The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-10 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF THE ESSEX FRIGATE. We have the satisfaction of being able to confirm by the following letter the report of the capture of the American frigate Essex:— " Santiago de Chili, March 50. 1814. gg I have the pleasure to inform on of the capture of the Ame rican frigate Essex, in the Bay of Valparaiso, on Monday, the instant, about *six o'clock in the afternoon, by his Majesty's chips rheebe and Cherub, after a desperate and bloody action of an hour and three quarters.—The Essex, on Miiulay last, about three 'clock, g't under weigh from the port of 'Valparaiso, with a strong southerly gale, and made all sail to get away from our men of war, who were at some distance off, but to w indward : she had hardly passed the outer point which firm; the port, than she car tied away her main-top-mast from the heavy press of sail she car ried ; she immediately wore round ;,nd stood in for the harbonr again, but the wind being scant, she was not able to fetch the anchoring around, and was obliged to run to leeward to a little bay. called Villa la Mar, our men of war close at her heels, and find ing she was out of the prole ctios of the batteries, the little Cherub ran up alongside of her, and gave her a broadside ; by this time the Essex had anchored ; about tour o'clock they continued filing wit!: great velocity for half an hour, wben, on account of the Essex anchored flow in with the shore, and our ships being to leeward, they were ribliged to make a tack to get more to windm.rd of the Yankees. • She still continued firing with the greatest smartness at the Cherub ; the Phoebe shortly reached her, awl thee 0 e battle began en verite, which continued from the hour of bitir mail six, when she struck her colours. The slant:liter on hoard the E-sex has been immense, three officers and 150 men kiled and went:dell The Pheebe, it is said, had only six men in killed and wounded; the Cherub suffered tench more, as she was closely cngagtd with the enemy about an hour before the Phcebe could come up." We received yecterday morning American Papers to the 24th of May. A second attack oppears to have been made by our force upon Oswego, When the last accounts came away on the lath of May, a formidable force was landing, and the Americans were in the gi eatest consterna tion. A Brussels article would have us believe, that the nego elation between this country and America will be carried on under the mediation of Russia. The following is said to be a outline of the principal ar rangements relative to Germany, proposed to be submitted to :he Congress at Vienna : The Emperor of Austria to resume his title of Emperor of Germany , a nd receive the Tyrol, Salshnrg, (which have been actually ceded to him), the Brisgan, and the Ortenan. The King of Prussia, in addition to all his former territories, to have a considerable part of Saxony, including Wittenberg and Leip.ie, Mentz, it is said, is to be ceded to his Alajesty ; Austria keeping Spires.--Swedish Pnmerania will ba elven up to Prussia. Bavaria gets Wurtzburg and A-chaffenburgh t with some accession of territory from the King of Wirtemberg. Hanover, besides her ancient po‘ses.4ions, extends her territories to the Lieppe. The Duke of Brunswick will be considerably curtailed, and 'he King of Saximv, returning to his old title, may 13e permitted to have Dresden, with the territory' that is between Leipsic and the 13cherniati frontier. The Elector of Hesse Cassel keps his old possessions. The flan! Towns will he preserved. We hope that whatever may be the nature of the arrange ments really decided upon, or that may take place, that something more will be looked to than mere territorial ac quisition : that something will be said of the form of govern ment most conducive to the happiness of the people, the recognition of which can alone lead to wise an efficient reform, in the hitherto defective constitution of the Ger- manic empire. Sunday the following Bulletin, of the state of the King's health was exhibited at St. James's Palace : • 46 Windsor Castle, July 2, 1814. " His Majesty contimies well hpbii health, and hag been generally in a tranquil and cheerful state of Wind throughout the last month:" -v--.32sersaugorm,7 16 , 2 .1. d. 9r r JULY 1(. •in the course of the last week several failures have taken place in the banking and commercial world, in Dublin and Lincolnshire, that threaten to extend themselves. The latest news from Dublin is full of alarm, as several new announce ments had taken place without being named, and others were apprehended. The house of Messrs. Barnards, at Boston, was one of long standing, and highly respectable in all its con nections. LAUNCH or THE NELSON.—Monday being the day ap. pointed for launching this superb ship of 120 guns, built in commemoration of our great naval hero, Nelson, the whole mf the river near 'Woolwich was covered at an early hour by an immens.. multitude, anxious to see the operation take place. Between one and two o'clock Lord Melville arrived in the Admiralty barge. Every necessary preparation having been made, and the tide having risen to a sufficient height, the shores which supported the ship were removed, and this fine vessel descended with inconceivable grandeur into the bosom of the Thames. The name of Nelson was then for mally given to her by Lord Metrbtle in the usual manner, by throwing a bottle of wine, amidst the loud cheers of the spectators, among whom were the Lords of the Admiralty, several of the Nobility and Gentry of both sexes, and the foreign heroes, Blucher and Platoft —At the Nelson's head is a bust of the glorious hero whose name she bears, sup ported by Fame and Britannia, with the motto, " England expects every man will do his duty." Not the least accident occurred. The following is an abstract of ordnance and stores sup• plied to the Allies from the year 1808 to the year 1813, in clusive :-834 pieces of ordnance-765,724 rounds of am munition for ordnance-77,317 barrels of powder-- 48,324.070 rounds of musquet cartridges-6,242,000 flints —2,132,079 stands of arms—and 12.5,8.76 pistols:. At the proclamation of peace at 'Windsor on Monday, hes Majesty gave a sumptuous dinner to 2000 of the poor inha bitants, and caused several hundred yards of sheezing, with which the tables were covered, to be divided among them. The expences of the entertainment, given at Guildhall to the Allied Sovereigns, amounts to 17,0c►01. 111 r. Sadler ascends in a superb baloon . from Builingt94 House gardens on the 15th instant. The High Bailiff of Westminster has called a meeting of the Electors for to-morrow, to nominate a proper person to succeed Lord Cochrane in Parliament. It is said his Lordship will be again proposed. Mr. Brougham and Mr. Sheridan are also named as candidates. The Hon. Cochrane Johnstone, absconded, has long been a debtor to Government for balances dile from him in the West Indies ; but for his priyilege of Parliament, he would have been in durance long ago, and being o►s the eve of losing his protection by being expelled the House of Com mom, he thought it better to than risque being imprisoned for life. An order has been sent from the secretary of State, to the Sberiffs of London, to inflict the sentence of the pillory on Loird Cochrane. &c. on Wednesday the loth efAurrust and on Mr. ap4 Mrs. Askew on the 17th of August. • • The firm. F. Cavendish, who stood capitally indicted for . , forging a power of attorney, by which the Bank of Ireland was defrauded of IsEsol. was tried .on Monday in Dublin, and acquitted.* On Thursday night, between six and seven eci ,, clc, one of the new houses in Marchmont-Street, Brunswick•sq4are, cell to the ground with a dreadful crash. There were several persons ii.; yarjous apartments of the house at the time, but fortunately they all escaped. unhurt, hay. in,! got . a few aliment's warning s ; by a kind of lt6sing or creaking From the second fl , or a* feMale lodger, who was in bed with lter was precipitated into the street; and their live; were saved Vy their clinging to the bed until it reached the ground, • r THE NATIONAL REGISTER.