The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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carry on with Persia by Bombay, will not be denied by
th:eie who recollect the happy position of Constantinople,
and that in the hands of an enterprising people it would
Infallibly unite Asia to Europe. If the Russian Govern-
inNit, in its hitherto confined situation, and scanty means
of extending its commerce, has invariably directed its at-
tention to that great object, how much more expanded
will its views become ! how much more exalted its hopes,
and impatient its desires, when all Asia bursts as it were
upon its ravished sight, and displays the riches of the eas-
tern world !
A canal of little more than a hundred miles in length I
will .connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean : the
commerce of Acia will revert into the channels through
which it passed into Europe before the discovery of the
Cape of Good Hope, and under circumstances infinitely
more advantageous than ever Venice and Genoa possessed.
It is not perhaps generally known, that, by means of the
vast rivers that discharge themselves into the Black Sea,
Russia can transport every species of merchandise
by
water from Cherson to Petersburgh, and even into Siberia :
the Danube will enable her to furnish the more southern
states ; and our trade to India may be eventually de-
stroyed. Those who suppose that the court of Peters-
burgh will not extend its dominion to Egypt after the
Turk is driven out of Europe, or that it wilt not at-
tempt a communication which may be accomplished with
much less expence than some of our navigable canals in
Worcestershire or Lancashire, must have been a very
careless observer of what is transacting on the grand
theatre of the world, and extremely inattentive to the
present Sovereign of Russia. If ever a commercial and
enterprising nation should establish itself at Constantinople,
it would become a colossus of greater magnitude, and of
more real consequence to Europe, Asia, and Africa,
than ever the famous one of brass was to Rhodes. The
desponding prophecy of Lord Lansdowne respecting the
issue of American independency to.this country, will then
be realist d; and his Lordship may exclaim, in all the force
and elegance of metaphor, that the sun of England is set
for ever !"
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The author then proceeds to examine the fidelity of this
(so called) natural ally, and hopes that an " alliance with
Russia will no longer be recommended as a measure of
trtitYy, and still less that the mercenaries or volunteers
ttmongst us in her interest will presume to recommend it
as a measure Of necessity ; for what utility can we derive
from associating with a nation whom treaties cannot bind,
in vihom no confidence can be placed ! And as to the
necessity which has been so impudently urged—God for-
bid that this country should ever be reduccd to the ab-
ject and disgraceful condition of courting such an
al-
!"

The author then enters into a long detail to prove her
treachery and infidelity from the Revolution down to
1791, as well as her uniform disposition to injure this
country. He asserts our right to oppose her aggrandize-
ment, and gravely contends that " she is vulnerable to the
British arms ! 1 !" An apology would be necessary for the
intrusion of this sublime nonsense, if it were not requisite
in order that our readears might trace the cause of public

opinion.

lie then proceeds—" Good God! This country, the
world, in the very zenith of her

DEC. 4.

glory, in all the plenitude of rank and splendour, her
most formidable and inveterate enemy a prey to civil
discord and prostrate at her feet—'-is told that she has
neither the right nor the means of resisting the dan-
gerous encroachments of a nation emerging from barb;.
rism, and whom she can crush whenever she thinks pro-
per to put forth her strength. Not content with degrad-
ing her, if such men can degrade her, to a state of im-
potence, she is to be reduced still lower—to a state of
mendicity, and to receive as a boon from the Court of
Petersburgh, the permission to purchase, on terms not
very favourable, the raw produce of the Russian soil !
Under the apprehension that this boon may be withdrawn,
she is to submit implicitly to every insult, vexation, and
oppression, that may be offered to her. That every en-
couragement is due to the extensive commerce we garry
on, will not be disputed. We know hciiv much it con.
tributes to the grandeur and consequence of this country,
and respect the great and abundant source from whence
national wealth and national prosperity are derived ; but
commerce, to flourish, must be protected ; and what pro-
tection can it receive if the British Government must ac-
quiesce in all the wild projects of a Court whom generosity
cannot win, nor gratitude bind ?
God forbid that the tallow of -Siberia should ever be
put in competition with the dignity and independence of
the greatest maritime power in the world ! The very ar-
guments of opposition tend to refute the principle they
are meant to establish ; for; if we are entirely to depend
on the pleasure of Russia in her present state—if Russia
can at this instant hold us at defiance, and treat with
mockery and contempt every effort to punish her inso-
lence and injustice, how much more powerful will she be-
come if ever Constantinople and the dominion of the
Black Sea should bee annexed to her mpire ?
if she is
haughty and troublsome at present,e what wi she be
when she has acquired that Herculean strength to which
she looks forward with confidence and enthusiasm !".
(To be resumed.)

FOREIGN I NTELLIG ENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, Nov. 27.
LAW ON THE EXPORT OF WOOL—Louis, by the Grace of Coil,
King of France and Navarre,—To all those whom these presents
may come, health : We have proposed, the Chambers have adopted,
we have ordained, and do ordain as follows :
Art. 1. The law of the '26th of Feb. 179'2, which prohibits the ex-
portation of wool, has relation to that which concerns merinos, and
other wools.
9. There will be paid on the exportation of the said wools a duly
of 50 fr. per quintal, and of 1.. fr. for the hide.
3. The dispositions of the law of the 30th of Audi, 1306, which
prohibits the exportation of rams and merino flocks, have relation
also to that which concerns the rams.
4. There will be paid on the exportation of Merino rams, &c. a
duty of 5 francs each.
5. Pure merino wools, al well as common 110411ols, washed or no.
washed, coming from foreign parts, will be admitted to cuter this
kingdom, on thy simple balance duty. •
6. In the interval of a Session, and in exigent circumstances, tbe
GovernMent may suspend or mustify the effects of the present law,
on presenting, in the fullowiug Session,. the motives which elect-
mined this measure.
HAVRE, Nov. t 5 evening-we received the interest-
ing intelligence, that foreign relined sugars will remain prohibited
as they had been for 20 years past. The news spread a truly
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