The National Register.
London, England, 1809-02-19 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REG-IMO.

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LETTER FROM CHAMPAGNY, MINISTER OF STATE TO DONA.-
TAItTE, DATED PARIS) DEC. 7.

66 Throughwli all the Austrian dominions the utmost activity
continues to tie t.isplayed, with regard to the new organization
of the militia, which seems to excite strong apprehensions in the
breast of the King of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw. in Munich
es; uneasiness is entertained on this subject, because no move-
ments are observable among the Austrian troops: Ali Pacha is
daily drawing more closely the ties of friendship with the
English, but being apprehensive of some rigorous measures on
the part of the Turkish Government, he has sent his treasure to
a place of safety.
Count Romanzoff has dispatched a Courier to Moldavia.
I have availed myself of this opportunity to send some Bulletins
to Constantinople, and have also ordered them to be distributed
on the road thither. The Ottoman Ambassador has postponed
dispatching a Courier to Constantinople, until intelligence shall
have been received of your Majesty's arrival in Madrid."
ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF POLICE TO
BON AFARTE, DATED PARIS, DEC. 8, 1808.

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" In obedience to your Majesty's orders, I have caused the
articles relative to Sicily to he successively inserted in the
Dutch and German Gazettes, which will he repeated in the
French Papers ; but 1 have given the most positive orders that
no particulars of that expedition shall he mentioned, lest they
should rouse the enemy's attention. I inform your Majesty that
The Frankfurt Gazcileer seem:, to be much disaffected, since it
became necessary to adopt strong measures in order to compel
him to insert the article touching Spain. Nor is the city better
disposed ; the Anglomany which prevails in Frankfort is won-
derful. It is from thence that bad news are spread all along the
left banks of the Rhine."

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A Letter from the French Ambassador in Munich, M. Otto, to
the French Minister of Stale, 26th of November, ISOB, contains

the following passages:
'• The Austrians continue to make entrenchments in Carinthea
a great number of peasant 4 are employed in the defiles of Dufen-
stein, Itastadt, Muntendorf, anti Lueg. We are here convinced,
that the Court of V ieana intemls to carry the plan of the new
organization of the militia into execution to its full ex:._lll, and
io derive greiaer ad vantago from this measure, than were at first
.expected. Bat a want of principle seems still to prevail, and
the armies are encreased at the ex pence of agriculture and in-
dustry. The emissaries who have been sent into different parts
of Austria report, that no movements of any consequence have
hitherto taken place among the troops.
" The Marquis of Campo Chiaro is waiting here for fresh
.orders, and it appears that the accession of his Majesty King
Joachim to the throne of Naples, has been made known to the
'Court of Vienna much later than had been supposed, for which
.reason the Above Minister cannot proceed to that capital, until
the Court has returned an answer."

Letters from Cadiz slate, that the Junta at Seville had
sent an Envoy to the King of Morocco, to procure a supply
of horses, find that the request was to 1w complied with, on
condition .that the Spanish Government would agree to
evacuate and demolish all the forts held by their troops in
Africa. All property belouging to the natives of counties
under the dominion of France hail been con :.sated, by
order of the Junta.
With respect to the defence of Cadiz, should the attack
of the enemy take place, strong hopes are entertained
that it would call forth the most ardent loyalty. About a
mile and a half' beyond the city, near the narrowest part of
the Peninsula on which it stands, a fort was constructing
swhich will completely con-unpaid the only approach to the
place by land; and this fort will be additionally strength-
.eited by a ditch, uniting the sea without to the harbour with-
in, by cutting the 4sle of Leon in two. The works for this
purpose were superintended by Colonel Hollowell, of [been_
gineers, lately arrived Trom Gibraltar. It, was, however, ap-
prehended, that the greatest difficulty would arise from the
'want of water. Cadiz is of destitute of water, ex-
cept what is caught in tanks on the tops or the houses ;
4nd the deficiency- is usually s from Port St. Mary,
on the main land, north-east of the bay ; and though there
are no heights that overlook the city, if the French obtain
possession of the northern shores of the bay, which all the

