The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-10 00:00:00

LORD \VELA.' NOT()N', T.F.TTF.R.

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Tn another part of our paper will be found a letter, ad-
dressed by Marquis WELLINGTON to the Commanders of
Battalions, to be communicated by theta to all the Officers
of the army, reproving them in the most energetic terms,
for having lost all their authority over their soldiers, as soon
as the retreat from Burgos and Madrid commenced, and thus
occasioning irregularities and outrages to be committed, and
losses sustained, which ought never to have occutred." His
Lordship then declares, that no cause for-any irregularity
whatever arose from the circumstances of the ietreat, and
has " no hesitation in 'attributing these evils to the habitual
inattention of the Officers of the regiMent to their duty, as
prescribed by the standing regulations of the set vice, and by
the orders of this army." Tie then points cut the remedy,
and enters into details of duty and expedients which prove
the keenness of his researches into every branch of military
servit e, and the justness of his mind, which does not disdJio
to pi otit by the example of the enem-y.
That there should have been occasion for such a reproof
in a British army, is lamentable; but that it should have
posse,sed a Commander capable of checking the evil with so
much manly firmness, a subject b:Ah of rejoicing and of
hope. Our Oliicers and soldiers have immortalized them-
selves by their valour; let them not forget that' discipline
is- the polish that gives atldition4t to courage
itself.

with a nearly equal force, had re-entered Madrid, :Marquis ---,Adovr-- , •
‘VELLINGTON temporarily entrustA the command of his , REPORTED DEFEAT OF•ANOI'IIErt AMERICAN ARMY-
army to General II ft. L, and ha,tened in Peron to the American Papers arrived on Friday, which conta;n ac- • . •
South, to examine into its state of defence, and write the . counts from 'New York, to the 29th of November, and from,
blUggis4 inactivity Of the Spaniard.; to aeti,.n. flit Lord- , 'Halifax to the llth ult. The latter mention a very iwpw ..
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taut r eport, which we trust will be confirmed, namely, the
compleat defeat of General DEARBORN, who had entered
Canada with an army of between six and ten thousand men.
This cheering report is stated on the autho►ity of a person
who arrived at Annapolis, on the 7'h ult. from Eat Port.
We are impatient for the arrival of the next accounts. Ge-
neral lIARRISON'S army, too, is mentioned in an article from
Boston, to be very perilously situated. A correspondence is
spoken of as about to be opened with Sir JOHN V' A RRLN.
We do not, however, hope for any happy result from it, as
the Amer inns still insi,t that we shall withhold our right of
impressing the subjects of Great Britain.

No intelligence wha!evcr had arrive 4 from Russia at a late
hour last night. The ice has probably been the only cause
of this delay in the receipt of fresh glorioUs intelligence.
10 consequence of the dispatches from Cadiz, on Thursday,
Viscount CAsTLEREAGII tiiniw,ned a Cabinet Council to
take the opinion of the whole Cabinet on them. The Coun-
cil met on Friday, at one o'clock, at the Foreign Office,
which sat till near four o'clock. At the breaking up of the
Council, Viscount C AST LER EAGH waited upon the PRINCE
REGENT at Carlton House.

According to the accounts delivered into the War-Office,
at St. Fetersburgh, from the correct &tans of the native
Commanders, the Russians have captured from the French,
in the present campaign, 1 28,000 men, soo Officers, of
whom 25 arc Generals, and 600 pieces of &ninon.

The boats of the Bulwark man of war, under• Lieutenants
MOFFAT and DAWLS, have gallantly cut out a vessel at an-
chor, dose in with the French squads on at Rochefort, in
defiance of the whole of the boats of the French men of war,
who ineffectually opposed them with a spirited tire of great
guns and rnusquetry.
A fine armed American brig, of 10 guns and 40 men,
called the Expectation, from New York to Bourdeaux, with
a cargo worth 20,:i001. has been captured, after a long chase,
by the Briton, 36, and carried into Plymouth.
The Admiralty, it is said, have ordered six 74 gun-ships
to be cut down, in order that they may be more nearly on a
level with the Americans—and they have also ordered two
frigates to be built on their plan.
The gallant Spanish leader LONGA has obtained addi-
tional successes over the enemy, as appears from a commu-
nication made by him to his superior Officer, General MEN-
DIZADEL. LONGA is attached to the Seventh Spanish
army, and was eEtrusted by the -.General with the protection
of a district, including the towns of Senado and its neigh-
bourhood. The French, who had marched from Bureos,
entered the town, where they levied contributions, and were
otherwise guilty of their accustomed excesses. The enemy's
columns consisted of near 4,000 men, and had seized 60 of
the most respectable inhabitants as hostages for the payment
of the remaining contributions, which they thought fit to

