The National Register. — London, England, 1809-07-23 00:00:00

TIIr NATIONAL REGISTER: a • .14. artuy r educ t , ;l t o 60,000 WILIt are becoAue,, of the other 100,000 men ? The more Nve anithse those Bulletias, are the lucre klisposed to question the truth of their con- Len! The insinaltion at the end .of the last Bulletin that At:sia - ia will adopt a. sinitlar policy to that i4hich s us so fetal after the of Aus!echtt, is rather what NAr:)- itt-op: wishes than cx?Ects. Nothin., s e thin:, but the dz.nith of the A.:,.7lhilic C. OA L Lti, 11 . 10 Vc LIJON PARTE rit:ister of the Continent. Bat taking . the account of the French to he as correct as flier Builetins usually arc, that is, crjosing about half the amount to be true, what is likely to he the cad of this defeat ni.on the Contment We clintot shut our eyes to the probability of this advrin- Sage confirming Ore fidelity of Iiu“NAPAIITE's allies, and of , raralizing the efforts of those who acre dispoc:,-ii to revolt ; it may prevent the wretched Politician or Prussia from join ing th Austrians, and chain him still tighter to the chariot rheas of the Tyrant. But as to the etiect it may have von our expedition, it can, it ought to 11:11C none at all, sinless to accelerate its motions. For, if the Continent were subjugated, and we are right in our ideas of the ob ject of this Expedition, BcoN,seARTE will have to begin his means of attack upon us again. In the mean time, soldiers can become sailors only by habit, opportunity anti id:sciphue, and the duty of destroying the flotilla at Bon and the ships of war at Antwerp, becomes more imperilus, and the policy of doing it at any expence be comes more obvious. We do not think such an armament necessary for the destruction of Cronstadt, or of the Rus sian &et, nor do we think the capital of Russia can be starved by such an object being obtained. We repeat that the safety of this island can be secured only by a destruc tion of the mean; of attack, and in doing this we embrace, to their fullest extent, not only British, but Continental clijects.. We cannot help thinking there is a great deal of what is eailod quackery, in the conduct of some of our contem- • poraries in their reasoning about the objects of the Expe ditioa now sailing. To atfect a knowledge of its destina tiun is to assume the possession of what nobody will give diem credit for having, and to suppose that any delicacy would prevent them from making that knowledge pub k• if tbey really were possesied of it, is what nobody wlll believe. The fact is, that conjecture is all that caa b., pretended to, and we do not believe that any s , :A•eslions en this side the water will be hap ier •Om °lose which must strike every intelligent bbsc:ver ou the other. The magnitude, and importance of lite;f; p:P i ? >ratioos Gliviot!s;, - suggest a relative importance or that which k to be at!_ailied; the immediate object of An expeli:ion which has cost so much treasure, and which triseloys corHide.-abk a portion of our disposable force, mus:t llCCeSatily be to harrass BUON . APARTE, and without vbstraeting from the honourable support of our Allies, Lel a c msidcration of their perilous situation, We may be 19 attach sortie immediate benat to this country, in some ulterior and more remote benefit to them. When DCWIAPARCE was defeated, nobody in this country had caleolated upon his inactivity on the banks of the Danube weeks; bnt it was very fair to calculate in the ev;:nt eve!+ e his sdccess, that the Austrian would occupy t i , s for a considerable time, that he would be ebli;;.c!, to drain France of troops for the maintenance the lot ce already in ;.pain, and ia order to co:low op his successes against the Archtle!i.e Camti.r.s. Under such eir- Cumstances what might, and indeed ....hat out ht to ha vo bcen -the conduct of the Government of thi, Country Why, if it be practicable to ckstrtiv the means which the enemy has collected fog the purpose. of arming this County in the event -of his succeeding in the subjugation of Ott ton Trent, at what period of the war has this opporto%ity 0..-corred with so muck .prospect of success Boulogee, and all the hue of coast, is comparatively deleneeless ; the regular troops have been drafted to Germany and Spain ; and even the public mind in France has been a ;;end deal corrected. The splendour of victory that prodice no intermission of war, have lest their fascination ; end if Bi.ONA PARTE should ultimately succeed in his gigantic plans, the wise and the enlightened only anticipate the prospect of the Continent becoming a more extended prison. • We therefore again contend, that the destruction of the Boulogne flottilla is one of the objects of the present expedition. To support this flotilla, BUON PA aTE has been some years building men of war at Antwerp; we are informed, that he has twenty-eight nearly ready, or in a state of forwardness. These vessels are said to have been removed to a place of greater safety, but they cannot bo removed beyond the reach of an army of 40,000 men. These are, therefore, in our opinion, the first great ob jects of the armament ; with respect •to the latter we de not think that the Island of Walcheren can - be defended with arty prospect of success. Flushing is within cannon shot, and nobody will assert that Aliddleburg is capable of defence. Fortified en this island, and possessed as we ate of the command of the sea, we look forward to the most important consequences. Holland groaning under A ty. ranny the most oppressive, ntay require a strong force to suppress that spirit of the people which the ty rant has began to discover is fast rising against. him. Let the external pressure which has kept it down be fairly removed, and we think the Dutch have yet a spark of liberty that may be kindled into flame. But the further operations of this fApedition, may be deter mined by movements in the neighbourhood. If they are disposed to shake off the tyranny of the French, we are ready to support them ; but supposing the armarnen‘t to have attained possession of this Island, we thiok there are other objects to whick its ulterior destination is assigned, and among these we think the occupa . tion of Ilambro' the most likely. It has indeed. been Suggested that the Baltic may be the scene of action, after the- greater objects ave attained, and if there are any probability of destroying the Russian fleet, we should be among the first to recommend and enforce the adoption of a plan which was likely to ef fect it, thinking as we do that the Emperors are united is a scheme of geuertaconquest, plunder, and devastation., P ittTSMOUTII, JULY 21. The Expedition is still at Spithead—they talk of dropping down to St. Helen's to-night; if so, they may perhaps start to morrow, or on Sunday; but at present the wind is against them going to the Downs. A great many Officers have come on shore ; the gay plumage of the Commissariat, and the sable plumes of the Medical Staff' are btill seen nodding in the streets. The corps embarked here are, the Royal Stall' corps,-Royal Artillery, 9th Light Drarootp, Second German Light Dragoons, Scotch Royals, Slit, Bth, 11th, 93d, 26th, Std, 35th, S6th, 51st, 63d, 63th. 'llst, 77th, &st, b2d, 85!h 95th, and Col. Ccohrhut'ittorps of detach. ; went*. The total strength 11,124. I PI :: • i