The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-03 00:00:00

..l - ~ .. . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 21S not thought it expedient. to state. such is the event of this Monarch's shuffling policy : The MaY or, Corporation►, and Citizens of London, have presented a loyal Addresi to the King ; which, however, they have followed with Petitions to both Houses of Par liament, complaining of the Rejection of the Reversion Bill by the Lords. It is our intention, at no very remote period, to c:til the notice of our Readers to the measure of prohibition, by which the country wishes to determine the ...:•?:itetn of Reversionary Grants, and to the unwarrantable ~.f p esition with which that measure has been waylaid. It is said that the Russians have obtained possession of the whole of Finland, and that a French and Danish force have succeeded in effecting a landing in Sweden. The first part of this intelligence may perhaps be true, but to the last we cannot give credit, unless it should appear that !hc frost, which is said to have recommenced in the Llaltic, has been so severe as to enable the enemy to pass on Vv.., ice. This, however, very rarely occurs, and if the sea has re mained open, probably the tew British ships v: - hick sailed aimut a mouth ago from tiottenburgh, would be sufficient to preveut any invasion of Sweden from the Danish Islands. Our advices from Gibraitar, a few days ago, informed us, that an Expedition was expected from England to go against Ceuta, a maritime town on the Barbary c:Ast, to prevent it from falling into the hands of the French, who it is understood have a des4rit upon it. It is now known to be a fact, that General l'r:vost's Expedition is intended to co-operate with that under General :..pen eer, in an attack to be made. upon that place, prior to It 9 proceeding to Halifax, which is its final des; nation. General Prevost left England in the Penelope frigate on the 13th of February, accompanied by the Banterer gate, and a fleet of transports, having . on hoard the 7th, Bth, 13th, and 22d regiments. The Expeditiontr, it is sup posed, will rendezvous at Gibraltar. A Treaty has been lately negotiating between France and Denmark, for the manning of the French fleet with Danish sailors. Bonaparte offered to take into his pay Danish sea men to man twenty sail of the line, which he has completely equipped for service, or will have soon in a state of com plete preparation. The Cmirts were agreed upon the terms, when the sailors, who were informed of the arrange gnent, made known their determination not to fight under the command, or in the serv ice, of any foreign power what ever. They would fight the baffles of their own Sovereign, but would not condescend to become mercenaries. This impediment was not altogether removed when the last in formation was transmitted; but Bonaparte, we believe, will not sacrifice any imagined or expected benefit to a matter of ceremony. lie may sell or lend his ship to the King of Denmark ; they will still be employed in the same Warfare, and, whoever be the nominal Commander, will act under the same orders. The Danish Government has boned a Manifesto against Sweden, dated Copenhagen, February the 29, which con tains nothing remarkable. It is sufficient to state, that it charges the Court of Stockholm with observing a total aiknce, while all Europe has resounded with the cry of in dignation at the attack of England on Copenhagen. It complains of the facility afforded before the reduction of Stralsund, to the departure of the English forces from Po merania, and of the present engagements between Great Britain and Sweden. Private letters by the iru4 Goitenhurgh Mail state, that a letter had been received by Raron Wtrmfeld from the Rus sian Minister, Count Itonianzoff, offering him a bribe of a large sum of money, and an extensive Principality, if he would betray his Sovereign and etleet an insurrection of the people in the neighbourhood of Stockholm, in favour of the cause of Russia. It is aliccl, that the Aaron, on receiv- APRIL S. in; this letter, immediately laid it before the King, who has amply rewarded the loyalty and fidelity of his Minister. According to private advices from the Continent, the fol. lowing is the subject of dismemberment of Turkey, agreed upon by France, Austrin, and Russia : " Russia is to receive part of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Bose- rabia. •• Austria to receive Servia, Bosnia, part of Wallachia, and Upper Balgaria. "- Franceto receive Albania, and the whole of Greece, extend in,; from the Adriatic to the Gulph of Sa}lntim, together ssith Candia and Cyprus i and to receive from Austria, in considera tion of the above cessions to Oa Pon er, the surrender of f r iege and her other possessions in the Adriatic." Austria, it is added, is assemsling an army of 5.0,000 men in Hungary, to give effect to iltsacrangcn. , Ht. There has been a reroci or some enyi, not had entered into a negc.ciation for imitating Portugal, in ceff...- sco. : ot provisions. This - story is eNtrvr.iely iz•) ; wet! knonA that the French ... ~ . . sup; ly their troops. v..:.•. l Aw_t -T;;1 to • hick •• v subject the peopie of conutrs arc. It is ridiculous, therefore, to suppose 1.. all the resources of Portugal at his coluit Ana, food for his army. . ' to ''9 itli cnti Advices from Seville have reach:-: , ti. , vvn to the tit ii 'flint place is filled with l'renrh, and the a,- • ask,- oished at the daily arrival of fresh Freoch forces i 7 Spain, now that Portut;al is completely iubdoed. The fici.ch force now in Spain is not less than 100,90 1 1 men. It appears that the whole cf tht - !moncy paid into the Re gistry of the Nigh Court of Admiralty, from the year 1794, 1 , 3 March, 1808, ainc.uots to ‘s Droas of the kimiralty -11.3.?5 II 10 As ))roils of Ow Crown. 1,553,184 10 2 A mix( d Aurflunt of hot h, /tut of which nothing has becu paid to Captors Makin! the sum total or nll the Money paiti amount to Sum total of all the Money drawn by the Royal Warrant and otherwiie 2 339,837 19 T 1 And the Balance now remaining is some thing more than half a million, viz... 574,007 1 61 The Danish prizes are not included in this return. Government, we understand,. have determined to take the East India Company's troops into their own direction, in order to incorporate them into the regular army. The sailing of the first East India fleet, which was ap pointed for Saturday, is deferred, as we learn on inquiry at the India House, for a few days. Mr. John Whitelocke, late Lieutenant-General White, Locke, hitends, it is said, shortly to embark for America. BONAPARTE has had the following return made to him of the number of the Jews in all the different parts of the habitable globe; viz. in the Turkish Empire, 1,000,000; in Persia, China, India, on the East and West of the Gan ges, 300,000 ; and in the West of Europe, Africa, and America, I,7oo.ooo—making, in the aggregate, a popula tion of three millions Teu artillery-waggons came from Croydon on Wednes day to the Bank, and took away specie to the amou nt of 200,000!. which is t o be c o nv e yed to Portsmouth, rand there shipped on hoard a kigate to Gottenburgh, for the use of the King of Sweden, being part of the subsidy grant,- ed him. The Private History of the Conrt of England, is pub lished by Crosby and Co. Stationer's-court, Ludgate-street, in two elegant volumes, price 12s. The public curiosity has been so much excited by this truly-spirited production, that the Pnblishers authorise us to promise that every means will he taken to meet the demands, and with the utmost impartiality. A boat with twenty-one men on board got into Dover on Sunday ; from Flushing, from whence they made their inn