The National Register. — London, England, 1813-11-07 00:00:00

'714 The report of the fall of l'ampeluna was again prevalent on Friday, although we have no doubt of the event having taken place, nothing official upon the subject has yet been received.—Government, however, arc in hourly expecta titm of receiving a confirmation of these reports, the gene ral belief being, that it cou!d not have held out beyond the 2.5 th ult. According to report, " the event was accelerated by the ,piriled message sent to the Governor by the Spanish Commander, Don earlw, hop , iting that a French soldier should he put .to death, for every native starved to death after the 25th, if the garrison had iations. The garrison Nverc, at the time of this notice, reduced to a ratio of four ounces of horse flesh, and a quarter of a pound of biscuit a I _ man, 1 er day." A letter from Andaye, dated the 12th ult. states, at that time there weie only two British regiments in Fiance. The , French troops were 40,000 strong, but so dispirited,,that they could-not be induced to face the Allies. The spirit of insurrection is increasing in South America ; but we learn from .Barracoa, that two line of battle ships, with 23 sail a merchantmen under their protection, having •on boa.d 6,000 troops, from Cadiz, touched 'at that port on the 2d instant and took pilots on board for the Ha- We learn, by letters from Holland, that no less than twelve houses of the first. respectability there, have just stopped pa - ment ; and that those have been followed by a Joimber of houses of inferior note ; so that public credit at .Atnstei dam is completely shaken. REPORT OF THE BREST FLEET BEING AT SEA.—A letter from Plymouth, dated the Ist instant, says, " the Brest fleet are reported to he at sea. There is the greatest bustle here, in consequence of victualling the ships ir, har bour, the whole of which wig sail immediately." The American schooner Firefly, Ellwell, from Boston bound to Bordeaux, has been captured by the Revolution _mire frigate, and sent into Plymouth. Capt. Ellwell reports, that the Presidimt f, igate, Commodore Rodgers, had arrived at Boston previous to hi leaving it. American Papers were received last night, with the un pleasing intelligence of the capture .)f a whole British squa dron on Lake Erie. It must not be forgotten, however, that the force thus captured was armed by the patriotism of our Camdian subjects, and formed no part of the British navy .; Ilk: NATIONAL INTELLAANCI B. St rr. Copy ur A LL"( TIM FROM COM..I I I.IIItY TO TUE SECIALTAIIY OF itIE NAVY. " 1.:111ed States brig Niagara, off the Western Sister, Head Of Lake Erie, Svpt. 10 11.11:i, Four P.:\l. " It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of the States a signal victory over the it enen:ies on this Lake. The 111 G.sh se:pm:ken. c. nsi,ting of two ships, rise. brigs, one schooner, and sio,p, have thi, nem.ent surrendered to the force under my conk 2w:it& alter a sh yip conflict. have the honour to be , Sir, very revetfully, yonr obedient 11. PERRY." "'l Ire "Hen. W. Junes. Secretary of the Navy." s' `.ll. SrN U:11 SEPT. 12.—Victory perches on onr naval stand str:i Comoterlore Perry has eapttired nearly if n t all the enemy's fci ; s t r ip., taco brirt, one schooner, and one sloop; and tukeil mole ers Cain oe had men on board." Monday, the Magistrates at the Middlesex Sessions pro- II ninced their Judgment in favour of the conviction of the perfoi wets of the Pantheon Theatre. Mr. Candy means to bring the business by Cellioral i into the Court of King's Bench; the subject will therefore undergo a final and complete discussion in the course of next Term, when the law, as relating to the authority of the Lord Chamberlain. he effectually settled and established, as far as it regaids enteitainmeuts. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. NO" 7. c Extract of a letter from Windsor, Nov. 1 k . The King amuses himself with playing on the flute : he now orders and gives directions respecting his dinner. His Majesty), esta bli s h e d pages to take their turn in waiting upon him, as usual. The Queen frequently visits the King, and holds conversation with him in the presence of the Physicians, Her Majesty's vilits arc sometimes re peated more than once in a day. The procession of the Prince Regent on Thursday, to open the Session of Parliament, was conducted with a consi derable degree of splendour. • In the forenoon a guard of honour, -accompanied by a full hand marched to the entrance of the Pal liament House. About the same time, the Lord] Chamberlain, and Mr. Quarnr, the Deputy "Usher of the • Black Rod, with their attendants, according to ancient custom since the gunpowder plot, examined the cellars and apartments adjoining the House. The Prince Regent set out from St. James's Palace in his state-carriage drawn by eight cream coloured horses precisely at half past one, accompanied by the Duke of Montrose and Lord Boston, the Lord iu Waiting. The procession was led by several other carriages in which where his Royal Highness's attendants, and was closed by several parties of horse and foot guards. The concourse of people assembh d in the Park and in the streets was greater than has been usual on similar occasions, influenced, probably, by the fineness of the day, and the universal satisfaction produced by the brilliant successes of our arms and those of our Allies. The whole was conducted with the greatest decorum ; and the Prince Regent, after having opened the Session of Parliament, returned to St. James's in the same order iu which he had proceeded from thence. Lord Clare, who seconded the Address to the Prince Re• gent, in the House of Lords, is the eldest son and successor of the celebrated Lord Clare, Chancellor of ',eland. Lord Compton, who moved the Address in the Commons, is eldest son of the Marquis of Northampton. An appeal, we understand, is to be immediately made to the public spirit of the Militia of the United Kingdom. The object of it will he to induce a large proportion of that valuable brands.of the national force to volunteer for foreign service, by companies of front 60 to too men each ; either for the pnrpose of becoming regulars, and of reinforcing the weakened battalions in the army under the command of the Marquis of 'Wellington ; or, retaining the denomination of Militiamen, to form • provisional battalions to serve for a 1 limited period, under the command of Militia officers. ebe pulpit. [Press of Political and other important intelligence hai presented this communication from appearing before.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISI R. Oct 3 1213- SIR,—In Onesimus's account of the Rev. W. Faulkner of this day, there is a paragraph beginning " where the gospel is preached ,with popularity," &c. (I refer your readers to it, it is the fourth paragraph) to which he has my most hearty assent. I am afraid religion in these " professing times" is more a fashion than an affection with us. Verilatis Amator has contradicted my assertion, that reason, in reli gious matters, is to he consulted in preference to passion; however, as he has a light to his own opinions, he of course will allow me mine. The Christian obedience in the gos pel is called " a reasonable service," and I believe every one who really understands the " workings of nature" will allow, that religion, depending on the passions alone, will ne'.er continue religion long ; for the passions will go into ex tremes unless iezulated by reason, for the pw r .fit arc always