The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

AUG. to fora) a junction will our expedition, now doubtless trothd in Catalonia, and destined to advance into Arragoo, before Sou can collect all the French forces in the south, u hi:h will Lind them elves cutirely cut off by a line of Bri- Csli bayonets, extt nding acuiss the Peninsula. Surrounded iry an hostile and enterprising population, attacked in the ;ca. by ow troops from Cadiz, acid unable to obtain sup plies, .i'ey must either attempt to flirce their way thr oug h put a m with uo other impulse than that of despair, or oitima.elv surrender, like DuroNT, ptisonets of Nvar. aiding lepeated confirmations received from se veral qua :ers, of the gi ea. and decisive victory gained by Lad WELIANGTON, the official dispatches have not yet arri‘erl : neither this delay surprising. The accounts we 'have h a d, a nd which we subjoin, came from flit" north of pain, and consist of Bu'letins written by his Lordship on the field of battle, ati.l sent to :he yin ions laanish Chiefs, to t.bera to join him in the put snit of the routed enemy. The Aispatches intended for Covernment must have been written whet; the pursuit was over, :Aid have been forwarded throu A li the regular channel first to - Lisbon and then to this Country. a way considerabh longer, but more certain than .he pteceding. Let, therefore, those publications which themse:ves that " the letters imputed to Lord W FL LINGTON weir forget ies," and that no triumph has been dismiss their inerio:ic hopes, and not endeavour to check the joy which they .do not seem to share. Coamoutiore fir ilomE Port Lim las trinimbittetl to J. W. CROK ER, q. •(...cral papci 5, ut Wiih:ll (he following im2 cupic &nor Cot:m.4lore ql flit: Britibh Forcts iia t%e Cuaii I 4: just received (lour I'. M.) by a launcb, sent express hum ag , reable news of the defrat of General NIA It MONT by t e Attied Ariii , ruder the command of tienerall?Halu NVIA.I INC To No and it appealing to me a just and sacred duty to forward It to %%WI tile 41,,p,ve,fi %%hid' such .1 “lor.ous victory requu vs, I send it by a bola With all hate, tfai you may be acquainted with %vliwt is so inter..sting to the g0..A1 of both ilation, zioi 111 consequeoce of S*111C11) u u 41 vele laate with a salute to annoy the pertithons eneay, at the SdlLe tHilt: e vigour to our afflicted Patrhes. I li!;ewise solid y ou a note . 01 th is news , ;In d a ( Jaz tte which I have received from Ovtutio, for your saz!sfacti.m. I have the hommr to be, "San Vioceute del liarquera, July " FRAN. DE SAYERS., OFFICIAL NOIIOE—AT FIVE IN THE MORNING. " Garden ainive Tonnes, July 2:3. " G V.NE 41.-1 wrote you esterday morning, and I now du it with the pleasure of a• qiiamtir g you, twit List night the twat the army of 'Marshal rtm.osi 1, who is retreating, apparently On Alba de 'Cuisines, "her e we are pursoin4 him. On this : , opposition, you will have sulh cieut scope to conclude your operations, and i hope yolk wilt soon i"in o. Let 111 V know ex.let!y for how many you vs ant clothing. Be SO go,,d to taw in General Ca Sr A :;;; 0$ of this nevP " Gen. Din J. SANTUCILDE.S." (Signed) " lULLINGTOW, A\O'fHElt DISPATCH. Copy of the Notir!e printed at Salamanca, on the umnorable Eattle in the Kci i; hbourlidod if ;he Cit' ' , in:;tant. ‘. Field of Lear Salamanca, July f 23. "The Frendi army, under Ow etimiliand of Marshal M.l tow N T, was tieleate.l yeAeidav by that the Allies. commanded by Lord WE L -1-tvcrov, Duke of ('rt , n 1D ROM: IGO, ill the fields of Salamanca, on the lett of Cie THines. near the Arrapelo, atter seven hours coatintled figlitiag, where the infantry, as well as the cavalry and artille,sy of imith nations, did prodigies of yah o o - , The Freud, %%ere successively th lodged from their advaut.Caeous posaiont , , and they lost all the arid- Itsry whi c h they d placed t here. r Their :oss of men is estimated at trim or twelve thoosand—to this morning n o ire than limr thousand pri toners ; mm„• eagles are likewise taken. MA it MO T began his retreat at night, by Alba, and, as the conquerors are following him duce up, Ili be hoped he will suffer 'wife lushes in his retreat. BuN NLT has just tome it l wounded, a n d with him more prisoners. The field of bat tle for two leagues is covered with dead, an'el anion., them the Colonel of the let regiment--and among the prisoners the Colonel of the lot st le g 1 "k• lit, and others. The English have lost very few the Portuguese statiev hat more, and very few of the Spanish division. It is believed flat in killed and wounded they do not amount to TAY.' , * 'ari' " ' - 9e• ----- , TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. 