The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-13 00:00:00

I¢4 quake of 1783, the half of this fortress, with 100 men, were thrown into the sea. The 03i41a1 Journal contains an article, dated Constantinople, Jan. YB, which state', that General Cardane, Ambassador from the Emperor Nipoleon to Perrin. arrived on the 8d of Novem ber. at Koi, the tir , t town on the Persian territory. In the same place he met the PerAan Amhx , sodor, on his way to France, who,e retinue conFi , ts of more than one hundred persons, and who carries with him elegant and curious presents of sn ords, to the value of I:reeral millions. An Imperial Decree of the llth of February, contains regu lations to the follow ing effect :—" An embargo shall he laid on all A lgerine ships in the harbours of our F.mpire. and in those of our k inl,dotn of Italy ; all Algerine subjects shall he arrested, and secured in prison ; all goods and nierchandize belonging to the Dey of Algier., or his subjects, which shall be found in our Empire, or in the kingdom of Italy, shall be sequestered. These meacures shall continue to be taken as long as the Dey of Algiers retains our Genoese subjects as slaves in his prisons." THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Gr.rtmA \Y. TTENv.t. Fr.s. IS.--The Archduke Ferdinand and General Bellegarde are to command the corps of 79,000 men, which is assembling on our frontiers on the side of 'Turkey. The Turks have laboured hard, during the wh o le of this winter, in improv ing their fortresses in Bosnia, Bulg•aria, and Wallachia. In geteral, they are making preparations, as if they dreaded against pummel' an united attack from all the Powers of the Continent. CassEL, l'Ett. 16.-1 Deputation of the Jews in the kingdom of Westphalia has assembled here, consisting partly of Rabbis. partly by Elders. On the Bth the Deputation were introduced by M . . Israel Jacobson, Counsellor of Finances, to the Minister of State, M. Simeon, and afterwards to K lug Jerome, M. Jacob son addressed his Jlajesty in a short speech, and the following is part of the reply which was made :-- " lam satisfied with your speech. That article in the Con stitution of my kingdom, which establishes the equality of all religions, is in perfect uni=on with the feeling: of my heart. The law ought to interrupt no man in the exercise of his w or ship. Each subject is as much at liberty - to observe the rules of his faith, as the Kingls to follow his religion. 'The duties of the Citizen are the only objects which the laws of the Govern- Went ean regulate." BANKS or Tar. EI.IIK —The French Authorities on the Weser, respect ships which arrive there under the Dutch flap with legal cargoes, and certificates of origin, but permit none to sail again, either loaded or unloaded. Any Dutch ships. therefore, that extend their voyage beyond the left flank of the Jahile, cannot return. Ships sailing under the n441;1'1.4.11. Oldenburg'', Pappenburgh, Alecklenburgh, or Portuguese flags. are detained by the same authorities, and placed under seques tration. it is expected at Bremen, that in a short time French Custom /louse Officers will be placed at the gates and barriers of the town. All nierchandize arriving by land must then he provided with certificates of origin, a formality which has not yet been required at any other place. MARCII 13. Novanni, attacked a post, which was defended only by a com pany of Voltigeura of the 64d Regiment, and by 26 Chasseurs of the 9th Regiment. Capt. Livron, commander of this post, put the enemy to flight, and pursued them to the sea side. Part of the enemy endeavoured to reach their vessels by swimming, and the remainder have been taken prisoners. (in the :10th, four gun-boats and tun of the enemy's transports were attacked at Portieello by a company of Voltigeurs of the Ist Regitnent, and few grenadiers of the tied Regiment ; these brave men, in spite of 111 the enemy's lire, leaped into the sea, and by this -tratagem got on board of the .hip•, under a shower of grape shot, and I►ave taken possession of them Some Luglista ship; of war at Messina, excited by the report of their guns, Mime. (timely put to szlt, to assist the goo-boats. One brig of guns, approaching to►o near Port ;cello, was stratided ; she has fallen into our hands, after bravely defending herself during two days. in which conflict the Captain was killed, and the Lieutenant w ounded. Fran. 18.