THE NATIONAL Extract from a letter dated Messina; Aug. 1 : gg We are daily in expectation here of a revolution ; things seem instantly coming to a crisis; the hatred towards the English discovers itself more and more, and a peace with France is almost assured, but by no means doubted ; the people are gathering in crowds, and exclaiming for want of bread; almost all our friends of consequence in the Island are sent into exile to Parignano ; and this day The Gazetta Britannica was suppressed, and Giovanni de Bobold, the printer, put in confinement." 66 The same CorresoonJent observes, that in the space of four days, the inhabitants of that ciiy ex perienced thirteen shocks of earthquakes, and one more severe than has been known for a long time ; and alarmed the whole neighbourh od to so great a degree, that many of the inhabitants quitted their beds, and escaped into the streets without their clothes." The Moniteur contains n long Decree, filling riearlv two sides, on " the measures to be observed r *the maintenance and repair of all Military Works in fortified places, whether belonging to in. divi 'tials or to the State." It is comprehended in eight titles, relating-1 To general dispositions.- 2. To internal regulations.-3. To new erections and considerable repairs.-4. To the conservation. —.5. To unfcrtified places.-6. To inspections.- 7. To erections chargeable to Government.-8. To the Administration. In this Decree it is rendered compulsory for the Mayor of the several towns to go round the works at least once a year with the Military Commanders, in order that the necessary repairi may be made ; and, if any dilapidations are permitted, or if the fortifications are permitted by negligence to fall into decay, the Mayor is made answerable for the same. He has appointed him what is called a conservator, paid by Govern ment to assist him. It also requires that troops should be btlletted according to the orders of the Commanders ; and that if any difficulty arise either in their accommodation, or in procuring provisions, the Prefect of the Department shall be resorted to by the Mayor. Bunnaparte has issued a Decree, ordering the formation of a corps of firemen for the city of Paris. It is to be divided into four companies, each consisting of 142 men. They are to be under the orders of the Prefect of Police, and the gross amount of their annual pay is fixed at the sum of 514,671 francs. They are to be raised by volun. tary enrolment from the firemen belonging to the three existing companies in Paris,---from among discharged soldiers fit for the duty, and from all citizens not subject to the conscription, who shall have the necessary qualities. A fund of 18,000 francs is set apart for the recruitment. Besides their particular duty in cases of fire, they are also to be employed in the general service of the Police, under the orders of the Prefect ; and parties of them are to be stationed at different watch-houses every night, while others patrole the streets for the prevention of fire, and of every kind of disturb ance. A large battering train is fitting at Woolwich ; and 15,000,000 cartridges shipping at.Purfleet, in tended, it is said, for the Russiarkaald Prussian Go verninenu. the rainy weather had then produced such an alte. ration in the state of the roads, as to render further military operations in the north of Portugal very improbable for some time. The French, it is said, are collecting horses on the southern frontier, and it is supposed, that if the season permit, SOULT will make an attempt to enter Portugal on the side of the Alentejo. By letters from Heligoland, we are sorry to find that a violent gale has been experienced at that island, and that the following ships have been stranded on the sand-banks in the mouth (f - the Elbe:--The Jane, DAVIDSON, from Heligoland to London; the Fortunee, LOFTS, from Heligol a nd to the Bahl. ; and the Ant, of Hull, from that place to Heligoland. Letters from Heligoland by the Mail of the 18th instat t, report, that a considerable impressment of seamen had taken place in the Elbe ror the Ant werp fleet, and that the garrison of Hanibuigli had been increased by about 1000 men, who are shortly to proceed for the northward. We are likewise toll, that considerable movements of troops had taken plate in Hanover, and other parts of the 'kingdom of Westphalia. A Deputy from the lonian Isles landed from thi Cyane, at Portsmouth, on 'Thursday morning, with the usual marks cf respect. Lucien Buonaparte's Poem, we are inf rmed, consists of 22 cantos, and 15,700 lines. Applica. tion was made two months ago to a Paris book seller, requesting him to endeavour to procure die consent of Naptileon, for the admission of an edi tion of this Pc.em into Trance, but no answer has yet been received. No English translator has been selected. i ‘w AU the disposeable small craft at Plymouth have been ordered to be fitted out for immediate service with the greatest expedition. A large reinforcement will be immediately sent to Portugal. The 7th Dragoon Guards, the Hussar brigade, and General Campbell's fine Scotch regi ment, the 91st, form a part. The 21st Dragoons, now at the Cape of Good Hope, are to proceed to India immediately ; they are relieved by a regiment of Light Dragoons from this country. Admiral Young has issued orders to the ships of his fleet in the Downs, that no Officer is to go on shore, except on duty ; in order that they may be ready to sail at a moment's warning. The Channel fleet, under Sir Charles Cotton, it is said, is to rendezvous at Spithead, during the winter, and not at Plymouth. Captain George Cockburn is to hoist a broad pendant in the Grampus, of 50 guns, at Ports. mouth, for South America. The Commissioners for mediating between Spain and her American colonies (of which Captain Cockburn is a member) go out in the Grampus. The following is an extract from a letter written by a Colonel in the Russian service to a Gentleman of very great respectability in London, Petersburgh, August 14:- 44 I set nut to mot row for Geprgi army against the Persians, which is the Marquis de EttAuzas." RECaSTER. 691 N -44 + Letters from Oporto, dated the Bth, state, that ►don, dated St. gia, t join the commanded by .%Nefif