The National Register.
London, England, 1813-11-07 00:00:00

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The report of the fall of l'ampeluna was again prevalent
on Friday, although we have no doubt of the event having
taken place, nothing official upon the subject has yet been
received.—Government, however, arc in hourly expecta-
titm of receiving a confirmation of these reports, the gene-
ral belief being, that it cou!d not have held out beyond the
2.5 th ult. According to report, " the event was accelerated
by the ,piriled message sent to the Governor by the Spanish
Commander, Don earlw, hop, iting that a French soldier
should he put .to death, for every native starved to death
after the 25th, if the garrison had iations. The garrison
Nverc, at the time of this notice, reduced to a ratio of four
ounces of horse flesh, and a quarter of a pound of biscuit a I
_
man, 1 er day."
A letter from Andaye, dated the 12th ult. states, at that
time there weie only two British regiments in Fiance. The ,
French troops were 40,000 strong, but so dispirited,,that they
could-not be induced to face the Allies.
The spirit of insurrection is increasing in South America ;
but we learn from .Barracoa, that two line of battle ships,
with 23 sail a merchantmen under their protection, having
•on boa.d 6,000 troops, from Cadiz, touched 'at that
port on the 2d instant and took pilots on board for the Ha-
We learn, by letters from Holland, that no less than
twelve houses of the first. respectability there, have just
stopped pa-ment ; and that those have been followed by a
Joimber of houses of inferior note ; so that public credit at
.Atnstei dam is completely shaken.
REPORT OF THE BREST FLEET BEING AT SEA.—A
letter from Plymouth, dated the Ist instant, says, " the
Brest fleet are reported to he at sea. There is the greatest
bustle here, in consequence of victualling the ships ir, har-
bour, the whole of which wig sail immediately."
The American schooner Firefly, Ellwell, from Boston
bound to Bordeaux, has been captured by the Revolution-
_mire frigate, and sent into Plymouth. Capt. Ellwell reports,
that the Presidimt f, igate, Commodore Rodgers, had arrived
at Boston previous to hi leaving it.
American Papers were received last night, with the un-
pleasing intelligence of the capture .)f a whole British squa-
dron on Lake Erie. It must not be forgotten, however,
that the force thus captured was armed by the patriotism of
our Camdian subjects, and formed no part of the British navy

.; Ilk: NATIONAL INTELLAANCI B. St rr.
Copy ur A LL"( TIM FROM COM..III.IIItY TO TUE SECIALTAIIY OF
itIE NAVY.
" 1.:111ed States brig Niagara, off the Western Sister, Head
Of Lake Erie, Svpt. 10 11.11:i, Four P.:\l.
" It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of the
States a signal victory over the it enen:ies on this Lake. The
111 G.sh se:pm:ken. c. nsi,ting of two ships, rise. brigs, one schooner, and
sio,p, have thi, nem.ent surrendered to the force under my conk
2w:it& alter a sh yip conflict.
have the honour to be, Sir, very revetfully, yonr obedient
11. PERRY."
"'l Ire "Hen. W. Junes. Secretary of the Navy."
s' `.ll. SrN U:11 SEPT. 12.—Victory perches on onr naval stand-
str:i Comoterlore Perry has eapttired nearly if n t all the enemy's
fci ; strip., taco brirt, one schooner, and one sloop; and tukeil
mole ers Cain oe had men on board."
Monday, the Magistrates at the Middlesex Sessions pro-
II ninced their Judgment in favour of the conviction of the
perfoi wets of the Pantheon Theatre. Mr. Candy means to
bring the business by Cellioral i into the Court of King's
Bench; the subject will therefore undergo a final and
complete discussion in the course of next Term, when the
law, as relating to the authority of the Lord Chamberlain.
he effectually settled and established, as far as it regaids
enteitainmeuts.