The National Register. — London, England, 1815-05-14 00:00:00

111:11r 14. It is stared in letters from Rouen, that the 88th Regimen t which set out for Tails 800 strong, was reduced by desertion to 400 before it reached there. Only the Mayor and . one person signed in favour of the new Constitution, while twelve persons enrolled their names against it. Conscripts had refused to march, and caused a riot, when the National Guards torl part with the malcontents. Ir has been ascertained that in Brest hothouse the French h a ve thirty-one large ships of war, and in all about fifty-four sail, A (Irf adfu I contest took place lately at Havre de Grace: at the c10,,e of the service and leaving chit' eh, some of the military ied nut, .‘ rive CEmpereur !" while others of the tcwi's-neople answered by a cry of ‘• Vire le Roi I" the result was fifteen lives were lost, and the military were beaten and dtsi,ersed. The eror of Russia is reported to fiave assumed the ticp of Czar of Poland, and the King of Prussia ' 4 ',.at of Grand 'Juke of Poland. Bonaparte, it is said, has established a Regency, con sistinz (if his Ministers and the Presidents of the Sections of the CotiociN of State. lin that case his absence from Paris will not be a temporary one. The French as well as the Brussells Papers, concur in say ing, that the wife cf Berthier has been arrested in Germany. She was emleavowing to return into France, whither pro bably her hi.sband was to follow her. A gentleman arrived in town, Monday, who left Ostend on Sunday morning. lie states, that on Saturday the Gth instant, an order arrived at that pface to lay the country round Ostend under water, as a measure of precaution against the enemy. The King of NVurtemberg, in a message to his Stater- Gencrai, dated the IGth of April, announces that he has engaged to raise and maintain 20,000 troops for the approach ing war ; and while he calls upon them for extraordinary supplies, he at the same time states, " that he has taken every necessary step to obtain a share in the subsidies which may be granted for the general cause of all the poweis of Eurere !" A Lisbon Mail brings accounts, that the Portuguese Government has of late manifested a wish to levy contri butions upon the British residents, in violation of the pri vileges which they have uniformly enjoyed. A memorial and remonstrance, however, produced a suspension of the order of payment. The Portuguese army is under orders to embark at Lisbon, to proceed forthwith to Belgium, to join the forces under the' Duk of Wellington. Some of the British Officers attached to the Portuguese reziments arc already in London, having ken allowed to precede their corps thus fir; and to visit their country previous to the junction for the campaign, which can be effected immediately on their arrival at Ostend. It is with considerable regret we state the capture of the Levant. 21, llon. Capt. G. Douglas, and the Cyane, 24, (apt. Falcon, by the American frigate Constitution. They Were captured together early in February, on the coast of Africa, after a very sharp action. Sir John Collyer's squa dron, after the above captures, went in pursuit of the Con stitution, and was so close with the latter, that the New castle, Lord George Stuart, re-captured the Levant, and might also have re-taken the Cyane, but unfortunately in the ardour of pursuit, Lord George supposed that she was a Braziltnau. THE NATIONAL REGIST . R. 315 An American Paper, received. a day or two ago, the National Intelligencer, contains the following article:— " Impressment of Seamen.—This important subject having beer, waved in the late negociations of Ghent, and a Treaty of Peace concluded without any provision thereon, the subject will in all probability become a source of contention. and possibly of :car, between this country and England !" SUUSIDIES.—The following is a correct account of the subsidies paid to the respective European Powers, Esc. within the last twenty-one years, viz. from the commence ment of the year 1793 to the end of 181 4, amounting in the whole to the sum of Forty-six Millions Two Hundred Eighty-nine Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-one Pounds, Nine Shillings, and Two-pence Three-Farthings : Hanover, 2,(I89,1071. 13s. 3J. Prussia, 3.175,6631. 154. 4d.— Het i./ Cassel; 1,c71,1071, 13s. 7d. German imperial Loan, 6,2.z0,0001.—Ditt0, 1.716,6661. 134. 44.—Ditto Princes, 700,0001. — Portugal, 9,433,3551. 185. 9d.—Russia, 5,275,1381 19s.— Sweden, 3,818,4111. 2s. 4d.—Spaiu, 5,100,5771. 3s. 81d.—Sicily, 2,616,6661. 13s. 4d. Austria, 2,414,8811. 134. 4d. Sardinia, 592,11001.—a Brunswick, 25,0361. 14s. ad.-1-Prince cd'Orange, 501,0171. 6s.—France. 200,0001. -- Denmark, 128,9171. 161.—Baden, 26,9901. 10d. Morocco, 16,3711. 31. 3d. Total, 46;289,4611. 9s. 24d. It is said that the Duke of Wellington has required the whole disposable force of the kingdom to be put under his command. Two British vessels arrived here from Havre on Friday; one with the British Consul on hoard ; the other with Sir Thomas and Lady Page and family. A vessel arrived at Newhaven on Friday from Dieppe, which she left the same morning. Orders had arrived at Dieppe for all the fishermen to be drafted for the service of the army. The fishermen, it is said, immediately rose in a mass and refused to be drafted, declaring, that they would resist to the last extremity, and that they were all for Louis 18th. On Thursday a body of National Guards paraded the town ; and on Friday 2000 troops of the line were expected to compel the fishermen to march. Disturbances were ex pected. Two small vessels arrived on Friday at Portsmouth from France. One had twelve French Officers on board, who had white cockades, and arc said to have conic from La Vendee, where the Royalists are in force. The ether vessel came in under the white flag with four or more officers. It was reported at Dover on Friday that a French frigate with the white flag had passed that port; but that as soon as she got off Dunkirk, she lowered the white flag, hoisted the tii-coloured, and went into the harbour. A FRENCH CARICATURE —A whimsical caricature is at present exhibited in Paris, founded on the mode of expression used for brevity's sake by Frenchmen, when asking for a newspaper, in the coffee house ; for example, calling the Journal de Debats," " le Debats," the " Journal de l'Ern pare," "I'Empire," Src. The picture represeins Louis XVIII. Bonaparte, and the young King of Rome, sitting in a cafe, the Corsican reading the last mentioned Journal. His Ma jesty says, very politely, " Sir, when you hare done with the Empire, I will thank ion to let me hai'e it ;" and Napoleon, pointing to the bo%, replies, " Sir, lam sorry it is not in my power to oblige you, fur it is bespoke fur this young Gentle man !" An offer has been made to Government, to convey the mails to the different parts of the kingdom, at the rate of nine miles an hour by steam ; the details of the plan are under the consideration of the Executive.