The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-07 00:00:00

FEB. 7. No crime whatever is alleged against the Portuguese go vernment, except their firm determination not to seize the persons and ships, and confiscate the property of the British subjects, who nad trusted themselves to the good faith of that gosernment, and who were united to the Portuguese by an ancient and solemn alliaace. Much is said of the a6ring periid) of the Portuguese towards the magnanimous lim 1 , En oft of the Fa EN ; the temporizing of that peo ple, while attempting to avoid the storm, is branded as a most infamous piece of imposture. Never was there a more unblushing manifrsto circulated ; never were there mere futile reasons urged for driving a government into exile. But the Minister, at the conclusim: of the report, tells his Sovereign that the British still meditate attempts against Portugal and the western coast of Spain, against Cadiz, and Ceuta ; and that it would be necessary to have a large force stationed in that quarter. Another report from the Minister at War states the pre paratien makiug for the augmentation of the force, and en treats his Auk:yrs' to listen to the voice of all France, which, he says, demands that there shall be no Peace till the liberties of the seas are conquered. These braggart declama tions, like many others which we have received from the !rune channel, wean little, and indeed arc in a great mea sure intended to conceal the truth. That the people of France are long since tired of cFoiscript ions, and would with eat any hesitation give up the question of the dominion of the seas, provided they could procure the restoration of peace and commerce, is what no man can doubt: now is it less certain that the present disjointed and extended state et' the French dominions, will furnish ample employment for the conscription of 1809, without one of them ever en tyring a British island. • Two vert protracted debates haw! this week taltra place in the House of Commons the one respecting the business of Copenhagen, and the latter relative to tee Orders in Council, Nothing very remarkable o.:curred in these De bate', as the arguments on both sides have already been agi toed and exhausted. 'Che two parties, however, tried their strength in a division, on the question of Copenhagen ; and the majoritv of Ministers was timid to eveeed the calcu ktions even of their most sanguine friends. Mr. Po NSO vinv, brother-in-lasv to Lord Grip:v. has stood forward as the lender of the opposition, while Mr. Canning. is placed at the head of the Ministerial orators in the I louse of Commons. It is but a few years, wince we rtw the4estatiOn4 occupied by rt rr and l'irc I To what revolutions ar:.. the talents of : parties as well as the presperitv of subject. . _.w.p .. Se% etil reports have beetie;rcii:atcd i't the course of the• 'wvek that fir Richard Str:►rlian frill r.turiwil to his station oil' iire•st : but it is now asce•rtaine•d !Iva he is still in pursuit it ttn! French; and it is suppe•ted that their d eNti nation is !i.r. Welt Indies. V t h e ma il . whicii arrived on hursday from Malta and ';ibraltar, we are informed that a grea:. ch:inge is about to le operated in Spain, under the niftily:xi. of Tonaparte. L't is said 4 that the Prince of is to be deck: reel 'ri irrea;il both of l'ortural and Spain, and that his father is u a!ulicate the throne of the latter kin:Morn. In return "f the nquisitiou of Portugal. - . l)aiti k to cede Porto Bic() Cuba to Bonaparte, and to grant to France a free trade ith her south American A letter dated Villa Beal, December. extracted from Gibraltar Chronicle i ;rives a deplorable account or the ate of Portugal since the entrance of the French. who, it nine as lambs, but ha ve shewn themselves raveaons nd bloody as wolves. Though Junta has a army of reach and Spaniards there, he has required more troops to i . ruplete the subjugation of the conntrs.