The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

MAY 3. occurrences like4.-to take place out of Sweden," • which can only mean• the impending war between , Russia ind France. It • congratulates the ;Swedes upon their being . out of thestia6 of foreign sway,'..' and touches *upon the foreign calculations" 'that have been formed respect ing Sweden ;• expressions which Might be referred either to overtures from Russia or from France, but which are be lieved to relate silely to th'e overtures from BUONAPAIITE to send 35,000 Swedes to join hiin on conditition of re ceiving back Finland, and part of the Russian territory as far as the Lake Ladoga.- • It annminces the . iesoliition'of the KiNc to go hand in band with his son (BEitriAnivriE) in maintaing the inde pendence of Sweden in. ciefiauce of - " hostile threats.from without." From this Speech it may be inferred, that Sweden will take part against France. Some, however, suppose, that she will remain neutral—a supposition which is not very reconcileable with the fact of the indiscriminate capture of all French privateers by, the Swedish cruisers ; six of the former having been sent into Cailsham lately, one car rying 18, and the others 14 guns. Orders have been issued to ecitip the whole Swedish Peet without delay. • We have not yet any clecliration on the part of Sweden decisively favourable to this country. By a recent order, however, we find lhitish ships in distress are diiected to have every assistance afforded theiu: ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPEROR OF RussrA . The quarter from which we have been favoured with the following extracts of letters, is of. t.-,e highest respect ability, and entitled to the most implicit confidence. • We are, beides, assured that our Government was ap prized of the arrest of the conspirators by.a late mail, and that the sentence of .their banishment to Siberia was officially communicated' by a Dispatch received by the Which arrived on Vtiday. The exchange at St. Pe tersburgh, was, on the 7th ult. at . 111. • " Petersburgh, April 3. A secret correspondence has been discovered to be going on be tween some of our Ministers and the French Ambassador, awl through him, with the French Govemment. It was the Emperor Alexander himself who detected it; and immediately on the Conspiiators finding themselves defeated, by some of their letters being intercipteci, they hid a diabolical plot to murder their MaSter, which fortunately was dis covered before the time appointe4 for its execution. Spiransky and Magnetzky have been arrested ; and sent off to Siberia. More arrests are every moment expected to take place, for it is inn.9;ined that other versons of the first note aro implicated in the diabolical 'design." . " St. Petersburg!), April 7, 1812. " A treasonable correspondence has been detected, and one of the !eliding characters in the plot was SPIRANSKI, the private Secrairy to the Royal Fatuity, who was entrusted with every State secret. It is said by some, that the life of the Estreltoa 'Was IMagined; but of tins have. no proof whatever. • " MAO N v TZKI, who has ever been an active advocate for the inter eEts of France, and a particular f•dend of Seilifoistcr, was his partisan in the detected correspendetwe. SrIRANSt J, M AGNETZKI, and.several c,rtier persons, have in consequence received the immediate sentence of banishment to Siberia. • " ‘k . e receive (laity proofs-Of ... the gond inclination of this Gnvernment towards - that of Great Britain . t . sc: t rcely a day had elapsed after the above mentioned discovery had been- made, when an order was given I9r the' retkrn to Petersburgh, froe - f Moscow, of all such of the British Officers Who were distnissed Cram the Russian service at the commence r-rivet of the present war: - rheyavili . be • replattd in their former com mands as soon as they make:tlreir appearance. ' " The Russian army k to 4.se immediately *reinforced, and todo this effectually, an'order has bred already issued by Governe:ent, directing a further levy on the population of the country of two men from every 1000:;- ibis . ys an introeFee a t ugultentatloo to thsairny. The levy-will kirigidli info:tee • • THi : 3P•Apsomr. TION AL RECTSTER• PORTUG 1 L. We are still without further intelligence from Porm ral. The next accounts from the army mill be of high importance. We have it in assurance from a most :e -spectable authority, that Lord WELLINGTON set out with a strong division of li's. army on the Bth of April'from Badajoz, against Sour,-ri who had shown a serious inten tion to attack the corps under General GRAI!ANT. 'EVen without the reinforceMent that . the Commai*r in Chief took with him, we should feel no apprehension for the result of a battle ; but we must entertain ti;e most urtli .;nited confidence of success if Lord WELLINGTON shculd join General GRAHAM before an action. The next dis patches, therefore, may be looked to for accounts of deci. sive . movements, if not of glorious' and successful opera tions against the enemy. AMERICAN CHARGE AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT. A singular air.' most unexpected piece of imelligence hal been received by the List arrival from America. It con sists of a charge laid by the PRFSIDENT before Congress against our Government, of having attempted by secret intrigues to destroy the union of the American States, at the time when our ostensible Minister made amicable pro fessions, anal ne9;otiations were carrying on between two countries. We were tempted at first to consider the report of such a ch4ige, as a . fabrication. The names of the persons ssaid to he concerned in this transaction, seem ed sufficient to invalidate the whole. But the m.mner iii which it has reached us, and the publication of the &rec. ments laid before Congress, and forming part of the cor respondence said to have taken !lace between Lord Poor- Sir .T.AMES CRAIG, then Governor of Can tda. their agent in the United States, Captain HENRY, show ! that there are softie grounds for the rumour. We are happy, ho ., '. ever, to find, that Government was not impli cated in a transanction of this nature. The. American Message became the subject of inquiry in both Houses of Parliament last Tuesday night, ‘vhett the Earl of 'LlvErtpoOL and Lord C...sr.r.tmAnni in • alt. explanation they gave, disclaimed. o!I the pa, t of his Majesty's Government, any intention of fomenting \- sentions in America, or of procuring a separation of the States. WASHINGTON, MARCH 9.—The followint; is the Copy of a Message sent by the PREsiDENT, this day, to botl4 Houses of Congress : " TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF '('FIE uNTrEn STATES. lay before Congress conies of certain documents which remaitt Department of State. They prove, that at a recent period, whilst the . United States, notwithstanding the wrongs sus:ained by them, j ceased not to observe the laws of peace and neutrality towards Great. '1 Peicain, anti in the midst of amicable profess !Lis and negotiations on the. 1 pert of the liritish Government, through its public Minister litre,. a secret agent of that Government was employed in certain States, n;ere especially at the scat of Government, in Massachusetts, in lomenrit.g ctlon to the Constituted Authorities of the Nation, and i;:ir.t4 ten. s with the disaffected, for the purpose of bringing about re-istance tot laws, and eventually, in concert with a British force, of destt dying. rate Union, and. forming the eastern part thereof into a poll ica l connexion with Great Britain. In addition to- the effect which the discovery - such a procedure ought to have on the public Councils, it will not fad to render more dear to the hearts of all good citr as that happy unien of these States, which, under Divine Providence, is the guarantee of our liberties, their safety, their tranquillity, and their prosperity (Signed) JAMES MADISON. THANK.S TO•LORD WELLINOTON. The Thanks of both Houses were unanimously voted on Monday night to Lord WiiLLINGTON . and the brave Officers and Troops under his command. The Vote of Thanks was not merely for the zeal anti bravery, but also for the MUMANITY displayed by all our warners on this (1 71