The National Register.
London, England, 1809-10-08 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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•was to have Wininated on the 30th of August; was pre-
longed for three weeks, from the 31st to the 20th of iept•
The reason assigned, in these Papers, for the prolongation,
is, " the great distance of the, Court of St. Petersburg.
wjikh is
.materially interested in the negotiations;
otherwise no further prolongation would have taken
place." Both parties are reported to be extremely ac
Live in reinforcing their armies 'IV the approaching contest.'
which the private letters represent as; inevitable.• The
positions of the armies have been clanged since the armi-
stice.- The Austrian main army has quitted Bohemia,
and is concentrated along. the Raab, leaning on the strong
fortress of Coinorn. There is a second army, under the.
command of tho Archduke FErtnu;AIND, which covers 131,- .
hernia and Moravia. Count Gurr,Av is with a corps ift
Croatia. The French army have for the most part drawn
towards the right bank of the Danube; a movement
• whicb seems to indicate defensive more than offensive
measures. They have thrown np
.the most formidable
works in the neighbourhood of Vienua. These move.
reents would not appear to us to be, absolutely indicatiVe.or
hostilities; but they receive considerable importance front
the Impediments which appear to multiply at every stage
of the projected pacification.

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The General Orders published by the Emperor FRAWCIII/4
contain an aniinated appeat- to his armies and people. He'
expressly declares thereiu that he will not submit, to any
sacrifices inconsistent with the dignity and safety of the'Esn.'
pire. There is a tone of dignified firmness in these Ordera:l
and of conviction in the support of his people, which leaves
no doubt that he will resume hostilities, should Buoy*.
PA Rik insist upon his rigorous proposals. We would hope
that the Autrian Cabinet has not been remiss in their pre.
parations to meet the possibility
_of a new contest. . The
dignified and menacing posture they have lately taken ap-
pears to confirm these hopes. There is nothing so. erroneous .
than to judge, without some restrictions. from precedent.
Though the Austriaps were hitherto uusuccessfuJ against
the enemy; it is worse than to reject all experience, to
maintain, that they must of necessity be so for the 'future.
Our political speculators in this country vein to reawsa
upini this principle, and reject as an absolute absurdity.
a single speculation even remotely tenling to keep our
hopes in favour of Austria alive. We tremble in like
manner, for her safety; because it has no inconsiderable
influence upon our own, and because theeause she is cena
tending for, is inexpressibly dear to us. WheiherN in the
event of a new war, she will be assisted by the armies of
Prussia and Russia, we have not sufficient data to decide;
reports'opeak of a general movement op the part of the
army of the former power. That it is their interest to- do
so ; that honour, policy; and foresight, recommend'an ac-
tive and vigorous ethane° on their part, with Austria, tie•
body will call in question; but there,is no reliance upon
the good sense, the energy, or foresight of ei,hee: If
the war be renewed, Watcheren, as a military.statiool ie•
of incalculable advantage. We can soon reinforce the array
we have already there. The Dutch—and the .Flemish. if
they are not unfortuately disgusted, by the disgraceful result
of the eareditiou, ardently wish for the apesrauce of a
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