The National Register. — London, England, 1809-08-06 00:00:00

504 THE NATIONAL REGISTFIL The fatal effects of the Arntistice of 'balm arc becoming ltoo apparent: Prohurg, the capital of proud Hungary, is -itsurrendered to the enemy. It is runroured, and not with *gout probability, that peace is aireddy signed between Franc( land Austria. It is distressing - to humanity to witness the unhappy fate .ef the Tyrolese, This brave and loyal people made a stre nuous effort in favour of its ancient sovereigns. In their consternation, at the evacuation of their country by the Austrian troops, in compliance with the armistice, the) threw themselves 'on the clemency of the Conqueror; who, we fear will prove, as usual, vindictive and unrelenting. A considerable degree of scepticism pervaded the public duriug the week, concerning the two last French Bulletins. oi May they not turn out to be a fabrication, in order to delay our Expedition, until more force can be ti nustered in Brabant ?" People encouraged one another las these doubts, which it now appears had no other faun th lion, titan the natural unwillingness to believe surpri sid and disastrous intelligence. Something like reasoning attempted in this.way. The French and German Pa pers , it was said, contained no official articles, in confirm atioi i of the Bulletins. On enquiry, we fiiid the defi rims 'y is only in the selection of foreign articles, by our "daily prints. A vessel from the Ems reports that in the North of Germany too, the 11:!:SVS of the armistice is credits -; so is, in the same neighhourhood, the death of chill I But it semi now to be placid beyond all . dopbt whatei er, and even the terms upon which peace betwee n Austria and France is concluded arc given. We are told " Tht Bavarian territories to Vienna on the East, and, fol lowing a :;ile along the frontiers of Hungary, to the Drao, to have ascendetii to the source of that river.—A line is then described to sinsprucl: and Bregentz, and this new accession of territory is given to Bavaria. _All the territory to the South of the Drau, includiug part of earirrh.ia, Caruiola, Istria, Trieste, and Fiume, is added to the h i ogdcnt of Italy.—'l he Tyrol is ceded f iby Bavaria to France.—Wirternherg and Baden are to get some accession of territory in Franconia.—Bohemia and Moravia are Ito be retained by the }louse of Austria, as well as Hungary.— Russia is to obtain an increase of territory in Austrian Poland.- 4.axony is also to have an increase." If these be correct, Austria is annihilated, and the Em peror holds his crown as the me:e vassal of BUONAPARTE ) . and even upon these terms he cannot hold it long. We cannot Conjecture where a sufficient force cin mustered to save the fleet in the Scheid. In Holland there is little more than the corps which retook Stralsund from : and even part of that was Danish, The Dates must tremble foe their own coasts, and cannot be supposed very forwaro. to succour their allies. The KING 3 of Wia ilMaitiEßG and BA‘itt RIA have occupation enough in quiet ing their own revolt ed subjects. We hear of no detach. merit from the grand army near Vienna. Nearly aL the French towi.s are wil'hout garrisons, except the depots, where there are many conscripts and but few veterans; Gen. NfoN NET , who catomands ia the threatened quartet of Brabant, iaa good soldictr, who would fight hard if he had the means. We know not what plan he can follow, unless it be to anticipate the invaders by burning the fleet him-, ise:f.: We should not he saaprisetl, if despairing to protect big - vessels, he kould make Mc-ships of them all. The in- G • (• indatio:t of the country is to be expected. The Genera! has n::!...wn himself, in several instances, not over sharing of Dutch feeling. . - There IS something farcical h the disingenuity of the French pri:s3. 77w Argus aticcts to consider the object of . the British Armament to be the occupation of the poultry viliwe of Cuxhaven ! The Moniteur comments, as..usual,. Ki!ig'm speech at the prorogation of Parliament. But instead of suiting the comments to the text, it falsifies the text, to give occasion for the comuients. The KLKG, in .itead of noticing the meritorious exertions of the Archduke .2IIATILES, is made to pay a ludicrous compliment to the active genlu; of BUONAPARTE t. We cannot refrain from applauding, even in our enemy, measures which tend to the amelioration of sockty. At .Itome, as in Spain, the Inquisition is abolished. The' Asylums, which gave impunity to crime, are no 10ng..: acknowledged. Clerical Magistrates are superseded by Justices of Peace ; and the Clergy are deprived ‘ft temporal power. This last measure o!re;rs an example, from which even this Country might profit. It is unaccountable to us, howiltroNApAnTr., on his re turn to Paris, could 'ewe his fine army of NO,OOO men, scattered through the provinces of Spain, to wonkier away in detail. •..rrender Of YiupoNT, and the retreat of the French Annie:, te the toot of the P y re:ra d ces, hats ;given him a severe lessc.: rill the danker of dispersing his force in a;i Cf . convered.to. try. It rare, in the annals of war, to trod watt), er. or unattended by ruin. Yet. we dare not ',latter out elves, ti BUONAPARTI7, thoti4ll twice guilty of the same :••.ersigl.'., will be filially deprived oF the dominion of Spain . It is time, if they had. been concentrated, the various provinces would have riien ii: ; ainst the in, ade , s. But what I•roviil:e should dare to remain in arms, if a itifce of 10,01.:3 men was in readi ness to march anl ernsh it ? And 'nigh!. not the Spaniards also concentrate tiutir force ? Oh, no '!,'hey have a govern- merit of drivOlers. Josfen T'ART Eon his capit, being alreatened by Sir AaTrlcit. WrI.LESLEY, seems J . !`SDIVeII to amend his brother's error. He uniJog his .:.;;•attert.%l corps, of which 10,000 arc said to remain. The iaeiiieacy of the Spani!:: C.nernment is degrading . to the cause liberty. Mel .. e done nothing to rouse the energy (.1 their conntry to excite the enthu siasm of peoF!e. A fre:. Kress, that powerful leer of public spirit, so ably !mulled by our ELIZABETH, when Engla.A was menaced by :pain, might be weilded with equal succc..; y Slant, against the Tyrant of France. Far from such Wildly vi i4 our, the Junta allowed BONAPARTE to claim all the merit of redressing Spanish grievances. The abolition of the Inquisition, the repeal of Feudal Rights, the reduction of the Mouasteries7--every reform came from the Conqueror. The consequence of such wretched misconduct is but too obvious. The Spanish troops, unlike Patriots fighting " pro iaris et foCis," shamefully taking to flight before there is any cause to quit the field. The gallant BLAKE CO'lrtt ‘ nlains GON truuteat. of their scandalous, dastardly .. • panic. • '..