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forte numerically superior to any that he had po'scssed since
his accession to the supreme power,. then is this second ar-
mistice the most artful and fatal snare in which he has
yet entrapped them, and War, immediate war, could alone
free them from his toils. His force, however great, could
not have reached the banks of the Elbe at the time the
first armistice expired, and consequently it would have
been both"the interest and the duty of the allies, to have
auticipated its arrival, and profiting by the position of the
Swede•, to have renewed hmtiiit;, s by a demonstl atioo
against Hamburg!) and the Lower Ella., where the neech
were weakest. If n?cessary, the itu,sian and Prussian main
army might have continued to fail back into Silesia, and thus
have drawn and se; orated the enemy from his resources, and
exposed him to he entirely cut off, by the increasing num-
bers which would have swelled the English, Russian, and
Swedish corps under the CROWN PRINCE, into an army of
the lost magnitude. At this important juncture when the
earth expected :he shouts of British conquest to be re-echoed
by the triumphant legions of the North, and when, not only
the reduction of NAPOLEON'S power, but the overthrow of
his dynasty, entered within the circle of probable and not
very distant events, how deep must be the disappointment
of mankind, to find its tottering oppressor confirmed in his
usurpation and once more raised to the rank of a legitimate
Sovereign, by the weakness of the Monarchs who consent to
treat with him as their equal ! What will be the feelings of
our brave allies, the Spaniards, who expressed so much indig-
nation on hearing of the first armistice, when they learn that
it has been followed by a second, and by a General Congress
for
._Peace ? What effect will it have on the population of
France, whom* from the summits of the subjugated Pyrenees,
our W ELLINGTON would have shortly invited to rise in sup.
port of their former King and Constitution ? Will they now
think it their duty to shake off a yoke, which the nations of
the world acknowledge lawful ? Nay, will they even be asked
to do it ? for how can we, with any consistency, send an Am-
bassador to negociate a peace with BuoNAP A RTE. at Prague,
as a legitimate Sovereign, and at the some time represent
him to his subjects as an usurper, to whom they are not
bound by any tie of duty and obedience, and whom they
ought to expel or destroy ? This renewal of the armistice,
and our assent to the Congress, have, in fact, completely tied
the hands of our Commander, and, as it would be useless to
enter Fran( e unless we came as the restorers of the ancient
inonarchy, to disarm us of this plea is, in fact, to confine the
effects of victories to the Peninsula alone, and to enable
the enety to. recruit his force on his own- frontiers
so as perhaps to dare us once more to the field.
Before NAPOLEON had replenished his armies in. the
north, he had a chance of not being able to do it, and
therefore might have made many sacrifices to obtain
peace. At that period we thought peace might be
tried. But whet) he has nearly completed his preparatious,
and replaced his armies, in numbers at least, on a higher
fooling than ever, he may talk of peace, but wi:l not make
it. To mislead, and ultimately effect his ends, he will lavish
promises, and profess that he is ready to submit to any terms
the Allies may please to impose upon him ; but when his
troops shall have reached their stations, and all his force
shall be collected on the theatre of war, whatever•may have
been hiS previous assurances, he will deny them. He will
',write a treaty with his sword, and command the Allies to

ATTOUST 1.

sign it ? 'England will refuse, but the Continental
Powers imitate her noble example, .when they see t..e storm,
collected in their immediate neighbourhord, lowerii g upon
them. To avoid such a downhill of the hopes enteraieed
by mankind, the sword of war, and not the yen o•
t»acy, must be wielded. War alone can anticit-a.e, nd
still disappoint his deigns; and even shou!d e, be not
ultimately attlined, it is more :2 I,,rious to lose life In Lie
field, than to sign away independence in the closet.

FOREIGN INTELIAGEhC&•

FRE \ Cil PAPERi.