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strong works of Cadiz cannot prevent, they will, it is
feared, not only cut off the supply of water from Port St.
Mary, but greatly annoy all shipping entering the har-
bour, if not totally obstruct the passage.
An alarming dissatisfaction unfortunately prevails in
Jamaica. We are sorry to say it is universal ; and the
freeholders and inhabitants
.of almost every parish, which
had been convened on the occasion, have sanctioned the
proceedings of the House of Assembly. The tone of their
resolutions is spirited and firm. They claim for their re-
presentatives the full exercise of the rights possessed by the
British House of Commons, and.seem determined to main-
tain them.
Four more American Embargo-breakers are arrived at
Liverpool. Their names, as stated at Lloyd's, are the
Rover, Ambition, Rolla, and Carmelite. They arc said to
have sailed from New Jersey, but they are in reality from
New York, and constitute only a part of the number that
effected their escape from that port, and are already known
to have reached British ports. They are freighted with a
considerable quantity of cotton, and their arrival has had
the effect of materially lowering the price of that article,
both in the London and Liverpool markets. The samples
which, but a short time before, were sold at 3c. 3d. have
fallen to 2s. 6d. Another sort, called Bouds, which had
been at 2s. Sd. and 2s. 6d. did not fetch at Liverpool 2s-.
These vessels bring no other intelligence than the deter-
mination of the Merchants of New England to refuse sub-
mission to the Non-Intercourse Bill. This determination
had, according to our Liverpool letters, been openly ex-
pressed, at the risk of absolute separation from the Union,
sooner than relinquish their commercial pursuits. A curi-
ous fact has come within our knowledge, which proves at
least that this Embargo-breaking can have been no very
sudden or unpremeditated act : viz. these four vessels, as
well as others yet to come, were all insured at Lloyd's by a
leilding American house in the city.
The following Letter refers to the Expedition now
fitting out at Cork :
" CORK , Eras. 10.---On Thursday se'nnight, the wind having
shifted to the Eastward, orders were issued for the immediate
re-embarkation of such of the troops, recently returned front
Spain. as were in a condition for duty. Such was the activity
used on the occasion, that by noon a considerable part of them
had embarked ; the wind, however, then freshened to such a de-
gree as to suspend the service, and at five o'clock had increased
to a heavy gale. Ceuta is supposed to be the place of their des-
tination.'
We are authorised to state that the Hope Insurance Com-
pany has no connection whatever with the intended Cattle.
Life Insurance Company.
Monday, a few minutes before one o'clock, his Majesty
atrivel at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. His Majesty
travelled by Egham, and the same road which he took last week,
the regular roads being still not passable. About half-past two
o'clock. his Majesty held a private' Levee, which was attended
by the Great Officers of State, the Ministers, &e. Very few
presentations took place. His Majesty held a Privy Council,
at which the Recorder of London attended, and made his Report
of the Cons icts capitally convicted at the last Sessions in the Old
; when we understand the man from Birmingham, for
uttering forged Bank notes, and the woman for forging seamen'h
certificates of births, wills, &c. were ordered for execution next
Wedoe,ilay. Soon after six o'clock, his Majesty set off on his
return to IVindsor.

The Court of Common Council of the City of London.
have adopted the following Resolutions :
That no Member of the Court who holds any place or appoint-
ment under Government, from which he derives an emolument,
or who receives any income, salerv, or allowance out of the
public money, except such Members as hold a commission in
either of the two regiments of London Militia, shall be eligible
to serve upon any Committee or Commission appointed by the

Court. •
In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday Mr. Finnerty
obtained a verdict and one shilling damages against Mr.
Tipper the bookseller for a libel on"the plaintiff published
in the Satirist, an obscure monthly publication.