The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

.enroach itself with having cherished that serpeia iu :ts
bosom ; with having protected- his youth, and utlf-Ide,l by
educg,t:, n the talents which he now exeits to de.oiaie
mankind.

" And yet. after all, what are those talents ? Do not all
his great actions hear the stamp of the most decided mad-
ness? What can we say of that Egyptian expeditiol, wnich
cost France forty millions. forty thousand men, tifteen sad
of the line, and the friendship of the Turks ? Shah we
praise the Spanish war. which in six years has cost hail
twelve hundred millions, six hundred thousand men, and a
most advantageous alliance ? Can Buonsimite himself deem
his late attack on Russia more reasonable r Did he not make
it in opposition to every piineirle of sound policy and
of common sense, which unite in declaring, that ho war
should he undertaken, until you have previously clsod
that in which you were engaged, especially when the two
wars are waged in countries so distant, and against powers
fcrniidabie as Russia, and Spain united with England ?
Shall we commend the imprisonment of the Pope, that of
Ferdinand Vi I. or the murder of the Duke d'Enghien ? In
putting this question, lf do not consider those actions under
a moral, but a political point of view. Shall we approve
of the union of Holland, and a great part of ltaty and
Germany to France ? Since this event is France happier ?
Are her taxes grown less ? Is her independence seated on
firmer foundations ? No, certanly, will be the answer made
to all these interrogatories. Weil then, that phantom so
highly praised by his admirers, that toweling genius has
vanished, and there only remains a madman, but the most
dangerous of all madmen.
" But the world is already, in a great measure, unde-
ceived. Bui,napsrte is known and detested, and more so in
France than ar.y where else, because he is there het ier known,
and it is impossible he should be, withryst exciting both
cont• mpt and hate. But %%hen the French became acqnaint-
, ed with his real character, they had allowed him to take too
overawing an atti'ude to he able to ovel throw him as they
wished. Except certain individuals enriched with the spoils
of the people, they are tired of making .conquests. They
feel no wish to preserve the countries which the Usurper has
united to his empire. They would prefer, on the contrary,
to remain within their former limits, which arc extensive
enough to enable them to maintain their independence. But
however disgusted they may be with the new order of things,
they cannot disguise from themselves the hatred with which
the conduct of their armies, in conquered count' ics, has in-
spired surrounding nations. The dread of retaliation, and
especially that of seeing France partitioned and ravaged, far
more powerful than the despotism of the tyrant, unites and
detains them under his banners. They know neither where,
nor round whom, but him, to rally. In their distressed
state they turn their eyes towards their legitimate Sovereign,
and feel that his return would be the hal hinges of peace and
happiness. But they also feel, that in a change of this na-
ture, his presence alone could save them from a new, revolu-
tion, and a new anarchy still worse than the yoke under
which they groan."

The city of St. Domingo has thrown off the allegiance to
her mother country; the people there having declared
themselves independent of Spain. The Governor, and prin-
cipal officers, civil and military, were imprisoned, but after-
wards• liberated.
Accounts from Cronstadt mention, that about 2000 Rus-
sian seamen- are now assembled' there for the purpose of
being immediately conveyed to this country, with the wow
Of completing the Russian fleet here.