The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-01 00:00:00

'4S? forte numerically superior to any that he had po'scssed since his accession to the supreme power,. then is this second ar mistice the most artful and fatal snare in which he has yet entrapped them, and War, immediate war, could alone free them from his toils. His force, however great, could not have reached the banks of the Elbe at the time the first armistice expired, and consequently it would have been both"the interest and the duty of the allies, to have auticipated its arrival, and profiting by the position of the Swede•, to have renewed hmtiiit; , s by a demonstl atioo against Hamburg!) and the Lower Ella., where the neech were weakest. If n?cessary, the itu,sian and Prussian main army might have continued to fail back into Silesia, and thus have drawn and se; orated the enemy from his resources, and exposed him to he entirely cut off, by the increasing num bers which would have swelled the English, Russian, and Swedish corps under the CROWN PRINCE, into an army of the lost magnitude. At this important juncture when the earth expected :he shouts of British conquest to be re-echoed by the triumphant legions of the North, and when, not only the reduction of NAPOLEON'S power, but the overthrow of his dynasty, entered within the circle of probable and not very distant events, how deep must be the disappointment of mankind, to find its tottering oppressor confirmed in his usurpation and once more raised to the rank of a legitimate Sovereign, by the weakness of the Monarchs who consent to treat with him as their equal ! What will be the feelings of our brave allies, the Spaniards, who expressed so much indig nation on hearing of the first armistice, when they learn that it has been followed by a second, and by a General Congress for ._Peace ? What effect will it have on the population of France, whom * from the summits of the subjugated Pyrenees, our W ELLINGTON would have shortly invited to rise in sup. port of their former King and Constitution ? Will they now think it their duty to shake off a yoke, which the nations of the world acknowledge lawful ? Nay, will they even be asked to do it ? for how can we, with any consistency, send an Am bassador to negociate a peace with BuoNAP A RTE. at Prague, as a legitimate Sovereign, and at the some time represent him to his subjects as an usurper, to whom they are not bound by any tie of duty and obedience, and whom they ought to expel or destroy ? This renewal of the armistice, and our assent to the Congress, have, in fact, completely tied the hands of our Commander, and, as it would be useless to enter Fran( e unless we came as the restorers of the ancient inonarchy, to disarm us of this plea is, in fact, to confine the effects of victories to the Peninsula alone, and to enable the enety to. recruit his force on his own - frontiers so as perhaps to dare us once more to the field. Before NAPOLEON had replenished his armies in. the north, he had a chance of not being able to do it, and therefore might have made many sacrifices to obtain peace. At that period we thought peace might be tried. But w h et) he has nearly completed his preparatious, and replaced his armies, in numbers at least, on a higher fooling than ever, he may talk of peace, but wi:l not make it. To mislead, and ultimately effect his ends, he will lavish promises, and profess that he is ready to submit to any terms the Allies may please to impose upon him ; but when his troops shall have reached their stations, and all his force shall be collected on the theatre of war, whatever•may have been hiS previous assurances, he will deny them. He will ' , write a treaty with his sword, and command the Allies to ATTOUST 1. sign it ? 'England will refuse, but the Continental Powers imitate her noble example, .when they see t..e storm, collected in their immediate neighbourhord, lowerii g upon them. To avoid such a downhill of the hopes enteraieed by mankind, the sword of war, and not the yen o• t»acy, must be wielded. War alone can anticit-a.e, nd still disappoint his deigns; and even shou!d e , be not ultimately attlined, it is more :2 I ,, rious to lose life In Lie field, than to sign away independence in the closet. FOREIGN INTELIAGEhC&• FRE \ Cil PAPERi. PARIS, JULY 21.—Her Imper(l %laji sty the EiTiretts Queen and Regent has received the followhig intelkenee it :a the ACM% : ' 6 The Duke of Viet-az:l, (ir.oul Egnerry, and Colvin de N Anthas:cnior from France to Vienna ha% e h. en Appointed 07 the Emperor his Ministers Plenip Icahn . ). at PraLue. " Count de Narbonne set ont o the 9th. • It is supposed the Duke ,if Vier, 7..1 -et out on the 18th. l'he Privy Counsellor d'Ansteto, Plenipotentiary from the Em perorot'Rus•ia,anived at Prawn,. on the ta lus • A Convention hail in co signed at Nemnarke for the prolonga tion of the Armistice to the middle of August." Jut.v —tier Majesty the Eropress Qiicen and Regent is going to Mayence to pass eight days, in the hope of se. ing his Mltjesty the Emperor there. Her Majesty will return in the be ginning of August. PAR R'Ly 21—Her Majesty the Empress yesterday wet out for - Mayence. LOWER RHINE, JULY 11.—On the 7th of this month the English A Illbill6S4:10r paglitql through Neuss (department of the Mo. selle.) On his way to the place of Ciongress, he, with his nume. roes suite, Willi accompanied by a nem+ escort of honour. BAYREUTH, JULY 15.—The Plenipotentiaries from France, Prussia, and Russia, have already arrived at Prague. The Et:T.:- tor Napoleon is preparing to inhabit the castle of Seidlitz, near Pirna. PRAGUE, Jvve 8.--We remark, mow the pet sons art ived here on the 3d of July, Count Kannitz, from Vienna, Prince Este' 11,,ay, from Bramleis, on his way to Ratisbou, and Count Kolltm rash, from Gitschin, going to Toeplitz. PHAGuu, JULY 13. • -The great priory of Prague is intended to serve as ,t re:-itlence for the Duke of Vicenza, Plenipotentiary from France; the Chancellor lt . State Baron de Hardenberg Will inhabit the hotel of Windeschgratz, and M. de Humboldt that of Fursten berg. Thu Austrian Ministers will reside at Schoeithron ho el. All the Russian officers who have hitherto been here, or at the baths of Bohemia, have received orders to set out to-day or to morrow for their army. The officers belonging to Prince Po- . ni . :towAi's corps, who are still in Bohemia, have also been recalled., The opening of the Congress is very near. We shortly expect Count NesseirOtle. The Emperor of Austria came here yestt rday from Brandeis, whence he returned in the evening, after baring granted some audiences. PRAGUE, JuLY 11.--Baron Amstettcn, Plenipotentiary fi om Russia, and Baron Humboldt, Plenipotentiary from Prussia, arrived here on the evaning of the 1 tth ; COl l / I f . Metternich is airs() in our town ; Count tie Narbonne, r from F ranee to our Court, is likewise here ; his Excellency the Duke of Vicenza is expected. MAGDEBURG, JULY 19.—M-day we had the happiness of pos sessing the Emperor within our walls; this Mown ch arrived at eight o'clock in the morning. Notwithstanding the fatigues of the . journey, his Majesty immediately mounted on horseback, and, ac. compuied by a nnmerous suite of General and superior officers; visited the fortifications cf the town and citadel. Ai;out el vvn o'clock his Majesty returned to town, and alighted at the ci•devsnt . Deanery. which had been prepared for his reception. His Majesty,' at three in the afternoon, deigned to receive the compiiments of all the French and Westphalian military men. Towards ti:e even ing his Majesty, accompanied by some Genes al -1, and a weak escort of - lancers, rude through the town, and visited the ar..enal, maga• tines, and other different establkliments. In. the evening the town was " ha 4 been published here: " The town of Magdeburg beirg in a state of siege, no inhabitant of it wubt kcep fireiums, powder. or WO. The Mayor of the tows& , VIE NATIONAL REGISTER.