The National Register. — London, England, 1809-11-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. to the vigour of Lord LIVERPOOL, the Navy to the direc tion of Lord MULGRAVE, and Lord BATHURST at the head of the Foreign Department t To heighten the resem blance. to preserve all the extravagant consistency of the original, because GITLLIVER alludes to one man of sense he foulid in the island, and who was an object of general contempt and persecution, our own worthy Statesmen were not satisfied, until they expelled from their body, one , solitary member, who had the misfortune to possess some intellects. The expulsion of Mr. CANNING will be an eter nal ntemorial of their fortunate discrimination. If sense, probity, independence, and genius, are thought inconsistent with the qualifications of a real LArUTAN, no man iu this country, we are hold to say, had less retentions to that distinction than that very Gentleman. It is worthy of re nyuk, that the drudges of both parties have honour ed Mr. CANNING with peculiar marks of insolence and hostility. This brutality towards a man, who,/ whilst in place, was extolled to the skies, is a most excel lent illustration of the fable of the sick Lion. Even The Times, from which we would have expected more liberality and independence, joined in this dastardly yelping. It may be fit to explain this general antipathy. Mr. CANNING belongs to neither party ; and has talents and reputation to render him formidable to both. Each apprehends in him a very dangerous rival ; and if the fa vourable opinion of the country has any influence on the advancement of a public character, their apprehension is well founded. We are happy this opportunity offered of explaining the motives of the persecution, to which the character of that Gentleman,—beyond all comparison the first Statesman in this country,—has, since his retirement from office, been exposed. Considering the characters he associated with, their prejudices, passions, intrigues, and limited views, we lune not the slightest hesitation in ex culpating him from every share in our late disgraces. His public career has been marked by disinterestedness, honourable advancement and independence. In his pri vate life he is the model of afriend and a Gentleman. had he not been vilely and artfully misrepresented, had he been still in power, we should not have intruded this vin dication. We will now terminate this disquisition by a solemn ap peal to the good sence of the Public, if it be prudent or sale, to confide the resources of the country to the men we have now described. The highest political - wisdom, the roost enlarged spirit of conciliatnna, arc absolutely requi site on the part of our government, to efface from the memory of the people of the Continent our late dis graceful, impolitic, and vacillating conduct. As long as the present 11inistry are in power, it. would be mad ness to expect a change of system. Their existence is a constant memento of their 'former extravagance and folly. If a change does not soon take place, we shall xce those States, which maintain an appearance of in dependence, embrace, with ardour, all the measures which the hostility of France may suggest for our destruction.— This country, in the present storm, that desolates the world, is the only beacon to its atlrischted disconsolate inhabitants. It is the last rallying point of the votaries of freedom. But should our interference be marred by official ignorance, or our liberality suspected, in consequence of the prejudiced and contracted views of the Cabinet, • thoutd the present helpless 'f Ir feings, li ce and endanger the country, be suffered to remain three months longer in Ogee, it will then be unnecessary for Duos/A PART& tO,Lurl any more decrees agaiust our Commerce, the . ..1‘• ;: 4 •t IV. 1 general contempt and distrust, which this cabal must ex cite in every Court of the Continent, will render her in terference rriectly unnecessary, and hermetrically seal the Ports of the Continent against our shipping. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCII ANI) DUTCH PAPERS. FRANCE. PAnts, Om 29.—0 n Fi4day his Majesty held a Cabinet. Council with his Ministers, which lasted until eight in the evening; and yesterday his Majesty took the diversion of stag hunting in the forest of l'ontainbleau. We hear front Aix-la-Chapelle, that on the 21st in3t. the Prefect issued a Proclamation, calling upon all the Mayors to deliver to him, within the space of 24 hours, an account of all the property and effects whatsoever belonging to General Mon net, late Commandant of Flushing, his Majesty having ordered them to he put under sequestration. PARIS, Nov. 3.—Prince Gorgali, aid-de-camp to the Em peror Alexander, has arrived here on a special mission to his Ilajesty, having first gone to Vienna, and thence to Munich, in expectation of seeing him. If is Majesty will make some longer stay (some say a month) at Fontainbleau, before he resumes his residence in this capital. tie will probably fix his return to the period when the Legisla tive Body assembles. Meanwhile preparations are going for ward with the greatest activity, at the Hotel de Ville, for giv ieg a magnificent entertainment to his Majesty, on his entry into this metropolis. It is reported, that his Majesty will not commence his jour ney to ;pain, until every thing is in readiness in that country, for the resumption of offensive operations against both the Eng lish and the lusurgents. GERMANY. .VIENK 1, OCT. 17.—The demolition of works of this city, by gun-powder, which was fixed for the 15th, between the hours of two and thre.., was not carried into elfect till the same hour yesterday, when it was accomplished without any injury to the city or inhabitant , . On the 15th, the French. artillery, And that of the Imperial Guards, played upon the fete. du-pont, at the Spitz, for the pm-- pose of m dishing it ; but so substantially was it built, that upwards of 1000 cannon and howitzer-shot made no impression upon it. The Emperor Napoleon, previous to his departure, made handsome presents to the Ca ptain of the Castle of Schoenbrunn, and every other person belonging to this capital who were iu his service. The Prince of Lichtenstein is expected to return to-morrow with the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace. The report of (he plague having broken out at Ssurna, ap. pears to he unfunded. !so such intelligence has been received here or in Hun- ary. VIENNA, OCV. l 2.l.—The corps of Marshal Marmont began its march for Carniola on the t22d ; Marshal Oudinot's corps is go ing to France; Marshal Massena's is expected to arrive here in a few days from Moravia. All the troops of the League of the Rhine have already begun their march for their respective States. IVe are wsured that. the final departure of the French from this Capital is fixed for the 1:;th of next month, and that in four weeks from that date, they will evacuate the whole of the pro vinces remaining under •the dominion of the Emperor of Aus tria. It is added, that tlicy will occupy the ceded districts with 60,009 men, and that two of the corps, now on their march, will take routes contiguous to the•northern and southern frontiers of the Tyrol, to support, if necessary, the Bavaria:: troops who have already penetrated into that country. The Prince of Schwartzenherg, our late Ambassador at St. Petershurgh, it is understood, is to proceed in the same charac ter to Paris. It i also said that General Andreossi will remain here in the character of French Ambassador. The Emperor Floods is expected here on the 16th, but not to make any long F•tily. lie is to proceed to Prague, where the Palace has already been prepared for his reception; ft is rumoured that, of the grand French army, 60,000 inch are to in btationed partly in Galiicia, and partly iu the Ukraine. 114 • <,