The National Register. — London, England, 1808-08-21 00:00:00

AUGUST 11. ~v .7 , . 7r " 4 1 4 711,, NW= " 4 " • , MEI "'~',:: TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. some defeuceiess towns iu Germany, but this resource wilt - also fail, because in a short tiwe they will have nothing to be robbed of. All these circumstances must be taken into consideration, if we will be able to appreciate justly the difficulties-of his situation in case of a new Continental war. If any credit can be attached to the accounts received, through various channels, from the Continent, the efforts which Austria is making to meet this event, are adequate to resist his collected uudivWed force. All our politicians, from those who eiscuss the news of the day iu our porier houses, through the differevat gradations of genius and in. formation, up to the Editors of Newspapers, who are in fallible on such subjects, coincide in the opinion that the fate of Austria will be decided in this contest. There are, use would willingly believe, eyme statesmen in that coun try nu, possess an equal degree of penetration as the po liticians we just mentioned. They cannot be insensible to a circumstance which we even see at this distance. Their 'renewal inierest is so closely united with that they mest feel as citizens, that it would be temerity vo suppose they n ill not make more than ordinary efforts in the case ut pew war. The revolutions of states Aicr no prospect cal advantage to men of great property. Med of that de scriptimr iu Austria will, therefore, make sacrifices cow mcasarate to the exigencies of the states and the middling and fewer classes of people, who arc strongly attached to the Catholic persuasion, if the , great lever of religion he em ployed to raise them, particularly after the degradation of the Reid of their Church, will shew energy equal to that displayed by the Spaniards. The letuation of the Con tinent allows us also to make powerful diversions in their favoar. We are sorry to be reduced to the necessity of so frequently repeating, that every exertion which any go vernment or people make against the Preach, is as much in our favour as it is in their own. We certainly have it in our power to prevent Bo:mature. whilst a part of his army %vitt he employed against Spain, from sending time rest against Austria. Holland, Brabant, particularly Rat), are assailable points. And if it be in our power to occupy some point tfu the coast of the Adriatic, particularly 'Venice, with about fifteen thousand men, Nhilst we liave another army in Sicily, we will be able to throw great obstructions to any attempt which hoNAPARTE may make to invade Austria from the side of Italy. So strong a fore in the rear of an invading army, in particular as the Austrian States are weakest in that direction, will rather damp its *our. For our part, we totally disbe lieve the rumoured alliance between France and Russia. However impolitic and disgraceful the part which the latter has acted of late, it is not justifiable to suppose that the Emperor ALEXANDER and his thole ( at:ieet are in a state of absolute insanity. Will they consent, will they even contribute to pull down the last harrier lietween them and a power, whose dangerous encroachments they cannot he insensible to 1 We hate art much, and, in fart, greater reason to suppose that the Russian camps, form;ng on the frontiers of Gallicia, are intended for a co-operation With Austria, than with Trance. Found policy; as well as prior accounts, support this opinion ; and there must be stronger reasons than mere report, before we can renounce it. An Pvpedition is fitting out with the greatest prompti tude. Its destination is unknown. However, from the great quantity of heavy artillery which is embarking, there is no reason to suppose that it is intended for Spain. From the infortnation we Wave been able to collect, we think it is destined for the Adriatic. Its object is said to be to take possession of the Seven Islands ; but when we ref:ea bow unreasorahle any such attack would be at present, we do nut feel m:►ch inclined to give credit to this report. Our can certainly be more advantageously employed than to use it, hi the present juncture, in a conquest which can hale no direct influence on the liberty of Europe. if the Adriatic