The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

FF.B. 25.- T T 1 • b' The Duke of Kent conceives that it would superfluous to add any observations itl the foregoing lON'S, except that he iv not old to Gibraltar, that being a sudieieut •cplauation of the revolt of his applirati.m. and his sole mo tive o f intruding the perusal of them upon the Public at this time, being that of e',oristg his c►+en character from the aspersion• that must tma voiclablv attach to it in consequence of his absence fron► his government at such a molar-id nv the present one, were it Con ceived to be voluntary on his part, ur that he had been passive on the occAsiun." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. FROM THM FRENCH PWIFOS. VAnts, FEn. 4.—We read in the Moroi/rue of this day the Billow ing Article The King of England. in his Nlessage to Parliament, laments, that the Court of s na should have &Hared war without making known its motises, and w itl t setting forth its grievances. As there are in thk Message several assertions that are unfounded, we-oppose that this also i , . equal' incorrect. The following are some paragraphs, literally c‘- tracted from the di-patches of the Court of 1 ientt, which we mu-t believe, that its Minister made known to the Cowl of Lon don. " The Court of London only answered by the refusal of the mediation of Russia—a refusal confirmed at the same time by the expedition to Zealand—a measure which was an aggression MI the rights of neutral nations, and accompanied by official de clarations, diametricalls in opposition to the principles adopted los the other Great Courts * * * " •' Let the ('Quirt of London declare sincerely its readiness to enter into negotiations for a maritime peace, on a basis suitable to the reciprocal interests of the tow er- who may take a part in it. And as , a preliminary testimony of its intentions in this respeet, let it declare that it w ill nit refuse to consider the hos tile oicasare, that it has taken against the Danish Court, al well as the declarations with which they were accompanied, " it is certainly impassible to pronounce p. , Tievances in a man ner more express. If the Cabinet of London were not ae quAinted with what the Cabinet of % neon complained of, it :s certainly owing to their desire of remaining in ignorance. - On the expression of Lord Ilan kesbure, that Ministers had received information of the designs of France from the Irish, the Editor says—" Tbis merits an obserYation, because it k a Member of the Cabinet who speaks..—Von hold vommunication. Plea, tt ith a traitor—and do you not vet know n hat confidence you ought to place in a traitor: The credulity of the English (;overnment —wed its confidence in traitor, of all descriptions—. are inconceivable.—lle are authorized to announce, that hut a fen weeks will pass over before Europe shall have new 'proofs of this credulity and this confidence: but these traitor , shall, by mid live, send you information, it they are resell;, in the way of procuriug it, which you w ill not disclose." On Lord flaw kesburv's a?sertion, that France had proposed to Portugal to make coininon cause nith Europe against En.:land • the Note is—'• 'fills is, above all, absurd, and perfectly false." These Notes say, that our Subsidies to Austria are non in Ihs Batik at Paris, as our Subsidies to Sweden will soon be in the Bank of St. Petersburg:ll—The. hold up to ridicule the debates of our Parliament--and exclaim, " Shades of Foz and Pitt, Is here are you The Maniteur speaks of the magnificent reception of their iNlinister at St. Petersburgh, as the proper return for time di,- /action shewn to Monsieur de Tolstoy, at Paris. Prussia is mentioned w nth some sort of pity the most con temptuous; but the Manurur says, that the Right t h ink of the Fistula is totally evacuated by the French. 'there have been pamphlets and libels published against the Prussian \ohilits, as if to prepare the minds of the people for their degradation. The Danes are spoken of iu the highest terms of applause; and it seems resolved that Sweden shall be extinguished. The statement hi the King's Speech concerning Portugal is thus noticed ;—" His Majesty rejoices in the prospects of the re establishment of his A fly in the new world trit h augmented strength and splendour. And whence will this augmentae of strength and splendour come to a fugitive Prince, who abandons three inalious of subjects, the country of his ancestor,, one of thy L REGISTER. Is 'iciest co►tntrie-, and 'rate of the most beautiful capitals of ripe, in order t,► reigq over 100,000 Luropeaie.. scattered over %a•t drsarts . : IC this be not cruel ironv, we ss ish the King, of England a like augmentatilm of force and splendour. Let hint choose the Last or.the %%ert ladies, tee do nit think that France has the intention of opposing it. Is it possible, iu truth, to make a Sovereign speak with less dignity ? The Mon Nrise m 05.... the follow in observations on the capitu lation of Madeira :—" The capitol:Hi .. pertivtiv esplains the mauuer in which his Britannic. Majesty intecids to treat his allies; tby did he begin by seizing. ou Alatleira ? Is it to secure to the Prince of Brazil augmented strength and qsoleitotir, that he cakes from him one. of the possessions which •till reu►ai.ued to him ? 