The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ble. Ocular witnesses are necessary to prove the facts to France, to Gerrnanyv and to Italy, before the slow progress of troth will fill those countries wish mourning and consternation. Indeed it is difficult to conceive that in a ca►apaign of only fonr months duration, 130,000 prisoners should hove been taken from the enemy, besides 900 pieces eh canetm, 49stand of colours, and all the waggsn train and baggage of the army. A list of the names of all the Generals taken is hereunto annexed. It will be easy to form an estimate from that list of the num ber of Superior and Subaltern Officers taken. It is sufficient to say, that out of 300,000 men (exclusive of Austri ans), who penetrated into the liven of Russia, not 30,000 of them, even if they should be favoured by fortune, will ever revisit their country. The manner in which the EMPNROR NAPOLEON repassed the Russian frontiers, can assuredly be no longer a secret to Europe. So much glory, and so many advantages, cannot, however, change the personal dispositions of His Majesty the Est penon of all the RIASTAS. The grand principles of the independence of Europe have always formed tt►e basis Of his policy, for that policy is fixed in his heart. It is beneath Ms character to permit any endeavours to be made to induce the people to resist the oppression and to throw off the yoke which has wei,glied them down for twenty years. It is their Governments who'e eyes ought to be opened by the actual situation of France. Ages may elapse before an oppommity equally favourable again presents itself, and it would be no abuse of the goodness of Providence not to take ud. vantage of this crisi, to reconstruct the great work of tl,e equilibrium of Europe, and_therehTto insure public tranquillity and individual happi teas. LIST OF GENERALS TAKEN. . St. Genies, General of Brigade; Ferriere, Chief of the Neapolitan Staff; Bonami, General of Brigade ; Almeiras, General of Division ; Burt?), General of Brigade ; Meriage, ditto ; Klitigel, ditto ; Preys sing, ditto ; Cams. ditto ; Billiard, ditto ; Partono, General of Di vision; Delitre, Chief ot the Staff; Tyszkiewiez, General of Brigade; Wasilewski; Augereau, General of Brigade; Kamenski, ditto; L'En fontirt, ditto ; D'Orsan, ditto"; Sanson ; Pelletier, General of Divi sion ; Freir Pep', General of Brigade ; Matuszewiez, Guneral Artillery ; Kon )pka, General ofilirigade ; Eliser ; Blammont. Ge neral of Brigade ; Cordelier,ditto ; Pougct, ditto ; Prowbask. ditto ; Gauthrise, ditto ; Dziwanowski. ditto ; Lefebvre, ditto ; Zajonzell, General of Division ; Guillaume. ditto ; V rede, (lino ; Seran, ditto; Vivier, ditto ; Gussaint, ditto ; Norman, ditto ; jwanowski, ditto ; Zoeder, ditto ; Troussaint, ditto ;___Valencin, ditto ; Borstell, ditto. .TAN. 24.. had so entirely cancelled all the merit of his former deeds, that no gratitude was any longer due to him ; as one who ought to remember that the welfare, nay even the liberty of Britain was so intimately connected with that of Spain, that the one cannot exist without the other. Such is the language of one of the Spanish public journals ; did not a spirit of black ingratitude reign throughout, we should feel no other sentiment but that of contempt fnr its writers; for is it not absurd in the highest degree to hear them talk of our liberty depending on theirs, when the whole world is a witness that our liberty resisted their efforts, when they - had espoused themselves to the cause of France. But the they in question is of so heinous a nature, that it calls forth our utmost resent ment, and could we suppose it sanctioned by the Regency and country at large, it would induce us to wish that a nation so devoid of all sense of the greatest and most important obligations, should he left to work their -own destiny, and see if, unassisted, they could repel their invader. The Swedish Expedition is said to be again preparing.— Mag;:zines are collecting, and large ships are detained for the transport of the troops. The French Government is said to have cal!ed upon the King of DENIII ARK to send the whole of his force to join the French in active service. It is also said to be in order to prevent their doing so, that the Swedes are renewing the appearance of their expedition. A society of Patriotic Ladies has been formed at Peters burgh, under the patronage of her Majesty the EMPRESS, for the support of the families who have sot ered by the war, and for the relief of the wives and children of those who are with the army. We have learnt, from a Russian correspondent, a curious anecdote, illustrative of the altered feelings of those soldiers, who bad been taught to look up to this same NAPOLEON, as a tutelary deity. For a long time he rode in a close carriage, surrounded by his half-famished and dispirited troops. At length the men, indignant at seeing him sitting at ease, and feeling no part of the calamities he had so wantooly brought on them, cried aloud, " u Las la voiture," (down with the carriage). This call- was not to be slighted : BUON APART E instantly quitted the vehicle, and mounted his horse, covered with his cloak, and muffled with fur. This condescension did not, however, appease his followers, half naked and fa mishing with cold, they again cried out, " d Gas le manteau," (down with the cloak). The great NA PO LEON, in compli ance With the mandate of his soldiery, immediately threw off his cloak and fur, and in common with his men, exposed his. person to all the inclemencies of the season. Other accounts describe the apprehensions and anxieties of BUONAP ARTE'S mind, when left with his few remaining troops on the march toward \Vilna, as most acute. On hear— ing that NEY had escaped, he is said to have exclaimed, " I would give the two hundred millions I am worth in the Thuilleries, if that report could be confirmed." When he saw NEY actually entering his camp, with a handful of men, he could scarcely speak to welcome him. The Marshal is said to have loudly reproached DAvousT, and indirectly BUONAP A RTE himself. It is said that the General, supposed by PLATOW to be NET, killed in the battle of kowno, on the 14th ult. was Ge neral LARIBOISSIERE, the Commandant of the Artillery. MURAT is said to have lost two of his fingers by the frost. The city of Paris, wishing to testify its devotion to its de feated EMPEROR, has pompously made him the 'offer of rais. ing and equipping a corps of 500 cavalry at its expence, in expectation that this example will be followed by the relit of the country ! SPANISH INGRATITUDE. At length the object of Lord WENLINGTON'S journey to Cadiz has reached this country, and turned out to be as we expected, to lay before the Regency a plan for the ensuing campaign ; and, as *e have understood, nearly pledging► himself, should it he approved of and adopted, to free Spain from French 'tyranny. Of the exact nature of the plan, we confess ourselves ignorant; but so confident arc we of the wisdom, magnanimity, and skill of the heroic proposer, that we are certain that the result of its being carried into execu tion, would hAve felfilted our liveliest expectations. What was then our astonishment, not to say indignation, at hear ing that the Regency had rejected it ! And on what plea?—that of its being inconsistent with the laws of a Constitution, which is still in such a state of embryo, as to lave in fact as yet no well defined regulations of a Constitu tion; that is so unstable and wavering, that the very Legi lators themselves one day undo, what the day before they Mad determined on ; and one moment declare a General a traitor to his country, remove him from his command, and the next give him a place of the first trust in the highest administrative of the country. But our astonishment id not stop here : The tribune of the Spanish people was determined to raise it, as well as our indignation, to the highest pitch pLlssible by stigmatizing the man who has hitherto been -the iegis of their preservation, as a tyrant, who wished to introduce a system t.fdespotism; as one who bad dis graced himself by his monstrous proposals, and who deserved the odium of his nation for.iti, as one who s by this rejected plan "~•.