The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-31 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER . JAN. 3, PRICE OF STOCKS ON FRIDAY. - ----- _ _ 2 per Cent. Con.. ... .... 291 ii i Ex Erns. (3l) 10 II 9 pm. 3 per Cent. Had. 4 per Cents. l5l 1 Bank Long Ann. lst 5-I9 I s per Cent. Navy . SS* it Ditto Bonds A Sec ni Address to Sir Fr:incis Burdett, Bart. by " An Eector of 'Westminster," on the Freedom of Election, in our next. The Correspondent who favoured us with a call yesterday, will find a Letter a our Office to-morrow. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. tontion, SUNDAY, JANUARY - 31. There is some hope of one of our squadrons falling in with Commodore RODGERS, as our readers will see by the following letter -- COMMODORE RODGERS' SQUADRON. " S:TLLA, JAN. 36.—Arrived the Flying Fish, Captain FROOD, from St. Michael's, bound to London ; sailed the 10th instant, and on the 12th, fell in with Commodore Roriccas's squadron, consist ing of three frigates and two brigs ; was within gun-shot of one of the frigates, but being a goad sailer, she escaped. On the 15th fell in with a British squadron of three sail of the line and two frigates, t , whom Captain FROUD gave the information of the Americans, and they immediately went in chase, and he has no doubt.but our squa dron would fall in with them." The Gottenburgh Mail which arrived at the beginning of the week was unusually barren. It only brought the spe culations of individuals, instead of official intelligence. The defection of the Prussians was not yet known in Sweden, though rumours of the surrender of part of M ACDObIA LD'S army began to he circulated. By the French papers since received, to the eoth inst. it appears, that this Commander had effected his retreat to Konigsberg, which he reached on the Sd. the same day MURAT had left that place for Elhing. There is no doubt, but MACDONALD would also shortly follow the same rout e, as he was too weak to oppose a success full (resistance to the Russians, should they have really ad vanced against him, and as it must he MUR AT'S chief object to collect all the remnants of his force in his new positions is front of the Vistula, in order to pre'ent, at least, the sem• blance of an army, both to the enemy who threatens hirn, and to the Coweripts and other reinforcements that have been sent to join the " Grand Army." Of the actual entrance of the Russians at Konigsberg, no certain tid ings have reached us. The Corvention concluded with General D'YoaK may have rendered them indifferent as to its occupation, whilst the fatigue of the troops after a pursuit of six hundred miles without halting, must have rendered a tune of rest necessary. It is, therefore, not improbable, that up to the middle r,f this month, they hnd not passed the Niemen in any force, anti this opinion is c(.rr•borated by the ease with which 1‘,4 A C DON A I.D in his weakeeed state entered Tilsit, which had been for upwards of •a week in the posses sion of a Rusi;ici corps. The French Palle' s, as usual, magnify the preparations which are making throughout the empire to replace the army they have lust, by another equally powerful. NA eO - N may hriog men to the fiat!, but the main pillar of his strength, his veterans, much reduced by the former campaigns in Prussia and Austria, and the destructive war in Spain, have now almost entirely perished. Some corps which had been left in the Interior. probably because their 71 the tucleus-of a fresh army ;•but it must be long before it can successfully contend with the warriors who have re deemed their capital from the hands of invaders, and hurled hack on the head of their assailants the destruction which they had spread through the other parts of Europe. Austria, it is said in these Papers, after mature consi deration, has resolved to execute all the stipulations of her treaty with France, and replace her auxiliary force on its full complement. At the same time she collects an army of reser% e of One hundred and twenty Thousand men on her northern frontiers, ostensibly for their protection. If this be true, it may have checked the advance of the Russians until they had aseertained the real intentions of the Court of Vienna, lest they should find themselves in nearly the same situation as the French at Moscow, should Austria see and seize an opportunity for falling on their rear. This measure, on the other