The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-08 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL

The PRINCE REGENT arrived at Brighton. between edit
and nine o'clock, on Wednesday evening. his Royal
Ilighness wls greeted by the acclamations of hundreds of the
inhabitants who waited his approach. •
Lord WHITWORTH is expected to leave London on the
vAli instant for Ilelaud, to take upon him the Lord Lieute-
nancy of that coo n try. The Duchess ofßicu NtnND gives her
fa! ewell ball on the PRINCE RECPENT'S birth-day at the
Cas'le, previous to her leaving Ireland.
A Mail from the Leewaid Islands arrived on Friday
The packet was chased by the Congress American frigate,
*bat escaped by superior sailing. The Congress had taken
two-vessels from the Brazils ; one was given up to the crew.
Mondav,.a mail arrived from Jamaica, with papers and
letters to the .2ist ofJune. Accounts received at Kingston
from the Havanna!) mention, that the Ro%al :•;panish• troops
have been every wile' e successful over the insurgents, and
that the communication between Vera Cruz and Mexico
was again open, and was expected that the Spanish Clonstitul-
tion would be adopted by the whole population of the

country. ,
Private accottpts from Heligoland state, that the Danes
have declared Gluckstadt and Husum to be free ports, and
that the pecuniary embarrassment of the Court of Copen-
hagen has reduced it to this necessity. Numerous vessels
had arrived at Heligoland, with corn, which were to return
with colonial produce under the protecT int) of this arrangement.
The enemy are still making excurions at Ilamburgh, and
adopting every precaution in case of the renewal of hostili-
ties. Their treatment of the inhabitants is described as
most batbarous. Even ladles of the first respectability, who
had disp!ayed their zeal in the cause of fl eedonk, as well as
gentlemen, are compelled to Five their assistance at tt
fortifications. The young females, who had worked the co-
lours presented to General Tettenborn, have been particu-
larly selected as the objects of severity ; and the venerable
Clergyman Nvho consecrated them, though almost ninety, ins
been compelled to serve out their allowance of spirits to the
labourers twice a day,

The following is believed to be nn accurate account of the
introduction of the plague into Malta. A vc,sel arrived
there on the Ist of April. from Alexandria, and it was re
poi ted that a contagious fever %vas on board. The ship was
immediately ordered into strict quatantine. The fever, as
it was misnamed, not subsiding, after 13 days. the veNsel
ordered to le,tve the harbour, and return to Alexamh Lt. In-
telligence was afterwards received from ..‘lexandria, stating
that 12 bales of goods were missing ; and no doubt is enter-
taked of their ha% ing been fraudulently int:odoce, into
Malta. Their loss cannot, at least, he 'Accounted for in any
rn her way : and their transfer to the Island have been tn()st
fatally evinced.

The following is an extract of a letter fioni Alicant, tlatra
Done 20 :-

You have, of course, heard the main facts of our ex-
ploits,—our excursion to Tartagona,—and our brilliant re-
treat ; but a few of the details may amuse you. On the 28th
of May, we commenced the embarkation of our force, from
our old Murcian positions ; and on the morninv of the 3d
of June, .were landed in front of Tarragona. We -pushed
on the affair prosperously enough f:r a day or two, dlove in
the French, and hcgan playing from our first ba!terV on the
sth. Less ianguine spirits might have !wen now a hide
elated at our chance of success ; by the 1 t th, we had e1,!...en
23-pounders, five howitzers, and five mortars, all Ma /jog
away. together,--a fine force as ever trod S:panish ground,
teady fur whatever W.AS to coma,--=i flotilla of gun and mor-
tar boats CIQiC in shore,—a breath in the wal'.s, which 15as