The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-27 00:00:00

THR STATESMAN.

" grand-daughter of Marengo." The scattered
remains of the different enemy's corps could not
,have rallied, and would have been taken and
disarmed, had not a fortteitout event, the rise
of the Danube, which overflowed its banks,
arrrested the French army ; the genius of war,
and the effects of art overcame those unfore-
seen obstacles. In the profession of arms, it is at
times necessary to join the courage and force of
the lion, to the cunning and prudence of the fox.
The battle of %Vagrant, followed by the Armistice
of Znaim, made the arms drop from the hands of
our enemy ; he had no other hope left than the
generosity of the Conqueror, which ha had so often
slighted.

" By the peace of Vienna, France and her allies
have obtained considerable advantages, and the
Continent of Europe has regained tranquillity and
peace. Let us hope that this Peace will be more
permanent than that of Presburgh; and that the
men who deluded the Cabinet of Vienna after the
Peace of Presburgh, will not succed in deceiving i
it again after that of Vienna; they would pro-
nounce the doom of their Masters ; fur France,
ever great, powerful, and strong, will always
know how to destroy and counteract the combi-
nations and intrigues of her enemies. In the mean
time, England, seeing that our armies were em-
ployed in Germany, and being always ill informed,
notwithstanding the immense treasures she wastes
in paying spies, fancied that our veteran troops
had left Spain, and that the weakened French
army would nut be able to withstand their efforts.
Forty thousand men were disembarked in Porte.
gal, joined the iesurgents, and flattered themselves
they should be able to march to Madrid ; they
gathered nothing but disgrace from their enterprize;
they were met by armies in all places, where they
fancied to find unly divisions. Forty thousand men
landed at the same time at Walcheren ; and with.
out having commenced the siege, by means of a
short bombardment they rendered themselves in a
fortnight masters of Flushing, which was de.
fended in a cowardly manner. his Majesty or.
tiered a report to be made to him on this subject.
The Emperor generously rewards those, who, ani-
mated with his sentiments, and sensible of what
they owe to the honour of France, are faithful to
glory and their country ; but he severely punishes
those who calculate the danger when victory alone
should occupy their mind, and prefer a disgrace-
ful flight to a glorious death. In the mean time
all the departments were in arms : 150,000 men of
the national guards put themselves in motion,
while at the same time 25,0(X) troops, drawn from
the depots, assembled in Flanders, and the Gens
d'Arnies formed a corps of 8000 choice cavalry.
The English Commander in Chief, as a wise and
prudent maii, would not expose his army to dan-
ger more destructiwe than the plague ; ho returned
to England. All the departments gave striking
proofs of their attachment to the Government
and Emperor, some districts only in the depart.
mcnt of the Sarre showed a contrary disposition.
Commissioners have been appointed to enquire
into their conduct. The districts and private indi-
viduals, who have misconducted themselves, shall
be deprived, during the space of twerity-five
years, of the rights of citizens, and subjected to
a double contribution. Over their, doors shall be
written the words—" This is not a French Com-
mune."

" His Majesty has also ordered to be laid he.
fore him designs of monuments to be erected at
Arras, 'longer, and Lisle, tending to preserve the
memory of sentiments, which have given him so
much satisfaction.

46 But the momentous influence of the events
of the year 1809 on the face of the world, attracts
all our attention.

POLITICS.

" The. Duchy of Warsaw has been enlarged
with .i part of Gallic's. It would have been easy
for the t inperor to unite all Gallicia with that
state, but he would not do any thing which could
ekeite the least uneasines in the mind of his Ally,
the Emperor of Russia. Nearly all Gallicia, of
the first partition, has been left to Austria. His
Majesty never entertained the idea of restoring
the kingdom of Poland. What the Emperor has
done for New Gallicia was prescribed to him by
sound policy as well as honour ; he could
not surrender to the vengeeace of an impla-
cable Prince, people who had displayed inch
fervent .seal in the cause of France. A you,'
Austrian Prince, the same who commanded
in Ulm in 1803, as arrogant as he is ignorant,
and unacquainted with the art of. war, did only
know how to get himself, with 40,000 011111,defeatal
by Prince Jos. Poitiatowsky, who had only 13,000
under his orders. Through the unskilful combi.
nation of her Gomel, Austria lost West Gallicia,
the inhabitants of which shook off, with enthu-
siasm, the iron yoke which bore them down. It
was the Emperor's duty nut to subject them to it
again. It is his Majesty's wish, that under the wise
Government of the King of Sateny, the
ants of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw secure their
tranquillity, and, without giving cause of uneasi-
ness to their neighbours, enjoy their fortunate Ai-

tuition.
'6 The Kings of Bavaria, Westphalia, and thereat
of the Confederation, will obtain an an accession
of territory. It would undoubtedly have been
safe for France to extend her frontiers bend
the Rhine, but that river remains the invaable
limits of the neighbouring States of her Empire.
The Hanseatic towns shall serve as lowans of the
reprisals of war with England.
" The peace with Sweden shall immediately be
concluded. Nothing shall be changed injthe po.
litical relation of the Confederation of the,Rhint.,
and the Helvetic Confederacy. For the first time,
since the days of the Romans, all Italy will again
be subject to the same system. The re-union of
the Estatei of Rome was requisite to effect this
measurc—they intersect the Peninsula from the+
Mediterranean as far as the Adriatic sea, and his.
tory has evinced the importance of an immediate
intercourse between Upper Italy and the kingdom
of Naples. Three centuries ago, whilst Charles
VIII. was effecting the conquest of this kingdom,
the Pope suddenly changed his opinion, formed a
a formidable league against him. The retreat of
the King being intimated, he could only return to

