The National Register.
London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

SEPT. lg.

6, The Dokt of Earn •a lni had several affairs of adv:.nced posts,
uhieb attest toe intrepidity of his troops.
Gplivnil I'4loam:tie, commanding the Ist corps, on the c. 511?
dc-
bonclied by ; and on the vsth took possession of the
ca:tip at Pima, of the town, and of Hohendorf. He int(..rcepted the
;A."0,1 coor!:.onication from Prague to Diesden. The Duke of
Wit tai:: t,' a!:. with 15,00te Russians, was charged with observing the
tiebooeh. Do the 28th, General Vandamme attacked and defeated
Mtn, to,l ‘z,Outt prishners, six pieces of cannon, and drove him into
The Prince of Pews, General of Brigade, an Officer of
_tat .c as killed. The '2 9th, Onn. Vandamme tol.k a positioa on tl e
of Bonemia and established himself there. .11c caused the
c)in.try tc be scoured by difkrent turrties °flight troops, to obtain
iz.tcl:iuenre • i the enemy, annoy him, and seize upon his magazines.
7%!v! Piinee oftektwall was ou the .24 tit at Schwerin. He had had no
.:lair con.egnence. Tne Danes had distinguilhed themselves in
scv.-Ni! tvi!ling atlairs. The opening of the campaign has been most
ut, and allows us to form gi.cat hopes. The finality of our in-
fa,itry is mach superior to that of the enemy.---(lllunittur, Sept 6.)

The Moniteur of the 6th contains a very long extract of a dispatch
from the Duke of Ar;ueera to the Minister at IVar, dated V with dl,
ficigust 19. P relates cuthely to the illAredes and dispositions made
be the troop, nailer his command, tor the purpose of raising the
s,ieL,c of Tarrattona. There is nothing vet y material in these details.
The prinein:d skirini.sh mentioned took place hefore !Slunk, between
90i) tuir,e undei tl.e br,ther or Lord Ilentinek, and the van-guard
of the French. 6erieral 11e,c!op is stated to have roNted the t'..7.2.-
lodt. ami wounded or taker two Othet rs, and from to •10 incn.
voemy's w only two so jeants wounded and taken. Th!,
reports ends vv the f. I:owing pal Oculars of 'the dcAinetion of
:—.alt !p(•ak of day the tiring of the' e uitir aanonoet,;l that
wa.• abut to be sneccs.-ivi iy set to :dl the n,ines. The inhabi-
tants ha i received ortlers to heel) at a dist, anco, and the troops were
tnrlrr ininh
s Te Cervantes hariion, crcelvd on sume very ancient
•iri •ti ry of fret in thickness:, and which had taken fittten
v.ork to pert...rate a suitable chamber in, was the first which
blew rp. In all part', the succes,ive es:phi-ions attested the talents
of our miiser,, twenty-five months before. had innnortalized
thorns:Ayes by thcit valour in attacking the vast fortifications of this
plaue.
Tarragcna bombarded and burnt by the French in 1311, by the
Fant:iish in 1813. and utterly dismantled on the 18th August, ex-
hibits nethi,.e. !,at an heap of itins. Thus the Imperial army,
after 1.-% pr,sc%'-rd Tarragf na for twenty-five months and a half,
has, by a .fro,h effort, saved a feeble garrison of ',GOO Frenchmen,
attacked by a tapnetous ar:tly by sea and la d.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

TORPEDOS AGAIN.

Pionronx, Junv (27. Mr. E. Mix, of the navy, a gentleman of I
integrity will elite; prize, has Lech for several weeks past
Torpedo% to attempt the explosion of the enemy's shipping
ill
Lyinthavendiay. The B.ilish '4 ,trun•ship Plantagenet, that has
fora month past btea lying abreast of Cape Henry light-house,
and has rarely had the company of any other vessel, appeared tti
Mr. Mix as the most favourable ohjeet ihr trying his expel intent on.
Accordingly, on the night of tee I(ith of July, acrompaide:l
by
Captain Bowman, of Salem, and Malshipman l'.l(l:rAan, of the
fl hited States navy, %vim volunteered their wsistance (luring the
enterprize, be left his place of rendezvous aim proceeded
down to the Plantagenet, of 74- guns, in a large open boat, which
Lc calls tite " Chesapeake's Mr, firm previous observation
found no difficulty in ascertaining the posit:un f the chip. When
he had got within 40 fathom of her, he droppt d the Torpedo over;
in the very instant of doing Which, he was ILiiled by one of the ene-
my's guard boats. The tinieldue was speedily taken into the boat
again, and lie made his way oil in 3alety. On the night of the
19th lie made another att;?•opt, and was apin discovered ere lee
coal(' accomplish his plop Ou the night of the Voili he suc-
ceeded in getting within I 5 y.Esla- of the :.hip's bow, and directly
inn ler her II li-hoot. Tlivre it eontinned mat,ing his preparations
for 15 minutes, when a sen:inel from the forecastle hailed " boat
?limy!" and i.e had to &camp. Feittilal not being answered,
tired his musket, which W 35 followe.l by a rapid discharge of small
arms. lihie lights were made to Mel out the boat, but failed ;
they then threw the rocket: in different direetions, which illumined
the water for a constdera's;e width Ea. as !hey were thrown, and
succeeded in discovering the position of the nocturnal visitor, when
the ship commenced a rvid bre of howdy gnns, slipped her
and mode sonic sail; w%ile her boats ,Aete stilt in pur:ts't.

