The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-10 00:00:00

JAN. 10. and the general safety of the empire, ut Italy, and the conleuerati ,n of the fthill , % (4) Look at the state of yfnir affairs ; they exclaim to you—modera tio%, inodetation, muck:ration ! JAN. 10. •. and the general safe the (4) Look at the inodetation, * Extract cf an Offi hrigton, dated H Don Miguel Pert " Nothing of im Excellency my uffi 4 Soult's troops arri At the end of the drid." The troops have tefitineilt, soine tn . General Hill's divi. at Viseu ; mean tin it is supposed, he General Hill is is an excellent one very cern ral. The 6th, and 20 and 7th divisions, Lissox, DEc. th persed throtigiv.ut refitting; the cava‘ Orange, and the rei from whence they duces us to hope v hero in this capital On Saturday last of the vessels' in t were wrecked on t; parch', and the F total damage. is talc BADAJOZ, DEC. French horse, ente zines of bread. A • NOO horse, descent and by Poreno 10 c Under date of th in Madrid, having other divisions ha Mancha. On the at the bridge of IV am-:t Sd armies, we Infantes. According to the on the line of the ' Cavella, Portello, Montalban, and Tt In the last city t rations to be got re (FROM Ti We are assured, 6,000 men, ernpk millions of reals h. was Ballasteros's, have futified the b tions, and scarcely They write:fret] 6,000 English from The number of does not exceed 1 Valencia to be rnit removing the matt On the ttit of 1)e LISBON, DEC.! lowing :Irticle : " Sunday, the (. deliverer, on his the state of the foi It appears that established his hi Moza and its neigl Alba, ar4d Penarar Salamanca there a DEC. lg.—We frank Cadiz to the Sucliet continue lie had amassed at He has levied, on, LISBON PAPER'S. LISBON, DEC. 17. • Extract cf an Official Dispatch fr, in General the Marquis of Wel lington, dated Hc,aquarters, Frcti.nla, Dec. 9, to his Ex.cell.:ncy Don Miguel Pereira Forjaz : " Nothing of impottmce has occurred since I transmitted to iota Excellency my offijal dispatch of the 2d instant. Sow. of M Soult's troops arrived in the valley of the Tagus, on tile Sd instant. At the end of the last in nth, the Spanish mops Weie still in Ma drid." The troops have come considerably into the interior, for their better I tefitmeat, some towards 0 perm, others in the atrectioo of Coimbra ; General Hill's division is at. Curia ; the first divisian, under Stewart, at Viseu ; mean time Lo d Wellington gees to Baciajoz, Loan win it is supposed, he will proceed to Cadiz. General 11111 is the next in command, and his situation at Cori.: is an excellent one for that purpose, being advanced sufficiently, and Very central. The 6th, and 20th regiments, have teceivcd their routes for the sth and 7th divisions, and leave Lisbon directly to join. Ltssoa, Dec. 26.—We have not a word of news; the army is dis persed througaaut the ktng•h between the Tagus and the Douro, refitting; the cavalry head-quarters are at Coimbra. The Prince ot . Orange, and the remainder at Lord Wellington's staff; are at Oporto, from whence they are to proceed to-Lisbon ; this circumstance in duces us to hope we shall have the gratification of shortly seciag our hero in this capital. On Saturday last we had a great gale of wind here : the greater part of the vessels' in the liver have suffered ; seven or eight Americans were wrecked on the bar and on the coast. His Majesty's ship Non. pared, and the Prince Ernest, have suffered considerably. The total damage is calculated at 600,0001. BADAJOZ, Dec. 18.—On the 3d instant 21,000 infantry, and 5,300 French horse, entered Madrid. and suddenly seizad upon tire maga zines of bread. Another diviAon of from sto 600,000 infantry, and 300 horse, descended from the pass of Pico to Talavera la Repta ; and by Poreno 10 or 12,000 infantry arc marching for Cadalso. Under date of the 10th, we are informed, that the French remained in Madrid, having some divisions encamped in the naighbourliGod ; other divisions had proceeded for Villatavas and various places in Mancha. On the 7th, they entered Toledo, having left 400 infantry at the bridge of Montalvan. The national troops composing the 2d and 3d armies, were in