The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL MASTEN..

SPAIN.

Atiti the Sd of this month the King issued
it Decree, declaring, that all the measures adopted in France,
agaidtt the eothmerce of England, should also have died in his
dominions.
ITALY.
FLOR z* et, DFC. 10.—In pursuance of a convention hetWeen
their Majesties the Eniperor of the French and King of Italy,
and the King of Spain, Tuscany has been ceded to his Imperial
Majesty; and. yesterday evening. the Queen (to whom other
States are to be assigned) departed hence with a train of be-
tween forty and fifty carriages, containing baggage and private
property ; after which the Etrurians were discharged from
their oath of allegiance, and the Government declared to be dis-
solved, by the following proclamation :
Charles Louis, Infant of Spain, King of Etruria, Re. and on
the part of his Majesty, her Majesty Maria Louisa, In-
fanta of Spain, Queen Regent of Etruria.
Whereas his Majesty the Emperor of the French and king of
Italy has informed us, that by virtue of a treaty ioticiuded with
bit Cdtholie Majesty, other states are appointed for us in ex-
change for the kingdom of Etruria, ceded to the most illustrious
Emperor by the aforesaid treaty ' - we consider our reign in
Etruria as dissolved from this day, and hence discharge the Erni-
rian nation from every oath of allegiance towards our Royal
Person.

Yct we cannot separate from subjects so dearly beloved,
Without publicly assuring them of our entire gratittide, and of
the memory which we shall at all times retain of the faithful
attachment which they have displayed during the time of our
government.
Yet if there is a thought which can diminish our affliction at
such a separation, it is this, that the kingdom of Etruria—that
so obedient a nation becomes subject to the happy government
Of a Monarch who is adorned with the most heroic virtues,
among which the constant care is pre-eminent with which he
labours to assure the prosperity of the people under his audio-
MARIA LOUISA.

Cavell the 10th of December, 1807.

AMERICA.

WAsttlNGton, 22.—Congress passed the following
Act, for laying an embargo, in consequence of the Message from
the President in the Senate—Yeas 22—Nays 6; awl in the
Mouse of Representatives—Yeas 82—Nays44:
An Act laying an Embargo on all Vessels in the harbour of the

-United Statcs.

" Be it enacted by the Senate and ]louse of Representatives of
the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that an
embargo be, and thereby is laid, on all ships and vessels in the
pOrti and Paces within the limits or jurisdiction of the United
btates, cleared or not cleared, bound to any foreign port or
place ; and that no clearance be furnished to any ship or vessel
bound to such foreign port or place, except vessels under the
Immediate direction of the President of the United States ; and
that the President be anthorised to give such instructions to the
officers Of the revenue; and of the navy and revenue-cutters o f the
United States; as shall appear best adapted for carrying the
same into full effect: Provided, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed td prevent the departure of any foreign ship
sir Tome)) either in ballast, or with the goods, wares, and tiler-

1?EB. 1.

ehandize, on board of such foreign ship or vessel, when notified
of this Act.

" Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That during the cot:
tinuance of this Act, no registered or sea-letter vessel, having do
board goods, wares and merchandlze, shall be allowed to depart
from one port of the United States to the other within the xamt.
unless the master, owner, consignee; or factor, of such vessel,
shall first give bond with one or mbte sureties to the collector of
the district ftom which she is hound to depart, in a sum of
double the value of the vessel and cargo; that the said goods,
wares, and merchandite, shall be relanded in some port of the
United States. dangers of the seas excepted ; hich bond. and
also a certificate (Om the Collector where the same rimy be re-
landed, shall, by the collectors respectively, be transmitted td
the Secretary of the Treasury. All armed vessels possessieg
public commissions from any foreign pow ers are not to be con:
sidered as liable to the embargo laid by this Att."

The following are the Wins in which Mr. Jefferson has com-
municated his wish of retiring front the Presidency of America.

66 GENTLEMT:I,
" I received some time ago from the Speaker of the Sermfe
and House of Represntatites of Pennsylvania, an Address froia
the two Houses, to which, on puhlic considerations, it was.
thought arleiseahle the answer should he deferred awhile. 1 noir
ask permission to convey the answer through the same channeli
and to tender *you the assurance of my high con4iderat ion and
respect. T% J 1' It SON."
To the lIOn. P. C. Lane, Speaker of the Senate.—T. Sander's
Speaker of t he house of Representatives.

TO Tfig GENERAL. ASsFSTRIX OF PENNSYLVANIA.

" 1 received in due sOasati, thl Address of the General As-
sembly of Pennsylvania, uhati cover from the Speaker of the
two Houses, in which, with their approbation of the General
course of my administration, thliv were so good as toe spress thei
desire that I should consort to be proposed again to the public
voice, on the eypiration of my present term of office : Entet-
tabling, as I do, for the General Assembly of Pennsslvania.
those sentiments of kigh respect which would have prompted au
immediate answer; I wM certain, nevertheless, they would
approve a delay which had for its object to avoid a premature
agitation of the public mind, on a subject so interesting as the
election of the Chiefs Magistrate.
" That I should lay down my charge, at a proper period, is
as much a duty as to have borne it faithfully. If some termina-
tion to the service of the Chief Magistrate be not affixed by the
Constitutio4, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for
scars, will, in fart, becditte fOr life, and history shews hoW
easily that degenerates into an inheritance.
" Believing that a representative governmCnt; responsible at
short periods of elections; is that which produces the great( st
stun of happiness to mankitut I feel it a duty to do no act which
shall essentially impair th:tt principle ; and I should tom
be the person, who; dinee-lading the sound precedent set han
illustrious pre4'cessor, shtlid furnish the first example of pro-
longing beyond the second tern of office.
" Truth also requires me to add; that I am sensible of that de-
cline which declining years tin--and feeling their ph ) sif of,
I ought not to doubt their mental Wert : happy, if lam the first
to perceive and to obey this adnioni!ion of human nature, alai
to solicit a tette= from cares too grOat fur the isearied faculties
of age.
" For the applobation which the Ceneral Assembly of Penn.:
sylvaoia has been pleased to express of the principles and mea-
sures pursued in the in:magement of their affairs, I atn sincerely
thankful ; and shank! 1 be so fortunate as to carry into retire-
ment the equal approbation and good will of my fellow-citizens'
generally, it wig he the comfort Af my future days, and will
close a service of forty years w ith the only reward it ever wished.
December 10, 1807." " THOMAS JEFFERSON."
A similar Lettet has been addressed to the Legislature of
Maryland.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT:

HOUSE OF LORDS.

iftEDNESCYAk, JAN. 27, 1808.

Tiik EARL or ArLzsrono (Lord Steward) reported tliai
his Majesty had been waited on by the Lords with White Stare.
who presented the Address of their Lordships, on-the most gra
Onus Speech delivered by the Lords Commissioners in his 'limo,
with whtch Ws Majesty was pleased to expreis hit satisfaction