The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-15 00:00:00

TtONAL R means, which she thotteht she naet iently, proved ink-ffecrive. Her capital, the whole of Ans. tria, all Carinthia, Istra, Croatia, the part of Itely she still. possessed, a large portion of Hungary and Moravia, lei t by an armistice in the power of the Con queror, were redeemed only by sacr ifices of the mos t extensive nature, which left the Emperor .FaaNcis without a single port in his dominions, and finally deprived him of his daughter, evieo becamean Usurper's bride. From the contemplation of scenes of war and desolation, all the Northern and Eastern States of the Continent were drawn by the celebration of the Imperial nuptials. Attended by a host of new created Kings and enslaved Princes, they surpassed .in magnificence the former displays of regal pomp .and grandeur. But though re-echoing throughput all her extensive provinces with shouts of affected joy, France could n ot su pp ress the r emembrance of the blood shed in the unjust Spanish war. Her fields were deserted : :she saw captives brought to cultivate them, but knew that their former popu lation would return no mere. She followed with her &sparing eyes her aged veterans, and gay lee pions of youthful conscripts to the summit of the , ryrennees, and when they had sunk into the nor . row passes, deemed them laid in their graves. Her apprehensions were just. Cut off by the , rightly dagger, her hosts strewed with their corpses the towns they were destined to occupy. Foes on every rock, ambushes in every vale, all their de tachments fell surprised and annihilated ; and when . collected into armies they fled and perished before the tremendous gleam of the Nitish bayonet. Numerous were the gatherings of their power ; numerous their defeat. Draining Frence and all her Allies of their population to supply their losses, they re • peatedly retureed to the field with increased and t s uperior numbers, and as repeatedly vaeished before • otir warriors, 46 with a diminished army and a cur -, tailed fame." Their last a!tempt, however, proves that they have reap e d ex p erience from the past. After collecting aiwosL the whole of their force from the north and south of Spain on the frontiers of Estremadura, and marching forward with all the pomp of anticipated triumph, boastieg anew they would complete the series of their former vic tories by driving us into the sea, or at leest back into our lines before Lisbon, theTapproached near en aigh to effect a •partial reconnoissaece of our army, and prudently withdrew although far out numbering us. This display of caution seems, •on their part, to terminated the campaign. On that of our Commander enterprises of 'great mo . nt are said to be in prepara6on, but as'no intel we liaence of any kind, beyond that contained in pri- Elft• MINIPMMOOPONI I vate letters has for several weeks been laid before the public, we leave the unfolding of his plans to time, and to that pre-eminent union of genius, skill, and prudence which has led him so succes , ful. ly through multiplied difficulties to the accomplish• merit of every object he has hitherto had in view, and to the summit of military glory• • . .GENERAL SARRAZLV. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NATIONAL RLGISTER• Stet—lt was perhaps unfortunate, at the present moment, ter agitate any question which might bring into notice the individual who is the subject of this communication, because he now ap• pears to be sinking fast into that disgrasefut obscurity which al ways overtakes a traitor to his country whatever be the nation which gave him birth. As an advocate fo i r General Sar:azia,, however, has stood forward in your correspondent H. P., who charitably hopes that it " will be seen in him, Graciouis heaven! " A second life by cleansing streams, has given," it may not be amiss, before consigning his favourite General to the shade of oblivion, to inquire upon what ground we ar,2 called upon to belitve, that remorse for his past oflences accompanift him in his retreat; Your Correspondent states, that Gen. Sarrazin offered his sere vices to this country " without fee or reward ;" and, in order to give the greater force to this assertion, be has chosen that it should appear in your Paper hi italics. Now, it unfortunately h ea appens has for 11. P. that thz: man whose cause he co feelingly plds, given proes, under his own hand, that it was the ravertution of being rewarded- by the British Ministry, which led hint to whic dis H• dose to them the secrets of Buonaparte. In a letter h lately addressed to the Emperor of France, through the mediutrs cf Then - Nes, lie expressly states—" I freely confess that I left you in order to revenge myself for your injustice towards Me t and it: the hope of bettering my situation and that of my family, by turnishinz the English Governm ent with your own plans, and my mans of execution, which would have brought rne great actunntag,es.—So much then for the assertion of your Co* . . respondent, that the General had neither the expectation of Ire " nor reward" when he so disinterested/1/ communicated the se• crets of his master to his most inveterate enemies. When anemias statics forward as the champion of another, and exerts himseito show that that other i s sincere in regretting his pe,:t misdeeds, we 1 conceiJe that he would succeed much better inthis by an appeal to public f...:eling In behalf of the culprit, than by endeavouring to mi.lead them as to the motives which influenced the conduct .of ! the person whose defence he has espoused. A few may be cle cci•!ed by the plausibility of the statement, but no one will be di-posed to regrrd this as a proof of the penitence of the ac cuffed. But what puts Ow fact beyond all contridic! - Thn, that General Sarra,,,l.l Is not clezumtd of the old leav:..n, is, the ten rate imprei•ation which he has denounced against Buonapartt, in the concluding part of the above letter :—" Deceived," says he, " ill tily expectations, by a fatality, which I have every tea• s.m to 114.21i:ve you are tl!e author c,f, be assured that taffy thirA fur rmenge will but increase with all these cros ses, ata% that sooner or later I will :nuke you experi. el -,ce 0 ,!"Ic-,-wise than by pamphlets, that I ani the worthy , pti.• pil, and the zealiu:s urritizer of the illustrious Kt-cam If General Sarrazin had hcen really penitent for his past conduct, and had wished to make it appear that " gracious heaven" htd 44 by cleansing streznns" given him " a secind life," would he have had the audacious presumption to hold himsif up to public view for applause as an advocate for assassination. But enough •of such a man as this. In the disappointment which General Sarrazin has met with, in losing the countenance of the British Government, and having sunk into merited obscurity, is clearly to be seen the chastirement which insulted morality seldom fails to inilict upon those who dare to violate its precepts. Sept. 1811. A.RISTIDES. 041.1.4-44- , • 571 °say* st' THE NA of her hopes had blinded her judgthent. Fier r • she had mnitiplied suffic' %iik N ;!k`' p