Albacete ; and those denominated the 4th, in Infantes. According to the latest accounts, the positions of the French army on the line of the Tagus are as follew :—Pontes, C)ropesa, Talavera, Cavella, Portello, Carpi°, Fuensalidia, Nogues, Tqrrejoz, Puebla de Montalban, and Toledo. , In the last city the French General Tambousson had ordered 30,000 rations to be got ready. (FROM THE PORTUCCEZ TELECR A FO I , OF DEC. 22.3 We are assured, that Soult was in Talavera de Reyna, with sor 6,000 men, employed in constructing brats. A contribution of 2ti millions of reels has been imposed upon Madrid. The army, which was Ballasteros's, lately moved towards Dispenapenos. Tire French have f)rtified the bridge of Araebispo, barricading all its communica tions, and scarcely leaving room for a single person to pass. They write .frem Alicant, under date of the 3i Dec. that from 5 to 6,000 English from Sicily bad disembarked there. The number of French throa4hout the whole province of Valencia does uot exceed 13,000 infantry. Suchet has ordered the citadel of Valencia to be mined, and coetinues to dismantle the fortificaticns, removing the materials to Sagunto. On the atti of December General uAlasteros arrived at Ceuta. LISBON, Dec. 25.—1 n the Estremadura Gazette we read the fol lowing erticle :-- " Sur.day, the 20th of December, entered in Badajoz its illustrious deliverer, on his way to Cadiz ; he immediately proceeded to examine he state of the fortifications." It appears that King Joseph has returned to Madrid. Soult has established his head-quarters in Toledo, and the cavalry their's in Moza and its neighbourhood. The French have abandantd Ledesma, Alba, and Penaranda, setting fire (as is said) to the two last towns. In Salamanca there arc about 6,000 French. DEC. lg.—We have received Gazettes from.Gallicia to the 11th ; fermi Cadiz to the 12th ; and from Estremadura to the 15th. Suchet continues to sendoff for Tortola every thing valuable, which be had amassed at Valencia, nut excepting the gates of the cathedral. Ike has levied, on . Boo individuals, a contrthirtion of twelve intllians of reals, under the name of a forced ' loan. lie liaslabouced hard M de 'trey Mg the f,! , attens. • • 4 TilE NATIONAL lI:gGISTER. Ri•vira anti M 112115. collecting, a force of 4,000 men, have shut up t;.c Fici:ch garrison in the tort ..f Mataro. • Atckl..ling to accounts from Ocana, the French entered Madrid on the N 1 of December, at nine in the morning. Bassecourt, tire Empe. cinado, and Chaleco, had retired on the prrcesiing Gen. Cast.,: os has passed throt“th Seville. On the lJth, Brig idier clic:red Valencia de Aleantara, and a brislye was prepared for the vd,sat,o of the army of Gen. Bill. •It is tiot certain that the Ftancli have yet passed :he Tagus by the bridge of Arcebspo. The I ;st accounts were, th rt ilirie ate '7,000 hilarity in Talavera la Reytia ; 1,6 . JU in 0r.•p..4a; with siAticient c.valry, in Calcada, &e. Th , ty liiie the r 01 , of th.t river; and, it appears, that they in tr.,' to restorri tc , ititkation.t, except those of Almaraz, to wilii h hitherto nr - 41.1.1, has be. n 4. 4 1111 C. CADIZ, DF.;!. 8 —General Clin;on, according to it.telligence from Gibraltar, has innelicd with his division A licatit tow:.rds Maoclia A report Is in circulation, that Luta lictitin..k and Lurd Wellington Are to have an interview at Cadiz. CORUNNA P.ll'El:3. 19 • PUEBLA DE SPNAIIRIA, DFc. 16.—nv advices that may be mired on, we learn that th.:. tviops, who, to the numb:4 o.t 1,500, were in ILNitvente, with a General at their head, have marchA for Zain era, taking with thou the cattle they hr , mght from the v: , :inity ut Salam inca. They .!id not molest the inhal)itants, and took great care to prevent the soldiers from straggling, that they might assassinated. In Cuenca there are ab.)ut 11,000 French. Arragon is almost en tirely evacuated, since they have withdrawn the garrisons ot . Cala. tayud, Armania, Daroca, Tatazuna, and other places. ' 1 LETTER FROM MA IMJIS WEI LINGTON. Stet—l have ordered the army into catonments, in which I hope that circumstances will enable me to keep them for some time, due. nig which the troops