_ w` THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 2. The Crown of Italy shall be, er tts, ant tiefselt of our children; and male legitimate deseendantg, hereditary in the person of Prince Eugene, and kb direct legitimate descendants from made to male by order of primogeniture, to the perpetual exclusion of women and their descendants. • S. In default of our son's-, and male descendants and the sons and male descendants of Prinee Eugette,' the Crown of Italy shall devolve to the son and nearest relative of inch bf the Princes of our Blood, as shell then reign in France. 4. Prince Eugene, our sob,- shall enjoy all the honours at tached to onr adoption. 5. The right which our adoption gives him shall never, in nay ease, authorise him orhis descendants to urge any pretensions to the Crown of France, the . sattession to which is invariably *zed. (Signed) Nirolsox. A Decree of the 20th confers upon Prince . Eugene Napoleon, the title of Prince of Venice. Another Decree confers upon. " . our well-beloved Grand daughter, Prince's Josephine, as . a mark of oßresatisfaction to our good city of Bologna," the title of Princess of Bologna. Another Deem declares the Chancellor Melsi, Duke of Lodi. After the above Decrees had been read; the Emperor made the follovving speech 44 Gentletnen, Pocsidenti, Mita, and Commercianti, I see you with pleasure about my Throne. " Returned after three years absence, I am pleased at re marking the progress. which my people have made—but how many things remain to be done to..etface the faults of aur fore fathers, and to reader you worthy of the destiny I am prepar log for you. • 44 The intestine divisions of our ancestors" their miserable egotism to -particular cities, paved. the way [Or the loss of all our rights. The country was disinherited af its rank and its dignity ; that . country which, in more distant ages had carried so far the honour of its arms and eclat of its virtuos. i will make my glory consist in regaining that eclat and, those virtues. Citizens of Italy,—l leave done much for 3.oti; I will do much moro--But on your side, united. in _heart as you are in biterest with my people of France, consider them as elder bra thers.—Always behold the source of our prosperity, the gnu-, rantee of our institutions, and that' of our independence in the union of the Iron Crown with that of my Imperial crown." MlL**, flac. W.—Yesterday Deputations from the three Electoral Colleges •were iuiroduced to his Majesty,. wlio was seated on his throne, with the Viceroy, the Grand Doke of Berg, and the Prince of Neufchatel, by his side.—To the ad dress of the Duke de Lodi, - President of the College of Possi deuti, he replied, " Gentlemen of the College of P.Asidenti, I am pleased with the sentiments Ton have expressed—the laws of property form the compact between the Sovereign and the People—Rely always upon my . protection."--To' the ad dress of the Collei;e of botti, he replied, " Gentlemen of the college of Dotti, your talents give you a great influence over the nation—employ them for the advantage of the Throne and tie Laws, which are the support of it.—Your prosperity i• egoally necessary to my people and my glory—lt will always please me to give you proofs of my benevolence." To the College of Commercianti, he said,—" The greatness of a State is particularly advantai,eous to the prosperity of Colh merce, so necessary to the good of agriculture, The laws on , which my empire is founded are especially useful and honourable to you. I shall constantly watch over your interests. I am pleased with the sentiments ou have j ust expressed." p 4 is, Dcc. t appears to be eertatil, that the Emperor rind Kin„ will return to Parii: before the ist•of January. It is sold that the King, of Persia has declared war against EngLsad. PORT r;,A • y,tsros, n re. Junot having ordered, - the evening before his arrival in thi:< city, a corps of French troop, to proceed by the eio.rlis of Lisbon, to Port St. Julien, which is the prin cipal tie:i‘Lee of the mouth of the Tagus, the corps entered the fort, the cononand of o kit was given to the Chief of the 2d bat talion of. the 70th regiinent.of infantry. ft is a in good condition,' and wt it nownted with cannon. A !ediest forced the fleet, which has been in sie;ht, to wake sail , auddowu to this dav it has not re-appeared. - AMERICA. DEC. 1. The bill reported by Mr. Adams, " For the preservation of peace and maintaivance of the authority of the United States, in the ports, harbours, and waters, under their, jurisdiction," after undergoing a slight amendment, was ordered to a third reading without a division. The question was taken on strik. ing out the sth section, which interdicts the entrance of all British armed vessels into ports and waters of the United States, and vests the President with power to take off the provisions, whenever, in his opinion, due reparation shall be made, and lost.