daring itu ,art. Th: visits w re rv•
pc:AtZion nights Vs _ . A tf3d, without success, as the
ship, having taken the alarm, changed her position eve!
On the night of the 24th, however, Mr. Mix succeeded in finding
her out, and having taken his position within 100 yards dist:awe,
in a direction with her larboard bow, he drOpped the rata) machine
into the water jnst as the sentinel was crying ' aIN well." It was
swept along, with the tide, and would have completely eiffivted its
errand, but for a cause not to !,:e named here, but which may be easily
unarde,i against in fill tire experimen ts,—i t exploded a few wealth too
soon. The scene was awfully sublime! It was like the covens ion of
an earthquake, at tended with a sound louder and more terrific than the
heaviest peal of thunder. A pyramid of water, fifty feet in circum-
ference, was thrown up to the height of thirty or forty feet; its
appearance Was a vivid red, tinged at the sides with a beautiti 1
purple. On ascending to its greatest height, it burst at the top
with a tremendous explosion, and tell in torrents on the deck of the
ship, which toiled into the yawning chasm below, and nearly upset.
Impervious darkness again prevailed. Time light occasioned by the
explosion, thongli fleeting, ehableol Mr. Mix and his companions to
discover that the fore-amine' of the ship was blown off, and a boat,
which lay alongside, with several men in her, was Alamo Hp in die
dreadH convulsion of the waters. Terrible indeed must have been
the panic of the ship's crew, from the noise and confusion
appeared to our adventarers to prevail I,n hoard ; and they are err.
tail that nearly the whole ut the ship's crew hastily betook film-
sclvt s-to time tio.its.
Thollull he did not 'nested on this occasion in destroying one of
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the uneiny's ships, Air. 111 ix is rather encom aged than di,heartencil.
lie is re-..lced to make. another- attempt as soon as time aml
rir-
emiist;nices mill !wroth ; and he appears confident from the expc.
ricnre which practice has givcti hint, that he will be ah:e to make
titture ,vita of sucee:..
Sinre the torpedo explosion on Saturday night, the Planta:lrrupt
113 i 1/1 ;:tnirded be a 7 and two frigates, which, with t; or
three tcuders, comprise all the shipping in . • •

NOVA SCOI I A PAPERS.

WAYiIM;FON, JuLv 9.

" It i 5 with flinch %atisfaetion I acquaint you, that the tyrannical
Farthargn Bill, which Lathy passed tire Lower House of Convess,
has been rejected liy our independatit Senate, 13 to 16. Two
Senators were absent, Da=rt. of Connecticut, and Smyth, of
Marylantl, who would have voted ag,iiiist the hi:l.
" The No litaises will adj:Airn on Monday next, mkt* soma
other violent or heal measure i, proposed by the Executive.
" It is reported, that the Enllish hate run their rig, as the
sallOrs Can it, An the Patoinack, have passed up Chesapeake Bab
and arc traii-terrinl the alarm to Annaph, ;111(1 Mobtovin."
NEw YonK, Jui.Y :11.—General Arinorong, the Secretary lit
War arrived in this city yesterday, on his %ray to the northern
front ler.

GENERAL, ORDER.
Ilead-quarters, X,ingAtou, July 15.
His Excellency the Contmander of the Forces has received s
flispateh front Major-Gown:lde Rot tenburgh, reporting a !niece:44W
attune upon the enemy's post and dock-yard at Black. Roelo,saat day.
break nit the morning oi the 1 i tit inst. by detachments of the King's
and 41st regimmits, together with Lieut.. Fitygibboo's party of the
-19th, and about 40 militia, the whole amounting to '240 men, under
the command of Livia -Colonel Bisshopp. The enemy's position
carried by a pitited attack, without the loss of a single man.
S,.veral large boats, laden with stores anti provisions, and three
field-pieces were hi-might away; a t.e3sul and the naval storelsontes
have been hunt. Uotorttuttely, before the evacuation of the port
wa. completed, a strong reintorcement of the enemy, aidetk by
Indians, pressed upon this small detachment, by which Captain
Satmdc”,.of the 41st, and fifteen men, were h lied, ;Ica Lieut.
Colonel Bisshopp, Lieut. Mont tresson, of the 41-:, and fateett 'auk
nut tile, wounded ; the wounded were brought over. Lient.-Colocel
Fli,shopp ha, received, three %yowls ; severe but not considered
(long rous. By His Excellency's command
EDWARD BAYNES, Adjutant-Get:era'.

General CAST ANOS has been removed by the Spanish
_
Government from the Captain Gene:talt"
Armies.—Lord %V EL LINGTON is highly
mannur in which the General has been
militay command.

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GIST c
handers. however, *clasped mi
mi the nights atilt' 21st, and

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Ishii) of the Spiiii,li
y displea-sed at the
rernoVcd limn laic