The National Register. — London, England, 1808-11-13 00:00:00

. .... Y.l • by a numerous body of Miquelets. Of this enterprising and . very serviceable description of force . there are upwards of 17,000 in CataloniJ. The inhabitants of .liousillon, cud in all the dcpartineuts adjoining Spain, are said to mani fest the greatest indignation at BONAPARTE - 9 per64IAUS treatment of the Spaniards. and to have refused f 14911110 U g the number of conscripts required of theni. They say that if the Spiwiarils, respecting their persons and property, should elites their country, they will gladly make common cause with them. All these acccun.s tend to corroborate the singuine hopes vie have uniformly entertained of .th e ultimate success of that gallant people; and that their base and trcacherens invader Will find more difficulty to overrun r;ne of their provinces, than he did in the .whole career of his crimes and success. ; 7 a 41 --•+ A report was circulated on Thursday. and continued to obtain some credit on the day Wowing, that an Austrian Messenger had arrived in town from Heligoland, with the imp: r;.ant intelligence of hostilities having commenced between Austria and France. This account was brought by a vessel, which sailed from Heligoland on the 7th inst. at that time a number of respectable persons arc said to have arrived from the the Elbc, all corroborating this i:itelligence. Letters having been received from Holland f the Sth inst. they contributed to destroy a rumour, which could not be traced to any authentic source ; and as it tias been since discureged,,that xi, Messenger has arrived further credit it attached: to it. We acknowledge we disbelieve it ourselyes, , ;but . not from the circumstance of the Patch letters beingf i . 4444 silention the subject. It must 't)e remarked .thatilaraburgh is at least 150 miles nearer than AmsterdaWitfo Vietarta; and should the Austrian Cabinet kbink it expnt, asitiVery probable, to acquaint • • • our goVerument wi th . .,,ts •intentions, it would not find it very difficult to send •a messenger to this country, under the appearance of an ordinal" traveller, who might travel, un molested, and verynear4alfthe way through the Austrian territories. It is therefore possible that this account might have been received at Heligoland, even some days ' before it arrived at Amsterdam, or before Xing Louis al lowed it to transpire. This •rninour has proably origi nated in some police regulations which have been lately adopted in Itamburgh, relative to the circulation of the leans Gazette, and letters arriving. from the capital, as they contained a candid exposure .0f the occurrences in Spain ; a circumstance rather alarmin; to 'the agents of. BoNA r.kitTE. These restrilions havv irobably occasioned this report ; and as Austria continues her military preparations affd her menacing attitude, it was natural to suppose that nOthing but actual liostilitks could justify so violent a Inca- I ire. as ' tile akin ;; open of private correspondeuce, which is done with ail the petters arriving from 'Austria. Biich is probably the soul k sOui . of this wartilc,e report ; and when we leleetli9w mail the Hamburghera mast de s ir e a n y occurrence, Which Might Ove - i hem a chance of having the former channels of their itidlistry once more opened, by the departure of their irs"'O'rne ancl . rapacious guests tit will • lo! easily conceived thlt t hey r aw,. with . avidity any o n e thing holding; out to,tliet . rosiMet safeiy. What was probably report in 11:trittairrg, may have gained during . the journey, mid was c42ivdftcd into certainty before it arrival in Cux:ir ea. 4 p . L'o;r4t otr..r, --~ NOV. - 13. - The Court of lt&quiry upittf the Con veutioa of Cintra commence its proceedings Po-morow , id-du will positively eral at Chelsea. Most of the Meinb iw er? aq . 4l, cwriaituesispesencaerre irived in town. Sir C. Cotton 'hourly arf o n w e e x d iz s t d e 4 d y f:o G m e : n froth Chathatn, on board.o flag of Bruce, the wind coming foul, the vessel was obliged to put into Dover yesterday afteraooa. All communication with the vessel was prohibited, and sentinels placed on board to prevent any person from boarding her. It is intended to send out more men to Spin, both from this country and frotnireland.—the transports that lately sailed from Portsmouth will return immediately to that place and to Cork, under convoy of two frigates, with a view to this object. From the circumstance of these heir chiefly cavalry transports, it is likely that the new expedi tion will consist of that description of force. In consequence of the high price of grain in England Mi nisters have made contracts for the supply of our armies in Spain and Portugal, as well as out troops at Malta and the garrison at Gibraltar, from Moggadore and the ports of Sicily. It is even believed that they have made arrange smuts for the supply of the West India Islands from the same quarter. 'l'hnrsday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ship s , viz.._ ('apt. J. Easttield, Admiral Gardner, Madeira, Madra , , and Bengal.—Capt. P. Sampson, Dover Castle, NI ra 3 ;An d The following ships were taken up isooolditiml to thol e engaged this season , viz.— . • Coutts, Metcalfe, Devonshire, Surrey, llikelittiquis Wel lesley. • • A very remarkable trait of swindling, de.eives to he made public, not only on account of Its . great boldness ,aot;, adroitness, but in order .to put : OF:Merchants upon their guard against a similar occurrence. One. of the first !otset in Gottenburgh received a letter from London, in which they were requested to instantly make the'mott dili gent' inquiries to discover a young Engllshovan,- who had Just fled from the 110eISC of a rich banket„ and who, they knew, had embarked on board a ship freighted for Sweden. The description of the young man was given in this letter. 'and be was declared the author of a robbery to the amount of 19,000 P. sterling in Bank Notes. '6 If you should find him said the letter, as he belongs to a respectable family, confine yourself to the making him restore the plunder ; and afterwards have thegoodness to give him three hundred guineas in gold, which will take him to the Indies, when: nothing more will be heard of him." The Swedish rner chantto whom the letter was addressed, caused a thorough search to be matle'on all sides at last being one day upon the Exchange, he perceived a young man whose figure and dress perfectly answered to the description. lie ad dressed him, and seeing that he was an Englishman, invited him to follow him. The young man hesitated, reddened, turned pale, even shed tears; iii a word, before he had arrived at the merchant's house, he had confessed all.— Arrived in his closet, he threw himself at his feet, begged of him not to deliver him up to justice, and gave him the '12,0004 sterling, which was still inclosed in a portfolio, having the seal of the banker. The Swedish merchant made maily serious remonstrances to him, but, according to his , instructions, gave _him 300 guineas, and promised to pro ,cure him a favourable opportunity of going tit 'Bengali lie .made haste to inform the banker in Loudon that his 12,00 01 - 4ere recovered, who replied, that he did not .understand what he meant.—The Bank-notes were all forged, but the so() guineas given to the sharper were food. A • TRUK A secnove.—As two rustic neighbours were Whin.' together on a late market day, io PronfoPe, says one to the other, '‘ Can you tell me, Paddy, what makes eandlrs so dear this season ?" Why„ thewor," replies the ether. " Lord bless us ! (cried Pat), are they going to .441 s by candle light?" - i R ev ::. s -