The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-30 00:00:00

./. company with the Rattler. They were met with on the morning of the same day on which they en tered port by the Vesta sloop of war, bound to Eng land; which ship arrived about ten days ago, and was the bearer of the first tidings of the affair : consequently Government was in possession of the principal facts a short time before the slightest in timation of them reached ,the public. As soon as the Little Belt arrived at Halifax, a Court of In quiry was held upon Captain BING TAM ) and his Officers underwent a strict examination, and con curred in• all the material facts, such as they are said to appear in the Nova Scotia Gazette : the principal of which were, as before well known, that the President fired the first broadside, and that the Little. Belt never struck her colours, although en gaged with a vessel of such superior force. This is a circumstance particularly grateful to British feeling, and one that has excited the admiration of the Americans themselves. The 'Little Belt lost 11 men killed, and 21 wounded. It was generally rumoured, that about 12 of the latter had died of their wounds ; but we believe the following extract of a letter, from a 'Gentleman belonging to the Naval Hospital esta blished at Halifax, will be found accurate upon this head : " Naval Hospital, Halifax, May 29. 4 4 I. suppose the business between the Little Belt and the American frigate President will make a great noise in England. I send you a pretty cor rect account of the piratical transaction; in addition to which I have only to state, that one man has died at the Hospital since ; we have two others with amputated legs, and another that can never serve again. The Master is also badly wounded, but I hope there may be a chance of saving his arm. This has been one of the best fought actions on record ; the Little Belt has 18 guns (carronades); the President, 30 long twenty-four pounders on her gun-deck, and 21 forty-two pounders (carronades) on hir quarter-deck and forecastle." FETE AT PARIS. Paris Papers to the 23d instant have reached us. They contain no intelligence from the seat of war ; but are filled with details of the fetes which have follovk`•ed the christening of the King of ROME.— The following is an extract that may give an idea of the nature of these entertainments. Their chief object is to divert the attention of the people from the events of the war in Spain, and, in this, the characteristic levity of the French insures complete success. '• PARIS, JUNr 22.—1 n the fete of St. Cloud, to-morrow, pro visions will be distributed by lotteries. There will also be foun tains of wine. The inhabitants of Paris, Versailles, St. Cloud, _ and the adjoining Communes, will be admitted to draw in the lotteries. The drawing for Paris will take place at six this evening, at twelve different places. The prizes will be paid to morrow, at four P. M. in the park of St. Cloud. The fountains of wine will be opened at the same hour and place. 44 The public will enjoy the park, walks, games, &c. a!kl every thing is arranged to give a succession of amusements with out confusion ; so that his Majesiy's intention of having Y day consecrated to the joy of his pecple may be azcomplislied. The Orangcrie is to serve as a banquetting-hall. The fire-works will be let off in the plain of Boulnne. At sun-set there will be a general illumination, and the dark woods will be lighted by a profusion of variegated lamps. The castle will resemble an en chanted palace. The grand cascades w ill play. Upon a theatre in the open air will be given The Fete da Village, and a Ballet by M. GARDE:L. Madame BLANCHARD will ascend in a large gilt balloon. 46 French funds, 79 f. to c." It appears by the proceedings of the House of Lords, on Friday night, that the claim of the eldest son of Lord BERKELEY, by MARY COLE, since Countess of BERKELEY, has been disallowed. • Licences have been granted by Government, we understand, to permit French vessels to export Mar tinique and Guadaloupe sugar and coffee from this kingdom to France. Letters from Memel, of the 9th inst. informs us, that the French are busily employed in fortifying themselves in all the towns of Prussia of which they are masters ; while the Russians, on their side, are not less active in completing the defence of the Polish frontiers. It is from these demonstra. ti ens chiefly that the public form their opinion, which are of a nature unequivocal enough ; but nil official declaration from either of the Powers has a‘ yet taken place. They write from St. Petersburgh, that the Em peror ALEXANDER had sustained a serious injury by a fall from his horse. The blow which he re ceived was on his head, but his life was not consi dered as in danger. All the Russian seamen belonging to the men of war in the port of Riga, to the aniount of 20,000, have been sent to augment their army on the ft Wl tiers of Poland. According to the last accounts received from the North Sea, Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ and Admiral GRAHAM still remained with the British &et is Wingoe Sound. BERNADOTTE is using every means in his power to augment the Swedish army, which will perhAp, in the event of war between France and Russia, be employed against the latter on the side of Fin. land. The latest accounts from St. Petersburgh which had reached Gottenburgh, are of the same date as the letters from Memel, namely, the 9! . 11 instant. From these we learn, that an affair . of a peculiAr nature had taken place at Riga. Three persons of a suspicions appearance had been arrested there by order of the Russian Government ; two habited like Monks, and one professing himself to be a music master. They all proved, however, on examina tion, to be French engineers, and of course spies in the employment of BuoNAPA RTE. This is esteemed a strong indication of the views of the French Go. vernment at the present moment.