The National Register. — London, England, 1813-05-02 00:00:00

_ 45' once her 'fame, and condemn her to everlasting, -elzseurity. Ou t hese alone, therefore, rnust her renown be founded, and though their number may announce less .barrenness ,than other lands, yet it does not reveal complete fertility. I . was thus accounting to myself for the. inconsiderately warm reception bestowed on total strangers, and had just came to the conclusion, that none of those men of thought and talents, that had established the fame of their country, could be present, when a gentleman forced his way to our carriage, who, by his size and the rubicund hue of his face, must be, I thought, very rich, very lazy, and very fond of good living. Cre irterpreter lead not yet quitted us, and through his me .ors I was able to hold converse with this in quisitive load of fi(sh. His first sentence showed me, that the learning of this country had been as much over-rated as its reflecting powerS, and 1 almost blushed for England, that a poor Cossack, ignorant of every art but war, should have to detect and expose the want of sense and information, of one of her. civic dignitaries. You well know, dear YEV A °mon, that in the west of Europe, there lives a people of haughty spirit and undoubted valour, who first gave the sig alai for war and conquest on the robbers of the world : you also know that they instituted orders of nobility to reward ,rnerit, and that D ,' on affixed to a name, is the verbal sign that its possessor is bcth of Spanish and noble blood ; we:l, this civil dignitary, totally unacquainted with the position of sow' country, and the appellation of the mighty river, whose banks we inhabit, and whose name we bear, c'tnfourided both publicly with the Spanish title, 'and, as I was told by me in terpreter, asked, " well, Don Cossack when did you leave !" The paitial laughter which followed this expression, told me, that some were better informed, and many as igno rant in the surrounding crowd, which I then fancied must consist of almost all the population of this city. But bow mistaken were my notions on this lattertipoint! The banks of the .Don are wide, but.. swampy ; the huts of our hamlets are commodieus but small ; the ruins of Moscow , seemed to an younce the departed existence of a great metropolis.—But _what arc the banks of the Don to these of the Thames, lined with all the wealth of the world !—the buts of our hamlets to even the dwelliegs of the English poor !—the vast, smok ing., and solitary ruins of !Mos.. ow to the crowded streets and •magnifictoft palaces of London, her manufactories of arts, her repositaries of science, her gardens of health and tern efamusemeht, charity, and religion ! As well might you comeale tire short-bearded arrow to the towering spear. 0 r. my friend, this is really a land of wonders; but, before proceed fur tiler in my descriptions, i must prepare to visit at public r ardeit, ie the neighbourhood of this city, called I lyde Park, where, through an ancient custom, fire people go to serve their God, on Sundays, by exhibiting their most H . &callous fashions, the men much bad horsemanship, tLe littlies much nakedness, and by swallowing as much fine dust as will keep their lungs employed until they obtain another weekly suPPIY. I have been furnished with a superb charger fo r the occasion, and am to teach the fools of fashion both how to iide and how we tight. The latter 1 do not think they will be tempted to imitate. Expect an account of this, as well as of mv Second expedition to the city, in my next. ALEXANDER ZE.II LUTI N, Cossack of the Duo Regitueot Sotto the 9th. Fru E--NATION • . • it appears, that on the I 2th instant, the French garrisons of Stettin Neudamm made a sally as far as l'inkenwalde and Greifenhagen, surprised the out-posts of the blockading troops, consisting chiefly of militia, and took several can ut they were at List drivtt back by the aJvatice of Ts and Cossacks. REGISTER. MA • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. HELIGOLAND MAIL. ' HA M BUR GH, APRIL 2>.