The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-15 00:00:00

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means,

which she thotteht she naet iently,
proved ink-ffecrive. Her capital, the whole of Ans.
tria, all Carinthia, Istra, Croatia, the part of Itely
she still. possessed, a large portion of Hungary and
Moravia, lei t by an armistice in the power of the Con-
queror, were redeemed only by sacrifices of the
most extensive nature, which left the Emperor
.FaaNcis without a single port in his dominions, and
finally deprived him of his daughter, evieo becamean
Usurper's bride. From the contemplation of scenes of
war and desolation, all the Northern and Eastern
States of the Continent were drawn by the celebration
of the Imperial nuptials. Attended by a host of new
created Kings and enslaved Princes, they surpassed
.in magnificence the former displays of regal pomp
.and grandeur. But though re-echoing throughput
all her extensive provinces with shouts of affected
joy, France could not suppress the remembrance of
the blood shed in the unjust Spanish war. Her
fields were deserted : :she saw captives brought to
cultivate them, but knew that their former popu-
lation would return no mere. She followed with
her &sparing eyes her aged veterans, and gay lee
pions of youthful conscripts to the summit of the
, ryrennees, and when they had sunk into the nor-
. row passes, deemed them laid in their graves.
Her apprehensions were just. Cut off by the
, rightly dagger, her hosts strewed with their corpses
the towns they were destined to occupy. Foes on
every rock, ambushes in every vale, all their de-
tachments fell surprised and annihilated ; and when
. collected into armies they fled and perished before the
tremendous gleam of the Nitish bayonet. Numerous
were the gatherings of their power ; numerous
their defeat. Draining Frence and all her Allies
of their population to supply their losses, they re-
• peatedly retureed to the field with increased and
t superior numbers, and as repeatedly vaeished before
• otir warriors, 46 with a diminished army and a cur-
-, tailed fame." Their last a!tempt, however, proves
that they have reaped experience from the past.
After collecting aiwosL the whole of their force
from the north and south of Spain on the frontiers
of Estremadura, and marching forward with all
the pomp of anticipated triumph, boastieg anew
they would complete the series of their former vic-
tories by driving us into the sea, or at leest back
into our lines before Lisbon, theTapproached near
en aigh to effect a •partial reconnoissaece of our
army, and prudently withdrew although far out-
numbering us. This display of caution seems, •on
their part, to terminated the campaign. On
that of our Commander enterprises of 'great mo-
. nt are said to be in prepara6on, but as'no
intel-
we
liaence of any kind, beyond that contained in pri-

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MINIPMMOOPONII
vate letters has for several weeks been laid before
the public, we leave the unfolding of his plans to
time, and to that pre-eminent union of genius,
skill, and prudence which has led him so succes,ful.
ly through multiplied difficulties to the accomplish•
merit of every object he has hitherto had in view,
and to the summit of military glory• •

. .GENERAL SARRAZLV.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NATIONAL RLGISTER•

Stet—lt was perhaps unfortunate, at the present moment, ter
agitate any question which might bring into notice the individual
who is the subject of this communication, because he now ap•
pears to be sinking fast into that disgrasefut obscurity which al-
ways overtakes a traitor to his country whatever be the nation
which gave him birth. As an advocate foir General Sar:azia,,
however, has stood forward in your correspondent H. P., who
charitably hopes that it " will be seen in him,
Graciouis heaven!
" A second life by cleansing streams, has given,"
it may not be amiss, before consigning his favourite General to
the shade of oblivion, to inquire upon what ground we ar,2 called
upon to belitve, that remorse for his past oflences accompanift

him in his retreat;
Your Correspondent states, that Gen. Sarrazin offered his sere
vices to this country " without fee or reward ;" and, in order to give
the greater force to this assertion, be has chosen that it should
appear in your Paper hi italics. Now, it unfortunately hea appens
has
for 11. P. that thz: man whose cause he co feelingly plds,
given proes, under his own hand, that it was the ravertution of
being rewarded- by the British Ministry, which led hint to
whic dis
H•
dose to them the secrets of Buonaparte. In a letter h
lately addressed to the Emperor of France, through the mediutrs
cf Then-Nes, lie expressly states—" I freely confess that I left
you in order to revenge myself for your injustice towards Met
and it: the hope of bettering my situation and that of my family,
by turnishinz the English Government with your own plans,
and my mans of execution, which would have brought rne
great actunntag,es.—So much then for the assertion of your Co*..
respondent, that the General had neither the expectation of Ire
" nor reward" when he so disinterested/1/ communicated the se•
crets of his master to his most inveterate enemies. When anemias
statics forward as the champion of another, and exerts himseito
show that that other is sincere in regretting his
pe,:t misdeeds, we
1
conceiJe that he would succeed much better inthis by an appeal
to public f...:eling In behalf of the culprit, than by endeavouring to
mi.lead them as to the motives which influenced the conduct .of
! the person whose defence he has espoused. A few may be cle-
cci•!ed by the plausibility of the statement, but no one will be
di-posed to regrrd this as a proof of the penitence of the ac

