The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

letter from Kingston (Jamaica), dated the sth of that
month, which, after nohow; the arrival of Sir J. DUCK.
wosvu in the West Indies, observes

" Accounts are just received, that the Itochefisrt squaaron ;s
at the Havannah. It is reported to have passed one of oaf
eruizers oil that Port, and to have been afterwards reconnoitred
there. Its object is supposed to be, to convoy to France several
millions of dollars, which have beeu collected there from
Mexico, &c."

On Saturday the above communication was posted
Lloyd's. Ten or twelve millions of dollar, were known 10
be at the Havannah, waiting conveyance to Spain. Should
the French have gone thither they may Lave the double,
object of sizing on the Spanish specie collected at the
Havannah, as well as throwing.a body of men into the
Ploridas : and it is by no mans improbable that the trea-
sure may be intercepted by some one of our squadrons.
The capture of the eaemy's ships thus richly loaded, would
be an ample compensation for all the solicitude whict-
escape from Rochefort bas occasioned. There are, ho,
ever, si:me reasons for doubting the truth of this intelli-
gence, and one of the strongest, svo think, is the circum-
stance of no account of the arrival of the nechefert
squadron at the Havannah, having reached America, wi:cn
the Statira sailed with Mr. RCM:.
A great number of conjectures have been formed v nth
regard to the probable object of these expeditions. We
shall mention the most remarkable among them, without
presuming to give a direct opinion upon a question which it
must be impossible for us to determine.--It has been
supposed that we are sending troops to co-operate-web
those of Sweden in wresting Norway from tee Danes ,
which would indemnify his Swedish Majesty for the loci of
Finland. Russia, liaising no naval superiority, r olnd
scarcely send an army across the Gulph of Bothnia and
she will hardly venture by land round the northern extre-
mity of the Gulph to the western side of it. The Nor tsp.
gians seem to have little reason for feeling any satisfaction
in the treatment they has e met with from the Danish Mo-
na' chs.—Again : Cronstadt or Revel may perhaps be tbe
object. In the Swedish Papers of late, the King very in-
telligibly intimated, that an English fleet would soon
threaten the coasts of Russia, and probably attack tt
Russian fleet in its harbour of Cronstadt. This attack
might impede the offensive measures of the Russian
ror in Finland.—There is a third object, which our ntini:i
tors may have in slew. It might be of importance front
commercial intenlions, as well as for the operations of our
fleets and armies, to seize a good post among the islands cif
the Baltic. Bornholm has been mentioned as a particulaov
desirable possession : for our seizure of that place teig!lt
not only assist ourselves by furnishing a depot, but dim :co
embarrass the enemy, by depriving him of a shelter for
his privateers, and leaving the sea open to our fleets. We
confess that the quiet nature of the object last mentimA
seems to us little congenial with the dashing temper of our
present ministers.
The advices from Sweden, which we have inserted its
apother part of our Paper, contain accounts of some 4iir-
inishes between the Swedes and Russians, but none of them
have been important. The arrival of succours from Eng-
land have inspired the Swedes with general satisfaction,
We have inserted also the Swedish Answer to the Dani4i
Declaration. It is a spirited and apparently candid expla-
nation of the King of Sweden's rights and motives ; and
seems sufficiently to expose the shallow pretences meter
which the Danes have sought to cover the obligation that
compels them to hostility.

The advicl.s tram the West Indies, which we have givrn
in another part of our Paper, relate the capture of Man-
galante, by a British force under Captain Eelb►. T!
French islands :are represented to be in a state of security ;
and v are sorry to perceive that the privateers of the
enemy appear to predominate : no fewer than twelfe art
mezttlaned as being on the cruize.

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