The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-22 00:00:00

George II and the eally part of the career of George 111.
will be found of no great utility in 181.5.
But, at all events, we trust that we shall hear of no con.
temptible truckling, no mean and servile acquiescence, tin-
der an idea that we are not ready and willing, as well as able,
to defend the honour and protect the rights of the Bt itish
Erapire We trust that, in the event of certain schemes of
aggrandizement being attempted, we shall not be asked, as
we were with respect to Poland, the pithy question " can we
prevent it ?'' We had fondly hoped . that some means to
prevent such terrific and alarming violences would have been
devised at the Congress, and we were assured that at that
Congress Great Britain had assumed an energetic tone, and
a commanding influence. We, on the other hand, thringht
that truckling and bending to a despicable enemy. like Ame-
rica, was not the way to obtain influence any where: and
accordingly it has proved, that the object for which we sacri-
ficed so much, was,_ by the very means we used to attain its
put entirely out of our reach. In fact, wc are now plainly
told, that the Congress has broken up in ill-humour,—that
Lord Castlereagh is.on his return home,—that there are but
faint hopes of a lasting peace; but that our angry passions
must be kept down for the present,—in other words, that we
have cause enough for dissatisfaction, and for alarm ; but
that we must shut our eyes to danger; and blunt our feelings
to disgrace. This, we aver, is not wisdom; is not prudence,
is not safety. If a new Bnonaparte s started up on the
Continent, let us sec him, and know his views, and oppose
him inch by inch, as we slid the further and more formidable
tyrant. If we cannot do this alone, let us enter into
alli-
ances for that purpose. Indeed, it is reluctantly confessed,
H that " a combination may be necessary.'' This admission
speakcs volumes as to our future policy; but it says little in
favour of our past energy, and still less of our so much vaunt-
ij ea influence. However, on this subject more will he said at
11 a future period. We now tutu from it with satisfaction, a
satisfaction. arising from a new open'ing being offered for the
enter!), ize of British Merchants in the vast Continent of
South America, on the subject of which a mass of valu-
able information will .be found in our paper of this day.
There, with our immensely valuable possessions (would to
'God that Ministers could be made aware of their import-
lice!) in North America, may be fouod resources of every
sort and means of support that shall, enable the British flag
still to float triumphant over the tribute wave. " Over coun-
tries yet unknown to science, and in parts which ft itish naviga-
tion has scarcely yet explored, we hope to carry the tranquil
. acts, the social enjoyments, the friendly and benevolent in-
tercourse of commerce. By the link of that goodwill, we
hope to connect together the 'emotest i egions of the earth ;
' humble and weak, but not rejected instruments of that great
purpose of our Creator, by which he has laid, in the reci•
procal necesssities, both of individuals and of nations, the
firmest groundwork of all human society. Let this be our
glory, mid what conqueror will not have reason to envy it."
The best informed persons at Hamburg agree with our Pa-
risian correspondents in believing the main points in discus-
son at Congress to be settled; and they add, that many of the
minor arrangements will stand over for separate deliberation
at a new Congress to be held at Frankfort. What the Mite-