The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-23 00:00:00

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•LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23.
Three o'clock, p.m.
The Paris Papers rec Lived last night by no means
justify the warlike reports so current in the City on
Saturday. An article in the Journal des Dikes
positively contradicts the rumours in the Ultra
• Journals, that the French territory was violated—
that a sanguinary battle bad been fought with Mina,
and also that a French General had been struck
With a bull. These £►lsehoods were proplguted with
infinite industry by the Doile and other Papers de-
voted, to the war faction.—We do not believe that
• the negociatrons between France and Spain will be
broken -tiff abruptly, because, though the French
•Government was disposed to proceed to extremities,
the winter must retard hostilities; fur at this season
.of the year an invasion would not be attempted, un-
less that the Duke of Angouleme, as Commander in
-Chid, was desirous to show that in military•tactics
and enterprise he•weuld not be out-done by the for•

mer exploits of 13maparte, who marched a French
army across the Pyrenneee in the depth of winter.

By letters from Persia, dated Tabriz, the 27th of
August, it appears that on the lst of July, the Per-

sianr, under the -command •of •the Prince Royal,
marched front that city and attacked the Turks on
the 34 of August, who, in less than an hour, were
completely defeatetl, with the loss of their tents and
baggage, ten 4.pounders, two 12-pounders, one 14-
pounder, one 16. pounder, and one -mortar. The
l'ersians,pursued them to within two day's march of
Azzaroom, which place would have fallen into their
hands, but the cholera-morbus afflicting the victo-
rious troops, and fatigue rendering the disease mor-
tal, the Prince Royal and his army returned to
Tabriz with the spoils they had taken.

Accounts were received on Saturday at the Ad-
miralty, of the loss of his Majesty's sloop Racehorse,
4.;aptain Suckling, in attempting to enter the her-
bo,:r of Douglas, Isle of Man, on the night of the
11th instant. 'Notwithstanding the darkness of the
night, and the heavy sea that was breaking over the
ship, the Whole of the officers and crew, consisting
of more than 100 persons, were safely got on shore,
with the exception of Mr.-Bowman, master's mate,
three men, and one boy, who were unliatunately
drowned. The vessel is a complete wreck.
A letter from Bayonne, dated the 14th instant,
-contains the following intelligence from the frontiers
of Spain:—" It is not true that there have been any
engagements between the troops of Torrijos and
those of O'Denncl, though we saw some fugitives
arrive.here yesterday and the day before. The occu-
ration of Lombiere by the former is confirmed,
which places the General of the Faith in a critical
situation, and obliges him to divide his troops into
many parties the more so, as Torrijos threatened to
make a movement on Roncal. However, we do not
know where these poor wretches will retire, when
the Constitutional General has occupied the passages
of the Ebro, and placed respectable garrisons at
Tudela, &c. It is certain that O'Donners men
begin to desert, and we learn that great•numbers of
young men have appeared to take advantage of the
prolonged amnesty, and the Communes, tired of the
excesses of the deflaiders of the Faith, appear in-
clined to favour the constitutional army. The Ma-
drid mail has arrived without delay, which shows.
the roads are clear."
On Tuesday the 17th inst. a fire broke out in the
.chateau of the Prince of Orange, at Terveuren,near
Brus,,els: the cause of this is unknown.' Happily
it was discovered in time, and immediate assistance
being given, the fire was extinguished by two
o'clock, without having done any other mischief than
destroying some part of the small staircase near the
dressing-room.
The Journal de Paris contains a letter fmm Ve-
rona, which asserts, that in most qtience of the recent
ministerial changes at Constantinople, orders had
been sent by the Russian Geriernment to the Gene-
rals in 'Chief of the armies of the South and West,
for the concentration of their troops, in order to be
.ready for every event.'
A young wan named Cuignet, aged 21i, a farmer
in Fiatiders, who had assassinated his mother, was
executed at Lille on the 14th instant. He was led
to the scaffold barefooted, and his head enveloped in
a Wad: veil, and his right hand was cut off before
lie was beheaded. This unhappy criminal displayed
;he must ferocious :.cupidity.

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