The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-21 00:00:00

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MONDAY,. SEPTEMBER 21, 1818.

sctynospleal with filth, disease, want of food, and sere- • '
of treatment. There are even express enactments A writer in an evening paper suggests the probabi-
in fevour of cleanliness and health, but which, in most lity that Lord Cochrane may be going out in his
steam engine with a view to attempt the liberation of
rotes, are totally neglected in practke. The law, it is Buonaparte :—" The King's ships at St. Helena lie
true, and we are sorry for it„allows a creditor to throw chiefly at or off James town, on the leeward side of the
his debtor into gaol, without compelling an immediate island, into which there is good access by the usual way.
inquiry whether the non-payment of the debt arises There is pin other access into the island except at the
from unwillingness, from previous culpable extravae
opposite, windward side, where the entrance from
thew y land is easy ; but here there is no anchor-
genet, or fronvinnueentmisrortune. If it allowed im- age.. : IT this place two cutters usually cruise. Ses-
prisooment, al in other crimes. (fors,wit.tOect...ive wilful ..feritiiinen .pf ~couilie speculate. on the poAilityi
.
extravagance to be criminal, as welts Oudulent con-. Ittionlparte's escape • and the moat practistil• cha
vestment) for the sake of safe custody only till the guilt they think would be, for a strong cutter or 'two, well
er innocence of the party should be ascertained, we appointed with oars, to approach the windward side,
beat off the cutters, take and row away with Buona-
should think it wise; but faulty as the law of debtor parte, their prise, to alatge ship at some distance, per-
And creditor is, it allows only of imprisonment. It does temps out of sight of the island, which might convey him
Rot condemn the debtor either to moral or bodily con- to his destination. A steam boat can approach the is-
tagion,
to cold or hunger, to dampness, close air, or land on every side, its mechanical movement
Buena-
supply-
insufferable effluvia; and yet ia how few gaols is it in ing the place of oars ; and after taking away
parte, being large and heavily armed, it might best off
his power to separate himself flaim vice and profligacy any cutters. it might then work up to a large vessel
—to avoid disease of body and contamination of mind t.., to windward, to deliver its prize, or it might itself
In how few gaols is there any classification of prisoners;ll convey away Buonaparte wholly. The power of going
and yet can a heavier punishment be inflicted upon an 54ainst wind and tide would in those seas be a great ;
innocent man, wha, from einforeseen circumstances, or
protection against the King's ships, and moving as,,4'
does without sails, it would not easily be discovered at
even indiscretion, has e*pcsed himself to- the suspicion sea. Experienced nautical men, who have had an
of crime—on a person imprisoned for an assault, for opportunity of inspecting the steam vessel of Lord
eating religious tracts without a licence, begging to Cochrane; "have been struckb with its remarkable ailapta- I
sustain life under some sudden comity, or offending ' tion fur navigating upon such a coast as the windward
s
unconsciously perhaps against same penal statute—than side of St. Helena is represented to be. With respect
to warlike means, the recent union of the Buceapartists
to be placed iii itociety of experienced thieves, pick- in the province of Texas, on the Trinity River, tray
pockets, robbers, and murderers? Could any young probably' supply resources, long shire contemplated ;
person, seduced to commit a first and a small offence, and which could not have been so arsdiatie, had these
i
be placed in a more dangeroas school of wickedness.? exiles remained contented with the grants of land
made to them by Congress, in the Alabama territory.lt has now been ascertained beyond time p 'bilitr of
doubt, that many of the worst burglaries • have been Asa naval taileer, Lord Cochrane never showed hiself deficient in enterprise, and to his natural ardour is
planned in Newgate and the other prisons of the me- now added the excitement of desperate fortunes. Ills
tropolis ; and that every one of them, as hitherto con- character has berm much mi..taken, or tht.re arc few
ducted, has been a nursery of crime ! Juvenile delin- timings that would gratify him r!ore than to becoli;t: the
liberator of Napoleon. The Laze attempt, indeed,
quents uniformly went out more. depraved, aed more
wormy' seal hls future destiny. if he succeeded, his
ripened for evil, than when they came in ; and many - .
fate would be linked with that of huntaparte ; it' he
of them, from the information and hardihood acquired failed, he might still become an insurgent admniral.—
in gaol, became leaders of gangs, and committed the Ho has nothing to lose in England; every thing to
most daring excesses. It is thus obvious, let men pre- sain out of it. Just such a man—one so completely,
tend or profess what they will, that those who do net 'nth the world beret hill—would be re:inked for time.
Givartlous end daring enterprise, But it ie soil'. he is
provide gaols to admit of the classification and separa-
going to Chii. Be it so. It will not be mush out of
t;-:n :,f prisoners, are accessories befo.re the fact to crimes his way to call at St. Helens''—Courier.
of Etc worst description: theyconscnt to thedoterioration The military_ cerurrences in India arc gradually,
of their fm ilre.v.creati,r;•s, and ilefirectly assist in re.mrend- Lc:nig-lit up by tnire successive arrivais, or the o minute
ing vie e, diF:,ase, and crime, through the whole coot,l itt.yeatigation of preceding au.ounts, hut ra new events
reinli.y. Th,..s law may in sor.:c cares permit, bat- it of importance pre. wilt thems'iru.s. 4*l.ochnnation
does not commit tLe evil. :t orders imprisonment
from Ceylon, dated the ._•..l of last March, medicates the
ttsmultuotut and pm piesod state of that island,
~.and .es
but it ilocanot orda:tm promiscuous intercourse, nor doeslak
Se of a thousand dollars upon the head O. a -tee
it cam:nand Vac use. of chains and totters, which hard we chief.
. .
°deadens in iniquity,, bet never laud one to repentanei. I The British Mu.:eum has telretuis.,d the library of the
In the ..yc of the law the accused may ill be innocent, i , late M. Gingnene at Paris, for 103001. -sterling.
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PRIcE•9;,d. •

expected to bring into the field . :
Henry's army and his Reserve
anununed

37,0D0

8,303 3

8,600 44z

165,000 25,600 131
were destined to attack the 'Courts of Madrid and
Vienna.

