The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-19 00:00:00

SFPT. 19. over N M ACDONALD, and LAURISTON, between Borch telh"off and Greifcli, on the river liatzbach, and taken flora them no less than 50 pieces of cannon. Besides the 50 pieces of cannon, nearly all the enemy's waggons and ammunition were taken ; but no prisoners were made, as quarter, it is said, was not given on either side. The actions in which this victory was obtained, are stated to have been fought on the 22d, 23d, and 24th ult. General BLUiIiER was left in pursuit of the enemy. This imiortant intelhgelice is further confirmed by the fol lowing letter, from the head-qua! ters of t%ie CROWN PRINC E of SWEDEN : " Head-guru of the Prince Royal, Aug. SO. el Evers , thing appear: ii to unoo.loce. that the Dukc of Reggio would wait •us at EcmoanscLri: ne.:r Trauen-Brietzen, and the Prince mar, hed for Belitz to get as : but advices receiver, Ow :morning state, that he is failing back upon ti.• Elbe. Him Royal High r e s! ee i s this day established his brad-goi,rters at Buckholtz, near Trauen-Brietzen, not far frorn the trorri-rs vs. Saxony. " P M. de t4Cliarnhorst itas passed by BL:lin on his way to the Palace Royal. Ile brings the news from General Boucher, that on the '26111, he gained on the Katzhach, in the: v,t snity of Golberg, complete victory over the corps of Ney, i'latdonald, and Se bastiani. They speak 60 cannon taken, ru• d many ',Timmer,. The Prince Royai bring at Bi•ckholtz. it is impossible to hay.• yet all the details, but the Gland Ch ,ffluerluin. Prince de IVittgenstem, .%ho is just arrived from Berlin, has given us the above particulars, which he read in a letter to general Lestocri from Genet tel Btu bet. " A letter from Imdwigslust, (toed oil the Atli at ten in the morning;, says, that Davoust still maintained his position at Schwerin, thbugh harassed in him rear uy General letteub and on his left flunk by (acne; al Vegesach, FALL OF ST. SEBASTIAN :S. The Extraordinary Gazette containing Lord Wellington's and Sir Ths►mas Graham's Dispatches relative to the storm ing and capture of the Town of St. Sebastian, on the 31st ult. will be read with feelings of pride and Amiration. Never were such powerful obstacles opt used, and such skill and heroism disi.layed. It was stated at first that the Castle had immediately surrendered ; but the following Bulletin issued last Thuiday, shows that the Governor protracted his de fence to the 9th inst. when there is no doubt the Castle fell into our possession. " Admiraity.offlee, Sept . 16. " His Majesty's chip President. Captain Mason ; sailed from St. Sebastian's on the evenin, of the 9th. " At Live in the ntornitig of that day, Sir George Collier sent his last orders and, lettu . s on board the President, with a private note to Captain Mason. stating—' Castle will surrender to-day--a salute will announce it.' " Captain Mason states, that at noon a salute was tired, and when the President stood in-shore, at two p. m. the Spanish flag was flying on the Castle. No official dispatches, later than the 7th, have been received by the President." It will be seen with equal satisfaction that the Spaniards have distinguished shemselves by repelling an attack made by Soult, who crossed the Bidassoa in the vain hope of re lieving St. Sebastian. FRENCH PAPERS. French Papers arrived on Friday to the 14th inst.; but contain nothing UM from the Armies, a fact which satis factorily shows that the enemy bad no fresh advantages to boast of. No further allusion is nia , le to the wound which former French accounts stated \lwiEAu to have received. Instead of having lost both his legs, we begin to suspect that the report was invented by the enemy, who found that the appearance of so distinguished and belayed a Commander produced a dangerous effect aniongst their own troops. Pence also tl►e load of abuse which they have routed upon bun. THE. NATIONAL KEGIST A mail from Malta, arrived this week, brings an account of Admiral Fremantle having takeu and dest royed the ports of Fiume, Sequa, and Porto Reale, in thr . Adri4tic. The plague continued in Malta, and the mortality was still at SO persons daily. Subsequent accounts to the 514 August; received in town, announce, that since that period the deaths have decreased by one-half. . A mail from CAtenhurgb and two from Heligoland also arrived this week, but they brin g no news of any importance. There was much talk in Hat burgh of a variety of battlet baying taken place. The inhabitants of Altona were in daily apprehension Of a visit from the Cossacks. It was not thought safe to venture at any distance from those two towns. Advices of a late date from Koningsberg assert, that Prince Paul of NVurtemberg has gone over to the Allies with two regiments of cavalry, and that his example has been ful lowed by many smaller parties. The Danish Government has, on the 3d instant, issued a declaration of war against Sweden. .This document con. tains. as usud, a detail of various grievances ; it is, however. much more moderate than modern declarations of war have usually been, and we are glad to observe in it a return to the old principles of the law of nations, so infamously trampled upon by the French revolutionists and their apes, the Ame ricans. All Swedes, taken, no matter how, - are not to be ' considered as prisoners of war, but such only as are found in arms, and mariners. An Officer who has arrived from the Peninsula reports. that the army of Lord Wellington, in its present !date, amounts to 1 90,000 men, of which 30,000 are Portuguese, -40,000 British, and 50,000 Spaniards. Sotne private letters received by the President, mention. that Seult's loss on the 31st, - in the attempt to relieve St. Se, hastian, was neatly 7000 men. The Spaniards thrice lost and thrice retook their batteries. The Coquette sloop of war, which has arrived from San tander, brought a report that Pamplona was greatly dis tressed for provisions, the grain being exhausted, and the garrison reduced to live upon horse-fle sh. ifer Majesty and Princesses intend being present at the Consecration of Dr. Howley, the new 13k-hop of London. 1 whieh is to take place on the 3d of next month, at Lambeth Palace. Great preparations arc making for their reception. Government have resolved to construct a pier or break water, and form a harbour in Portland Roads, for the re -1 ception, shelter, and security of his Majesty's ships of the line. This project is designed to counteract the designs of the enemy from the new and nearly opposite harbour of Cherburg. A whale of an enormeus size, measuring upwards of se venty feet in length and fifty in breadth, was towed alongside the Whaler at the Mother Bank, on Wednesday. This fish was observed, on Friday week, following a shoal of small fish through Needle's Passage, which, thoueh sufficient for a seventy-four to pass, was inadequate to that of this unwieldy monster, as it soon found itself on a shingle bank, with the tide ebbing, consequently, notwithstanding the most violent exertions to get off, which were seen for many miles by the prodigious quantity of water thrown fifty or sixty feet high, remained an easy prize to the fishermen who went off and cut its throat, from which, and other wounds inflicted on itself, the sea was dyed for several miles. The supposed value is five hundred pounds. An estate of 60001. per annum, and nearly 40, 0 001. in specie, have recently devolved on the family of the late Rev. Mr. Glasse, Rector - of flanwell, Middlesex, whose pecuniary [ distresses, some time since, lej to his dissolution ! 1 Cottll Mr. Glasse, Rector of 11anwell, 'Middlesex, whose pecuniary distresses, some time since, lej to Ins dissolution ! M