The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. A New York Paper. of January it, says It was re• hotted yesterday, that dispatches from the French Mini s te r ere to Bonaparte, which were intercepted in an American vessel by a cruizer, and laid before the British Government, were afterwards submitted to the inspection of Mr. Mun roe, before his departure from England. These dispatches are said to criminate General Moreau.: and on Mr. Mon roe communicatug their contents to the President, orders were given to crest the General, if he should be taken within the United States." The Mail which arrived on rriday from Jamaica. does not communicate any news a importance. The following is an extract of a private letter, dated— " Ki•cr.sTo v., I'm 1. rn. 2. " The negroes and white people in this hive beru very sickly ; hat it is row nearly over, and lieiith a;ain re,toi ed.— Provisions are in tolerable plenty. and if any Frop:iage to me ve:in intereourse take; place, thr plAntati,ms will feel it very little, as the seaFoas continue good.- The following is the W.l.:l;re which !lir. Jefferson sent to Conr,ress, when he tranq - n it ted (rur Orders of Council of the 11th of ,Nov ember last :--- AV ASTIINGTOV, Fyn. To the Senite and [forme or Rrprreentotire, of the rnibd Stlde.s. " Having received an otticial communication of certain , ordcrs of the lirittsh fioverument against maritime rights to n:.utrals, bearing elate the l lth of November, ISO 7, I transmit them to roaccess as a further proof of the hl-ea-Mg (Lingers of our na- Iristion atorl commerce, which led to the provident act of the present Scs:ion, lay lug an etuhargo on our own vessol-. " TirOM As Jerrensnx." Extact of a. Letter from Melaz7o (t•ieily), Jan. 29. " Our force at present on the I-land a monms to about 9000 men, including t iiree foreign ret t i mei; ts They are tin di vided : --.lt Messina, the head-quarter-, are stationed the tel.l, 97 s h, o9tt. and Slst chits- elm, Britt:nitro-sand Maltese regiments. 'itte slst forms a coition limn the light home at the Faro to tis -ins ; at Augusta, under the command of Colonel 0-a a Id. the intli regiment, and part of De ft ; are stationed at Sy racuse, under Brigadier General Stewart, tae 3lst and rmnainder of tk Hone's; and at Melazzo, under Cole, the 35th and flank companies of all the numbered regiineto • MI for island, e step( of the ti2d ; a detachment of 300 of the 20th drat.oons. and some companies of the artillery, compost. the remainder of the force in Sicily. We are at pre-ent active* employed in taking a statistical survey of that pail of sicily itnmediatolv the vicinity of our posts, and 1 doubt nut hut that the result hill prove the resourscs of the co untry to he very abundant under proper cultivation and encouragement. We are of course all activity at present; stud, with the cltracteri-tie eagerness of British soldiers, untwithstanding our inferior force, look for •ssatrd with confidence and joy to the moment of the threatened attack." THE Ever: os DENMARR.—The death of Christian the A' h, King of Denmark, is announced its the Got tenhurgh Nail which arrived yesterday. Ile was horn on the 29th, of January, 17.19. In the year 1766 he sp as married to the • Princess Carolina Matilda, Sister of our re\ ered Monarch. The unfortunate history of that Princess, Owing, it is generally supposed, to the enmity of her Step-mother, has long been a subject of regret in this country. The late •n King of Denmark came to England in the year 1767, and was recoived with every po3 , :ible demonstration Of respect by all ranks of people, as well as by the illustrious family to whom he had been recently allied. Soot' after his return to Denmark, his faculties, which were never bright, sunk into a decay, which wholly unfitted him for the duties of his situation, and his Kingdom has ever since hewn governed under his name, without the least chance that he would be able to resume his !loyal functions. Be fore this melancholy event, in his life there was nothing in his character morally or intellectually calculated to excite admiration or provoke censure. Letters from Holland state, that