The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

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Since that time letters are said to have been received in
town froin General GRAIIAAr, dated the 27th and 29th ult.
of which the following has been given as the substance:
44 In that or the 27th, Sir THOMAS !t;l(eS hishavkg just received

intelligence intim 1.01 WELLINGTON. that Soma was pressing
upon the light Gf the Noble Marquis with thirty-live thousand men ;
his Lordship having with liko at that time only the divisions of Ge-
nerals PAKEN H 11, Pitt Nt; LE. and (I,rts cosi, but yet occupying
a strong position ; and bileg wall aware that Sir 11. HILL, with
whole division of ten 000 men, was tin a coining up, his Lordship
was detci mined to, exert liitn‘elf fiir the preservation of this posi-
tion, even under the existing disparity of force. The whole of the
26th was spi nt in efforts to this effect, the enemy incessantly at-
tacking; When, in the eve!iing, General HILL joined. and so in•
creased the force multi. Lind WI:LUNG roN, that the latter was no
longer in (lamer of Is. jug overpowered.”
From that of the .:9th it appear-, that '4 Sir r. (RATTAN heariah
a cannonade at a distance, and 'meet lain of the issue of au affair
upon w !deli his otvo safety depended, determii.ed to raise the siege
of the place, and accordingly embarked his bat terng train, as less
capab:e of a speedy rviwival in ease Of an vnieNency, though the

turn continued to maintain thowelves in the trenches ; but, un-

luckily, 200 Portnguole remaining too long in a deserted tart of
them, ‘v re male pri,•eners by tlie garri•on.—ln this indeciive state
things continued till S's THOMAS received itthiligelleC on the even-
in: or c4Btli of the dereat of SouLT, iu consegticnee of which the
ai title! y was re-landed, a:RI the siege of St. Sebastian YeS1111101."
A 'l-r the battle of the 28th, Sou LT iS stated to have taken

up a position close in front of Lord WELLINGTON, and to
ILtve received reinforcements to the amount of 10,000 men
under General VI LI.AT T E. I..ffi'd WEL I. 1 I'GTON is also re-
resented as having Keen powerfully reinforced, and another
action was expected by his Lord,hip himself; as he intimated
to Sir T. G RAH.% Nr, in a letter dated the evening of the 28 b,

from the scene of the battle of that day in the Puerto Mayor,
or great outlet from Spain into France. We are harpy to
undcrstlnd and to slate, that our Commander found himself
so • ireumstiincecl at the period of writing this letter, a, to in-
spire him with the fullest confidence as to the future—a con-
fidence which induced Sir T. Ci it Ait Am to resume the sus-
pended opera ions of the siege of St. Sehastian's with in-
creased diligence and vigour.

New-Ymk Papers to the l tttt n't. arrived on Monday,
containing a variety of important intelligence. It appeals
that the expedition under Sir .1. 13. \V A RREN, which sailed
lately from Bermuda, inrde an attack on the morning of the
2,2 d of June upon (:'ranev island, near Not folk. A landing
was effected at one print ; but the other attack having prov-
ed unsuccel.sful, the detachment which had of the de-
halkation was withdrawn. On the 2:,th a descent was made
by the Fame forces at Hampton. The enemy at this place
made an ineffectual resistince, and the town was taken.
lemaining some time in it, and destroving the public
stores, &C. our troops retired. The next visit by our troops
-.as expected to be pan! to the town of Hichmond. The
;;neatest consteina•ion lths been spiead along the whole of
the American coat. These Papers also confiim the farther
iJefeat of the ene y's army in Canada. It appears that a
Colonel BoEttsT t.sAt had marched from Fort George with
nearly six hundred men, uli,) wet e attacked by our troops, • nd
all of them taken. General DEA ituou N 'ass, the British and
Indian force did not Ex( ectl Sto men. He blames Colonel
BoRESTL ER highly, in a dispatch dated Fort George, .lune
'25. He adds, that the British fleet had again arrived in his
neighbourhood.
The followinz interesting account of the attack upon
Craney island, together with some of the subseum?nt pro-
ceedings on the American coast, has been received from an
(Alice': on itoai,l the fleet at the time :--
Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 7, 1813.
~e morning, the marines v.ere landed

