The National Register.
London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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port town of East Florida, situate in a bay of the Atlantic
on the eastern coast. It is a place of sonic strength, and
if the enemy have actually acquired it, the .circumstauce
may produce considerable eficct upon the wavering Coun-
cils of Ow United States.
The Letters and Papers brought by the New York
Packet, are from that city to tl.e Ilith of May, and
frcm lia:ifax to the 80th. In the neighlourbood
of Lake Champlain the people are in a state of insur-
rection against the law, and the President has issued a Pro-
clamation acknowledging the fact, and calliug on the Civil
and Military Authorities to put it down' by force. An Act
has i.iso been passed, supplementary to the Embargo, re-
quiring, under a penalty of 5630 dollars, that no semi
shall clear out oi'any port of the United itates without de-
positing with the Collector an inveut,,ry of its cargo and
destination, and also produce to the same Collector, within
two months, a certificate of the landau .: of the said cargo,
signed by the Collector of the place of dtination. It mast
be inferred from this circumstance, that every attempt has
been made to elude the Embargo Act. On the ‘2sth
a resolution was moved in the House of Rep resenti; tnat
the Members should appear at the next meeting of Con-
gress, all dressed in the manufacture of their country,
when a Member observed that he could obtain nothing of
the kind but a hat. The resolution was yvithdrawn.

Private letters from Halifax state, that the troops under
General PnEvosT were to march on the 2d inst. on an ex-
pedition, for the purpose of exploring the whole of the
province of 7,t;ova Scotia. This may be the ostensible ob-
ject, but the real one is probably to avail ourselves of the
disposition shewn by the-Natives on the American frontier.

It will be perceived by the :oregoing summary, that the
question of war with America is as uncertain as ever. Yet
troin the discontent universally expressed at the Linbargo,
it seems probable that the point must quickly be decided.
It is not unlikely, if the intelligence of
.the landing of the
French in Florida be authentic, that something may arise
out of that fact, of a nature to oblige .America to adopt
• absolute measures.

The Duke of ABRANTEs has communicated to the Por-
tuguese, the reception of their Deputies at Bayonne, by
making public an extract from a letter written from thence
dated the 27th of April, in N% Bich they inform their emu;
trymen of the gracious deportwent of NAPOLEON; who ob-
served, that the great distance which separates Portugal
from the seat of Government in France, does not permit
his watching over the concerns of that kingdom, with the
same care ❑ntl solicitude as over the interests of his othcr
subjects : that their future independance rested upon their
own conduct, but that he would endure no English Colony
.en the Continent; and finally, that it depended on tho
security with which they should embrace the general cause
that would entitle them to have a Prince to govern them,
and to a rank among the Powers of Europe.

We cannot avoid partial:ally referring our Readers to
the Speech made by the Councillor of State 12 ...EC/VAULT llf.
ST. JEMI D'AUGELY, as 111 C grounds of theSenatus Consul-
turn, for uniting Tuscany to France. Prol.ably this is the
most important document to I?,ngland which trance has
published during the war. The whole coast of the Medi-
terranean Sea, it appears, must form a part of the French
territory—and as it was continually necessary to viols*
the neutrality of Tuscany, because oC her partiality for
England, it was requisite to remedy the evil, by taking pos-
session of her altogether.

We learn from undoubted authority, that Government
is about to establish an Ordnance Dept at Wecdon, in
Northamptonshire, of extraordinary magnitude and im-
portance. As also barracks and accommodation for seve-
ral brigades of artillery. The ceatral situation of Wecdqa
is the cause of its being selected for this purpose, the rno3-
sure being connected with other plans for tile internal dos
fence of the country.

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