The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

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A vessel arrived at Falmouth in eighteen days from
Cadiz, which she left en the 10th ult. She has brought
the confirmation of the capture of Seville by General
BALLASTEROS.

Some accounts have been received from Corunna to
the 12th ult. ; t'll*y are not of much importance.—Espoz
Y MINA, he Guerilla _leader, has again defeated the
French under CAFFARELLI, who had 200 killed and
700 wounded or made prisoners. General PORLIER has
had an action with General DUBETON, near Torrelavega.
The latter lost 120 killed and wounded.

Farther accounts received on Thursday from Port
Mahon. to the latter end of March, mention that a squa-
droll of observation had sailed from thence a few days
previous, occasioned, it is said, by the expectation of the
Toulon fleet putting to sea. The fleet, it is added, was
ascertained to consist of 13 sail of the line, including four
three-deckers any( several frigates, well manned. The
British blockadiq fleet was not inferior in force. Farther
intelligence from the Mediterranean fleet is expected by
the Warspite.
As soon as the official notice of the capture of Iladajoz
reached town ; Te Deum was sung in the Royal Portu-
guese Chapel, in South Audley-street,and the Portuguese
Ambassado'r's residence was illuminated.

Lient.-Colonel CHARLES' MAcLEon, who so gallantly
fell at the head of the 43d regiment, in the late storming
of. Badajoz, was a native of Kent. He was the eldest
son of 'Major-General MACLEOD, • Pt...rim-ant-General of
the Royal Artillery, and had .not attained the 28th year
of his age. •
By an American . gentleman who was conveyed from
France to the Isle of Wight by the Hornet, we are in-
formed that Capt. HENRY took his passage in the Galen
from the United States, and has reached Paris. We be-
lieve he obtained his. card of residence from the Police
Department on the day the gentleman .we allude to left
the French capital. • •
It is stated, on the authority of letters from France,
that the mission of the American.Minister,JOEL.BAttLow,
to the FrenCh GovernMent, \vas not likely to prove suc-
cessful. It was YesterdaY .reported in the city that he
had demanded-his passports, and was preparing to leave
Paris. •

There has been. a foolish report of some persons having
been sent to the 'lower. It originated .in the following
circumstance :-L-Four *French prisoners who had made
their escape, were taken in Hampshire, carried from
thence to Alton, and from that place conducted to the
Police Office at Westminster, whence they ,were sent
down to the Thames Police Office. It is'understood, that
two farmers are ;triplicated in their escape, after whom
inquiries are. making. It is said, that one of the prisoners
is a French General.

Letters from Minorca, dated the 13th of March, state,
that the war in Catalonia is carried on between the French
and Spaniards in the most sanguinary style, no quarter
being given on either side, and the Spaniards are so active
as to cause great destruction among the French parties
they.meet with, constantly, if the enemy are too strong,
retiring to the mountains which are rendered impreg-
nable.

It is said, on the authority of letters from St. Peters-
burgh, that all the British Naval Officers who havepeen
residing, during the war with England, in the interior of
Russia, have been invited to St. Petersburgh, and ,many
of them have been engaged in superintending the fitting
out of the Russian ships of war.

AT. RterlSTrit.