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

AE NATIONAL REGISTEU. Lon Don. - SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1811. P r EPORTED VICTORY IN THE MEDITEREANEAN. Letters from Plymouth, received last night, con tain the important intelligence that the Toulon Vleet, having put to sea, with several thousand troops on board, was overtaken by Admiral THORNBOROUGH, when a general action ensued, in which the enemy were defeated with the loss of six sail of the line, and an immense number of men.— We have only to add, that at a late hour last night Government had received no advices from Admi ral THORNBOROUGII. 0 ' _ a of the French and Rhenish troops moving towards • , of Poland.—And also the circuisitance of so many of the French Generals having been ordered to Paris -0 NIASSZNA, IVIORTIZR, JUNOT, Nov, and others—Generals who world have been kept in Spain, if their services had not been wanted elsewhere. To all these facts we must unite the important omissions in BUONAPAIIi•E'S Speech—the omission of the mention of Russia—the rage he vents against us in en, deavouring to stimulate other Powers against France, and the doubtful indecisive manner in which he speaks of the continu. ! ance of peace upon the Continent. ACTION BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN VESSELS OF WAR. The origin of the cuntest between the Little Belt and the American frigate President, is yet involved in obscurity, no official documents have hitherto been made public. The Duke of Montrose packet are at Falmouth, on Tuesday last, bringing, it is said, Captain BINGIIAM'4 account of the aff4r ; but it Las not yet reached ;is. We give in another part of our paper some port letters, and an extract from the Nava Scotia Gazette, which concur in , stating, that the American gave the first offence, and that Capt. BINGUAM never struck his flag. It is asserted that the President had been sent in search of a British frigate, with orders to tale away by force some Americans whom she was stated to have impressed, or to bring her captive into some of the United States' harbours. Commodore Roczus., it appears, was so deeply impressed with a sense of the danger,- attending his enterprize, that he lao. sooner beheld the British flag flying, than fear magnified the little brig which bore them into a frigate ; and it was not until lie had received the fire of our little vessel, during three-quarters of an hour and found she would not strike, that his eyes were opened, and having suddenly perceived the dispatity of force, he sent his Lieutenant to apolo; gize for having engaged an English vessel so in ferior to his own ! That he must have known her to be an English one is clear enough ; for with what other country is America in a state of 4is pute, since she ostensibly considers the Berlin and Milan Decrees as repealed ? That he did not con: ceive her to be of such inferior force is some . proof that he was looking out for a larger vessel, and . confirms the account contained in the Falmouth letter, that lie was sent in quest of La Gtieri iere, iii order to take out of her the seamen which she was before supposed to haVe impressed frOm an gl-iO. rican ship. Captain BINGIIAM is understood to have declined the Americen Commodore's offers of assistance after the battle, though the Little Belt Was so shat'- tered, that it became necessary to conduct her first to Bermuda, where she had her masts fished; after which she proceeded to Halifax, where she arrived on the day mentioned in the former accounts, in 409 THE NATTNAL-REGISTER telOrmlm.mmsmow ... 1 • Remarks on Anti-Cluistian doctrine of Assassination, so large a proportion of paint-ined by several public writers in opposition to the highest towards the frontiers of Ministerial authority, in our next. so many of the French MARNENA. MosTirs_ DEFEAT OF 'THE Fri..ENCH. The report of a second engagement having taken place in the neighbourhood of Badajos, is again revived, founded on accounts brought by a transport, which reached Plymouth on Thursday from the Tagus". This action is said to have taken place at Usagre, and like the former one, was chiefly contest:A by the enemy's cavalry, and the Brit t ish under the command of General LU!ILEY. The t eneMy are reported to have been entirely de feated—a 'squadron of their Polish lancers were to a man cut down, our troops for a time having di rected their chief fury against that corps, with a elete.rmination to give them no quarter. RUSSIA AND FRANCE. The letters brought, by the Anhat Mail renew the report of approaching . hostilitie3 between Russia And France, and even state, in positive terms, that a rupture between these two Powers will shortly take place. • If, hOwever, this were the case, the RUssians would not coop up 10,000 men in a small island in the Baltic, 'as the following letters inform tiffs they have; but' would direct the whole bulk of . . their forte ag a i nst Poland, in order to protect their • own frontiers ;min invasion. „ • • COTTENDURGII, JUNE 17. ” Our letters from Stockholm speak iii positive terms of Inir ktween Franc , and ne Ftisiatic are fortifying Aland, where there are 10,000 men. he storm is certainly gatherinz, and will most assuredly be severely felt." The : - oliowin_r ?eater is from a gentleman in an official situation : 41 GOTTENTIURGII, JUNE 17. " Our account t- , -day corroborates what appears in the News papers, viz. A rapture 1. Invert Russia and France." Add to these letters the fact of the Danish army having been ordered to hold itself in readities to niarck—anti the circumstance of