The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-21 00:00:00

116 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FEB. 21. Courier w ill bring the deciion of the fate of Portugal. The distnrbaneestvhich took Mice on Nth nit lith in , tant, were occasioned by the hiithiag or the rtench colours, % , hiett itrita•ed the populace agaost the foreign militar:. ; the s , ,hliers fired severnl.vollie4. but tniLst of them in the air, and no more than V 0 lives were lnct on lath ides . on thi4 ocra , ion. On the I Ith, public tranquillity sta. , - perfectly restored, ;net there is no r•ason to apprehend any firther commotion, unless a fainine should goad the people to de-lair. FRANCE. PROM TUB PREACH P.IPSRS. PA 'tits, .1 A x. i9.--The Senate yesterday held an Extraordi nary Sitting'. We are assured, that in this Sitting an organic Sonatas Constirtunt wa' presented fur the creation of a new Grand Dignitary of the Empire, Si ith the title of " Governor-Generid " of the Department beyond the Alps :" his prerogatives and finctions will he the same as those of the Prince A rch-Chao cellor and Grand Elector. GE ft NI Ni V. HA NO v r.n, .T t sr. B.—By order of the french government, the intendant, Belleville, gave notice, in the course of latt month, that a forced loan is to he raised- in the llnnost•rian do minions, to the amount of 9.000,000 (rams; h'ch, in caw of non-papnent, are to be levied by the most vigorous means of e venation. ...... TRIEST r, s .1 1. —Yesterday our town witnessed a very unexpected sight; all at mice appeared a Roi•sian fleet of 15 snit, which anchored in our Road ; amongst the number are three Oiips of the line, two large frigates of 50 guns, anti seve ral corvettes, &c. It seems that this naval force will pass the remainder of the winter here : their visit will be doubtless ad vantageous to this city, to which the Russians will insure a de fence against England. nr.Nivt 11t1i. COPENUAGEN, J A 11. 12.—They write from Koscan, of the date 30th November, that the Negociations with Persia are in considerable forwardness, awl that it is expected an Expedition will be undertaken against the English possessions in the East Indies.--General Buxhovden now commands the Russian army. JAN. 18.—A corps of 20,000 Russians, with 1•ll pieces of cannon, is to he assembled on the frontiers of Finland. These troops are still in their cantonments, waiting farther orders. Er.stx sten, .1 Jos. 7.—According to the last returns made. by the Russian Ministry, the Russian navy consists at present of 43 sail of the line, 34 frigates, 59 cutters, brigs, ite. and VG small •essels. Of this force 20 ships of the line and four frigates were in the Black Sea; and besides them, I I line of battle ships are in other seas.—According to the last accounts from Batavia, of the llth of April, Admiral Rartsinek's squadron has been dis mantled for want of hands.—Letters from Madrid state, that, according to reports current in that city, the King of Spain is to cede Navarre aad Catalonia to France, for part of Portugal, and that the Queen of Etruria is to have the remainder of the latter kingdom. SW E I)EN. GOTTENDUILG/11, .T A c. 23.—The. Stately and Nassau, which arrived last week, have brought 100,0001. for the King of Swe den, which is now landing. These ships are to remain in these seas through the winter, if the weather will permit. It is said that one of their first operations will be to relieve the 12 sail of merchant vessels now lying in Carlshain, which cannot come for fear of the Danish men of war, gun-vessels, &c. —ass— RUSS] A. PirrEnsauncn, Dre. 19.—0 n the representation made by the Minister of Trade, of the great inconvenience which foreign merchants labour under who wish to travel in Russia, o►► ac count of their businegs, in consequence of the Ukase of the 23d •f August, his Imperial Majesty has been pleased to ordain : " ht, That all foreign merchants, who, on account of their business, wish to visit any of the frontier departments, may ob tain the passports required for that purpose from the Com mandant in such department.-2d, But should such foreigners be desirous of proceeding farther into the interior of the Empire. they must not do so without having obtained a passport from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with regard to which is to be proceeded agreeably to the Ukase of the 2.4 d of August."—The passports have not yet been granted the Loglish merchants who wish to leave this country. PORTO-OAL. w Jepson, Dsc. 23.