I. :TllF e NATIONAI, _ItEGISTER.'4 rrr. • . s.:.ss the means of doing it, or to renew their exertions w.th mine energy than ever, in ot der to meet his recruited armies. and defeat his last tremendous effprts to rega►n his ascend ancy in Europe. lie now boasts that France has r i sen in hiN cause, we do not yet believe it, but it appears clearly ►halt OA has not ► isen, as the Allies ►ather expected it, against him. Ad- npti lig tht-system of warfare %% ith which the Russian Emperoi batikd his at'etnpts and repelled his invasion, he allowed the coaiesceil armies to penetrate into the heart of his tetritor‘ without any oppositiau, whilst he organized the me ns of re- sistance no the interior of the country. Thus, ho‘ing risoned the fortresses in Brabant, and those which once funned the imptcgnable frontier of France, he recalled Macdonald successively from Wesel to Liege, from Liege to Namur, and front Namur to Ftbetel, whet e be was, by the last accounts, ready to co-orerate with the left of the grand army at St. Uizie► ~ and Ch:►lon Mortier was also °tile. rd to fall back towards Arcis•sur Aube, in order to support-the right wing, and, i■ consequence of all these retrograde movements, the progress of the Allies up to the 24th ult. had been uninterrupted. Whilst the city and national guards of Paris present ad dre,ses to the Empress, camps arc formed in the neighbour hoe d tithe capital, and Versailles, an•a the surrourding vil 12.i,es, arc stated to he full of troops, (+left% coming from the south, where conAcripts aie sent to replace them. With the Freixli papers i: cultic the sbbstatice of a suppressed Moniteur of the 20th ult.. the content , of which relate to the pro posed ne;!ociiations, and, we trust, greatly misrepresent the assurances said to have been given by our Minister, Lord Aberdeen. Previous to Buonapnrte's leaving Paris, he, a second ; time, confided the Regency, during his Asence, to the i Ettipr , ss Maria Louisa ; on which occasion she took the oath before him and in a Council f the French Princes, Grand Dignitaries, Cabinet Minis.ers, and Ministers of On the 23d, the offic(Ts f the National Guard of Paris, in num ber 800, wcie presented to the Emperor. in the Saloon of Marshals, on which occasion the following suAlinie and . 1 4etellng scene is described to have taken lace:--" When his Majesty passed on his way to mass, he was saluted with an unanimous cry of Vied l'Emptreur. On his return they were reiterated with new force. The °cheers, divided into Le • gions. formed a vast elide, in the midst of which the Em peror placed himself. Then appealed a scene the most of the most e.uldime. The Ember(( addressing him self to the Officers of the National Guaid, told them, that a Nit of the French territory was invaded, that he was going to place himself at the head of his army, and that he hoped, with the assistance of God, anti the valour of his troops. to repulse the enemy beyond the frontiers. At .this m•Alent his Majesty's looks were tendert\ fixed upon the Empress and the King of Rome, who, his August Mother eau ried in her arms, and his Majesty added, with a trewnslints voic(*, that he confided his wife and his son to the :ove of his faitt.- fill city of Varis ; that he gave it the highest tnatk of his esteem, in leaving under its protection the objects for his dearest affections; that he hoped his capital would not be polluted Ity the present eof the enemy ; tint, however, if, in the midst of the gland manseuvres which are preparing, some hordes of liuht troops d,ted:o insult its barriers, he was sure that i s brave inhabitants would not forget that their Sovereign bad confided its defence to them,"—At that in stant, it is added. " a thousand salves resounded, a thousand arms were raised to swear to defend the precious Oust con fided to a faithful peoVe.”—As soon as the news of his de parture became public, the riencli funds fell froy 49 one • SC; half to 4 i-5.11. Det tee Lad been a few d;,ys before pro. mnlgated, .ssi:perding the law whith fixed the interest of money, and permitting borrowers and tetide:s to f , rtn such a.