The National Register. — London, England, 1809-04-23 00:00:00

?fit 'NATIONAL- Afittit 43.- • V t 6 - 14 N %,MAncn —T he prepai a t ions ft,H- de fence si i son thine. Inllungary the 5‘..? comities not only furnished the incur rerrtion v, ith the troops required, but even voluntarily organise still more troops. 1n Pre";bur4, beside's the insurrection, 600. Cavalry athi two battalions of infantry have been supplied. Usher counties have set a like example. Also the thief Nobilitv and Magnates have equipped troopt.nt their own ex pence. STR R GU, APRIL 4.—This day the Prince of, Neuf chatel arrived here. His Imperial Majesty a. 1 ,3 soon expect ed here. It is said that the head-quarter,; of the grand army of Germany will fora time be established here. Gen. Bertrand, the Ernperrer's Adjutant, arrived here on the Ist. ULM, Ain i t 6.—There are great movements in the army of the Duke of l ivoti. A part marches from this neighbourhood to the Tyrol, another passes by the Denanworth to the Is'er, mid several regiments, cannou, &c. are convey ing by the Danube tb Lower Bavaria. MUNICH, APFIII, s.—Travellers from Saltzbwrgh bring the concurrin; report, that the Aw4rian forces have so increased, that in that town, the population of which does not exceed 11,01)0, more than '20,000 troupe are collected, and in the neightmuring country about 30,0a0 are quartered. . • It 11U11.GTI. APRIL formidable Austrian Army in advaaci in; against tlio liavariaii frontiers. A courier mho left Possau early Yesterday. has brought intelligence, th:.:l no hostihlies have yet taken place. 259 PR I VATI. LET I' La OM SPAIN. CA DTZ,MA RCIf 23. " On the lSth instant, the French passed the l'agits at the Puente del- ArLohispo, and Almarez, to the tinnih:r of ;10,000 men. At the moment of thc ;111;!ck, El Puente was deferded by 6;100 men, who were turned by the hostile army, which forced its way in spite of their resistance. Cuesta then retreated with his whole arm . .., in the best order, and w ithout losing a single man. AccordinK to the dispatches of to-day, he (Cuesta) is at Truxillo, but wi'th the imention of retreating furtheayshould the enemy contioue to ad vahco, and of uniting himself with our regiments of marine,' which w ma aging towards hiin, and the King's s regrment, and that of Villavicinsa (hhth cavalry) which having been inhumed hal left ties ille on the same destina tion. There hate übio gone nut to incorporate themselves w i tit Citesta's arm v, another real p- latrlv equiped at Seville, as well as at Badh,ioz : po that in a few days we may expect to count 41,000 fighting men. The army or- La 111 ncha, t.nder the eh in mand of UrhiLet, n hose head quarters nee rt! Valdrpf , nas, march ra4l.lly towards Toledo, ih nrder to fall upon the rear-;.;ttird of tie enemy. The van-,:thtrd cotopncs.d of •1001 cavalr . ..• tied the same number of light trohns, under the:comma ul of .11hur titwrntte, was, w! el the last tli-patches arri‘ed f ont thence, within six leagues of Tolohlo ; and in this city the cnetuv had concentrate:l their whole forces - e: , :cept the horly w hie% was t advance against Cuesta, amounting in all to 1"?..,000 men, there not remainiag inure than : - .:009 at Matirld, and '..000 at Ara nez. 15 rhina has in alt 3 ).000 ; hut lie and Cat - sta posse..;s a greater 'mintier Of iheo th,ut the eneinv„, a greater number are without arms; hence they are re:lured to remaining in the rear, till an action takes place, when they endeavour to seizehmskeis from the deal, the woinnied, and, if possible, from prisoners. In this state of thio : . , ,s, and tnnwing the activity which pre vails as to the arming . an OrZani Zing; t fle arllliCF, we fear nothing, and have the greatest confident e that we shall see the enemy driven back. was after his derihg attem W ?it to surprise Barce lona, which as frustrated by the treachery' of 'come of his o!licers, and after having, forced a passage through the hostile army which surrounded him, though with , ireat loss, has ret !ru ed to the head-quarters at Tarrenona, where Blake is to jein him with the division which Laran formerly commanded, and Which has now been eta rusted to him. The spirit of the people -remains the same; things go well, anal they will persist t;1 the ; end is gained, thotn:h at the price of e;reat sacrifices. The in terior provinces occupied by the eminiy are at open war with him; he commits his accuinstarett cruelties, hot nothing deters the people: - he practices his usual fraials artifices, but even these are•of no ave:l. In Cialliela Asthria affairs aro ~rowi ng very serious for them, and the rtitlians ltnaw not what to do. Their arinies are dhnitilliing considertthlv, while oars encreaseevery day, and are learning the art. of • war. This is our real situation, mid