THE NATIONA.I!__REGISTER. va:ons to complain if we were not to acknowledge that !ome of his friends are quite as ridiculous as himself. We ltowt.v(.r cannot &mil; ourselves the pleasure of transcribing . one passage from a speech of Mr. Ponsouby, on the sub ject of the Spanish campaign of 1809, and having given that which we are now about to quote, for the present we 'Aid{ leave %-ur readers to make their own comments on the enlar,;ed yi,!ws, political w:sdom, and extended fore sight of all the Talents, and to judge what would have been tlie rr'nit of the late contest, had the principles of their leaders 11 , en acted upon. " Netter (-in , se rely again Up the confidence of any Power of the ,- ,,, itinent in our mi!..lary exertions, however util) they and ourselves my rely on our maritime efforts. This c3 , npw:..:is, 1 say, will have an influence upon the charaelor of England long after all of us shall cease to lire." ' May we ask if it was the meaning of the honourable gentleman, that the influence he speaks of, was not to be felt till after all of us had ceased to live ? If it was, we must check our risibility now and consign him and this part of his speech to the mirth of posterity. NOV. 6. the flab; also that part of the Metropolitan Bishopric of Passau to the left of the Donau, and to the right of the Inn. 3. The small part of the Marquisate Bayreuth, situate on the right of the Egcr. From the termer of the Rab a straight line to be drawn to the source of the Eger, and all the conntry on this side of the line to be incorporated with the House of Austria. IV. Prussia ictionnees in favour of France and Holland, his pos sessions on the left of the Rhine in the Circles of Westphalia and Franconia, and that part of Pomerania on the left to the Oder, the Lordships, Lora, avid Klettenherg ; his possessions in the County Nonskid, part of the Dutehy of Magdeburg, known by the name of Saal Circle, for which he receives— ]. That part of Poland and Silesia to the left of the Vistula. U. The whole Marquisate Lausitz. 3. The possessions of the King of England situate to the left of the Elbe and the right of the Weser, which river is to form the komulary to the Prussian dominioss on the scite of the Circle of Westphalia ; they eontain nearly the Electorate, and itiAo' the whole Comity of Breams and Vertieu, the Comity Spiegelberg, and part of the County Hoya. 4. The imperial free towns of Bremen and Goslau. 5. The States of the Duke of Brunswick Woltenbuttle. 6. The Bishopric Hildesheim. 7. The possessions or territory of the City of Hamburgh to the left of the Ellie. 8. That part of the Abbey Corvey, and the County of Schaum burgh. V. The Elector of Bavaria renounces his possessions on the left of the Rhine, the Duchy of Bergen, the part el Bavaria intended tor Austria, (see above) and receives in return 1. The Bishoprics Rcgensbnrg and Freysingen, and that part of the Bishopric Passau situated on the left of the Inn. 2. That part of the Circle of Franconia on the left of the Mayne, viz. the Bishopric Eichstad, great portions of the Bishoprics Bam berg and Wutzburg, the Margnisate Anspach and the Free Imperid Cities Windsheim, Retheeburgh, Nurnberg, with their territories, and the possessions of the Grand Master of the Germanic Order. S. Austria Swabia, (with exception of Breisgan and the County Holienhere,) the Lordships of Vorsinlberg, and the part of Tyrole on the left of the Inn. 4. The Bishoprics Constanz and Auslmreli, with the Abbeys, Provostships, and Imperial Free towns, in the Circle of Swabia, ex cepting those included in the States of the Dnke of Wirtemberg and the Margrave of Baden. 5. That part of the Bishoprics Worms and Speyer on the left of the Rhine, including Philipsburgh. 