The National Register. — London, England, 1808-11-13 00:00:00

••r• NOV-ra- 'TUE N. ,TI , To arn surtscninTs ik'irriz PUBLIC. In consequence of the presewr.e of interesting Intelligence, which wilt be found n,Tut NATIONAL REGISTER elks oPay, we have beet Wasted to omit a part of the London 31orke1s. Tligr4iiiN ' AL REGISTER. - 1.01113011, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13. POLITIC/1. ATKA - I%N up TrlK WEEK. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday. It brought the important intelligence, that the Armistice in Finland was broken by the Atussiatis on the 27th ult. A severe en- gii.rement is said to have been fought, the result of which was'not know u ; bUt we entertain very strong apprehcn siou that the Swedes were defeated. The King had re taritedto:SiOeithelati.; and whatever, the. final result of this ' campaign may be; the bonourahleadlicrence of his my CMS Mx.iiirri to the eligigetnents be solemnly contracted, and !iis perseveranCe teause, which offers him, at presmt, no other prOSPite)litstthe consciousness and the honour of; having sacredly perfsirmed hi% duty ; and of resisting etre ;moody; feeble as are his means, the eneroachnimits and ;euxforality of the present time, must ensure him the vene ration and gratitude of every man, who has su far escaped, the contagion of modern selfishness, as to feel a red. .pert for . Attie though in distress, and to refuse doing homage to successful villainy. When the calamities and wrongs of the present day have left no either trace, but the abhorrence of their existence, a more im partial and independent generation will do. justice to his conduct and.principies. Now that the very basis of moral right and public justice has been daringly undermined ; and the frequency of acts of injustice has blunted the feel ings of NO Waal; !dative to honour and equity, it will be easily accounted foc that they should.consider as quixotism, his exertions M intiport.of the rights of his crown and the honour of his :ciliary. It it a revolting mark of levity and ingratitude on the part of Englishmen at least, should they attempt tollepreciate the merit of a Sovereign who is contending, with a; far greater risk, and consequently with more honour,, for the maintenance of those principles, they have alwais avowed themselves, and• for which they have made and continue to make so many sacrifices. If our conduct be 'right, in standing forward, as we do at present, in defente.of those barriers which the wisdom of other Limes had erected against the encroachments of am bition t it is a new mode of reasoning to assert that the con duct of Gems %%ifs, for adhering to the same principles, is•erroneous. We would deservedly incur a part of fire Wave' attsched to the ' tii;sra rrantable censure of a few cntemperary wrilds, who seevo t to r court an occasion of. sheaving the acuteness of their .wit ft t the expence, as far as lit.% in their power, of what was formerly considered honour able and just. But new times firdtinVe'neW amen and nevi sentiments ; and what our forefathers and the most enlight:;* ened and reveredof our Statcs;nca, t A hout it disgracefol to 6 &Nl:4e from, • • et! is:considered in . our days as a marls, of- folk, to aditere to. We hays frequently-had came to tegrgt that the philanthropy and tolerant svbitit of these gentlettiek overlook their file . lade AiF;teightfecirs, and shoulstlxter „re. . :.~ • $ * 141.1144.-:;?: EMSTER. •••••. • Only to , the enemies of their country; and' tiaise of "ideal prder. Efforts are daily made to extenuate the weakness, and infatuation of those princes, who have sacrificed their independence and dignity in order to acquire a precarious security, subject to the discretion of a capricious and unprin cipled despot ; whilst those Sovereigns, who have too much . spirit, and dignity to barter honour for interest, and their engagements for the degrading protection of an Usur per, are accused of exaltation and extravagance. Gustavas and Alexander of Itussia—The former, as long as men • continue to estimate actions according to their moral tendency, cannot fail to rank high among the worthiest asserters of order and public right ; whilst the Hussian Monarch, whatever his private character may be, will he held out as an example of an unthinking Prince, and a perfidious relative and Ally. r- Some Spanish Papers were received yesterday to the 28th nit. but as intelligence down to . the 31st had been pre viously received, brought by the Windsor Castle, they con tained nothing relative to the operations of Gen. BLAKE'S army, that had not been anticipated. We must therefore remain in suspense, relative to the is'sue of the grand en ;gagement which was to be fought the day after the sailing lot' the Windsor Castle. A letter from Cork mentions, that a vessel put into Cove, the Captain of which had met with an armed brig at sea, bound from Spain for Englane, by which he was informed that a general actioil had beenfought between the Spanish and French armies ; in which the lat ter were totally 'defeated ; and that General &situ was l ' . left in pursuit of the enemy:' Ai no intelligence subsequent I. to•the Slit has been rAeived, • we annot take upon us to contradict this report forMally, ; but we think that an ac count of such impottade would 'long' since have been offi cially received ; and it is well khoWn; that'very little credit ought to be attached to the ieporli of 'Captains of ships, Ai hen they are not corroboittedltsinne other testimony. I —The Spanish Papers to the ttAth, though three days prior to this rumoured engagement, speak very confidently of the intention of &Act to attlia the artily under Nay, who are represented as very much straitened in their positions by the Spaniards. We ire hippy also to observe in these papers nothing which seems to betray any apprehension of the tremendous force BONAPAIiTE is preparing to pour into Spain ; on the contrnry they speak, with a tone of con& knee, bordering almost on contempt, of the enemy, and evince no litle . hope Of seeing them speedily expelled beyond the frontiers. These papers contain a very spirited address from Lieut.-Col. CARKOI., one of the British Officers at tached to the army of General BLAKE ) to the inhabitants of "Biscay. 'This addiess breathes the same cOnfidence we have noticed in the Spinish Newipapets, that the enemy will not `be long able to'keep his present footingin Spain. We are happy to perceive thailhe atiounls from Cata. lonia are fir more satisfactory than were . generally ex pected. The enemy arc almost entirely shut up in Laree- . Join; and dare not venture a league from that fortress. Sk ir. • ; i l mislies occurred almost daily under the very walls, in which •. i ihetatalans - Were uniformly Victorious. Considerable re.. intOtcenients had already arrivet, - and more were expected. I .tit the date of the latest accounts from that province, no accession of force to the Fretia had passed the Eastern Pyrennees. 'A corps of 16;0.00 mopi; tiosfriped to penetrate - troinihnisillini into Spain',' httd fiwle .ii`refrograde, move , 'went,. on finding the important pOst of Juntiuera occupied z ' • :',.• . • t.• • $. :