—We are at this moment in the highest exultation here. Intelln.tence has arrived of the surrender of Dant zie. No doubt is enturtaine4 of the fact of the capture, but we must wait for the particulars till the next arrival. The mode of communication was singtilar for news of such impoi lance. As Baron SVeugstern, Aid-de-camp of General Tettenborn, who com mands here, was passing through Dessan, General Wittgenstein threw up his window, and called out to him that Dantzic was in the hands of the Russians. The Baron calve immediately to this place, and Tetteeborn ordered the news to be published by a notice fixed up in the Borseni all, the great rend woos of the merchants. it was received with loud acclamations, Repot t says that the garrison consisted of 1-1,010 men ; but the terms of the capitulation ire still unknown. The most important eansequenee, however, are expect ed to follow 11.0111 the capture. The value of the town, as a fortress, !peat as it is, is nothing to the effect of such a success on the Ger. man mind. The whole nation is strongly exasperated against the French, and the exasperation seems strongest where its effects must be the most active, and hard to be rooted out. The common people speak w iili absolute horror of the French, Whose defeats are adding contempt to hatred. The disengagement cf the besieging force, of at least '25,0W Men, is another featere of importance. But the Russians seem not to have waited for the chalice of such an accession. By some arrivals of to day, we arc informed, that 95 squadrons of cavalry, and tio,lloo infantry, from the Wilier, were in full march through Poland ,in the dhection of Silesia. Alexander is at Dresden. Uwe are still to be disappointed in the result of the • campaign, it must be admitted that we have had the prospects of success that might mislead even less sanguine politicians. Thorn had been besieged for sonic time, withoat suffering any impression ; but the means brought against it have been vigorously e mployed of late, and the last accounts state, that great progress was making tow arils its reduction. The first parallel was opened on the 9th of Api ii. A powdemnagazine has already blown up in the town ; and Cahill. Langeron, who has the direet ion of the siege, is in full expectation of speedy success. It is -opposed that Spam ' dart is by this time in :he possession of the Rieilsitins. A breach is said to have been effected. _ On the Westphalian side, the good cause seems to prosper equally. By letters from Luneburg, of the 22d of this mouth, we understand that the light cavalry of the celebrated Blucher had entered Cassel. The King of Westphalia has adopted the example set him by * higher power, and fled from his kingdom. We aro assured that a whole regiment of Westphalian infantry marched over with their arms to General Dornberg, This officer, who ap- pears to have a high character among the ancient Hanoveriads, is moving rapidly through the country, and hitherto the French were to liave been panic-struck. Their force is at present concentrated at Burgerstoff, between Zell and Hanover. It is estimated at 7000, almost destitute of cave?. y. They will be sooty compelled to fight or fly. Ilcside3 Dornberg's and Tehernichefra corps, probably amounting in all to 6,500, a strong body of Prossians cressed into Hanover about the 20:11 of this month, to act in concert wig' them. We arc of course mote anxious about the occurrences in the neighbourhood of Bremen. The Frenca have there about 7000, in the New Town ; but they are closely watched by a strong Russian detachment, supported by the volunteer corps of the Hanseatic Legion. The French seem to feel the growing difficulties of their situation ; and yesterday, the Vd, General Vandamme moved tiire ward towards Otteraberg, to cut off a Russian detachment in his front. The Russians, however, were aware of the movement,suffered them to advance within the range of a masked battery, turned on them in the morent of surprise, anti repulsed them in all directions, with the loss of about 100 prisoners. The killed arc not exactly known. The brave Colonel Becke»dorff had the honour of this success ; but it is more gratif}iiu to know that our f oung volunteers of the Hanseatic Legion greatly distinguished themselves. To turn from actual to prospective hostility, the ativices front Vienna, of the 16th of April, arc at least promising to the great cause of the North. Prince Swartzenburgh is at Paris, under cir CIIIIIStiIIICCA apparently very different from those of a pacificator. It is said, with considerable contidenee, taut he is the bearer of the Austrian ultimatum, requiring Bonaparte to abandon the whole of the territory on this side of the Maine. His retusal to accede to such a demiind may be easily anticipated. The greater pal tof the iiAnsti ion army, to the amount of , 400,000 men, has been put en the war establishment. In the mean time, the Court of Vienna re serves that kind of scrupulous cate.ion which shows how naturady .bollle ; a U;S;