The National Register. — London, England, 1813-02-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 5` 1(. ? bt en able to gather ; nod this, which we have picked up with the utmost care frdin various quarters, does, iu our rnind—ns cilcuntutoreial evidence is said to constitute the best proof—bear ail the external walks _of an exibting cOttre of some description or other hetwcen our Alinisters and BuoN A r A RTE." 'Vie same paper proceeds to as7ert that the negeciation must necessarily relate to peace, and descants on the impro priety of treating with Fiance without the co-operation Of our I:Zus , ian and Spanish allies. The Courirr of last t;ight denies the fact, , anzl states—" th at the Gentleman who is arrived from France, is one who has been late before, se veral times, we believe, on affairs entirely of a pi ivate nature, lbs name is CI, A!? EMONT, and he belongs to the.house of VEREGEAux and Co. of Pat is.—lle arrived last week." It appears sinc., , clar, however, that this Gentleman's arrival shou:d have been involved in such mysterious secrecy for a whole %reek, if he had come here entirely on his own ac count. All the Cabinet Ministers assembled yestei day at Carlton !louse; for the purpose, it is understood, of communicating to the PRINCE IILGEN'f the result, and the pal ticulars of the recent examination ropecting the PR t Neuss of \V A LES ; and .of deriding upon the measures to be adopted ib consequence. Nothing fat t hen has transpired. A mail from Lisbon arrived on Tuesday, milli accounts feom thence to the Bth inst. Dispatches from the Marquis •of \V ELLINGTON were also received, dated filllll Freynada. Ifis Lotdt,hip retu r n to head quariers on the 27th ult.— The enemy had not made any alteration in their position eluting his aloence, and the Allies occupied the sante can tonments they did in December. Paris Journals to the I.lth inst. arrival on Tuesday.— They arc studiously silent net-pecting the actual pcsiions and stlength of the several Russian divisiGns, but boastfully speak of the extent of the preparations making to assemhle another .to cat .army for offensive ore: ations in the North. The ]toad quarters of the French army were still at Po,eti on the .8d of Feln nary ; 39,0e7.0 French t , oops, including a number of cavalry, were expected there in a few days. The health of BERT II lER is stated to have imptoved, and he has left Posen for his dc-qinatiun, but what that is, we are not in i'ontned._ The Legislative Body were to meet on Sunday last, Nvhen BCON AP A PTE intended to go in grand procession and open the Sittings. A Paper of yesterday says, that " cu Thursday afternoon a person arrived in town, who left Paris on Monday last. Ile has brought over an account of the .E.ipose, and of the ►_lles.,nge and Addresses thereon. Ile states, that imme diately after this business was dispatched, BUoNAPA RTI set out from Paris on his route to Alayence, there to have an interview with the Emperor of AusTut A, whom he hopes to prevail upon to assist in person at the Coronation of the Impress LOUISA, and of the King of ROM E. The same Paper says, " Wc are assured that 'Ministers have got the Expose." From all the enquiries we have been able to make, we cannot find that this assurance is well fonnd ed—nor have we heard of the arrival of any vessel from France this week. Indeed the gales have been so violent for some days that no vessel could venture to quit the French coast. American prizes tumble fast into our ports. The Ply mouth letter of Friday announced three more, and letter.; from Torbay and Bideford states the arrival of another at Torbay, and two at Bidefot d. It was reported; o►n Friday, that a duel had taken place between Prince SCIi.W.SItTZENBERG awd a French Marshal .1!d that the former had li=en wounded. 2/ Mr. Ct A Y;'"W110 spoke so violently in favour of conquer tig the whole Ainciican continent, in CongrcEs, had perhaps received his lesson from his wife before he repaired to the [louse of Representatives. Ile married a French lady of the name of 1301SFLUILL LT, and as marry of BUONA£ ARTE'S agents Won' , to that sex, natuial chatter is to entice and win, it may have been through her means that Mr. Ct. AY is beCOUIC so zealous a Patriot. Six kegs, containing papers in French, were picked up liv ;Le Brighton trawl-boats on nut - clay night. They are co pies of the Russian Bulletins published in our Gazettes, trans lated, probably by order of the higher powers, and forwarded to France, which it appears that the French Government have thought proper to return. It is supposed 11w were dropped by a French lug,ger privateer, which appeared off that town on Wednesday afternoon, and was distincey seen to capture a blig. A private letter 1,3; been received from Paris, which states the death of JOEL BA P.LOW, on his return from Wilna to that. capital. We understand that a copy of the Coneonlaragreed ()Fon between }ft:ONA P A ItTE aial the Po? F, has been received in this country. The principal stipulations of it are said to re late to the I e-,totati , n to the. r, by Buor: A P.NitTE, of the states of the (lintel) with fun tympot al power therein, and the agreement by the forny_T to give hi; sanction to the last mart iage of BI:01.4 A P A al: r, and thus formally to legitimatise the Icing of Rome, as a testimony. of which the PONTIFF will assist at, the Coronation. It is curious to contemplate the number of Irene?' Ge nerals who seem to be heartily disgusted with the Russian war, and with the conduct of 11VoN.APAnTL. ATAssENA. is gone back to his native city, for the restoration of his health, as it is said. The some rete.on is given for MURAT's quitting the army, thou:2,ll it was ca , y to collect, that he had given up the corn twilit! from a very ditferent motive. MoRTIER is returned to Paris, and BE:RA . IIIER seems to be no longer Buot: A A Rill's 'Ott feted; he is said to have • been ill.also, of the gout in his stoteach ; and, as f,tated is gone to some mice! tain destination. Thcre appears to be in fact a general dissatisfaction among BuoNAPARTE's Generals, and wC.remark that he praises only two of them (EUGENE BEAUtIARNOIS and NEV), and these two in such a manner, as to give umbrage to all the rest. The Malheur, of the 9th of February, contains a very voluminous report to the Emperor by the Council for Naval Constructions, in which be tells him, " that the attention his Majesty has paid to ship-building, has given an activity and extent to them, of which no reign can furnish an ex ample, and that the rapidity with which his naval forces in crease in his arsenals, may give an idea how dreadful they will become to the enemy of the repose of France, and must :prove to him, that the balance of the Ocean's empire is ready to be placed in equilibrium." The British 'squadron, off the port of New York, consists of the San Domingo, Admiral WARREN, Dragon, and Poictiers, 74 guns each, four or five frigates, and two or three'smaller vessels. A Meeting of the Association for the relief of the Mftnu factoring Poor took place on Wednesday, at Freemason's Tavern, the Duke of KENT, in the absence of the Duke of I, YORK, being in the Chair. The report of the Committee was read and approved of. Mr. WHITBREAD, who was present, said he had been one of those who believed that the Association could do no essential good, but be had now altered his opinion, and Would, therefore, su.pport it by his t subscription and exertions.