The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-03 00:00:00

,tgr4lllPriPu; 74 - self obliged to retreat, will attempt to cross the Tagus, and retire through Alentejo. " You have before been informed that lines were forming on the other side, from Moita to the river, It pieces of cannon were sent over some time ago, and that position is daily made more formidable. " All the Galegos here are now become subject to be impressed for the army of this country, and every man capable of beating arms (if natives) is laid hold- cif for the. same service; so that in the country we see nothing but military. The marines from the men of war now garrison this City. We have no other troops here-except the Corpo de Corn- Lven the Ca;adores (Sharprshooters) ! • composed of very respectable inhabitants, have been marched off to the army • long .since, and have behaved very well in several skirmishes. In short, the greater part of the country, is in arms, and from all we see and hear, it is not too much to say that the issue of the present struggle will lie fortunate and glorious to the brave rortugese troops, and aid fresh laurels to the brows of our countrymen serving in this just and meritorious cause." • A letter of the 15th states, that General Beres ford was posted at Chamusca, on the south side of • the Tagus, with 30,000 men. He was engaged in watching and obstructing the operations 0: Mas sena, who, at Santarem, was constructing boats and rafts in immense numbers, with the obvious design of crossing the river. These works were • much interrupted by the gallantry and activity of the British flotilla. All the military in Lisbon, without exception, had received orders to join the army with dispatch. Much alarm had prevailed at St. Übe's, 2'3 miles S. E. of Lisbon, lest the French shonid enter that port ; and a general order had been issued, directing the inhabitants to make the necessary preparations, by carrying away their moveable property, provisions, &c. SPAIN. The c - )rtune of the Spanish war has once more changed, and whilst the enemy obtains the most important advantages in various parts of the Penin sula, the patriotic spirit seems to sink abashed before the swords of the conquerors. Stronger by art than either Saragossa or Gerona, and defended by a large garrison,. composed chiefly of regulars, Tortosa had long. withstood the attacks of . a whole French army. • Blockaded during several months, it resolutely endured the hardest privations, and. at last exhausted the patience of the enemy, who, to bring "the siege to an issue, opened their trenches the 18tIa. ult. and on the first day of the present year the place surrendered, leaving nine thousand five hundred prisoners .. of war in the hands of the . French Marshal. The possession of this fortress has given the enemy the whole command of the Ebro, and when he shall have reduced Tarragona, which on the surrender of Tortosa he immediately invested, no place of strength will remain in the hands of the patriots throeghont all Catalonia. An attempt was made on the 13th December, according to the Monitesar, by * corps of eleven hundred English, 'ho lauded from two ships of the line, a frigate, and two other vessels, on the small but strong fort --" of Palamos, to the eastward of Barcelona. It was defeated by':ii3perior numbers, and our diviSion re.imbarked, but with the loss of SOO killed, and one hundred and fifly taken prisoners and marched for France. In Asturias the fortune of the enemy has also prevailed. The battle, however, although lost by the patriots, seems to have been hotly contested , as it is acknow ledged in the French report, that at one time the success of the day remained undecided.—. The North of Spain is once more placed under the command of Marshal BEssiEttEs. A serious attack on Cadiz has probably ere now been made,_ as the besieging army had , . at the be ginning of the last month, collected all their naval resources in the Canal of Trocadero, and transported their gun-boats overland into the bay, in order to avoid the destructive fire of the Puntal fort and our boats. The consent of the Commons to the amendments made by the Lords in the Regency Bill, was corn. mnnicated to the Lords on Friday, and the Earl Of [AI; carom. immediately laid before the House the form of the Commission under the Great . Seal for giving the Royal Assent to the Bill. This course the .Noble Lord took, because there was no prece dent to guide the House upon the Journals of either House of Parliament. Our "readers will recollect that the Regency Bill of 1809 never reached so advanced a stage. Lord LIVERPOOL moved last right, that the blank in the Commission be filled up with the words .‘ The fifth of February," and that a message be sent to the House of Commons, requiring a conference on that subject. On that day, there fore, the Royal Assent will probably be given. ' The Regent will then take the oaths before the Privy Council on Wednesday, and go down to the House on Thurday. . A short conversation took place in the Commons on Friday night, relative to Warrants signed lby his MAJESTY, and purporting to be dated between the 25th and 30th Oct. The CHANCELLOR of the ENCHEQUER stated that Warrants of the nature alluded to were always signed in blanks by his MAJESTY, and afterwards sent to the Treasury to be filled up, which was generally done upon the .day upon which they were sent to the Exchequer. There was also- a Warrant under the Privy Seal, • dated the 27th October. But Sir Hi6lttx I-I/at - ono had given it as his opinion, that the KING was com petent to transact business down to the might of the `27th of October. • • A Cartel is arrived at Dover from Dunkirk with the twenty-two persons who were providentially rescued from the fury of the waves, when the Eliza beth East Indiaman was wrecked on the French coast. Capt. EASTWICK and the rest of the sur viving Officers have already reached London. • Only six Englishmen and sixteen Lascars..were saved. The account they give of the .treat ment which they erperienc ed at Dunkirk is highly satisfactory. They received during their captivity every mark of hospitable kindness and attention. The merchants and inhabitants of the place set a subscription on foot to supply them with clothes* and provided them with abundant food. ~~ ~~~ ~, ~«r~ 4V:4 i1.41.;4je ~ ~ .Lf I • is fr ' 7 1.11 V; THE NATIONAL REGISTER..