The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

Cur Iting, Constitution, assu laths.

PUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREET. STRAND.

SUNDAY, AUGUST S, 1813.

of that city (taken by storm the 28th of June, 1811, by
SUCHET) was puui•hed by NAPOLEON with confinement in
a strong castle in a mountainous department pf France.
This gallant veteran effected his escape from the place of his
captivity on the Ist of October, 1812, and wandered, during
eight months, through almost every pat t of NA POLEON'Sdo-
minions, endeavouring to find his way to England, which
he was only able to accomplish at the beginning of June
last. That he should have remained so long and successfully
concealed, in a country abounding with such hosts of spies,
and where his betrayer would have been certain of receiving
the highest reward from'government, is in itself a most con-
vincing proof of the little affection of the French to their
present Ruler. From the conversation of this Commander,
who is preparing an account of the Siege of Tarragona, with
remarks on the present State of France, for the press, we
have gathered the following information. It will unlock
many mysteries, and make us dive beyond the glitter of NA-
POLEON'S fortune, to the means by which he produces such
almost universal delusion.

.`The Press, the support in free States of the liberties 'of the
people, becomes in a tyrant's hand the most powerful engine
of despotism. To it, Bucus AP AR TE is indebted for the cre-
dit, in which his professions are still .holden by foreign
Powers, as well as the apprehensions with which he but
too frequently inspires them, and much of the influence
which he possesses over the French. It is his organ and
only speaks hip language. Whenever the public opinion is
most decided against him, he seizes that opportunity of dis-
playing his cthitrottling power, by exacting the basest flat-
tery from his minions. Thus, when at the end of last De-
cember, he entered Pills. gs a fugitive, he made the consti-
tuted bodies and pri,nrip'al towns in France, send him depu.
tations, whose speeches were diCtated by. himself. These,
however disgusting to the well-informed, served to mislead
the multitude, who thought thernielves justified in adopting
the-opinion expressed by their superiors. Hence, although
detested, he continues to dazzle, and. so far neutralizes the
public spirit, as to prevent its rising against him. Hence
'also, he meets with 'no opposition to his wishes, however
vexatious and burthensoine. The Senate and Legislative
Body arc only employed to circulate, not modify, his de-
crees. Appointed by the constitution as counter-balancing
weights to the supreme authority, they do not in rea;ity
form the least check to his despotic power. They are not,
only ready to obey, they anticipate his commands. When
he appeared among them, •to inform them that he had lost.
four hundred thousand men amidst the snows of Russia,.
they did not let him ask, they granted him twelve pun
millions of flanks, seven hundred thousand troops
1 line and national guards, and eighty thousand cav
With these, he formed in three months his army of the

ndrecl
,f the
valry.
Elbe,

TH

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and two months afterwards his army of reserve on the 'thine
and in Italy, and now reinforces Joseph, and lines his coasts.
-All the French .Papers, it may be recollected, teemed at
.
his return, with offers of men, horses, and money, said to
have. been made to him by the people. This is one of the.
delusions he practises. These offers' were -
really madc,• but
by the Prefects in his pay, and in consequence of orders
transmitted from his Ministers. Yet such is the credulity
of his opponents, that they were discouraged by this strata-
gem from endeavouring to carry the war into France. They
eaPy frnciecl the people had declared unanimously in his
favour, and it is perhaps to that belief, rather than to their
overtly ow at urtchen, that we are to attribute the disposi-
tion they now thanifest towards peace. llad they read thej
pamphlets and placards in which the French at that very
petiod vented their real sentiments, but which the vigi-
lance of NAPOLEON'S nelliS prevented from pas Sing
the frontier.., although it could not entirely suppress
their ei;eul.ition in France, they would have entertained a
different ()WE) ;,ncl no ltubt exted in consequence. ln-
s.ead of riing simultne•ntsly to defend the integrity of the
Empire, as- the 11101,11111.6/11t Cll the Alps will tell posterity,
the conscripts, w are informed, were dragged in chains to
the army Their pi etended patriot;sm, was resignation—
their boasted enthu-iasni—despair. it is true, that when
once in battle, they fought like ther soldiers ; but it is
equally tine, thoutzh not so well known, that two hunclrert
pieces of cann-n, served by the Imperial Guard, were
placed behind them at Liitzen, and would have thundered
ul,oon Them hail they d‘ired to fly before the Allies.
The waste of hums,' !iv( s occ::sioned by the incessant wars
in t-h!ch BUONAPA VIE is engaged. is unpa:alleled, even j
in the 'sangui,ar• annals of the past. At the opening of
the con.e-t in 18(.3, and for several years, ion.ooo new le- •
vies annindly, answe,en the purposes of his ambition. The
Spanish war compe.,ed him to double that number. Be-
fore he !Kean his Russian campaign he raised between
4 and 500,000 men, and in the p. esent year upwa.ds of
60,000. Well may the French be told that vaccination
has encreased their population. Had it not been for this
unexpected blessin;z, transmitted to them from England,
.the
absence of the many millions they have lost during the last
twenty yea's, must at last have apneared, in the desolation of
theii fields, the inactivity of their manufactures, and the
Folitariness ot their cities. As it is, however, it is impossible
that vaccination itself can keep pace with the sword, and
should France ultimately sncticed in hqr•plans of universal
conquest, she hate few sons left to enjoy .an empire,
erected over the grave ofnations.

It is reported that Mr. ABBOTT will be called up to the
Jl,,use of Peels before the next Session of Parliament ; and
that ht. will he succeeded as Speaker of the I-louse of Com-
imons by Mr MANN CRS rtoN.