will receive their clothing, necessaries, Zee. which are eleeady in progress, by difl'erent lines of commusiieation, to the several divisions anti brigaies. But besides these objects, I must draw your attention, in a very particular manner to the state of discipline of the troops. The dis cipline of every army, after a long and active campaign, becomes in some degree relaxed, and requires the utmost attention on the part of the General and other Officers to bring it back to the state in which it ought to be for service ; but I ant concerned to have to ob serve, that the army under my command has laden off in this re spect in the late camp:iign to a greater degree than any army with which I have ever served, or of which I have ever read Yet this army has met with no disaster ; it hat suffered no priva•fons, which but trilling attention on the part of the Officers could not have prevented, and for which there existed no reason whatever in the nature of the service ; nor has it suffered any hart'ehips excepting those resulting from the necessity of being expthed to the inelemencies of the weae titer at a moment when they were most severe. It must be obvious, however, to ev:ry Officer, that from the moment the troops commenced their retreat from the nieghbourhood of Burgos on the one hand, and frau Madrid on the ether, the afii cers lost all command over their men.—lrregularities and outrages of all descriptions were committed with impunity ; and losses have been sustained whicleought never to have occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made in which the troops made such short marches; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retreating armies were sa little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in %%Celt we . now find the army, .to some cause besides those resulting from the operations in which we have been engaged. I have no hesitation in attriautieg these evils to the hebitual inat tention of the Officers of the regiments to their duty, as prescebed by tee standing regulations of the service , an d by t he orders of this Army. I a:n far from questioning the zeal, still less the gallantry and spirit, of the Officeis of the Army ; lam quite certain. that their minds cap be convinced of the necessity Ot nenute and constant attention to understand, recodeet, awl carry into exicittiou, the or ders which have been issued for the per termance at t:,eir duty, and that the strict performance of this duty neeessee to enable the Army to serve the country - as it ought to be served : they will, in funny, give their attention to these points. Untie tutiately the inexperivace of the Officers of the Army has induced many to conceive. that the period during which an army is on service is one of relaxation (ruin all rule, instead of being, as it is, the period during which, of all others, every tell,: for the regula tion and conmel of the conduct of the soldier, for .the inspect'cn and care of his arms, ammunition, aecoutrements, oeceesaries, and field equipments, atel his horse and horse appointmelm, ter the re ceipt and issue and care of his provisions, and the regulation of all that belongs to his food; and the forage for his horse, must he most strictly attended to by the Offieee of his company of troop, if it ie DEC.IS. — We have received Gazettes from.Gallicia to the IAW ; •-.---- . frnni Cadiz to the 12th ; and from Estrerria4tura to the 15th. Sucliet continues to send otlfor Tortosa every thing valuable, which 1 lie had amassed at Valencia, nut excepting the gates of the cathedral. lie has levied, on NUJ individuals, a conirthiition of twelve iinllions of reals, under the name of atrcying the 1 - ,! , :I...it:ons. a forced ' loan. tie WS labouted hard in de- tiun and comroul of the conduct of the soldier, tor lite inspe‘tion and care of his arms, ammu n i t ion. al:COUtTeillelllS, uccessaries, and field equipments, and his lidlrse and horse appointmel.ts, tor the re- ceipt and issue and care of his provisions, aud the regulation of all that belongs to his food ; and the forage for his horse, must be most stii‘tly attended to by tho Qiilcci f.if his company QL troop, if it i$ •