The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 474 teract it. A man who, having now turned against his late master, .can hope for no forgiveness, no security but in war and triumph, and who, consequently, may be expected to exert himself to the utmost to disarm that Power which he has now made his enemy, and which, if be cannot over throw it, must crush him. A few thousand Englishmen, unieel with the Swedish veterans, and landing is Pornc raa. would by their presence, and the reputation their explOt's in the Peninsula has gained them all over Europe, at once secure the confidence of the eeople, awaken their slunibeiin!„); spirit, and kindle a wide blaze of Insurrection thioughOut the Prussian States, and the Confederation of the Rhine, which would .completely sever the French armies fr.on France, and unless Atn.tria remained faithful to the cause of her conquerors, and open‘d her territory for their retreat, would throw them, half destroyed by famine, into the hands of ALEXANDER. It is dear, that „to carry such a plan into effect, money must not be wanting, and that the supplies of that necessary article must come from England ; but they must be granted only in contemplation of such a design, and not more than equivalent to its execution.— They must be managed in the same manner as, those Nye have sent to Spain, and, instead of being diverted, as in mans' former instances, into private pockets abroad ; instead of cut icling Ministers, or feeding the corruption of a Court. they must be faithfully applied to their proper objects, and without exhausting our resources or increasing our burdens, avill safely, conduct to the attainment of the great ends in view. They must be the means of, and not incentives to, action ; and management will he found far more useful than prodigality. Then too may we hope to allay the terrors of the Morning Chronicle, which most gravely tells us, that these treaties are snares, spread by NAP 01, EoN for our ruin ; That to his superior skill, and not to our independent choice and will, we must attribute their conclusion, and that his ultimate view in going to war with Russia, was " to draw us into those subsidies," as " it is impossible that BuoN A PARTE could devise a scheme more pregnant with injury to England than to contrive to diaw her into subsidiary treaties, at a moment when nothinr , can save us but the most rigid econo my." So that, should Bum.: AP ARTE be desirous of sinking us at once, he has only to declare war suddenly with every Ferrer in the universe, to draw our last guinea from us! How happy it is to be thus credulous, and to derive so much consolation even from the disappointment of hope. CAMPAIGN IN POLAND. French Papers received to the 23d ult. have not brought us the 6th Bulletin of the Grand Army, but accounts from ilna, where the French head quarters remained on the 7th ; and where, entirely taken up with his " paternal soli citude" to secure provisions fur the inhabitants, as well as for his army, to form magazines, and organize the revived king dom of Poland, NAPOLEON continued to sojourn. All ap pearance of an approaching battle seemed to have vanished The Russians had recrossed the Duna, the right bank of which they had fortified, and intended to defend. The French troops had not advanced any farther, and by every syllable in these papers, it is evident that they could not proceed without incurring the danger of starvation, before proper magazines were established. It also appears, that 'lvor; A PART E has to support, not only his own army, but the popu lation of the country, which his proclamation of the revival of Poland has suddenly collected in great numlicrs around him; and which, finding famine instead of the expected plenty in his camp, gave a striking instance of patriotism, in plundering Wilna. For such, we . are assured, is the true explanation of the damage stated, in his sth Bulletin, AUG. c to have been occasioned by a rush of people during a storm. It is possible, too, that the turning back of some of the R us: sian corps upon their pursuers may have increased the crowd in that city, with fugitives from the army. To conciliate the people, BUONPARTE walked out in public, conversing with every one; but he must find affability little effective i n appeasing hunger. In fact, it is clear that his original plan has been entirely frustrated. lie anticipated in.tant battle and victory, and thought by the rapidity of his march to St. Petersburg!), to prevent the removal or destruction of the Russian magazines. lie now finds himself in the midst of a desolated country, surrounded by a starving population, and at the head of an army ill provided, which sees nothing but famine in its front. He has but two ahernatives left. Either he must wait until his magazines are formed, and disregard ing the wants, the complaints, and perhaps the instill ection of the people, must confine the distribution of food to his troop, and lead them on, subject, after a moderate advance, to a fresh halt, whilst a second line of magazines is established, until he can overtake the Russiars, and attack them under even; possible disadvantage; and in this case he cannot rely on the co-operation of the Poles, but rather on their host ity.— Or he - must rest whet e he is, sharing ,the provisions he may receive by Ins convoys with the people, to secure their co-operation, and proclaim eo the world that his only aim was to restore P., land, which having dent-, he will either treat with Russia, or in his turn wait till the Russians adNance to attack him. This, we think, is the line of conduct which BuoN PA ICTE trill adopt, as he would thus be able to turn the tables on hi s oh. ponent, and compel him, if to bring the war to a termination, to repass the territory be has devastated in his retreat, and subject himself to the same difficulties, disadvan tages, and perils under which the French now labour The only effective mode which At, ex ANDER could adopt, to counteract this plan, would he, by an effiirt of generosity, of which we fear he is not capable, to disarm is A eor.roN of the most powerfel weapon he now wields, the enthusiastic co-operation of the Poles, by declaring himself Po!and re established, and guaranteeing its independence. This act of policy would also be one or justice. The atrocious parnma of Poland created so much indignation at the time, that Eng land proposed a coalition with France to restore it. ‘l, lu!st we fight for the emancipation of Spain and Portugal, let us not leave the unfortunate Poles crushed under the wei.,_;lit of their fetters. Our interference might snatch then both front their former bondage au from their present deliverer and future oppressor. Let advise Russia to take so honour able and so advantageous a step, if we have not made it a con dition of the assistance which we have engaged to yield her at her hour of mei and peril. DISPATCITES FROI\I LORD CET LINGTON. The Gazette of last Tuesday contains dispatches from Loral WELLINGTON, dated Ruedo, the 7th instant. The enemy had re-crossed the Douro without any material loss, and bad not made any powerful demonstrations to oppose our pas sage. The Gazette also contains the proceedings of the squadron under Sir HomE POPHAM, who, after succeeding in some of his attacks along the Spanish coasts, had been re pulsed at Guetaria, with the loss of three guns and th»ty prisoners. REGENT'S SPEECH• The PRINCE REGENT'S Speech, read by Commission on Thursday last, expresses gratitude for the successes obtained in the Peninsula, hope of a favourable issue to the campaign in the North, and a firm determination, should America not repeal her Declaration of War, or not renounce her u i i