The National Register. — London, England, 1811-08-04 00:00:00

4 , i0 conduct has not been calculated to remove. The timidity and reluctance with which he proceeds in his hostile steps, if they hitherto may be so denomi nated, againsi France, do not hold out any very encouraging prosprct of success in case of actua, warfare ; and we still retain our former opinion] that a .vi!r with ALEXANDER is courted by NAro- Li.oN, N‘11:;, consci:;us that he will be supported by Austria, and desirous of a fair pretence for eva. . ,„ cuating'the greatest part of the Peninsu l a, w h i ch he can no longer maintain himself, thinks the Russiatil...tripire too weak, when attacked at once on its Swedish, Polish, Austrian, and Turkish fron tiers, to oppose any efficient resistance, and prevent him from restoring the impaired lustre of Ills arms. Others attribute the tiirrous and undecided con duct of Russia to the influence of CCUIIt ROM ANZOEF, the most powerful partisan of France, over the Councils of his country. As long as lie retains his high office at the head of the Department for Foreign Affairs, they think no total change will take place in ALEXANDER'S policy. His removal, however, is confidently anticipated, and the follow ing reasons arc givt.n, we do not pretend to say with how much truth, but with much probability, for his prolonged continuanc:: in his present situa tion. General LAt:ltts . roN, the French 2,._mbassa dor still struggles for the Count's continuance in his office ; and as a probable method of effect ing his purpose, asserts openly, that the Porte will accept of no terms of peace in which the surren der of Moldavia and Wallachia is not stipulated to her. Russia has in consequence lowered her pre tensionS to the retaining only a part of the former of those provinces, and we have strong reasons for be lieving, that the Emperor has sent orders to the Commander of the Russian forces -there, and that without cpnsniting his present Foreign Minister, who is notoriously in 13coNArArnT's intereA, to make peace ) kvith the Porte as speedily as possible. Still, howeVer, it is proper to mention, that ROMA N7MEF, who embraces in his owu person a plurality of offices, is considered as likely to retain that of Pre sident of the Council. Arragon Gazettes to the 6th of June have an ived, but their contents are not of much importance. — They contaiu a variety of letters from the partisan Espoz i MINA, detailing his desultory operations in Naval re, particularly in the vicinity of Pampe- Itinr, dui ivy; the month of May. These operations were doubtless extremely harassing to the e: - ezny, but their general result is not of sufficient import ance to require their being particularly detailed.— These Papers contain many complaiats of the want of arms, clothing, and equipments, which is ex perienced by the Spanish troops in Valencia and . Arrag on. TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. FOREIGN INTEL L. IGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. FRENCH AND DANISH NAVAL EXPLOITS PARts, JULY 27.—The following is a letter frOm Rear-Admi ral Emeriau to the Minister of Marine, dated on board the Aus terlitz, Toulon Roads, July 19, 1811 : MoN sr torr havethe honottr to give an account to you? . Excellency of the arrival, in Toulon Roads, of the frigates Ames lie and Adrienne. As soon as I was informed by signal's that these two frigates were off Cape Betinat, I ordered thirteen ships of the line, and the Incorruptible frigate, to get under weigh. The wind was easterly, blowing fresh ; I therefore ordered them to steer out to the open sea, in order to get the wind, for the purpose of pro tecting those two frigates, which might be cut off by the ene my's squadron. His Majesty's ship moved with such celerity , that my van was soon in presence of the advanced ships of the English "vet, and so placed as to protect the two frigates, which, as well as the Ulm, the Danube, the Mugnanime, and tbe Bres law, exchanged some broadsides with the enemy's advanced ships. One of these advanced ships sustained sonic 'damage, and a frigate had its little topmast shattered. The Ulm had two nackstays cut, as al-.o her stay-sail, halyards, and her false bob stays. The two frigates, 'and the other ships, sustained no da- mag e. His Majesty's squadron manccuvred in presence of the ene my's fleet, consisting of IG ships of the line, two frigates, a cor vette, and a brig ; the two advanced guards were within twb thirds of uunon shot from each other, and the ether ships were, at furthest, twice that distance apart. The enemy having tacker! *II, I caused the ships to return to their anchorage. (Signed) E MERIAU. Stralsund, July 13. REPORT or M. FAL!IF.N, LIEUTENANT OF MARINE, AND CO/41.• MANDER or . 111 E ORDER or DAN NERROG. Having on the 2d formed a junction of my division with that commanded by Lieutenant Fog, and having learned by signals that ill einm' s squadron was at anchor between the isles of Scycroe and iliehnen, we steered tom: ds that spot, and next day discovered the enemy anchored to the S. E. of the isle of Hielmen, a league and an half distant, and consisting of four ships of the line, two frigates, two brigs, a cutter, and 16.) mer chantmen. All the armed ships were plac,d to the S. E. of the convoy; to protect them from the flotilla of the Belt. One small trigate and a cutter were to the N. W. at the distance of huff a league from the shlps of war. On the evening of the 4th, during a calm, I resolved to attack the convoy on the N. W. side, and at ten o'clock I sailed from the isle of Hielmen, with seven gun brigs, and ten boats. A dead calm lasted the win& night. In about an hour and a quarter, being within cannon shut of the enemy, the attack commenced with all possible vi gour, and lasted till three o'clock ; the cutter had then been sunk ; the frigate had lost some of her masts, and was on the point of sinking ; and a part of the convoy was very mu, h da maged. The grenades had produced a terrible effect ; two ships were already on lire; and others would have flirt the same fate, had not a wind sprung up from N. W. which in ten minutes blew very fresh. Seeing ourselves then chased by all the ships of war, we were obliged to retreat. I ordered four gun-brigs of Danish con struction, and ten boats, to melee off for Ilielmen with the help of their oars; while the remaining three brigs of English construction not bring able to use their oars from the height of the i,• waists,' attempted to reach land by tacking. The wind freshemd, a thick tog came on, and prevented its from seeing the chasing ships. Convinced that the enemy did not see us, I then changed my coarse, steering to the north ; and when again making for laud, I found myself unexpectedly cannonaded by an enemy's brig, which I had not seen. This brig having broke oer line, cut off two gun-boats, commanded by Lieutenant:: Buhl and (tideland, and poured in such a terrible tire, that these two o:Leers being severely wounded, and a terrible car nage made among the crews, they were obliged to surrender. The fog again favouring my escape, i availed myself of it ; but soon received a broadside from a 7 ' iitin ship, which from not perceivine it, I could not avoid. Scarcely escaped from this danger, I found myself under the guns of another ship of the line, which poured her shot into me, and damaged my mast and sails. I still hole-el to escape by dint of rowing, but had the misfortune to encounter a third ship of the line, whose fire I also received. In this situation, finding in) self surrounded with dead and wounded, being .also slightly wounded myself, I had no resource left, and surrendered. I was sent on board the Dictator, wht re Messrs. Buhl and Oldeland soon after arrived severely weunded. Tile English surgeon gives hopes of tapir I I