The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-17 00:00:00

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A general sensation of admiration has, for a long
time past, proclaimed the resemblance existing be-
tween the epoch& of Charles the Great and that in
which we live. Both are remarkable by the founda-
tion of a great Empire—an event which doubtless has
not foqud place without the concurrence of a Suprem*
•n'Providence--an event which, according to the Divine
Decrees, must have more or less influence on the
fate of the human species, and on the destiny of ages
to come; but great political enterprises must always
affect public and private interest; they render war
and battles necessary. The quicker these events are
performed, the fewer sacrifices are required. Its this
point of view, the century in which we live 'Arts
' even that of Charles the Great. The founder 01 the
second dynasty employed thirty-two years in cout-
bating the Saxons, who were neighbours of his Ea•
pire, and who could only oppose to him a force
much less than his own. The founder of the fourth '
dynasty, uniting the power of wisdom end enders.
tion with that of arms, has known how, by fear grand
battles, to bring all the States of Germany to terms
of peace ; States that were twelve or fifteen times
more considerable than the country of the Simons
was, and which could oppose equally numerous, and
equally well disciplined armies as those brought
against them.
If at thisday the founder of the fourth dynasty,
after having united the finest and most civilized part
of Europe under his federative system, after having •
erected under his ensigns nations four times more
populous thpn those which Charles the Great com-
manded,
finds himself under the necessity of carrying
on the war into a semi-barbarous country, and at an
immense distance from his capital, we shall still
find a striking and instructive parallel in the history
of the Monarchs pf the Franks ; it is the expedition
against the Hunaaud Avares, a barbarous nation.
, which issued fsem Russia, and established
themselves in Pannonia. The Avares having pro-
voked Charles the Great, by causing defections I
among his allies, this conqueror penetrated into the
midst of their uncultivated country. It was in vain ;
j they adopted the method of fighting as they fled,
and of destroying their own possessions. The con-
queror pursued them, and made himself master of
/her tinges, width was a kind of standing and for, I
tifled camp, and which, perhaps, was nearly similar
to many of the Russian towns. After that Charley
the Great had carried off an immense booty, he re-1
tura back, leaving the Emperor of the Hugs and
Avares in such debility, that within a few years after-
wards the Moraviaus and Pazenikites were able to
' destroy it, and than its ruins between them. The
Russian Empire is, undoubtedly, much stronger than
that of the Hans and Mares, and yet the expedition
t• Moscow has shaken that dreaded Colossus to its
foundation. A second expedition may bring its
• total downfsl,or at least lower it so much as to ren-
der it of little dread to its neighbours. Let us not
i fear haying such an obstinate war as that with the
Saxons. We have not here to deal with a free
I people, it is with slaves, headed by their masters.
Three months hive been sufficient to dissipate the
visionary grandeur with which Russia was surrounded.
If she is determined upon coistieui..; a disadvantage.
ons combat, history will, no doubt, record that it
took Napoleon fewer months to bring the greatest
Emperor to his feet, than it did Charles the Great
years to subdue one prince of Germany.

An Order has b'ep issued from the War-al4ce,
abolishing the former practice of transferring tin
payment of the PenOons of the IVidows of Officers,
from greet Britain to Ireland, and rice versa, upntr
the removal if regitaepts front one estaiii.qhment to
the other ' • and directing That in Attars, every widow
shall receive payment or her pension its the amain
ip 100 she rfto4,s.

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