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

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shall we have done / Why, we shall have made a powerful
:iversion in favour of France. We shall have left our own
coasts unguarded, for the sake of helping the Spaniards:
and BoNAPARTE, seeing our strength dispersed, which if re-
tallied at home might defy his efforts, will have an ()our-
unity of carrying into effect his long nurtured and favou.
,•ite project of an English invasion. We wonder that the
i.ditors of the Newspapers have not yet learned the futility
these partial and hasty coalitions. Certainly this win-
try has had the advantage, or .rather, the misfortunes a
,xamples enow upon this subject.
One of the Gottenburgh Mails due arrived yesterday.
it brings no intelligence of moment, though it has brought
as much, and that as favourable as could be expected.
•In Gotteuburgh, on the 27th ult. it was understood that
4000 Russians had been captured in Gothland. The .per-
manent possession of this island by the enemy must have
been an unpleasant circumstance to the Swedish Court, as
it would have afforded another hostile station to be guard-
ed against. In Stockholm, on the 23d, it appears, that a
general belief was entertained that new advantages had
been gained in Finland. From Norway we hear nothing
further; and this circumstance, and the pause which our
Expedition is making off the Swedish coast, sufficiently in-
timate that the projects against that kingdom are for the
present suspended.

Turkey is supposed to have joined France against uc.
The insurrection at Constantinople about the end of Murels.
is believed to have been one of those insurrections which
the Janissaries are so often in the habit of exciting, either
to attain their arrears of pay, or to force the Government
to make fresh concessions to them.—But the Turkish Go-
vernment, though it may side with France against us, -will
not thereby purchase security from French oppression.
The dismemberment of Turkey has long been arranged by
the destroyer General, and the moment he has.settled the
affairs of Spain,. we shall find him carving out the Turkish
roviuces.—Russia is already taking steps to secure 'Mol-
davia and Wallacia to herself.
We understand that a communication was on Friday
made to the Lord Mayor by the Lords of the Admiralty ;
and it is said, that in the expected event of the surrender
of tile fleet at Cadiz, the River Fencibles and others will
be allowed to volunteer their services to bring the ships to
England.
The Ilamburgh Papers arc said to contain a Russian
Ukase, resembling the Decree published some time ago in
Holland, enacting previsions to regulate the foreign com-
merce. No ship, whether neutral or otherwise, shall be
permitted to sail from a Russian port, without first giving
-security that she is not destined to an English port; and
the parties will not be released from their bond, until it is
legally proved that the vessel has actually arrived at the
port for which she cleared out. •
Accounts to a late date were received on Thursday from
Lisbon. Junot is raisinvb troops by a military conscription
in Portugal, which includes every male from 15 to 30 years
of -age. The Portuguese. as may naturally be expected,
express all the discontent which they dare at this measure.
The Ladies of the fugitive Bourbon Family arc expected
soon in this country, and the Marquis of Buckingham is
constructing additional apartments at Gosfield for their re-
. option. Louis XVIJI. as the fugitives call him, is at this
time on a visit to the Prince of Conde, at Wanstead.
Bonaparte has liberated ail the English smugglers from
Flushing, where more than four hundred. of them had been
detained for eighteen mouths ; and, in consequence, smug-
gling has recommenced ,on our Eastern coast.
On the 6th of April a slight shock of an earthquake was
exper:eneed in Lisbon ; a most severe shock was felt on
the z6m.h of March, in the vicinity of Pignerol, a great
part of which town was destroyed.


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