The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-27 00:00:00

THE NA' ing to rain, the streets unpaved, every appearance of a city sack ed by its enemies, and of all the brilliancy and splendour that so distinguished it formerly, nothing is seen but the equipages of the French Generals and Commissaries, and the immediate " officers of its Court. The taxes and duties levied on the produce of the country are positively stated at twice the amount of its first cost, which with the same or a still nvire ruinous course of exchange than prevails here (I believe rather less than three dollars per pound sterling), prevent foreianers from purchasing, which annoys Murat, as he is subject to a heavy expenditure; indeed, to tell truth, it is not to him that these circumstances are to be attributed, but to the eternal orders he daily receives from Paris ; for individuals, it appears. are rather attached to him than otherwise. being r. ighty fond of playing the King, and sportiag his figure in theatrical dresses, such as the old Spanish dress, Roman hoots, Ste.; yet we may form a clear idea that his actions and his intentions are not in unison; fur in his reply to the Deputations of Merchants, who entreated some relaxation in favour of commerce, he roundly declared, that if he were at the head of 20 ,eOO bayonets, his conduct, as a Sovereign, would be quite ditierent: it would appear that this, or some such ex pression of his genuine sentiments, is the cause of what is now reported, viz. that Buonaparte is determined to remove him from that kingdom, either by deposing or translating him to some other soil already ruined by the paternal cares of the French troops. This, at least, is the news of the day, and it would appear that the wiley Corsican has deliberately matured his plan, as in having- withdrawn almost all the French troops from Naples, he has provided against any resistance to his ca prices that his brother-is law% might be inclined to make against an order for re-transportation. As for the Neapolitan soldiers, they are good for 11-t!iing, as he well knows, and according to the experience of ages. In the only two allusions to that coun try in the Expose to the French Legislative Assembly, a coin cidence with this report n:ay be observed ; for when the Mi nister speaks of the Romans interfering with the tommnnication of the troops in Upper and lower Italy, one might suppose that Naples was an integral part of the Frenet Empire already, and not an independent state, with a distinct Monarch. On the al- Iwion to the non-perfo mance of Murat's contract to build six ships of the line and six frigates, there is what must be under stood as a threat by all who can decypher the chief tyrants lan guage; it is cruel enough to harass his kinsman on the subject of ship-building, of which we may well suppose a cavalry officer like Murat rather uninformed. As of the only line of battle ship he has attempted, we should properly be regarded as the Alarplots by liuonaparie, in having intercepted all the copper sheathing in one expedition, and all the masts, ya rds.fac. in another lately. Our young stud, nts of the Thames frigate and Cephalus brig, had even the indelicacy to go on score for 10001. worth of this stuff, which they deliberately attoched to 2.5 gun and other boats, with oil, wine, Etc. to the admiration of several hundred military spectators on shore, and brought them here." AMERICA. (PROM THE BOSTON INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, SEPT. 12.) " Yesterday we were present at the Court of Inquiry on the tonuuct of Commodore Rodgers, in chastising the insolence of Captain Bingham, of the Little Belt, and we are happy to state, that the examinati(o, as far as it has progressed, is such as per fectly to gratify every friend to the reputation and independence of the country, and to the gallant Officer who so promptly and efficierftly supported the honour of the. flag. We understand the inquiry is to proceed, until every Officer on board the vessel at the time of the action is xamined ; every Officer yet before the board has confirmed the statements of the Commodore in every particular, as far as came within their means of knowledge ; and there is not a doubt existing, that the result of the examination will furnish to the world, the most complete, unequivocal, and Unshat!owed testimony of the scrupulous correctness of the de meanour of the A-17 erican Commodore, and his minute and rigid fidelity in the account of the transaction." New YORK, SE PT. 12.