6. That of the Electorate of Mayence on the left of the Mayne, %villa the exception of some districts to be given to the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Part of the Lower Palatinate on the left of the Rhine, excepting the City of Caul), with its appendages, intended fir the Landgrave of Ilessen-Rheinfuls, together with all N 0.5 and 6 in specified coun tries, shall be made over to the Dnke of Denxponts, as the probable heir to the Elector of Bavaria, who renounces all his possessions on the lett of the Rhine, in favour of France. VI. The House of llessia receives for its possessions, on the left of the Rhine. the Lordships Lichtenau and Wildstailt in Swabia, ditto in the Principality of Henneberg, in Franconia, in the Counties of Schaumburg and Hoye, and f'yrmont in Westphalia, viz. 1. The Landgrave of Ilesse-Cassel : A. That part of the Electorate of Alnyence inclosed by Ilessia viz. the Bailiwicks Amsneburg and Fritzlar. B. 'the Bishoprics Fulda and Paderborn. c. The Duchy of Westphalia appertaining to the Electorate of Cologne. D. The Electoral Dignity. t. The Landgrave of Ilesse Darmstadt : A. The share of the Electorate of Mayence on the right of the Mayn till towards Taub. B. The small pint of the same Electorate on the left of the Mayn, a little above Aschaffenherg, till towards Henan, viz. the Bailli• wicks Steinheim, Diehurg, and some other districts to the north of the Connty of Erbach, comprising, among others, the towns Sell genstsnit and Ilorsheim, together with the Bailliwick Gerieheine situated on the Rhine ; but the remaining part on the left Maya borders will be joined to the Palatinate. c. The Free Imperial Cities of Frankfort on tke Mayn and Wetz lar, with its territories. 3. The Landgrave of Hesse-Rbeinfels-Rothenburgh : A. Those parts Of the Electorate of Mayence situated on Or Lan. CfIN'GitESS AT RASTA DT. SkslS OE THE PEACE TO BE CONCLUDED AT ILASTADTI CON TAINING THF CHIEF ARTici.E4 OF PEACE AGREED UPON AT CIMPO FoRMIO I WHICH ARE TO BE RATIFIED AT lIAS- T Ain BY THE CONGRESS ASSEMBLED THERE. I. All t'ie Ecclesiastic States in Germany, especially those hav ing possessions ou the lett borders of the Rhine, shall he secularised tor the benefit of the Electors. II As much as is poqsible, the most important States stall re ceive natiiral froutim:, to beilxed upon. 111. The in of England loses all his possessions in Germany, end, with his Electorate also, his influence in the German Em pire. DESIGN AND Mr.kNS FOR THE rXECUTION. I. France takes the Rhine r.s the natural frontier. All the country between Gertnertheiin and Rhinebergen shall 1w ineorpo- I rated to the Republic. together with the fortifications of Ehrenbreit stein and Cassel. The French to erect totes-poets, opposite lieu I uingen, Strasburg, and Cologne : that near Manheim is to he razed. The navigation on the Rhine to be free fur the 'French and Germans, and none of either nations shall be allowed to establish tolls or im pose,. H. Holland receives that part of Germany on the left of the Rhine bonier, which lies north of Venlo, Goeldern, and Kleine bage), viz. a small part of the Electorate of Cologne, the Prussian *hare of Guelders, and that part of the Duchy of Cleve, situated on the left Rhine border—here the river Ems make the frontier of Hol -I:4ffil, viz. tram its source to the city Rhine where it becomes navi gable. From Rhine to Haltern, where the Seva and Lippe unite, shall be drawn a straight line, and every thing situated ou this side ilf the hue, and on the right border of the Lippe, shall be joined to Holland, inclusive of the city of Wesel, viz.:- 1. One small part of East Friesland. . A considerable pant of the Bishopric of Munster, with Towns Aacsfeld, Horstman, and Halters. 3. The Marquisate Bentheim and Schweinforth. 4. That part of the Dewily of Cleve on the right borders of the Lippe. The navigation of this and the river Ems, to be free for Germany and Holland, and no imposts or tolls are to be este blialsed„ 111. The Howe of Austria renounces in favour of his Prussian' Majesty its posseAsions in Poland and Silesia, on the left border of Weichsel or Vistula. In favour of the Elector of Bewails, ' of the Duke of Wittemberg and the Mar g rave of Baden, the whole Austrian Swabia, and that part of 'Mole, situate on the left border of the Inn—for which it is to receive, 1. That part of the Batavia') circuit on the right side of the Inn, )1 the Duchy of Bavaria,. the Archbishopric Selz 'sip Bereft tolfgad. varia - and Upper Palatinate on the left ;ids sf enuta.thwv part of thi iwgli and Provost... 4 t. That part of Bil'