever the famous one of brass was to Rhodes. The desponding prophecy of Lord Lansdowne respecting the issue of American independency to . this country, will then be realist d; and his Lordship may exclaim, in all the force and elegance of metaphor, that the sun of England is set for ever !" - - - - - The author then proceeds to examine the fidelity of this (so called) natural ally, and hopes that an " alliance with Russia will no longer be recommended as a measure of trtitYy, and still less that the mercenaries or volunteers ttmongst us in her interest will presume to recommend it as a measure Of necessity ; for what utility can we derive from associating with a nation whom treaties cannot bind, in vihom no confidence can be placed ! And as to the necessity which has been so impudently urged—God for bid that this country should ever be reduccd to the ab ject and disgraceful condition of courting such an al !" The author then enters into a long detail to prove her treachery and infidelity from the Revolution down to 1791, as well as her uniform disposition to injure this country. He asserts our right to oppose her aggrandize ment, and gravely contends that " she is vuln e rable to the British arms ! 1 !" An apology would be necessary for the intrusion of this sublime nonsense, if it were not requisite in order that our readears might trace the cause of public opinion. lie then proceeds—" Good God! This country, the world, in the very zenith of her DEC. 4. glory, in all the plenitude of rank and splendour, her most formidable and inveterate enemy a prey to civil discord and prostrate at her feet—'-is told that she has neither the right nor the means of resisting the dan gerous encroachments of a nation emerging from barb;. rism, and whom she can crush whenever she thinks pro per to put forth her strength. Not content with degrad ing her, if such men can degrade her, to a state of im potence, she is to be reduced still lower—to a state of mendicity, and to receive as a boon from the Court of Petersburgh, the permission to purchase, on terms not very favourable, the raw produce of the Russian soil ! Under the apprehension that this boon may be withdrawn, she is to submit implicitly to every insult, vexation, and oppression, that may be offered to her. That every en couragement is due to the extensive commerce we garry on, will not be disputed. We know hciiv much it con. tributes to the grandeur and consequence of this country, and respect the great and abundant source from whence national wealth and national prosperity are derived ; but commerce, to flourish, must be protected ; and what pro tection can it receive if the British Government must ac quiesce in all the wild projects of a Court whom generosity cannot win, nor gratitude bind ? God forbid that the tallow of - Siberia should ever be put in competition with the dignity and independence of the greatest maritime power in the world ! The very ar guments of opposition tend to refute the principle they are meant to establish ; for; if we are entirely to depend on the pleasure of Russia in her present state—if Russia can at this instant hold us at defiance, and treat with mockery and contempt every effort to punish her inso lence and injustice, how much more powerful will she be come if ever Constantinople and the dominion of the Black Sea should be e annexed to her mpire ? if she is haughty and troublsome at present, e what wi she be when she has acquired that Herculean strength to which she looks forward with confidence and enthusiasm !". (To be resumed.) FOREIGN I NTELLIG ENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Nov. 27. LAW ON THE EXPORT OF WOOL—Louis, by the Grace of Coil, King of France and Navarre,—To all those whom these presents may come, health : We have proposed, the Chambers have adopted, we have ordained, and do ordain as follows : Art. 1. The law of the '26th of Feb. 179'2, which prohibits the ex portation of wool, has relation to that which concerns merinos, and other wools. 9. There will be paid on the exportation of the said wools a duly of 50 fr. per quintal, and of 1.. fr. for the hide. 3. The dispositions of the law of the 30th of Audi, 1306, which prohibits the exportation of rams and merino flocks, have relation also to that which concerns the rams. 4. There will be paid on the exportation of Merino rams, &c. a duty of 5 francs each. 5. Pure merino wools, al well as common 110411ols, washed or no. washed, coming from foreign parts, will be admitted to cuter this kingdom, on thy simple balance duty. • 6. In the interval of a Session, and in exigent circumstances, tbe GovernMent may suspend or mustify the effects of the present law, on presenting, in the fullowiug Session,. the motives which elect mined this measure. 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