—The National latelligencer Of the 7th states, itn.t the Court of Inquiry is not held at the demand of Mr. Foster, but at the very earnest request of Captain Rodgers. The Spaniards so far from yielding the Flori.!as to Mr. Madi son's kind Levitation, are fortifying D dphin Island on the Mo bile, to prevent any attacks on Mobile town. If Spain is over run by the" Canibilk," it is probable the Floridas will afford a Safe asylum 1 r the many thousands of the armed patriots of that unhappy country. - - - - MORE ALGERINE ROBBERY AND IMPRESSMENTS. NEW BEDFORD, SEP F. 6. Che ship Hercules. Capt. S. ow, of chi- port, owned by Messrs Wedton How.and, Humphrey Hathaway, Preh Nwift, jun. and Capt. Sn .w. ai of this town, and nat,v' American citizens, with a cargo of American produce, Wholly owned by the owner* of the slip, couststing ut tobacco, , REGISTER. C 73 rice, cotton, and logwood, a part of which was taken it; here, and the remainder at the Southward, sailed from Charlestime, S. C. about the 20th of February last hound to St. Petersburgh. On the ltith April last, she was taken by a Danish privateer, ea:- lied into Copenhagen, and after a detention of five days, was liberated, and proceeded on h er voyage . Ab out t h e 'first of June last, she was captured by a French privateer and carried, tnto Dantzic, where her cargo was immediately discharged and her provisions, stores, &c. taken on board the privateer, to fit her for another cruise. The people were turned on shore without any thing to ear or drink, and were preserved from ex• treme distress and famishing by the charitable assistance of some friends of Capt. Snow at Hamburgh, and St. Petershurgh. Four of the sailors, viz. Seth Randall, Robert Leslie, Thomas Best, and Joseph Vaughan, were inipresaed and marched to Antwerp. Tne ship and cargo were valued at about 00,000 certs. and were mostly insured at a premium of 20 per cent. Here is then another precious and striking evidence of the repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees with a vengeance! The English papers are red-hot on the subject of the Little Belt. Even The Morning Chronicle, the great speaking trumptt of opposition, dzclares it to be " impossible to submit to this in sult.' The same Paper lays the blame of the situation of affairs on the English Ministers in refusing to ratifY Mr. Erskine's ar rangement. On this subject a Ministerial Paper says, . Nothing can he more absurd than to charge Ministers with the refusa to ratify Erskine's arrangement; as it is well known. that the non•ratification was the sole act of the King, who felt himself personally insulted by an impertinent remark of the President of the United States, in the letter which accompanied that arrange ment. • PROVIDENCE, SE PT. s.—The brig Ruth. from Lisbon, arrived here, was tired at and bri•ught to by a lir itish sloop of war; and when within a short distance, a musket was fired, the ball of which passed very near the man at the helm. l'he brig Telegraph, arrisrPd hue from Charlestown, was fired at and brought to off Block Island, and dvtained all iiiklrt by the British frieate Guerriere; the Commander of which in quired of Captain Bishop whether Commodor e Rodgers was hung : and , receiving an answer in the negative, he informed Captain B. that unkss the Commodore should he hung soon, that was the last bag of cotton he should be suffered to kin from Charlestown, and that he expected 18 ships of war from England eve y hour, with orders to capture every American vessel they found on the ocean. QUINTESSENCE OF AUDACITY. We have just received from our C:e respondents in Philadel phia, a later containing a fresh instance of the shocking inso lence of Bonaparte's Ci.itiffs in thi' Piiited States. It ceps thu climax of French arrogance and turpitude.—( Baltimore Puper.) " PHILADELPHIA, Ave, 30.—As the news of the day, 1 sit down to inform you ot one of the most atrocious pieces of French impudence that perhaps has happened since time days of Genet. Some time since arrived here a schooner, called No. 5, belong ing, as is pretended, to the Emperor of France, entering an a plea of distress—she was - put into the hands of time carpenter, and her crew turned over to time brig Diligente, then in port. It was soon discovered that No. .5 was the schooner Exchange, he longing to Mr.M‘Fadon, and Mr.G reetham of your town, seized some time since in France, and fitted out without condemnation. On that plea she was seized, and this day Judge Peters gave the parties their first hearing. The Frenchmen employed lawyer to appear for them ; hut soon after time business com menced, the French Consul handed the .11.dge a paper, in form of a protest, against the libellants and the Court, saying, " that if they condemned the schooner, his master wool.: look to them (the Court) for indemnification, &c."—Judge Peters tre..ted it with becoming indignation, as an insult to time Court ; and sisal, that he had never seen or heard of any thing like it since the days of Genet. Dallas, the attorney or time district, coniiitg in, he (Peters) !voided it to him, and told him be might do with it what he pleased ; but it ..,Imoirld not go on the tiles of the Court. It is supposed the paper will be handed to the Presideei at Washington, and then we shell see how tar French ieflta tee will go. lam in hopes of gettin a copy of the protest, whets you will see it, and a more correct statement in the papers." FIRST CONDRMNATION IJFDER BLIONAPARTR ' S AMERICAN NON-IMPORTATION DECREE. At a late Session of the United Stat. s District Court, far the Stzte t); C.,linecticur, i i rpont, Edwards, Dist:ict Judge, sit ting at New Haven, juignient of condeninati in waspassei: up.ri thy: Iffig Br,thers, and h?t cargo , for an aikg, d viohitisin of the Nan-Iniportation Law, on tiir Following opinion of Edwards •' That thy- President's Proclamation was conclusive evidence that the Berlin and Milan Decrees were revokvii 'miming of the Act of Congress; and toati whatever might oc his private opinim on the question iil fact, wAttlier thoic De-