I von to helieve nothine; t the con trary ; for 1 have purposely delayed writing till now. that I might send you nothing which I had not thyself observed and reflected on." SPA IN. M DTI ID, APRIL c 2. GeneralSrnASTltNi announces front Santa Cruz at the foot of the Bierrt Alitreria, .under date of the ‘29th of March, that on the 27th lie descried the Spanish army of Andalusia, to which *ere joinrd a. vast number of peasants, stationed in order of battle before Ciudad Real ; that he advanced against them, routed and destroyed them without any resistance; that on the `2St h the feeble remains of that army wi-re on the other side of the Sierra Morena; and that the p:oiluce of this affair was 4030 prisoners of war, 7 stamlarits, and 18 pieces of comma. .Among the prisoners of war are 197 Officers, of whom 4 are Colonels, and . 7 Lientenant-Colenels. A great number of.the enemy were slain. More than 3000 were put to the sword by the . cavalry. We have lo=t but 30 killed and 60 wounded. Colonel GtitA UD of the 12th Regiment of Dragoons was severely wounded by a ball. The Colonel of Dutch Hussars was also woufulei, Gen. Sri; ttiri A N t praises exceedingly thechielof his lota EIGUILLE, who, theday befork the battle, crossed the Guadiana in company with general alt c,tt.tun, -in order to prevent the bridge being broken. in whiCh he succeeded, General Mt maAtro,. his Offi cers. and troops, distinguished theinselves. ' "Tice following day the fugitives were pursted by the cavalry, and two of the enemy's Generals, who were among them were slain. General SERA:4m N n otite .490 at •the foot of the Sierra Morena, and found himself Ibl . l aline with the Duke of LLU (VICTOR), who must already have advanced beyond Merica. At the same moment that Genoral SETIISTIANI captured Cindad eat, and arrived at the foot of the Tierra Moreca, the Duke of Lint.t.ti so won the battle of Merida. " The troops of reserve of Seville, Badajos, - and were' collected together, and placed in order of baffle by Gen•:-. ral Ctir!r t, upoa an elevated plain, tiettt ren D ouberiite and ;Medellin. a+4 w hich was covered by the Guadiana. This army, formed in thee lines, was supported by batteries. flo; sf on TA the Duke of t r. t t.O Y o observed this, he com manded the cavalry of Clene,rals t.t.e and LATOUR MA V TIOU RG to plate theniselve's in an oblique line; and he ordered General A V %I, to place himself wit h the division of the Princes of the2Clarederation of the Rhine. in a close column, between C:e above +aril! ioned cavalry. lie orengthened him with 14 piN:es of artillery, and placed the iiivisions Vitiate and-Rutfin in t rear. " The Duke of %fIf,I.UNO - attacked . the left wing of the ene ray, and inmantly tnrew it into confusion. The centre and. right winA. were also routed. Seven thousand Spaniards remained on titi- kid of battle : 3000 were made prisoners ; the remainder were dispersed. Thirty pieces of-cannon and nine•colours have into our . hands. " This important enza;einent has laid open Seville to us. The fugitive;, arc pitructi a ith the utiowit activity. On the 29tit of ,filar h, the adva!irea guard of the Doke of BELLUNO %V:" a l "al Ved On riOt side of and it hoped to u.;i!e it with the Doke of IiaLMATIAOIhO ) it is thought, e :t'.4 . eady entcted Li?.bon." SWEaN. STOCKHOLM { A ran. 7. The King is still in confinement, and every day makes it less probable that he will soon he set at liberty. Al. Alopclts, the fanner Russian Envoy to the Swe dish Court, whom the King put under atTest at the commence ment of hostilities in Finland, has been here. lie had a pri vate audience of the Duke Sodermania, for upwards of three quarters of an hour. N o one, except Baron Lagerbjelke, was present. When he left the Duke's apartment, there was a crowd. stf noblemen who viid tiveir respects to Ilia). Every one was surprised to see him so sutkicoly at St q kholin, and still more so, when he left.it in the inorohT oa the third tla'. ; .hut the fact is, that M. Alopeus wos w it lo the Russian army at Grissleharo.and,, it iS said, had a hrei,et nom the Fatiperor to he Lo,rd -- Lieute nant of Stockholm, as the Russian, who knew something More than we of the plan of the Revolution, had no doubt whalever but they ‘vouli! take possession of Stockholm. ' . His Excellency Baron Steditigk, as tell Ls Nt. Alopeus; has Fet out for Abo. w nitre the Emperor, it is said, meet Item at the end of this moot!). The Rossini' trolts at Umea have taken Tornvo. Nlai.;r de la Grawre, who Vk CIA to Paris, is anNiomly expected, awl we have the most siugalar reports : amongst tuber,, that Ilonaparte's order, or ad% ie.. to the King of Dk'nmar:;, not to be if owned so soon, 1)::s re .. erence to the political ciate of Sweden; that Denmark, Sweden, and N or- ~'~. II U