—The siege of Scylla is rracceuted with all expedi tion. There is every reason to believe that the English and the )►andilti will, in a few days, be tit iyen out of the last strong hold they possess in Calabria. It was :be division of Regale/ which took Reggio. A great quantity of heay y artillery was found in the fortress. Besides the 9(X) men is ho composed the garrison, xi e have made prismiers of '2OO men. who were foutxt on board the English brig which was stranded on the coast.— The Naval Captain Clacton, and 67 other officers of rank, are among the prisoners. This expedition has already put into Our hands P2OO ',limners, and 4`2 pieces of cannon. The Neweiitua troops exhibited proofs of their usual courage. ....10.1.•.. SPAIN. VALENTI 5, JAY. 24.—Together with the strict measures taken by France and her Allies against the communication tt•ith England, the needful precautions are taken to prevent ships, belonging to the Continental Pnwers, frotn falling into the handy of the British. The Intendant of the Army, Don Francisco Vivier de Asperos, has made the f►llowing communication to the Company of Merchants in this sea-port town : " Whereas his Highness the Prince Grand-Admiral, has in formed me, that the Emperor of the French and King of Italy has resolved, that no Danish, Dutch, Spanish, or other ships of his allies, shall be permitted to sail from any French Port. th..t they may not run the risk of being captured by the English ; now the King, animated by a similar precaution, bac thought proper to resolse that the same measure, shall be adopted in all Ports of his Kingdom, and that no French, Danish, Dutch, or other sessels, belonging to the countries of his allies, shall be permitted to sail, and this solely with a view, that they may not be exposed to capture by the English." PORTUGA L. lasnoN, Fro. 6.—The Emperor Napoleon, our present So vereign, has issued a decree relative to Portugal. from his It ortl Palace at Milan. dated December 20. It is non, for ttw firs! time, made public, and the following are the articles of which it consists:—• SW EDEN. STOCK ITO LM, Fcn. 13.—We have received certain intelli gence front rinland of the Russians having advanced upon the Swedish territory ; the war mad• therefore be regarded as begun. All the Swedish regiments have received orders to proceed, by forced marches, to the frontiers. The General in Chief, Count Von Klingsfor, left this on the 10th for Finkal. The Swede. have marched nearly all their forces against the Russians, and have left scarce any troops in the provinces opposite to Den mark, probably because they expect the English to protect them against any attack on that side. ITA I.Y. N A ?LES, J A N. 26.—0 n the I I th inst. a division of gun-boats, mantled by Lieut. Pascoe de Ctoa, convoying :0.4 transports, was attacked at the anchorage of Oligastro, by too enemy's brip. the action commenced at night fall. and lasted t hu r hours ; tme of the enemy's ship. was completely disabled, and the other considerably damaged ; on our side, we lost the gun-boat .No. 'CU, on hoard of which one sailor was kilted and two wounded, but the Lieutenant had the courage to repel the Frig:Esti, and Oir ability to conduct the convoy under hie protection safe to the port of Salerno. FEB. 12.—1 n the night het een the 26th and 17th of January, a cuinpany of 600 men, partly Lngliiitouni and .partly banditti, who were landed at Canatelly and V illa NAPOLEON, EMPCROR OF THE FRENCII, KING OF ITALY, &c. &e. We have decreed, and do decree as follows : Art. I. There shall be levied in our kingdom of Portugal, k war contribution of 100 millions of franks, to be paid by all kinds of property and domains belonging . to individuals. 11. The Uonnuander of our army shall apportion the contri bution on the respective provinces according to the means of each. 111. All the property belonging to the Queen of Portugal, and to the Prince Regent, and to all the Princes who have pen sions, shall be sedoc , trated. All the property of the Granyleos of the kingdom, who followed the Prince Regent in his flight, •hall also bu seque , trated, unless they return to Portugal befors the 1501 of January nett. In consequence of this Decree, General Junot has issued an impoutont State Paper of great length, but of which the fol lowing is the substance : " The Kingdom of Portugal shall pay an extraordinary War Contribution of 40 millions of crosadoes. The two millions al ready paid since the entry of the French, shall be allowed upon the present contributions. Six millions of crusadoes shall bdp the proportion to be paid to the Merchants, Bankers, and Capi talists. In ail the churches of the kingdom, the gold and silyec plate accessary for the performance of Divine Service shall be let remain ; the surplus shall be carried to the mint, and shall go iAdisuinuti..e the piescnt cuntlibutiun, tha Consents anit