The National Register.
London, England, 1809-11-05 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LotiDon,

SUNDAY. NOVEMBLMIS. 1809.

POLITICAL EYCNTS OF TDB WEEK.

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Dutch Papers to the 21st inst. Afoniteurs to the 28th
ult. and Hamburgh to 22d ult. were received yesterday..
The two former observe the most profound silence relative
to the Conditions of the Peace ; but the latter is less cir-
cnrnspect, and hazards some observations ou that subject.
According to these, the Kiiig of BAVARIA receives an ac-
cession of territory, extending to die eastward as far as
Lintz, and to the north, a part of the Bishopric of Wurtz-
burg. A Prince of the House of Lorrain, who, in con-
sequence of the Peace of Presburg, had received the latter,
as a kind of compensation for the loss of Tuscany, gets
it is said, Saltzburg and the Tyrol in exchange for Wurtz-
burg. This transfer was probably suggested with an in-
tention of mollifying the proud spirit of the Tyrolese, by
offering them .an Austrian Prince for their future Sove
reign. The ring of SAKosy receives, it is likewise as-
serted, an addition of territory in Polantl ; and Istria, with
the maritime towns of Flume and Trieste, to be annexed
to the kingdom of Italy. Such are the stipulations of the
Peace, according to the Hamburgh papers; but we must
be cautious how we credit them, particularly as the French
Official Paper observes so guarded a silence. BUONAPARTE
did not arrive on the 28th, as far as we can. collect, either
at Fontaiubleau, or at Paris ; and this will probably ac-
.count for the reserve displayed in the Monitenr.
The Official Paper has noticed, at last, the conclusion of the
Peace, but without comment, or the slightest allusion to the
conditions.. It states only the bare fact, and the day
when it was- signed. We have not been accustomed to
this laconism in the Oloniteur, whenever it announced
a similar occurrence. The word Peace communicated no
snortifving impression, excited no painful retrospection, for
the las! fourteen years, in the minds of Frenchmen. They ,
conquered it by their audacity ; and proclaimed it vi ith the
most exulting triumph. The garrulity and frittered mo-
rality of that people were conspicuously displayed upon
these occasions. We are, therefore, surprised at this ex-
traordinary deviation from their national pomposity and
garrulity. The Noniteur of the 21st, in communicating
the intelligence of the Peace, does it in the following concise
and u norna merited statement :
" PARIS LE 20, OcToßßE.—ta paix entre S. M. ITN:-
PERE:UR nes FRANCAIS et S. M. r Enipereur d'Autriche,
c ete signee 14 decemois."
peace &between his Majesty the Estes:non ors THE
4.‘rtry( IT, and his Majesty the Emperor of Austria was
signed on litth of this month."
e'This statement is of no further importance than to re-
move every doubt, and, in fact, we never entertained
/any, of the existence of the tact. It leaves us in the
same obscurity we 'ere in before, relative to the conditions
of the T;.eat... We suspect the first communication will
be mark to the Senatejuithe presence of the victor himself,
seated upon his throne, and surrounded by his 'Marshals,
particularly those who distinguished themselves in the late
campaign. The Princes of Esslingen, Wagrarn, and
Echmuhl will, by their presence, give a greater Eclat to the
ceremony ; and we are very much mistaken if this be not
the reason of the silence hitherto observed.
Scanty as our information is on this subject, we are able
at least to destroy one rumour, which obtained consider-
able credit. We allude to the renunciation, on the part
of FRANCIS, of his title of 'Emperor of Austria. The Moni-
teur gives him expressly that very distinction; a had he
been .comp:lled to renounce the Imperial title, wink. the

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