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 a s sume 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. irl l ' •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 e ldro 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 th e latter place to the I 7th of last month At the former T es 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 fortni g ht late! than the accounts received at Paris, positively affil m that these islands were yet in the possession of the ILitish forces. i.