The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

892 PRICE OP SIOCKS YESTERDAY. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. fonDott, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1814. S per rent. Co►►g. 4 ee-r Cent. 5 Per Ceestee. Vonsuts THE NATIONAL REC7ISTTI'• THE CONGRESS : We have still the tiresome tale to repeat that it continues, so far as the Assembly of Sovereigns at Vienna will consti tote. it, hut as to any beneficial operation it seems to be a perfect dead letter. We are perhaps wrong.in saying that it continues ; but the error is but technical, for we pay no at tention to the ieport that is to be opemed on a given -lay. We repaid the emits that have already developed them selves as indicative of the different Sovereigns having taken the ground they purpose to occupy, and that they will prove themselves piepaied to defend it. The circumstance announced last week of the occupatiln a all .Sixotty by the troops of Pi ossia, ceded by Prince ui.der an order from his Sovereign, and this Order st:kting that it was in consequence of a treaty made between Austria and Prussia, and sanctioned by Russia and England, Las excited no small share of a‘stonilunent, in consequence of some discussion in Parliament on this interesting subject. Vansittart has declared, that up to the 1 lth of No. vember, the date of Lord Cas!lereagh's dispatches, he bad heard nothing of such a proposition, and, of course, the consent of his Noble colleague to the measure could not have heen ob!aineW We are then to •helieve, either that the Lord has not informed his colleagues of the events that have taken place; or, that Prince Repnin has Lode a 'all mistake. It is true all the Paris Papers since icceived avow that the fite . of Saxony is not decided; that the occupation of that i:ingdoin is as provisional by the Pruslan as it was by the hessian troops; and that on the result of the Congress•de pends its final disposition. The crafty policy of Itussia appears to cause the difficulty' A!exander, aware of the in:policy of his grandmother in op piessing the Poles, sears to will to attach them to his In tel est, and make them instrumental to his designs on Turkey. From some accounts, it should appear, that Lord Castlereagh is fearful of this citcutnstance, and has, it is said, protc:;ted -trongly against any measure that shall go to destroy the in dependence of the Duchy of ‘Varsaw. In our former par:rs we stated our reasons fir believing that Russia would insist on the restoration of Poland entire, for the purpose Of its ailing her in her projects on Turkey. For, with Poland in state of cordial and willing obedience, though at the same iitime only nomin;:l indepeedence, the Russian army will he to cross the Danube, and perhaps the period will not be 1:114 before we hear of the advance of the legions of Alex ander towards Constantinople. The best illustration of his VIM.; is to he found in his appointment of Czerni Geo, ge as a Russ an officer, with the title of ince ; fi. by !cue's from Czeinowitz, of the 26th of October, we find it announced, that on the 19th of that nionth, the letropolitan, of Lecoia, arrived at that p' e. lie wa.i followed by two Lecoiau Gencral, and on the 2ttb DEC. 4. by the celebrated Georges Petrowiez (ezerniGeolges) who was received with distinction, and proceeded dheolv to Cholim. This officer, with Ali Pasha and the Bishop of Monte hike, may be said to possess the valuable part of European Turkey. If Alexander avails himself of the as sistance of these individuals in the western parts, and passes ael oss the South from the Eastern with his own troops, he will speedily realize what hithet , to has seemed but a dream— the establishment of a Greek Emperor, and, relhaps, it may not be long before he is saluted Grzecorum Imperator. While Russia appears to be thus ihg the foundation of future enterprize, Austria is pursuing her plans (gin Italy. The conduct of urat &ls no reason to conclude that he will readily give in his resighation. Many changes ate tasked of in the neighbouihnod of namburgh. Ce!.sions and sJes of ten itory, are said to be taking place. In short, the Buonapatte system of de•tioying all th t k old for the purpose of erecting something new, hut without either its good sense or talent, appeals to be call it'd into ef'ef t. The result of this system we dread, and . paitieularly for its eflerq on Prussia. if she is obli ! ted to give up Saxony, it is by no means unli!, - ely that the may require Hanover, and, possib!y, Holland. The latter at range ment is by no means improbable, as it will be the supposed interest of the Allied Powers to erect a third naval Power. FROM THE UNITED STATES We are happy to find that Sir James Ye° has succeeded in succouring General Drummond. And, for the present year we may consider the campaign as closed. We find it stated by some of our cotemporaries, that the hope of peace with America has occasioned the late rise in the funds of this country. NVe believe that if such an event were really anticipated by the majority of the public, the feeling attendant on that anticipation would deserve any appellation rather than hope. To have taught the Americans to beat us by land and water; to retire from the contest with the di,grace of Lake Champlain and Plattsburg, on our backs; to have thrown away the golden opportunityof 1814, and not to attempt to retrieve our losses by new efihrts in 181.5. would ap pear so imbecile and so cowardly, that British minds could eot endure the reflection. Besides it is to be remembered, that we have at the present moment a powerful ex pcd:tion ditect , ed against the Southern border of the United Slices. T%‘o sail of the line, several ft i-,;ates, and 1)161)114 not lugs than 10,000 troops, have been devoted to this undeistakieg S, me of the ships of war went rouud by Jamaica, to take on board two black regiments ; and subsequently four other iegituents have been sent ofito join the expedition, of which it is impossible that we should learn the re , ult in a less period of time than four or five months. On the other hand, if we look to the American finances, we pla;oly see, that they are in a state of entire and hopelt s•ti destitution, awl that the exist ire; , athnieis !ration cannot drag through another campaign without ab solute bankruptcy. Under such circumstances, it is not cre dible that our government can be induced to conclude a precipitate peace, and to forego those advantages of which a small degree of addhional peisevetance and exertion promise to put us in full po , session. The public, however, still ask with surprise, why they do not sec one of our most celebrated Generals at the head of our army in America? Why is net a Piston, a Hill, or even a Wellington, entrusted with a task, Nvilich is found so much too hard for weaker hands ? Do we still indulge the puerile but fatal prejudice, that it is beneath our first Generals to conduct au Ameri can war ? The great Lotcl Chatham thought far otherwise,