—0 n account of the great scarcity of mo- sey nothing can be sold at present. but very few houses pay their bills, and few or no bills are accepted, even by the best ' drawers. No goods are dispatched from beam, and the India ; House continues to he shut. The confiscation of English goods ftingtoned lista the tfith of this month, at which time the utte, 1+ i 1 • 4 1' '7 1 14. • /P i Nt -; rit j* ••• • • STATE ?APERS. DECI.IIIITION PRITSSI AG 11NST ENGLAND. The King being ohli,red, by the `tit Arti( Ifs of the Treat oC - Peace of Til-it, concluded on the :llt ISO 7. to shut, with out evccption, the Prie•sion Ports and States against the trade and nay igationt of England as long a. the prevent war lasted between I tiOrind and France, hi. Alnjesty has not he. sitated to take pro7ressively floe roost appropriate measures to fulfil hi. rnengements. In dire cting . these measures, his !Majesty did nr.! lissernine the pre:police and 11).8 which would result to the c• --osrose of hl= dominions in s•fsneral, and 'that of his sub ject., ...). by ft long aerie. of mistiortfines, have acquired new ri,v,ht. ill his paternal solicitttfle and benevolence; bat his 'Ma jesty it -, ltled to the consolutory it.one, that the mediation Offerrti by It it.sia to England, l zfetscleratioz the return of a definitive peace between Great Britain affil Friti!ev, 11 trill ! , t) ,, n bring about an order of things more coogeteial to I lie !) 10!•,--- rests of each !loner. The King has !we!. airy 1.. • , i).!: .. ( expectation; the events that have taken pl:„- • • :u),I are too well known to render it ttecessarY to rec., in tale the— far from bringing the so much desired period of gent' 'I • nearer, have only placed it at a greater distance. All coin, • Ideation is broken off between Russia and England. The De ! duration of his :Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, pub • lished on the Vtitli Octoliee, that there is no tenger any relation between those two Power.. llis Prussian Nlajestc; intimately connected by all his relatioto ith the cause and %%Stem of the Continental neighbvinring and friendly Mover., It.vs no ither mire of conduct than his duties founded upon floe interest of his , State. and the obligation contracted by a solinno Treaty. Con. formality to these principles, Hs :Nlajesty setting aside those considerations which he had hitherto reverted, in the vain hope of a speedy general pacification; and having refused, since the mission of Lord Hutchinson, to receives at his Court any Diplomatic Agent, has just ordered his Legation at London to quit England as soon a. po.sible, and return to the Continent. Ilis Alajesty the King of Prussia, in making known the resolutions which his engagements and the interest of his Monarchy imposed upon ii hit a: as tint'. declares by these Pre sents, that till the restoration of a definitive Peace between the two Belligerent Powers, there shall be no relation between Prussia and England. ~Ventel, Der. 1, 1807. FREDERIC WILLIAM. lIOLLANIL-ROI AL DECREE. lAl'll NA roLrns, &c. Considering that every Etiropean Nation ought to co-operate with all its power to the triumph of the cause of the Continent, in a contest which trill not 1w of long (Iteration, aid whose result is not doubtful. Considering that our particular duty, as welt as the dearest interests of our people command us to accede In all points to the desires of his Nl:it-sty the Emperor 4 of tiro French, our illustrious Brother, aned even to surpass his hopes. Considering that the indemnity otid relief w hielt our kiugdont has a right to demand and expect, depend entiret, upon the powerful intervention of France. Considering, lo time, that however great the sacrifices hitherto made by this Country may be, and however powerful its situation; both tinder the relations of commerce and those of finance, it is of notch greater interest to dissipate all the doubts that might exist with respect to our intentions, and to prove to Europe, in the most signal manlier, our attachment, and that of oar people to the common cause. Art. I. Front thespuhlicatiou of the present Decree all the Ports of our Kingdom shall be shut against all ships, whatever be their denomination. Those only are excepted from this dis position, and provisionally till a new order, of w hich mention is made in the 2d Article. 11. Armed ships of our Allies are not Included in the ‘l - directed by the preceeding Article. They ouri. rive - :,14, quit our ports, and bring in their prizes, by col)b.rititr:K • Ordinances issued relative to the entraases a i kkiou - tm" of war. i :~ I i f