The National Register. — London, England, 1812-01-12 00:00:00

Li TIIE NATIONAL ItEGIST,ER, day, throw any light on the proceedings of the parties said to be concerned in the plot. The Freeman's Journal, in deed, informs us " that Keegan, the schoolmaster, is in the •fower ; and that many Gentlemen were," on Tuesday last, «examined before Mr. POLE and the ATTORNEY-GE ;" and yet The Patriot, the Government print, is completely silent on these supposedly momentous points, .Perhaps ►he whole will turn out to be a hoax, but a hoax *fiat ought not to have been played. LAST NIGITI"S GAZETTE. Intelligence from the Mediterranean has come to hand, by which we learn, that his Majesty's ship Imperieuse, Hon. Captain DuNcAx, has considerably annoyed the enemy in the Gulp; iof Salerno. On the 11th of October last, the boats of the Imperieuse, headed by Lieutenant TnAvErts, in a most gallant style, landed the boats' crews, under the walls of a strong fort, near the town of Possitano ; and engaged a force treble their own number, Which they dislodged, taking thirty men and fifty stand of arms. Of three gun-boats, which were moored under a strong battery in the Gulph, two were brought off, and one was burnt. The guns of the fort, which they found mounted, were mostly '24 pounders, which were destroyed and thrown over the cliff. Although the Imperieuse was exposed to a raking Lie. in going in, she had only her fore topsail-yard shot away ; and the whole of this gallant service was atchieved with the loss of one private marine killed, and two slightly wounded. Three Anholt Mails were received in the course of Thursday. The intelligence brought by them is as little decisive as it is important. Various articles from Vienna, Bucharest, and Semlitt, contain irreconcileable, because contradictory, representations of the state of the negotia lions between Russia and the Porte. This contrariety of intelligence on the subject of an event so interesting to the hopes of Europe, as the prospect of a peace between these two Powers, is peculiarly perplexing. There is every rea• son to think thatall the influence which France can exert will be employed to prevent the success of the negotiAtion. In, the contest which BUONAPARTE already foresees, and has clothtlus.cly fully t!etermined upon, it would be highly desirable for him to e: counter only a part of the military force of Russia. Whatever impediment, therefore, which away have the effect of affording employment in another . quarter to a considerable portion of that force, and which it is in the power of the FRENCH EMPEVOR to interpose, will be sedulously put forward by him. Every art of intrigue, and every measure of menace and intimidation, will be essayed on the occasion; and unless the two Powers, Russia and the Porte, should be sincerely zealous for the restoration of peace, the former from satiety of success, the . latter from a surfeit of disasters, and a defect of re sources, there is tco much reason to apprehend, that the cunning machinations and insinuating policy of the enemy may break off the negotiation, and replui;ge the parties into all the dangers and vicissitudes of a renewed and ran corous warfare. • We regret to say that another week has passed without our having learned any thing decisive of the state of anxi ous suspence and solicitude in which the public mind and feelings have been kept during the painful period that has e . ( pled since the first account• was received of the distress e state of the St. George, and the probable danger of the Defence, men of war. Nothing has been learned with Amy certainty upon the subject, and consequently we must stil} look forward with the greatest apprehension, though JA N 1. 12. not , • • e ee•• •.JI e .. ~., . —. not without some hope, to . the receipt of some positive in telligence respecting the fate of these vessels. The Dispatch packet arrived from Cadiz on Tuesday, with Spanish papers, and private communications to the 22d ult. Valencia remained in the possession of the Spa. niards up to the 1-Ith ult. and was then in no immediate danger. A letter from General COPONS, at Tarifa, states, that the French had abandoned their intention of besieging that fortress. The voyage of BA LLASTEROS towards Al. meira was a mere feint, the effect of which was the re. treat of the French detachments under Generals SEMELE and LAvAL. This purpose being accomplished, 13.w.A.5. TREWS returned to Los Barrios, from whence his.offici,ll communication is dated. A dispatch from the Marquis of MONSALAUD, Commander in Chief in Estremadura, of the date of the 6th ult. gives an account of some successes in the neighbourhood of the bridge of Almarez, where many prisoners were taken, and thirty waggons conveying peasantry to labour in the French works, who were stet at libel ty, and sent to their homes. Three thousand men had left Valladolid to proceed to the east, .probably to re inforce Marshal SUCH ET. The discussion on the Spanish Constitution was terminated on the 18th of last month. The Cortes.have acquitted Lieutenant-General D. M. DE LA PENA, and declare that they are peyectly satkfleil with his conduct on the sth of March last in the battle of Bar rosa ! As a proof of their high approbation, they have conferred on him the Great Cross of the Order of Cif A (ILLS 111. ! ! The public feeling in the city of Cadiz seems to he of a dissatisfied and gloomy description. Trade is dull, and money scarce. The letters likewise speak in terms of dissatisfaction of the conduct of the Government ; from its want of activity, they state, the most serious conse quences are to be apprehended at no distant period. According to the most recent accounts from Lord WELLINGTON, the rains set in on the .17th and 13th ult. and the army had gone into comfortable winter quarters. The wet season was expected to continue till about the middle of March. Lord WELLINGTON it was reported, intended to visit Lisbon. A very daring attempt was made by the Guerilla par. tizan ZA LDIVAII, on the Bth of last month, to seize and carry off Sotwr, as he was takinr an airing in the public walk of Bella Flor, at Seville. Illie design had nearly succeeded, but, unluckily, Souur was apprised by a shepherd of his danger, as he was apploaching the spot in his coach, upon which he immediately returned to his quarters, in the heart of the city. The Ardent, Rear-Admiral HOPE, the Dictator, and the whole of the remaining ships from Wingo Sound, passed Yarmouth on Tuesday. Extract of a letter from Plymouth, dated Jan. 8, says, ' " We are sorry it falls to cur lot to record the unfortu nate issue of a most gallant attempt made by the boats and launches, armed, and manned with 120 prime sea men and marines of the Colossus, 74, to cut out some vessels sheltered' in a deep bay in Basque Roads, defended by a line of heavy batteries and gun-boats. Unfortunately the business failed, owing to a strong tide setting in shore, though the utmost skill and gallantry was displayed by our brave fellows ; but the fire of grape, cannister, and musketry was so heavy, that some of the boats were sunk, and, we are sorry to say, all hands perished; some got ashore, and all the crews were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. We understand the gun-boats were concealed behind some rocks, and made their appearance in line of battle quite unexpectedly just as oar boats had reached the enemy's vessels, and opened a destructive fire, which did all the mischief." I