The National Register.
London, England, 1809-06-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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of them respectiog the Letters that have undoubtedly arrived
from Vienna.—No oae ran tell how the news transpired--but
. every body has the same account.—The battle is supposed to
• have begun on the 12th, mid continued with fury, day and 'light,
till the 15th, down to which day, and no further, the account
comes.—The anxiety of the people here is really dreadful, for
many persons have es:pressed themselves so openly lately, that
if 800 sAca itta-6 succeeds, the parties to whom 1 allude are
marked for destruction.—We all be/ieue that Bunt% APA title has
beenagain defeated ; and it. even said that he had demanded a
truce--.-but that, i fear, is only a revival of the old report.—One
Elia; we all rely on—that 13u o APA 11TE has not gained a great
ictury,for then we should have ha I the accounts published.
You must form our opinion, for this is all I can tell yon. You
Arnim ns mach ai we do—bot we do believe that the Austrians
haNe hero successful ; and I um sure that many of us hope so.—
For my own part, I am afraid to indulge my hopes. for accord-
ing to accounts from the French, w ho are here, the preparations
of Most APA RTE, after the battle of Essling, exceeded any thing
'Jot* the kind that had ever been made befarc—and those who gave
those accounts, have made themselves certain that he would
emit the Austrians at the next attack—and they affect to laugh
at the account of Run Apl. KT ifs defeat. The anxiety of those
ho wish well to the A u:a ians is really terrible—for they have
lately spoken so opeuly that if !Ivo N A rigs succeeds they will
inevitably incur his vengeance, as they are all marked by the
spies which he has here."

All these accounts are probable, and may be true, but

their probability was necessary even to give colour to the
fabrication, if this be the case, which we have not the
means either to adirm or deny. We hope and we wish
they may be true ; and in this wish, we believe, every reat
friend of justice and humanity will join us. If there be
;my who entertain a contrary feeling let them enjoy it; for
our parts we are willing to live as peaceable and good citi•
v•ns, un(h.r the old aftd approved (overnments which have*
dcfended pis iu o;!r hoy ish days, and we leave the untried
Wit.tmes of )-lotiorn licrormists to unfledged Politicians,
and (Inidnunes.

We arc of opinion th:it Russia is so completely toiled.by
BuoY4rAr.re, that she cannot change the direction of her
politics, notwithstanding the repulse he has experienced on
the Danube.

The Duke of SeDERMA NI A is, at length, proclaimed KING.
The politics of Sweden will, probably, assume a more
decisive tone as soon as the new king begins to feel his
situation. The murder of his late 31.4„irsTy is probably
determined upon, perhaps effected before this time. The
prison and the grave of Princes are separated by very thin
partitions. It will afford an awful example to Princes and
to Subjects—to the one, how difficult a thing it is in the
present. day, to outrage the feelings and temper of their
subjects by incessant war : and to the Subjects it will afford
the still more severe lesson of the little advantage to be
derived from the most. violent struggles, when directed by
person. who neither possess abilities nor patriotism.

Monitenrs and Dutch Papers have been received in
the course of the week. The former contain the Fifteenth
French 13:111ctin, which is dated only one day later than
the Fourteenth, and is equally barren of intelligence. On
the 15th Bulletin we cannot help observing how much it
exposes the anxiety ofituoNArsaTE, to represent the army
of Italy as having effected a junction with the army on the
Danube. The Duke of RAGUSA is said to have arrived oo
the Wills May, at Fiume, and thus to have ciFected & junc-
tion with the Grand Army. Whilst the head-quarters of
t aroaits are at io respectable a distance, the rein-

JUNE t 5.

forcetneuts from the Italian army are not likely to prove
%cry sem iceable before this addition to the strength of
Iluors A r_ARTS i 3 balanced by the arrival of the Austrian army
from the same quarter.
It is impossible to read the accounts from the Con.
tinent, withont observing. that they afford the most
direct contradiction to all the French tirades respecting
the state of public opinion in the Austrian domm;ons.
Although the patriotism, the activity, and energy of
mind which distinguished SCRILL, he unfortunately lost,
yet his spirit remains; and if it be yet permitted to hover
&boat the regions in which it was separated from his hotly,
it will receive from the continued efforts of his Country.
men, a foretaste of that pleasure which is reserved for
the virtuous and the brave in the regions of humor.
tality. •6 CHASTELLER, CA RNIUEL, 'SCRIP vERIA. and
other Officers, who were iu Tyrol, are still busy in ex.
citing and organizing lusurrection."-:—(Leyden Gazette,
June 14.)

Some days before, 2000 armed peasants are said to have
committed many murders in Derlin. •
The traitorous Tyrolese wilt not yet keep peach on the
contrary, the Insurrection has broken out anew, and nearly
spreads over the whols count:). The Bavarian General,
!)okay. has judged it prudent to retreat from Inspruck
to KutTstein. On the 29th May the Tyrolese attacked the
guerd appointed for their own safety.
Intelligence from Purlesdalfe states that the luhabitants
there continue in a state of Insurrection.
The division of the French under the Duke of DAyernc
nail no sooner turned their backs on Tyrol, than (we are
told), " that ill-fated Country became again the scene of
warlike operations." If there can he any one thing more
clear than another, from alt these (which are the French ac-
'cOunts) it is this, that so far are the subjects of the Empe-
ror of AUSTRIA from being indifferent to the progress of
the French on account of the abuses which the tools of
France are incessantly describing to the passions of the
multitude, as having crept into all the old Governments
of Europe, that they view the blessings of French Frater.
nity with horror, recede from them with disgust, and will,
we trust, combat against them succes.iftilly. The same
language that will apply to the great body of this people
in Germany, will apply with equal force to the under-.
standings of the people of England. What is it the dema,
gogues of this and other countries would recommend as an
antidote to the " abuses of old Governments?" Why', a
military tyranny. Let us examine the nature and prineiple
feature of this same military despotism, or power, or call it
by what name you please, It is a power in its very nature
Unjust. Unjust, for it takes no more account of the coma
of mankind than if they were so many herds of cattle, its
great, distinguishing, and universal feature is to begiu o(
end with being brutal. It aims at being universal, in order
to deprive itself of those checks which arise out of public
opinion, education, ;tad a sense of moral justice, which
is never siholl3 extinguished in the. hearts of mankind.
It is capricious, because it is guided by passion, and la
meddened by the poison of power of ita own preparing
it is oppre,4ive to, every rink, not excepting the very
highest, the most sacred, the most useful, nor even the
army itself: it endangers the security of its own authors,
and their families too, as is found from, the History of
the Emperors of Rome, of Russia, and Morocco. It is
prenument,hecause when despotism, though only for a single
age, stretches across the world every where, to intercept
truth and knowledge, and to circulate falashood, the work
of reformation can only be slow and accidental rather than
progressive. It is almost remedilessi because military
power being always armed with jealousy as well as weapons,
is able to overpower therepugnance of single nationsoithich
arc commonly separated from each other by languages,
manners, prejudices, and interests; and are there in this
country demagogues so silly and besotted- as to encourage
for a moment, in the great body of the people. sentiments
which, exciting and leading tq civil commotieusa must us-