The National Register. — London, England, 1813-07-18 00:00:00

TUE NATIONAL REGISTER. the 3d day of June, near Salon, and • immediately invested Tarra gona. " Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost had been previously detached with the 2d battalion of the (i7th and a part of Roll's and Dillon's re giments, to attack the Fort of St. Philippe, upon the Col de Ba in,7ner. He was joined there by a brigade from the Catalan Army. Captain Adam commanded the squadron sent to co opperate with Colonel Prevost ; and the great exertion of the troops and seamen employed upon this service under the direction of very able Officer. overcame the di ffi culties presented by the situation of the andfort, al obliged the garrison to surreoder, on the morning of the 7th. Lieutenant Dellattre, of Dillon's regiment, awl one Spanish Officer, were killed, as were six soldiers, and :37 were wounded. " In the mean time, Sir John Murray had commenced Ow siege of Tarra , :ona, but having inelligetice upon the I t - .?th. that a strong body of French troops had advanced from the side of Barcelona to wards Villa Franca and Vendrill, and likewise that Marshal Suchet was upon his march from Valencia, Sir J. Murray resolved to rare the siege, and the troops were embarked immediately, without any loss of men ; but they were obliged to leave in the ad vanced batteries some pieces of heavy ordnance, of which the car— riages were burned." _ _ The artillery left behind at Tarragona, •we arc informed, was the identical train with which Laid WELLINCTON re duced Bajados. They were sent back to the Tans, em barked there for Alicant, and taken from thence with the expedition, under the direction of a distinguished Officer of Artillery, who had been promoted for his tnetit at Ba dajus. This train was supplied with 300 rounds to each gun, and it wa, attended by one company of British, and three of Portugue , e artillerymen, in number at least SOO. The Madrid Gnt . ate of the 27th ultimo, contains General C sTANos's official di , patch notifying the peat battle of Vittoria. The inte!ligence was no sooner received in the pani,h Capital, than it produced the same burst of enthu siastiejoy and exultation there as it did in this city. I llumina tions took place for three successive nights, Lull-tights were exhibited as many daNs successively; and the produce of the latter was divided between objects of charity, and rewards for military service : part was given to the Hospitals, part was assigued as marriage portions for the dmghtet F of disabled soldiers, and part was bestowed on the most distinguished followers of the EMP EC,INADO. Four thousand infantry, and 1200 cavalry arc ordered to join Lord \V eit_lNGToN's army in the Peninsula, to replace the killed and woundM in the ba:tle of Vittoria. They will he landed at St. Ander. • Among the regiments destined for this service is the it',4 hussars, and detachments of the j3th.and 14th dragoons : the latter arc now on board of transports at Portsmouth. Accounts from Sa , agos•a mention that the French Gene ral CL A USET., Commander in Chief of the North, had ar rived the Ist of the prevent month, at which time the vic tory of Vittoria must have been ktwwn totim, and tlumgli the account must have reached Paris some days pievious to the publication of the List French Papers received, ye they continue silent on the subject. Report says, an expeditivn against the sonth coast of France, aditiniti2; the Pywnees, and comprehending as ob .jc.cts of attack the ports of 13a.,.0nne and ry , tii deatiN, is in contemplation. It is .to be cumposcd of a mixed naval and military force; and the whole, it is said, will be corn mantled by Admit:it Sir G. (CLLILa, %vile) has lou been stationed on the above coast. An article in the Ga:ctle (IC fiance, d iterl Vienna, the 47th tilt. states, that a rumour prevailed in that City, that the Congress Was to assemble at Gitsehen, and that the French Minister MARLT, aud the Ministei s of other Powers, were expected there on the 26th. ether rumonrs mention that it will be held at Prague. According to the 1:1tfo: aeconnts from the latter City, the Emperor of Au st"alA continued at Gitschen. • 457 On. Monday intelligence was received at the Admiralty, that Commodore ROOO eas, in the American 1' irate Pres i dent, had put into Bergen, in Norway, having proceeded to that latitude with the view of intercepting our Greenland ships. Orders wen. immediatly sent to Admiral VOUNG, 'off . the Scheldt, advising him of the circumstance, and directing him to detach an adequate force in pursuit of him. On the 10:11 ult: the Spanish schooner Veloz Pasagera arrived at Cadiz from Lima. She brought 1,800,000 dollars for the merchants, and 5,500 for Government, Letters and papers from the River Plate, to the middle of April, and advices from Rio Janeiro to the 16th of May, have been received. The consequences of the victory of BELGR ANO over the troops of Lima, were, that General COVENLCIIE had retreated from Potosi, and the peorle in his rear had joined the Revolutionists ; and the whole of • Peru was expected to be governed by the laws of Buenos Ayres. The miseries attendant on a blockaded city were such, that by the last accounts the people were escaping daily from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres. Some time ago the Governor and Cabildo of Monte Video protested against the tardiness of the Spanish Government in furnishing the sup plies necessary for the support of the city ; and declared, that unless the Cortes would send out a considerable reinforce ment, they would surrender the place on the lst clay of June last. Ire consequence of this protest, the Cortes dispatched the corvette Sebastiana, to announce arch intention to send off from Cadiz in 15 days, a reinforcement of from 2 to 3,000 men. The Sebastiana arrived on the Bth of April, at Rio Janeiro, and sailed from Monte Video on the 12th. In Lubeck the merchants have been more severely de: t with than at Ilamburgh ; for at the latter place the Frew h requested only a return of certain articles of stores and other goods in their possession, hut at the former they entered 0 e warehouses hy farce, and put the French seal on the me chandise. Sir F. Gont.o, Bt. and Mr. BurtKE, of Glinsk, on'Wedn dly waited on hfr Royal [Ugliness the Princess of WA r. :.t Kensington Calace, with the Con;Yratulatory Address of tl e Roman Catholics cf Ireland. Tier RoS•al Highness wto gracion l / 4 ly pleased to receive the Delegates in the most cot • .descending manner . , and returned the following Answer to the Address:— • " I receive with the iliglieqsati , fAction the testimony of affection for Inc, awl :your loyalty to the'Crfmn. " The people, of whom you farm so large a part, Ilaye ever Ltecti . diAinguiAled by tiiiirgeneron4 spirit, ;end :your body upon this, as on (leen•inni, slim') that it yieids to no ela•s of his Majesty's subjects in attleiimetit t.) the true principle of tl,e Co:1- stitatii;2:, and regard for the honour of the Clouse. of Brunswidi." On Monday, at a Coutt of Common Council held at Guildha'l, the thanks of the Coui t were unanimously voted to the Marquis of WELLINGTON, and the brave Officers and Privates tinder his command at the glorious battle of Vittoria. It was likewise unanimously a7;reed to place the bust of his Lordship in the Council Chamber. The ftee dom of the City, in gold boxes value 1002;s. each, were also oidered to be presen.ed to Sir T. CRA I 1 Am, and Sir Rows. Ntt Hit. L ; and also to Captain BROK E, of his Ma jesty's Isigate the Shannon, for his gallant conduct in the cature of the A merican frigate the Chesapeake. Wednesday a very proper example was made by Mr Naroc, the Magistrate, at the pe p tic Office, Bow -street, of the hackney-co;.e man driving . No. 335. Ho was taken from Covent Garden T eatre fe* nights ago to go to Welbeek-street, when he insisted upon st. ti tare being only :Zs. The Magistrates, with 's view of stopping fat impositiotis of this nature, convicted the co4cLinan in the penalty of J I LY IS. a qte Fe , • •