— . Yeas 3, roes 26. DEC. 2.—The Senate passed a Bill, introd aced by Mr. Adams, for the' preservation of peace in the ports and harhenri of the United States, with but little variation from tl,e origirril Bills. The division on the passage was—Yeas '26, Noes 3 ; the Members dividing as on the motion to strike out the first section; the affirmative in one case becoming the negative in the other. Dnc. 3.—The Dill making an appropriation for the Truro effectual defence of the ports and harbours of tile United State, was passed but with little division. NEW YORK, Dcc. We are 00 that on Sunday morn ing a British 74, and two frigates, anchored in I,llhaven Bar ; that the officers every day since then, landed from them near the Pleasure-house, (whose name we do not at present uish to mention) has had the temerity of.suppl) ing them with scone necessaries, intimation of which has been given to Brigadier- General Mathews. DEr. B.—The following is extracted from a letter recciNcd by a Merchant of this city, by The IC al) pso " Botadeaux, Oct. 13, 1607. " William Lee, i'sq. American Comul in this city, has re ceived a letter from General Armstrong, desiring him .o advise all Masters of vessels to quit this port in as short a time at po,- sible• The like advice, it is raid, has been given to the Consuls at the other sea ports. Bonaparte will have no ueutrals—Ame ricans -will have to fight for him or against hint." Dec. F..—We are glad to notice, that -the attention of our fel low-citizens is awakened by a sense of the evils which the importation Act must produce, if tattered to go into operatitni. As a war ineasureil certainly can be of no use, for, on the tic. currence of that di irous event, a total, not a partial restl-ir atol l must he enforced ; as a measure of irritation, until negoei `ation is hopeless, it •is palpably unwise, for these reasons, a; well as because in its effects it would bear peculiarly hard upon that class of citizens, who have engaged in diAant voyages, u,i dertaken from theft- oWitJtopes, anti the avowed expettatiott: nt theeGaverament,' thabpcaee with Great Britain tvr,uld.he pre served ; we are happy to !earn that a respectful memorial :o tokgress, which does not :Sect or express any party feelings or sentiments, requiring its suspension or repeal, is now in circula tion; aid will he very nynerously subscribed by our citizens. DEC. 10.—The Non-Importation Act goc; into operation !Al Minalay next, unless Congress, during the prcseut week, repeJ or suspend it for a further period. The House of Repre.entatives of Pensylvania, have refusecl, to answer the Governor's speech, forty-three to forty-two. SCOTLAND. .4sGow, JAN. s.—A.Mercantile Ilintsc in town has fa voured us with a copy of the follov..itg Official Notice. Trade to B ea:Vs.—Licences are directed to Le pre pared for, this trade by the Privy Council, upon the ing conditions :—" The Licence is to he intlorcd h the Porta gueie yiinister here, and invoices of the raro'to be de:iyr;•e.l nite.—Vesseht to proceed only to the Island Hi' to the southward of Rio Janeiro, there to wait t. c tripections of the Portuguese (ioverrnuent. No artielt.s to be allowed w filch were nut heretofore adinitted•iff Portun• p , al, and to l ay the s;nne duties. " /./Esny oDix,ALent." London, Jan, 2,108. A , ;•1 NU 'TIES.— About a fortnight ago, some of the labourers on that part attic Caledonian Canal, cuts the side of tho' Torravaiu, near Inverness, and close to the old ro=il to lochness, dug up ti silver Chain, of double links, in all rtoi taining thirty riugs.—Tite thickness of the bars which ( .0111 1' 0 ' 41 the links is about that of a man's,little finger, and the medians, diameter of the rings may be a little more than an iach P.4id 'lair; the chain %Tiflis six liyut.d.si and is of silver mixed Viiol . . r.. a ~,,.-.~ ;L AN. 10. It a 41 ns F •,.--•,• --I :4