The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-15 00:00:00

N. 4' Mournfnl, indeed, is it to see that the miseries and °places. (ions under which mankind have so long smarted have had so' little efTect in turning away their minds from new schemes of wrong, or rendering the characters of the Usurper and In. Nader odious in the 'eyes of the whole world. The negocia. tions of the Congress, indeed, are davit and secret ; but every now and then there oozes out, as from a coy Bred Vol cano, the sulphureous smoke which betrays the consuming fire within. ‘Ve hear of no deeds of mercy on which they are intent—of no works of true and magnificent utility—n o common abjuration of that horrible iniquity, the slave trade— no proposal for an universal standard of weights :led mea sures—for a general toleration—for spreading the light of the gospel, and the blessings of civilization, through the hea then and savage tribes of the old and new world ; but, in stead of toesse Ihings..we are told of proclamations assembling Nvltole parkins under the banners of their seltstyled Protector —of notes tivowing pretensions as barefaced and ►ltaitteless as those of the robber litionanarte. We see a bitter opposition sheen to the unions which are most obviously necessary to cons-lidate a common system of defence ; and a--timid hesita tion to resist avgiautlist merits which make all pretence of equilibtiutn a mockery. on all sides we see intrigue hilly at work; on all sides we Ace nations louring (Vance and hurling threats at each other; and the only.fact that we knew Beyond a doubt is, that Great Britain pays vast subsidies du; ing the ;... , dinuanee of discussion , , from which she appears to hare hi t:ice() (It rived little benefit and less honour." French Papers to the 11th Inst. were received yesterday after noon. They do not hold out a very promising view of the amicable termination of the Congress. The following is the soltstance of their contents. The intelligence hem Vienna is of the 90th December Poland and Saxony are still represented as the chief obstacles—Russia insisting on having the former under her dominion, and Prussia demand ing the union of Saxon . r. She demands also that her popula tion shall be increased from ten millions, its amount in 1806, to twelve millions. Besides Saxony, she requires the restitu tion of all her German provinces, one excepted—of Posen, Bromberg, and Kalitsch; of the former French departments between the Moselle, the Meuse, and the Rhine; and the Duchy of Berg. To terminate the affairs of Saxony and Poland, a Committee has at length been appointed, which met for the first time on the figth ult. It consists of Prince Metternich, Count Rossumowsici, M. de Capo d'lstria, Count Hardenberg, Baron de Humboldt, and Lord Castlereagh. Colonel Dalrymple, the Commandant of Genoa, has pub -I;:,hed a Proclatnation, announcing the union of the Genoese territories to the dominions of the King of Sardinia. The King of Naples has sent a letter to the General com manding his troops, notifying that Austria insists upon the execution of her Treaty with him in all its parts, and that it is known at-the Congress that the Marches which formed part of the Papal territories, are to be added to the Kingdom of Naples. The king of Wartemberg is said to have , concluded a Treaty of Alliance with Russia and Prussia.—Bavaria a simi lar Treaty with Austria. . • oi• t• t • The Order of the Day, published by the Grand Duke Con. stantine, at Warsaw, has produced the greatest sensation at Vienna. • All the account% agree in representing kussia and Prussia as more determined in their _language, more cordial in their co-operation. and more fixed in their plans than they were et the commencement of the deliberations. There is no domestic news of importance in the Paris Papers. The Funds remain steady. FRANCE -- it seems wishes for Belgium (the inhabitants of which were ' the bravest of the opponents of easier, and thus, in the opi nion of the Times, worthy to be governed by the Dutch I !), and is determined to have it, Mynheer nolens volens. But we beg to refer our readers to the Times, and to ask them, whether there can he found in the annals of new:-writing suet a compound of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence s as are to be discovered in the following lines : " The French papers to the Bth instant have been received, and co .tinue to speak of the Congress as daily encountering new dill culties In its projects fur a general and satisfactory peace. The tone of our private letters is still more warlike. 'rimy say, the mai— litary at Paris are full of the idea of being soon to march to the re conquest o f Belgium. This mad and wicked project cannot meet the approbation of any wise or any honest man, and is certainly r#. garded with Mr strongest arersion by Louis XVIII who well kuoss the consegin nces of unprincipled counsels. The idea of a new war of aggiesion on the part of France, hossever, even if promising snecesa, would be such a shock to all moral feeling, that we redly believe the virtuous Louis would rather resign hi.. sceptre, than bialys his conscience with a crime so block and horrible! I ! Lamentable, indeed, is it, that the torrents of blood that have flowed throughout Europ e have not every where awdkeued its inhabitants to a sense of that justice. floe violations of which hale been so strikingly punish. ed I Instead of this, a herd of scribblers are daily at work in France, to stimulate the greedy passions of a soldiery ton long habituated to plunder. AM. Bouald, for instance, has written a pamphlet. en titled ROretions sup l'interet emir& de l'Eurnpe, the nigh' object of which is to recommend the territorial aggrandisement ot France, partictilarly in Belgium ; and a journal, hitherto distingin.hed for its just and moderate principles, has unfortunately so for deviated from its gener..l tone and character, as to speak with approbation of this worthless and dangerous work. When we find the official paper of the French Government highly panegyrising this and other jacobinical compositions, we do not conclude that the Government itself has adopted a malignant and ungrateful jea lousy of England ; but we infer, that it very injudiciously leaves it's official columns open to writers who are eithe'r incapable ot distin- Dashing good principles from bad, or are themselves tainted with the leaven of a system alike hostile to the permanence of peace. and to the security of the French Throne. . We should really like to know how this paper can boldly assert ibat this project " is rrgar ed with the strongest aver sion ly Louis XY111." Is the Times the " only official Jour. real " of the Bourbons hi England ? • This (now) eldest son of the Church has refused to admit two Bishops sent by the Pope, to advise him to acts of ma. deration. While on the of her had sp4sic i AMERICA is becoming independent, as may be seen from a manifesto of the United Provinces. We should be happy to announce :-.•••••,...ti