—ln addition to Is statement, it appearofrom private lettersthat Portugal, d a great part of Spain, are smil'i.ring the greatest distress um famine. On the Bth nit. it was understood at Lisbon at there were provisions for only six weeks in the city ; eef the email loaf, w'aich was formeth sold at the rate of THE NATIONAL ItEGISTEIt. tid English money, bad risen to 13d. It is said there are 36,000 French troops in Portugal. Official details of the actions at Buenos Ayres bare bees published in the Madrid Court Gamtte. They are of great length. Liniers asserts, that the English army lost 4000 men in the first attack. It is also stated that General Whitelocke made him a present of a sword, as an acknow ledgment for the humanity shewn by the Spanish Com mander to the English prisoners, and the wounded. In re turn General Millers presented soma valuable minerals, anti other curiosities to General Whitelocke. TRIAL OF GENERAL WnerEtocx.r..—After completing the examination of Lieutenant-General Gower, up to the night preceding the attack on Buenos Ayres, Lieutenant-Colonel Burke, the Quarter-Master-General to the troops at Buenos Ayres, was called in as the second witness. lli4 examination occupied the Court till yesterday, when the examination of Bitadier-General Craufurd commenced. The Lord Chancellor has rejected the application of Bullock the Bankrupt, now under sentence of death in Newgate, to set aside the Commission of Bankruptcy issued against him. He will therefore suffer, unless his Majesty in his Royal clemency should think proper to pardon the unfortunate culprit. THE COURT AND WoRLD OF FASHION. _ _ Wednesdav, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY came to town from Windsor. to the Queen's Palace, where the Dukes of YORK, cx-r, Cu htnent.ix o, and Sussex. were in readiness to receive him. Soon after two o'clock his 'AT t.yriTy held a privat-. Levee. The following had the honour of being presented to his 71.1.4. 1 t:STY : Lord William Boutinek, upon hist return from India.- , -The Earl of Londonderry. by Viscount Castlereagh.-- = f he Rev. Dr. Dod4well, upon his beim', appointed a Canon of Christchurch, Oxford.—The Rev. Dr. Bushy, upon his twin~ appointed to the Deanery. of Roclicster.•—lord Probs . , Deputy Adjutant-Gem-rat, of the forces in the Mediterranean, upon hip return from --Brigadier-General Ackland, upon his return from South Ala.. riea.----Tlte Rev. Mt. der, upon hi! being appointed to the Canonry of Windsor. His MAS EAT tr ,f_ra.ge audience to the Cabinet Ministers. and Lord Eleathfield ; alio held a Privy Council, at which his MAJESTY e erformed the customary form of prickinir for the Sheriffs of England and Wales, for the )ear - ea., About five o'clock, his MAJ rsrT set &I: ou his return fq- Windsor. ('ITV. EPP! , n - --Taesday the Price of Bread w oniereil to h rai•en io I1d?. the (Vattern Inaf of wheaten, and iIIJ. house - bola. r. 'O 4 T INIII IIT &IRS. Tvnt I.IT AVellie-la,. a I ()int I)ireontT4 ;lel& wheii the onderm , .niiniiedCaptaiio were I n t o the ~,,,,m 30 4 cof their re-pee! silip4, viz Capt. stephort 111" I%lorrirch. for "tlaileira, Nlailra•, aiiil Bengal. Capt. tote 1,..-^' , the ll:lrr:et—Ma 11.1 , and floogal. 'l'he Cotitt .! o'clock till to-morrow. THE TILEATRE. nurn 1' t INF. . On the `..tt of February. a lady . Made her fits/ 077, , ! rfra wont; " tir , ;t appearance on !kr sld;:rs" wloen %vete a; esual employed in the hill- of the day, cp(.r to imply. not that the gentleman or lady whom they regard ha , rw•e acted, hut that be or Qloe It:LA nevy'r acted in Londar. la the Latter semat vre are, on thi; oecaion, particularly ini.ll:;ed to take them ; for thy. lids, of whom re are. to ;peck, acted , o much h-tirr thin ever .lid from a drawing-room, that it i , . inipovihle for ni to hd eve her a t otal novice, or erel t! e mere •ot a pti.att.. theatr.•. %V.• tpider—aui that she uo.A-.41 NH ~. 05 tirlYg!!.7