The National Register. — London, England, 1811-08-11 00:00:00

5n4 10.0 d n •• • influence the fate of . the principality.—(Gibraltar Chronicle, July " 13iz.t, ERNE SO.—On the 25th inst. Gen. LAVAL assumed the cam:nand in the room of SEBASrIANt, who has since set out on his return to France; and on the 2Pth abandoned the points of Guadix and Cuesta Duzmajalling back through Darro towards Grenada. On the same day our cavalry entered Guadix, and our light parties the said Cuesta. On the ‘, - :9th, our General marched to Guadix, whtre he is at present. We are surprised at that precipitate retreat. Do they, perchance, intend uniting their forces for the purpose of attacking Count NlohtTIGO, who is in the Suspiro del Mars, three leagues from Grenada. The Count has been reinforced by the battalions cf Guadix and La Carona. M. QUADAO, who is at Cabra del Santo Custo, has been joined by the battalions of Badsjoz and Guadalaxara."— (Sante Paper.) The Malta Mail has brought the following article from Sicily : “ MESSINA, lULT 12.—The French on the opposite shore having lately begun to fire on the merchant vessels which pass the Faro, we have it in charge to make known to the public, that if up .rnied vessels shall suffer the least damage from the fire i‘f the enemy, the Commander in Chief has given peremptory or ders that a number of gini-boats bhan make reprisals on the French in Calabria, by cannonading the shore. " It is hoped, that without having recourse to this measure of retaliation,an end will be put to a proceeding which can produce no advantage either to one side or the other.—(Caa:ta Britan rico.) " The brig named the Pilot, which some days since returned to this port, ha& I?r,ought with it several prizes, made in the giti 6 lily:tirhood •of Cort ,, na, where it has destioyed several other vess;;ls, and done great damage to the commerce of the enemy." ANt LOLT MAIL. A nail from Anholt arrived yesterday morning. The Swedish and other Papers brought by it, speak of the prep trations for renewing hostilities both on the part of Russia and Turkey: but there is no ac count of hostilities having actu illy commenced. " STOCKHOLM, JULY 9.5.--Irtf9rma!ion having been received from the Post-Office at Griskhan c t the Zoth inst. that an I.:!T -lish cruizer had taken the packtt-bo;it with the mails from Fin land and Russia, going to sweden, orders have been riven no: to hen.l any mail from the Swedish Qide over to Finland until it is fully ascertained that there are no .English cruisers to these seas, or that they are driven away." AMERICA. American Papers to the 15th instant have been received. They announce the arrival of Mr. Fos rpm, and also of Mr. PINKNEY, in that country. — The progress of the negotiation could not of course be great when the papers came away ; and still less cook the particul t:e • nown. Every thing that is said in them, therefore, as to the probability of an amicable or unf: iendiy termination, must be deemed mere conjecture. Congress, it is supposed.; will be convened on the ist of November ; when the President, it is said, means to recommend the re. enforcement of the Non. intercourse against France, upon the convictio:i, N e suppose, that she has not repealed her offensive Decrees. It should appear, b y the I , ccounts from Louisiana, that the Spanish Governor, Foul!, is not so much •tige;. , disposed to surrender West Florida to America as he was at first supposed. This sudden change in his intentions may he • easily accounted for, when the same papers state that he had just been promoted by the Spanish Government, and been paid all the arrears of his salary, which he complained of not receivmg. We noticed, some weeks ago, the attack made by 'he late American Secretary of State, Mr. R. SMITH, on the PRESIDENT, and reprobated the dis closure of official secrets as dishonourable. A re. ply has appeared in The National Intelligencer, which, although announced as the production of the Editor, was, no doubt, written, or at least re vised, by Mr. MADISON himself. It declares, that Mr. SMITH was dismissed from his office as Secre tary of State, on the grouir!s of incapacity and want of integrity, and investigates his conduct with great severity and no little abuse. The most in teresting part to an Englishman, will be the follow. ing account of the principle and provisions of Mr. MAcoN's celebrated Bill, as it originally stood, as it will serve to elucidate the political relations bf . Great Britain and America. The h'll proposed to exclude—l. all armed vessels of Beige rents---2. all unanne t vessels of Belligerents. its effect, as applied to England, would b, as follows:—her vessels not being admitted into our ports, ad our exports to and imports from her dominians would have been in A tnerican ves sels. un!ess she exclueed these; and to meet this contite;eirey another clause of the hill was to prohibit importations of Eng lish produce or manufactures, unless bra ght in A • erican ves sels, and from the place of growth or produce ; that is, British manufactures from Great Britain alone, ~nd West India goods from the British Wes India islands alone. What must England, then, have done?—Either, 1. Submit to our I tw, in which case all com•nerce would be carried on in our vessels, setting al her shipping interest against her Govern. merit : Or, 2. Exclude by ret diation our vessel , • in which ease (by reason of the cause of :mi. bill last alluded to) she herself weuld forbid the exportation of her manufactures into the United States, setting all her manufacturing interests against her Government. The consequence of all this would be, 1. As to ourselves, we should have either a monopoly of commerce and navigation with Great Britain, or a complete and effectual nor-intercourse; which net d not 1w enforced by our own obnoxious laws, and of which domestic enemies would not attach the blame to our own go vernmeat. ‘2. As to Great Britain, it afforded the strongest weapon to force her to repeal her Orders in Courted, since she could noe keep them without offending her manufacturing or shipping in terest, or bo h. 3. We could sustain this system for ever, thereby avoiding the unpopularity and inconvemencies of perpetual alterations. And this being wa known to Great Britain, would enfoi ce still more the necessity of repealing her Orders. 4. It entaegle•i us with neither power by pledges or con ; tingent acts, and left us on perfect.y independent Americas ground. A merchant ve:sel has arrived at Falmouth from Corunna, in eight days. She brings intelligence that the Spaniards throughout Galicia are in high health an..► s pirits, but complain much of the want of arms and clothing. General S.xN.rocunEs and BONNET remain in their termer positions, the one without, and the other within the walls of Leon. The Spanish Commander had a force exceeding 20,000 men under his orders. Great activity pre vailed among the Patriots throughout Galicia and the adjacent provinces. THE NATIONAL REGISTER.