(reetnents, in this respect, as they thoto.ht fit. No notice-- was published of the point at whit h Buonaparte meant to 6K his head-quarters; but it was stated, in an article of :he 20th instant, from Chalons on the Manic., that troops were 0-a ver:lug that town, on their way from the interior to the ft on tiers of Champagne. Macdonald's march through Macs-. Vicht and Liege to Namur was again tu;ticed. At the first of there places he had published a ploclamltion to his sol diers, telling them they would be supported by 100,000 troops of the line and 200,000 national plaids. and that these numbers would he doubled or tripled if -necessary. Maison had joined Macdonald; at d Sehastiani was expected at Liege, on his route to efiect a simi!ar junction. M • rtier was said to have had a successful affair azainst some Wur temburgers, near Langres. Angereau, who had been to Va., lcncc for troops, tetu• tied, on the Qtst instant, to Lyons, where defe!isive measures were still carried on. The Aus trians bud not enteredthe city, but lied occupied Mirabel.. within two leagues of it. On the side of Savoy, General, •• Laroche was said tM have his head-quarters at Chapberri : l and General Dessaix was organi . .:in!; some volunteer corps its the neighboyring country. Sou!t, it was asserted, had be tween 90,000 and 100,000 men ; and Ilatispe had been very active in raising his countrymen, he Basques :igain , t the, ! English ; and had forced the Spanish General Mina to eva cuate St Jean Pied de Port and Baigorry. Heavy artillery , had been sent in great quanti'ies even from the distance of Antoulerre, to the more Northern departments. -Lieutenatit Po son of his Majesty's sl;i;) Br:imble ar. rived in town from America on NVednesda v. tic sailed from the Chesapeake so late as the evening of Ole 12th of Januarv. The dispatches of which he is the hearer relate to tlic nego ciatious proposed some time since by the A meris an Govern ment, and consist of 74r. Munroe's answei to Los d Castlereagh has given in the official American Documents inset te4 iu another part of our paper. " National hitelligcncer also contain the oftielal account of another defeat *Feted by the Americans on, their own frontier. On the 191', early in the inorninff, n British EtTlilar and 'w d hin+ force et oFsed the river, and completely sorprized Fort Niaear:4, which they tooh, and pia to the sword, or made prisrners,•the hob.. eirroon, except twenty mt is. General Maclure, who wrOes tflti venom to Inc Americao Secretary at War, gives an accomq of some other less affairs i ,n whirl: 11:c 111 itish wine also soectssinl. " Major-Genet:l! li,ttt wli!es to Governor "Tompkins, (lard Ruf f bloc. the '2:)th Orechibt.r, statillt, that on reeeivirm information ot the capture of Niagara, he ii;el set out for the frontier. The foreo which he had collected to meet aoother attack which the British threatened, amom.ted to about besides cape - eleti rei"t"rv' ments.- Hy states Of Aniericati loss at Niara a to ire Mimeo- c, though 11:e actual nomber was not known t 1 - " Is De , etutxr, ("era! Hail Writes await" to Governor Tompkins. that he 11:141 sof - - toad a complete di teat from the cnen;‘ , on that d.:y. The British,,, supported by a strong pat Iv of Indians, passed, over near Blaekroric r:uly on that mottling. They weir. iret by the American lililii twilit, bat overcome, the General states by the number and discipline or the British, the Militia rave way, and fled ort every side. The vAlage Of llnflalee taken and laid in 1 tlinN and the hole olthy Ni.warit frontier was laid opcn. " Another letter, But - rake, on the Deeinther, Atate , ; ttle American tom: then a.‘t iiib:ca at that tovi apwartil. of 300:1 men, and that in three day- they were ft , be :)00 0 " Font. Atnet icon scno,aier, which had b i ro uteri as gtm-hoat`, vrere taken and destro3 ~ `,,, Two kbmitcrs. IVhce!er ii:l-1 ()Ter, were Inkt week f14 , z , -s lu d all: in ilov i•eiOillwirhooft i.t izes ; which 1.0.4t,e - Lltt• !or t:lf :t4 Lttcr livco: i l