The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-18 00:00:00

piMowim•'• OCT. 18._ see my position, and know my weakness; if I declare my self in your favour at the onset of the contest, Russia will pour an army from Finland into the heart of Sweden before you can prevent her , whilst England will burn my..capital and take my fleet. Allow me to dissemble until you are ther at 'Moscow, or on the road to St. Petersburgh, and the ice has shielded my capital from the attacks of the English. M e anwhile I shall treat with Russia and England, and amuse them both with protnies and false demonstrations. 1 shall dttain the Russian army in Finland as long as I can, under the pretence of taking it with me on some expedition in your rear, and' when t can no longer, I shall demand the cess i on o f that province. If I get it, my troops will oc cupy it, and' find themselves 4 few leagues from St. Peters burg; then, should you haVe beaten, the Russians, and drawn all their forces to the interior, I shall occupy that capital. whilst yott. take Moscow." We are still willing. to hope that our conjectures may be disappointed, and that BiIINADOtTE is sincere in our c3u.4e; but from the Note of complaint, which our Mini ster has found it necessary to prevent to the Swedish Go vernment, it appears that suspicion is not confined to one breasts, Let Win" clearly vindicate hitwelf by acting (iron his promises in an energetic and eteecti% . e manner, An d we shall be the lust to retract our doubt), and to du jus tice to Ms sincerity. ADDRESS TO errs NVORTHI AND' INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. IlnoT tan Opportdnity has been recently I afforded you of choosing your Representatives in the Com mons House of Palliatnent, when the. exercise of so impor tant a constitutional privilege required yoUr best judgments. Your elective franchise returned to you in a moment a uncommon events, when circumstances gave additional weight to a duty at . all times essentially sacred to the coun try. On your choice depended the dignity of the metropo litan city; its vital interests . —its very character—lhe respec tability in which it would hereafer be estimated, eminently tested upon the propriety of your election. At a time when the tranquillity of the country is endan gered by a faction—when the loyalty of the subject is at tempted to be alienated from the family of a venerable and virtuous .Sovereign—when principles subversive of public order are propagated with industry—when mi.creauts, nur tured in obscurity. and educated in the school of iniquity, burst forth upon thenation to influence the public mind— whet' misrepresentations, deriving their origin from demo cratic and revolutionary mind., are sent among tie people-, with a view to stimulate them to acts of destruction—when• the fomentors of rebellion, grown old in the A.:curity hither- , to afforded , by their own insignificande, not only reprobate the measures of Ministers, hut dispute the power of Partial' nient to support its di:;nity—A the.cafety of nations no longer depends upon the justice of Covcsninents—when I. desolating foe, aiming r.t. ktuivcrsf.l dominion; threats over Litrov, the cncts. of whose arbitrity power ' England alone has been e.ble to wltlistand, afid t, the.avetem plishinent of whose rclaons purpofts*.t..:nglaad lass the bottom of being the obstackt, yoc nave proved . yourselves worthy the confidence placed in your loyalty to your Eovemign and attachment to your Conitautiou,—in age pregnant with ko many dangers, you iravd proved..yoyughteS ti;serving a /Wee in the Senate of your country. You have shewn the world that the leader of a contenip "le faction is unfit 14 represent the City of London-4.)ms . Pa Caraiq of a mi4frisble set of rut-Loam; koiiticiaus, nom- THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 643 posed of the p: ofligitte, the base, and the misled, is uowerthy your confidence—To your immortal honour, you have re jectc,l Folitical fanaticism in favour of honest zeal. Free. uliminiuti, and energetic, ypti have made a cable resistance To, and gained a g!orious %ictory ol er the approvers of Jaco binism, riding on the great b.cknied stalking.horse of Liber ty and Bern m, in -he high wail to ana.teby and destrucrion —The stimulators of dilitisfaction—the creators of faho alarm—the calumniators of Ministers—the extollers of the great enemy of Europe ; the puhric admirers of French policy, who invaded your dignity, you have driven from the heal. The choice you hive made (and of course the rejection, j . sufficiently evinces yoni patriotism; it proclaims. " in lan.. page not to be i)i.ainderstood," that you disdain to be thought the advocates for peace, at a time when to obt -in it the honour of the nation must be sacrificed ; that you regard with just-indignation, the degraders of onr illustrious Chief- • tains by sea and land, who would withhold the meed of pub lic aoprobation for the glorious atchievetnents of our naval and military forces. Your opposition to -the alienators of the confidence of the people from the ability and integrity of the Government; the determined reistance you have made to the utterers of inflammatory abuse, in degradatiop of the national honour; the disgust you have deciaied for the traducers of public men and public measure, and the abhor•• rence you have manifested for the vain, ignorant, dictating insultors of the Sovereign, have given you a character which will beerer read by Englishmen with admiialon. Your unshaken loyalty has proved superior to the violence of party ; it has humbled the presumption of viralentpoli tical dema;ogues, and ,your steady support of your own dig nity, has shewn an insignificant pretending individual, that arrogant pretensions.cannot assail the honour of the City lib your keeping. Aware that the privilege you had to exercise, the duty yoe bad to perform, were made more important by the present situation of affairs, you have rendered thenyeffectiye by send. ". ing Representatives to Parliament whO will rally round the Throne with independent loyalty, and assist the _eatiOnat. ; : councils with honest .patriotism and anxious' . zeal:vavhosspl: , minds are superior to`be prejudices of an undiseritnintOOK::.! mob; whom experience , has rendered wise, com a ung respectable ; true to the real interests of your country, yoy 4ave chosen a Ilcinctentation " iiidependent witlibut'aunsc i 41 , - • .1 • < • tut ti loyal without servility." T I porting . .ion Conscious of the tiecttsity for selecting uprigit.sues to•• send to Parliament, you have felt it a duty due to Nugland.: to the City of London, und yourselves individually, to reSeeli with scori,' a man whom. the late Lord KefiT s cni declared ma the Lena, ought not tube believed on oath, gncha.decia. ration from a Judge, in the discharge of his:4*mm duties of • his office , you have not regarded .s questionable authority. , ou have not doubted whetLer the person to whom it refers hag a elaini - on society to put, c; in his professions—* whether his public declarations arc egtitled to be reeeive4 without suspicion—,whether his `sacred natl. made - in the presence of his God, is to be taken oni a solemn pledge -truth.. You have not hesitated- tr. declare, whether he is a fit object to select at the guardian of civil and rOgioue, right,... Purity andhonour, joined to political and, met can.. tile experience, with eharacw, rank, and fortune, suitable, to the hrgh distinction they seek, you have considered kids., pensible-L , the •cboicc you have made begs testimony oP , your public :pirit—the eireJenstanees of the times magnify the value of theia;t, and it is peca.liarly gratifying to see display of British loyalty-aped ptstriotisin , when daring an - profligate attempts are mado to cramp ii Laituence AR drive-it ittio.tliti b.artls of .t4e /7 •