The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONII+ *MISTER.

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the rank which his precedence of .exertion and success al-
/owed him to take in the coalition ? No ; he sacrificed every
consideration of priority and pride, and resigned to Austria
the task and the honour of leading the world in this war of
independence with despotism. &wally unfounded are. the
remarks made on the conduct of other states, and the re-
proaches cast upon them for reproving .acts in which they
participa'ed themselves, when the weight of his power and
the dread of his vengeful disposition deprived them of free
agency! It is amusing enough, however, to see him resign
the honour, or rather disgrace, of those measures, formerly
described as the most noble fruits " of his sublime genius,"
to those very Potentates who but unwillingly adopted them,
and at last 'educed him to his. went situation in order to
put an cud to their operation. Thus Russia is now made the
author of the Continental System, and the late French pre-
rooderance i, said to have been created by the vain attempts
of %orronnding States to destroy it before it existed !
Fear, it appears, is but a bad logician. The effect of the
Continental System, intended to reduce our maritime pre-
pun& ranee is, however, pretty fairly described as having
turned it into " a meal oniniiiwtnee on all the seas of the
• gli be," which shows tie folly of tote man who so pertina-
ciously adhered to a measure at once ineffective and ruinoug.
Netwithstanding his entitle' al cry for peace, and the ge-
neral al athy of his people, N APO L EON seems resolved to
make a last appeal to the sword. Ile has reached a poikt at
which it is as dangerous: to shr:uk as to dare, and where
giesperate meatut es can only relieve him from his desperate

-situation.
By n Decree of the Bth, ehich apptars in The Min Pear!
ti e 9th instant, issued 1: um the Thu Wei s, the Nat lona'
Guard of Paris l as ken called out, and, in the French
phrase, " placed activity." BON AP ART E himself isto
4 (Mlnland it in Chief. Ills Staff is to consist of one Major-1
Ceneral ssim is to he second in command—of four Assistant
Majors-General—four Adjutant•Ccmmatdants, and eight
Assistant Olptains. No person is to Le all( scd to find a
substitute for the servce of the National Giard, except a fa-
ith-I- by his son ; a father in-law by his son-in-law ; the uncle
by the nephew, and a brother by his brother.
Every' arrondissement is to furnish a legion consisting of
12,620 men, and as Palls is divided into numerous arroudis.
seiner ts, (we believe 50) -the .force thus raised would amount
to alrnit 150,000, or all the male population of the capital
able to bear arms. Is not such an army, totally undisei-
Oincd and unable to meet regular troops with any chance of
soccer“, nun e likely to take the field against its own Com-
wander, and by his deposition to secure the capital from inva-
sion more effectually than by its ill-organized-resistance? This
is the peril which NA not r.ovr occurs in ordering this levy,
and if tither he or his dynasty survi% e it, it will be vain in
futsire to talk of his n npopu:arity.
Paris Papers to the 9th inst. arrived on Tuesd.w, They
-announce ',tie important fact, namely, the emancipation of
Geneva from the yoke of France. The account of this trans-
r.ction, as c( stained in the Monittur of the 6thnof January,
' is somewhat ludicrous. " CeneralJordy (it is said) who corn •
inanded in the place, bad rut it in a state of defence : he ba,i
14 pieces of cannon. The garrison cmisisted of i,!-",o0 men ;
1.8(Y) men from Grenoble were. coming to reinforce them,
• which was sufficient to secure it from a coup-le-rnai4. 11.4 a
acirt of
.fatality, General Jordy was attacked by a lit of
poplt x v on the 77/4-ning of the day when the enemy appeared.
The Officer who commanded under him suffeied hims=elf to
be prevailed upon by the citizens, and t4re garrison kft• the
e,tv. The Prefect had forsaken it, so that for threc (Anl paa
• • the, citiheits. lakid constituted theinsehts into a body, aid

