The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-18 00:00:00

4 .1 NATIONAL REG _fit' 1- from the idea of the matrimonial connection with that country, or with the circumstances of its being necessary fur us to obtain another equivalent, besides the million. and a half sterling, to pay Holland for the Cape of Good Hope, ceded to us i►► perpetuity. As to the first of these ideas, it was absurd in the ex treme. If the Prince of Orange vas to partake of the Throne of Britain, so far from such aggrandizement being necessary, it was rather requisite that he should abandon all claim to sovereignty on the Continent. The people of this country would not have brooked the idea of a Sove• reign having other than one interest, and that interest in these Islands. On the other hand, the Sove►eigns of the Continent would have objected on many grounds to the union of the two countries. The second idea was not less crude, nor could any pt in tiple have been so mischievous as that which, as we have before observed, admitted for an instant that " we were b•und to find an equivalent for the Cape." We have in tleed found, not only one, but two equivalents, the one h Belgium, the other in the Bank of England ; in short, one million and a half of specie is to be extended in the formation of new defences in Flanders against the aggre4.- sions of France ! Itence we urged that these principles were absurd, simply because they were impracticable. For, we con tended, that France had it always in her power to bring )per whole force upon the Flemish frontier, and that an attempt to carry our plan into effect would " infuse such a degree of restlessness into the minds of the people of Vrance as to produce an effectual irruption toA and the Rhine." In confirmation of this opinion, we are now told that It is the political slang of Paris, that the Freiich Govern tnent has said nothing on the subject of Flanders, because they knew that it was in their power to obtain possession of it at any time. Of the truth of the circumstance, as a tnilitary fact, tj►ere can be no question, at least if expe rience is to be our guide. So far was written when the flying teports were circu lated about Alexander furnishing the proofs that " the Congress at Vienna was to break up without achieving any useful purpose.'' The Opposition Papers had bruited this about the town for sonic days, but a most extraoldi bary confirmation of it appeared in the COUrkr of Wed nesday. The cause of the disgust that gave rise to his secession, is stated to be sonic proposition on the subject of Poland. • ~,.... , its §TER. DEC. 18. grandmother in oppressing the Poles,seemed to wisl► to at. tach them to his interest, and make them instrumental to his designs on Turkey ;" for " aided (v►dct the Register of the 13th ult.) by the national spirit of Poland, and this spirit most especially roused by the (so called) Conqueror of the Conqueror of Europe, being its restorer, - he woul l , we had no doubt, succeed in attaching Poland to Russia by ties of the most powerful and politic ►►ature," and after he had " organized Poland (the work for the winter months), would proceed towards the Danube, in order to regain the ground he had lost in Wallachia, &c." Should the report prove well founded, our opinions ►•ill be fully lerified—that they will be so we hale little que.. don; particularly when we recollect the departure of Constantine for Warsaw, and Czerni Geor4e for Russia. It will prove the truth of an assertion made by a Morning Paper some time since, that Nesselrode had declared there were six hundred thousand Russians and eight million of Poles ready to defend the independence of Poland ; 64 Alexander will be found to • have struck the right key, and to ope►► to himself a road to the completion of t*ose projects long since determined upon in the Russian Cabi net." Register of the 27th of November. t ~ r _-_. Of the exit t naturcti ,:5... of this proposition we are ignorant, but it • - 1 . 4 - It- •:•. fft as we observed on the 4th of . • bee , / 4 •• • t 4. % \ '' 4,t _., _ , .; svare of the impolicy of his ~ *4 ,•., .-• t'_" it4.--r• - ' ell ' .i' ) . --, QP ',;-'1 4,4 r. :11m--I"ir-4;4-17-:.'•;:-.' .A4:l KING OF HAYTI. This sable Sovereign seems resolved to he behind hand with no mo. mach, Oriental or European,. in the external magnificence of ex alted rank. The ceremonies of his Court,--his Priures sod Plin cesses,—the gradation of his nobility in Dukes, a n d Comas, and Barons, have already been before the public. A crown, a sceptre, robes, and other attributes of the regalia, have already been sent out to his Majesty from this country. Articles for the completion of his public equipage, manufactured by eminent sl-I , llers in the city, are now ready to be shipped for Has ti In then quality, design, and mention, they are perhaps unequalled in their kind in the dis play of any Potentate of Europe, on the proudest OCCeiSiOlig. Thy consist of a state saddle and state harness for eight horses. The saddle is of a very large size, the seat part much curved ; with pis. tol holdsters, and a large saddle-cloth. The whole is made of crim son Genoa velvet; the scat worked in devices, with yellow silk, and stanled with gold. The holdster covers and saddle-cloth are most splendidly embroidered with broad, variegated snd VAndyked gold li - orderings, awl trimmed with rich fringes of gold bullion, headed with roses, and decorated with tassels of the same description at the corners. On sacs Sitie of the cloth is reproseoted in gold embroidery his Majesty's coat of arm, with stars and Sprigs of oak. The licraldrie bearings are a shield ; on the field gales, a phoenix issuing from flames, with a motto on a curved ribband underneath, "Je rc:a.!s de wg ordres." The field is dotted with nine mullets. The snpporters ale two lions rampant and crowned. The motto underneath DiasT .ausc, el rum epte." h not e shield is sur mounted by a crown, exactly like the regal crowns of England or France, nor opening like the Imperial Crown ; but of large di mensions, and spreading more than the Europeatecrowns. It is •nr rounded by the collar of the new order of Hayti, with the cross pendant. The double ho dster COVVN have similar decimations. The stirrups are of silver, curiously chased and gilt. The bridle and stirrup holders are of black japaimed leather, embossed with silver, gilt phwnixes, and military trophies. The state harnea -for right horses is magnificent without heaviness. It is of japanned black leather, and is enriched with a splendid profitsion of ornaments, all -tif solid silver but not gilt. Wiukers, heaves, facepieees, neck bawls, territs. traces, &c. are all adorned with crowns, or pinynixe s , or full coats of arms, &c. ; the reins ate of crimson silk adorned with gold bullion tassels. On the whole, we believe, that unthiug so costly has yet been execifted, and the general effixt of it. ght• tering under a tropical sun, must form a most beautiful ants sopub feature in the isagettutry of King Henry.