The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL lt EG 1 SI; ET?

Accounts from France state that there is au entire stagna-
(ion of commercial intercourse in Paris.
111 r. Courvoisier, King's .lessenger, left town, very early
on Friday morning, with dispatches for Lord Castlereagh;
ands in the event of his Lordship having sailed, was directed
to 41,U 'w him•
Private advices received from Holland, tat the 28th tilt,
inform us that Lord Clancarty had been particularly active
in lot warding the commercial regulation(' on which the trade.
between this country and the United Netherlands is to'be
fc 1, dud. Among the arrangements it is now, we understand,
pet witted, that refined sugar should be imported into Hol-
land at ten guilders per cwt. with the addition of a duty of
two per Cep; advalonm.
Friday morning Dutch papers were received up to Mon-
*lay last. Accounts f'can Breda stag the arrival of persons
there from Antwerp, who describe the •French troops in that
city as amounting to about 9000 men, but very ineffective.
'the naval force at Antwerp consisted of 21 sail of the line,
'with some frigates and gun-boats; their crews wet e estiMated
at 900 men, who have almost all been transferred to the
land set vice, only CS or $ men being placed as a watch to each
ship. The inhabiaants of Antwerp were in a great degreedesti-
tute of provisions: they were anxiously looking for the period
of their deliverance from the French. It was reported at A rn-
helm, that the advanced guard of a Russian force of 30,000
men, destined for Rolland; had reached Munster. The French
bad evacuated the greater part of the territory between the
Naese and the Waal.—The Dutch papers positively assert,
that the Emperor Fronds had declared to the Swiss' Depu-
ties, tint the Allies would not respect their neutrality ; an
at tide from Bamherg, corroborating this assertion, says, " (hi
the Molter Rhine, the advance of the Allied Army will be '
through Switzerland. Circumstances spew that the neutra-
lity of Switzerland can as little be acknowledged as the nett-
frailty of the States of the Confederation of the Rhine, were
a pretence to that• effect set forward. 'the neutrality_ of
Switzerland must not be permitted to interrupt the great
plan of attack on the general enemy of the world." Marshal
St. Cyr, and the whole of the prisoners taken in Dresden, are
to be marched into Hungary to the confines of Turkey.
French Papers• to the 24th inst. arrived on Sunday last.
They brought. the continuation of the proceedings of the
Legislative Body and the speech of Count Regnause St. Jean
d'Angely, one of the Orators of State, whose duty is to ex-
plain more fully the views of Napoleon. Could any doubt
remain respecting the pacific intentions and humbled hopes
of the latter, they would be removed by the language of his
orator. He str•gees to prove that all the wars in which
France has been engaged for the last twenty years were only
in self defence, repeats his masters declaration, that on his
side thereivill be no obstacle to peace, for which he expres•
t,es the greatest -" ardour, " which lae is willing to nrake on
terms of tnodertion. He acknowledges that Napoleon has
sued for an Armistice during the negotiations, which has
been wisely refused, and concludes by laying the documents
romised by his master before the Legislative Body, for the
examination of which a committee of five Las been
appointed.
Paris Papers to the 26th instant arrived on Tuesday; they
state that Marsh.il Soult has been under the necessity of
causing the right banks of the Adour and both banks of the
Bidasso to he inundated. But Lot d Wellington's dispatch
chews that the Pal is Papers were not w,cll informed. Some
partial advantages are boasted of in Italy! on the Rhine
every thi'.sr is said to be tranquil.---An account from
lorenee ,rseribes an attack made open Leghorn on the
13th instant, by the British naval force in the Meditcranean

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Fifteentondred men it is stated were disembarked, who 0b..,
taineil possession of the suburbs, and the next day attacked
the city, hut subsequently abandoned the enterprize. A
force is also mentioned to have disembat ked at Viareggio,
but to have afterwards returned to their vessels.
By private letters from Hanover, accounts tire received of
the restoration of the Duke of Brunswick to his ten itoties in
Germany. After passing through Holland to coagratitlate
his illustrious ft iend the Prince of Orange, his Serene flip,b-
ness proceeded towards Brunswick, with his suite, and was
met a few miles before he came to that city, by a large troop
of his Nobility and Gentry on honelnek, habited in the
uniform of his Highness's corps (provid-d at their own ex-
pense;, who escorted him to the gates ; upon his art ival at
which, a carriage, drawn by eight fine bays, was brought up,
and conveyed his Serene Highness to the Palace amidst the
acclamations of the populace, while duce hundred young
ladies .of the city, clad white, strewed the way with Bowen,
and a band of various instruments united in the patriotic
English air of " God save the King."
The Poicteurs, of 74 guns. arrived on Thursday at Ports-
mouth, from Halifax, from whiCh she sailed on the 21st Nov.
A dreadful hurricane was expo ienced there on the i 2th, in
which upwards of one hUndrel vessels were driven on shore
in that harbour. Several of them weve bilged and all greatly
damaged. Among the latter were La Hogue and San Du-
mituo, of 74 guns each ; the Maidstone frigate, of SG guns ;
the Exervier sloop, of 18 guns ; the Manly, of 14 guns ; and
the Corso schooner, of If guns. The Poictiers, has also
brought an account of the loss of the Atalante sloop, of 18
guns, Captain Hickey, oil New London; the officer:, and
crew were saved. Nearly our whole squadron was as-
sembled at Halifax, preparatory to their departure for the
Bermudas.

TH FOG.—The metropolis, and its vicinity. have beet'
now enveloped in a fog near seven days, with little or no in-
termission. Candles have been lighted at day, as generally
as at night. The streets have been nearly impassable, and
the number of blazing links used by persons to see their way
along, have caused the metropolis to resemble the interior
of a coal-mine rather than a populous city, Numbers of ac•
cidents, some of them of a fatal nature, have occurred ;
while the street robbers, profiting by the general dam
have committed their depredations with impunity.
The state of the metropolis last night, in consequence
of the increased fog, was truly alarming. It required great
attention and knowledge of the pubic streets to proceed any
distance, and those persons who had any matetial business to
transact were unavoidably compelled to carry torches. The
usual lamps appeared through the haze net bigger tha'n
small candles. The more careful hackney coachmen left
the box and lead their horses, while others drove only at a
walking pace. There were frequest meetings of carriages.
land mischief ensued. Among the passengers, much caution
and apprehension prevailed. Many alarmed at the idea of
being run down made exclamations, such as " Who is
cf.ming !—" Take care!" &c. Females who had
ventured abroad baffle tlre•fo:.r came on were placed under
great peril. Several missed their way, while others were
exposed to the brutal conduct of the ruffians who are a dis-
! grace to manhood. We may expect to hear of many more
accidents. Such was the extreme density of the atmosphere

Tite,day evening, the Maidenhead coach, on its return
from town, missed the road near Burford hi idge, and was
overturned. We are sorry to Lear Lord flawarden was
amocg the pacsengerssani that he recek-ed an injury by the
accidoit.