These intentions were frustrated by the assassinat:en
of Henry on the 14th of May, 1610.
From the year 1635, Louis XIII. had five armies on
foot, which amounted to 100,000 men, of whom 18,000
were horse.

The peace wltablishmcnt ,pf Louis XIV. fluctuated
from 120,00 ni,,1030,000 liken : and the largesv.:
yY
he ever had on ilia, in the war frJra At, to ;t•,7,
amounted to sgsf9 men, of whom 44,000 were e 1..-
valry.
The largest army which Louis XV, ever had
amounted to 4010215 Men, in the war between 4741.
and 1748 • and after the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 114
peace establishment consisted of 67,5:?8men. •
In the year 1787 the French army aniouxte..". to
162,111 men, and in 1791 to 164.469 men. In 17t2
M. Narhonne represented, that the el(f eotive strength
of the army did not exceed 139,000 men, of which
more than 83,000 were disposable-for rield,servi,:e.
The Republican army was gradually inerer,eo. :lora
that number as high as 74,9,545 present ur.C.cr. a;mls,
when the nominal or paper strength amounted to.
1,169,141. This was the titsitriluzii7 of the military
strength of the Republic in the auturml of 1794.
It gradually declined after that period to 381,919
men present under arms, which was the strength of tLet
army in the autumn of 1797.
In 1799, when Bernadotte was made Minister. of
War by the Directory, he found the nominal strength
of the army rated at 449,844, of wl)ich, h‘.:werer, not
more than .298,1,6:1 were effet-tire, after deducting the
gendarmerie and gardes nationales, the sick, and the
army in Egypt ; and after allowing for the parriAerts is
Italy and the
.Rhinc, not more than 0100,000 men c!is.
posable for Inlenttiom in the field. However, by his ex-
traordinary activity. tha army was increased to .362,00
men, exclu,•,ivo of the troops in Egypt, sick in he:4-1:s.
and prisoners of war.
Iu August, 1799, the Council r,f ritie :Asec,l a jec.-1±,71.
fixing the land forces of the Rert:blic at—

4r.5,341, Infantry,
76,FW Cara7rr,
Eta! MAitr, &C.

566,4•'0
From Septeml4,r, WO, Scrtembcr, 1.2101, (yeti.
9), rtanee kept in the fie',J 414,7°2 mein; ani sfier
tbeTtoce of Amiens, army amour,ted to 39'9,716
men, boats 15,C;)0, retervo.

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an.! in point of fact, some them are as. i' * thew STATE OF THE FRENCH ARMY,
impriscnraent is a cruel. ,haniship in blahs, and one FROM THE REIGN OF HENRY IV. TO THE PEACE
which ought never tole increased OF AMIENS by any unnecessary
acts of severity. Convicts, again, are either to undergo In 1600, when Henry IV. of France prepared ta
capital punishmen*., or they are at some tints or other attack the Duke of Savoy, hii disposable army amounted
to only 7,000 infantry, 1,;i00 cavalry, and six pieces
to be liberated: As to the Baiter, the taninment of
of cannon. •
cloth must proceed on the supposition that illtt;t4 From t6OO to 1609, Henry IV. maintained a somiE-
eviltracd by them are so invert -.• ..c . °t ins army of 4,100 foot, ar.d e,637 horse, which V
It.asa, amino tuabeemisfy - • nagnint afterwards eAlgtnented to 10,000 men, besides 4,t in
lia Allindrtrili *O.V anent- tenter,
dl ''‘'.. • intoil ''
Thrt when be determined on I he. tie
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discussion on the policy of resenting to mi l= punish _ against the House of Austria, he had teas *flange,.
runts In any case ; but it is certainly ö horrible and menu for increasing his own army to
40,000 French infantry,
unnatural cruelty,. to deny tO those who; are about to 8,5150 Swiss infantry, '
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suffer death an opportunity at relleceng on their awful 4,000 Lansquenets,
.4011dit
5.000 Horse.
situation, send of making Pend with man and tha,Autluip,
_
00
of their ova beinos . Bet• poritent, or impenitent, 374 with 32 pieces ofartiller/.
aepecation isnecemai . t ter their own sake or the
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mis
Tye !relied Provinces, and some of
the Primers of the Empire, had en. root. Horse. Guns.
sake of others. As to name, again, who are at some gaged to furnish
time or ether to be let lose on society, it, is cleartthat The is VieteetioafelSavoy lB,OOO 2,000 12
12,000 2,000 10
amendment ought to be aught by all possible means, if The Pope lO,OOO 1,500 a
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not on their own account, on account of the mischief Km 8,500 34
The Rings of England, Denmark,
which they might otherwise do' to the community. add Sweden, the House of Saxony,
...milp..........sarsssas i and same other German States, were