The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-11 00:00:00

THE NtTIONAT, REGISTER.

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An article from Bayonne, in the Pai is Pares, states a cu-
rious fact, that the bridge of Yrun, over the il;.das-"oa,
been destroyed by order of the Spanish Government, wh,,.e
object was supposed to be to prevent all communication
France. The expected arrival of Charles IV. it is said, con-
tinues to excite the greatest alarm a! the Court of Madrid,
and it is even asserted, that orders had been
issued on the
frontiers, and at the different ports, to arrest him if he
.should present himself.

By advices from Santa F 6, it appears, however desirous
the .Spanion $l.. may be to conceal it. from the Government,
that S.,uth America, with the exception of Peru and Mexico,
are lost to t he parent state.

- A naval armament, with troops, was to sail on the Ist of
September, to take possession of the West India Islands,
ceded to France by the ti cat vof the 3iiih of M;iv. This is
officially announced in the Monde/tr. An article from Berlin
states, that the Kingdom of Poiand will he cr..rtainly.• restored,
and that Austria ha, agreed to surrender (:a!iicia.
The French Minister of Finance ha.: carried the roplget
proiaosed by hi in the Char,i!-- of I),.±putie.:, after very
crenuous oppositifin, notwitlisti,nainz its chief feature teas
to keep invioldile faith with the public cri-ditor. The F.:.cticii
finances are in a deplori,ble

The Paris Papers boas.t of the lat2e purchases made by
Enff,lishmen in the French Funds, and of their progressive
rise ; they also state that the onvments in direct taxes-
amounted to about 1,300,0001. stet HIT in :N.Y.
The embarkation of troops for the Netherld.ndq, is OaPy
continued ; and we regret to learn, f.otn lot eign sources, that
the collection of so strong a force in that quarter, i, eei•aiyily
intended as a counter-action to the dispositkn which has heels
shewn On the part of the French Cover nine: t, to dispute the
sovereignty of the lielgic Provincos, which the Congress
Vienna is expected to assign to the llou,e of Orange. It is
said that Lord Castlerea!h, in reply to a que.tton put to hills
when lately at Bruges, whether Flanders would be ceded to
llolland ? said, " that Holland would in future 1 Flanders."

Two Gottenburgh :nails a! t ived on Tuesday, which
Prince Ch!i.,:ian's Address to the Norwegians. It may be
considered as an adieu to that people. Ile informs them of
the reasons which have ii need him, after tr:. log the late of
arms, to accept the. armistice propo,ed by Sweden. The
unexpected surrender Of Frederiekstadt at once rendered big
whole plan of defence inefficient. The supetimity of the
Swedes at sea, by which they wele enabled to turn his flanks;
;lie exhausted state of the magazines, which the long block.
ade of the coasts had not allowed him to replenish 1 and the
return of tl:c Deputies of the Diet from England, whet e
they had not been received by our Ministry, are mentioned
as the causes which led him to despir of future success:, and
to prevent the ruin of the country, by offering to retire cu.
lutitatily flow the situation in which the confidence of the
• people had placed him. Ile concludes by ordering the Ex.
traordinal y Diet to be summoned to meet at Christiana, on
the 7th of October, in order to decide on the late of the na-
'ion. It appears, from titivate advices, that a serious tumult
has been excited in that city. Both the town and country
houses of General Llaxhausen, the confidential friend of
Prince Christian, .veto attacked by the rioters, and the Ge-
neral himself only escaped by the sudden arrival of a detach-
ment of
,Norwegian cavalry. In consequence of these dis.
orders, Bernadotte has signified his determination of passing
the line of demarcation fixed by the armistice, in order to
protect the peaceable ichabitants, it the Magistrates consider
themselves unequal to the task.
The Princess of Wales set out from Brunswick for Italy
on the 29th

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