The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

I THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Cur tints, Coast trurion, atm talus. PUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND. N 0 ..49. P9LIFICAI. DIS2UIsIIION. THE STATE OF rilE COUNTRY. Prosperity engenders nr.re vices than Adveisity corrects, and the gond we de , ive from Hope frequently terminAtes in Despaii. The °ate of nat:ons, in this respect, may be coin• pared to the fate of inioLvidthils, and periods of grandeur are merely nominal of luin and decay. The return i•f Peace, however, after a protracted War, ;:t first sight, presenx nothing but subjects of congratulation, and topics of encouragement.—The eccupied by the gloomy character of the pist, gilds the future with the tur bulent emotions of the moment; and qualifies the expense of blood and treasure, with the cc/at of fruitless victories and abortive triumphs. 'Reelection must, notwithstanding, follow, —and pet Ihips, now that out rejoicings ate at end, we may he allowed to in quite, h.,w much solid glory Eng.land has reaped by the termination of the sanguinary conteA Whatever England may be at preset'', them can be no do s yllt of her wealth, rank, and power, at .the co mm. neemen t of the war, nor of the happy coudi , ion of alt ei7v;ses e,f pet - colts, at that memorable period. The dai):l-er of Engiaud, wag, how ever, never so great, perlnpF, as to justify the hazard she ha, ruri, atld the moral awl olitical resources ,he lea. expended . —As far as England was concrrncd, success, whi e it thol tiplied her means of of operation, by an almost ex- c.a3l%e commerce, introduced so many new and enreeb!ing indulgencies, that what promoted her power, in or:e respect, undermined it in another, trio•e cs,erilial to tier thilable wel. fare. Luxury began to prevail throuoout a!I clisses of so cirtv, a!,d die government irse:f, deceived onexpectrd farilities of raising money, eti ,,, u r;v2d an idea or permanent reouiee that mint be ultimrtelv us to the counDrv. In prosecuting 'he late w,ir England has added ei:2,ht ircd millions to her na•iona! de'it, and sacrificed no incon 4iilc!ab;c rirti-n of her limited popnlaCon ; While by th e , vs!ein so suceris'Olv carri , d on against her, Cciii melee his opened new channels, a! 'd ma' tired incipieot /inf.,,tut es, to cheat her perseverance of reAard, and 1“-r policy of its lancets; —Fr.,tice 'les n"aicr the malt of lb:. riya! SUNDAY, A UC US'l' 21, 1814. PRICE 9d. We mty at the same time be al!. twed to a•lt, if, doting .his eventful sti tiggle, our institutions continue/I u•timnatred, nd whether the liberty of Ent!land he as great as rievious to the commencement of the war ? It must be expec , ca that during war professedly untie' taken to re- train the Leen• tiousness f heterodox prit ci-les, in what a e called matter, of legitimate Government, some injury ha% been sustaittei. by the mutual misconduct of both parties: and it is one me'an , holy result of the present contest, "ha' •entimeota are ewe, taiiird, and openly avowtd, inimical tti the pure priecp'es of the British Constitution, and that laws have been engrafted upon it, either through far Or dt.sign, that may ultimately approximate our admit - lists:aims to the detestable notions of foreign desnotism. ft was, in deed, impossible with the immense influence which the war placed at the disposal of the Government. to expect to preset ve the simplicity hod fieediiin of our ancestors — and partictilarty when it was natuial that that influence should be exerted to corrupt the people and se engthen the executive. But we must confetti that we did expect from a war undertaken tt. preset ye liberty, to see her most sacred" pt inci;-les recognized lit the genet al pacification of the win !d; and that the evils which had sprung ftom at bitrary power, would have been qualified and restrained b. the forms and prinniples of free Covell:meta. If, itu ei tl, nviuki 41 so mUen to England as isinsistecl Upon, Eoglatul h v to declare herself to he obeyed ; and having neglected despotism has but changed art nostait (Iv nuov, for to , ld and in( ioled dominion, the shame of the 19th centn. v. But, we fear, if these ale the political evils whig•ii f r n m the 'we war, the moral denrotities ate still mo exten\ivr... From one extremity of the country. v.e other, correp:ion has poured in it , de% astating forret t . to tl.e join! vof domestic quietude, and that tumid ity %%1.1 , 11 alone sostius the ehararter of nn emi:ere. if • u (`‘ ei•S conitnerc• his ltd to doubtful wealth, aril consequeet iai e, the influx of propetty ha, equally tended to cor , ebp nO•14 telf.xanotse in our Nousetneuts arid pinifms. niet• b 'e bQcome reprobate, and our NN • 110 . 11 'le 0 lOUS : 10;1 is iabo...r so he r•evel duce ur remtv e .01 .1) has 1)- sus bed by the ziecissi.ies of the Go% eriiiii , . I tikl.ii...rent e f)1 4is —iilowt - t" iv` " 14 ' '"' '''"! some(' iv the neci•ssuies inc - cui,)( ' tt i • awl Eligland fitnis be! self unable to contpild in has succeeded to* 111'N CXIIIII tir•n to • •IE , .1 a qua. - te (-xise •c Ito tt'Cl lilt her alti , st eNhiesied Lord Castte , eagh's p ea ce to a svar which uth w" L i'd revenue, and to give emplf)3tutut tid her costutiesv-mitru- I,l ' lo 1„ 1 ,..- ier• 11:c urers. Let th;si with ssiciety, futui3.l ieSt of tea •• • : mho mi. . •