The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-10 00:00:00

c•• w~+wr TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. `vice-Admiral Campbell has transmitted to John Wilon Cro ker, Esq. a letter from Captain Digby, of his Majesty's ship the Theban, giving an account of the boats of that ship having on the 2d instant, under the directions of Lieutenant Meynell, and ! -upported by the Skylark sloop, brought out, in a very gallant ma‘mer, a merchant brig, from on shore under two of the ene my's batteries near Cieppe. This Gazette also contains a letter from Lieutenant Godge, commanding the Locusf gun-vessel, giving an account of his having, on the 26th of last month, captured, close to Dunkirk, a French National armed vessel, carrying two long twelve-pound ers, with small arms. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Blaylock, late of Carlisle, Cumberland, muslin-manu facturer. Robert Sowter, of Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant. William Allder, of Seward-street, Goswell-street, soda-ma nufacturer. David Bowen, late of Neath, Glamorgan, skinner. John Ditcham, of Sherborne-lane, London, carpenter. John Colvin, of Liverpool, merchant. Walter Garman, of Bristol, merchant. William Sanderson, of Liverpool, timber-merchant. Thomas Roberts, of Liverpool, woollen-draper. William Cansdell, of Hackney-road, carpenter. Alfred Charles Smith, late of Kennington-green, merchant. James Benwell, of Freshford, Somerset, innholder. CERTIFICATES—Feu. 26. _ _ _ - - - John Hayward and George Turney, of London-street, merchants —Thomas Philp, of Holborn, printer.—Roger Hesketh Fleetwood Williams, of Liverpool, merchant.—Mayson Wilson, of Liverpool, merchant. 'Thomas Harding, of Wal worth, dealer in spirituous liquors.—Dudley Johnson, of Ivy lane, trunk-maker.—John Fox Seaton, of Pontefract, banker. — Robert Seaton, of Pontefract, banker.--John Seaton, of Ponte fract, banker.—Robert Clements, of Norwich, appraiser.— Charles Schaar, of Prince's-street, tailor.—Rees Howell, of Manchester, porter-dealer.—James Anderson, late of Gates head, Durham, grocer.—Fdward Binyon, of Fenchurch-street, bardwareniati.—Benjamin Hills, late of Enfield-Town, haber dasher.—Mary Talbot Cole, of Hatton-Garden, copper-plate, printer.—George Kearsley, of Fleet-street, bookseller.—Rich. Gresty, late of Manchester, victualler. excepting that of Major Cocitiey, of the 24th Portuguese regi ment, who was unfortunately killed, and the Officer command,. ing the Ist brigade of Portuguese militia wounded. General Bacellar, who commands in the north, has moved the divisions commanded by General Miller and Cal. Wilson upon the flank and rear of the enemy, which it is expected will ch - eck this movement, and oblige him to fall back again towards the frontier. A part of Claparede's division was still at Pinhel. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 9, 1811. A bispatch, of which the following is a Copy, has been this day received at to Earl of Liverpool's Office, addressed to his Lordship by Lieutenant-General Viscount Wellington, dated Cartaxo, 26th Jan. 1611. rrPfth Cartaxo, January 26, 1811. , MY LORD—The enemy has continued the blockade of 011- venva, and obtained possession of that place either .o the 22d or 23d instant. Notwithstanding the positive assertions that a large body had crossed the bridge of Merida on the 9th, it dries not appear that the French have yet had any large body on the right of the Guadiana. They have a train of six twenty-four pounders, and other ordnance of large calibre, and a large quan tity of stores and carriages, on the left of the Guadina ; but it is not yet considered decided that they propose to attack Badajo• I am concerned to have to report to your Lordship, that the Marquis de la Romana died in this town on the 23d instant, after a short illness. His talents, his v,irtues, and his patriotism, were well known to his Majesty's Government. In him the Spanish army have lost their brightest ornament ; his country t heir most upright patriot; and the world the most strenuous and zealous defender of the cause in which we are engaged; and 1 shall always acknowledge with gratitude the assistance which I received from him, as well by his operations as by his counsel s since be had been joined with this army. Upon receiving accounts of the movements of the French troops in Estremadur.i, of the difficulties experienced in the re lief of Olivenza, and of the possibility that Badajos might be attacked, he ordered the Spanish troops which had been joined' to us, to march towards the frontier, and they commenced their march on the !Kell instant. General Mendizabel has since ordered them to ;rah on tile road. • Since I addressed your Lordship on the 19th Inst. I haye re ceived the detailed accounts of General Silveira's affairs with the enemy in Upper Beira. In the affair at the Ponte d'Albade, on the 30th of December, which was the most serious, and an which the greatest loss was sustained, the General attacked the French and was repulsed. . In the last affair of the 11th instant, the French attacked Ge neral Silveira at Villa de Pont, and he was obliged to retire upon Lamego. He was followed by the French division, and was obliged to evacuate Latnego, and to retire across the Douro on the 13th instant. . . General 13acellar then took up a position on the Pavia, on the enemy's left flank, while Colonel Wilson was upon their tear' at Castro Dairo, and General Silveira. prevented them from cross. ing the Douro. .. These posit ions appear to have induced Getteral:,Claparedele to retire again, as I have heard, from another channel, of hist arrival at Trancoso. 11 The enemy have made no m aterial alteration in their pnsitton . in front of this army since I las - addressed your Lordship. Teiey appear still to entertain a great jealousy of all our ntnverftents en tily sif the left of the Tagus , and t h ey have recentl y removed sotri • ' the boats which were in the Zezere. Tha i detach d st,ho .414 two thousand men from the rear of their army into Lower Beira, on the 22d instant, apparently' to escort a 'eourier towards the frontier. They drove our picquets through the town of Rio Mayo:von , the 19th instant, with a strong body of cavalry and infantry; but SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 6, 1811. - - A Dispatch, of which the following is an Extract, has been re ceived at the Office of the Earl of Liverpool, addressed to his Lordship by Lieut enant-GencralViscount Wellington, dated C_rtaxo, 19th Jan. 1811. Since the enemy obtained possession of the Bridge over Gua 4liana at Merida, the accounts of their progress have been so various and contradictory, that I am not enabled to form an opinion of their designs or numbers. When General Mendizabel retired across the Guadiana, he threw a small corps of about 3,000 infantry into Olivenza, which was but ill supplied with provisions and stores. A body of in fantry, which at times have been stated to be 4,000, and at others 7 . ,0c o, with about 1,500 cavalry, have blockaded Ulivenza. There has been no alteration in the position of the enemy's tr ,- ,ops in front of this army. I imagine that General Claparede has not received the orders from General Drouet to take up hii position upon Guarda, of which I reported to your Lordship in my last dispatch that we had intercepted the duplicate. He attacked General Silveira with the advanced guard of his division near Trancoco, at the Ponte d'Albade, on the 30111 ult. and obliged him to retire, with some loss. I.icut.-Col. Nl‘Bean, of the 24th regiment, was wounded in this affair. General Claparede attacked General Silveira again, with the 3 , lvaliced guarki of his division, at Villa du Ponte, on the 11th iii;tant, and obliged him to retire, but without material loss, 87