France by marching over the necks of the confe.
rates beaded by the Pope.
" But wherefore should we seek for examples
in the history of Charles VIII ; of Louis 111 ;
of Francis I. Have we not seen in our days, the
Pupa protecting the English in his capital, who,
from his asylum were agitating the Kingdom
of Naples and the Kingdom .of • Italy ;
distributing money and poniards to the assaisint,
' who slaughtered our soldiers in the ♦allies of Ca.
labria ? The Emperor has demanded of the
Pope to shut his ports against the English. Who
could have thought that the Pope would havn re-
jected his demand? lie has proposed to him to
form a league, offensive and elvfolsive, with the'
kingdom of Naples, and that of

" The Pope has rejected this proposal. No circumstance
bus occurred since the Peace of Presburgh,w herein the Court
of Rome has oat evinced its hatred ngainst France. What-
ever power happens to preponderate iu Italy becomes
immediately her enemy. Hence, before the battle of
Austerlitz, before that of Friedland, the Emperor re-
raised from Rome briefs replete with acrinriny.
" We next beheld the Pope complaining of the principles
of toleration, sacred by the Code of Napoleo.; ; oe beheld
him rise against the organic laws, whirl) governed the inte-
rior of the Empire, nod in which, under no title whatever,
had he any right to interfere; we saw him east fire-breads in
out provinces, aad thus endeavour to occasion divisions io,
and to shake the great Empire; and it is not to be doubt ed what
he would have done, had any important battle been lost: The
Court of Rome has unveiled its secret sentiments too much. She
has not bean able to disown the services rendered by the Em-
peror to religion; but this motive of acknowledgment, which
should have been so powerful over the Chief of the Church,
could not overcome the hatred of the temporal liovereign.—
Convinced of these truths, sacred by the history of former
antes, and by our own experience, the Emperor had only
too ways to choose—either to creme a Potriarea, and sepa-
rate Femme from every relation with a limier Mintiest to
her, and which endeavoured to annoy her; sir to destroy a tem-
poral sovereignty, the only source of the hatred of the Good
of Rome against France.

GRAND THEATRICAL RECONCILIATION
DINNER.
THE REAL FRIENDS of the DRAIIA will
dine together at the
CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND,
On THURSDAY, the 4th JANUARY NEXT, 1610,
to celebrate the re4toration uf HARMONY at COVEN l'-
GAR DEN THEATRE, to which Dinner the Proprietor
and Massagers will he hurtled.
HENRY CLIFFORD. Esq in the Chair.
Tickets 12s. 6d. each, to be had at the Bar of the l'avern;
Mr. Hathaway's, Newspaper Office, /trips' Exchange; T.
Tegg. 111, Cheapside; Mr. Gardiner, Teinele Cottee-Monse,
Lssex-coact, Strand ; and at the °See of lad STATBSSI•X
Newspaper, 87, Fleet-street.
Dinner oa Table at Five o'Clork precisely.

THE STATESMAIV.

PKOPOSITI TtNAX.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMDER 27.
Sr. JOHN Er A GELIST. —Holiday et the Public-Offices.

Tee French and Dutch Papers, the former to
the 19th, and the latter to the 9.3 d instant, Coo.
taitt matter of unprecedented interest and im-
portance.

The Expose of the state of the French Empire,
will produce astonishment in those weak minds
that have, for 17 years, yieldAl themselves to the
credulous anticipation of the utter ruin of France.
The formal repudiation of the assenting Jose-
phine,is a solitaryinstance of even the appearance,
of a consent:mous sacrifice of the most acute be.
man feelings, to political necessity. That passion
can have had any share in procuring this remark*-
, ble event, it were most absurd even to suspect.—
It can only be viewed, as a measure •f deliberate
policy, and calculating foresight, taken, with the
concurrence and advice, of the soundest heads in
France. From what quarter comes the succes.
sor of Jostranic? From Petershorgh...froin Sax.
uny...or from the House of Bourbon ?

BY the Speech of the American President it
will be seen, not only that Mr. JAcitiotes con-
duct has been personally offensive, but that the
instructions with which he was furnished were
wholly unsatitfactory to the American Govern-
ment. It is some consolation to find nu arrange.
'went has been effected between Ainerica and
France.