The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTRY?.

went alluded to is, most persons are_ now pretty well agreed
upon. "We have little doubt," says an evening paper.
that Saxony and Poland will be united to PrusSia and this.
sia." It seems to be admitted, that such a result, viewed as
a whole, is " the disappointment of our hopes, and the defeat
of our exertions." Now, without pretending to be much
wiser than our neighbours, we may be allowed to say, that ao
energetic and decided tone," a " S. rn and unembarrassed
attitude," which produce no better fruits than disappointment
and defeat, are of very small value to their possessor; they add
but little to his Frofit and less to his dignity. We are desired
to wait until we have accurate information, and not to venture
vet to pronounce any positive opinion. The advice is alto-
gether unnecessary. The information we possess is sufficiently
accurate for the inference we draw. We take it exactly as
stated by our friendly monitor,and deliver our sentiments on
the case he puts. The facts may be altogether erroneous. The
fear of ()Wending Britain may have made_ the Emperor Alex
antler tremble, and withdraw every claim he set up to influ-
ence the fate of Poland. The maritime triumphs we obtained
over America may have struck terror into all the cabinets of
Europe. The inflexibility which we spewed in our diplomacy
at Ghent may have convinced them that it was useless to dis-
pute our will; and that our motto on all such occasions was,
mseit vox missa rererti; and they may in consequence have
yielded every point our Representative insisted on. If this
be the true state of things, then, indeed, we shall admire the
" enetgetic tone ;" we shall applaud it to the very echo that
doth applaud again ; but, unfortunately, nobody encourages
us to entertain such a hope. Every statement. of the recent
proceedings of the Congress shows that the influence of Great
Britain has been exerted to protect the great interests of hu.
Inanity, to restore nations to their independence, to secure the
balance of power, and to restore the law of nations—and has
been exerted wholly in rain. The treaty with America may be
an excellent one in many respects, which we have not yet
found out ; but it was recommended to us as a sure means of
raising out influence at Vienna, and in this, we repeat, it has
most miserably failed.

A variety of Paris, Dutch, and German Journals have
come to hand during the present week, and they still present
nothing official as to the main points under discussion at the
Congress of Vienna; they communicate, however, several
particulars, which appear to bear the stamp of truth, and are
Very important. • It is asserted that the discussions had be-
come of late very warm, and a strong remonstrance against
the system supported by Russia and Prussia is said to have
been presented by Lord Catlereagh, on the 2Sth ult. and 1
discussed on the 29th. The French papers intimate, that
his Lordship bad peremptorily insisted on a decision of all
the great questions at issue within a fortnight ; and that the
'discussion of this demand bad produced a greater degree of
• dissention than existed previous; but private advices say,
that Russia and Prussia having reftised to relax in the smalleSt
degree from their demands, the Ministers of. England, France,
and Austi ia gave way, and contented themselves with re•
cording tilt it protests against the measures adopted by the
Norther n Sovereigns. Whether this latter statement be
correct or not must soon be developed. A letter is reported
to have been sent by the Emperor Alexander to the King of
Prussia, conveying the most solemn assurances of the truest
friendship, and of the most inviolable alliance.

. Adviees from Poland state, that the Russian army has not
yet passed the eastern frontiers of that kingdom, and has been
id4cmd on the full establishment. It HOW forms ap
flora ttte fiQntiers of Covrland and Livonia:to Cracow,

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and is ready to take the fie d. if circumstances reticle, i• ne-
cessary The Grand Duke Constarr ine is occoplot without
intermission in the formation if the Polish troops.
An immense quantity of specie has recently arrived at
Vienna from Holland. It is positively staled, that Austria
has sold Belgium to Rolland, and that this money is the pay-
ment

An extract of a dispa'sli from Lord Castlereagh to Cot.
Dalrymple has been published at Genoa, in which hip Lord-
ship insinuates, that all the Nlmistersat the Congress concur-
red with him, in wishing to make Genoa an indsslmidl"nt
State, but that to have realized that wish would have too
much weakened the system necessary for the security of Italy.
It is to be annexed to Piedmont.
By the art iyal of a merchant drip direct froth Hayti, we
have received advices from Cape Henry to the 29th of No-
vember, nearly a month mote recent in dame than any which
had previously reached this country. It would appear that
the general impression of an attack by the French on the
kingdom of Hayti was still confidently entertained at the
above period. The approach of a French force for that pur-
pose was erroneously supposed to be near at hand, and ade-
quate means flr del nce were preparing in conseveme.
Some dispatches, which had recently fallen into the hand:l.
of King Henry, had left no dont), in his mind as to the real
intentions of .the French Government to make the attempt
of gaining possession of the coantry by :Mee, provided
it failed in the way of negocia•ion. The Commissioner
Medina, one of those sent by the Provisional Ft etich Go•
vernment, to learn the disposition of the HayC:lti Chiefs,
was not suffered to depart from the island, and remained in
the hands of King Henry Ilc appears to have conducted
himself with as much impolic,.. as his colleague Lavasse.
The King received him on his fist I.oltug with all the re-
spect due to an Ambassador; but fiudim that the Deputy
paid him no respect in return, he declined entering into any
negociations with him, or hearing what I.e had to say ; gad
on his wishing to leave the island, permission was refused
him to depart.
The King of France has, it is said, with the full consent
of all his Ministers, sequestrated the whole property of the
Buonaparte's in France, not excepting that of Eugene. The
most feasible reason ascribed for the above measure is, that
every one of the worthies, who are :the sn'ujects of it, has
been detected in bribery and intrigue apinst the Bourbon
Government.
The Duke de Berri gave a grand-ball lately at Paris, to 700,
persons, amongst whom were 200 ladies. At supper, every
lady found upon her plate a fine bouquet of natural flowers.
The last idle report current relative to Buonaparte is, that,
it is intended t) remove him from Elba to Scotland.
Mr. Barclay, the brewer, is the only nelson who has yet
declared himself a candidate to represent the Borough of.
Southwark, in the room of Mr. Thornton, deceased.
Dutch Sam, it is reported, has offered t fight Knowlswor-
thy, the baker, for 50 or 100 guineas of their own money.
Col. Gooch, of Shrewsbury, teceivcd from a Surrey agri-
culturist, a few days ago, a turnip which contained a large
hare, seven pat fridges, two pheasants.
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