PARIS, JULY 21.—Her Imper(l %laji sty the EiTiretts Queen
and Regent has received the followhig intelkenee it :a the ACM% :
'6 The Duke of Viet-az:l, (ir.oul Egnerry, and Colvin de N
Anthas:cnior from France to Vienna ha% e h. en Appointed 07
the Emperor his Ministers Plenip Icahn.). at PraLue.
" Count de Narbonne set ont o the 9th.
• It is supposed the Duke ,if Vier, 7..1 -et out on the 18th.
l'he Privy Counsellor d'Ansteto, Plenipotentiary from the Em-
perorot'Rus•ia,anived at Prawn,. on the talus
• A Convention hail in co signed at Nemnarke for the prolonga-
tion of the Armistice to the middle of August."
Jut.v —tier Majesty the Eropress Qiicen and Regent
is going to Mayence to pass eight days, in the hope of se. ing his
Mltjesty the Emperor there. Her Majesty will return in the be-
ginning of August.
PAR R'Ly 21—Her Majesty the Empress yesterday wet out
for -Mayence.
LOWER RHINE, JULY 11.—On the 7th of this month the
English A Illbill6S4:10r paglitql through Neuss (department of the Mo.
selle.) On his way to the place of Ciongress, he, with his nume.
roes suite, Willi accompanied by a nem+ escort of honour.
BAYREUTH, JULY 15.—The Plenipotentiaries from France,
Prussia, and Russia, have already arrived at Prague. The Et:T.:-
tor Napoleon is preparing to inhabit the castle of Seidlitz, near
Pirna.

PRAGUE, Jvve 8.--We remark, mow the pet sons art ived here
on the 3d of July, Count Kannitz, from Vienna, Prince Este' 11,,ay,
from Bramleis, on his way to Ratisbou, and Count Kolltm rash,
from Gitschin, going to Toeplitz.
PHAGuu, JULY 13. • -The great priory of Prague is intended to
serve as ,t re:-itlence for the Duke of Vicenza, Plenipotentiary from
France; the Chancellor lt. State Baron de Hardenberg Will inhabit
the hotel of Windeschgratz, and M. de Humboldt that of Fursten-
berg. Thu Austrian Ministers will reside at Schoeithron ho el.
All the Russian officers who have hitherto been here, or at the
baths of Bohemia, have received orders to set out to-day or to-
morrow for their army. The officers belonging to Prince Po-.
ni.:towAi's corps, who are still in Bohemia, have also been recalled.,
The opening of the Congress is very near. We shortly expect
Count NesseirOtle. The Emperor of Austria came here yestt rday
from Brandeis, whence he returned in the evening, after baring
granted some audiences.
PRAGUE, JuLY 11.--Baron Amstettcn, Plenipotentiary fi om
Russia, and Baron Humboldt, Plenipotentiary from Prussia, arrived
here on the evaning of the 1 tth ; COll/If. Metternich is airs() in our
town ; Count tie Narbonne, r from F ranee to our Court, is
likewise here ; his Excellency the Duke of Vicenza is expected.

MAGDEBURG, JULY 19.—M-day we had the happiness of pos-
sessing the Emperor within our walls; this Mown ch arrived at
eight o'clock in the morning. Notwithstanding the fatigues of the.
journey, his Majesty immediately mounted on horseback, and, ac.
compuied by a nnmerous suite of General and superior officers;
visited the fortifications cf the town and citadel. Ai;out el vvn
o'clock his Majesty returned to town, and alighted at the ci•devsnt.
Deanery. which had been prepared for his reception. His Majesty,'
at three in the afternoon, deigned to receive the compiiments of
all the French and Westphalian military men. Towards ti:e even-
ing his Majesty, accompanied by some Genes al-1, and a weak escort
of-lancers, rude through the town, and visited the ar..enal, maga•
tines, and other different establkliments.
In. the evening the town was

" ha 4 been published here:
" The town of Magdeburg beirg in a state of siege, no inhabitant
of it wubt kcep fireiums, powder. or WO. The Mayor of the tows& ,