The National Register. — London, England, 1809-01-01 00:00:00

:THE NATIONAL REGIS .. _. •f.4r)i ,"•)'; 1 ;!' l l2O. • k •.. • • 1%1 . 0. 53. SUNDAY, JA , • TO QUI, TIIE PUBLIC: , . Flattered by, and, at the same time, grateful for, the encou ragement which TUE NATION At. REGISTER fias received; since Its first appearance,we seize, with alacrity, the occasion of a New Year to express our high souse of this reception We proMised much, when we first announced it to the Public; and no pains have been spared since that time to fulfil this eligagettie•t. It is not for us to Merinine how far we hive answered tht p'ut;tie expectation; Hitt tht rapid increase of it.; circulation h an ho nourable remuneration for the exertions we have Made. ror a t).t r ICE* SPA P kit to remain even stationary, w heti almost every week presents a new competitor, is, at least, a negative t commendation of its worth how much higher must our Cation be, at the et fraardtilacy auguientittou it tontinuet to i.e-' `ee.ive z ' O gift' nt Price of taper hs . iiitiuceti tie f‘rispriciors • of some otker Sunday Papers to appeal to their Subscribers; and! to consider It as a justification tor raising considerably their pecuniary value. The Pao t'Rfl sorTH R NATioN it 11- • GIST En. have likewise been - Cted to this inconvenience; and even greater than those allude to as above, frOM this augineola tion, but are determined to keep it at its present standird, front a reluctance to deviate fram their first engagement. This ill ilioduee, howbier, nO relalxition in tifeit' exertions ; on the Contrary, they hope that every subsequent nuinVer will Manifest nevi proofs of their teu.l atld perseverance to render it of more earnl utility. t is, perhaps, unnecessary to 'advert to its political princi ples; their Subscribers are able to appreciate their tendency. .14b0.16intellt0' it expresses in the disclission of every subject; that • .lia t etinAlitetest reference to the interests of the corrimunity; is tin unenuivocal proof of their sincerity ; and; however liable to error they may be in Collllllolk with other jouriwilists, they. can, with sotie conseitiosness of integrity and little fear of coteL tradietion, aver, that they are guided in their speculations by tin other Motive than that of the public good. They strongly discictiau party-views and interests; and are always ready to bestow on public men and ineasnres a just tribute of edninien eation, without first consulting whether they sit on, or 'enianate front, tire opposition or Ministerial benches, if they lay claim to the suffrages of the P tiblic, they rest, particularly, their Merit on their impartiality ; and the ardour of their zeal in support of a great and good cause, so closely connected with the future happiiieSx and security of this country (they advert to tkeraus of the Spauish Patriots) requires neither ex plattiiiiite Vir comment. They will persevere unremittingly in this career, tontident their exertions *ill meet the approbation of the houest ittdd intelligent. The Strlctsres signed " 0:4 ESIIIITS," have excited such gene- 1 ral interest, and display such strong proofs of impartiality and ,ludgment, that the Proprietors feel a considerable degree of pleasure, as well as pride, ,in announcing that thiti intelligent writer prouii•es to favour theta with a continuance Of 1114.11tbnurs. They therefore conclude with an assurance that the future Num bers of Tun N strtok A 1, IttGlSTl:it,so far from dergiellog from w hat they have been h ithesto, w ill he w r aims, ith greater care, and jester cluituk to public apptobation. Our Ding, doatitution, anb twatO. iTUARY 1, 1&)9. "i ituainxa 111"/ -TWO. POLITICAL' DISQUISITION. it rrt in I gle RETROSPECTIVE AND ,PRESENT STATE Olt s• POLITICS. It i 4 impossible; with any little Seriousness or tlisphsi!- tion, to enter on the. Sew 1 - ear, without taking a retro spective view of the last. In our prospect* of refOrtnatioh for the futUre; we Mild turn frequently and scrupulously back to the past, to observe where our conduct hay heed doketive. Rut our intention can be attended with onthing but the mortification of disappointment, unless *c exclude from this examination -whatever self-love it to prompt to plugs est; in order to palliate our former emus. What is appli cable-to private life; is supremely true in every thing which refers to public toucerns. Here - a deviation fromihis said tary ride is productive of confusion - and uncertainty . and Governments betray: that alarming, inconsistency; ,and flee quation, to which we may safely attribntellail the inisfiktuites arid disgraces of.the last fifteen Teari: To cscapc -a similes • imputation, tif decide do the propriety of pubtiomeasures during the course of that year we have • noir quitted, •b examice where and how a change ought to be introdheedi is the subject of this disquisition. We do.not recollect a. single year; and Should Ive-gib !IS far back.as the beginning of tbiesikteenth century; •which commenced under- more unfavorable auspices than the last. There was not a single State on the Continent; with one or two comparatively trilling , exeeptions; that did not voluntarily; or by compulsion; associate with Priam. is order to effect our destruction. We were left; in contr. quence of this unnatural league; to contend alone againet the united Awls and resources of that Power, combined with Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland; RUSliai and Den mark. Tire accumulated means of this powerful Confe deracy were placed at the discretion of a man; whose ab horrence of our nation was at inveterate as his success was singular and his talents comprehensive. Whatever re luctance some might have felt to enter into this monstrous conspiracy; fear for their don immediateexistante deprived 'them of the *ill of refusing their assent. They knetv, however; that in assisting to, effect our ruin, they,were signing their own destruction ; but the dreadful calamities they had a little before suit:tined; and the fulminating inc naces of the enemy, who threatried still greater evils, if they hesitated to promote the veneance he had denounced against us, silenced their fears and overpowered their re pugnance. The interdictory decrees against our commerce, and the subsequent exclu4ion of the produce of our colonies and workshops frOin the Bosphorous to the Neva, formed ugly a litik of the vast chain of restrictions to which we were to be subjected. The project of the enemy went so far as to cottne its literally to our own shores. For this purpose . India was to be invaded and turn from us ; whilst the Asneritau atnbarja'sbewed that a WON was aimed 4 fur of ~, iss• TB k .6 6 • *-;‘ • '., * . , t •,...? 16 ( fry',?,• . ' ~.....,.son2E gd. • _ ,~ .~