The National Register.
London, England, 1815-02-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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the Sovereigns have come to a perfect understanding, that
•every thing is very nearly agreed upon at Vienna, and that it
is more than probable that the Duke of Wellington, on his
arrival there, will have little more to do than to sign the
Treaty, conjointly with Lord Castlereagh. The definitive
decisions of the Congress, it is added, will be signed and
published within tin ee weeks. The letters from Vienna
speak to the same effect, stating that every thing that was es-
sential to the peaceful termination of the proceedings had
been adjusted. Of the basis of the Treaty, nothing new is
mentioned in the Paris Papers, but it is understood that Prus
sia is to receive a part of Poland, and that portion of Lusatia
vvbich has for a considerable period. belonged to Saxony ; that
the rest of Poland, excepting what belongs to Austiia, is to
pass under the dominion of Russia, and that the King of Sax-
ony will be restored, and permitted to retain some districts
late'y attached to the Duchy of Warsaw. How far this outline
may be correct is not yet ascertained ; but cf the fact of the
basis of a Treaty being at length agreed upon, there is little
doubt.—The intelligence from Spain in the French Papers,
tends to confirm some previous statements of an intended am-
nesty. This measure had been suggested to the King by the
Minister Cevalios, and favourably received. The publication
of 'a decree of amnesty was daily expected. The Madrid ac
counts express considerable surprise at the appointment of
Mr. Canning to an Embal/4sy at Lisbon, wliele there is no
Court.

Tuesday, Paris papers arrived to the 20th ult.—Brussels
papers to the same date also arrived, and also Augsburgh
Journals to the 21st. The intelligence in them from Vi-
enna is to the ISt b, and it is still maintained that the main
points rerard;ng Poland and Saxony are arranged in the
=antler already stated, by re-establishing the independence
of the latter, with the loss of sonic territory given to Prussia,
and indemnif,ing Prussia in Poland. It is now said that the
share of Poland which is to devolve to Russia, is not to he
come a kingdom, hut that the Emperor Alexander had been
declared Gland Duke of Warsaw. The Emperor, it is
added, was exi ected to depart on the 20th, when the chief
business of the Congress would be at ranged, but nothing
has yet been published in any shape of authority. Danizic,
Ilamburgh, Lubec, BlClnClit and Frankfort are, it is said, to
Le fee cities. 1

The most recent letters from France, and from various
prts of the Cootinent announce, that the favourable turn to
atiairs at Congress bad e►►livened the spirits of the German
people; and who were now seriously looking towards a per-
manent peace ar.d a brisk trade. Commercial orders to a
great extent have reached this country within these few days
from France.

Thursday, Paris papers to the 31st ult. and Brussels Jour-
nals to a recent date. were teceived in town. From the dif-
ferent Vienna articles by these papers, it appears, specula-
tion there was as much afloat as ever regarding the negocia-
tions. The intelligence from thence reaches to the 20th,
but still without a particle of news that can be relied upon
as to the result of the discussions. The Brussels papers quote
a letter from Vienna, dated the 19th, stating that there was
an approximation to an arrangement, but that still many
difficulties remained. These accounts thus only serve to
contradict the previous statements of a final arrangement,
without giving us any information as to when such an ad•
justment may be expected to take effect. Lord Castlereagh
tad announced his intended departure from Vienna on the
19th ult.

FEB. 5.

American Papers to the 10th, and private letters to the
29th of December, arrived on Tuesday. It appears by the
former that the American General M'Arthnr bad made a
temporary incursion into Canada, and defeated a body of
militia ; but this partial success was not attended with any
important consequences. A very gloomy picture is given of
the general situation of the United States. The Tax Bills
meet with great opposition, and the letter of Mr. Dallas, the
Secretary to the Treasury, bad produced universal despon-
dency. It is admitted that the props of the Government
' were rapidly giving way ; and Mr. Hanson, a Member of
Congress, asserts that the picture drawn by Mr. Dallas is not
SO bad- as the reality. " So completely empty is the Treasury,
I and destitute of credit," says he, " that funds cannot be ob.
tallied to defray the current ordinary expellees of the diffe-
! rent departments. The Treasury is obliged to borrow pitiful
stuns which it would disgrace a merchant to ask for. It is at
this moment unable to pay even its stationary bill." The
National Rank Bill, which had been previously lost in the
[louse of Representatives by a small majority, was again in-
troduced in a modified form, and has passed Congress.
New York Papers have arrived to the 29th December. All
the Tax Bills have passed the House of Representatives, and
two of them the Senate. Our force has appeared again in
the Rappahannock, and it was feared meditated an attack
upon Annapolis. It had ascended as high as Tappahanock.
and had almost destroyed the Town., The Natio.ial
Lcirlli-
gcncer, the official print of the American Goverment, ex-
hausts every term of reproach and invective, in speaking of
this predatory and harassing warfare.
Extract of a Letter from one of the Lieutenants of his
Majesty's ship Leander, dated at Fayal, 14th of January.—
" In search of the American squadron, we saw a large brig
the other day, which the Captain ordered us to draw to, but
under moderate sail, so as not to shew any particular anxiety,
suspecting, from circumstances, she was a British vessel cap-
tured, and being desirous, if she should prove so, of getting
hold of the American Prize-Master, and by imposing this
ship upon him as an American frigate, obtaining information
which otherwise we might not get. Nothing cou!d have hap-
pened better. This brig prove d to be the John, of Liver-
pool, lately captured by the Perry privateer; and the Arne-
, rican.prize,master, a high-blooded Yankee, hoisted out his
boat, and without any hesitation came on board the Leander.
The moment he got upon deck, he congratulated the officers
on the squadron being at sea, and in a situation where they
would, as he expressed it, do a Carnation share of mischief
to the damned English sarpents, and play the devil's game
I with their rag of a flag, Ile then observed, that he knew
!this ship the moment he saw her, by her black painted masts
and sides, and the cut of her sails, to he the President, as he
was in New York just before she sailed ; after these observa-
tions, in which the Yankee professed to be very well in-
formed, he walked up to Sir George Collier, and to the ex-
treme amusement of all, making his bow, addressed him as
the American Commodore Decatur, reminding him at the
same time of having once seen him at New York. Sir
George agreed to all this when the Yankee presented the
John's Papers, to sinew what she was, and complained of his
crew, which he said, were such a vile set of mutinous
sarpents, that his life was in danger every night, and re-
quested, therefore, some of them might he changed for so
many of the supposed President's crew, and that one in par-
ticular might have a second flogging.—All this Sir George
promised with great gravity should Le done, and ordered the
First Lieutenant to have as many men ready in exchange for
those complained of. The.C.'aptain then asked Jonathan iPto
his cabin, and retiring for a moment lot a chart, returned