The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-08 00:00:00

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dies from St. Domingo of the Ist of Atte:Jett, state,
that n ;he part of the island under the tyranny of CHR IS •
TOPIIE. ail the whites (by which is unds,rt4nod the French
ol,) were massacred: CHR !STOP E, 611 h's return tO the
cope, after his unsuccessful expedition against Pqrt-au-
Prince murdered all his prisoners,
BUONAPAR•CE having signed sixty-five licences, and sent
them 4-itr for Pa, is, together with 'come dispatches of mo-
ment, foritis War Minister, the bearer t.f them, tbotigh pro-
te led 3% in Spaiii• by an escort, was seized,by the cos.acks,
and all his papers forwarded to General KUTUSOW. •
The .tatement of affairs in Spain, which the Moniteur of
the 2Rth ins,: contains, is not very remote, in its general re-
sult, fonn w'.at,we'before.knew. It represents the army of
CLACSFL AS reermai:ed by its late reinforcements, nod only
waui.,g to in, ke a forward movement, on time firs+ intelli-
gence of a diversion b) the united armies of the Ceritte ant
the South. It speAs, with natural exultation, of the .spirited
defence of BUrgos, by CenderadDy BRETON ; kut grossly
ex g.;e ales cmitr:loss. The rest of the apernint is made tip of
ref, its of reconnoissances of sm&l moment. A similar cha-
r:,:e ma) be given of ;he mattliings and countermatchings
of .euerai l ouc , and .'f the ,vecessive occu-
!winos. and e‘aculitiotis of Bi:boa, with the g+ eater Fart of
Alich ope; ations we were preiiously. acquainted. '
I etters .11a. e been reteiwed from Quebec to he 4th tilt.
Ti e.fn low.ng is an extraAt of the iateit 'intelligence they
conta;n, relative to the oterations of the ahnies iniCanade:
" 21,'etei S Lt. 214.
44 TI e threatened invasion seems to
/appro. t.r.: the American
arnr., about 10,000 met', are at Plausbutit, only Sxty miter te m
.Itrcalrarit' sir l7corce Prevost is on the lines, with .ib .ut (9
rep.ars, militia and India; s, all vit eli t.cutipped and ready to receive
tPut Our roiliga are, to a man ainuot, aNanist them v.atid•uie irc
not at all amicheosive of he result, but would .It4e to•see a few
that! an • r eulats arrive this tall."
A gent;eman of Pcrlse,., it is said, has submitted to go-
vernment a s'l';ell, that at the immense distance 'of three
mile, will explode 20 balls of combustible mater of three
inclies'';iliametei. at d upwards of !ono musket aod
balsa these will be sca.tered on the horizon, within a ‘•: fele
whose diameter is t4oo yards. The wet6ht of the shell will
be upwards of 2} cwt.
Madrid is at present very g4y. Ever since the entrance
of the British Into that (it there has been a tentinuaf round
of plies, balls, masquemades, concerts, and dinneri.' Only
one theatre, however, is open; most of the performers haying
scampeied oft' With JOSEPH.
lournal de P.riiisof the 25th of October, after giving
all'exact copy of the account of the a' rest of the three Ex-
Cene,als, as stated in the Mongenr of the preceding dny,
add,--" the above order was read last nigl.t by to; ch-light,
in all the squares and places where several streets meet in
Paris. The reading, Which attracted a numerous concourse
of people of all classes, We're every vibe! e followed las reite-
rated and general excla.natfons of " Long five the Etn-
pert.r."

A report has been in circulation, that Commodore
RODGERS is taken by one of the sltiprof war attached to the
squadron which lately sailed under Sir BPW ARREN.—
The matter has been thus explained: A trading vessel in the
American service, named the Commodore Rodgers, has been
captured. and this circumstance, by, a eery easy mistake, has
given oeca•ion to the tumour. We do not vouch for the
correctness of this representation.

AfeOCI ITION.—A et.rreptinclent, in the Isle of Man, says—" We
have a hovel sort of Association forming at this tulle—an Association fin'
the Destruction of noxious Birds !—Our native inhabitants wonder n he-
•ther it is to made birds of rissole .