►~i►~« ' 7 .! THE NATIONAL • unless we should consider as such, fresh instances of insults being offered to the American Rag by the great and powerful friend of the American Go. vernment. American vessels are captured by French privateers when destined for Great Britain, or seized when allured into French ports by re peated professions of friendship. Yet the preEe-t American Government seem so predetermined nct to find any thing wrong in BUeNAPARTE'S con duct, that this fresh proof of his sincerity is not likely to alter their determination. A gentleman of the name of LABOUCHERE, has arrived in this country; on leave from the French Government, to transact some business connected with the affairs_ of the late Mr. .HOPE. This gLin tleman being the same person through whom an indirect, but authorized proposition of a negotia tion for peace was intimated to our Government, immediately before the seizure of Holland and its incorporation with Pr ance by NAPOLEON, The Moni tcur thinks it necessary, expressly to declare, that he does not now come on any pacific mission, and that France will not make peace with the present Go vernment, whose system of etv nal warfare is known to all Europe. Our opinion on the object of Mr. LanotcmalL's journey is not in the least influenced by this precautionary hint from The Moniteur. And as to the sentiments exclusively attributed to the pre sent Government of this country, we recollect that the first cry about perpetual war was first raised by The Moniteur on Lord HENRY PETTY, now Marquis of LANSDOWNE, proposing to carry on the war for an indefinite period, by mortgaging $ iccessively parts of the war taxes with an adequate sinking fund to redeem them by rotation. On the whole we are convinced that sonic new snare is in tended. The Duchy of Oldenburgh has been united to France, and the reigning Duke, with his Duchess, have sought an asylum at St. Petersbugl'. As that Prince is brother-in-law to the Emperor ALEx- ANDEn, politicians have immediately supposed that Russia was going to arm in his defence. They should, however, have recollected the little influ once the most sacred ties have had on the conduct of the Princes of the Continent in the present contest ; they should have recollected ALEXANDER'S 'solemn vow on the tomb of the great FREDERICK, followed by his degrading alliance with the destroyer of the Prussian Monarchy, and with put going so far, the exiled King of SWEDEN is also brother-in-law to the Emperor ALEXANDER. No news have reached England from any other part of the world. i ,f:.~,~. ~:~. It was reported on Friday night that General GRAHAM and the Spanish Garrison of Cadiz had been completely successful in the Epedition against the French - besieging army. We trust they have beem but no such intelligence has reached Govern ment. Letters from an Officer of the 14th Dragoons, dated Feb. 28, state they had a large passage out from Plymouth, of 21 days, and were , five days beating off Cape Finisterre with a foul wind, but both men and horses arrived in excellent order, and joined their fine regiment three days after they had landed at Lisbon. Letters are now granted for ships destined to France, but the returns are restricted to seeds only. Sir SIDNEY Sx.r . lTli is appointed to - the command of a squadron, which is immediately to sail on a Secret Expedition. It is also stated, that Sir SID. NEY himself was the planner of the enterprise he is about to execute. Sir JAMES SA UMAREZ only waits the return of the Victory from Lisbon to proceed immediately to the Baltic with a powerful fleet under his orders. The winds, however, are likely to prevent his sailing. for weeks to come. It is now said that Count GOTTOEP will sail with* him. A letter from. „Mem*: dated i'ebruary I, sap, 6C In regard to trade, the RuSsian Government has richer become more lenient, and the vessels with Swedish and American Papers, have at last been declared free.--Hemp has ~got up, in expectation of orders from England ShoOld. your Government, however, ref use granting licenses tor the importation. of Russian articles, the conscqiien - ces , will prove very fatal to Russia, and might produce a change in the politics of that country in favour of Eng land. The price of hemp in Riga, is 21 silver roubles per 81b. The Alberts dollars have been Called in, and the silver roubleS have beeil issued all over Russia." The following is an extract from a letter dated Gottenberg, March 1.- 7 " . Here is no embargo or sequestration laid upon any ships whatever, nor, do I apprehend any thing of the kind will take place, excepting at one port. Rtrmour says, that Konigs burgh is'occupied by the Dounaniers, andthat these vagabonds are sending all the goods that arrived by the last• fleet to Magdeberg, as the Prussian Go vernment cannot pay the contributions." In consequence of the great success attending the exertions' of British Officers in training . the Portuguese troops, Spaniards are also" to be trained on a very extensive scale, under the auspices of the British Officers and the British Government. An establishnient is now forming for this purp?se in the island of Majorca,. and arms, accoutrements, and clothing, are preparing in England •for the 'equipment of thirty thousand men in that island, all Spaniards, to be sent into Spain, ten'aiousand at a time, when they are perfected in the -use of arms and the necessary mancativres, a In'ocd4S which will take about:two . months. Lord Wm . TANGTeIii has spared manoo l liis best . serjeants,- aptit , s6me excellent OffieerS - far this , purpose, and iiiirtibers are .. going from other quarters. The - unilo'rrn, of the maim) , ig to .-I:4' scarlet coats, -, 61 the cavalry lemon-coloured jackets; of - the artillaty - dark . 'blrte, and of rifles, or sharp-shooters, dark green.