The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

THENATIMAL *EGISTER.

e• he eldest auw.gst the ieigning Houses in Eurore. Not-
..titie•tand.ng his reverse.; winch I:c considers as sonic of the
common chance. of war, convinced that•wothing can resist

him, he de•pises, equally, both Sovereigno and nations, and I
the ch still more than any other people. Whenever
t%r o;.,nion is mast decided against him, he seizes
it a i.rt rt •LH y degrading his subjects still lower, by
!ing (*tom teem tits basest flattery. When, at the end Of '
beccinber.:as., he reached Pat is as a fugiliye, after having
a!it.n.;oned tl-c reutains of taernf,rtunate at my which his
I all nce [Ocoee had c:.used to pt iish among
the -.now of Itusst.i, he omit. all the constaioted bodies. and
the p: melt .11 town. in France, ~cnd him deputations, by
wl,OOl :51 inches. secretly dicta ed to them, ware publicly
prone.'unced, whirl) it is impossike to react without pity and
indi Doe. he not also e%luce the cont,unpt which
he feels for the French, by his inhunratiitv towards his own
priwners, so long det,:ined in Spain and in England, and
wnhur his obstinacy alone Leeps away f!oin their country ?
Finding i^ the Cr ascription an inexhaustible mine of men,
he thinks that an exchange of prisoners would bc advan-
tageous to I.is enemies, who, be fancie, ;!.;unot repair their
loses with as much faci!:ty. tre is mistaken. Spain, at
least, hcas's ar. many soldiers to ti,ht him, as she counts
men We 40 bear arms. Nevettheless, led away by that
he Yin suirer those unfortuna:e p 1 isoners, whom he
calls ha snbject%, as a reward f r their services to spend in
priou the most precious years of their existence, deaf to
the teclarnajon3 and the entreat;es of their families.
" hut does he ever condescend to consult public opinion,
and seek what promows the interests and the happiness of
France ? What is moue 'odious, more impolitic, and more
co: t•ary to the general wishes of his pe..ple, than his war
n2,tritl,t Spain ? A weak and contemptible Minivry placed at
his ditp:a4al the atmy, 'he navy, the finances, and all the
restmo es of that nt,ble couotry. What more could he
requite ? U adouLtedly be must have wt,hed to di% itie for
ever two I;:ttions loag united hy the closest f.ie;,tlship ! or.
as he ex:,res,es himself, he wi.l.td to teat another crown
front the respectakee and Hustrious faintly, which may now

cation to their children', and it is out of tho-e clava-s that the na-
l-awn:l ...pit it is named. Moreover, the military being the only road
to pia' e.s and bottoms, is naturally tollowed by nio,t
eVA in real:is most of the adinini•tiateve situations are given to old
ve:er..tis, and those in the Cu-tom-11°18,e, as.well as those belong-
ing to do adocui-tration of t. rests and lands, are exclusivit re•
Selvt•tl !hem. All the (Liu_ liters of the officers and soldiers who
have ou the field ,if oattle, are by right educated and por
tionAl at their marria.-e, at the expence t t the Cuiveroment, and
this is rcalls it r not very considerable, as but
less of the militiey men ,eie mai:ied. Their sons are also taken
cart %.f, and foLii a icailv soils 3 of Soldiers. Let it not be
thoogist, how. s er, that these moi.erous pupa, cot the Govern-
tow swell. A Lyceum emitdit s dot e liundre d 3 ouths ; one him.
sired are “overitocot pupils ant pay nothing, but the rest pay one-
t:sird more than wtsot is %Ivor d for themselves, and expenees
are tuns pros-i,led fur. There is no way of chiding these agnho
thins, unless children are allowed to go without any education
liatever. The navy is not, on this account, neglected. Every
vat', severed ships of the line are built, .20,000 boys, of the age.
4 t, are raised its the marl departments, and exercised in the
,vs'aod a:ong the shore!,. The sea-gunners have been increased,
vied into re.timeuts, and that corps:, well organized ami.di-e-
-t iolined, served to replace the artillery regiments destroyed in
1..:11-s a. Should Boonapartc have patience enough to wait ten
slitiriot sending any ship out of his harbonrs, he wou:d
t ...I-Case a navv equal to that of England in the Huruber of his
4.81 d that U 1.165 baatiro.