The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-16 00:00:00

36R for assistance, if any has been made, we are per suaded, came from the Russian Court ; and instead of wishing to drives a Continental Power into a de structive war, we should not be astonished to hear that every thing has been done on the part of our Administration to prevent the bursting out of the storm until there should be a fair probability that the tide of devastation would not overwhelm a new Ally. At all events, should, as the reported movements of the French and Russian armies, the return of so many of NAPOLEON'S best Generals from Spain, and the mission of one of them to the Danish, and afterwards to the Swedish Court, seem to foretell, the war will shortly break out ; we trust that the assistance yielded by our country to ALEX ANDER will not consist in gold, but in steel ; and that MASSENA, JUNOT, and Nix, will meet on the plains of Courland a sufficient number of those British bayonets from whom they have fled in Por tugal and Spain, to force them once more to quit the field, and to teach their proud master—that whenever he fights with Britons, he ceases to be invincible. Boston, M-ty O. r T^e r• , THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • METIR Gll, JUNE l.—On the te.7th ult. the garrison 'of this place marched off in the direction of Wesenburg for Stettin, where they will be stationed until they have further orders for advancing to the shores of the Baltic. We are surprised to hear rumours still abroad of approaching hostility between the Emperors of France and Russia. Theyhave no doubt arisen from the movement of French troops to various parts of the coast—and those who have given credence to them, have forgotten the hostile measures which it is necessary to take to disappoint the purposes of England, who is sending a fleet of thirty sail through the Sound, to force a trade where her efforts have hitherto been ineffectual. We are convinced that the re port does not deserve the least credit. HELICIOLAND, JUNE 2.—This day, after a forenoon of re markably fine weather, some darkand gloomy clouds were per ceived, about four o'clock, to arise from the South, at the ex tremity of the horizon, and cohtinued to collect till about half past four, when the gloom was so great as almost to equal noc turnal darhness. On a sudden, a white foam was perceived on the surface of the sea, drifting along with astonishing rapidity, and on its approach it blew such a hurricane of wind, as has scarcely been witnessed by the oldest inlu.bitinits in this island. In a moment, every light article on the ground was carried into the air, and fur about half an hour the sea appeared one mass of foam, when a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning en sued, followed by a heavy pouring of rain. This calmed the wind, but we much fcar that any vessel that came withia the sweep of this violent whirlwind must have suffered greatly.. SPAIN. THE COUNCIL OF REGENCY TO THE SPANISH NATION. That mentor Ale day, Spaniards, on which the nation rose to the Mhajoity of Independence, from the depth of servitude and dismay, Iris now come round for the third time. What grand, but, at the same time, mournful recollections does nut its re turn excite ! When Napo'con was issuing from Bayonne Us Decrees of blood—when, madly impatient, he was accusing Murat of re missness fur nut precipitating the means of terror, lie did not perceive that throe atrocious colitis( Is, recoiling upon the very iniquity which planned them, would be df sti uctive to their treacherous agents. The second of May dawned : the French had fixed upon it for completing their murderosis plots; and the people of Madrid, indignant at the outrages which they suffered, rose at once to revenge them, or to die. 11l arrtied, without plan, without chiefs, they did not hesitate a moment to attack those veteran battalioos, formidable by their arms, their victories, and theiximion. The patriots tied fighting nobly ; or they perished by treachery, while thinking themselves pro tected by the triooi which disarmed them. But the blood which was shed could nut be confined t^-the Prado of the ca pital ; it tiprtiVi iticif over the soil of the Peninstd t ; it every where excited erthushism ; and at one and the same time, and with c,ne voice, the signal was every where given fer this lan e:mots, sanguinary, and desolating war, rintilar in all respects to the execrable aggrtosion which gave it birth. It was then said by our treacherous etiemies, atol their un worthy partisans, " I-low rash and unavailing your attempt ! You have neither arms, ninga-ioes, nor soldiers ; your. 4 ;el:e -rats and Officers want experience and military knowledge; your poverty is great, your iginorancegreatur ; you must lose every battle which you hazard against the most practised troops in the world ; the war will disorganise-, will ruin e y, r y thi ng; an d your Worti, instead of sieving that shadow of a y wr)kb you adore, will plunge it in misery and desolation, and loatl it with much heavier chains than tlwse you now wish to escare." Span.ards you rejected with horror th ese v il e suggestions, and devoted yourselves to adversity, certain of . shaliiir , off ig nominy by resistance, and of finally establishing, though at the it;enset of immeuse labours and numberless exertions, tloit isn i,kpmidence and happiness to which you aspired. True it isf that the stupid tvrauny to which you were previowiv subject, had left you without mounds to oppose to the inunefatioto A 1i.4".";0US sea broke in, and covtred with its waves an unprotected c,iontry ; but it must one day ahandon it again ; and the inunda tion, though now destructive (in like manner as the earth is fertilized by the conflagration of forests or the ashes of volea tros), will deposit on •our soil aH the germs of prosperity and \Vliat combats, what vicissitutles, what contrariety of everts • have yin nut expericnced during these. three tertible years ! conquerors at first, then . conquered; formidable by the I fore.... whicb yrni opposed tl your enemies; hivonrecf by the wis of Austria ag, , inst the Tyrtlt, but tc.. 3t)vii d ut that ..• 4, A.IJERICII. " The French privateer Diligent is repairing Pl:Rade:llNa, our ports being open to French vescels of all dt scriptions ; and there being several privateers in ditlertnt liz:rbours, mrtlzing kse can be reasonably expected than that British cruisers be numerous on our coast. " It is said in a Philadelphia Paper, that the Diliirente has Instructions to sink, burn, and destroy all neutral vesels going to, and coming from, Liibon or Ca:liz, and to hang persons coming from St. Dotninp,:o. i Iry above: privateer took the ship Relief, rrom Lisbon for New York ; tiiii makes two sl!ipl, one burp - , two brigs, and a schoo:ler, rican, taken, plun 'd'ered, and ransomed by thii privateer, all of which were en gaged in t lawful voyage, and are entitled to the iliterfrrence of our rulers in their behalf. Several paper• sly, with becoming indignation of French iniolence, that nothing hut the United Sttites going to war with Englund will satisfy IIuoNA PARTIrt The Boston Papers allude to the rupture likely to take place between Russia and Irance. 44 Halifax, Muy 24. " It is reported that twelve American vessels have. Lem con fiscated at the flaeziinah, in consegot.nce of the late measures of the Government of the United .states respecting Florida." Mr. Smith, the Amelican Charge Xi% fares, waited upon the Marquis WelleQey, at two o'clock on Tuesday, and had an interv;ew of some conti nuance. The queqicn of the Orders in Council formed the subject of the conference, but the result has not transpired. Letters from St. Peterrbargh 6tate, that one of. the ENtrEttort's Adjutants had been detected going to the house, of the French Minister, CA VIA COUR r, with military pl.-•s in his pocket, %tatin:. , ,. the situation,•numbers, and future destinitioh of the Russian forces in the several 'depots- of the empire.