The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-15 00:00:00

routine pleasure or mere ceremony. The situation
of France, bosh as to the state of the war in the

Peninsula, and to its

connexion with the other

great Powers of Eur Ope, is. not such as to leave the
EMPEROR at liberty to prosecute at will tours of
pleasure and ostentatious excursions to his sea-ports.
Whilst he bld a large land and sea force assembled
at Boulogne, no matter whether for the ostensible
purpose of invading England, or the real purpose
subjugating the Continent, it would be no matter of
surprise that he should visit that coast to review hit
collected and concentrated sops. But, at the pre-
sent moment, the military ce at Boulogne, and
along the whole of that line of coast, is inconsideza.
ble, and, consequently, the present visit of BUONA•
PARTE to that quarter must be more closely con.
nected with some naval expedition than with any
military enterprise. Accordingly, we Ana, by a
letter from Antwerp, dated Aug. 10, that at that
time nine sail of the line were in a condition to put
to sea, -and that many more .were in a state of great
forwardness. At Antwerp, according to this corn.
munication, they had plenty of timber for the
construction of vessels ; but the great deficiency
felt in that port, lay in the article of sail-cloth, of
which the supply was short and scanty.- The
equipment of vessels has gone on progressively
since, and on the arrival of BUONAPARTE on the
spot, it is not unlikely that he may wish to signalize
his appearance amongst his seamen by undertaking
some great naval enterprise. His ingenuity and
talents will not lie dormant on the occasion, and
even with a great. risk of loss he will not hesitate to.
try what may possibly lead to the' most decisive
cause queues.

RUSSIA.

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The intelligence from the Danube by the .?knholt
Mail contains nothing decisive. The Head-quar.
ters of General KUTUSOW, as appears by an article
from Hermanstadt, dated the 30th of July, con.
tintted at Guiergewo. The suburbs of that city had
been burnt down, with a view to its defence, if it

should be attacked by the Turks,' and prnvisions
for three months thrown into the place. The most

active measures were taken by the Russian General

to protect the left Bank of the Danube from any at.
tempt on the part of the GRAND VIZIER to pass that
river, and make incursions into Moldavia or Wal.
lachia. The Turks were repniring,the fortifications
of Rudschuck, which had been but imperfectly
destroyed by the Russians on their evacuating that
fortress. • The Servians are reported, in an account
from Vienna, of the 14th of August, to be trn.
pressed with considerable alarm . lest they should•be
attacked by the Turks in cOnsequen-ce of the aban.
donment of Rudschuck by the Russian:,- And their
withdrawing to the left Bank of the Danube. An ex.
pectation, too, is held out, thatas the present GRAND
.Vl7.lkri is a very active man, iu the prime -of life, the
present caTripaign between the Turks and. Russians
would prcbably produce some intetestirg scenes.--.
On the whole, however, it is obvious that the same
-languor. which--pervades the-Test of the Continent,
prevails on the Danube,-as 'the cOntenditig armies
.have attempted no enterprise of moment.since the
action-of the 4th ofJuly, near Itud§chuc6

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