The National Register. — London, England, 1811-08-11 00:00:00

the moment, icy to bupet,d mit) , not deem " 2d. That Deputies be appointed to repair to the Ide of Leon, in order to examine what foundation there is for the rumours that are afloat, of the discontent of he troops, on ac count of their not being supplied with necessaries. " 3d. That the Council o. Regency he authorized to dismiss from- their employment, all those who from weakness or went of energy have not acted up to their duty, replacing them with other persons properly qualified." The dangers of the country, which are sufficiently manifest, txcite4t the enthusiasm of a number of deputies, who, with svarrilt h,. r spectively proposed the measures which they theught necessary for its salvation. In the midst of this diversity of sen timent, Senor Aner proposed the folloi.ving teseetitienis, which were finally approved " Ist. That the Council of Regency be required to present, within 24 hdurs, the treason s which it deellts ntc..3sary for ob taining those resources winch arc required by the necessities of the State in such way that it may not omit any measure that u.ni be directed to the salvation of the country. 66 2d. The armed force of the nation living at the disposal ( f the Council of Regency; they are therefore required to carry into effect its assemble:meet at all the most important points. 66 That the Council of Regency, rising superior to every prejudice, propose those supplies and resources which circurn *Aztecs admit of, in order to assist the unfortunate princil:ality of Catalonia, so that its distinguished 'patriotism be not build and depressed." The proposition of Senor Arguelles were then taken Iwo con sideration, when the first of them was rejected; but the second, appointing a Committee of enquiry into the causes of the tb` 001th'iltS of the army in the hla, was cart icd. JULY 16—hi pursuance of a resolutimi adopted in the secret sitting of yesterd;.y, a letter was read from Tarragena, of the 11241 of June, transmitted from the Commission of the Superior Junta of Catalonia, the substance of which was as follows : " Senor,—Yesterday evening the em-my made himself master of the fort, the curtain, and other point e In the mean time, Brigadier Velasco took the command of other points which hed been abandoned, in consequence of Brigadier Sarsfield having )eft the fortress witle,ut leave. " The place, in consequence, will not be able to hold out lorg, unless the army oblige the enemy to raise the siege. A hver has, with this view, been transmitted to the Ge::eral in Chief, who, through indolence, Ills done nothing, though he has but: rtpeatedlyprei+ed by the ,GoYernor Contreras. It is, however, beyond a doubt, that if this fortress is lost, that of Figueras must also fall." Senor Oliveros observed. that they ought to suspend their rpi= *gun of Sarsileld till that officer presented the letters of the Ge *era!, which summoned him to take the command of his ad vanced guard. - - Senor Utges said, that he was acquainted with Br:7adier 3arsfield ; he believed him to be a brave man, who had eistin rished himself on various occasions; and therefore they ought to deliberate before they adopted any resolution. It was resolved that the letter should be sent to the Council of Regency, that it might proceed to the investigation of the facts, and to punish the guilty. CADIZ, JULY 11.-At half-past ten at night, General Blake, with part ut his staff, et.tered this city. JULY 13.—The baggage of Gen...ral Bla' c has been landed; the ship San Pablo, which brought his Excellency, remains at anchor in the outer roads, as well as four English ships, which arrived yesterday. A battalion of the Royal Walloon Guards, and another of the regiment of Ireland, have been landed. JULY IC.—Yeiterday and to-day the troops of the convoy from the Continent have been disembarking : nearly all the cavalry Lave been landed. We are assured that General Ballasteros is appointed to command the can - p at Gibraltar, and to direct the :military operations of the Sierra de Ronda. It is reported, that General in - I.lz, late Governor of Badajoz, who was arrested and placed under a Council of War in the Isle of Leon, has made his escape ; a report which we should wish to hear contradicted. 1 here appears to be no doubt of the flight of another officer, Gregorio, from one of the castles of Cadiz ; his crime was treachery. The day before yesterday being the day appointed for the el asite,!, by parishes, of Electors of the Members of our fiuperi. - :r Junta, the asAemblage of inhabitants was so very small, that tiv y could not proceed to carry the election into effect. It is said that Souk has arrived with some forces at the lines La front of this place. JULY 18.