The National Register.
London, England, 1814-03-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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CAPTURE OF THE CLORINDL—The following is an extract or
a pi ivate letter from an Officer of the Emotes, giving particnlars
that are not noticed in the official account in last night's Gazette
" PLYMOUTH SoUND, MARCH e.--T write in the mi►l•t of bluott
and brains, and foetid carnage of every description. We fell in
with the Clorinde on the 15th ultimo, and brought her to action at
five p.m. Her first broadside carried away our masts; iu the se-
cond our gallant Captain received a severe wound in the arm ; his
breast was wounded at the same time ; he still kept the deck, di•
reefing, the attendance of the Surgeon to every one else in prefer-
ence to himself, till he fainted away from the loss of blood ; when
he was carried down by force, still cheering his brave crew, wh•
h•id by this time completely dismasted her opponent; and by seven
o'clock, when the firing ceased, she was quite a log upon the water.
She had not returned our four last fires, and we supposed she had
•truck We therefore ceased our fire to look after what she had
done; but it was so dark that we could not see her. We immedi-
ately set about getting up jury-masts and repairing our canvas and
rigging, so as to made say, lest she should escape us in thenight.
About one we fell in with her again, and gave her three cheers, pre-
paring for another hrnad•ide, when she hailed, ind declared herself
our prize. The Dryad and Achates were then in sight, and we left
her to their charge. Her loss was very great ; her Captain also
was wounded in the thigh in the early part of the action. Our loss
is '2O killed and 40 wounded ; ine!nding three Midshipmen anda
Lientenant of marines. The Clorinde has been out fonr months
on the coast of Africa, had taken 12 prizes, and is supposed to be
the richest French crnizer that has been on the seas for a long time ; •
but it is said she threw a great deal of gold dust overboard in the-
! night.
I understand that the Clorinde is now in sight, in tow of the
Dryad and Achates, coining into the Sound, whither we made the
hest of our way after the action. Capt. Phillimere is doing well ;
his arm will, I boy," be saved.*

Private letters from Holland state, that the traitor Ver—
huel has fixed a limited time to give up the Texel fleet,
provided the conntry continued
,in possession of its present
Sqwereign. He has solemnly protested that he will burn the
whole of the shipping in case measures are taken to compel
him to surrender. Sixty Frenchmen arc on board the ships
for the purpose of carrying into execution any orders of
the Admiral for their destruction.

The intelligence of Buonaparte's • expulsion from
Germany was celebrated by public rejoicings in several
parts of the United States of America.
A British sailor who lately made his escape from A mico,,
to,which be had been removed from Besancon, reached tow:i
this week ; be states that several hundreds of the Briti.it
prisoners had found means to make their escape, the diffi
culty of accomplishing such attempts being in a great degree
removed by the present confused stale of France.

Letters from Old Mexico, of the 20th of October, a;
prize us of an epidemic disorder which had raged in the city
many months with great violence. The vigorous measures
subsequently adopted. had destroyed the contagion in some
districts, and reduced its power in others ; hut, up to thr!
10th of October. it was ascertained that' 26,00 p,rsong, or
one seventh of the population of Mexico, had, through
instrumentality, been consigned to the tomb.
Wednesday, being St. David's Day, and the hundredth
anniversary of the Welch Charity, in Gray's-Inn lane, tin.
same was observed as a Jubilee day. The Officers awl
Patrons of the Charity. after accompanying the children in
procession, and hearing divine service in St. Martin:
Church, proceeded to the Freemasons' Tavern, where an
excellent dinner was provided, of which between 700 and
SOO persons partook ; Earl Percy in the chair, with th:'
Duke of Kent on his right and the Bishop of Chester on his.
I LeCt. The collection was very considerable.

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