The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONA.I!__REGISTER.

va:ons to complain if we were not to acknowledge that
!ome of his friends are quite as ridiculous as himself. We
ltowt.v(.r cannot &mil; ourselves the pleasure of transcribing
.one passage from a speech of Mr. Ponsouby, on the sub-
ject of the Spanish campaign of 1809, and having given
that which we are now about to quote, for the present we
'Aid{ leave %-ur readers to make their own comments on
the enlar,;ed yi,!ws, political w:sdom, and extended fore-
sight of all the Talents, and to judge what would have
been tlie rr'nit of the late contest, had the principles of
their leaders 11,en acted upon.
" Netter (-in ,se rely again Up the confidence of any
Power of the ,-,,,itinent in our mi!..lary exertions, however
util) they and ourselves my rely on our maritime efforts.
This c3,npw:..:is, 1 say, will have an influence upon the
charaelor of England long after all of us shall cease to
lire." '
May we ask if it was the meaning of the honourable
gentleman, that the influence he speaks of, was not to be
felt till after all of us had ceased to live ? If it was, we
must check our risibility now and consign him and this
part of his speech to the mirth of posterity.

NOV. 6.

the flab; also that part of the Metropolitan Bishopric of Passau to
the left of the Donau, and to the right of the Inn.
3. The small part of the Marquisate Bayreuth, situate on the
right of the Egcr. From the termer of the Rab a straight line to be
drawn to the source of the Eger, and all the conntry on this side of
the line to be incorporated with the House of Austria.
IV. Prussia ictionnees in favour of France and Holland, his pos-
sessions on the left of the Rhine in the Circles of Westphalia and
Franconia, and that part of Pomerania on the left to the Oder, the
Lordships, Lora, avid Klettenherg ; his possessions in the County
Nonskid, part of the Dutehy of Magdeburg, known by the name
of Saal Circle, for which he receives—
]. That part of Poland and Silesia to the left of the Vistula.
U. The whole Marquisate Lausitz.
3. The possessions of the King of England situate to the left of the
Elbe and the right of the Weser, which river is to form the komulary
to the Prussian dominioss on the scite of the Circle of Westphalia ;
they eontain nearly the Electorate, and itiAo' the whole Comity of
Breams and Vertieu, the Comity Spiegelberg, and part of the
County Hoya.
4. The imperial free towns of Bremen and Goslau.
5. The States of the Duke of Brunswick Woltenbuttle.
6. The Bishopric Hildesheim.
7. The possessions or territory of the City of Hamburgh to the
left of the Ellie.
8. That part of the Abbey Corvey, and the County of Schaum-
burgh.
V. The Elector of Bavaria renounces his possessions on the left of
the Rhine, the Duchy of Bergen, the part el Bavaria intended tor
Austria, (see above) and receives in return-
1. The Bishoprics Rcgensbnrg and Freysingen, and that part of
the Bishopric Passau situated on the left of the Inn.
2. That part of the Circle of Franconia on the left of the Mayne,
viz. the Bishopric Eichstad, great portions of the Bishoprics Bam-
berg and Wutzburg, the Margnisate Anspach and the Free Imperid
Cities Windsheim, Retheeburgh, Nurnberg, with their territories,
and the possessions of the Grand Master of the Germanic Order.
S. Austria Swabia, (with exception of Breisgan and the County
Holienhere,) the Lordships of Vorsinlberg, and the part of Tyrole
on
the left of the Inn.
4. The Bishoprics Constanz and Auslmreli, with the Abbeys,
Provostships, and Imperial Free towns, in the Circle of Swabia, ex-
cepting those included in the States of the Dnke of Wirtemberg
and the Margrave of Baden.
5. That part of the Bishoprics Worms and Speyer on the left of
the Rhine, including Philipsburgh.
6. That of the Electorate of Mayence on the left of the Mayne,
%villa the exception of some districts to be given to the Landgrave
of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Part of the Lower Palatinate on the left of the Rhine, excepting
the City of Caul), with its appendages, intended fir the Landgrave
of Ilessen-Rheinfuls, together with all N 0.5 and 6 in specified coun-
tries, shall be made over to the Dnke of Denxponts, as the probable
heir to the Elector of Bavaria, who renounces all his possessions
on the lett of the Rhine, in favour of France.
VI. The House of llessia receives for its possessions, on the left
of the Rhine. the Lordships Lichtenau and Wildstailt in Swabia,
ditto in the Principality of Henneberg, in Franconia, in the Counties
of Schaumburg and Hoye, and f'yrmont in Westphalia, viz.
1. The Landgrave of Ilesse-Cassel :
A. That part of the Electorate of Alnyence inclosed by Ilessia
viz. the Bailiwicks Amsneburg and Fritzlar.
B. 'the Bishoprics Fulda and Paderborn.
c. The Duchy of Westphalia appertaining to the Electorate of
Cologne.
D. The Electoral Dignity.
t. The Landgrave of Ilesse Darmstadt :
A. The share of the Electorate of Mayence on the right of the
Mayn till towards Taub.
B. The small pint of the same Electorate on the left of the Mayn,
a little above Aschaffenherg, till towards Henan, viz. the Bailli•
wicks Steinheim, Diehurg, and some other districts to the north of
the Connty of Erbach, comprising, among others, the towns Sell-
genstsnit and Ilorsheim, together with the Bailliwick Gerieheine
situated on the Rhine ; but the remaining part on the left Maya
borders will be joined to the Palatinate.
c. The Free Imperial Cities of Frankfort on tke Mayn and Wetz-
lar, with its territories.
3. The Landgrave of Hesse-Rbeinfels-Rothenburgh :
A. Those parts Of the Electorate of Mayence situated on Or
Lan.