The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. A . few complete Setts of Portraits of His MAJESTY, and the Whole of the Male Branches of the Royal Family, forming Fourteen beautiful Proof Impressions, from Paintings by Sir William Beeclay, and other eminent Misters, price 14s. the Sett, or separate at 2s. each, may be had of BELL and DE CLMF, 11, Catherine-street, Strand. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LauDon, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1809. POLITZCAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Rattle of Trafal gar, that memorable engagement, the most splendid in the annals of the British nav ; and in which Lord NELsos terminated his immortal career ! To forget his services; to neglect any opportunity of re-calling the memory of the hero ; to let the anniversary of his last triumph, and of. his death, pass unnoticed, would betray a turpitude of cha racter, and an example of ingratitude, which, we trust, shall never with justice, be imputed to our countrymen. He was a great, a good, and a worthy man; the model of a warrior ; the bri4fiteA examp!e of a patriot ! - 0f all the persons, illustrious for talents and virtues, and who honoured this country by their services, Lord NELSON holds, in our opinion, the Arst and most CWT. spictious place ! He loved glory ardently, but his country bull more. His very existence he identified with- it ; it ab- )rlithl his of ;. it seemed to regulate his minutes; actions. His death was worthy of his life; he died in the lap of victory. This distinction he shared, and deserved to share, in common with two of the most extraordinary and resplendent characters in history,—EPANINIONDAS the The ban, and GUSTAVE/5 A menus. His soul was congenial to their's ; his military talents were equally splendid, and his Uelings eijially enlarged. As long as the memory of things shall be preserved in records . , or any trace of our eventful occurrences survive, the name of NELSON will convey the idea of every thincr great, generous, and good, as a hero, patriot, and man. Intelligence has been at. last received that peace has been concluded between France and Austria. This event took phce on the 3d inst. The signature of the treaty on that day, at Vienna, is confirmed by nutflupnpers of the 14th. and by a Paris paper of the 11th, which were received yesterday. It is said to have been announced M Holland by the tiring of cannon ; thou ;h no such domonstrations (J joy, as far as we can learn, have been observed at Boulogne, or other towns along the french coasts. The conditions of this pace, if they are such as report states them, are, in the extreme, disastrous and humid-• acing for Austria. Ini'act. they place the desaies of the Emperor FRANC,IS and of his family at the fnt:;re disci-e -t:on of his most inveterate enemy., a man who hitherto never pardonned an attempt to resist his encroachmmts, or expose his enormities. The Austrian Sovereign has done both, and with more perseverance and' coura:x than n!1•,. other Monarch in Europe. We leave it, therefore, to the feelings and judgment of our readers to decide,• how far his past conduct entitles him to an exception from the usual policy of BuoNAralivx. The conditions of this peace are, accordinp• to report, (no ogicial statement having been yet published) the cession of Styria, Carinthia, Istria and Caritiola, tbigether with Upper and Lower Austria, as far as Pres 'burg, and the province of Gallic;a, on the part of the 4 44 serer FR.tocts. Of Tyi'ol ja, *cation i$ made ; as may OCT. et be expected. It constituted a part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, according to the new partition of Europe. if sacrifices to this extent have been made by the ill-fated Emperor, he has consented to _the reunuciation of more than half his dominions, aiul two-thirds of his usual re venues, in hopes of being allowed to retain the rest. He preserves, if we may use the expression, Hungary, Bo hemia, Moravia, and his part of.Siiesia. For our part we. never euteriained a very high opinion either of the g enerosity or of the moderation of BUONA• VA RTE. On both, in n luckless hour, the Emperor FRANCIS consented to hold the tenure of his remaining proviuces.— We know not how far the sentiments of private individuals differ from those of Emperors, Kings, and Princes ; but we would rather roam the earth like HANNIBAL, an outlaw and a fugitive; or work in the mines of Dalecarlia, in imi tation of GosTavus VASA, than descend from the rank the Emperor FRANCIS lately held, to the humiliating condition of figuring for a time amongst the titled vassals of BUON .I. PARTE. We would wish to deny the extent of these sacri aces. We would indulge, from the silence of the Mont. ion., in the feeble hope, that the accounts from Holland. are premature, or even unfounded : hut, in the wide field of the probable, we cannot find a plausible pretext for in. dulging in such a train of speculation. As long as there was a glimpse of hope, we held it fast. During the whole course of the late negociation, we felt an inconceivable pain to indulge in unfavourable presages. But now,we con sder.the situation of the continent so desperate, its fate SQ complete)/ decided, the extinction of its freedom so certain, that we Would regard a single speculation to the contrary, as the incoherent vision of a sick. brain, and not the conclusion •of a sound rational mind. It deimtas a certain strength of mind to hope'in a doubtful emergency. It is a haa-ik of. folly, or rather• of obstinate Yanity,:to do so; *hen the chances, according to human calculation, Pre totally un favourable : it is even -ghost pernicious, as it serves, to di vert the attention and energy of the community from the contemplation of its real state, and the adoption of cOr espoudent measures,..by phantoms, which exist only in ~he regions- of romance, or are generated in the mind of madmen. If sacrifices-' have been made by Austria, to the extent it is Stated—if FRANCIS has consented to renounce, .with the greater portion- of his dominions, his title 'at the same time, it proves so evidently his weakness, and the confusion of his affairs, that the continuance of his power, his personal freedom, and' life, are absolutely at the mercy of BUONAPARTE. On every side surrounded by the vassals of that inexorable and unprincipled ty rant, the unfortunate Monarch has not even an outlet escape, should his future conduct excite suspicion.-- !le must transfer his future resideece to HerUfanstadt, or to the remotest confines .of •Sclavonia, or Hungary, to pass his life, free 11:1/11 the apprehension of sharing, with his family, the fate of CIIARLES the 4th of Spain. Even tin, in all probability, he will not be long secure; as Tur4cey :8, uequestitniably, One of the first objects, that shall attract the rapacity of NAPOLEON. What a situation for the descendant of AlaniA THERESA ! What a dreadful do-;cent from the first throne in Christendom 1 Some objections have been made, to the authenticity of the account itself; and these sceptics rest their incredulity on the Yfouileur of the 10th, which does nal contain the in telligeeee. The event, had it taken place on the Ed, might eeriainly, seven days later, have been known in Paris. In three days the intelligence might. have been communicated free: Vieniet to Strasbure;, as the distance is no more than 300 English miles; and • from the latter place, telegraphiO eommunication would have made it known the lame day in the French capital : another pretext for their scepticism, they discover in the circumstance, that no rejoicings have IR , ,;11 perceived as yet upon the opposite coasts of the Charnek; nd they assert that the French Minister of the Marine would honour us with another crazy boat, conveying thia spelcomf intelligence. There •is 1401lic. eftimMlM I M I I 1I S'