The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

ISO CLRMANY. rANIC4 01. THE LIRE, Di acts 11.—The French army, ith the permission .3f the Danish Government, hasentcred Ilol e.eiit to procded through Zealand and the other Danish Islands :.,.:alnA Sweden. It was on the sth instant, that WOO French brie entered the city of Altana , preceded by two Ilaniburgh citydragoon, with drawn mortis, and to serve theta as guides. • 11 kktimisa; FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. P.IPARS. I FAIN. ENTRANCE: (H TIRE I ItEst.!! TROOPS INTO Rovr. THE NATION uneducated men. They every day rommit the most gross mis takes, even in elementary know ledge. They discover none hut the common-place ideas of convevation, tt hkh they acquire a kind of practical habit, iu turning to catch the fancy of the Those papers Ire all of them antagonists of Pence. The party of The If losing Chronicle finding it convenient to he for Peace, though they did not make it when they might, that paper Is obliged, occasionally, to use the lanFuat,Pe of the party, but it is evidently not hearty in the cause. It is unfortunate for the country that the daily papers have an interest in war. The star increases their sale. People are so greedy, in a time or public anxiety, for netts, that very many persons must have a daily paper then,, who would be contented w ith one of less frequent publication. in a time of tranquillity and peace. It is ac cordingly found that the demand for daily papers always in creases prodi3iausly in a time of war, and decreases in a time of peace. The cries, therefore, of the daily papers, against Peace, ought to be suspected. TROY THE FRENCH, DUTCH, GERMAN, AND H.I.IIIUIRGH THE ROCUCFORT, CARTIIACENA, .17 1 11) TOULOsI SQV trTIONS. PARIS, FEB. Vit.—Letters front Lyons, of the lit h and I: 1 04 announce that the Rochefort sty:adroit w hick 1:•:t that port in the month of January last, after a short cruise in the. Atlantic, passed the Straights of Gibraltar, and is saSly arrived at Toulon, where it has united itself to the sparlron trt that port. The floettfort squadron roasi•ls of from !ire t.) six sail of the line, some frigates, and light vessels. The Sp:::list: , qtuoiron from Carthai:;ena has also put to sea, and has joieel (if we may believe these letters) the Toulon and lioetwfort squadrors. Se veral other ship.. have also left the different ports of Spain, so that the combined fleet will he very considerable. Five sail of the line have been built, equiped, and armed, tt ithin a short time, at Toulon. it is generally reported at Lyons, and in all the ports of the Mediterranean, that the coinhined fleets intend to drive away the English ships ertiising off Sirily and at the cotratace of the Adriatic, and afterwards to attack the fleet of Admiral Coilingst ood, stationed in the Archipelago no-I off the Dartbmelles, before this fleet can receive reinforcements from England. '1 he inwt recent letters front the South of France samoutice that the combined squasiroits of Toulon, Rochefort, and Carthagena, reinforce:l Uc other ships, sailed fro•o Toulon ()lithe 7th and :nth of this month, and stood towards Sicily. 111 A licit 5. The oporation i . tin. Decree resfro;'afig thc Con,eription of 1 , 109 comin, need yesterday, hod I. carried into effect, in conformity to a. order fur that put pose. Among e excel) ti iis are the follor% l'he l'upils iu Paintin4 and Seitlpturs! who have received high prizes, the Protestant Clergy, , f'crsoni inscribed for the Na l. Officers of Health is active employment, Pupils in thP Oriental Languages, the Veterinary Art, and the Military Setiouls. Rom E, et•tertla% a corps of Fre:eh trt ops. under Cie cow:nand of irate-, to•rk pwsession of the Castle of Si. Angelo. 'I lie !lest ulaiershauling prevails heti% een these troops and the iithab:tinits. 'the troops of his holiness do duty as li,fore. "'EH. S.—Yesterday morning early, General lliolles entered this city, at the head of between line and six thousand men. The guard-boast. at the gates, thr principal guard at the Piazzi Co lona, an.i the others, mere immediatel, taken pc' 0.