The National Register.
London, England, 1812-03-01 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER

[ 1.

By a Letter from our Correspondent at Windsor, re-
ceived last night, we are enabled to state that his
11L1,J LSTY is not worse than he was last week ; he has
latterly enjoyed more rest than for some time past, which
has made him more composed. The Queen's Council,
consisting of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, Earls
W INCH LLSEA and A YLESFO Itn; assembled yesterday, and
examined the Physicians; but the result bad not trans-
pired when our account left Windsor.

137

We lay before our readers the following letter, which
has within 'these few days been received from an Ameri-
can Gentleman at Paris, by a Merchant of this city :
" No condemnations of American vessels have, for some time past,
taken place at the Court of Prizes, under the Berlin and Milan De-
crees.

"This however requires some explanation. The Ftnperor has creat-
ed a new Ministry for the direction specially of commerce and manu-
factures. The Director General of the Customs has been appointed Mi-
nister, and his powers are very extensive. Affairs which formerly ap-
pertained to the Bureau of the Minister of the Interior, are now un-
der the direction of the Count de Sussy (this new Minister) and the
Court of Prizes is reduced almost to a simple zero, it being little more
than a mere Court Report to Lim.
4 4 He makes the Final Report, which is submitted to the Emperor in
his Council of Commerce, and as that may be favourable or unfavour-
able, his Majesty generally decides.
64 You will at once perceive what a controuling power is thus vested
in the Count de Sussy, and it nuty be imagined how 1. ach more facile it
will be now for the Captors to negotiate, than with the whole Members
of a Court.

46 When confiscation is ordered, it is in vain to attempt to learn the
points under which it has taken vlace--the fact only is announced to the
unfortunate sufferer.

44 Several vessels, taken in the Baltic, (part of them loaded with the
produce only of the soil of the United States) were confiscated some
months since—it was supposed under the allegation, that they could
not enter the Baltic except under British convoy, so that they had, in
some manner, relation with England. The Captains and Supercargoes
were left, however, to guess at the cause of their confiscation.
" For my own part, I consider it as founded on the decided determi-
nation of NA POLEON to prevent all kind of trade to and from Prussia
and Russia.
" Whence else can proceed the great movements that have taken
place for sonic months past, and arc still going on, of French troops to-
wards the North of Europe, but to shut the Baltic ; and if the Emperor
ALEXANDER does not effectually adhere to the Continental System,
NA rots° sr will of course declare war against him.
64 Do not consider this as the dream of a person dazzled with the
military splendour which encircles this astonishing man. He never
loses sight, for a moment, of his systematic plan to ruin your COLD
mercial resources, and to attain this, he regards neither friend nor
foe.

ig Pray communicate these my impressions to our friends in New
York, for their guidance in Spring adventures to Europe; many will
be caught I doubt not."
Dublin Papers reached us yesterday morning to the
27th inst. We extract the following article from the
Herald of Wednesday last •—" The Board has been sit •
ting for more than halt an hour. We left Counsellor
O'CoNNEL ou his legs, submitting a draft of a Petition
to Parliament—with the exception of a few verbal cor-
rections, the Meeting were unanimous in their approval.
The Petition is short, mild, firm, and respectful. It
prays Enquiry into the late Judicial Proceedings—it
grounds their claims to Legislative relief on their LOY-
ALTY—their VALOWl—their WEALTH, and their Num-
BEfts ; and prays that those concessions, which they would
concede to all men, may, by the wisdom of Parliament,
be conceded to themselves."

A meeting took place on Thursday. between the Com-
mittee of Arn,Yrican Merchants and Earl BATHURST) on
the subject of Baltic produce waiehoused in America. It
appears, that, for some time past. the Americans have
gone to the Baltic, and carried great quantities of naval
stores from the Russian ports to the United States, for
which articles there is no present vend in America, not.
withstanding the warlike tone of the Government of that
country. The Committee wished to ascertain of his
Lordship, whether these stores might be permitted to be
imported into England in American bottoms, to which
an answer was given, that such articles could only be
imported into this country in British bottoms.
Friday, about two o'cloA, Viscount CASTLEREAGH had
an audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton Palau,
when his Royal Highness was pleased to appoint his
Lordship Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, aild de-
livered to him the Seal; of Office accordingly.