great discontents pre vail throughout Prance, the manufacturing towns being left entirely idle for want of the materials which neutrals formeriy suppbed, but which are now out to be had at any price. MA RCII 27. It is reported, that Bonaparte has determined to rend as army into Africa, to crush the rulers of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. Private letters received on Tuesday from Holland state, that seven of the most eminent Merchants at Antwerp, and tour at Brussels, had been taken into custody, for haying. violated the Pectees recently issued for the pre‘ eat , on of all intercourse with Great Britain. They are charged with bar►ng " contrived, sanctioned, and connived at the ad. mission into the ports under the dominion of France, of various goods the manufacture of England ; of having ne. g.oriated bills for the payment of such goods, and of having sent money oot of the country contrary to th e. , tenor of the Decrees of France." They have been forcibly taken from their families, and sent. under a strong escort of Cens d'drnres, to Paris. The Russ an army acting against Sweden is commanded by Generals Boxho‘flen, beimigsen, and Sprintfliorten.--- l'he first is theCefieral who was said to have behaved so ill in the late war against France, at the battle of Pith& Soringpor ten is by birth a Swede ; and Bennigsen is the GeneJai who commanded at the hattle of Eylau, and dis played so much tal..ntc opposed to Bonaparte, in vOlose cause he is row doomed to fight against his late friends. Wednesday morning seven Portuguese seamen landed at Dover from Flushing, having escaped from thence in an open boat on Mondav night last ; they had been dentine,' in itoltand ever since tl.e embargo was laid on the ship+ of their nation. and a short time since were informed that they mast either go on board the ships of war to atNist iu fitting them Out, or go to prison ; they accepted of the former; but, as as soon an opportunitv offered, they took a Dutch boat and came away SanN cereno.de. There are eight ships of the line now ready for sea, besides frigate., at flushing, lint want men to man them. Two Mach fri gates, and two schooners, made their escape from the 'revel, a few days since, and got safe to Flushing Heads, where they now remain. The preparations which were makine• for dismantling. the I-Tall at ChelsTa, in which the late Court Martial was held, have been, it is reported, countermanded ; and this strengthens the rumour, that the condnet of another Ge neral Officer at Buenos A y res is about to become the sub ject of investigation. ‘Ve have of late observed a great improvement in the shape and binding of the Opera Hat, which is now become almost an indispensible article of Gentlemen's Gress.--'t is not so wide as fortnerlv, and rather higher, ami iite bimi ing a very broad silk slue*, in imitation of the French feather : the Loud en vrinble is strikingly, novel and elegart. We understand the fashionable norld is indebted for its in• troduction to Bowring and Co. of New Bond-street. TIIE COI I AN I) %Vint IM OF FASHION. HIS Wednesday about twelve o'clock ESTV came to town, from Windsor, and was received at the Quo l n . .' l'" • lice by the Dukes of York, Kent, and Cambridge. 14out. two o'clock Ills NlA.msTv held a private Levee. The tol lowing had the honour Of being presented to Ilts 151.. irsry General N. Balfour, upon his promotion t Brigadier-Gene!.. l Lumb.s, by Lord Ileathtield, nl hi. appointment np‘m" - (• ..itatE Maim ; the Rev. "Dr. Goodall, the Masier ( •01- lege. upon his being appointed a ('anion of Windsor. in the loom of the kite Dr, Duval ; the Rev. Dr. King, upon hi; he'- . hog appointed a Prebend of Westminster Abbey ; the Earltit Pembroke, upon his marriage.. !Its MAJEsTv held a Priv y Council, and gave a ndiettr , .s to the Cabinet Ministers, Viscount Cathcart, and 11 r. Ry der, the Judge Advocate, who laid before Ills t.trciv the volttminous report of the trial of General 11 Intelocko. and was closeted With Ills .M A.l EsT Y for nearis tv'tt upon the business. At half past six o'clock His M.tir.vrc set, of on his return to Wiudsor. * _. , ,• . . w 4~i 204