The National Register. — London, England, 1808-06-13 00:00:00

NATIONAL REGISTER. STB THE July O. George and John Robinson, Paternoster-row, book sellersOtt eleven, at Guildhall, London. July 2. Cornelius Bland, Lamb-street, Spitalfields, grocer, at ten, at Guildhall. July 2. Joseph Mackenzie, Old Bailey, bookseller, at twelve at Guildhall CERTIFICATES, Jutir 2. Charles Stokes puellev, Gracechurch-street, merchant. Edward Wilson; St James's-street, hatter. Solomon Lyon, Ormond-House Academy, Chelsea, dealer. John Thornton, Lawrence Pountnev-lane, merchant. ilsachar Thorp and W. Paul, sen. Reddish NI tlls, calico-printer. William and John Horrocks, Stockport, cotton— , pirmers. July 7. Thomas Chambers, Wigton, Cumberland, shop keeper, at ten, at Cumming's Inn, Wigton. July 5. George Allen, Fenchurch-street, upholsterer, at ten, at Guildhall. July 10 Houghton Spencer, West Wratting, Cambridge shire, maltster, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. July 4. John Holtham, Gloucester, wine•merchant, at ten, at the Boothball Inn, Gloucester, July 6. William Hancock, Sheffield, grocer, at eleven, at the Rotel inn, Sheffield. July 7. William Kirby, Manchester, merchant, at ten, at Abe Dog Tavern, Manchester. July 5. James and Francis Balls, Barton Mills, Suffolk, owlets, at eleven, at the Six Bells Inn, Bury St. Ednmed's, Suf ipl k. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lonton, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1809, roLiric4z EVENTS OF THE WEEK. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN. Two Spanish Noblemen, Viscount Materosa and Don Diego do la Vega, have arrived in London from Spain— they are deputed by the provisional governments of the provinces of Asturias and Gallicia to solicit the assistance of this country for a supply of arms, particularly ammu nition and field artillery ; and to point out the most effec- OW mode in which we can serve them, and distress the cue icy. In Catalonia numbers of the French troops have fallen victims to the patriotic rag e of the Spaniards. The Wrench O ffi cers who have been slain on the occasion are estimated at 400 ; and some accounts state, that the ports of Gijon, St. Andero, and Bilbao, have been opened to Great Britain. The following are further particulars :- 1 • " The above Noblemen landed at Falmouth, from the *tag privateer, to which vessel they had made their way in an np,n boat from Gijon, a sea port in the province of Asturias, • and offered the Captain five hundred guineas to convey them to England. The intelligence which they lirin4 confirms all the in telligence which has hitherto been publi-hed respectia:: the dis position that prevails throughout almost the whole of Spain, to resist the treacherous invasion of the French. It appears that the whole of the province of Asturias had risen in open re teistance, and 40,000 men had been embodied into an army. Whey had abundance of arms, but ammunition was rather scarce. The same spirit prevailed in Callicia, where the po pulation were rising en masse, and Commissioners had been seat there to organize a regular military force. So general was the detestation against the French in these provinces, that itven the worsen were desirous of taking up arms in de fence of their country. The inhabitants of St. Andero had manifested their determination not to submit to French usurpation, in the most decisive manner, and had actual' s issued a formal Declaration of War against the French. Alt. Hunter, the British Consul had heea sent by General Mu rat from Madrid, as a prisoner to Saint Arden), with di *dints, that he should be detained in close confinement there. As soon, however, as Mr. Hunter's arrival at St. Andero was known, the inhabitants rose instantly, liberated hint, and to tes tify their sentiments in a still stronger manner, they committer the FrenchConsnl to prison in his stead. • Viscount Materosa and Dan Diego de la Vega were both ia Madrid during thodreadfsi JUNE 13. scene of,slaughter which took place on Lhe 2d of May, aced ttwy. 'tate, that in their opinion tile number of French who were killed did not fall short of 4000 men, among whom were Si lit Ts lar,;c proportion of oliicers,who were particularly singled out the innabitants as objects of vengeance. It Was very generally supposed that the inhabitants of Cat:ikons and - Biscay would follow the noble example wnich bad been set them b) those Of the Asturias and fiallicia; intlecd there appeared to he bat one tsiniment in the mind of the people of Spain with respect to the treacherous and at roeiotn , eondlirt of the French. The Nobles men left (iijott on Monday, the 25th ob. Our Beaders will remember, that from the first moment when intellicra .arcived of a change in the allairs of we treated as vague anti unrounded the hopes of those, who from such alterations were induced to expect advantages to the cause of Great Britain, or of , Lumps at large. It now appears that our Ministers, roused by the application of the two Noblemen of whom .we have spoken, ate detertnineci to send assistance to the unfortus wile inhabitants of Spain. Already this question has to:, cited a coluiderable forinent in this country--or rafter the Edilorm iaf the dVmspapers have made it an occasion of exciting. a ferment. One party, the friends of the Mini. stirs, extol the liberality and wisdom of Government,. while the adherents of Opposition have in some of the. Journals condemned Administration fur tardiness. For our own part, we retain our original opiaions, and feel no in clination to approve the conduct either of the one party, or of the other. We feel it our duty to enter our prote‘t against the measures by which it is confidently reported, th.-it our Ministers intend to hive assistance to the populace of Si alit• The history of all ages, and of all countries, allOrds a thousand proofs, how little can be done by a po .pulation, armed on the emergency of a moment, in opro. Isition to veterans confirmed in courage and disciplined by experience. But it is not necessary . to refer to distant .proofs, and search the records of antiquity for the prece idents of our conduct : precedents are in the recollection 'of us all : precedents abound in the narrative of the events .that have followed the French B evolution : precedents live in our memories, and still act upon our feelings. The state of Europe, the overthrow of every continental coali tion, the destruction of all the vain hopes held out by former Ministers, the slaughter of our soldiers, the weight of our taxes, these are precedents striking in their ex ample, and tremendous in their pressure ! shall send to it is said, five or ten thousand men. And in the 0,40 p! of prudence, what good is to be efiiicted by fire or 'en Clot's:Hid men? Will they not be cut oft like grass Will they be able to orpose one momenr t. x resistance to lilt. unnumbered legions Ova BosariaaTE can sweep upon them ? There is no intermediate hostile country tbrongh . which the French troops must has, into Spain : the line 4,i communication is easy and direct, and myriads of ion can he wheeled to any quarter sit a word. We send our Little army to certain slaughter, Out suppose that .Nlia sters should even determine to send a really large and Pr'. ralive force into Spain, what must be the consequence? Why, that our own shores will be left completely defence less : and BoNAPARTF, finding all our strength employll on a foreign service, may gain an opportunity other wise almost hopeless, of invading these islands, and, we fear, of invading them but too successfully.— His superiority of numbers is of little avail against I's while our regular troops remain at home, because the regular force, if it he but backed by a properly discinltited nopulation, is sufficient to operate against an invading army, which muNt necessarily he disabled from bringing any vast numbers to bear at one time upon th!s ountry but when our regular troops are reaKards B , INA PARTE will be'able to oppose fliern abroad by an equal or a greater power than they possse,,, , s, stud to another army of no less magnitude, against these islands, which will then have become completely ruder these circumstances, any accident of weather that shouldmu s drive our navy from its stations, t lay us 47 tally °pea to the military vigour. of our hriad,,l-4. send e . • M