The National Register.
London, England, 1811-10-20 00:00:00

NATIONAL

is finally settled that the Parliament shall be 11
assembled for the dispatch of business in the first I
week of January. The restrictions n the Regency
are to cease and determine six weeks after the meet-
ing of Parliament. So that by meeting in the first
Nveeli in January, they will cease about the middle
cf February.
It appears that considerable reinforcements of
British troops are under orders for Sicily, and are
now on their way. The Leyden and Freya men of
war, having on board the 75th regiment, with de-
tachments of the Corsican Rangers and Meuron's
regiment, sailed from Jersey on the 10th inst. for
Sicily.
A very heavy firing was heard at Dover on Wed-
nesday from the French coast. No cause is assigned;
but we conceive that it may, probably, have been in
Celebration of the relief of Ciudad Rodrigo, which L
achievement the French may, for want of better,
be disposed to show off aS a glorious and import-
ant victory.
The Corte; have passed a Decree for the Abo-
lition of Feudal Rights in Spain. We understand
it was the huhject. of violent debates in that As-
sembly.
The Prince Regent of Portugal has conferred the
Orier of the Castle and Sword on Lord Wellington. ,
At the top of the star is a castle, and in the cere.re
is a ..sword with a wreath over it. At the bottom of
the ribbon to be worn with it is a likeness of the
Prince Regent. The Order was established a
short time previous to the Prince Regent leaving
Portugal.
The Spanish Gererals, Licy. and Sat sfield, lately
descended the Pyrenees, and with 6000 men en-
tered the French territi:ry ; after levying contrihu.
tions to a considerable amsimt, and collecting 500
Iscs sec, they returned to their former ground with
the whole of their booty. General Lacy, previ-
ously to his entering France, issued orders to his
mien not to plunder or molest a single individual ;
and declared, that for every Frenchman assassi-
nated, ten of the regiment to which the netinderer
belonged should be.shot. Generals Sanfield and
Lacy. are sons of Irishmen.
The rep, rt of Peace having been conclud 'd be-
tween Russia and Turkey still gains gi ours& A
Turkish frigate has arrived at Portsmouth, which
left the Dardanelles the 3d of September, anl it is
affirmed that she conveys official intelligence to the
above effect.
The Adelaide cartel is arrived at Dartmouth,
fi.orn Morlaix : she has brought an American Mes-
senger, with di patches, and two or three Ladies,
who were previously in captivity.
Mr. White, Master of his Majesty's ship Tartar,.
had left that frigate a few days before she was.
wrecked in the Baltic, by taking the cornin.sncl of a
valuable prize, saich sprung a leak in a gale of
wind, and was foundering-, when h: r signals of dis-
tress were providentially observed by his Majesty's
ship Eger ia, which bore up, and took all her crew
out just as she was going down, and brought them a
few days since into Leith. Mr. White says, that it
was the general report of all the vessels he spoke en
his passage from the North Sea, that the 'Fartsr was
lost on a shoal, in the Guleh of Finland, not laid
down in any of cur charts.

The arrival of the Fox frigate a fortnight ago
put us in pcissessinn of the intelligence of the ca •-
ture cf two French fi igates out of three, which had
been destined for the relief of the Isle of France;—.
The Moniteur of the 6'h inst. contains a detailed
report from Capt. St. Cricq, of the Clorinde frigate
(the one which escaped), narrating his voyage in
company with the frigates • Renommee and La Ne-
reide, Captains Roquebert and Maresqueller, to the
Isle of France, where they arrived on the 6th of
May, but found it in possession of the Engli,h—a
brig and• two of our frigates were lying at anchor in
the harbour; Tl:e French Captains, under such
'circumstances, thought it advisable to steer ter
Madagascar to procure provisions. They got sight
of that island on the-19th of May, and on t!:e 20th
perceived they were chased by three frigates and a
brig, which they soon recognised to be the same
they had seen at the Isle of France, and finding no .
alternative, it may: be presumed, prepared t 9 en-
gage. The rest of the narrative consists of a state—
ment of those very unfortunate accidents which so,
often befal French ships when they engage the Eng-
lish, and not only prevent their capturing them, but
cause them to be taken themselves, such as sudden
calms, which unexpectedly came on, and prevented
their coming up in time to each other's assistance—
the intenSe darkness of the night---:and most *a..
vonrable weather ; the result of all which was, that.:
the Renornmee and the Nereide were entirely sepa-
rated from the Clorinde, and she was unable to re-.
join I them. Without ascertaining the fate of his.
companions, or perhaps being afraid to --state it,
Capt. St. Cricq sailed away, being in want of pro.
visions, and then made the best of his way to Eu.
rope. Our readers are aware that the official details
"of the capture of the two frigates have not been
1 received.- The Clorinde, according to this ac-
count, had one man killed, one drowned, six se-
verely wotinded, and received great damage in-her
masts and rigging.
We are sorry to learn that on Monday last his
Majesty's' ship ,La Pomone, Captain Robert Bar-
rie, having on 'board Sir Hanford Jones, our late
Minister at the Court of Persia, struck on the Needle
Rock and was lost. The officers, crew, and- pas-
sengers were, however, happily all saved. • La
Pomone struck between half past six and seven
o'el,ck,p, in. and though every effort wets made to
get her off, 'by cutting away her masts and throw.
ing her guns overboard, they proved ineffectual.—
Sir 'Hayford Jones, by the desire of Captain Barrie,
left the Pomone about eleven o'clock, at which time
her masts were all gone, twenty of her main-deck.
and most of he; quarter-deck guns, had been thrown
overboard, and the ship was sticking so hard as to
give no hope of her holdnig much longer together.
Nothing could exceed the coolness and discipline
exhibited by Captain Barrie, and his officers and
crew, on this trying occasion, to which in a great
measure may be attributed the saving of the crew
and passengers. The Pomone lett the- Dardenelles
the ad, Malta the 17th, Cagliari the 423 d. Severn-.
be'-, a-ad Gibraltar the 611 October. She tele-
graphed the Admiral at the latter place„ and was
answered there was no news. Sir Hartord Jones
arrived at the Foreign Office Wednesday tnorning,
at six o'clock. On board the Ppraone were three. very