A TJGITST

at Pig's-point, Virffinia, alumt two wile. below Clancy Island,
which is notified, and commands the passage to Norfo:k : it was
afterward. found necessary to storm the ou which were &,;)
picked nun, and thirty '24-pounders, flanked on its eastern end by
Id large Ameriran gun boats, and the American frigate Constella-
tion laying behind then' ; men, and the boats of the fleet, were
put under the command of Captain Peelle!, of Majesty's ship
San Domingo. Captain flio,dohett, of the Ihadcm, was ordered in
Id. boat to :rail tie• n to the attack : it was about eleven n•ejn-,:k
in toe foie:y.on ; Ile advanced! a!tort iy yards a-tread of the rest,
and alter tieing about two under dig- file of the enemy's vt-ty
heavy batlctirs and guil-boat., his tto.dt took the ground aboot 1(3)
yard. frond the n of their gun- : tllt re x‘as too much water
and mutt for the men to ,tale on shore., and tined. %Al.ieli were
astern were very soon *tin k by Vitit ‘1111•11 (!
sails of the first boat : the fue of arapc and cau;s!er at i'.:• ti,:a• was
tremendous ; and while Captain Hau. LI dt eta• to
save the crews of the boats winch woe sunk. min (Iv erml,
up, he received a canister shot' in his lett titeid, hr ;.e' t rl
as long as poisjhle, but sunk at la •t fit In the ;di:, ; zue
boat. immediately gave up. the atlat Iv. :oat retreat d. won
.l-
ed Captain ordered himself to be pat n.to a Ati;iii iiEd was
carried twelve miles to the Diadem, tie ship die co:cdo hat.
ing frequently fainted from the loss of Moo strati'. o' 'los
kind is a desperate thing to do at ri;,ht, out ill the of the
day it requires some strong Helves : we ate slid to have io.t 110
men that day.

" On the 25th we attacked the Awn iran camp at Hampton,
took and destroyed it, and killed about 300 Amerieans : lost 49
men. We embarked again on the t7tii ; the fleet %%a- then Lgy iota
in Hampton-roads ; some part had gone up Jane's's ri%er to wa,er.
The next attack it was soppoz:ed would be Baltimore, but it is ap-
prehended that it will not succeed ; indeed, we begin to t<<ie k tie
are too late, and have allowed the mei leans too much time to col-
lect their knees, to be i.ble to do any thing. Our force coosi,,ted
originally of only t!,000 bayonets, which is bombs dimmi-hing.
forgot to ti 11 you, that when our boats were sunk the Americans
came down mid shot the men swimming in the water ; but the brutes
got punished for it at Hampton. Our force consists of marines,
part of the 10_d regiment, which we got at Bviniuda, and two com-
panies of foreigners.
" Sir J. ft restOrd is blockading the American ships United
States, Macedonian, and Hornet sloop, in New London ; he has
with him the Poictiers, Mdid,tone, and a brig."

American Papers to the 14th ult. a:lived on Friday.
They contain an account of a very serious insurrection of :he
Negroes in South Carolina, in which from 3 to 400 whites
were massacred. A battle afterwards took place, in which
1,200 Negroes were killed and taken. Nine thruisand men
were immediately raised to protect the State. The Ameri-
can details of A dinii al WARREN'S late attack, which, of
course, most a rosslv and shamefully exaggerate the facts, are
also given. Pi esident MADISON continues seriously ill.—
The measures of the American Legisla•ure, for providing
ways and means in support of the war, proceed but slowly,
in consequence of the formidable opposition of the Fede-
ralists, or pacific party, in Coogress.
These Papers bring no further intelligence of the proceed-
ings of the squadron under Sir J. B. WA RREN. A flag of
truce had been sent to the Admiral, remonstrating against
certain barbarities alleged to have been committed by the
forces under his command. We have no doubt that thee
complaints of cruelty against our brave men are devices, of
the American Government to excite a spirit of national
hostility against us, and that there is no foundation for the
cha,ges bi ought against them.
A remonstrance has been addressed by the Legislature of
Massachusetts to Congress, in which the impropriety, im-
policy, and injustice of the war, and the necessity of peace are
ciposed with-a clearness of demonstration, a strength of argu-
ment, and a temperate dignity of style, which are now seldom
found in such composi!ions. A mong other i poi tant facts, it is
stated that arms have been refused to the inhabitants of M.is-
sachus,ets to defend themselves against us, whilst chains of
posts have bete formed, useless against invaders, but fallai4:ll

Ou the ::!".d of June