489 Irivate Letter from n Friend at Gijon, tinted July `tai. el I transmit to you the glorimis dispatch of the greatest battle which ever inio, gained for you, since your mortal enemy, BONNET, WU6 wounded and talwa priturier on the tNd in the fields of Salamanca. It would be, in my opinYon, very prorer that you should pay him a visit before he goes to England, to thank him for past favours. Astorgu has twu breaches, and its surtender is expected every moment. Sat.cttt,tw dill out comply with the Hiders of the Commander iu Chief, and was arrested and sent lea castle in rurtugal. (Signed) " FRANCISCO DE SAYERS." " San Vinceute de la Barquera, July 29 , tour P. DI." The following relates to operations previous to the day of the great victory B,(;,plcmcnt to the Ca:ett.e. f the Principality of Astut ias, 15th July. •‘ Marshal 1)on Pi: ono DI•. LA 11AncEszA communicated to the :,upe riot Junta of the Principality, dated the V/d of July, hum siege of Astorga, the iuteltivynce contained in the following dispatch, and we hasten to communicate it to the public for its satisfaction : " Stu—The Officer charged whit the observation of the enemy's movements, reports its follows, its a letter dated the 20th instant, tha events which have taken place in the army of MA Itmo NT. Don Cu As. ESP.% NA, %% Don Jur c r. he it the enemy severely at Castilto di ; his cavalry covered itself with elory. ✓ The luaticr of killed, it is said, is not less tat n `2700. Th- - • French were obliged to retreat to the hei , :hts of Vill Foente. Our troops were yesterday at Canizal. The Allies attacked at the same liaise on other points. The number of prisoners ainomits to sour or live tMmsalikl, who yesterday came into Salanno.ca ; anion , ' them is Ceileral CAnntt.n, severe i v wounded. A gre part of the army talk the .o-id to Medina, porsued by the and to d-y again we have heard much firing. In that quarter, it is •tateii, was King Josii':i, with some troops, which lie brought from Madrid. The greater part of the wugg n tram, which the first d•v reached from Tordesillas to Medina, tell into the hands of the D l O4 l . In coma-quencL. Lo d Ist ii I rON ordered , h..! inhabitants of the dis trict of T-Io to coon, and es amine the erects, and receive what might respectively belong to them ; several in tact have recovered what they coucmved as loNt. lite army ot . Lord W ELI.; vG TO N has been reinforc ed with V 2.000 men. Thc adherents of the Frec e is in Valladolid have DeVII obliged to talc tip arms. The French cavalry is destri yeti. I shall write to you toonorrow in flut . I communicate this to your Ex celiencv fur your sat i.faction, Ipop;:ig that you will be pleased to p!d,. fish such inp.ortailt Intel i! , enve. As soon as I receive that which I inn pumii,cd, I shall send it also to your Excellency. God pre.erve you. Sire,e of A•torga. PEDRO DELA BARCENA." The President and Members of the Supreme Junta of Asturias." REPORT .I) PACIFECATION OF AMERICA. The following letter, said to have been received in town, from Liverpool, state 3 the arrival at that port, at a late hour on Tuesday eliciting, of a vessel from North America, with intelligence, " that the Proclamation repealing the Orders in Council had been received in America with acclamations of joy in every quarter where it was made known, and that Mr. • President MAnlsux bad been constrained to issue Proclamation, declaring America and Great Britain to be at Peace. War liras also immediately declared against France, and the popular indignation against MADIS:iN and his fac tion was raised to the highest pitch." Pleased as we should be to find this report true, we do not think it hitherto entitled to much ci edit. 'We even doubt the authenticity of the Liverpool letter, as from the cor respondence we have established with that place, we ate cer tain, that had such a vessel arrived with such inte:Lgence, it would have immediately been communicated to us. We ra titer suspect it has been fabricated here for intetested pur poses. However, it is not impossible that the American people should have at last perceived the corrupt partiality of their Government towards France, and should have in sisted on the recal of the Decimation of War agactis us. We have always contended, that the hostile. disposition c f America against us, was that purchased by N APOLEON anion:; the Members of the Executive and tl:eir party, and did not exist among the people. Should this repart prove true. it will confirm uu.r surmises, an 4 shew, that American patriot i to at last triumphed over the corruption of a venal ise , t4iiiark& 1:10sliale