The National Register.
London, England, 1812-01-12 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL ItEGIST,ER,

day, throw any light on the proceedings of the parties said
to be concerned in the plot. The Freeman's Journal, in-
deed, informs us " that Keegan, the schoolmaster, is in
the •fower ; and that many Gentlemen were," on Tuesday
last, «examined before Mr. POLE and the ATTORNEY-GE-
;" and yet The Patriot, the Government print,
is completely silent on these supposedly momentous points,
.Perhaps ►he whole will turn out to be a hoax, but a hoax
*fiat ought not to have been played.

LAST NIGITI"S GAZETTE.
Intelligence from the Mediterranean has come to hand,
by which we learn, that his Majesty's ship Imperieuse,
Hon. Captain DuNcAx, has considerably annoyed the
enemy in the Gulp; iof Salerno. On the 11th of October
last, the boats of the Imperieuse, headed by Lieutenant
TnAvErts, in a most gallant style, landed the boats'
crews, under the walls of a strong fort, near the town of
Possitano ; and engaged a force treble their own number,
Which they dislodged, taking thirty men and fifty stand
of arms. Of three gun-boats, which were moored
under a strong battery in the Gulph, two were brought
off, and one was burnt. The guns of the fort, which
they found mounted, were mostly '24 pounders, which
were destroyed and thrown over the cliff. Although the
Imperieuse was exposed to a raking Lie. in going in, she
had only her fore topsail-yard shot away ; and the whole
of this gallant service was atchieved with the loss of one
private marine killed, and two slightly wounded.

Three Anholt Mails were received in the course of
Thursday. The intelligence brought by them is as little
decisive as it is important. Various articles from Vienna,
Bucharest, and Semlitt, contain irreconcileable, because
contradictory, representations of the state of the negotia-
lions between Russia and the Porte. This contrariety of
intelligence on the subject of an event so interesting to the
hopes of Europe, as the prospect of a peace between these
two Powers, is peculiarly perplexing. There is every rea•
son to think thatall the influence which France can exert
will be employed to prevent the success of the negotiAtion.
In, the contest which BUONAPARTE already foresees, and

has clothtlus.cly fully t!etermined upon, it would be highly
desirable for him to e: counter only a part of the military
force of Russia. Whatever impediment, therefore, which
away have the effect of affording employment in another
.quarter to a considerable portion of that force, and which
it is in the power of the FRENCH EMPEVOR to interpose, will
be sedulously put forward by him. Every art of intrigue,
and every measure of menace and intimidation, will be

essayed on the occasion; and unless the two Powers,
Russia and the Porte, should be sincerely zealous for the
restoration of peace, the former from satiety of success,
the . latter from a surfeit of disasters, and a defect of re-
sources, there is tco much reason to apprehend, that the
cunning machinations and insinuating policy of the enemy
may break off the negotiation, and replui;ge the parties
into all the dangers and vicissitudes of a renewed and ran-
corous warfare. •

We regret to say that another week has passed without
our having learned any thing decisive of the state of anxi-
ous suspence and solicitude in which the public mind and
feelings have been kept during the painful period that has
e. (pled since the first account• was received of the distress-
e state of the St. George, and the probable danger of the
Defence, men of war. Nothing has been learned with
Amy certainty upon the subject, and consequently we must
stil} look forward with the greatest apprehension, though

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not without some hope, to. the receipt of some positive in-
telligence respecting the fate of these vessels.
The Dispatch packet arrived from Cadiz on Tuesday,
with Spanish papers, and private communications to the
22d ult. Valencia remained in the possession of the Spa.
niards up to the 1-Ith ult. and was then in no immediate
danger. A letter from General COPONS, at Tarifa, states,
that the French had abandoned their intention of besieging
that fortress. The voyage of BA LLASTEROS towards Al.
meira was a mere feint, the effect of which was the re.
treat of the French detachments under Generals SEMELE
and LAvAL. This purpose being accomplished, 13.w.A.5.
TREWS returned to Los Barrios, from whence his.offici,ll
communication is dated. A dispatch from the Marquis
of MONSALAUD, Commander in Chief in Estremadura, of
the date of the 6th ult. gives an account of some successes
in the neighbourhood of the bridge of Almarez, where
many prisoners were taken, and thirty waggons conveying
peasantry to labour in the French works, who were stet at
libel ty, and sent to their homes. Three thousand men
had left Valladolid to proceed to the east, .probably to re-
inforce Marshal SUCH ET. The discussion on the Spanish
Constitution was terminated on the 18th of last month.
The Cortes.have acquitted Lieutenant-General D. M. DE
LA PENA, and declare that they are peyectly satkfleil with
his conduct on the sth of March last in the battle of Bar-
rosa ! As a proof of their high approbation, they have
conferred on him the Great Cross of the Order of Cif A (ILLS
111. ! ! The public feeling in the city of Cadiz seems to he
of a dissatisfied and gloomy description. Trade is dull,
and money scarce. The letters likewise speak in terms of
dissatisfaction of the conduct of the Government ; from
its want of activity, they state, the most serious conse-
quences are to be apprehended at no distant period.
According to the most recent accounts from Lord
WELLINGTON, the rains set in on the
.17th and 13th ult.
and the army had gone into comfortable winter quarters.
The wet season was expected to continue till about the
middle of March. Lord WELLINGTON it was reported,
intended to visit Lisbon.
A very daring attempt was made by the Guerilla par.
tizan ZA LDIVAII, on the Bth of last month, to seize and
carry off Sotwr, as he was takinr an airing in the public
walk of Bella Flor, at Seville. Illie design had nearly
succeeded, but, unluckily, Souur was apprised by a
shepherd of his danger, as he was apploaching the spot
in his coach, upon which he immediately returned to his
quarters, in the heart of the city.
The Ardent, Rear-Admiral HOPE, the Dictator, and
the whole of the remaining ships from Wingo Sound,
passed Yarmouth on Tuesday.
Extract of a letter from Plymouth, dated Jan. 8, says,
' " We are sorry it falls to cur lot to record the unfortu-
nate issue of a most gallant attempt made by the boats
and launches, armed, and manned with 120 prime sea-
men and marines of the Colossus, 74, to cut out some
vessels sheltered' in a deep bay in Basque Roads, defended
by a line of heavy batteries and gun-boats. Unfortunately
the business failed, owing to a strong tide setting in shore,
though the utmost skill and gallantry was displayed by
our brave fellows ; but the fire of grape, cannister, and
musketry was so heavy, that some of the boats were sunk,
and, we are sorry to say, all hands perished; some got
ashore, and all the crews were killed, wounded, and taken
prisoners. We understand the gun-boats were concealed
behind some rocks, and made their appearance in line of
battle quite unexpectedly just as oar boats had reached
the enemy's vessels, and opened a destructive fire, which
did all the mischief."