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had atiumed•the authority. The garrison bad parched out,
the citizens opentd the gales!"—'here can be no dflubt from
the alove statement that neon the approach of the Allied
troops they rose upon the French authorities, and admitted
the advancing arthy as their deliverers. in fact it is so stated
in the Dutch papers.—The extraordinary i'otratissioners
sent by Buona; ante into the defartments of France, have
commenced their labours. Ceunt de Sugar has issued a
proclamation from Troyes, to the inhabitants of the depart-
ment of the Aube. Ile says, that his Emperor has sent him
to tell them important truths, znd speak to them about their
deafest interests! - Ile endeavours. to rouse their indi',cmti,:n
against the Allies, and assures them that Bonaparte hzs
renounced all views of aggrandisement, and looks only to
peace. This is a convincing proof of the weakness cf the
French Government, and the indisposition of the people to
make any further switiees. Ile says, it is the intention of
Buonaparte to put himself at the head of hiS army, but it is
i not said where that army is to be found.----" The Prefect
in the department of the Upper Rhine (says the Moniletn-;
has just received orders to raise the inhabitants en wasse.-
—"
A large corps is going to march to the Lower shire;'
—"
Every thing spews that a considerable force will be
assembled in Alsace."—"ll is sold, that in a f&w ciao s
formidable army rill be assembled at Longues,—" They
expect immediately 30,-000 of the Imporial Guards."—The
other details ih these papers consist chiefly of similaiSsertions
respecting the state of preparation for defence of the different
fortresses, and the means of re,isting the invading at mies
but there is no fact stated which in any degree tends to spew
that there is any considerable a' my in France to oppose the
advance of the Allies.—Bonaparte remained at Paris ; on
the 6th, lie revreviewt d 18,000 troops of the line autteou-
, scripts:—The French funds continue to fall.

.Advices were received on Wednesday from flantzic to :the.
21st, and from Berlin to the 9.hth ult it whs still unknown
at the former place th the eapitula'ion bad not been sanc-
tioned at 11(A-quarters. The garrison consisted of 9000
men, including 1400 office:s, many of whom did not ori-
ginally belong to it, but had sought refuge in the- fortress
dining the retreat from Nlcscuw in the last campaign. The
citizens had been reduced to 15,000 persons, and to these.
since the ncgociation for the surrender, the Duke of
Wirtemburg, who commands the besieging atmv, bad ad-
mitted provisions to be supplied. Ilis free is computed at
30,000 wen.—The Berlin letters mention, that intelligence
had arrived, of the determination not to sanction the terms
of the surrender, and it was therefore supposed that bautzic
would hold out for some time longer.

The following extract of a letter from Attona, dated
Dec. 28, describes the distressed state of the city of flaw-
burgh
1 hare juit t treeted my escape from liin.bargh, and hasten
to -give you some description of the horrible battalion ut that
city. l want north), ho Ever, to represent the tai•eries which
theinhabit ants 'endure, and obich arc au great that death itself i•
ferable to living under viteli intolerable slaver,: Picture to yourself
thousands of nicit, women, and chihiren, den's) Out of the city. Isitlx
the wretched remains tI their property ; and whit ? —Hint tl)' hecause
they cannot purchase, at their own co t, provisions for six itiooth‘,
which, from the high price of grain mod ne.it, it is scarcely posNihle
even t,.)r the atlho.tit to do. It is said, that not more than Irons to
1:5,000 inhabitant, will remiiits in the city. yes! rt la y, 0,000 peopl•
ware driven out of the ci'v. God intlY i.ttows ``.lint will 6t'4)*A"" of
them. All the suburbs taut: been burned.- Ditisbietel, and
Schutter b1..11 are in ashes, and their unfortunate inhabitants ate How a
prey to'hunger anti w•oli. At the moment l w.itv, ad the 11,1,..u,,,r-
-go.lierg is in times the r.iiikt of it fill* uns with heituri sod mikes
so) bkud iya.46o.ltL"