The National Register.
London, England, 1809-03-05 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Them nre some notices, of the highest interest, in these
papers, tdative to Prussia. The KIN and gurEN of
PRVORI A left Petcrshurgh on the 31st of January, and ar-
rived in Aletnel after nine day's journey. Their departure
frtont that city, where they had taken their residence as long
its Kenitigsberg, ivas occupied by the French, is not mention-
eel, • The Prussian army, which was supposed to be Mll-
inlnted, sic are happv to find, amounts to 42,600 men
4he guards amount to 6000, the other field regiments to
00,000, and the brigades of Artillery to 6090. Ilis Puoi.-
0; AN 111.0tsly has issued orders to inspect the fortresses M
Neirete in Silesia, and Spandau, and to supply them with
ortilleey 4 ammunition, and provisions. 'l'W !‘lagiStrateS
or 11w different provinces have also been enjoined to make
returns of the number of men fit for service,
if we compare these accounts with'those of the migration
of -the most distinguished personages from Berlin, for Ko-
pingsberg, we indulge the pleasing hope, that the KING of
itAINUA is not indaerent to the tempest which menaces
Austria ; and that experience has taught him the danger
and Macy of his former conduct, when that power was
overwhelmed by the. French. Ile was the next victim
!it'd he will be 59 42;a in , should the same fate await AdSirill.
DrtiifilCiion in one case is unavoidable; in the other, it
Wray be averted by energy, promptitude, and decision. A
drendful fermentation exists in every province of Prussia.
Secret associations exist in every town, formed on the same
plan, but with a different object in view, as those were,
some year% ago, in Ireland. They ale instituted for the
purpose of reasserting the independence of the State, re-es-
tahtising the honour and fame of the Prussian arms, and
residing the exactions of the enemy.
The dis!resses of the State, and the consequent dismission
or it number of persons, who tilled civil and military offices,
And lived in opulence, have deprived of resources and em-,
ployment a vast number of individuals, who arc capable
and trilling, from despair, to form the most hardy and des-
perate enterprises. This sentiment is not peculiar to that
order of men alone; the interruption of commerce has
Ming not of bread a number of 3oung men, who were em-
ployed in the counting-houses and warehouses of the mer-
chant and manufacturer. Their distress and abandonment
Mild be deplorable. Besides these, there is a third class of
perform, whose situation is, if possible, still more lament-
able they consist of such as filled civil offices in the Polish
provinces ceded to Saxony, and in thone which form a part
of the Xingdom of Westphalia. They were all discharged
Pont their ;aces, and dismissed to their former homes.

we rellect on the feelings of those victims, pining in
trifeey and inaction, or roving about as vagabonds in a
which they incc honoured by their talents, or en,
felt-rd h their industry, we cannot but suppose that their
Owls fire wyrked 'up to a delirium, which must produce
SiMie ifefilCndons convulsion. War with France, assist-
'nCe to Austria, freedom sand the ancient order of things,
mug he the sentiment and the cry of these unfortunate
people, They have nothing more to lose but a trouble-
OM existence, and they have the prospect of regain,
log *bat they lost. Should the PacFsi %N Kiwi, through
Per Of ilehision, attempt to resist the forcible current of
psiblie opinion, and not make an effort on the side of
Anfilrin, in this last struggle for independence, a popular
to/Motion, with all its excesses, is unavoidable. The
minds of the Germans tare bee;i for some time brooding

MARCH 5,

over this idea, and are familiarised to its horrors. Utile
monarchy is to be preserved, the inclinations of the people
must not be resisted. We have seen publications, which
lately appeared in that country ; they contain bold, mys-
terious allusions, which evince their tendency, and betray
their rancorous abhorrence of the enemy. These are pub-
fished and circulated clandestinely ; and they breathe the
most fervent wishes for German independence.
Under these circumstances nothing would be more easy
than to orgznize a great military force, and no country
upon earth has a greater facility of doing it, where there
are so many officers, at present unemployed, and where al-
most every man, from the former spirit and institutions
of the monarchy, is a soldier. The same facility, the same
spirit, the same motives exist throughout the northern part
of Germany ; and if the genius and courage of the Govern-,
ment march on the same height with the inclinations of the
inhabitants, the independence of Europe may be still pre-
served,

Dutch Papers to the 19th, and Paris Papers to the 15th,
were received on Wednesday. According to the compulsory
statements of these Journa:s, and in conformity with the
artful policy of the tyrant, the highest degree of enthu-
siastic joy is manifested by all descriptions of persons in the
provinces occupied by the French, at the accession of the
Pseudo-King, JOSEPH. Congratulatory addresses, and
marks of homage are poured in from every town and village
of the Peninsula, in consequence of this fortunate event.
The usurper is stated to have entered Madrid on the 22d of
January, amidst the loudest acclamations and the most un-
feigned transports of the inhabitants, who assembled in
im-
mense crowds to hail the auspicious return of their beloved
Sovereign. All the pageantry
.of religion and arms,—To
Dow?, and fixed bayonets, ringing of bells, and discharges
ofartillery,—priests in pontificals and lighted matches,—,
contributed to render this scene awfully., we may say hori-
bly, impressive. As a proof of the established tranquillity
and confidence his Majesty is represented, on the entering
the place tie las Delicius, to have mounted on horseback,
and proceeded in that manner, amidst the acclamations of
the people, through the several streets to the church of St.
Isidore; but every street, every place and corner were oc-
cupied and lined with an immense host of armed men ;
whilst the sacred person of the beloved JOSEPH was sur.;
rounded by .a swarm of Aides-de-Camp, Major-domos, gen-
tlemen of the Bed-chamber, Equerries, and a long etcetera
of titled knaves, and dignified scoundrels, preceeded and fol;
lowed by a formidable body of cavalry. This cautious page-
antry, this terific ceremony, this mixture of confidence and
alarm, this terrible apparatus of a detested Usurper, march-
ing through the streets of a distracted and desperate pen,
1, le, arc foisted upon the unthinking populace of France, :14
the gay demonstrations, and the ordinary ceremonies of a
happy .people, hailing the return of a beloved Monarch !
Compare this account with the letter of the infamous
MoaLs ! How eloquently that traitor paints the indignation,
the rage, the convulsion of the generous inhabitants of
the capital, at the bare mention of capitulation to the
detested enemy; and, wonderful, auspicious conversion !
this indignant, this outraged people arc suddenly changed
into silent slaves, or a shouting rabble. Silent and de-
jected; and petrified, •we willingly believe them to have.
been att he appearance of the Medusa head of the loathsome
stranger; and if thr,horrid silence has been interrupted, it
has been broken by,the execrations and murmurs, and
heart-rending,. desperate .;ahrieks of the good, and the
patriotic. To crowli the nauseous recapitulation, the Ty-
rant lactated, on ffiltefing the church, and appearing be-
fore the. -Altar of the OMNIPOTENT, the searcher of hearts,
and the avcpgor of outraged innocence, to have said, "
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N" protcsi Then, before God, who knows the hearts, that it
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