exact. LONGA attacked them, and after a smart encounter,

forced them to abandon the town, and pursued them two
leagues. The enemy had 700 killed and 490 taken pri-
soners. lie took besile.s two pieces of cannon, and all their
baggage and plunder.—The hostages were fortunately re-
leased, and Sedano and its neighbourhood relieved from
French *exactions.
Since the arrival of the Russian fleet at Chatham, the
crews of several of the ships have been affected with a con-
tagious distemper, of which some have died. Change of
diet, and want of cleanliness, have been assigned as the
causes of this disorder; the violence of which, however, is
now subsided, thrcugh the mode prescribed by the medical
practitioners who were sent from town.

The Marquis of WELLINGTON has been appointed Go-
vernor of Gravesend and Tilbury, in the room of the late
Lieut.-General Sir T. MUSGRAVE, and Sir G. PaEvosT is to
have the command of Sir 'I'HOM AS'S regiment, the 76th.
Last Sunday the following bulletin was shewn at St. James's
Palace:—

" WIND-on CAsvt.r, J4v. 2.—llis MAJESTY has passed the last
month in I stale or
The Duke of Susstx, aftet a succession of repeated at-
tacks of his comp!aint during the late foggy weather, expe-
rienced one on Thursday night sc> violent, that, for a time,
his life was despaired of. He is, however, pronounced now
to be out of immediate danger. _ _ _

On Thursday her Royal-Highness the Princess CHAR-
LOTTE or WALES completed her 17th year. The Princesses
AUGUSTA and MARY visited her about twelve o'clock at
Warwick House, and afrerwards took her Royal Highne,s to
visit the Duchess of 13nu1swicK. In the evening, she
dined with the Princess of WALES, at Kensington-palace.
A number of distinguished persons left their names and re-
spectful inquii ies t Warwick House.—The QUEEN, Pair-
cLszcEs, PRINCE REGENT, &C. dined with the DLlke. of
CAMBRIDGE.

The last accounts from St. Domingo state, that PETION'
had completely triumphed, and that the Emperor Cllllls-
TOP 111.: had been killed by one of his Aide-tle-Camp.
there is an cud to the Imperial Government of St. Domingo,
and its sable Dukes, Counts, Marshals, &c.

BA NKRUPTS —The following will be foam} to be an ac-
curate account of the number of Commission; of Bank -
tur,tcv published in The Loadm Ga.zelle dwing the p:ar
ISI2.

171 ; All gmt .
111 I ' cpte:nhcsr .
IGI Oct utw r ' -
I:i7 Nor e ii,bcr -
353 December
115 I
112

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1203

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h is Majc'tv's ship Pique arrive-1 at Liibon on the ItTia
ult. having failen in with two French frigate., in ht. 4 4. Ip.
40.; she sailed again on tht (26iii, iu cJi»pany with the
Loire filgatc, to cruise.

On Monday last was holden at the Thatched house Ta-
vern, St. James's-s!teet, the quarteily tneetipg of the Nil Val
Charitable Society—present, Admiral Lord RA Ds-rGcg., in
the ; Admilais IluNTEtt and Gu \rel., two Captains, t•,+
Physicians, and one Lieutenant. Twenty-tiv..: Petitions were
presented ; one rejectel
ROUSSEAU'S SEALED LETTERS.—It is generally known
to the literati of Europe, that ROUSSEAU, previously to his
death, entrusted to the late Count D'ANT RA IGu Es some
sealed MSS. which were to be published at a specified pe-
riod. Sonic few years ago the Count was at Berlin at
which time, Prussian, as well as German journalists, called
upon him to announce to " anximr-ly expecting Europe,,.
whether the period had arrived when the seals might be rent
asunder. The Count replied, that the period for publication
had not come. The querists became silent, and that silence
has never since been broken. The Count shortly aftci cards
left the Continent for ever, continuing in England till the
assassin put an end to his life a short time ago at Barnes.—
After the assassination, Gov ernment is said to have put its seal
on the Count's papers; and it is also understood, that such
seal continued effective no longer than till the art ival of the
Count's son from Yorkshire. The literary world will natu-
rally be curious to know, what has become of these manu-
scripts, and what the real motives of RousszAu were for en.,
joining so long a ~-,ccrecy with respect to their contents.