The National Register.
London, England, 1808-10-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Rear-Admiral ler, with his Fleet, and seven Russian
Ea the Line, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday from the
'logos. It is stated iu a letter from Portsmouth, which we
have seen, that the Russian Ships, upon euteiing the har-
bour hoisted their colours ; hut our Portsmouth Corre-
spondent does not meation the circumstance.
The next intelligence from the North cannot fail of
being highly important. Little doubt can be entertained
that propositions have been made for the surrender of
either tne whole or a part of the Russian fleet, at Poi t
Raltic—a circumstance which obviously betray.' a con-
sciousness of danger on the part cf the Admiral com-
manding it. The fact also of both Count Tchichukoff, the
Busman giaister of Marine,. and Mr. Thornton, the British
larvoy at the Court of Stockholm, having repaired to Ho-
gerswick„ gives considerable support to the rumour of a
pending negociation. Nothing short of the evacuation of
Vinland, and the conclusion of an immediate peace with
Sweden, ought to be listened to on our part, as the terms
On which we will agree to a cessation of hostilities ; per-
haps also we ought to insist upon the dissolution of the
connect on with France, and a renewal of the ties of
*amity with th. s Country, as an indispensable condition of
our spariug and restoring more than one half of the Russian
navy, which we trust is now in our power.
aume intelligence, through a circuitouj channel, has
been received from America. The inhabitants of the
UntLed states appear to differ totally from the Government,
with respect to the efficacy of the embargo. They begin
to discover that a measure, which they were taught to be-
lieve would in the course of a few months compel England
to retrh.:t her Orders in Council, and France to rescind her
prohibitory Decrees, has not had the smallest effect upon
either; that they respectively adhere to the principles
they at first adopted, and that there is little chance the
" self-denying ordinance" of the American Government
will be attended with the effixt expected. The people are
sick of the embargo. It has ruined the shipping and com-
mercial interests, and the agriculturist has the produce of
his labours rotting upon his hands. The notable expe-
dient of converting the American sailors into husbandinen
is found not to answer. The farmer will not be at the
expense of growing an article for which he is not yet sure
of a market and the people are consequently thrown out
of employment. It is natural, thererore, that the various
classes of Americans, who arc the victims of Mr. Jefferson's
speculations, should he loud in their clamours against his
hazardous and iniitalohi policy. We accordingly find that
the merchants of Boston have agreed to petition the
Executive Goverument, praying for the immediate suspen-
sion, and the repeal as soon as possible, of the Embargo.
A circnlar letter, containing an account of their proceed-
ings, and recommending similar exertions, was sent to the
other commercial cities and towns in the Union.

A Charlgo:: Paper, dated August 2►7, was received yes-
terday. It states, that the general discontent against the
Embargo was increased so much, that it was supposed that
a separation between the Northern and the Eastern States
not unlikely to be the result.
Dutch Papers to the Ist instant have reached town : they
arc uncommonly barren of intelligence. Bonaparte was
at Mentz on the 24th, and intended to set out the next day
for Franckfort : but no account whatever is given of the
journey of the emperor of Russia.
According to advises received lately from holland,
the emperor of the French has adopted a new expedient
for increasing his militliry force. He is said to have con-
cluded subsidiary Treaties with most of the Princes of the
Confederation of the Rhine, by which they are to furnistr
a given number of men for the French Army at a specific
price. The number of these mercenaries ►s to be propor-
tionate to the confederate contingent of the State; but in
the cases of the Grand Duke of Baden and the Prince Pri-
mate, it exceeds that amount. The troops levied to com-
plete the confederate quotas are to be transferred to the
r reach service, and the deficiencies thus occasioned are to

OCT. 9.

be made up by fresh conscriptions. These troops are
wear the French uniform, and to be armed, exercised, ;tad
paid in the same manner as French soldier%. It hashem sti-
pulated, however, that they are not to serve out of Europe,
and are for the present to be employed in the interior of
France. The Baden Regiments have already undertaken
rra rison duty at. Strasburgh. It is calculated that he %ill
add 100,000 men to his army by the measure.
A Moniteur is said to have been I.( ! with Juno's.
official account of the battle of Vimier.: he says, he at.
tacked the English, who were strongly entrenched, but h;.,
advanced corps drove them back : he lost 150 men. Lot
judging afterwards how much more useful. in the present
circumstances of Spain, his army would be in that cotimr
it occurred to him to propose terms, for evacuating Poi
tugal to the English, which, upon consideration, he frost!
his Majesty will think are as honourable as they arc ad-
vantageous.
It appears by the Barbadoes Papers, that the Frencl.
Islands in the West Indies are not so badly supplied
provisions as it has been supposed. They have obtained
considerable supplies by the capture of British vessel.,
Three vessels are announced in these Papers to hale been
taken on the sth of August, and carried into Martinique.
one of which, a three-masted ship from Halifax, had on
board seven hundred barrels 01 flour. in addition to this,
two French brigs arrived there on the 6th from France,
laden with 1400 barrels of flour. Another French
also reached Guadaloupe, with 900 barrels of flour.
Tv,u
letter of marque brigs laden with coffee, sailed from the
latter island on the Bth for France, and three privateers
were to sail from thence on the 10th on a cruize.

It is a remarkabte circumstance in the Roman hiitory
that when they met with reverses, the fault was almost
always in the commanders, and seldom or never is the
lirmy. When the citizens of Numantia fled before the
Romans, whom they had so often beaten, their ans%ier to
tho4o who reproached them was, " that the Romans were
the same sheep, but that they had got a different shepherd:.

THE COURT.

Wednesday, about twelve o'clock, his Majesty arrived u
town from Windsor, and was received at the QuePn's
lace, by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Kcht,
Cambridge, and Cumberland. At twelve o'clock, his Ma-
jesty held a private Levee, when

Captain Thompson bad the honour of being presented to his
Majesty, on his promotion.
His Majesty afterwards held t Privy Council, which wac
attended by the Duke of Portland, and be rest of 11:c
Cabinet Ministers ; and a little before five o'clock his Ma-
jesty left town for Windsor.

CITY AFFAIRS.
CONVENTION IN PORTUGAL

A Special Court of Common Council of the City of Lon,io:
was held in their Council Room, at Guildhall, on ;Tuesda.
consider of the propriety of a Petition and Address to his P'l4-
jesty on the subject of the late disgraceful Convention in
Portugal.
The Requisition, in consequence of which the Court Mai
called, being read,
Mr. Waithman rose. He had often on former occa,.ions
found it necessary, in submitting propositions to the cousiiicra-
tion of that Court, to introduce his subject with such argumenti
as-might seem most likely to recommend it to their attention anA
apprqval. On the present occasion, however. he was sati:ted
that nossuch arguments could be requisiteon his part. it would
be unneeessary even for him to read over the articles of that
Convention, or to repeat what bad been already so much bt tier
said elsewhere on the subject of them. Previous to the arri,.;,.l
of the Commander In Chief of our Armies in Portugal,
powed that the exertions of our brave troops there, bad tterc
!awned with signal success, is two several ervtgement,