hand, may have been adopted to blind the French Emperor, and prepare for a junction of force with the victorious armies. Ministers arc about to send out arms and equipments to the Baltic, for the supply of the Inhabitants of those States on the Continent, who may join the standard ofindependence against Buonaparte. Various orders have been received in town from Bel ltn, for coffee, sugar, Brc. The Continental merchants flu longer deeth it necessary to write in cyphers and abiguous terms, but communicate their orders in the usual stile of business, without any fear of the consequences of violating the "Con tinental System." - The letters by the last arrival from Cornnna, mention ano ther action, in which the valiant chief, M rx A, has again dis tinguished himself; it took place it the neighbourhood of Pampluna, and many of the French were killed Lnd taken prisoners. Advices from the Sierra Morena state, that the few French that were in La Mancha had withdrawn northerly and those which were in the centre of the Peninsula were taking the direction of the Ebro. Extract of a letter from Setzen, in Conrland, dated De cember 17th:—" The day before yesterday' there passed this place a Polish regiment, the last of those which infested this neighbourhood. Overcome with cold and rilpire, they took up their quarters for the night in the neighbourhood of Set;. zen. A whole battalion of 700 men lay ie a large cattle shed, and in the most negligent manner kindled a tire in the shed. White they were all asleep, the tire burnt on, communicating itself to the building, and, according to the report of some of the soldiers themselves, 400 of theit comrades were burnt to death: severity of them were not completely dead, but were so frightfully burktk, that they ex[lred before evening." The last Papers received from the Uni . ;ed te'tates talk of a great mortality, which still prevails in the invading American army, particularly a mongst those troops stationed at Burling ton. From five • to twelve men arc stated to die daily : the 11th regiment in particular has suffered greTi!ly. The cause of this sickness in the army is traced to the soldiers having been encamped in a low wet plain. Ins:Aires weie known wherein the troops had been exposed for ten days together, during very cold and stormy weather, poorly cIA, and with a tent to cover them. The question of the Merchant's Bonds remains. unsettled, and was still under the consideration of Congress. It is noticed, in some letters from France, that a Procla mation has been issued by Buos APART C, :t1 which he de clares, that the punishment of de:o h shall be inflicted on all those composing the late Crand Army in Russia she) 1. Id iv ^t a „withiu his . , , • • JAN. St THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ' 1 PRICE OF STOCKS ON FRIDAY. the nucleus of a fre ~?, S prr Cent. Con.. ... .... 291 ii i Ex Sias. 1 1 3 per Cent. Had I'e 7^. l, 4 per Cents. l5l f Bank Long Ann. lst 5.49 # s per Cent. Navy . SS* it Ditto Bonds deemed their capital hack on the head of A Sec wi Address to Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. by "An Elector of they had spread throe 'Westminster," on the Freedom of Election, in our next. Austria, it is said The Correspondent who favoured us with a call yesterday, will find a deration, has resolve Letter a our Office to-morrow. treaty with France, s . full complement. A . ',: THE NATIONAL REGISTER. of reser% e of One on her northern fn 1; . lf this be true, it ti tonton, , Russians until they h SUNDAY, JANUARY' 31. Court of Vienna, lc: • , the same situation as I see and seize an opp( There is some hope of one of our squadrons falling in measure, on the oti with Commodore RODGERS, as our readers will see by the blind the French Ei following letter -- force with the victor COMMODORE RODGERS' SQUADRON. " SCILLA, lAN. 36.—Arrived the Flying Fish, Captain FROLTD, Ministers are abot campaigns in Prussia and Austria, and the destructive war I H......, -- - in Spain, have now almost entirely perished. Some corps !dares, that the punishment of de:oh shall be ialicted on which had been left in the Interior, probably because their all those composing the late Ciaud Army in Russia %vitt) wounds and services entitled them to the rest and pay of in- I have deserted his standard, should they.returnrithiu hit • raids, are now on their march to Poland, and may become territories. • c