The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-17 00:00:00

TFIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

yoking grants which kis predecessor had printed, ten cen-
turies ago, to a Sovereign Pontiff.—This is certainly new;
and an honour which CVARLEMAGN t did not foresee.
He next alludes to the rewards be has conferred, and
still means to confer, upon the Kings and Sovereigns, his
Allies. This reminds us of the, fable and moral of the
Lion and the Azs ;—tho monster will still tear them to
pieces, for having the insulate to pretend to top 'Argo*
portion of the spoil.

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His observation relatively the Porte are extremely sig-
ncant. ' They prove him to be. by ne meows, indifferent
to the progress of the Russians. " I will protect the
Porte, if she will folthdrate herself from the fatal influence
of England, I shall knoll how to punish her, &c, His in-
tention to resist the pretentious of Russia, is still more vi-
sible, a little.lawer. -01 My ally and friend, the Emphatoa
of RtiliSiA; has united to his vast .empire Moldavia and
Walachia" A SiKnificant hint to his magnanimous ally,
that he will allow him to annex no more to his vast pos-
sessions. We have always considered Turkey as the future
bone of contention between- these friends; and before
twelve months, the French and Russians will contend, in
all probability with as much rancour on the Lower Danube,
as she did, threw years ago, on the Niemen.
After 'vernal/1g his favourite wishes towards the Swiss,
and attempting to prove their sincerity by his assumption
of the title of their mediator,—they had no more left to
plunder, to subvert, to corrupt,—Helland next engages his
regards. ")Faced between England and France, she is
equally bruised by them. Changes will become necevary."
What these changes arcs—whether fundamental, or par-
tial g—a revolution in the government;—change of ruler,
—an extinction of her independence„—we are at liberty to
guess ?
He concludes with some observations on the internal
prosperity of France; and terminates his speech by assur-

our soldiers will remain untarnished; their courage nn-
disputed ; and the ignominy of a disappointed object. mid
of retreat sena *Ruch to that 'epistles% vacillating adinini.,
stration, which attompts to hunt down is wild boar by,
shooting out of a pup gun needles at the ferocious

A report has bees for some (Inv% in cireniation, that
Overtures have been made by the French to our Govern-
ment, to open Negociations fur peace. Any tusvuOn the
northern coast of France must coutiguous to ours, his
been, it is Said, •proposed as the seat of the coaferenees.
We have been unable tocollect uppnwhat authority this rib.
mom. ;gists ; and think it originates in the arrival of the
Austrian Messenger, M. MAT N , with dispatches to PrinCe
STanaannEac. His very possible he may be the bearer of
0% ertures of this nature. That they are made through the
channel of the Austrian Government; and that Hues APART,
Ina) be serious in the proposition. It is certainly his inte-
rest to propose that, vrhicb, if accepted, places our Cabinet,
in a very delicate predicament ; and, if objected, exposes
it to considerable obloquy, and gives a powerful weapon
into the hands of their adversaries. fur the opening
of the next Parliamentary Campaign. It holds out,
at the same time, a chance of creating distrust be-
tween our Government and that of Spain ; which might.
facilitate the execution of his projects against that country.
We have'repeatedly and earnestly delivered our sentiments
upon the practicability and advantages of a peace with
the enemy. Virtt have appealed to the passions and under-
standing in treating this supinely complicated and culhar-
rassing subject. Its consequences have passed rapidly be-
fore our mental eye; and perhaps, the fluxion of pre-
judice may have exaggera!ed its dangers. Every man
liable to err; but errors, arising from depravity of feeling;
from insensai;lity of heart, as soon/ as they are detected, are
•ked T-- be -

- -- --- ----- wrom insensinuity or near', as 30011" as 'Hey arc aerectea, are
prosperity of France; and terminates his speech by assur- marke:l with peculiar reprobation. .To be an opponent to.
ing hi; people, that he will demand of them no new sacri- peace;—to resist reconciliations among nations ;—to Natives-
ice ; though circumstances, be says, have obliged him to cate, on the contrary, the necessity of war, with its
double his military means. His moderation is admirable! horrors, desolation, immortality,' and distress ;—raise very
If he possessed. however, less of that. praise-worthy qua- disadvantage ous impressions of the moral and humane:
lay, he tilight find it difficult to squeeze additional nou- feelings of the writer. Nevertheless; we consider peace.
rishmeat from the parched bosom of that exhausted with BcoNiti.tirrr, :-J,o,virg, as we do, his-duplitity, as'
country. 0 • the greatest curse, that an English Minister,—dupe, or
We have reserved to the last the paragraph, which refers traitor—could devolve upon his country ! There is like-
to oar army, and his intentions relatile to Spain, as the wise a report of an immediate exchange of prisoners.
most interesting to the reader : —....—..
lii figure of the frightened leopard, flying from his ' The last accounts from Flushing, which reach Abwirto
presence to the o.cean, to avoid shame, defeat and death, the 13th. states that every thing was in complete readiness
we should have formerly considered as gasconade. But for the evacuation of Walcheren ; that the troops were at.
when we )ook to the ;inaction of our army ; unaccouut-
ready embarked, and experted to sail as soon the wind be-
came favourable. We ardently hope, and wait, with and.
able conduct of our Government I—we feel then an un
p
iety, for itemisation on the, übject, that theshipping, des.
easy, reluctant presentimunt, which we strive to repel, •
tined for the conveyance of the garrison, were not exposed
and blush to entertain., that there is not so much insolence at sea to tbpse destsuctive squalls, which raged, with so
in the menace, as our indignation at first suggested. Our much fury, daring the night of Thursday last. The
army will do their duty, From their conduct the .country gale of Monday had done .the must dreadful da.
has no dishonour to fear. They may meet defeat' and wage to /yr shipping. It is reported that morn than.
of their opponents; forty A eye driven ashore;
death from the namerical superiority and serious appeehAssieee
but shame never, as the arch•shulderer has the audacity to were, entertained, that few of them could be gut
insinuate. if tiny art eblijed to 11/1 At ptpu,taticA of oil vain. Tbe
.e.:Temy apparel Jo be quiet spectators 4 .
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