The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-31 00:00:00

OCT. 31. conduct. It was in fact seifiirforce, rather than a return to those principles of justice which impel so many nations to take up arms against the common oppiessor. To certify this fact, it is only necessary to look at the contents of the dispatches of Lord ABERDEEN and Sir CHARLES STEW A nT published, last Monday, in an Extraordinary Gazette. They ' will show that on the 9th and lith instant the enemy was completely surrounded in his positions at Dresden and Leipsig ; that " his communications 'with France were to tally destroyed, his army in considerable distress, his ma gazines nearly exhausted, and the country %%bete he was, ut terly without the means of replenishing them : that he must shortly find. it necessary 'to break through the click which had been drawn around him," and , hat althongh he might succeed in the attempt, yet there was every reason to hope it would be with the destruction of a great part of his army." These statements give a key to the de fection of Bavaria. She saw him scarcely able to extricate himself from the perils of his situation, She also perceived that even should he be able to cut his way, he must fall hack to the Rhine and abandon the Confederation to its fate. She felt that she would remain exposed defenceless to the vengeance of the Allies, who,:e armies - tin eaten cd her northern, eastern, and southern frontiers, and she hastened to avert the storm by uniting her troops to those destined to rescue Germany from the fangs of the Gallic Eagle. This pleasing and important information was communicated, last Thursday, in a Government Bulle tin, to the Public, with an intimation that 55,000 Bava rians were on their march upon Erfurth, to contribute to thicken the cordon drawn round BOON AP AHT r., and in crease the difficulties and perils of his retreat. The treaty was signed the Bth instant. What indicates the dilv;sition 1 of the Bavarian Court towards the enemy, is a secret article in this treaty between Amnia and Bavaria, which we know from authority, stipulates that whatever may happen, a king dom shall be given to EUGENE BIZ.A UN ARNO'S, the present Viceroy or Italy, who married one of the King of BAVA RI A'S daughters. We should haKe still greater hopes of the libera tion of the Continent, had the same measure been adopted respecting the little King of ROME, and had, by a secret ar ticle of the Treaty between Austria, Russia, and Prussia, it been stipulated that the allied Courts agreed to give a king dom to the ottTring of the Archduchess MARI A-LOLUSA. bus an articie would have satisfactorily proved theie intention of overturning the present fabric of French despotism to its foundation. Awakened at last to a sense of his danger, NAPOLCON seems resolved not only to brave but to increase them.. Instead of erideavoui ing to fall back hastily to the Rhine. • before the at-rival of the Bavarians presents greater obstacles to his retreat, he has, according to Sir C. S . r LwART's state ment, profited by the movement of the CitowN PRINCE and General BLucn Lit into his rear, which left Prussia open to invasion, and thrown a corps across the Llbe at Wittenbera► imending to march with all his force against Berlin. It is. mentioned in the last Cottenburgh Mad, that the divisioni of Geneials TACENZIEN and WA LmoDLN, left to protect the Prussian capital, had tepulsed that corps, but not without experiencing a comiderable loss themselves. — Should the enemy have failed in thii new attempt, which took place . on the 12th instant, be has no choice left but to cut his way through the Allies and return to the Rhine. This atta kit 'is li'•.elv would be made in the of Jena, • where the Allied Armies are united, and the 14th inst. the 7th anuiversaryof the fatal battle wt.ich, in 180, levelled the Prussian monatchy at one -blow, has pro bably been celebiated ou the very same tie! , 1 by an egnaily THE NATIONAL REGISTER. tremendous waste of blood. The silence of the French pa pers and batteries at such a period of anxiety and hope is highly encouraging. The following B,ulletin was issued on Thursday night : r • - - Fon ric N OFFICE, OcT. 28. '' The Hon. Robert Gordon arrived this night with dispatches • from the Lad of Aberdeen, dated Connaatan, Oct. 11, which state, • that a Treaty Q f .-111iancg 1 411 Concert between Austria dud Bavaria • . ?vas signed ly Prince Reuss and General Wredc, on the 814 inst. Ge: neral ‘Vretle, mil) 33 WO Bavarian troops, is immediately to co operate with those of AnAria. Ile was already in movement, and wa, In have '25,000 Austria,:; under hi: command. " Mr. Gordon passed through Berlin on the i Oh, at which time Ciell. TaaeliZEiti, with 1`.!.0.00 iIiCA, had fallen back to cover the. Capital, the enemy having pn,lied a ee'rps across the Elbe at Wit tenberg. On the evening of the I tlth, the French had approached Berlin ; tbr the defence of which cite, 10,000 men„ including Gen. Taaenziell's force, had been asgembled.". The French Papers say, that Russia, mistrusting General Jo MINI, sent him to the interior of the empire, and endea voured to disguise his banishment, by appointing him to a situation under Government. Mott t;A V, we know with eel - - tainty, had proposed to the li.inpetor of Russ' A, and this i Monarch had adopted the plan of embodying. the French pri soners in Russia, and this departed great and good man was try I go to Russia himself to organise them, and the Allies would have required great Britain to adopt the same measure with re spect to the French prisoners in England. MOR EAu would hare put himself at the bead of the Ft ench army, and 'Goes!, a landing on the coast of Normandy, and by that judicious measure have pci`naps overturned the tyrant, and restored I peace to Europe, with comparatively a trifling effnsion of • blood. It is probable that Jo MIN t's mission to the interior of Russia has for its object to attenTht the execution of tbis i plan. Some Evening Papers of Friday, in their eagerness " to catch the rumours as they rise," gave us telegraphic dispatches and arrivals from the Elbe. The former defeated Soult, with the loss, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of 10,000 men; the latter roused Buonaparte's anger against Murat to such a pitch; that the latter was placed in arrest. Nor was this all —the public tnind were told to expect some further import ant communications in the course of the evening. The. evening elapsed-the morning dawned, but dawned only to destroy these delightful rumours, these delicious hopes.. 'No telegraphic dispatch has been received--and no confir mation of the arrest of Murat, though we should not be very surptised to find Murat turn against his Master. Mails from Cadiz and Comma arrived yesterday morning, but their contents ate unimportant. By the Madrid Papers to the loth, it appears that no change ,of consequence had up to that period taken place in Catalonia—the adverse 2i-- tides still remaining on their respective positions near Barce lona, and in and around Tarragona, the fortifications of which are again becoming formidable. The Cadiz articles only relate to the dissolution of the Ex traordinary Corte:, on the Lath, and the meeting of the Or dinary Cortes on the Qsth of September. The former had, indeed, a brilliant Session of three years to look back upon at the close of their labours. It is now reported that a difference of opinion, respecting . a leadinr , military arrangement, took place be;ween the Crown Prince and General Moreau, soon after the an ival of the latter at the head-quarters of the Allies ; this point re -1 mained, it is said, for future decision, and had not the pre- I mature death of Moreau occurred, the incipient mistieder i t standing might have led to a very unfavourable result.— Alu6 ~.116. Chi on;cle. IP'. f