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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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SPAIM
Alicant Diaries have been received to the 6th of Decem-
ber, from which the following article is extracted
Alicant, Dec. 5.
44 We have received various accounts with regard to the situation of
the important affairs of Valencia; but, those which appear best founded,
and most authentic, agree in relieving us from the anxiety produced
by the apparent slowness of proceedings; convincing us that there is
Nothing mysterious in it, but rather that it is calculated for more com-
pletely displaying, on some future day, those eff.)rts which, we trust,
will lead to glory and triumph.
44 We know that the reinforcement which was supposed to come
from Madrid, and had arrived at Requena, has been obliged to re-
treat, notwithstanding the marching out of 2000 of the enemy to facili-
tate its junction with Sucre r's army; and that the divisions of Senors
LAMAS and 13AssEcoult r have placed it between two fires, so as to
render its escape difficult. We now learn, that the above reinforcement
is the same which SOCKET detached from Valencia to Arragon, with the
object, it is believed, to restrain the rapid progress of the Est eteiNADO
and DURAN ; and the new route assigned to it was only to induce a
belief that reinforcements were on their march to him.—Upon the whole,
affairs seem to present an encouraging aspect. General FREIRE, with
$OOO men, has advanced to the vicinity of the Valencian army, and is
acting with profound skill in accomplishing the orders of the Com-
mander in Chief. SUCUET must feel considerable alarm; for it will
be difficult for him, with 12,000 men, of which his army is composed,
to resist effectually more than 30,000 combatants.
41 The numerous deserters who come over to us say, his troops are dy-
ing rit' hunger; and that the little bread which they have is of had qua-
lity, and as black as pitch.' It lA said that MINA. has repulsed a colunm
of 6000 of the enemy who had marched from Panirluna to reinforce
Svc"' ET ; and it is added, that the greater part of them were ra w
troops of the last conscription."

LOSS OF THE ST. GEORGE 'AND DEFENCE.
We are grieved to state, that all doubts respecting the
fate of the St. George and Defence men of war are at
length removed, by the unhappy confirmation of the loss
Of both these ships on the 24th ult. off the coast of Jutland,
with the lamentable addition, that of the two crews, con-
sisting of 1380 men, not more than eighteen were preserv-
ed from the pitiless gulph.
The advice of these afflicting events was received by the
Anholt mails, and the particulars are as 'follows :--
COPENTIAGEX, DEC. 31.--Advice ha; been received here
of the English ship St. George, of 9S guns, commanded
by Admiral Reynolds, and the Defence, of 74. guns,
Captain Atkins, having, on the morning of the 24th of De-
cember, been stranded on the coast of the Barony of
Ryssensteen, in the district of Ring liovbing. The crew
of the first-named ship is said to have of 850 men,
and that of the last, 530 men, exclusive of Officers. In
half ;:in* hour after that the Defence struck, she went en-
.tirely to pieces, and the whole of the crew were drowned,
with the exception of five seamen and one marine, who
tavtd themselves on pieces of the wreck. The body of
'Capt. Atkins came on shore by the sea. In the afternoon
-cf the following day, a part of the St. George's cabin
and stern flame, on which a number of people were
standing, was perceived from the shore, a piece of the
mast being cut away, a number of people got upon it, of
lvtiCh it is supposed' but very few can have escaped, as the
.des and current, vvhich ran strong southerly, with the
-wind at N. N.N.'WI. washed the people off it before they
tobtild reach the shore. Some endeavoured to save them-
:selves bn a raft, but who, according to report, had pe-
rished. Accounts had likewise been received from Lemvig,
'efating that the St. George was entirely sunk, and only
"iisfetie men of her crew saved. The ship was above
8O) fathoms off the shore.
The sit men saved cut the Defence have on exam-
inatiOnlleclaiied, that the first came of this misfortune was
:the St. George having last month lost her masts in a gale
of wind, when. off Lolland, in the Belt, and consequently
*hen she cafte* into the North Sea, could not easily be
brought into stays, or keep up with the fleet, which

JAN. 19.

came out from Wingoe near to .Gottenburgh on the 16th
of this month, and consisted of three ships of the line, viz.
the Victory, of 100 guns, Admiral Saumarez, Commander
in Chief ; St. George, of 98 guns, Admiral Reynolds ;
Dreadnought, of 98 guns, Vigo, of 74 guns, Admiral
Dixon ; Cressy, of 74 guns, Orion, of 74 guns, Hero, of
74 guns, and Defence, of 74 guns, beside some other
smaller ships of war, and a fleet of about 150 sail of mer.
chant vessels. As it was blowing a heavy gale, Admi.
ral Saumarez gave orders for the Defence and Cressy
to keep close to the St. George. The Hero and some
other smaller ships were directed, as the wind was against
them, to return back to Wingoe with a part of the mer-
chant vessels which had left the other ships of the line, and
sham' their course for England. The St. George. De-
fence, and Cressy, kept the North Sea five days in a dread.
ful gale from the W. N. W. West and Scuth, but at
length had to combat with a terrible tempest from the NW.
until they were lost. Whether the Cressy has been strand.
ed farther towards the Southward, or has got clear, is
not yet known.

The Hermes, Captain P. BROWNE, sailed on Friday
from Portsmouth, with a convoy of transports, for Co.

runna.
The letter received yesterday from our Correspondent
at Portsmouth, contains the following paragraph :
" Pox rSMovrtt, JAN. 16.—Three of the unfortunate Hero's convoy
have arrived here this week, viz.—Wolgac, Diadem, and La Nymph ;
they now form part of the convoy going out under ie Furieuse, Capt.
Mounsey, and Zenobia, Capt. M'Kenzie, to convey arms, ammuni•
tion, stores, &c. to the Mediterranean, for the use of the patriots on
the coast. The Masters of the above ships were well acquainted with
the strong currents that set in on the coast of Jutland and Holland, this
time of the year, and, by hauling their vessels well off, they saved
their vessels front a similar fate to that which befel the unfortunate
Hero.
They write from Sweden, that there was every prospect •
of a good undersstanding between that Country and
England ; and that the French Charge d'Affaires either
had quitted, or was on the eve of quitting Stockholm,
and the French Consul, Gottenburgh.
Dispatches were on Friday sent off for Cadir, with
propositions for adjusting the points in dispute between
! our Minister and the Spanish Government.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, as will he seen by
our Parliamentary Report, brought forward his proposition
respecting the permanent arrangement of the Royal
Household, on Thursday night, in the House of Com-
mons. The proposed measure will, we are confident, prove
satisfactory to all ; because, whilst it provides the appro-
priate State for the efficient Head of the Government,
it surrounds the sick bed of the diseased Sovereign with
all that can be substantially necessary to his comfort and
dignity.
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