The National Register.
London, England, 1809-10-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LauDon,
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1809.

POLITZCAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

Yesterday was the anniversary of the Rattle of Trafal-
gar, that memorable engagement, the most splendid in
the annals of the British nav ; and in which Lord NELsos
terminated his immortal career ! To forget his services;
to neglect any opportunity of re-calling the memory of the
hero ; to let the anniversary of his last triumph, and of. his
death, pass unnoticed, would betray a turpitude of cha-
racter, and an example of ingratitude, which, we trust,
shall never with justice, be imputed to our countrymen.
He was a great, a good, and a worthy man; the model of
a warrior ; the bri4fiteA examp!e of a patriot ! -0f
all the persons, illustrious for talents and virtues,
and who honoured this country by their services,
Lord NELSON holds, in our opinion, the Arst and most CWT.
spictious place ! He loved glory ardently, but his country
bull more. His very existence he identified with- it ; it ab-
)rlithl his of ;. it seemed to regulate his minutes;
actions. His death was worthy of his life; he died in the
lap of victory. This distinction he shared, and deserved to
share, in common with two of the most extraordinary and
resplendent characters in history,—EPANINIONDAS the The-
ban, and GUSTAVE/5 A menus. His soul was congenial to
their's ; his military talents were equally splendid, and his
Uelings eijially enlarged. As long as the memory of things
shall be preserved in records., or any trace of our eventful
occurrences survive, the name of NELSON will convey the
idea of every thincr great, generous, and good, as a hero,
patriot, and man.

Intelligence has been at. last received that peace has been
concluded between France and Austria. This event took

phce on the 3d inst. The signature of the treaty on that
day, at Vienna, is confirmed by nutflupnpers of the 14th.
and by a Paris paper of the 11th, which were received
yesterday. It is said to have been announced M Holland
by the tiring of cannon ; thou ;h no such domonstrations
(J joy, as far as we can learn, have been observed at
Boulogne, or other towns along the french coasts.
The conditions of this pace, if they are such as report
states them, are, in the extreme, disastrous and humid-•
acing for Austria. Ini'act. they place the desaies of the
Emperor FRANC,IS and of his family at the fnt:;re disci-e-
-t:on of his most inveterate enemy., a man who hitherto
never pardonned an attempt to resist his encroachmmts,
or expose his enormities. The Austrian Sovereign has done
both, and with more perseverance and' coura:x than n!1•,.
other Monarch in Europe. We leave it, therefore, to the
feelings and judgment of our readers to decide,• how far
his past conduct entitles him to an exception from the
usual policy of BuoNAralivx.
The conditions of this peace are, accordinp• to report,
(no ogicial statement having been yet published) the
cession of Styria, Carinthia, Istria and Caritiola,
tbigether with Upper and Lower Austria, as far as Pres-
'burg, and the province of Gallic;a, on the part of the
444 serer FR.tocts. Of Tyi'ol ja, *cation i$ made; as may

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be expected. It constituted a part of the Kingdom of
Bavaria, according to the new partition of Europe. if
sacrifices to this extent have been made by the ill-fated
Emperor, he has consented to _the reunuciation of more
than half his dominions, aiul two-thirds of his usual re-
venues, in hopes of being allowed to retain the rest. He
preserves, if we may use the expression, Hungary, Bo-
hemia, Moravia, and his part of.Siiesia.
For our part we. never euteriained a very high opinion
either of the generosity or of the moderation of BUONA•
VA RTE. On both, in n luckless hour, the Emperor FRANCIS
consented to hold the tenure of his remaining proviuces.—
We know not how far the sentiments of private individuals
differ from those of Emperors, Kings, and Princes ; but we
would rather roam the earth like HANNIBAL, an outlaw
and a fugitive; or work in the mines of Dalecarlia, in imi-
tation of GosTavus VASA, than descend from the rank the
Emperor FRANCIS lately held, to the humiliating condition
of figuring for a time amongst the titled vassals of BUON.I.
PARTE. We would wish to deny the extent of these sacri-
aces. We would indulge, from the silence of the Mont.
ion., in the feeble hope, that the accounts from Holland.
are premature, or even unfounded : hut, in the wide field
of the probable, we cannot find a plausible pretext for in.
dulging in such a train of speculation. As long as there
was a glimpse of hope, we held it fast. During the whole
course of the late negociation, we felt an inconceivable
pain to indulge in unfavourable presages. But now,we con-
sder.the situation of the continent so desperate, its fate SQ
complete)/ decided, the extinction of its freedom so certain,
that we Would regard a single speculation to the contrary, as
the incoherent vision of a sick. brain, and not the conclusion
•of a sound rational mind. It deimtas a certain strength of
mind to hope'in a doubtful emergency. It is a haa-ik of.
folly, or rather• of obstinate Yanity,:to do so; *hen the
chances, according to human calculation, Pre totally un-
favourable : it is even -ghost pernicious, as it serves, to di-
vert the attention and energy of the community from the
contemplation of its real state, and the adoption of cOr-
espoudent measures,..by phantoms, which exist only in
~he regions- of romance, or are generated in the mind of
madmen. If sacrifices-' have been made by Austria, to the
extent it is Stated—if FRANCIS has consented to renounce,
.with the greater portion- of his dominions, his title 'at the
same time, it proves so evidently his weakness, and
the confusion of his affairs, that the continuance of his
power, his personal freedom, and' life, are absolutely at
the mercy of BUONAPARTE. On every side surrounded
by the vassals of that inexorable and unprincipled ty-
rant, the unfortunate Monarch has not even an outlet
escape, should his future conduct excite suspicion.--
!le must transfer his future resideece to HerUfanstadt, or
to the remotest confines .of •Sclavonia, or Hungary, to
pass his life, free 11:1/11 the apprehension of sharing, with
his family, the fate of CIIARLES the 4th of Spain. Even
tin, in all probability, he will not be long secure; as
Tur4cey :8, uequestitniably, One of the first objects, that
shall attract the rapacity of NAPOLEON. What a situation
for the descendant of AlaniA THERESA ! What a dreadful
do-;cent from the first throne in Christendom 1
Some objections have been made, to the authenticity of
the account itself; and these sceptics rest their incredulity
on the Yfouileur of the 10th, which does nal contain the in-
telligeeee. The event, had it taken place on the Ed, might
eeriainly, seven days later, have been known in Paris. In
three days the intelligence might. have been communicated
free: Vieniet to Strasbure;, as the distance is no more than
300 English miles; and • from the latter place, telegraphiO
eommunication would have made it known the lame day in
the French capital : another pretext for their scepticism,
they discover in the circumstance, that no rejoicings have
IR,,;11 perceived as yet upon the opposite coasts of the
Charnek; nd they assert that the French Minister of
the Marine would honour us with another crazy boat,
conveying thia spelcomf intelligence. There •is 1401lic.

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