1f he considers him his ally, nby does he not tru-t to h itn for the defence of Madeira ? Do the English %iiiiistry liar th.it France should seize on that Island? They will, perhaps, N y so; but they do not thick ►o. It is at the vers moment wheo his Britannic Majesty wrests Madeira from his Atly, that lie implorer for himself the pr , ul.•clion I)ieine P► oridriiee. W hen ‘ie see what is dime in Englastd—w hen we hear what is said in Parlian►et►t--t%e are tempted to think that all Lui;land has need of the aid of another Dr. Willis." Plt 1.i'41.%. Butt v, .1l N. 21.—The plan for the fleW organization of the Artily entirely tinkhetl. There till he a gencral (wised pi ion loudly nett. The Arm% kln be entirely compliNed of miti%e,; in ronsetittonre, all fun.ignern, a lietlier nt!icers. •ultalierm, ur ,:itltlierb, will be (1 ; the regiment, w ill Irise mil% Coking. There tt Ili be mil: t tto t'aptains of the tit of or each reeiment ; the Quarter-um,tert. ;and Almi..ier• it ill be supprried ; there w ill he Almoner* only in time of war. PORT t; tiA I.lsnov, 3 A N. 15.—0 n the Pith of December, the French flat was hoisted on all the fortrerscr, under a discoar4:e of a great malty guns. The Marquis of Lorna, is appointed by donot, Commander in Chief of all the Portuguese forces, on the Nort ride of the Tagus, and Gower Freire is appointed by the Spanish General, to the same command on the opposite side. The l'relica II their march through the country killed all the hulloek• the farmers had for working on their lands, in consequence of which they cannot be cultivated ; a glorious proof tots of the hunt nity of these self-nained protectors. It it , raid the French army has lost noless than 6,000 men, since they paired the frontiers; the peasantry have killed an ioimense mother ; and it is thought the people mould have risen in mass upon them, hut for Inc e tation of the Heads of the Church, who are •tiborned by .1 wait, Thc army is reviewed every Sooday by .Imlol, V. hi, is then ruowtted on the horse, which was only destined for the linage of St. George, on the day of the graind procersion of Cistpus de ncov. The Hanoverian troops attitehed to the arm., are o n h lard the hulk-, in the river. Many - naval officers arrived here with the army, and the works in the Dock -yard go on briskly. The Russian ship, have dropped down to Belem, iu a line of battle, the linglirlt officers in their fleet have not as yet given up their commissions. The Russians are never seen II I asmiciate with the French. No neutral vessel is permitted to without paying th.• eshorbitant price of' a hundred viands sterling for a pass. The Frew!' are going to enforce another coatribioi am on toe inhabitants ot' thic devoted tits . ; of the first cootriblition of about two hundred thousand pounds, one of the principal Por tugese merchants was com p elled to pay near ten thousand : at the house of this person Junta has flied his head-quarter, ; the eipenditure of .1 Ontit's table amounts daily to about a hundred pounds, is !Oat this mercaant has also to pay. One hundred and twenty of the clerks of the Treasury have been dismisses'. At yet the Spaniards have not hoisted any colours, nor taken any steps to Oppress these miserable people, for such they may 'Row truly he called. The British subjects who had not the meatir of quitting Lisbon with their fellow country men, lied, a few dais precious to the entry of the French, fointd protection oh board tue Russian squadron. This was etlected throtigh the medium of the Englirli °divers oe board that fleet, before it was known tht:t hostilities hat/commenced how I'4ll England and Htosta.r V* cir cumstance, however, having etia.e to the know lislger,fsi.rat funot, demanded of the Russian Admiral Altar.' klisigets4,4%\ should be delivered up without delay.. A Unancik:o:4ltrkteipail the subject on board the rquadrots, by cahoot it Was 4apriliii.ol4 that the d..diand conld not he c plied N ith eisaisibteffitLy %Int the limiour and character of the Russian na vy, 'row rue Court of L. Netersbut4h. •s•tY 0.1