The National Register.
London, England, 1812-04-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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A..t unus!ly abused in its very sanctuary ?Is it not the
at, of a King, and of the representative of a King, not
only to do justice to the people over whom he rules, but
to preserve unsullied the majesty of the Throne ?The Mo-
narch who. sacrifices the just prerogative and dignity of
his Cr,-.wn.., is a t!:ttc:r It. his successors, whom he robs of
then- due. A Eci.;:.nt has a double trust committed to
his charge, arid is doubly guilty if he does not main-
ta;it, all the privileges and 'powers of
the Crcswa : for to allow of their being curtailed
is to injure the Sovereign to whom they of right
tel:)iig, and the people for whose better administration
and welfare they were ordained. Conscious of his two-
fold duties, and conceiving, with every man of sense and
of common, penetration, that the Petition so tumultuously
carried by the Common Hall demagogues at their last
meeting, tended, if allowed to be read before the Throne,
to impair its dignity by the insolent virulence of its lan-
guage, and the falsehoods of its assertions, which it
would have been degrading his station to refute ; the
PRINCE REGENT adopted a wise and moderate course.
Unwilling to reject the application of his Father's sub-
jects, however untimely and improper, he obviated the
otherwise insuperable difficulties which would have check-
ed the Petition at its earliest progress, and announc-
ed his readiness to receive it at his Levee, where the
customary "Ft rms not allowing of its being read aloud, it
ceases to be obnoxious. It has already been settled, that
a complaint should be made at the next meeting of the
Livery, on the ground, that by this mode no answer can
he expected from his ROYAL HIGHNESS, and a suspicion
m iv be entertained of his having never perused the Petition
th is presented. The former of these supposed causes of
elnplaint, we consider, in the present case, as a positive
advantage : for, as it would be impossible for the PRINCE
not to express his indignation at the impertinent language
in which the various acts of his Regency are reproved, it is
certainly preferable for the authors of the Petition, that
he should remain silent on the subject. Tile latter is im-
plssible. The Resolutions and Petition of the Common
kfall have•buen printed in all the Papers, and have no
. doubt met his ROYAL HicinNEss's eyes, long before the
Sheriffs' application. To pretend that he has not
read them, and to .claim the right of being present
during heir perusals is therefore only • a device to
occasion useless discussions and differences. It is truly
mortifying, we will own, to see one's malignity exposed
and disappointed : but we trust that this will not be the
only disappointment which the revolutionary demagogues
will h.ivc to encounter, and that in their-own Common
Hall' the loyal Councilmen will attend, and snatch from
the hands of their noisy, but feeble opponents, the fleeting
triumph, which their absence alone has enabled thew to
obtain.

. It is with much pleasure that we learn by letters from
the Mediterranean, that Rear-Admiral HALLOWELL is
MON employed in the command of a squadron upon the
coast of Catalonia. Highly as we venerate- and esteem
British-naval skill and. valour, we arc strongly inclined to
think that the British navy. can boast few such men as the
Fr,ol .n! Rear-Admiral, as not only the seas, bt.kt the
*flts Of-Napless Toulon, and Corbica Cdll vouch fur.

APRIL 5

FOREIGN INT-ELLIGENCL.

LISBON PAPERS.

FLVAS, MARCH 18.—During these last feW days, troops, artillery,
Generals, &c. have arrived here, all of which announces speedy great
events. The enthusiasm among the troops is general; rancour towards
the enemy is manifest in all individuals of the allied army.. On the
12th inst. Generals Hill and Graham received the Order of the Path, at
the head-quarters of his Excellency Marshal Wellington, on which
occasion there was a ball. On the same 'day, a' brigade of cavalry
marched from Campo Mayor to Albuquerque. On the 16th the divi-
sions of Generals Hill, Hamilton, and Graham, passed the river; auti
on the 18th the whole of the divisions marched for the camp at Badaioa,
as well as the artillery ,• some firing has been heard from the fortrte:s
and camp, from which it is concluded the divisions were taking their
respective positions.
BANKS OF THE GUADIANA,MARCH 14.—Soult is now before Cadiz,
and, as is said, intends attacking the Isle de Leon. However, 404)0
troops from Grenada are coining by Cordova towards rsta aniaclura,
and the greatest zeal is used in co!lacting troops in this last province. It
is affirmed that General Drouet, the (acne: al of Artillery, Eusset, and
Denthrowski, are going to France.
LISBON, MARCH 23 —As the courier from the Alentejo Is not yet
arrived, it is impossible for us to give any further information rcpt cl-
ing the, to us Sq interesting, siege of l'adajez From information that
has reached us from both the north and sauth of Spain, we do not learn
that any large French corps is marching to succour Badajoz; their
marches and countermarches in the north of Spa's: are so contused
and various, that it is :tot possible to form a conjecture of diet& real
cbject.
Fevits, MARCH 18.—Our troops proceCded rapidly in their works
last night, as they intirely omitted the fiiat parallel, and began the
second, a great portion of which they campleted, with various com-
munications, all within musket shot.
CASIrO MavoF, I4lAttcH 12.—1 n Badajoz there is a garrison of 4000
men—one thousand of these are emilloyeal day and night upon the forti-
fications. it is reported in Madrid, that the intrusive King Joseph is
getting every thing in readiness to palmed to France. and that the
French have experienced a. considerable loss in the neighbourhood of
A'icant.
FRONTIERS OF Lowan BEIRA, MARCH 1 5.-0 n the 'ad instant, a
great convoy from Andalusia passed by the vicinity of Toledo for
Madrid.
'1 he enemy labour with great diligence to form a military road in
Porto de Pico for the passage of the troops from the Tagus to Castile.
Marshal Victor is expected at Valladolid, who, it is affirmed, comes to
take command of the army in the North of Spain.
We are assured that the troops or the Imperial Guard assembled in
Burgos have begun their march for France, but their place will be sup-
plied by an equal number who are to arrive.
On the 24th ult. an Officer of Marmont's Staff set out from Valladolid
for Paris, to represent to the Emperor. the impossibility of preserving
the army in its present position, from want of the means of subsistence/
Three Officers have also set out for Salamanca, Leon, and Madrid,
with what orders is not known.
They write from Madrid, of the 26th ult. that a great convoy is ex-
pected there, and with it Marshal Victor.