The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-31 00:00:00

- v- --- t THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MAV 31. foi flied, that an Adciress be presented to his ROYAL HIGIINESS, beseeching him to adopt, without delay, c h measures as are called for by the disorganized state of the Government. Mr. MARTIN must be aware, as well as the whole nation, that the PRINCE REGENT has hitherto done every thing in his power to form a comprehensive Administra tion. What other measures can he take than those he has adopted ? 831 allies. The KING of PutlssiA has appvinted a Frenc!. Ge neral Governor of Berlin ! —BERN ADOTTE, whose opposts tion to France began to assume a feature of hostility, ha been taken ill at Orebro. We should not wonder if his illness prove mortal. NAPOLEON and his 'EMPRESS had already reached Frankfort on the 13th instant. New York Papers were received yesterday to a late date. The reports contained in letters from Washington are so much at variance, that we present the following, without vouching for its authenticity WASHINGTON, APRIL 20.—Things, as I have heretofore informed you, continue on the brink of uncertainty individual suffering in creases ; and the character of the Government has, in some degree. suffered by the late tardy proceedings of Congress. There will, in my opinion, be a push to bring things to an issue, for we are in a situa tion which we cannot long endure—the House must go forward or backward, or the Ministers will not long be able to keep their ma jority; the nation will never again compromise on the ground of em bargo or non-intercourse, Scc. For this reason I should not be sur prised to see the Committee of Foreign Relations come out with a manifesto in the course of the ensuing week. There will be something of the kind attempted speedily ; and I think prudent people will make their measures accordingly. We mentioned in our last that a sanguinary battle had been fought between the French and Russians. It is pro bable it was founded on the following account, dated Warsaw, May 2 _ _ " A Courier has arrived here with intelligence of a rencontre having taken place in the neighbourhood of Radzilow, between a detachment of the allied troops and the Cossacks. It appears that the latter crossed the Bohr, and attempted to advance along the left bank of the Wysa, for the purpose of plundering the villages, when Col. WE N ZLOW at tacked them with the Polish and confederated troops, and put them to the rout. He afterwards pursued them across the W'yoa, killing and wounding 96 of them , and making 22 prisoners. ft is said that the Russian Commandant of Gonindz ha disavowed this act of aggression; and requested the particulars, in order to transmit them to the Em peror. " The march of troops through this place continues daily. Our contingent of 30 ; 000 ni,n :Ire all in die field." Letters to the 7th inst. l e ave reached town from Gib raltar. The following extract conveys the most promin ent information " GIBRALTAR, MAY 3, 1812 —" We have a report this morning that BALLASTEROS is again retreating from before Malaga, in con sequence of being in want or provisions. The Goshawk, sloop of war, came in yesterday from beturz Malaga, after having had a very se vere affair with the batteries in cutting out some privateers. - Captain HILBURN and the First Lieutenant are killed. There was anritiivt brig in company, and the two have lost 60 men in killed and wounded." Extract of a letter from Oporto, dated May 15:— " Three divisions of the Allied Army are to remain in the North of Portugal; they are at present under the orders of Gen. Ptc . roN, but General GRAHAM is to command them. The troops are cantontd in the villages along the Drmro from Larnego, and amount to about 21,000 men.--"l'he Polish troops are on their march for France ; the new raised conscripts are said to be on the road to replace them. Troops are continually embarking at Vigo for South America. General ens rn- NO s'shead-coarters are at Santiago.--Thirtern American vessels arrived yesterday in this port, laden with corn and flour. The devia , d :or provisions in this place is very great, and, in the interior, consider able scarcity prevai►s, as little or nom_ can be rent from hence, in conse quence of the Commandant's having embargoed all the boats and carts." An account has been received by the Donna Eularia, from Gibraltar, of a very brilliant ani gallant exploit, which was performed in the harbour of Malaga a iew days before she left Gibraltar.—The boats of the Hyacinth, of 20 guns, commanded by Captain Usralt, and those of the Goshawk, commanded by Captain J. Lit.aunN, Went into the harbour of Malaga, where they stormed and took possession of two small forts, the guns of which they spiked, and destroyed the ammunition, &c. The mai ines and seamen then returned to their boats, and proceeded to the attack of six French privateers, and several other vessels which lay in the harbour, laden with sundry arti cles, the produce of French plunder from the unfc:rtunette inhabitants of Malaga, all which they captured and CABINET NEGOCIATIONS. The following may be considered as a correct account of the substance of the communications which have pas sed between the high contracting parties:— .' LORDS GRIT AND GRENPILLE. Their joint Letter begins by declaring their readiness to sacrifice all personal feelings in order to give effect to 'the Vote of the House of Commons in the present-alarm ing crisis of public affairs. They also express their deep acknowledgments to Lord WELLESLEY for his pow erful exertions in support of the Catholic Claims and they state their perfect concurrence in the first principle pro posed by Lord WELLESLEY on the subject. With respect to the war in the Peninsula, they declare that no persons can feel more deeply than they do for its successful termination ;—that as to its management, it were difficult for any person not in office to ofFer a decid ed opinion upon such a point, without a full copsider ation of its details and circumstances, which can only be kßown to the Members of the Government, but that they are perfectly ready to enter into a full and fair dis cussion of that vet) , important question. At the same time they think it but fair to declare that they enter tain great doubts, whether, in the present distressed state of the country, it will be found practicable to increase the public burdens. Lords HOLLAND and LANSDOWNE COMM" generally in the same opinion ; but more particularly in that part which refers to the powerful exertions of Lord WELLESLEY in vindication of the Catholic claims. Lords MOIRA and ERSKINE, Messrs. SHERIDAN and WELLESLEY POLE entirely concur with Lord WELLES LEY, without any exception. ANSWER OF LORD LIVERPOOL .ND HIS COLLEAGUES. They observe, that it is unnecessary to discuss the principles proposed by Lord WELLESLEY as the basis of a new Administration, because he (Lord LIVERPOOL) and his Colleagues desire to decline being Members of any Administration which might be formed by Lord WELLESLEY. Lord MELVILLE assented to the principles, and is wil ling to serve but not under Lord WELLESLEY. The principles proposed by Lord WELLEbLEY as the basis of a new Government, are understood to be— Ist. An early and di s p ass i o n a t e c on s id e ration of the Catholic claim s , with a view to their aniicable and final adjustment. 2d. A vigorous and more extended prosecution of the war in the Peninsula. A mail from Lisbon has arrived, and dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON. Neither the dispatches nor the Lis bon papers contain intelligence of much importance. 'Our head-quarters are at Fuente Guinaldo ; but it is s"PPosed to be Lord WELLINGTON'S intention to pro ceed soon to the South. MARNIONT is at Salamanca, and SOULT at Seville. A mail from Ankolt has brought accounts of the con stant and - warlike preparations of the French and their T: c . 7"7" . ~ S , - 01 • s.s. I