The National Register. — London, England, 1808-09-26 00:00:00

SEPTENITIER 26. of ratifying this Convention. We arc afraid.our observa tions on this head will had very few supporters; and we communicate them therefore with reluttince . . We du not even believe that there are three public characters in thil country who would have the audacity to adopt the very measure we would prbpose. The fear of responsibility, the danger - of codipromitting their reputation l the appa. rent boldness of the suggestion would prevent them from adopting it. Certain it is, however, the morality of the measure out of the question, that an act of energy would place us, under the present circumstances, in the judgment of our neighbours, in a much more advantageous light, than the most conscientious execution of the Convention would do. There Ss - no man will deny, but several cases may happen, when a government is perfectly justified in refusing to ratify the acts of its ministers or generals. We will suppose, for example, that Junot had insisted that our army should quit Portugal, and not serve again during the remainder of the war; and that our commanders had agreed to this article, is there any man in this country would advise our government to ratify it ? Not one; and ivhy ? Because the article is so absUrd, that the persons who agreed to it, must either have been madmen, or trai tors. Therefore, if a government has, on any occasion, a right to refuse its ratification, from the suspicion of the incompetency or treachery of its agents, every objection to the nonfulfilment of the present Convention is done away. We therefore strongly give it as our opinion, that the highest policy, as well as the soundest morality, would induce our government to refuse its ratification.—When we consider the service we would render by that means to the Spanish people, we would hope no man in this country would have the arrogance to maintain that such conduct is criminal. We all coincide in acknowledging that the aggression against Spain is the Most flagitious, the most unprovoked, that ever was made by one state on another ; arid will, nevertheless, in consequence of the imbecility of a Dalrymple, scud 15,000 Frenchmen to co-operate in this villainous attack. How it could possibly enter into the head or heart of an honest man to heSitate on such an cecasion, is inexplicable to us. We arc convinced, there fore, that it would not only be expedient, but dictated by the snblimest virtue, if we did every thing in our power to conuteract the designs of a villain against the repose and independence of ten millions of our fellow-creatures. If talk be not done, the couutry is as much implicated as the commanders. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. --~•+►- TRANCE. PA n TA, SEPT. S.—Yestertlay a detachment of grenadiers of the Imperial Life-Guards set oil for Strasburg,' : 200 hackney roaches were pressed to convey theta as far as Clair, which is four leagues from this city, *here the necessary vehicles were in readiness to transport them farther.. The troops on their march for Spain are forwarded on their route in waggons, each district they pass through being obliged to furnish a certain number of carriages and horses. A journey which it is supposed his Majesty will shortly un- . dertake, is the subject of much conversation in this capital. It is rumoured that his Majesty intends to repair to Weintur, and that the Russian EmPeror is also expected there. • • It is reported that General St. Cyr goes to take the command or a corps of the army in Spain. General Vandamme Will sue e Oted,him in the command o f t h e army stationed on the coasts Ma e e tinilel. L 'CIE NATIONAL lii:GiStElt. ~_% SW ED EN. r ‘ 6i ' . , It is word in some of our Journals, that cseneyal •maon bat, from ivaut of provisions, been ()Waged to put into Gotteoburgh. , OF, R I M AN Y. VIWIN A AVG. 2'l.—According to letters from Constantino• pie, of the'Sist Mustaplat Bairactac has declared that " the Porte has enemies; that she must carry on, a war; aad that all .the military preparations must be conducted with redoubled ac tivity.'.l Pa S; S BUR G Ac G. .i6.—The Archduke Pala' int ford theA reit. duke Primate arrived here on the 24th from Buda, and after a very Alturt slay, set 011 for Luxemburg, but are expected to re turn to-morrow. Their hope' ial Nituesties will arrive here on the 2nd of *weather, and her alajesty will be crowned Queen of Aluagary on the 7th. Rktv..ks F 14 ()ANL? Irtn, AL t;..SO. —The States of Stiria, Carniola,.mid Carinthia, have untlertakep to provide regimen tals for those sub-oflicers and privates yr the Militia who can iii afford that expeuce., Frans Shetikl, Captain of the Militia in the district of Morburg, has voluntarily 'Alerted, in the name of his company, to extend their services, if accessary, beyond tits froatiers. 1 at.t.cit EHRENBRECTSTZIN, Stiff. B.—The French troops coining from Saxony and Prussia arrived at Frankfort and, Mentz in such numbers, that Marshal Kellerman Rave orders that a culuum °Calmat IVO° shoold pass the Rhine far titer down the river. The column alluded to arrived here en Saturday last, but scarcely had a few hundreds passed to the other sideaf the Rhine, when orders suddenly came for them ty halt. The whole of this army is now quartered here and in the adjoining villages, and twanorrow we expect..three more regiments of cavalry, and a regiment of horse artillery to arrive in our environs by way of Montabatter. learn; that the cause of this halt is, that owing to the rapidity of the forced marches, sufficient preparations have not yet been made for the supply *I the troops in their further progress. • We learn from Cassel that they an- at work day and night in the Arsenals there. The Conscripts also are most diligently trained to the use of arms, so that a part of the Westphaliata :army, into which a considerable number of the. Electoral in fantry and Cavalry have enlisted, will speedily be ready to tato the geld. FROM ME GO IT L,` RG II MA IL. GOTTENMIR OTT, SEPT. 1(1.-It k reported from Stockholm; that negotiations were began about delis ering up the It ussittu Fleet. The follow Mg are extracts of letters from an atm va board the ictorv, off Rogerswic•k : SEPT. ti, 1408.—The Russian Fleet are dismantling In Bogerstviek they have made their position very strong, by erecting batteries at Baltic Viol, mid Fakt Ruye, but they are warped so close to the shore that 1 tiiint a gale of what w lll go near to destroy them. We annoy and harm the enemy on all.oi.portunities ; and yesterday, on throw ir.g sbeUs, blew up a powder magazine with a very great explosion.—They are, believe, very much alarmed and panie-struck, and 1 hope we shall be able to compel theta to good terms. " Scer. 10.—Things remain nearly in the same stkte as when I last wrote. The Russians are moored as close as possible to the shore. I think the first N.W. gate must completely do them up. They have their yards and topmasts struck, and have amazingly fortified both sides of.the mimics+ of the harbour. . " 4 list of the ships in company ; and I understand the Mien is on her way to,joiu us : • " ♦'ictory, Centunr,..klays, fjoliath.. Implacable, Salcette, Ariel, Cruizer, Magnet, Aolus, Alert, Rose, Thunderer ; Swan and Baltic, Cutteri." FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS. ASTORC4 9 AnG. 27.--On the 11th inst. arrived here Cft Doyle, cominis;ioned by the. nritish Government to castling to this country Spanish. prisoacrs, 3000 in no:niter, *ha have been ineorpnrated with our army. The same.ollicer has Also brought with him complete 'palm-ins, musa*t4ainutunition t shirts, and stockings for 16,000 men, witl4.soo,ololbe. of cheese, all 9f which articles are already on their way to the army. A million of piastres has also arrived in Corwin*, and an equal seta at Gijon, a ith 39,0ik muskets, and the necesoiry anunitiiiticuh CAUIt, I,upotit would now be one of the most opulent tieuer.ils of l'rcuch uatiar ; hv 4%3114404 at F f AM ~ ~ ." '3 - - '..'.rc ,- •