The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

A 1.76 UST 9. THE NATIONAL The PRINCE REGENT arrived at Brighton. between edit and nine o'clock, on Wednesday evening. his Royal Ilighness wls greeted by the acclamations of hundreds of the inhabitants who waited his approach. • Lord WHITWORTH is expected to leave London on the vAli instant for Ilelaud, to take upon him the Lord Lieute nancy of that coo n try. The Duchess ofßicu NtnND gives her fa! ewell ball on the PRINCE RECPENT'S birth-day at the Cas'le, previous to her leaving Ireland. A Mail from the Leewaid Islands arrived on Friday The packet was chased by the Congress American frigate, *bat escaped by superior sailing. The Congress had taken two - vessels from the Brazils ; one was given up to the crew. Mondav,.a mail arrived from Jamaica, with papers and letters to the . 2ist ofJune. Accounts received at Kingston from the Havanna!) mention, that the Ro%al :•;panish• troops have been every wile' e successful over the insurgents, and that the communication between Vera Cruz and Mexico was again open, and was expected that the Spanish Clonstitul tion would be adopted by the whole population of the country. , Private accottpts from Heligoland state, that the Danes have declared Gluckstadt and Husum to be free ports, and that the pecuniary embarrassment of the Court of Copen hagen has reduced it to this necessity. Numerous vessels had arrived at Heligoland, with corn, which were to return with colonial produce under the protecT int) of this arrangement. The enemy are still making excurions at Ilamburgh, and adopting every precaution in case of the renewal of hostili ties. Their treatment of the inhabitants is described as most batbarous. Even ladles of the first respectability, who had disp!ayed their zeal in the cause of fl eedonk, as well as gentlemen, are compelled to Five their assistance at tt fortifications. The young females, who had worked the co lours presented to General Tettenborn, have been particu larly selected as the objects of severity ; and the venerable Clergyman Nvho consecrated them, though almost ninety, ins been compelled to serve out their allowance of spirits to the labourers twice a day, The following is believed to be nn accurate account of the introduction of the plague into Malta. A vc , sel arrived there on the Ist of April. from Alexandria, and it was re poi ted that a contagious fever %vas on board. The ship was immediately ordered into strict quatantine. The fever, as it was misnamed, not subsiding, after 13 days. the veNsel ordered to le,tve the harbour, and return to Alexamh Lt. In telligence was afterwards received from ..‘lexandria, stating that 12 bales of goods were missing ; and no doubt is enter taked of their ha% ing been fraudulently int:odoce, into Malta. Their loss cannot, at least, he 'Accounted for in any rn her way : and their transfer to the Island have been tn()st fatally evinced. The following is an extract of a letter fioni Alicant, tlatra Done 20 :- You have, of course, heard the main facts of our ex ploits,—our excursion to Tartagona,—and our brilliant re treat ; but a few of the details may amuse you. On the 28th of May, we commenced the embarkation of our force, from our old Murcian positions ; and on the morninv of the 3d of June, .were landed in front of Tarragona. We - pushed on the affair prosperously enough f:r a day or two, dlove in the French, and hcgan playing from our first ba!terV on the sth. Less ianguine spirits might have !wen now a hide elated at our chance of success ; by the 1 t th, we had e1,!...en 23-pounders, five howitzers, and five mortars, all Ma /jog away. together,--a fine force as ever trod S:panish ground, teady fur whatever W.AS to coma,--=i flotilla of gun and mor tar boats CIQiC in shore,—a breath in the wal'.s, which 15as REGISTE rt. 507 t , . , . widening at every moment.—and the full expectancy of- an order to storm at midnight. In short, we made sure of Tar ragona. At eleven o'clock the *same night, we received an order to re-embark the stoles, and dismantle the batteries. I leave you to imagine our astonishment : but the ratne thing was actually done ; and in the groans and shame of the whole army, we marched back to our transpoits, after spiking and leaving for the French, eight Jong 24-pounders, five mortars, with irons beds, and five fine brass hawitzers, with alt their. equipage. This we did in submission to orders; but as wig , .. were in too great a hurry to save ourselves, than to think of'. any thing else, we left behind us 1,900 shells, and about -6,000 24-pound shot, with all the oak platforms for the bat- • teries. A great quantity of ordnance and other stores were burned. To make this more palatable, we have since discovered, as it was sufficiently known at the time, that the French could net have brought wore than about 7,000 men against us, as a considerable part of their force was then. left in check of the Spaniards, and even actually engaged With them in Our absence. Wheiever there might be weak ness, it was not at least in our numbers ; as, by the aceesshok of Colons, who joined us on landing, we could not muster less than 2 2,0u0. The convoy, which was probably tho grand elThrt of SUC H ET, for saving the town, we met ;.1 1 three days after, straggling among the mountains, and colt.- sisting but of 3,000 men, who ran at the first glimpse of t:. Every thing seemed continuing to add to our shame in aria retreat ; the people of the plain were friondly and brave, and full of the unavoidablc hatred that must be felt fir 01e.- French wherever they are. We had lest but one ofEccr 4 atA 25 men, in our operations. While we %vele moving off, a shell from one of the bomb-vessels set tire to the enemy's magazine of biscuit and ruin. The garrison were without an idea of relief; many of their gulls had been silenced ; and it was generally believed, that however the assault Of the night milzlit . be repelled, the town could not hold out two. days against our fire. Under this calamity, and we consider I it a serious one, we have, however, the consolation to know, that those by whom it was bron g ht upon a lit itish army, have no pretence to say', that they were not entirely warm d. We believe that the strongest rept esentations were made to itt , duce the revocation of the order; or. at least; its execution in some lees disgraceful manner. The o!d Admiral, who may be proud'of Navin_ actuany cried, when he found that all his remonstrance= apd intreaties failed with Sir J. M Pit rv, A washed his Inlncl , ; of the disgrace, by sending off an •, overland Ll:se:itch to Lord \V ELLINGTON, with the detail, i which, we presume, must evidently produce a eouit-inartial. II E ver y t hi„ 2 . f rom t h at momen t was; u nlucky. We continued. il lingering oft' the shore, embarking and disembarking, until IL the I 7th : and those singular operations closet; with see itlug the (;ativnirA l .e, of .20 guns, and t 4 transports, driven on shore at the mouth of the Ebro; four of ilio,,e ttansports going; to pieces before us. On the t 7th, in the evening. 1 .1 , Lord W ra. Bus TI NCIC joined, in the Caledonian, to the ge neral joy of die army. We then pu , bed for Ali:: alli, anil so wound up our experhtiou. It is supeosed tl a we slull move forwa; d slimily : hut though we have been consider li ately smell limn any cutitact with the Frehch, we are al -11 most a., hodly 01Va , if we bad been defeated. We want pul li visions, equipape, aud al t;lhry, and some tune must pass Itc hfore we can be tit for useful service. The Engh,li mill pa !! totally make a hustle idiom this, an:l we shoud not he sot - - . i {of wd t• they did. The cyinions of the aP111) cannot be {I loud, but they arc deep; and they will Grid it be and ema il nu:n lot bearance to acquit the man, and his advi - er ., Who ! ilhave covered them with shame, almost on the very gmuud, aid within the healinz of 1: 4 ;.; ; ;Iish victory."