The National Register. — London, England, 1813-07-11 00:00:00

-1- . N°. 9q9. POLITICAL .DTS2UISITION. POLITICAL CHANGES. 1-Tow sudden and astonishing are the political changes of .our times ! A few months since the total emancipation of the Continent appeared certain The prospect then rapidly turned, and U . ,urpation was seen striding over fields of blood to regain her former power. For a moment all seemed to dye way before her, and an Armistice, supposed to have been diciated by her mill to her helpless foes, created the expectation of im attempt on their part to procure a general i I peace. Austria then emerged from the shade, and en 11 , 2 r fiat the fate of the world was. thought to eepend, when a ray of hope and glory burst from the WeJ, and in the blaze cf British triumph, the destructi:in of one limb of French , despoti , m was too clearly read, not to inspire our northern Nnicrs with fresh courage to attack the head and endeavour to complete the downfall of their gigantic enemy. Now all the pacific appearances conjured up by the Armistice are rapidly vani , hing away. France alone remains calling for that boon, which she so lately fancied-she would be implored to bestow. Her calculations have been erroneous. After along series of disasters, her first successes in this campaign were too unhoped for and therefore t9O grateful to her chief, not to dazzle and mislead him. Like the Allies after they had driven his troops behind the Elbe, besfancied, when he entered Breslau and reached the Oder, that 'lie had closed the war, and had nothing more to do, taut' to dictate his own terms to his retreating enemies. Hence he proposed (it is now said) and easily procured an Armistice, of which he thought they would gladly avail themselves to Obtain peace. But he had mistaken both their state and their spirit;_ and the . misrepresentations of some of our Daily Papers,• which, pretending to communicate authentic intelligence, positively assured us that the armistice had been " solicited by the Allies, to whom alone it was Aso lady necessary, as s , Nithout it, but few of their t r oops would , have ever re crossed the Vistula," had produced the same deception on the British public. Hence, the General Con gress which" NAPOLEON'S anticipations announced was equally expected here, and the probability of an approach ing peace, discussed and credited. When the pretended friendh of the Allies in this country, renresented them as saved only by the policy of their foe, and having no other resource than the barely possiLle determinatinn of Austria in their favour, a wish must have naturally arisen, that a treaty might be concluded, which NAPOLEON'S apprehen sion of forcing his father-in-law to the field .against him by his unreasonable pretensions, and the Mire of consoli dating his empire, might render advantageous enough not to be rejected, in' such circumstances. It might be sup posed that, taught icy his winter teiteries, • he'would not trust lal. VI. Ns. CCLXXX/X. • • I. , • s q ; '' , r G Isorme- . . ~ • P utt • E N°. 949. POL 1-Tow sudden an .our times ! A fe% the Continent app turned, and I:,orp to regain her font Ove way before bo been diciated by expectation Of peace. Austria tl fiat the fate of the of hope and glory British triumph, despoti , m was too Alficrs with fresh ci to compiete the dc the pacific appeal rapitUy vani•bing, that boon, which s to bestot Her along series of dis were too unhoped not to dazzle and had driven his t he entered. Mesta closed the war, dictate his own he proposed (it is of which he thong obtain peace. TR their spirit;_ and Daily Papers, whi intelligence, posit been " solicited 1 lutely necessary, have ever re (To 1 deception on the press which" N equally expected ing peace, discuss friendh of the 21 saved only by the resource than th in their favour, a treaty might be sion of forcing by his nnreasonal dating his empire to be rejected, ii posed that, taugh VI. Nt. THE NATIONAL Cur Ming, Constitution; - an tabs. PUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREET , . STRAND.. SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1813. his summer prosperity again so far asto expetteit to another ' overthrow. lie had. at 'last felt the instahilitv of fortune, and in order to obtain a general acknoWledgement of his title.and dynasty, might be expected to make considerable sacrifices. These were grounds on which we . maintain.. ed the possibility of restoring peace to the world. Rut the premises given by NATOLEost and our con!empokarie9, • with all the pride and pomp of authenticity, being in a: great • measure Use, our conclusions must be necessarily ' Far from considering the A rmi , tiee as Melv to lead to c peae, . , • • -we arc now told by the KING of PRUSSI A himself in a Pro- . clamation to his people, that the Allies accepted it only as giving them the means of increasing their force. And how does this assertion tally with the fact ? The landing of 15,000 Russians to join BERN ADOTTE, the arrival of near 40,000 men on the Oder in Silesia, the raising of C . .?0,0c0 more in East Prussia, and the continued organization of the landwehr, strews that the Allies have not turned the Armis tice to less account than they boast of. That time of ex pected rest and negotiation has been spent in tenfold activity and warlike preparation.. Hostilities have been suspended, only to be renewed with greater and more decisive effects and a more tremendous conflict seems on the eve cf re om• mencing than any that has yet wasted the population of th - e. • earth. NAroz.r.ost, .ssti!st h_e endeayo,ured to secure by negotiation and intrigue the restoration and consolidation of his power, - did not fail to provide other means to enfOrcelds pretensions. •Not .:ti , -.Cted with hip new levies and the troops collected from every part of his dominions, he dreW a fresh supply of veterans from. Spain. BEAL:HAI:NOB, was sent to overawe Austria by forming an army in Italy,'but, relying o:t the indecision of the Court of Vienna, rorwarded the: fir,.t , ' 2,000 men be had -assembled to - the• Elbe. Gained by Isis roznises iiicetved at the Treaty concluded by the Al lies to dept ive her of Norway,Demnark ordered 15,0.10- o f her soldiers to swell.the hosts of NA Por.East. The Princes ,of the Confederation of the. Rhine, apprehensive lest the triumph of the just cause.shOnld s k iyay their Crowns, filled up their contingents; - andelastiy; Austria, unwilling to lose the momentary importance svit:, lishe has acquired by taking a decided part.whicli must reduce her tci the rank of a-follower in the train of •another and yet ton pu sillanimous to maintain a sy - tettt complete neutrality, opened a way through her territOriets for , :)iince Poi A TOW SKY'S corps, and thus enabled 1f5,000 . Poles to join the French army. . On comparinc , the efforts made bv 121 th parties, ct would ..ppcar at this distance frout the scene Cf action, and with the lrmited means of information we ecs,ess, for much ex. ageration prey ails every where, that the accession of strenth hitherto acquired by the Alles and the Viench during,the Armistice, is very near on a level, and may be computed 04