The National Register.
London, England, 1808-10-24 00:00:00

L REGISTER.

OCT. 24•

-tint-E. NATIONAL REGISTER.

ILenbon,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1808.

POLITIC4L EI'ENTS OP THE WIEN.

On Friday a flag of truce, from Boulogne, arrived in the
Downs, with a Russian and French Officer on board. The
former immediately landed, and set out for London, wlierc,
lie arrived that night about eleven o'clock. He was con.
ducted immediately to Mr. CANNING'S house, in Bruton-
street. The following is a letter from a Deal Correspond.
cut upon this subject ;

" DEAL, Oct. 21.
" A Flag of Truce arrived in the Downs this mornine, from
France. She came out of Boulogne last night at ten o'clock, abit-
after a boisterous passage, arrived in the Downs about eight
o'clock this morning. Two mi,ssengers have sit:ve been landed fro r,
her; one a Russian Officer, the other French, and after V%
on the Port Admiral, tie Russian courier so out about elms co
o'clock in a post-chaise and four for London,accompanied lit- the
Admiral's Lieutenant. The French Officer was not permitted to
go, and has since been put on hoard the Princes'', of Orange, to
the Dow us, till the pleat.ure of our Ministers he known. It it•,
however, stated, that this was done by order of Lords 11 t K s.
BURY and CASTLEREAGH, it :10 are both at Walnier CsaAlr„
and were consulted on the circumstance previous to their land-
ing.

" The vessel which brought them over i; put under c;.are,.e
the Clyde frigate, Commodore Owen ; and it is suppo,e(l, is to
wait to convey her passengers hack araiii to France, or, at
least, the decision of our (iovernment to the divlic:ies. H;c
is a French victualling lugger, marked No. 1, on her bow."
These Officers arc the bearers of dispatches of a racioc
nature from the Emperor ALexs SUER and Bo IV eAn
who are at present at Erfurth. It was not very difficult to
anticipate an offer of this kind. As often as the T.v rant
projected some profound scheme of mischief, he alwav s co-
deavoured to palliate it, by his proposing a negotiatiou
on terms, which lie knew were inadmissible, Of the clan.
gerbus and comprehensive villainy of the man we cannot
have a more satisfactory idea, than his effrontery in pro•
posing a recwiciliation with a people, whom he so invete-
rately abhors. However, let us take him at his word, and
examine the sincerity of his proposals. If he feels the
slightest inclination to give peace to a suinring world,
he can have no objection to subscribe to such condi-
tions, as will ensure our security, as well as that of out
Allies. Let us now ask every impartial Englishman,
whose mind is unbiassed by party interest, and who
has no other object in view than the independence, as
well as reputation of his country, what terms he should
consider as sufficient to guarantee national security and
honour.—Let him speak without prejudice, and fully lin-
premed with the decisive importance of the subject he is
going to determine on ; let him sacrifice, also, to this nio-
nientousobject every sentiment of abhorrence against the
man who has committed so many atrocities against the
States who confided most in his promises and his treaties.—
Let hint then propose those conditions coolly and delibe-
rately ; and he would say, and so should we, that in order
to secure the inestimable blessings of peace on a permanent
footing, and on one reciprocally advantageous, it is, iU the
first place, necessary that the French soldiers quit imine-
diatcly ;pain; that I --03EP11 BONA P.A ATE should renounce he