The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-01 00:00:00

I s iikY 1. ion n ce. The people of Russia are not a race of beings have risen in assertion of any civil rights ; and we :now why the Nobles should have occasioned an itisu except in order to counteract a system of in •hich might be displeasing to them. —sow— In a ,other part of our Paper we give further details of the pr., ~ t edings in Spain. We are not disposed to expect i n,„l, twit can be very favourable to this country. The of the new Ministers were relied on by some peri- s promising a fortunate result to Great Britain : but. v... that facts, which are always better evidence c. •Actcrs. seem to indicate nothing that can be dan t—to.; • 'he French Power. The disposition of the new lin appears very clearly from the message that he II :s • ~:11Mlitleated to the heads of the Council, hy Don l'Enn 7*.v.m.os ; and whether that disposition have been eery aby friendship, or by fear, we shall care very f; !ong as we find it so 'decidedly friendly towards further argument of the new King's good-will t:t • ;ch interests, may be gathered from his having tit that he some time ago determined on asking in in : tre a French Princess of the Blood. That the peo ple unfriendly to the French is not to be believed, only some little disagreements arise between the Spa n, , o mob anti the French soldiery : for the people of any rc-.-) ri:ay vlarrel with those persons as guests, to whom ye no objection as allies. But at any rate, if 1 , .;• bad reason to think that the people, the Mini- T;ing, were all of them hostile to France, we exe.c.t. from such a hostility no ultimate advan lc:it:rests of Great Britain, or to the tranquil lity of :.:,rope. lioN AP.% RTE and his troops are hovering .Dyer : Ern:. Spavish armies have been sent away from home : w!iaLer,n we expect ? Why, we must expect to see the Spanish monarchy a province of France, and to flirt the young Pr;ece of Ast,xias, who has just mounted the throne, as- eompleely 'a viceroy of the French Emperor, as thefralernal Kings of Naples, Westphalia, and Holland ! In the early part of the w eek rumours prevailed that .General ARMSTROMI was coining to this country, autho rised by the American Government, with the consent of I;ON APARTP, to act iwconjunetion with Mr. PiscKNF,v, as )lediator between i'mgland and France. This news, how ever, is now universally discredited. • From the silence of Covcrninent, as to Mr. Hoses ac rount of his mission, we at , !;ur nothing favourable. The fart seems to be, that except the adjustment, matter- - remain exactly as they were. Mr. Nonasx, with his dis lltches has now, beau a month at Paris : and we fear 0 till hi! found that the fr enc h. inem to take post in the • loridits,• in order to overawe the United States. From the American .papers we timl that their govern- Stein have shown a disposition to incrclsc their military tiirre. However in the Ntessage from the President, in- . roditring this measure, there was no pointed alhision to Nier of the European belligerent Yoe e•;s. hi other lreounts of debates, which <se have not 1.11,) . 1:t it He (Nilry to insert, there is a Tefereuce made to the conti [ ntial correspondence of the American htioistel.s, whici. ,it been imparted to the Legidative boil} : but theNe pa rs at full were not then made public. -.....-- BERNADOT T e h as left -- Zealand ; but. it s,eins that : his : rpartnre has been occasioned, nut by fear of block i.• oin British cruisers, but by the neeessis y of soppressin:: . rtle disorders which manifested thenis-ires in the 1 rev„, , and of !'won. ~ Advice,' from Gottenbnrgh, of the lath '" ii. ' "' mil).— at a detachment of thoftedisti artily till 1:1-... , :efi fro', ermeland, svithoitt niuch opposition, ay. - 1.10,' 1:• ,. g • It miles int o N ortvay. The same w!viet.9 iti':...• , :i rv as fo lissivarriftd 'from StoeklautT, 1..L: , :'. " • ~ )i.. , ' .1 It uisiao army in Finland had hilted lor want f ,:•.-J .