-sion of by the trench troops, as was also the Castle of St. Angelo; all this wus done in the utmost rowl order, anti without any dis turbance, and the same tranquillity still continues, which the inhabitants arc strict] ‘ enjoined to maintain by a Proclamation from his 7'u-day all the rates, except three, have been occupied by the Papal troops. AL REGISTEIL MARCH 20. rhe citizens of Altona are allowed a mark a day for the keep of every man, at the es pence, it is said, of the ITansc towns. t)1 1 the 7111, early in the morning, the cavalry. bedring the name of the Duke of Ahremberg, assembled, consisting of all na.. ti e n s, but very tine young men, continued their march, and have since been continually followed by French and Spanish corps of ar tillery, cavalry, and infantry. The I reach have also marched into Holstein, from the side of Lubeck ; and by this time the greater part of Holstein, not excepting Rendsberg, the King .1- Denmark's residence, is full of French and Spanish troops. In three days the whole Spanish army, under the command of the Marquis of Romagna, will have left Ilamburgh and its environs, to proceed through Holstein over the 1 - le!ts to Zealand. At Apenrade,* and all the ports of lIol..:6 11 and Schleswie, all great .and small craft are under order, take in French and Spanish troops ; and at Copenhagen, all the: gun-boats and merchantmen, with one ship of the ;inn, roar large Danish East Intliamen, fitted out as frigates, and care.. ing :16 ;tins each, besides a number of Danish hri's, cutter-, ana l pilot-boats, manned by French and Danish sailors, are to ea.:ay over the troop:. The French will, it is said. attack Sweden i n form in five different places, and the is .paps destined for the ex pedition are under the command of I;ernadotte, and Iv ill, it is said, amount to nearly 70,000 men. The appear a nce of a mos; respectable. British fleet iii the Sound and Baltte,hceames there fore absotercly neees-ary to save the Crown of his Swedish jests', and prevent h k throne from falling into the hands of the combined I- witch and Russians. It in the general opinion .iece, that if the British fleet does not arrive speedily, Swede.' is lost. l'he French and Spanish armies, assisted, it is said, by the Dane, are to he all at Copenhagen, Croneuberg, Elsineur, and other parts of Zeal:ail. on or hefore the :sth or:26th V t •41 FER. ‘2o..—The English MO. ter, Adair, is still in this city ; but it is nevertheless determincil that he shall gni! it immediately. We have to-day received intelligence frnm Trieste, that on the 15th inst. an order was ',ability anixed at the Exchange there, to break oil* all communication with Foc,. land : this order caused an immediate adyaree of 20 per cent.• on the Fire at' colonial produce. We ale equally thteateced with a similar advance here. 13 INIICS OF Tilt 1) A 'O7ISE, Frt. 29. — We Are aFsured that several regiments, which formed part of the Ro , sian army in Moldavia, have began their march for the Caspian Sea. A Russian army is to he assemldcd there, which K ill embark in ()Mer to proceed to India. Cterni-George has gken strict orders t his wham-NI post% to pay all potisible respect to the French troops in Bosnia and Alnania. 1101.1,:1 \ D. lIA Fun. It —The sea in the lite Hurricane has done great datnture to the Dyke I'lleure, w hip; it has broke through in several places, an:l laid under water more than 200 acre% of ground. Towards the end of the storm, a large vessel, dis mailed, was perceived in the hay; the had lo‘t her mizen-mast and bowsprit. The privateer the Ou've of Dantzir, of Ilou logne, immediately sailed after her, came up with, and boarded her. She proved to he an r,oglish ship of more than .100 tons bin-then, named the William, of London, hound to the Cap , . of Good Hope, with a cargo valued at more than 7,000 !kre. %Vitt, the assistance of some other ves,els she tms brought into this port. STATE PAPER. AUSTRI 0 1N DECI-MATION. During the scar which was concluded by the peace of Til-it, his Imperial, Royal and A im-tolic Maje , ty has continually en deavoured to impress the belligerent powers with the motives u hich ought to induce them to concur, is endeavouring to pr - cure a general peace. The Court of % lema from that ti.or, declared its sentiments to the Cabinet of St. James's, and the imperial Envoy at London, Prince Stahretnberg, receised for mal and pressing iustrnetions. But as the Itriti-h Ministry in answer to these written communications declnred, that its an swer must depend on its allies, the salutary propositions Of Austria could not but be considered as disregarded. and soon after the Treaty of Tilsit was concluded, by which the interests of the Continent were regulated without the participation of Great Britain. Ins Imperial, Royal and• Apostolic Majesty con tinued neverthele►s convinced of the utility. and even of the necessity of a general pacification; and this conviction afforded him new motives for teuewini; his pres►ing representations ut the