The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-24 00:00:00

r atk4oA. • Some more of the devices used by. the French government, to draw money from the United states of America, are likely to be soon published.. The depredations on their trade and commerce formed, it appears, but one part of the extensive system of plunder, and BCONAPARTE now denies their right to the posession of the territories they purchased from France and from Spain, although in both instances France received the purchase money. We hope that this fresh instance of fraud will open the eyes of the Americans, who already seem to view their Gallic friends with an eye of suspicion. Yet we cannot pity them, it was easy to foresee .the eonsetiu-nces of their unnatural predilection, and surely they ought to have known, in purchasing those territories, that it might always be urged against them, when circumstances should permit it, that by the fundamental laws of the realms, neither French nor Spanish Sovereigns could alienate the dominions of their Crown for money, and that such sales were null and void. On Thursday Dutch Papers arrived to the 18th instant. An article in them from Stockholm con firms the report, relative to the recal of the French Officers in the suite of Bernadotte. The theatrical societies in Holland have excited the jealousy of the French Government, and a number of them have been shut up. This measure, from the strain of the apology which is made for it, appears to have r.-oduced some discontent. Of the various reasons stated, the true one, no doubt is, that " their multi. plicity rendered the superintendance of the authori ties.very difficult ;", and most assuredly that super-. intendance is directed, not so much to the preser vation of the public morals, as to prevent the insti tutions in question from being converted into political associations. These Papers, likewise con tain various Imperial Decrees : two of them relate to a new conscription in Holland. The number of recruits for • all the Departments is 3,600; a third of which number is destined for the marine service. They are to . be drawn from the list of persons born in 1788, and to be ready for service by the 10th of April. The 'Tuscan Departments are also ordered to furnish a levy of 2365 conscripts, and the Roman levy of 1000, both to consist of the young men born in 1790. By onother Decree, the Dutch booksellers are to make a declaration, previous to the Ist of March, of all the copies on hand of French works printed in Holland anterior • to the lst of January, and constituting part of private lite rary property. Upon their being stamped, and a compensation made to the French authors, at the late of a twelfth of their value, they may be freely sold in every part of the Empire. This foreign accounts of the state of the negocia tion between Russia and the Porte are socontradic tory as not easily -to be reconciled. Some articles mention the renewal of hostilities ; and others as positively state the actual conclusion of peace be tween the two Powers, under the mediation of Austria, probably backed by France. In another column of our Paper will be found an Jmperial Decree of Buonaparte relative to the dis tribution of the stock in trade of those Printing- Offices, which -in his venegance against the object of his terror, the: ETSF, he 'eras :amen !o mucli pains to suppress. __ --- • • • 1 ,4 .11 0111r1 -7 c There is a -report in circilation, that letters have been received from Paris of the 13th inst. mention._ ink that Buonaprte had issued a Decree for . : , sequestrating all the property belonging to - Berna. dotte, within the French territory, on the ground of his not having fulfilled his engagements, to pro cure the unreserved accession of Sweden to the Continental System. The Letters by the Anholt Mail, which reached. town on Monday, mention a circumstance which is certainly of considerable importance. The French Consul, it Gottenburgh, is said to have directed that all Letters from 'England, ad dressed to any of his Swedish Majesty's subjects,. should, previous to delivery, be submitted to his inspectiOti. This order was rejected, and imme, diately after a deputation of merchants waited on the French Consul, and informed him, that so jealous. was every Swedish subject of any infringement on their established liberties, that his (the Consul's) . life was not worth 24- hours purchase, .should he persist in a right to search into their correspond ence, by breaking the seals of their letters. On this representation, . the intended plan was abat . 4. , : dotted. We received Friday some letters . from Swit. zerland 'of the 19th of last month ; they state that the Burning Decrees had not been yet carried into execution in that country ; the supposed English goods .were still under sequestration ; but . the people having manifested a disposition to resist, an. express had been sent to Paris to receive fresh in structions frcm the French Government. But al though a considerable time had elapsed, no answer had yet been recei \ ed. BUOIAPARTE probably thinks that in the subjugation of Spainshis troops will find sufficient employment, and is unwilling to excite to insurrection, just now, a people who ma not have forgotten the exaniple of their farefathen. The following extract of a letter, from Rio Ja. neiro, contains information which may prove high useful to the Captains of our merchant vessels. trading to the Brazils : Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 14.. The Portuguese government has lately establisl4ed a Qua. rantine-Office in this port, and has appointed that part of the harbour between Fort Santa Cruz and the DU de Valegalhao fur altships entering to come too, and wait for the visit boat. In consequence of this regulation not being generally known * the fort on Vallegalhao has often tired on vessels with ban, fur not bringing too, when the first signal gun has been fired for that purpose. The charge brought by the Commandant of the fort on these occasions is most extravagant, to say nothing t the danger which the vessels run of being struck by the shot. Masters of vessels should bring too, about half-way betVreex.. Fort Santa Cruz and the Ilba de Vallegalhao, and there fur the Health boat, before proceeding further up the harbour. Our readers will perceive with pleasure, on refea rence to our Parliament Report of . ThUrsdayinitht i . fe • that the Prince Re g ent h as magnanimousls , , anl. patriotica'ly, declined the proposed provision of -11 or 16,0001. conceived by Ministers to'be tecestary. to enable his Royal Highness to mantain'the nity of his high situation. r • • - . At the commencement of the new year, the . land. holders and principal inhabitants of _MeUpham-- entered into a subscription, which amo l otWto 1861. and from which they have been..lcable4 to supply every . week 620 poor families with coals:''. soup. Ili