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

L REGISTER.

Is

'iciest co►tntrie-, and 'rate of the most beautiful capitals of
ripe, in order t,► reigq over 100,000 Luropeaie.. scattered over
%a•t drsarts.: IC this be not cruel ironv, we ss ish the King, of
England a like augmentatilm of force and splendour. Let hint
choose the Last or.the %%ert ladies, tee do nit think that France
has the intention of opposing it. Is it possible, iu truth, to
make a Sovereign speak with less dignity ?
The Mon Nrise m 05.... the follow in observations on the capitu-
lation of Madeira :—" The capitol:Hi .. pertivtiv esplains the
mauuer in which his Britannic. Majesty intecids to treat his allies;
tby did he begin by seizing. ou Alatleira ? Is it to secure to the
Prince of Brazil augmented strength and qsoleitotir, that he
cakes from him one. of the possessions which •till reu►ai.ued to
him ? 1f he considers him his ally, nby does he not tru-t to hitn
for the defence of Madeira ? Do the English %iiiiistry liar th.it
France should seize on that Island? They will, perhaps, N y
so; but they do not thick ►o. It is at the vers moment wheo
his Britannic Majesty wrests Madeira from his Atly, that lie
implorer for himself the pr,ul.•clion I)ieine P► oridriiee. W hen
‘ie see what is dime in Englastd—w hen we hear what is said in
Parlian►et►t--t%e are tempted to think that all Lui;land has need
of the aid of another Dr. Willis."

Plt 1.i'41.%.
Butt v, .1l N. 21.—The plan for the fleW organization of
the Artily entirely tinkhetl. There till he a gencral
(wised pi ion loudly nett. The Arm% kln be entirely compliNed
of miti%e,; in ronsetittonre, all fun.ignern, a lietlier nt!icers.
•ultalierm, ur ,:itltlierb, will be (1 ; the regiment, w ill
Irise mil% Coking. There tt Ili be mil: t tto t'aptains of the
tit of or each reeiment ; the Quarter-um,tert. ;and Almi..ier• it ill
be supprried ; there w ill he Almoner* only in time of war.

PORT t; tiA
I.lsnov, 3A N. 15.—0 n the Pith of December, the French flat
was hoisted on all the fortrerscr, under a discoar4:e of a great
malty guns. The Marquis of Lorna, is appointed by donot,
Commander in Chief of all the Portuguese forces, on the Nort
ride of the Tagus, and Gower Freire is appointed by the Spanish
General, to the same command on the opposite side. The l'relica
II their march through the country killed all the hulloek• the
farmers had for working on their lands, in consequence of which
they cannot be cultivated ; a glorious proof tots of the hunt nity
of these self-nained protectors. It it, raid the French army has
lost noless than 6,000 men, since they paired the frontiers; the
peasantry have killed an ioimense mother ; and it is thought the
people mould have risen in mass upon them, hut for Inc e
tation of the Heads of the Church, who are •tiborned by .1 wait,
Thc army is reviewed every Sooday by .Imlol, V. hi, is then
ruowtted on the horse, which was only destined for the linage of
St. George, on the day of the graind procersion of Cistpus de
ncov. The Hanoverian troops attitehed to the arm., are on
h lard the hulk-, in the river. Many- naval officers arrived here
with the army, and the works in the Dock-yard go on briskly.
The Russian ship, have dropped down to Belem, iu a line of
battle, the linglirlt officers in their fleet have not as yet given up
their commissions. The Russians are never seen II I asmiciate
with the French. No neutral vessel is permitted to without
paying th.• eshorbitant price of' a hundred viands sterling for a
pass. The Frew!' are going to enforce another coatribioi am on
toe inhabitants ot' thic devoted tits. ; of the first cootriblition of
about two hundred thousand pounds, one of the principal Por-
tugese merchants was compelled to pay near ten thousand : at
the house of this person Junta has flied his head-quarter, ; the
eipenditure of .1 Ontit's table amounts daily to about a hundred
pounds, is !Oat this mercaant has also to pay. One hundred and
twenty of the clerks of the Treasury have been dismisses'. At
yet the Spaniards have not hoisted any colours, nor taken any
steps to Oppress these miserable people, for such they may 'Row
truly he called. The British subjects who had not the meatir of
quitting Lisbon with their fellow countrymen, lied, a few dais
precious to the entry of the French, fointd protection oh board
tue Russian squadron. This was etlected throtigh the medium of
the Englirli °divers oe board that fleet, before it was known tht:t
hostilities hat/commenced how I'4ll England and Htosta.r V* cir-
cumstance, however, having etia.e to the know lislger,fsi.rat
funot, demanded of the Russian Admiral Altar.' klisigets4,4%\
should be delivered up without delay.. A Unancik:o:4ltrkteipail
the subject on board the rquadrots, by cahoot it Was 4apriliii.ol4
that the d..diand conld not he c plied N ith eisaisibteffitLy %Int
the limiour and character of the Russian navy,
'row rue Court of L. Netersbut4h. •s•tY 0.1

134

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

NONDAY, Ft:B. 12.2.

Counsel were heard in the Scotch A ppeal,Craw ford v.Patrick.
The Valt Dot Bill went through a Coimitteo.
A Petition was presented from the Insolvent Debtors in the
pol of Appleb, and ordered in lie on the table.—Adjourned.