The National Register. — London, England, 1812-06-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER... thinks best calculated to fill them? The paragraph in gnesticrt states "That his Royal Highness the PRINCE RECE % - r has signified his pleasure that Lord WELL EsLEY should conduct the formation of a Go vernment in all Its branches, and should be First Commissioner of the Treasury, and that Lord MOIRA, Lord *ERSKINE, and Mr. CANNING, should be Members of the Cabinet.—That it was probable, that a Cabi net formed on an enlarged basis, must he composed of twelve or tide te,:n Members; and that the PRINCE REGENT wished Lords GREY and GRENVILLE, on the part of their friends, to recommend for his Royal llighnCss's approbation the names of four persons, if the Cabinet should consist of twelve, and of five persons, if it should consist of thirteen Members, to be appointed by his Royal Highness the PRINCt REGENT, to fill such situations as might hereafter be arranged. That his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT left the selection of the names to Lords Gary and GRENVILLE, without any instruction or personal exclusion ; that in completing the arrangements, the PRINCE REGENT has granted to Lord WELLESLEY the entire liberty to propose the names of any per • sons to hold places in Royal Highness's Councils, or any other persons." On Wednesday last Marquis WELLESLEY resigned his powers into the hapds of the Pramce REGENT, who i-sued his commands to Lord Moult., to resume the unfinished and difficult task of settling a new Ministry. -His Lord has since been constantly employed in vain en &Avows at explaining misconceptions, and removing p+rjudices. It is evident, however, that he will oily suc s2ed if he consents to gratify the ambition of the Opposi tion, by calling them alone into power. They think them ves strong, enough to outvote any Ministry not formed of themselves, and therefore think that by obstinately rs fusing to coalesce, they will secure their admission into all the seats of office. correct, war between the two couotries mu as having essentially commenced. Indeed that General Hue,. has already set off, iron: to Detroit, to - take the command of 8,000 in the event of a declaration of war, at make an attack on Upper Canada. As the statements, however, - stand at present thority of private letters only, we are hope there is still room for conciliation. possible to feel surprize at any degree of may be found in the feverish politics of the necessary consequences of a war witi volve the sacrifices of so large a portion o terests, and set at such extreme hazard t: all American principles, already so loosely offer a fair temptation to almost any adve ing a tolerable share of courage and addre aside those considerations of justice whic, our favour every one, whose mind is not w with passion or prejudice, we can with d those Statesmen of gross folly, or of som tive, who can lend themselves to the snpp act of subserviency to - the will of Frame. Notwithstanding the warlike dispos;tior the Government party, the Federalists at gaining ground in the elections;. and, it is carry a large majority into the As' emhly. impossible that these hostile io.sparattons a, tifice, by e; grafting upon the heated imag people the hopes of Canadian cinquests, publican Candidates an ascendancy. This it is thought by some, that Mr. MAnssoN note of war no longer. Tie above intelligence of the hostile di tested by the Government of America, h. • degree 'qualified yesterday, by a iontradi port that letters of mnarque, and orders tot 'ion of British property, had been issued i There is still, however, enough in their justify the belief, that if war is not already not to be attributed to any wail C;f* in:livat of the legislature. In proof of this op given in another part of our paper, a bill • brought into the lower House, for the avo affording protection to the Ameri, an sea and drawn up in the most extravagant api animosity.. It pronounces any comma' , hereafter be guilty of this offeoce, to be felon, and liable to be tried and condemns on the spot where he stall be fiist app . PRE3iDENT is empowered, on ilfionzation can citizen having been impressed, to tend on the person of any British subject, whet found ; and any American seaman so intr. cover from any British subject, or his deb! 30 dollars a month. for the whole time he ed. Such the general tenour of this act, and liberal Government of America, in ch fulness of the ten-fold and still unredeerr insults so lately the subject of complai Fi ench, have thotfght it necessary to du against The martial disiirsition of the PRESIDI still fettered, it is said, by the difficulty of supplies. Of the eleven millions of 411 raised by loan for this purpose, not mote. lions, we believe, had been obtainJ, men were extremely unwilling to ,subsallod t. BRAZIL MAIL. A Mail from Brazil reached town yesterday. The letters from Rio de Janeiro are to 10:11 April ; but their contents are not of much importance. They state, that a rencontre had taken place between a Portuguese ship of war and two blockading vessels in the River Plate, in vhich the former had the ascendency. Very little notice is taken of the reported misunderstandings between the Portuguese Government and the Junta of Buenos Ayres, which induce a belief, that the reports on that subject have been greatly exaggerated. Letters from Buenos Ayres to the 22d March, have also been received by the Mail from Brazil, which are alsti silent on the same sub ject; k.ut they state that the Government of Buenos Ayres had signified its intention of reducing the duties 0.1 goods imported from Great Britain, one third of present amount. AMERICA. The attention of the country is at present divided be tween the unprecedented state of our Executive Govern ment, and the pi o , pect of an approaching war with Ame. rica. I)4:itches have been received in town from Mr. Fovsr.a, which are understood to contain intelligence of a decisively hostile nature. Although nothing has trans pired from which the precise •tendency of these official c ommunications can be deduced, they are said, on the ad: thority of private accounts accompanying them, to con t.,in information that Letters of Mitrque and Reprisals had actually been issued, rind orders given for the sequestra !'"n of British property, and the detention of British sub ject= in the United States. 'ShQuld these Itatemetits trove .TI NE 7. .~.,~ • • ?47 dmiczaaammaimarrout 1..e1116 must be re2arded iced, it is added, •orn Washington, 000 men, which, are destined to the whole of these it upon the att.- re not withotit a tt. It is scarcely of warmth w!,ich of America ; yet .• with England in. „ nof Anil-r.can in- • ›• d the existence c•f rely gus.rded as to , dventurer possess- Iress, ti-gat 1,1 icing Bich determine in it wholly abtorbtd difficulty, acquit apme incen- npport el this list e. rota manifestc: ; are every v. : is expectyd, y. It nor be S ai-- • lao.inations cf he to givc tilc• Li s (;I,ject. • ioN w;ll blow the • disposition ma hi.s•been in ! to - adictioa cf th• ze. for the gueitra. d in that countiy. it ploceedings to ady Jeclarcd, is is H‘iitti:ll on tlh part opinion, we have ill which has been ,vowed purpose of seamen, conceived spirit of rancorous rar,der who shall be a pirate and a nned to death up. Iprelicuded. The 'oil of any Ameri- retaliate by seizing herever he may be impressed, rm:y re- lebtor, the sum of he shall be detain, Act, which ihe wise • cliarit.iule forget- 'erned s and. *aka, against the direct excitvively. SIDE NT finds itself of raising the war ic..llars.,lo,otsd to be sic ofettlf4AfWo Jplitt!lin wiled • • '•