On Friday, SA nt HAUGE HA MET ERZINE, his son,- and
- suite, arrived at Portsmouth, in the Kennesley Castle trans-
. Port, SuAttpr., Master, from Tetuan, in BaFbarv, in which
city this Nobleman holds the important and lucrative trust
of C:'mp.rolh•r or Director of the Customs. lie is travel-
ling for the purpose of ioitiatina his son into the manners
and Customs of Europe, for which object he has visited
Ilearlv all the European Coutt4. He lett the ship► tinder a
salute. The drcs,-es of note' visitors are of the Moorish
style. and are very splendid; the attendants are fine looking
sncn It is said that SADI [IA DGC lIA MET ERZINE is a re-
lative of the Emr. EIRO of Moitocco.

Some accounts from Stralsund mention, that Gen. WITT-
OLNSTLIN was COnSidVlably iudispused.

REGISTER.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

GOTTEN BU RGH MAIL.

E,TCUST

GorreNtivtiGn, Jur.? 'l3 —lt is now posi,ively known here, that an
American triple has put into Bergen, a..ci there are accounts trout
Norway Awing her to be the President.
The meeting of the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Crown
Prince of Sweden, Lord Cathcart, and, it k said, two Aiktriit. AM-
bassadors, took place at Trachenberg, on the 10114 11th, and i(1111
insant.

The news of Lord Wellinaton's splendid victory on the 21st of
,Tune had not then been ree, i‘ed, but would reach Truchenbt (di

h. 14th.

Letters have been recriy«l from Berlin of the 14th instant; they
announce the King's antral in that city, and say, that it k understood
a Congress would he at Prague. at which it was not his illajely's
intention to he present. Tne same letters speak of the great endue.
tissm which prevails among all ranks ut 13111%!41H. .

Letters fr in Pdhot, of the 16th, •av, that otliesal intelliv ice had
been rest htd there of the Austlians having conek.ded a treaty ()trill.
sive mid defensive with the Allies.

S tochnotm, .Tut.v 17.—0 n the journey which the Crown Prince
commenced on the 6th instant to Traelienberg, he has t:11: n the lisle
.4 Count Upland. In hi. Royal state, are the richt Nlar-
shal Count Stedim k, the Vice-Governor Prince Psalms, the Com t
Chancellor Brun Wetterstedt, the Cabinet Chloo)erlain Count Bralie,
the Adjutant Lieut.-Celonel Camps, and Barons Sticrnerona,
and Adlercrents, the second Secretar in the Cabinet, and Chamberlain
Van Shultzeitheim, 13 iron Sticrneld, &c.

General Baron Adlercicutz has taken the command in (Thief of the
Swedish army, during the Crown I'6llm', nose•nee. The ltus.ian Ge-
neral Baron Von .inchleten, and the RiniAi Minikter, Mr. Th.priiton,
have likewise accompanied his Rcyal Highness to Trachenberiz.
Sr. PETEW6BU It nut JULY s.—The General of Cavalry, Count
Bentihtgstn, is nominated to the command to chief of several armies,
iz. of the army of reserve, commanded by GenerAllrince Lohanoff
ltosttifky, of the- corps d'arni&c, composed of divers militia, under
the orders of Lieut.-General Court Toltstui ; and the troops under the
command of General Doctoral.

Toe Directors of the Society charged with the distribution of the
voluntary donations intended tor the relief of those persons who sof-
term., by the enemy's invasion, arc about to publinh, in the Peters-
burwh Ckezette, a continuation of the list of SUMS transmiced from the
7th of May to the 7th of Julie (old style), and likewise the names of
thus, who participated in these benefactions. The sums distributed in
the Goce,mmeut or Moscow amount to 218,71,0 roubles; in that of
SmAensko to 4'21096 ; in that of Kalonga to 37,67 v, ; iu itiot of
Witepsk to 10,150; in that of Mink to 50; mid in that o!
to 50e1 roubles. Oil adding to this the expense of postage, and the
ices of office, which amount to 6,708 roubles, the %%hole manta a total
of 699,445 roubles, 87 copees.
CoPENNAG UN, JULY 17.—Private accounts from the sonthcrn
parts of Norway mention, that a 'idler harvest of corn is expected
there this summer titan has been known in the memory of man ;
and even the different kinds of pulse, which arc now more gener-
ally cultivated, are said to bear an excellent appearance. In our
island (Zealand) the crop of coni has every where the most plea-
titid appearance, and the continual heat (at to 19 degree's by
Reamnur) gives ns reason to hope for a very early harvest ; but, on.
the other hand, fruit does not appear to promise a plentiftil crop.
ORDER OF THE DAY .

ST. PorEnspunc u, B.—The Commander in Chief of the
armies, the General of infantry, Barclay de Tolly, issued, on the
Inth of June, from his head-quarters at Reichenback, the follow-
ing Order of the Day :
" His Majesty the Emperor having dchzned to confer. on me
the Command in Chief of the Russian and allied armies, I am hilly
sensible of the importance of all the obligations which are attached
to it ; but in older to meet the innumerable difficulties which are
inseparable fiom it, I confidently rely upon the acknowledged
merits of all the Generals,—upon the valour, the constancy, and the
devotedness of all the warriors in general. It is in this persuasion
1 demand the co-operation of all the chiefs of corps, divisions, (six.
(tee. It will be their duty, during the armistice, to devote all their
attention ,0 put in order the arms, ammunition and every other
object belonging to war ; to watch over the 114th of the soldiec,
and the observance of an exact discipline ; to form the young sol-
diers in the art of war ;—in a word, to ears,- every branch to the
r•quisite perfection, in order to rim to fresh exploits. It is by
tlnme means that we shall be in a condition to appear w ith gb.ny:FP_

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