The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-06 00:00:00

TUE STAT'ONAL can 3tways present a formidable front to the enemy, and slog .per .Ate, by their presence alone puwertul diversion in favour of the Allied Army, GUERNSEY AND JERSEY. The preparations of the enemy, on the opposite coast, linve at length ass , inned a more determi nate ch iracttr as to their ostensible object than they have hitherto appeared to wear. Whilst the Public ha , been amused with die mock demonstrations at B utngne and in the neighbont ing ports, and even at the time when the visit of BUONAPARTE him- self to that (limner seemed to give colour at least to the idea that renewal of the menace of invasion, more serious and sincere equipment have been proceeding v , ith silent and unobserved progress at Cherb,urg for an attack upon the islands of Guer s y, Jeisey, Alderney, and Sarke. The force assernlikd in the neighbourhood of Cherbourg for this purpose is estimated at 30,000 men ; and the pe t io,i, at which the attempris expected to be made, ss -ui posed to be that advanced part of the season when the length and the darkness of the nights shall afford the enemy's small craft a favourable oppor tunity for a start, and a fair prospect of arriving, without any formidable interruption, at their in tended destination. The intelligence of this medi tated enterprise of the enemy was first received at the Office of the War Secretary of State (Earl of LIVERPOOL), and by him communicated to the Governors of the Islands menaced respectively.— The important communication was, immediately upon its arrival, followed by the adoption of every measure which the formidable nature of the me raced attack, and the requisite attention to the means of effectual defence, rendered necessary. It will be seen by the Proclamation of General DOYLE, at Guernsey, that the most active and vigilant precautions are adopted, to insure the earliest intel ligence of the approach of the enemy ; to provide for the most expeditious repulse of their attempt ; and to insure the most complete eventual security of the Islands. No attempt will certainly be made whilst British vessels can remain at the points of me ditated attack ; and when we consider the means taken to prevent the enemy from deriving any subsistence from the Islands—the small supply of provisions they can possibly bring with them— the difficulties to be encountered in an attempt to make an impression upon strong positions occupied and defended by British troops—and above all, the circumstance, that from the moment of their landing, i f ? they should succeed in reach ing the shores of any of the Islands, the enemy's force would be completely cut off from all communication with their resources in France, we will confess that the attempt does ap pear to us too hopeless on their part to be set iously apprehended on out s, and too de , perate in its na ture, as well as too destructive in its consequences, if it should . not succeed, to be really undertaken by BIJON In addition to the force which ibroke up from Ashbourne for Jersey, we understand that the 7th, r Royal Fuzileers, have also received &me m ns •ri proceed thither—They marched on Tues. day and Wednesday from Maidstone to the Coast. A M The accr.iints from America, though in gem.r.tl of a warlike comi,lexion, fluctuate hetmeen probable peace and expt.ctid hostility. The Go. vernment of that country has a very d , fficult task to perform, to regulate its conduct so as not to em broil itself with either party—with the war faction by not being peremptory enough—with the other party by being too partial to France and too in imical to this country. We have received the fol lowing extract from a Boston Gazette, of Sept. 2, by a vessel which sailed from that port, on the 4th ult " The last Baltimore Federal I?epublican has the following article The PRESIDENT having, at the demand of the British Minister, disavowed any orders as having occasioned the chase anti battle with the Little Belt, and agreed to call a Naval Court upon the conduct of Captain RODGERS, as we intimated some time ago upon the authority of accurate Letters from Washington, the apprehensions cf war' excited in England by that conflict, and the sailing of Sir JOSEPH YOR KfeS •squadron, with a reinforcement for the Halifax fleet in consequence, do not indicate the approach of hos- tilities ! " A We understand letters have been received in town, by the same conveyance, and of dates subse quent to the above, which tend to corroborate the statement in the Federal Republican. The United :hates frigate Constitution ha. arrived in the Downs from the Texel, whiilicr she proceeded a short time since with 24.0,000 d liars in specie, to pay the interest due in Holland up,,n !hr• Dutch Loan to America. We understand, she pr.-0( eeds next to Cherbourg, to brig over r. JONATHAN RUSSELL, as American Charge des Affair's in Lon don, in the room of Mr. SMITH, who at present holds that station.—The American ship Prince Madoc, Capt. BALCH, has arrived in a British port from NorfOlk, in Virginia. The Master states, that in the Channel he was b arded by a French priva. teer, the Commancer of which, having lea: r t from whence he came, and whither hound, and having examined all his papers, allowed him to proceed— adiing, that he had no orders to tak any American vessels.—This intelligence would really be of some importance, in the present state of the discussions pending with America, if the fact were tree, as stated, and the conduct of the Commander of the French privateer had resulted from the general or ders of his Governm. , nt. But the information de. rived from American Captains is not PROVERMALLY TRUE; and we must coi,fess that we feel a strong inclination to withhold credit frrrn this statement. Unquestionably. until we have some more satisfac tory and conclus;ee evidence of the fact of the total revocatispi of the French Decrees, as affecting Ame rican Commr.,ce, than the . simple and uncorrobo. rated averment of an American Captain, we must consider the Berlin and Milan Decrees, in the lan. gunge of Bth'NAPARTE him Self, as fundamental laws of his Empire. RECITER. 63/ ••••••18~.1111 FRANCE. -A Gentleman arrived on Friday from the coast, who has h rercut!y at 1101110 e ne. I , •e -sents th ,t the Army of Engiitmi, ,t is denorni. nated, encamped in the neighbourhood of 13ou. . _ 45. 111