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very sl.Ally be our province to survey. After bee.
iue t rn y combination of whit h tbeStates of Europe
a.rt c •pable turned to the uses Ilad perpelkell of
13unaparte, we may, to crown tike whole, see From*
Auitria, Prulibia, and Sweden, combined againt •
Iluesso •

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Anticipatiisg, as in this eveot we must do, the
• further humiliation of the latter Power, it is easy
to foresee that Sweden, now under the control of
Napoleon, will be aggrandised at her expense. not
only with the rebtoratiuu of Finland, but with the
acquisition of fresh territory, to render her in future
more a match for the potent Emperor of the North,
no looser Potent, or the fluttered friend of the Cor-
sican. The Westphalian, and other adjoimug
rissoliroom Monarchs, will share in the spoil and
plunder. Austria, with whom Bonaparte must
now be believed to act in cordial concert, will have
her long.cherisbed ambition gratified with the pos.
sessiou of Wallachia and Moldavia—provinces on'
which for these many years she has kept a covetour,
eye, and for which she has consented to the sacrifice
of her best (arid should have been dearest) subjects
-.-the gallant sod faithful Tyrolese. It is a sin-
gular fact, end affords another proof (were another
proof necessary) of the miserable, misguided,, and
besotted councils which have prevailed, antstill do
prevail, over the ancient Goverinvients of Europe,

that for the last dozen of years the favourite pro-
ject of the Austrian Cabinet has been to extend the
empire )4 acquisitions towards the South, and.
more than any other, by the attainment of Moldavia
and Wallachia. For these province% as we have al-
ready policed. she has sacrificed the Tyrol to Bo-
naparte ; that is, she has given up the most faithful
sod brave people under her dominions. in the hope
of being recompensed with the government of a
people, who, tram their habits ;and religion. must
cordially detest the.,Austrian a one. For the pre-
radios religionist Moldavia and Wallachia is the
Greed—Abaci which there cannot be any other
tibia holds so strong and rooted an eatipathy
against the predominating faith in the Austrian
States. Yet it is • well-known truth. that since the
iutrigttaettf Luccheoni, the favourite project of the
Austria Cabinet has beta to make so troublesome
and useless an acquisition.
Should a contest iu the North take place, it will
indeed be aliens to ate the various parts per-
formed by Sweden, Denmark, Prussia, &c. We
know that the first-armed country is only held in
the Frenckinteetta by means of the prevailing fac-
tion; Denmark, through good and had, has hither.
to still been faithful to the cause of Napoleon; sad
Prussia le so completely humbled, that she mat
alibiing to whatever her enslaver may dictate. But
there ass been a strange revolution in Norther*
Politics within the last few weeks; and the 'lea.
tion of Bernadotte, while it may have secured
Sweden to Bonaparte, has in all probability lest
hini Denmark. It should be remembered, that
the King of Denmark was one of the caudidata
for the honour which this creature of Napoleon has
borne away. The consequent disappointment was
suffi,Sently galliug ; but the mortification was still
further increased by knowing, that rather than
permit the King of Denmark to be elected Crown
Prince. Bonaparte was ready to support the claim,.
of Comm Gotiurp, alio Gustavus Adolphus. This
feet, scarcely known in Great Britain, is neverthe-
less true, and most satisfactorily accounts for the
extended liberty enjoyed by the exiled Monarch
during the election. He was permitted to advance
towards his late kingdom ; but, Bonaparte finding
the a:strips* set a-foot was sufficient to insure the
election of Bernadotte, had no further °cession for
Gustavus, and lie was again ordered to retire.
Should Denmark, disgusted by these intrigues,
by the par return made for all her services, and
by the desire evinced to take military passessios
of Holstein—should she turn round. and make
cointams ecuse with Russia in a %Tar against
Prance, the result must be very favourable to Bri.
tans. We shall not speculate on the issue of such
• war. We snitch fear that the overwhelming
power of Napoleon, hacked by Austria, must ulti-
mately prevail. Yet the very circumstance of war
taking place at all, must be very beneficial. In
the first place. it woad operate • diversioo is fs.
your of Spain ; and is the next. it would. at least
for • time, opera the Bailie to one asamarce.

Both these are moss important to the interests of
Europe. and more peculiarly of England. Even
a struggle for lialfm-year would enable us to iota
port • vast quantity of Northern produce. most
neceseary to us; and, at the same time, work the
Continent with our Colonial surplus and stagnated
enanufactures. Then. terminate as the conflict
might—however much iu f of Beriamertesaaave
would have the consolation of knowing that the
Continent, and particularly the North of Europe.
could not be more unproductive to us, or more ob-
i atinattly shut against us, than it Mat this moment.
' These remarks are entirely founded on the sup.
position that a rapture between France and Russia
usapassue: from examining the grounds for or
*Omit the probibility of this crag's,e have stu-
dbook abstained. Every new sassy to French
thhosinetioss must be an arqniaition A 11111 tale, bat
' ought not to be istirebssed at • heavy vale. as too
many forams Coalitions have been ! It is only when
rots. it to omiatonee by the opprestim of Bona.
1)4,!.•, that any isetior will exert its energies fully
sgsiniklMs; and experience mist ha.r taught us
that a eusvoestisi • oppontam is siot to be bought
or brined for..