The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-13 00:00:00

640 AT the,e hostile demonstrations against us, in order to mask his real designs. But should thAt force, the spontaneous and universal formation of which in this country, struck him with dismay when on the eve of venturing on the rash execution of his boas . ful threats, and by the prospect of determined and enthusiaiiii iistitinee Which it presented; awed Lim into forbearance and a sullen abandonment of his purpose : Shcitild that force be at this moment disi'olved, it is more than probable that he would be tempted to trt hiS fate. Thinking that he should no longer hav'e to c'citlibi l tt with the entlniSiatm of Self imed patriutisril; But With the Spirit of military Obedience coMricdn to all nations; and therefore, in . . . his opinion, an 6.titagonist rt 9 more to bt dreaded than those his arm has alreadir quel led? he Would endeavour to profit by ).13 the absenc e cf . so Many thousands of cur regulars, the suppression of so large a part of our internal force, and tr' to effect a land ing on our coasts. should be succeed in this, we know that the result would not be long doubtful ; and that his veterans would ultimately find only chains or their graves on our soil ; but native blood must be shed ; some portion of our fields must be ra vaged, some spins of our national prosperity da maged, and ournatural inviolability exploded, ere we could repel or annihilate the invaders. Ir,is therefore, more prudent, hy a concentration, instead of a dis solution of force, once more to impress his mind with too much fear, to permit him even to attempt the smallest enterprise against any of our shores, or any of our European poi Sessions. Hopes were again entertained at Cadiz, that the siege of that city would be raised, in consequence of the o p er ations of General, Ilallasteros on the left I • flank a nd rear of the besieging army combined with an effort on thepart of the Spanish force in Cadiz. • We have the pleasure to announce the capture of a description not often to be found in our naval co lumns. The. Myrtle :Sloop has captured an Ame rican 3chooner, withi. cargo of four hundred slaves cm board, which she carried into Sierra Leone, where .the slaves were liberated. What a disg race, that a people boasting themselves the freest na tion upon earth, Aould yet indulge in such a scan dalous traffic! . . The grand castle,which has been building (lilting the last five years, at an immense expense, in the county of Meath, bY Lord G ORM AN MN, is now nearly firtshed. FUNERAL cip LADY NTAny CoON . E.—Cin Friday, soon after twelve o'clock, Jie remains of this vene rable Lady, the only remaining daughter of the great Duke of. ARovt.F, were removed from her re sidence, At chiswick, for a depositure in King Henry 7th's Chapel, 'in Westminster Abbey. The coffin was conveyed in a hearse, which . was followed by numerous mourtin; coaches. The coin Was 'co vered with beautiful crimson velvet. • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.- FRENCH PAPERS. I' • PARTS, SPIPT. SO—His Majesty left Compeirne on the morn ing of the lfith instant, and arrived at Montreuit at lour in the afternoon ; he remained two hours there and, after having in spected its situation. gave orders for differeet works teethe-en, gineers. At eight in the evening be arrived at Botilogne. At six in the mornieg, of the 20th, he reviewed - the division of. ine fartry commanded by. Gen. I.edru. At mid - day his Majesty embarked ro visit the flotilla, and went by sea to view the bar. hours of Vimertux and Amble teuse. 'The Prince of Neufchatel and the Minister of Marine accompanied the Emperor in hti barge, which was guided by the Ship Captain, Lecoat Saint Haouen. During this time the flotilla exchanged some cannorrsshot with the English cruisers, and forced them to sheer off. On the SI st the-Emperor reviewed the other troops, anti , in- Ppected the fortifications of Boulogne. . Rear-Admiral Baste, Commandant of the flotilla, had several engagements with the enemy's cruisers. One vessel having drifted away, was taken; but the Etglish ships were severely bandkd ; they bad two officers and about. O 0 men killed or wounded. Their principal frigate was riddled by the balls of 24 of our gun-boats, which compelled her forthwith to veer abbot for England, in order to get refitted ; it will be necessary to take her into dock. On the ried, at nine in the morning, his Majesty passed in re view the army-corps commanded by the Duke of Elchirgen, as well as the battalion of the crew of the flotilla ; before be mount ed his horse, the different Authorities of the district were pre sented to him after mass. At two o'clock his Majesty went in his carriage, and at mid night arrived at Ostend. On the 23d, the Emperor, after visiting the fortifications of Ostend, and ordering new works, set out on horseback along the beach, by the road of Blatikheimberg ; passed the Swyn, and arrived at Bresckies at six in the evening. On the 24th, the Emperor mounted his horse, , and inspeeteel, with the gre:atest minuteness, Fort Imperial, Fort Nitlioiton, and the centre fort of the Isle of Cadsand. His Majesty was very much satisfied with the works of the engineers. sixty mortars, some cast, some of a new invention, and some la-inch mdrtara of the Gomer fashion, some throwing bombs to the distance of " 2,500 toises, others 2 000 toises, and the Gomer mortars 1;500 toises, together with sixty 36-pounders, and twenty 4S-poueders, are in battery in these three forts. Bomb-proof casemates con tain the magazines and the garrison. A large inundation pro-- sects the earthen defences, which have also. cavaliers armed with heavy artillery. It being impossible to march across the inunda tion, the enemy who attempts to take Port Imperial must march along the dike. Ile cannot. reach Fort Inrperial till after having taken Fort Napoleon, which is constructed of masonry, and sus ceptible of a vigorous defence. After that, he would he obliged to march along the dike, to force the centre fort ; and after these two great sieges, which professional Men estimate would require forty days after the trenches were opened, he would find him self only within 400 toises of Fort Napoleon, which fort has case. mated cavaliers, a gallery of mines, a traverse upon the dike, and other advanced works. Two other forts placed neon the dke .defend Fort Imperial, looking the river. Fort Imperial must, therefore, be consider( d as capable of a regular defence of three months of trenches opened, without taking into account the acci dents which the besieged may give rise to in a ground which can only be traversed by the dike. At one o'clock his Majesty went on board the squadron, in very. fine weather. He began his visit with the Avernois, a PA gun ship, commanded by Capt. Soleil, Who was at the beael of the line.. He successively went along the whole line, Stepping oh board each ship. His Majesty gave different directions with re gard to each. lie was very well satisfied with the state of th'e crews, and of the ships. lie expreised his satisfaction, on this head co Vice-Admiral NI issiessy, who has the chief comtrand of the squadron, and to the Officers. The Minister of the Marine has, in a few years, created a squadren of thirty ships of the line, equipped with every thing, in a country where eight years ago ,there was not even a vessel on the stocks ; the building-fraMes, basiu, magazines, ships, eec. all have been formed. At six in the evening his Majesty ordered his flag to b'e hoisted on hoard the Charkinagne a where he passed the night. On the 35th, at eight in the morning, there was a rough sea, and the wind blew very fresh. His Majesty conferred the decoration of the Legion of Homer on the pilots, Pierre Thomas, and Matthieu Amadis, and gave .each a pension of 30:10 fyapcs for life,, fur the Service t ..ey had rendered the squadron. One of these pilots is from Flushing, the other fsom Brest. The one is chief pilot of the interior of flit river. the other of the exterior. . The Minister of the Marine, Vice-Mtniral Gantheaume,