—The Commandant General of the camp at Gibral tar, under date of the 12th inst. gives the Chief of the Staff the agreeable information, that General Villat, having, on the morn hag of the 11tla t attacked the Castle of Alcala de lob Gazules, de- OFFICIAL A ItTICLE. • Movements made by the Corps un(!er the command of Don J. Elak...!, to pass the Guadiana, and afterwards continue Lilo:- rior operations. " It being determined that the divisions eintoned on the lath June ill S. Martha, Z tfra, Feria, and La Pali; the cavalry in 1.3 PueMa de Sancho Perez, and the head-quarters in Noagalis, should pass the Guadiana, the infantry were put in motion to unite at the latter place, whilst the cavalry fell hack by the royal • road of St. :Martha, and the Eng:is'? inFantry to Pelias. " l'he enemy on the said day (the Mb), on which they had joined a division of the Dth corps, under the command of Ge- • neral Drouet, and stra men front different other points of Andalusia, occupied with stron; columns Zafra and Los Santos. "On the 14th and ] sth the troops continued their march, they having joined in Almindral, and the Enzlish infantry in Al buLra. " On the 16th the three divisions of the army, with six picea of artillery from the fifth army, pass: d to Valvarde di I.tTanes, and the Spanish horse to Albuera. On the 17th the whole ut the army, including the first divi-hn of the fil . th army, which, with artillerynten who assisted at the siege of Badajos, marched to Jura nienlia; and the head-quarters of the same army, wits 12 caimon, took a simAar route. The Anglo- l'ortuguese army remained this day on the right of the t.:uadiana, :aid our troops crossed 'it with the greatest order aid exvedition, preserving even in fording it their order of column, and were at live in that • afternoon on the right b a t i k of the s a id river. l'he van-guard remained at the head of the hridg:.• c.mstructed by the English fur the purpose of supporting the operation. " On the 18th tie troops cuntinu d their march, and the head quarters of the fifth army, with some corps and the dismounted cavalry, were at Villaviciusa. " March of the troops on the 18th to Oredondo, five leagues; 19th to Portela, seven; 20th to Beca, six ; 21st through a desert, one 22d to Mertola, eight.—'Total 27 lung Portuguese leagues. " During this rapid mar.. - h, in which there was neverastillieient provisions to give complete rations, the troops manifested the utmost patience and order; it is certain that on very few occa• sions has a corps made so lung and painful marehei, in conse quence of the excel give heat, the third part ut it at least being without shoes. . _ _ '• On the 23.1 it rwassed the Guadinna Iy' a temporary bridge formed of boats, a,nd the horse eireeted it on t!,e. and :Mth by swimming; on the latter day the artillery was embarked fur Ayamonte. " On. the 2.5 th the divisions remained in 3. Sinrestre, Castelle gas, and Catanas. The cay . i:ry belonging to the lifticarmy, corn. mand, d by Count Penne, with two pieces of aaillery, was to ar r.Ve at Mertola on the 2 ttli. " The order of ma: ah was as follows :—The artillery, escorted by a battalion of miiiers, formed the head of the column, and WaS followed by the Commissarelt and all t!'ar bi longed to it ; utter tehieli marched the 4th divip ion, the Ist of the .szli, and the 3d, the whole protected by the cavalry, 'which followed at two leagues diitance. It would not have been pessitile for the divi sions to have arrived more quickly by different routes. After refr,shieg the corps two days, after the rapid march from Portu gal to the county Niel)la, it was avaM put in motion. " On the 28th, the cavalry of the filth army, the van-guard, and almost all the tinnier- entered G;:braleun. On the 29th the same tamps took the direction of Trlgueros, and their place was occupied by those which had remained in Cartaya and S. Battolome. 1; e division of Gen. Ballasteros was cantoned in Il Cerro and Ca ionas, and covered the left and rear of the army. Upon the arrival of this General at Cabezas- Rubras oh the 25th he ordered that three companies of Barbas tro, those of the tiradores of all the corps, and the battalions c f Pravia and Lena, should hold themselves in readiness to march and attack a moveable column, consisting of 600 infantry and cavalry, which had arrived at Cerro. I hese troops marched all ni,ht, the rest of*the division remaining in Cabezaa-Rubras, un der the orders of Francisco Merino, which were to follow at day-break. At day-light on the 26th our guerillas met the ene my, formed at the end of the village on the road from Alorno. Our troop; attacked them by the road of the Cerro, but the moveable column commenced its retreat, continually charged by our guerillas and light troops. The loss of the enemy consisted of four officers and from 35 to 40 men killed or vvuuuded, ours of three killed and four wounded." REPLY OF GENERAL BLAKE. The following is the reply of Gen. Blake to Lord Wellington, in inswer to a letter communicating to him the vote of thAna passed in both Rouses of the British Parliarae* 'I. THE Ist. That durh the urgent circumstances of power should be granted to the Council of Rtgcn , from their functions such Provincial Juntas as It ii useful • t ,5 . 1 A