The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. appoint the hopes of those men who till then had volunteered in his service, because they thought it would lead them to honours and fortune. These political Titans although totally overthrown, have not even the satisfaction, like the giants of old, of venting their rage in groans that would shake the land. Interest, not respect, restrains them. They fancy that his ROYAL HIGHNESS will one day be won over by their affected resignation. They try to impress him with the conviction that the only spring of his conduct has been personal reverence to the wishes of his afflicted Father. They praise his filial loVe, and with a degree of inconsis tency which proves the servility of their ambition ; do not charge the Regent with having sacrificed the interest of the country, by keeping the present administration in power, although as long as the same ministers held their authority from His Ma jesty himself, they denounced them as the enemies of freedom and the constitution, and forbode the speedy and unavoidable ruin of this once flourishing empire, unless they were quickly removed from their ,osts. Ministers, it is said, have laid before the PRINCE the arrangement for which they propose to apply to Parliament, as a Household for his Royal High ness during the period of the Restrictions. On Tuesday the pu`3lic mourning ceased for the death of the much-lamented Princess AMELIA. It will be recollected, that some weeks past, a n•lst melancholy history of a dreadful massacre in Constantinople; appeared before the Public, in the shape of a Turkish Bulletin, said to have been found in a German Paper. The account first appeared in a Sunday Paper • the disturbances were there stated r' to have taken place on the second of December. Letters of the 7th of the same month were on Friday received in town, which do not even hint at such an occurrence, and it is now very reasonably presumed, that the whole was a fabrication. It is also remarkable, that no notice of the event ever found its way into the French Journals, although, if true, it was calculated to produce more than com mon sensation in that country. The great scarcity of change that has prevailed for some time past, has proved a very serious in convenience. to the mercantile part of the town. To Bankers in particular it has operated with the most disagreeable consequences ; many of them have had recourse to requesting their customers not to draw for fractional sums ; others, from a desire to oblige and accommodate them, by paying odd sums in their drafts, have been induced to give a premium of two or three per cent. for silver and small gold . .—This latter expedient, however, must be considered as the most likely method to in Tease rather' than diminish the evil ; and Bank ers, it is hoped, will not fail to perceive the great ing a practice, which, in its to produce the most mis consequences to the Public FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PORTUGAL. LISBON, FEN. 3.—" We have nothing ihiportant to communi cate relative to our armies. Daily accounts are received from head-quarters, which mention that all remains quiet; but as the spring is now rapidly approaching, active operations will nu doubt soon be resumed. " Deserters from the enemy mention that they are to receive large' reinforcements early in this month, and that in the middle of this month a grand attack is to be made onus. How far this is correct we shall soon know, but await the appointed period wlth perfect confidence. The death of the Marquis De La Ro mana is greatly to be lamented, as is the fall of Olivenza and Tortosa. The enemy is now besieging Badajoz ; should they carry this also, it is probable they will enter Portugal through Alentejo. The lines on the other side are daily strengthening, and we trust they will be the means of keeping the enemy at bay, so as to prevent their coining so far as the opposite side of the city." impropriety o 3 f continuiz . , natpfigy o u t Ait i olculatea ,i, . 't, - • r ti•,- •ant • - 't- , Al.' s i, ?: •i i ( 4. \c,- 4 - lb.• , .... 2. _ - La.' Illbr 9S GERMANY. VIENNA, JAN. 14--"' The following is the extract of a letter published at Presburgh, and transmitted from the Turkish fron tiers, dated the 3d instant. " i'he war which it was trusted would have terminated, Is now to be renewed with additional vigour on both sides. Prince Kaminski having repaired to the Russian capital, has obtained permission to raise, in the southern provinces of the empire, 400,000 recruits. The Grand Vizier, on the other band, has gained a seasonable supply of provisions, escorted from Constan tinople by 23,000 men. The disturbances in the Ottoman ar my, which made their appearance in the night of the Wth Dec. have been wholly quelled, although not until 5000 lives had been sacrificed. The attempt was to massacre the Jussuf. At the head-quarters at Schumlah, new fortificatons had been raised, and as the Grand Seignor is daily expected to take the supreme command, it is likely that the contest during the spring will be long and bloody. The effective force of the Russian army is nearly 200,000 men, and the Turks exceed it by more than 50,000. " In the Danube a flotilla of 160 vessels is sailing, and the Black Sea is ploughed by two rival navies. The High Admiral of the Sublime Purte has left the Dardanelles, and with 17 sail of the line defies the Russian fleet of yet greater strengtk. The Turks have taken the port of Ornoff, with artillery, and 17U barrels of gunpowder deposited there. SWEDEN. The following is a sketch of a treaty offensive, defensive, and commercial, to be concluded between the powers of the Baltic, viz. Russia, Denmark, Prussia, and this country. It has not been formally signed, but it has been sent to the Emperor at Paris, for his approbation. The particulars have been handed about among the merchants " 1. Each of the contracting parties engages that no ship shall be alle wed to enter any of his ports which shall cat ry a British flag, or which shall have on board British manufactures, or co lonial peoduce. The penalty annexed to a breach of this law is confiscation of the ship and cargo to the public use. " 2. All the colonial produce found in the States of either of the Baltic Powers shall be seized and sold, and the proceeds placed in the public treasury. Persons in whose possession Cu lonial produce shall be found after the signature of the treaty, shall be subject to fine and imprisonment, according to the de cision of a Court to be erected in each of the States to determine thereon. a Ships bona fide Americans, and neutrals, shall be admit ted, and allowed to discharge their cargoes, provided they con sist of the produce of the United States, or of the French or Dutch colianies, and have not touched at a British port, received a British licence, or suffered in any way the neutrality of their flag to Le violated. 64 4. The provisions of this treaty are to be carried into effect by each of the parties to it, immediately after the date of the instrument." It is expected that the capture of the Isle of France will lead to that of many of the enemy's frigates, which have slipped out of their ports for that destination. Most of the Common Lands of England, it is ex pected, will be soon inclosed ; more than an hun• dred Inclosure Bills being now in their progresfi through Parliament. i "7 0 :*