cuffed.
But what puts Ow fact beyond all contridic!-Thn, that General
Sarra,,,l.l Is not clezumtd of the old leav:..n, is, the ten rate
imprei•ation which he has denounced against Buonapartt, in the
concluding part of the above letter :—" Deceived," says he,
" ill tily expectations, by a fatality, which I have every tea•
s.m to 114.21i:ve you are tl!e author c,f, be assured that
taffy thirA fur rmenge will but increase with all these cros-
ses, ata% that sooner or later I will :nuke you experi.
el-,ce 0,!"Ic-,-wise than by pamphlets, that I ani the worthy, pti.•
pil, and the zealiu:s urritizer of the illustrious Kt-cam If
General Sarrazin had hcen really penitent for his past conduct,
and had wished to make it appear that " gracious heaven" htd
44 by cleansing streznns" given him " a secind life," would he
have had the audacious presumption to hold himsif up to public
view for applause as an advocate for assassination. But enough
•of such a man as this. In the disappointment which General
Sarrazin has met with, in losing the countenance of the British
Government, and having sunk into merited obscurity, is clearly
to be seen the chastirement which insulted morality seldom fails
to inilict upon those who dare to violate its precepts.
Sept. 1811. A.RISTIDES.

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an unnecessary loss of ,time, we further
decree I—
" 1. That the Custom-houses are to deliver the goods into
the hands of the owners, on indubitable security being given to
the taxed value. The security may consist of teak pledges, or
the guarantee of two houses.
" In case the owner should wish to sell the goods publicly,
he may do so.
" 3. Nlerchanclize subject to decay or injury,shall be sold int..
mediately, sold even if it be wit Lout the coosettt of the owners;
the prozeeds shall be deposited at the Custum-house, or.the
Bark.
• " ALEXANDER."
" July, 1011."

(Signed)

ANI-TOLT MAILS.

WARSAW, Atm. 7.--Extract ut a letter from M. De Wora.
Zinski, General of 13rigade, to his Excellency Gen. Fischer :
. "Pantzic, July SO.
• • " I have the honour to communicate to you imelligence
ex-
tremely interesting to your country... By order of His Maps! v
the Emperor Napoleon, the port of Dainzic is a free port, ant
completely open to all commerce whatever, except with Eng-
land. The duties are reduced one-third. The King of Prussia
has, it is said, adopted, the same mode for collecting the duties
as has taken place at Dantzic, in order to maintain equality in
commercial t,elations. (Signed) " WOY EZYNSKI.
Sena FFEIAUSEN, floc. I.—Many letters, lately arrived front
Svieiss officers in S air, express great hopes that the insurrection
in that country will soon be at an end; and even say, a report is
iu circulation there, that the Supreme Junta; or Cadiz Regency.
are disposed to send Deputies to Madrid and Paris for the pure
pose of making their submission. This intelligence is.too im-
portant not to merit confirmation.- •
We have learned thriugh the same channel, that the deser-
tion continues to he very great from the English army, as well
as that of the Spaniards.
HERMA N sTA DT, jute 30.—According to.all probability, the
campaign of this year between the 'i'urks and Russians will
'produce some very interesting scenes ; for the Grind Viiitr is
a very active, ardent man; in theTrime of hie, and not a super-
annuated invalid like his predecessor, Jussuff Pasha, who now
lives in the.island of Scio, .in the Archipalego, whither he has
been banished. Nothing i now said of the intention of the Em-
peror Mahmud to lake thelielditt person.'
KoNIGSBERG, Atm. 12.—During the late excessive heat, the
thermometer here being placed in the sun, and exposed to.the
south, stood always above 40 degrees (122 of Fahrenheit), so
that wax was melted; sealing-wax could be bent and worked
up, and it was impracticable to remain exposed to the sun-
beams. During the continuance of this excessive heat, Prtisset
has suffered much by a number of the woods takimy fire, some
of which were to a considerable extent, one of which was on
• the estate of Sadbreken, where nearly three-fourths of the large
tinder-woods were destroyed.
By letters irons Colberg, we learn that two English frig:aes
which were cretiing between Treptau and Cammin have sviz-
, ed the cargo of two vet.sels bound from Stettin to Colberg, con-
sisting of pit-coal and rye, for his Majesty's account,.aud taken
a third, laden with wine, salt, and tobacco, bound to Rejeti-
wald, which they towed away with them.
BERLIN, AUG. 6.—The Members of the States who were
lately arrested are still in Spandau ; their detention is 'a correc-
tional measure ; the King is not willing to hastitnte, a crio•lnal
process against them.- It is nut true that General Ruche' wrote
a seditious letter to the King.

FIRES UPON THE CONTINENT:

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Within the in.ernory of man- there never were known to be so
many destructive fires as ha4e lately taken place upon the Con.
tinent.
'cheacceount of thtfollowing distressing ones wzs•receivud by
the Anholt mails On -F;
BAUKIN; IN Jut.k 23:--Yesterday was a dreadful
day for this' town ; after a long cuntintiunce of hot weather, a
tire broke out, with the wind blowing st-ong from the eastward,
and which spread so rapidly, that within the space or two hours
i2s.houses were 'laid in ashes. The flames raged so dreadfully,
that several people lost their lives in attempting to save sorne of
their hest effects Correspondenten, Aug. 23.)
3Oii &MIA, AUG. 14.—The Ist of August Nivas'aod-6:adfill and
lamentable day forthe inhabitants of the tbwn of Presnitz, in The
circle of Santz. At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a tint broke
out Ati the house of the tanner, Mr. I' rata kiatia, situated in the

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rGENCE. fur furnishing sufficient proofs. All the teat shit c
condemned. An appeal is allowed.
" 4. For avoiding an unnecessary loss of Aisne, we further