The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

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• b' The Duke of Kent conceives that it would superfluous to add
any observations itl the foregoing lON'S, except that he iv not
old to Gibraltar, that being a sudieieut •cplauation of
the revolt of his applirati.m. and his sole motive of intruding
the perusal of them upon the Public at this time, being that of
e',oristg his c►+en character from the aspersion• that must tma-
voiclablv attach to it in consequence of his absence fron► his
government at such a molar-id nv the present one, were it Con-
ceived to be voluntary on his part, ur that he had been passive
on the occAsiun."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

FROM THM FRENCH PWIFOS.

VAnts, FEn. 4.—We read in the Moroi/rue of this day the
Billow ing Article The King of England. in his Nlessage to
Parliament, laments, that the Court of s na should have
&Hared war without making known its motises, and w itl t
setting forth its grievances. As there are in thk Message several
assertions that are unfounded, we-oppose that this also i,. equal'
incorrect. The following are some paragraphs, literally c‘-
tracted from the di-patches of the Court of 1 ientt, which we
mu-t believe, that its Minister made known to the Cowl of Lon-
don.

" The Court of London only answered by the refusal of the
mediation of Russia—a refusal confirmed at the same time by
the expedition to Zealand—a measure which was an aggression
MI the rights of neutral nations, and accompanied by official de-
clarations, diametricalls in opposition to the principles adopted
los the other Great Courts * * * "
•' Let the ('Quirt of London declare sincerely its readiness to
enter into negotiations for a maritime peace, on a basis suitable
to the reciprocal interests of the tower- who may take a part
in it. And as, a preliminary testimony of its intentions in this
respeet, let it declare that it w ill nit refuse to consider the hos-
tile oicasare, that it has taken against the Danish Court, al well
as the declarations with which they were accompanied,
" it is certainly impassible to pronounce p.,Tievances in a man-
ner more express. If the Cabinet of London were not ae-
quAinted with what the Cabinet of % neon complained of, it :s
certainly owing to their desire of remaining in ignorance.-
On the expression of Lord Ilan kesbure, that Ministers had
received information of the designs of France from the Irish,
the Editor says—" Tbis merits an obserYation, because it k a
Member of the Cabinet who speaks..—Von hold vommunication.
Plea, tt ith a traitor—and do you not vet know n hat confidence
you ought to place in a traitor: The credulity of the English
(;overnment —wed its confidence in traitor, of all descriptions—.
are inconceivable.—lle are authorized to announce, that hut a
fen weeks will pass over before Europe shall have new 'proofs
of this credulity and this confidence: but these traitor, shall, by
mid live, send you information, it they are resell;, in the way
of procuriug it, which you w ill not disclose."
On Lord flaw kesburv's a?sertion, that France had proposed
to Portugal to make coininon cause nith Europe against En.:land •
the Note is—'• 'fills is, above all, absurd, and perfectly false."
These Notes say, that our Subsidies to Austria are non in Ihs
Batik at Paris, as our Subsidies to Sweden will soon be in the
Bank of St. Petersburg:ll—The. hold up to ridicule the debates
of our Parliament--and exclaim, " Shades of Foz and Pitt,
Is here are you
The Maniteur speaks of the magnificent reception of their
iNlinister at St. Petersburgh, as the proper return for time di,-
/action shewn to Monsieur de Tolstoy, at Paris.
Prussia is mentioned w nth some sort of pity the most con-
temptuous; but the Manurur says, that the Right think of the
Fistula is totally evacuated by the French. 'there have been
pamphlets and libels published against the Prussian \ohilits, as
if to prepare the minds of the people for their degradation.
The Danes are spoken of iu the highest terms of applause;
and it seems resolved that Sweden shall be extinguished.
The statement hi the King's Speech concerning Portugal is
thus noticed ;—" His Majesty rejoices in the prospects of the re-
establishment of his A fly in the new world trit h augmented strength
and splendour. And whence will this augmentae of strength
and splendour come to a fugitive Prince, who abandons three
inalious of subjects, the country of his ancestor,, one of thy