be its destinati4m, there is more probability that leuiee la the object. If this city were Ia our kuhis t rie could rendeL• the most material assirauce to Austria, its case of a war between that btato and kraiice. By the Hopewell,Capt. Sheppard, which is arrived fives Cadiz, Capt. k'errier, woo is a loan of intelligence and ob servation, hits come to this country. This vessel left Wit; on the SOth tilt. Capt kerriers states, that the enthusiasia Of the people of Cadiz, and particularly of the women, ex ceeded any thin we hay e heard of even during the inors ardent periods o r the french Revolution. Some of Hi • most respectable women employed themselves daily visiting and attending the weunded Patrios even in tits hospitals, iu making shirts, ban.sa ; ;;es, &c. &c. unteed, appears to have been omitted on their pert wtucrt could serve in any degree to excite their countrymen is oppose the enemy, and to soothe and reward thube %Ls rutfered by such opposition. The Spaniards were actively prcparin ships to convey to France that portion of thipout's aimv (General Wedeir divisiop) which Castauos hart colt:le:a:it:3 to send home. Nils iivity an additional es ideoce 01 ti ,e charac• ter of this gallant people, I , :ven the c...treme of irritation cannot withdraw thew fcom the honourable tullihneot oC °raises. thipoot and Iris comaanions were Notirly expected al. Cadiz. They are not to tae sent back, as erfUllCOLtily in our 6azdie. They are to b.t held prisoners ofwar; utt4 vessels in the harbour mere preparing as irison ships. The confidence of the spaniareaas to their own security may be inferred from this circomstlince—that inithediatelr after the surrender of I;upont, Castanos detathed 10,000 of Ws troops to Pirrtugal, fur Cie purpose of co operabne with :sir Arthur Wellesly. Castello.' housell it it the re mainder of his force marched towards Madr.d, w hick route both-Cuesta amid bloke, with the force ut Galticia, are also understood to have taken. Their hope was li, catch Joscpk, but he had eloped, anti in a very extraordinary wa3, for it 14 stated, that this iedoubted sovereign thought proper to escape by a sublerraneous passage, which was anove a mile from the Palace of Madrid, into the country. This escape he effected in company with O'farril. and a new otherfaitlyirl followers, at the hour of four o'clock in the morning of the Ist instant, at which time the whole of tlk: French left Madrid. The departure of Joseph and 1113 force was quite sudden, and ouespected on the part of the inhabitants. Ile cert v..as wider the influence of panic.. He set oil in disguise, lean;; dressed in black, and wore a patriwic cockade. It Asas gep.ceatty intimuted to the Spaniar&, that the object of his removal was to lake a inure dig hie military position at .eg•ovia t v. here it wa ; given out that be nteatrt to iortifs hims•ll. but it appears that he did not even thi lk it lin:tient lo lutit at .!'ego•ia, ha. tai:en flint to France, The opution at (.ttalz when our infOrmant lett it, that the I' rench bait, or imme diately wou!d, evacuate altogether. The victo, - ies which have crowned the etTorts crthe Pa triot;e armies, have led the Junto of Sevol'ie to turn their thoughts to the ialernal organizatiou of the .kingdom. The Junta of Galicia has kinial that of .4.lville in art limi nary steps, to the calling of a naiNmal rtirieß. They have invited the several provincial Juntas i to: ;it ; and the Duke de Monti* a t;ranilee of Spain, has made no less than three tours of all Ow provinces, to being the Aslern blies to one mind upon t!: is subject. His Putriotic efforts have not been in vain. All the jealousies which it was feared would stand in the way of one grand naiiocal COnli• cil are likely. to be done away, and it is th,:to;lit that the Duke de Montijo will be declared the President. of Lae Cortez. The, followiw.; letter will serve to show the etiii:nsl3ins which rows in the breasts of the people : s' CA nu, .1 24.—1 t would have afford( d you grat ifr•ro . to tee all the Provinces simultaneously united in the cause wilt It t ley have espoused of resisting the French. •The public spir It operated on the inhabitants with sive) force, that !hes hat t taken up arms is easulatinu i sad waisted is the deflate° of ti 4it • _..~,. ~a~ W ol I , I I i~ ~~ ~ _ • , , o