The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

DEC. 4.

even in the revolutionary war, when the Americans were
not a fourth part so strong as they now ar•e.

Early in that disastrous contest, his plan was jo have en-
gaged the Duke of Brunswick, the f;rst General of his age,
to assume the command of the British at my; to have struck
terror into the minds of tie Americans at the outset ; and
never to have afforded them an opportn hi t v of measuring
their strength with us on equal terms. This was the opinion
of one cf the bo!dest :ztatesmen that Ilitain ever knew; for
Wi'h true boldness, a prudent fole6ght and an early and
effectual luecaw ion against adverse fortune, are by no means.
inconsistent. Machiavel justly says, in order to assure
yourself that your al my shall conquer, you must first make it
confident;" but there is no surer ground of confidence to a
soldier, than the knowledge that he is 1(11 by a ahant, an
experienced, and, above all, a fortuttate Commander.

Le,ters from Paris state, that the French have nctually
150.000 men under aims, and that 60,000 more, out of the
4250,000 c-usetipts who received their conge ti.e tall of
Buonaparte,.ate ordered to their resp(cJive rendezvous. They
al'o regiment the returned prisoner:. 'lie manufacture Of
arms goes on without intermission, and thit France can thus
without a new levy have full 40c,000 men under arms on
the situ' test notice. What can he. the motive of this cau-
tion ? Tins wilitary p.eparation, join d wi!h the daily para.
irll' •1: in the Journals on the subject of Belgium, would
give_the notion that they expect yet to contest the possession
of that count, v.

We. are grieved to have to state, upon the authority of
p; irate lettcs, that a very fatal malignant fever prevails in
is. At, ntig the vicrirns to this contagion we have to
notice (:eor:,e 111,ck,haw, Esq. of Hawihorn hill, Be!kshire,
and his elde,t son. This gentleman, wilt his lady and four
children, Lady Metcalfe, and four servant, were on their
's :I V to the Sonth of Fiance when this dreadful disorder at-
ti4ekcd the fatnlv, and deprived them of thf•ir head and
eldro h„oc, 7,1 s we hact• ahe,!dv stated. Mrs. B. we lament
to add, %%as not expected to survive when the last accounts
cane away, :1111 not on!), the other children, but also some of
the servants, were declared to be in consideiah:e danger.

A Du',;in raper Cf Monday last (The Fr..c..inn's Journal)
h s Cie ,ul:jo'ined no!ice of the reported destruction of the
Anie,:( an nayll fmrce at S ckett's Hatbonr:—

" An ar!iv,A 11-om Co,k brought the following important
cornaluhkation to our Office vestcrclav

~ GOOF) NEWS.

et A vessel hal arrived at Cove, in i 7 davc, from America,
%%hitt' bi•ings an aeentiot of the American flotilla being corn-
telt, dev;royal bv Sir James Yen.
" 'l'v..o e'Ciock. NI."

The Spanish Corsnl residing in London has refused to
grant any wore cei tifica.es for the admi-sion of cottons into
his conntry, either of R iti,h or Indian faCt (I e. 'Dade
was in a state (1 almt.st inactivity tin ought the northern pro-
vlnces, from ( r:riinna to St. Sebavian.
The Valt't and Gibraltar packet has brought letters from
the latter place to the I 7th of last month At the former
Tes wet e enteit.iined that the repre,cnotions of the new
Cove, nment would be su cessfol, and that the capital of the
island would be converted into a ft ce poet. At Gibra'tar
there had bt en only one dea!h for eight days, hut there ha,l
11( en a few new cases of a mild character. Applications had
been made for the early opening of the intercourse, to which
the Governor seemed to be diiinclined, until by white-wash-
iog and other expedients all the buildings toad been put ified.
It was not expeved that busiuess would be resumed before
Chr.stmas.

The Prince Regent has addressed a proclamation to his Fla.
noverian subjects, announcing the erection of that elec-
torate into a kingdom. 'The new title given to hi, Majesty
it) this .proclamation is, 4' His Majesty George the Third, by
the grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover. Duke of Brunswick
and Luneburg, &c."—lt is repOrted East Friesland and the
Duchy of Oldenburgh are to be alienated to the kingdom of
II:Inover; that the complete dominion of the Ems and the
Wefier is to be added to the same kingdom as a contingent
on the ten initial cessiors, and that for this annexation
Great Britain is to pay a large pectinialy consideration.--
"I he Emperor of Austria is to resume his I,rnier title of
Emperor of Germany —The new constitution for Ger-
many, as described in the Prince Regent's Proclamation to
the Ilanoverians, is not to restore the form of the ancient
Constitution of the German Empire; but to establish in its
place a confederation of all the independent German States,
which should fulfil the object of securing the COlllOllOll court.
try against foreign enemies, and against the abuses of arbi-
; Crary power in the interior."
The Agent of Bernadotte has published the documents re•
lative to the formal acceptance of the Crown of Not way by
Charles XI 11. The ceremonial pat tof the transaction was
executed by the Crown Prince, whooceotnpanied by his son,
Prince Oscar, took his departure on the Bth ult. from Freder-
ick,hall, and crossing the boundary at Sooner, pioceeded•by
Moss to Christ aria, where he wits received by the Civil and
Military Authorities on the 9th ; and on the 10th proceeded
in state to the Diet, to receive from the Members the oath
of fidelity to King Charles, and to transmit to them His Ma-
jesty's oath to govern acct.-ding to the Constitution and the
Laws. On this occasion the Crown Prince delivered a very
wise af.fdress, r etwirkable for the mildness and candour of its
professions. The day following the Council of State was
formed, and Field. Marshal Count Von Essen was invested
with !he office of Stadtholder or Viceroy of Norway. Ty
Dew)/ was performed on the 13th. On the 15th a plan of
Finance was presented to the Diet, which it was expected
would soon he adopted, and would terminate the labours of
that Assembly.

From. the Havana:lh a merchant vessel has arrived, which
left that station on the 14th October. The report was, that
the Revolutionists luid prevailed in Mexico, but that the
ports of the Isthmus still continued under the Spanish auth,:-
t itv. In the island of Cuba the inhabitants were ripe for re-
volt, in consequence of the abrogation of the New Constitu.
tion in the mo.her conntry. The Governor, Apodaca, was
indebted for his influence alone to the estimation in which.
he was personally held. The troops at the llavannah Were
.but 400 strong, and they were occasionally assembled to
alarm the fears of the disaffected. We are assured, that if
any means were taken to shut the port or to interfere with
the liberty of commerce and navigation, there would be a
general ini,urrection, and the liv_es of the public function-
aries would be seriously endangered. It will scarcely be
credited that the magnificent port of the Ilavannah is block-
aded by two sloops of war belonging to Carthagena, although
it had for its protection one frigate, two brigs, and two
slo''ps of war. This state of things must be attributed to
the imbecility of the government and the insubordination of
the maritime force.

It is asserted in the French Papers that Martinique and
Guadaloupe were surrendered to that Power. But letters,
dated a fortnight late! than the accounts received at Paris,
positively affil m that these islands were yet in the possession
of the ILitish forces.