The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-27 00:00:00

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cttybo• ICitl► 200 men, the remnant of more than
1,200 brave li.glish soldiers, who bud mostly perish-
ed through hunger or disease, M•Gregor sailed from
Aux Cayes for the above-mentioned Spanish town.
The place was gained, though with the loss of nearly
one-third of our unfortunate countrymen, and lost
after a very few days, when hardly one of them
escaped time edge of the sword. The Commander-
in-Chief remained on board his ship until after the
first action called, and betook himself again to sea
before the second began, never having seen blood
drawn, nor heard a shot fired throughout the whole
txpedition. Eight officers, including Colonel Nor-
colt, who had hitherto bravely headed the tromps,
ahandoncl their unworthy leader at Rio the la Bache,
;And published the statement to which we now refer,
as a protest against the conduct of M•Gregor, no,l
an exposure of his character and pretensions to the
world.

Thursday the Eleationa of Cutrmon Councilmen
in the different contested Words of the City of
London, finally closed. Mr. Harper, who repre-
sented Furringdon Without for thirty years, was
opposed, on the grounds of his uniform support of
Ministers. by Mr. Roberts, in the opposition in-
terest, and lust his election. In the Tower Ward,
Mr. Samuel Dixon carried his election only by
twenty votes, having been opposed by a oew-Chn-
didate, Mr. David Laing. In the • course of sub-
sequent proceedings n division was called tor, on a
resolution whiclrhad been proposed, when the pre-
sidin Alderman, Sir William Curtis, desired all
those who were not housekeepers and electors of the
Ward to withdraw, observing, that the Seditious
Meetings Bill had paved, and that if they re
mined, it would be at their peril, and cotdearyto
luxe. The worthy Baronet must have tergotten
that the Seditious Meetings' Bill had not yet re-
ceived the Royal Assent, and must of course hicw,
that such being the case, it was not then a tom. It
would have been rather an aukward circumstance if
he had committed any person who refused to with-
draw, on the authority of an Act that did not at the
time exist.

FROM THE JAMAICA PAPERS.

Blarantliog Expedition of Nl•Greg..r against Rio de la
. .

1-I:;rite, and iliggra‘”lal Fligh t.
OCT. 18 —The Lively Ann, the schooner Samuel,
and sloop Alesta, with 200 troops, under the com-
mand of M'Gregor, sailed from Aux Caves, 27th
ult. had on the 9th instant reached Rio de la Hache,
where they game to anchor and landed the troops
that night; M'Gregor did sot disembark. The
troops finding their Chief did not head them, ad-
vanced towards the town, attacked the Royalists in
the woods, and after a dreadful fire of grape shot
from the. Royalists, during which many of the
British officers and men were killed, they gained
possession of the town. The Riyalists, about 600
men, retreated, and no attempt was made by them
till the 11th instant. when they augmented their
forces, attacked the Garrison, blew up the fort, and
compelled the enemy to abandon their conquest and
Ay in all directions.
OCT. 23.—Accounts of further proceedings, on
the part of M'Gregor, against the defenceless inha.
bitants of Minezenelo de Cuba, have been brought
by a schooner from St. Jago. He appeared off the
coast of that island with two schooners, and was
joined the saute day by three other piratical ves-
sels, when he stood into the port, and sent in a
demand by a Spanish Gentleman, that if eighty
thousand dollars were not immediately sent off us a
ransom, the town would be plundered, and if re-
sistance was made would be set on fire. No answer
having been returned, the bouts belonging to the
marauding squadron were sent on shore with a
party, and a general pillage commenced, and lasted
for four hours, durin,, which time a considerable
booty ma, gainul, and r•
was afterwards divided, and
the vessels stood out of the curt, for some other des-
tination.

..... .
Other accounts state this to have happened on
the Bth inst. which throws snmc doubt on the cor-
rectness of Nl•Gregor :raving been concerned in this
affair, as he did not quit Itlo de la Ruche until the
Ilb inst. It is, however, certain that such an act
Las been committed, if not by him.
By the Two Sisters, we learn that Anry was still
at Old Providence, busily fittini• out a ship, to mount
20 guns; and, with the brig Mars, and another of
le guns, two schooners, and a Aileen, was to pro-
ceed on a cruise in the Gulph P.sssage, in order to
intercept a fleet of Spanish merchantmen that wine
expected at the Hay.mnah, trona Spain.

valleaday laat euur int at Edinburgh the trial
of Gtorge wi) had been tint oil had
under a charge of sedition—he did tun appear, sod %v.'.
therefore, according to the Scottish late, fogitated,
(outlawed) his effects all cumfucatcl, and his Jecogni-
sauces aucawd.