The National Register. — London, England, 1809-03-05 00:00:00

E ~~) THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Them nre some notices, of the highest interest, in these papers, tdative to Prussia. The KIN and gurEN of PRVORI A left Petcrshurgh on the 31st of January, and ar rived in Aletnel after nine day's journey. Their departure frtont that city, where they had taken their residence as long its Kenitigsberg, ivas occupied by the French, is not mention eel, • The Prussian army, which was supposed to be Mll inlnted, sic are happv to find, amounts to 42,600 men 4he guards amount to 6000, the other field regiments to 00,000, and the brigades of Artillery to 6090. Ilis Puoi.- 0; AN 111.0tsly has issued orders to inspect the fortresses M Neirete in Silesia, and Spandau, and to supply them with ortilleey 4 ammunition, and provisions. ' l ' W !‘lagiStrateS or 11w different provinces have also been enjoined to make returns of the number of men fit for service, if we compare these accounts with'those of the migration of -the most distinguished personages from Berlin, for Ko pingsberg, we indulge the pleasing hope, that the KING of itAINUA is not indaerent to the tempest which menaces Austria ; and that experience has taught him the danger and Macy of his former conduct, when that power was overwhelmed by the. French. Ile was the next victim !it'd he will be 59 42;a in , should the same fate await AdSirill. DrtiifilCiion in one case is unavoidable; in the other, it Wray be averted by energy, promptitude, and decision. A drendful fermentation exists in every province of Prussia. Secret associations exist in every town, formed on the same plan, but with a different object in view, as those were, some year% ago, in Ireland. They ale instituted for the purpose of reasserting the independence of the State, re-es tahtising the honour and fame of the Prussian arms, and residing the exactions of the enemy. The dis!resses of the State, and the consequent dismission or it number of persons, who tilled civil and military offices, And lived in opulence, have deprived of resources and em- , ployment a vast number of individuals, who arc capable and trilling, from despair, to form the most hardy and des perate enterprises. This sentiment is not peculiar to that order of men alone; the interruption of commerce has Ming not of bread a number of 3oung men, who were em ployed in the counting-houses and warehouses of the mer chant and manufacturer. Their distress and abandonment Mild be deplorable. Besides these, there is a third class of perform, whose situation is, if possible, still more lament able they consist of such as filled civil offices in the Polish provinces ceded to Saxony, and in thone which form a part of the Xingdom of Westphalia. They were all discharged Pont their ;aces, and dismissed to their former homes. we rellect on the feelings of those victims, pining in trifeey and inaction, or roving about as vagabonds in a which they incc honoured by their talents, or en , felt-rd h their industry, we cannot but suppose that their Owls fire wyrked 'up to a delirium, which must produce SiMie ifefilCndons convulsion. War with France, assist 'nCe to Austria, freedom sand the ancient order of things, mug he the sentiment and the cry of these unfortunate people, They have nothing more to lose but a trouble- OM existence, and they have the prospect of regain , log *bat they lost. Should the PacFsi %N Kiwi, through Per Of ilehision, attempt to resist the forcible current of psiblie opinion, and not make an effort on the side of Anfilrin, in this last struggle for independence, a popular to/Motion, with all its excesses, is unavoidable. The minds of the Germans tare bee;i for some time brooding MARCH 5, over this idea, and are familiarised to its horrors. Utile monarchy is to be preserved, the inclinations of the people must not be resisted. We have seen publications, which lately appeared in that country ; they contain bold, mys terious allusions, which evince their tendency, and betray their rancorous abhorrence of the enemy. These are pub fished and circulated clandestinely ; and they breathe the most fervent wishes for German independence. Under these circumstances nothing would be more easy than to orgznize a great military force, and no country upon earth has a greater facility of doing it, where there are so many officers, at present unemployed, and where al most every man, from the former spirit and institutions of the monarchy, is a soldier. The same facility, the same spirit, the same motives exist throughout the northern part of Germany ; and if the genius and courage of the Govern-, ment march on the same height with the inclinations of the inhabitants, the independence of Europe may be still pre served, Dutch Papers to the 19th, and Paris Papers to the 15th, were received on Wednesday. According to the compulsory statements of these Journa:s, and in conformity with the artful policy of the tyrant, the highest degree of enthu siastic joy is manifested by all descriptions of persons in the provinces occupied by the French, at the accession of the Pseudo-King, JOSEPH. Congratulatory addresses, and marks of homage are poured in from every town and village of the Peninsula, in consequence of this fortunate event. The usurper is stated to have entered Madrid on the 22d of January, amidst the loudest acclamations and the most un feigned transports of the inhabitants, who assembled in im mense crowds to hail the auspicious return of their beloved Sovereign. All the pageantry . of religion and arms,—To Dow?, and fixed bayonets, ringing of bells, and discharges ofartillery,—priests in pontificals and lighted matches,—, contributed to render this scene awfully., we may say hori bly, impressive. As a proof of the established tranquillity and confidence his Majesty is represented, on the entering the place tie las Delicius, to have mounted on horseback, and proceeded in that manner, amidst the acclamations of the people, through the several streets to the church of St. Isidore; but every street, every place and corner were oc cupied and lined with an immense host of armed men ; whilst the sacred person of the beloved JOSEPH was sur.; rounded by .a swarm of Aides-de-Camp, Major-domos, gen tlemen of the Bed-chamber, Equerries, and a long etcetera of titled knaves, and dignified scoundrels, preceeded and fol; lowed by a formidable body of cavalry. This cautious page antry, this terific ceremony, this mixture of confidence and alarm, this terrible apparatus of a detested Usurper, march ing through the streets of a distracted and desperate pen, 1 , le, arc foisted upon the unthinking populace of France, :14 the gay demonstrations, and the ordinary ceremonies of a happy .people, hailing the return of a beloved Monarch ! Compare this account with the letter of the infamous MoaLs ! How eloquently that traitor paints the indignation, the rage, the convulsion of the generous inhabitants of the capital, at the bare mention of capitulation to the detested enemy; and, wonderful, auspicious conversion ! this indignant, this outraged people arc suddenly changed into silent slaves, or a shouting rabble. Silent and de jected; and petrified, •we willingly believe them to have. been att he appearance of the Medusa head of the loathsome stranger; and if thr,horrid silence has been interrupted, it has been broken by,the execrations and murmurs, and heart-rending,. desperate .;ahrieks of the good, and the patriotic. To crowli the nauseous recapitulation, the Ty rant lactated, on ffiltefing the church, and appearing be fore the. -Altar of the OMNIPOTENT, the searcher of hearts, and the avcpgor of outraged innocence, to have said , " ••• N" protcsi Then, before God, who knows the hearts, that it .•• - • WI • t • ~•. Ty • 9 ' 3 c 3 , a. ° 111