~ .. . AA... . ^` - -- v . , •_-a:u'i EfMll THE NATIONAL RECrISTEIt. 285 visions. The retreat of General Kuissroa, of which we have given a detailed account under the head of Foreign Intelligence, is hailed by the Swedes as a master-piece of military skill. The Gottenhurgh Mails have brought word also, that the Austrians were drawing close to the Turkish frontier, and that the Servians and French weic nearly in contact. The Russian troops too, who have been in Italy, were marching into Dalmatia. The preparations for the new Expedition have bees vigorously continued. Sir JAMES SAUMA n rz, the Admiral. will sail in the Victory ; and the Mars, is Ihe ship of Rear- Admiral KFATs. In the Fleet will he the Minotaur, Tigre. Polyphemus, and Audacious, all of the line. The 4th, and three companies of the 95th, were to embark on Thursday. General FRAZER will go to the Baltic second iu command under Sir JOHN MOORE. IL Zeijtrt A letter from Gibraltar, dated April 5, contains the fol lowing intelligence : " A hundred men, with two engineers and a detachment of artillery, were sent yesterday from this place, to take posses sion of an island on the opposite side of the Streigkts, near the • Barbary coast, which has been ceded to us by the Emperor of Nlorocco, and which will he of the greatest utility in checking enemy's gun-boats and privateers, and affording shelter to our own vessels, particularly in bringing supplies from Barbary, as there is escellent anchorage on each side of it, and it is iniend ed to fortify it strongly. The. Emperor of Morocco i: expected daily to declare war against France and Spain." A Leeward Island Mail arrived on Thursday, brought to Falmouth by the Windsor Castle packet. The Islands have not of late been very healthy . The newly arrived regi utents, the 25th and 63d, have sutfered the most. The Scotch Royals had likewise been unhealthy at Tobago, and the 37th at Trinidad. If r. rant, the Stair Surgeon, lately died there, and Lieut.-Colonel fiogis, of the Royal West India Rangers. By the American East Indianian, General Clarkson, front Canton, sent into Plymouth a few da3s ago, the following intelligence has been received : She sailed from Whampoo the Bth of December, and left at that place the following English China ships, viz. the Britan nia, Brunswick, Addington, Selby Castle, and three others, names not known. The Mmieste, of 311 guns, was at Chumpu, waiting to take the Company's treasure.—The Albion, country ship, that took the Company's treasure at Whampoo, for the Modeste, caught fire, ,just as she had completed her lading, and was burnt to the water's edge. Character of the English nation, by the celebrated Count theustiern, at one tune Chancellor of Sweden. " England," •:ays he, " is most truly the Queen of Islands, the Empress of the Ocean, and the Arsenal of Neptune. .Itis at the same time the Peru of Europe, the Kingdom of Bacchus, the School of Epicurus, the Academy of Venus, the Coun try of Mars, the Residence of Minerva, the Support of flolliind, the Scourge of France, the Purgatory of the Par tizans of Slavery, the Paradise of the Lovers of Liberty." . THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION. Wednesday his Majesty held a private Levee, when the following had the honour of being. presented : Mr. Pinckney, the American Minister ; Mr. Alexander, upon heir 4 appointed Consul at the Cape of tiood Hope ; General Sir . 4 . :\ ;Imre, upon hls truing abroad ; General Sir 6. '. IL liongli tincupon being appointed Governor of Ceylon ; Admiral Lord upon his heir:,; appointed to the command of the Chan -7A 11,•et ; Mr.,ltose, jun. upon his returafrom a special • t A!,erica; and Admiral Berrie, upon being appointed ;nor ru lire in Cilief at the Cape of Good Hope. 'l{`l4 , l Bishop of Quebec took leave. •provtoui •to quitting lin-13nd tor Catlaia. Ilk Majeitv then held q Privy Council, and gave private • ~1.r.7 s to the. Duke.ut Portland and the Cabinet Minis krereri&in Mr. Muse, &c. and at half-past s:x sot off uu his return to %Viotti° r. . .