The National Register. — London, England, 1814-01-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL lt EG 1 SI ; ET? Accounts from France state that there is au entire stagna (ion of commercial intercourse in Paris. 111 r. Courvoisier, King's . lessenger, left town, very early on Friday morning, with dispatches for Lord Castlereagh; ands in the event of his Lordship having sailed, was directed to 41,U 'w him• Private advices received from Holland, tat the 28th tilt, inform us that Lord Clancarty had been particularly active in lot warding the commercial regulation(' on which the trade. between this country and the United Netherlands is to'be fc 1, dud. Among the arrangements it is now, we understand, pet witted, that refined sugar should be imported into Hol land at ten guilders per cwt. with the addition of a duty of two per Cep; advalonm. Friday morning Dutch papers were received up to Mon *lay last. Accounts f'can Breda stag the arrival of persons there from Antwerp, who describe the • French troops in that city as amounting to about 9000 men, but very ineffective. 'the naval force at Antwerp consisted of 21 sail of the line, 'with some frigates and gun-boats; their crews wet e estiMated at 900 men, who have almost all been transferred to the land set vice, only CS or $ men being placed as a watch to each ship. The inhabiaants of Antwerp were in a great degreedesti tute of provisions: they were anxiously looking for the period of their deliverance from the French. It was reported at A rn helm, that the advanced guard of a Russian force of 30,000 men, destined for Rollan d; had reached Munster. The French bad evacuated the greater part of the territory between the Naese and the Waal.—The Dutch papers positively assert, that the Emperor Fronds had declared to the Swiss' Depu ties, tint the Allies would not respect their neutrality ; an at tide from Bamherg, corroborating this assertion, says, " (hi the Mo l ter Rhine, the advance of the Allied Army will be ' through Switzerland. Circumstances spew that the neutra lity of Switzerland can as little be acknowledged as the nett frailty of the States of the Confederation of the Rhine, were a pretence to that• effect set forward. 'the neutrality_ of Switzerland must not be permitted to interrupt the great plan of attack on the general enemy of the world." Marshal St. Cyr, and the whole of the prisoners taken in Dresden, are to be marched into Hungary to the confines of Turkey. French Papers• to the 24th inst. arrived on Sunday last. They brought. the continuation of the proceedings of the Legislative Body and the speech of Count Regnause St. Jean d'Angely, one of the Orators of State, whose duty is to ex plain more fully the views of Napoleon. Could any doubt remain respecting the pacific intentions and humbled hopes of the latter, they would be removed by the language of his orator. He str•gees to prove that all the wars in which France has been engaged for the last twenty years were only in self defence, repeats his masters declaration, that on his side thereivill b e no obstacle to peace, for which he expres• t,es the greatest -" ardour, " which lae is willing to nrake on terms of tnodertion. He acknowledges that Napoleon has sued for an Armistice during the negotiations, which has been wisely refused, and concludes by laying the documents romised by his master before the Legislative Body, for the examination of which a committee of five Las been appointed. Paris Papers to the 26th instant arrived on Tuesday; they state that Marsh.il Soult has been under the necessity of causing the right banks of the Adour and both banks of the Bidasso to he inundated. But Lot d Wellington's dispatch chews that the Pal is Papers were not w,cll informed. Some partial advantages are boasted of in Italy! on the Rhine every thi' .sr is said to be tranquil.---An account from lorenee ,rseribes an attack made open Leghorn on the 13th instant, by the British naval force in the Meditcranean qp .T.l •• • Fifteentondred men it is stated were disembarked, who 0b.., taineil possession of the suburbs, and the next day attacked the city, hut subsequently abandoned the enterprize. A force is also mentioned to have disembat ked at Viareggio, but to have afterwards returned to their vessels. By private letters from Hanover, accounts tire received of the restoration of the Duke of Brunswick to his ten itoties in Germany. After passing through Holland to coagratitlate his illustrious ft iend the Prince of Orange, his Serene flip,b ness proceeded towards Brunswick, with his suite, and was met a few miles before he came to that city, by a large troop of his Nobility and Gentry on honelnek, habited in the uniform of his Highness's corps (provid-d at their own ex pense;, who escorted him to the gates ; upon his art ival at which, a carriage, drawn by eight fine bays, was brought up, and conveyed his Serene Highness to the Palace amidst the acclamations of the populace, while duce hundred young ladies .of the city, clad white, strewed the way with Bowen, and a band of various instruments united in the patriotic English air of " God save the King." The Poicteurs, of 74 guns. arrived on Thursday at Ports mouth, from Halifax, from whiCh she sailed on the 21st Nov. A dreadful hurricane was expo ienced there on the i 2th, in which upwards of one hUndrel vessels were driven on shore in that harbour. Several of them weve bilged and all greatly damaged. Among the latter were La Hogue and San Du mituo, of 74 guns each ; the Maidstone frigate, of SG guns ; the Exervier sloop, of 18 guns ; the Manly, of 14 guns ; and the Corso schooner, of If guns. The Poictiers, has also brought an account of the loss of the Atalante sloop, of 18 guns, Captain Hickey, oil New London; the officer:, and crew were saved. Nearly our whole squadron was as sembled at Halifax, preparatory to their departure for the Bermudas. TH FOG.—The metropolis, and its vicinity. have beet' now enveloped in a fog near seven days, with little or no in termission. Candles have been lighted at day, as generally as at night. The streets have been nearly impassable, and the number of blazing links used by persons to see their way along, have caused the metropolis to resemble the interior of a coal-mine rather than a populous city, Numbers of ac• cidents, some of them of a fatal nature, have occurred ; while the street robbers, profiting by the general dam have committed their depredations with impunity. The state of the metropolis last night, in consequence of the increased fog, was truly alarming. It required great attention and knowledge of the pubic streets to proceed any distance, and those persons who had any matetial business to transact were unavoidably compelled to carry torches. The usual lamps appeared through the haze net bigger tha'n small candles. The more careful hackney coachmen left the box and lead their horses, while others drove only at a walking pace. There were frequest meetings of carriages. land mischief ensued. Among the passengers, much caution and apprehension prevailed. Many alarmed at the idea of being run down made exclamations, such as " Who is cf.ming !—" Take care!" &c. Females who had ventured abroad baffle tlre•fo:.r came on were placed under great peril. Several missed their way, while others were exposed to the brutal conduct of the ruffians who are a dis ! grace to manhood. We may expect to hear of many more accidents. Such was the extreme density of the atmosphere Tite,day evening, the Maidenhead coach, on its return from town, missed the road near Burford hi idge, and was overturned. We are sorry to Lear Lord flawarden was amocg the pacsengers s ani that he recek - ed an injury by the accidoit. I M