The National Register. — London, England, 1812-04-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 'OB A..t unus!ly abused in its very sanctuary ?Is it not the at , of a King, and of the representative of a King, not only to do justice to the people over whom he rules, but to preserve unsullied the majesty of the Throne ?The Mo narch who. sacrifices the just prerogative and dignity of his Cr,-.wn.., is a t!:ttc:r It. his successors, whom he robs of then - due. A Eci.;:.nt has a double trust committed to his charge, arid is doubly guilty if he does not main ta;it, all the privileges and 'powers of the Crcswa : for to allow of their being curtailed is to injure the Sovereign to whom they of right tel:)iig, and the people for whose better administration and welfare they were ordained. Conscious of his two fold duties, and conceiving, with every man of sense and of common, penetration, that the Petition so tumultuously carried by the Common Hall demagogues at their last meeting, tended, if allowed to be read before the Throne, to impair its dignity by the insolent virulence of its lan guage, and the falsehoods of its assertions, which it would have been degrading his station to refute ; the PRINCE REGENT adopted a wise and moderate course. Unwilling to reject the application of his Father's sub jects, however untimely and improper, he obviated the otherwise insuperable difficulties which would have check ed the Petition at its earliest progress, and announc ed his readiness to receive it at his Levee, where the customary "Ft rms not allowing of its being read aloud, it ceases to be obnoxious. It has already been settled, that a complaint should be made at the next meeting of the Livery, on the ground, that by this mode no answer can he expected from his ROYAL HIGHNESS, and a suspicion m iv be entertained of his having never perused the Petition th is presented. The former of these supposed causes of elnplaint, we consider, in the present case, as a positive advantage : for, as it would be impossible for the PRINCE not to express his indignation at the impertinent language in which the various acts of his Regency are reproved, it is certainly preferable for the authors of the Petition, that he should remain silent on the subject. Tile latter is im plssible. The Resolutions and Petition of the Common kfall have•buen printed in all the Papers, and have no . doubt met his ROYAL HicinNEss's eyes, long before the Sheriffs' application. To pretend that he has not read them, and to .claim the right of being present during heir perusals is therefore only • a device to occasion useless discussions and differences. It is truly mortifying, we will own, to see one's malignity exposed and disappointed : but we trust that this will not be the only disappointment which the revolutionary demagogues will h.ivc to encounter, and that in their - own Common Hall' the loyal Councilmen will attend, and snatch from the hands of their noisy, but feeble opponents, the fleeting triumph, which their absence alone has enabled thew to obtain. . It is with much pleasure that we learn by letters from the Mediterranean, that Rear-Admiral HALLOWELL is MON employed in the command of a squadron upon the coast of Catalonia. Highly as we venerate- and esteem British - naval skill and . valour, we arc strongly inclined to think that the British navy. can boast few such men as the Fr,ol .n! Rear-Admiral, as not only the seas, bt.kt the *flts Of-Naples s Toulon, and Corbica Cdll vouch fur. APRIL 5 FOREIGN INT-ELLIGENCL. LISBON PAPERS. FLVAS, MARCH 18.—During these last feW days, troops, artillery, Generals, &c. have arrived here, all of which announces speedy great events. The enthusiasm among the troops is general; rancour towards the enemy is manifest in all individuals of the allied army.. On the 12th inst. Generals Hill and Graham received the Order of the Path, at the head-quarters of his Excellency Marshal Wellington, on which occasion there was a ball. On the same 'day, a' brigade of cavalry marched from Campo Mayor to Albuquerque. On the 16th the divi sions of Generals Hill, Hamilton, and Graham, passed the river; auti on the 18th the whole of the divisions marched for the camp at Badaioa, as well as the artillery ,• some firing has been heard from the fortrte:s and camp, from which it is concluded the divisions were taking their respective positions. BANKS OF THE GUADIANA,MARCH 14.—Soult is now before Cadiz, and, as is said, intends attacking the Isle de Leon. However, 40 4 )0 troops from Grenada are coining by Cordova towards rsta aniaclura, and the greatest zeal is used in co!lacting troops in this last province. It is affirmed that General Drouet, the (acne: al of Artillery, Eusset, and Denthrowski, are going to France. LISBON, MARCH 23 —As the courier from the Alentejo Is not yet arrived, it is impossible for us to give any further information rcpt cl ing the, to us Sq interesting, siege of l'adajez From information that has reached us from both the north and sauth of Spain, we do not learn that any large French corps is marching to succour Badajoz; their marches and countermarches in the north of Spa's: are so contused and various, that it is :tot possible to form a conjecture of diet& real cbject. Fevits, MARCH 18.—Our troops proceCded rapidly in their works last night, as they intirely omitted the fiiat parallel, and began the second, a great portion of which they campleted, with various com munications, all within musket shot. CASIrO MavoF, I4lAttcH 12.—1 n Badajoz there is a garrison of 4000 men—one thousand of these are emilloyeal day and night upon the forti fications. it is reported in Madrid, that the intrusive King Joseph is getting every thing in readiness to palmed to France. and that the French have experienced a . considerable loss in the neighbourhood of A'icant. FRONTIERS OF Lowan BEIRA, MARCH 1 5.-0 n the 'ad instant, a great convoy from Andalusia passed by the vicinity of Toledo for Madrid. '1 he enemy labour with great diligence to form a military road in Porto de Pico for the passage of the troops from the Tagus to Castile. Marshal Victor is expected at Valladolid, who, it is affirmed, comes to take command of the army in the North of Spain. We are assured that the troops or the Imperial Guard assembled in Burgos have begun their march for France, but their place will be sup plied by an equal number who are to arrive. On the 24th ult. an Officer of Marmont's Staff set out from Valladolid for Paris, to represent to the Emperor. the impossibility of preserving the army in its present position, from want of the means of subsistence / Three Officers have also set out for Salamanca, Leon, and Madrid, with what orders is not known. They write from Madrid, of the 26th ult. that a great convoy is ex pected there, and with it Marshal Victor. FRENCH PAPERS. CAEN., MAR cu 19.'0r some days past there has been a tumultu ous assembly of persons, or which the dearness of provisions was the pru text, but whose true object was plunder. Some bad subjects having collected some women, violently proceeded to the houses of proprietors of grain, but contented themselves with stealing some linen and goc,ll. The Authorities gave proofs of prudence and firmness; the principal ringleaders were remarked, and no:ice taken of their places of : ; both. During this time the troops who had been called in united, the chiefs were arrested, and tranquillity restored. Oa the 14th March a Military Commission was assembled in the Castle of Caen, and the accused, in nuMber sixty-one, denoticcd-Ilc fore it, when nine persons (four men and live women) haying been convicted of being the autars of the audacious meeting, from wholn proceeded shouts of menace against the Magistrates, and whose intLii tion was to carry devastation through the town of Caen, were com mantled to suffer death, eight to eight years hard labour, and ten to five years solitary confinement. On the 15th, at ten in the morning, judgment was carried into exe cution.—This act of severity should teach the ill-disposed, that all :hely attempts against the Magistrates charged with the maintenance of ortier and protection of property will prove abortive. Two French vrisoners, in Dartmore prison, stahhod each other . rc cently so dreadtully, in a violent passion, that they died instantly. i Jury returned a verdict of—Howicidoby accident. The hair-dressers of .Boston, at th e u :,gestion of the Magi-trates, and principal Gentlemen of the town, have come tio the reolutiuu ;,t not attending any person op Sablatla, . 1 . V