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