The National Register.
London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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ANSWER OF THE GOVERNOR OF CADTz, ro
AMUR/IL PURVIS, S;c,,
ROTTERDAM, Jute 10.—The Mordl nt. of the 4th cootaiot
articles to the following (street :
The troops forming the garrison of Swenbnrg, who have been
made prisoners of warby the 11.u.siatis, aintitint to 6000 men, asni
in the several actions in Finlaikl the Swedes have had aliout
4000 killed and made prisoners. Thus the lois of the dwedes
may 1).! altogether estimated at 11,CCO men. They win receive
:min England no aid corresponding to this lois. Where are the
armies and fleets of El:gland, while Sweden is thus sneering for
her sake—they are before Cadiz. Allured by the state of af-
fairs in Spain, they have sent about 10,000 men to Gibraltar,
and they have paraded 4000 before the port of Cadiz.
A ship of 74 guns approached the harbour of Cadiz as a fiat
of truce, but she was received with cannon halls. At last, a
hhat came feem her with a message,-and she was sent back with
Cie following answer by the Captain-General :

" We do not want yOor interference. If we have any dispute
" with the French, that is nothing to you. Whatever diter-
" ences may be between us are only fam►ly affairs; you wish to
" destroy ti►e barracks, and to capturta, the Spanish mid French
fleets; that would indeed be a tine catch for you, and you
" would doubtless be grievouily offended if you thought that we
" were not ready for you—we have 15,000 men in the camp of
" St. Roche, and an equal number here. General Salami is on
" his way to us with his division, and the French General Du-
" pont enters Seville with 30,000 men.
Meanwhile the English are always intriguing with. the Moors;
'►nt the Emperor has demanded a positive ;limner from the King
Of Morocco, and that Prince will nut be imprudent enough to
draw upon hi►nsetf the united enmity of France and Spain. De
will long regret the first gun he fires against Ceuta.

N-4 VAL PROJECTS or rite FRENCH GOVERN-MENA
On• the tlth May, the Prince Arch-Citaneellor, presiding fn
the Sitting of the Senate, appointed the State-Counsellor, iteg-
:l::ult de St. Jean d'Angely, Minister of State, to lay before
them the grounds of a S.•rtatus Consntrom, for uniting Tuscany
.with the French Empire ; and M. Semonville spoke in the name
of the Commission of the Senate, which unanimously voted for
this incorporation. The follow ins is a summary of the assigned
grounds ; —•••
4 4 The whole coast of the Mediterranean Sea must form a part
of the French territory of the great Empire. The regions, the
coasts adjoining to the Adriatic, are united with the kingdom
of Italy; all those which lie along the Mediterranean, which
are adjacent to our territory, must be united with the empire of
France. From Leghorn to Toulon, to Genoa, to the depart-
ment of Corsica, is not farther than from Leghorn Milan.
The commerce of the Mediterranean, whatever maybe the op-
position of the Tyrant of the Scas, shall he necessarily under
the influence of France. The very same first principles, in
consequence of which Genoa was incorporated with France
rather than w ith the kingdom of Italy, also require that Leg-
horn be made a part of that empire. The kingdom of Naples,
which lies both up the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, consti-
tutes a distinct kingdotn, subject, however, to the same federa-
tive systt in, and to the same state policy.
" The pert of Leghorn has given constant reasons of complaint
to France. That port, appertaining to a territory, governed
by a weak Prince, had fallen under the intittemv of England,
and was heroine one of t:te principal inlets for her commerce.
In different instances, without wLhing to violate the neutrality
of the Sovereign of Tuscany, it became necessary for divisions
of French tranpi to enter Leghorn, to enWiscate tit' Etigii4l
mrr-
chandize there. These ‘inlaticns of territory, however neces-
sary, are always disagreeable; and since Leghorn cannot be under
the influence of France and Etv,!and at the same titre, it must be-
come a part of France. I;e3ides, Leghorn and the Tuscan ter-
ritory produces sailors for the extrusion of our marine ; Colon; h
its whole extent ship-bu;ldintr• is carried tin, and in the &tine
proportion must :he toe.to. he increased of prodding seamen fot
manning. t nem. If, rs of late, a *quairou 'eV crei.ted at Toa-
Fm, as if by a miracle; and if, c"n r.,ry to the ilea of all theme
who are acquainted the sea service, we found to-ans to
equi p a suite e was squadron, which Admiral. :Tau ine
cliumanded ith Si) mach ability, and for which :te obtained so
much renown,. by the skiliul manoeuvre* by -which he frustrated
the plans of the enemy--which having supplied vslto men, pro.
vitivete, and warlike cum, t;orin, ice) of Atitubtor,