The National Register. — London, England, 1812-04-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. pettorm.their duty with more propriety. They weie ( went!y provoked to acts of volence, but conducted them selves, notwithstanding, with great moderation and for bearance towards the rabble. No lives were lost that I have heard of, but several were wounded by the sabre. From twellie o'clock in the day all tne shops and ware houses were shut up. 41 Light o'Clock at Night. , g I just learn that several of the rioters have been loLiged in New Bailey prison. The constables and military :lie parading the streets. The mob in small bodies, are still assembled at distant pans of the town, and appear to be refractory. The night is dark, and it is apprehended some mis. chief may occur before morning : the inhabitants are mostly afrdid of fire, and many will not go to bed. At crebent, thank God, all is well, and I hope will con tinue so." 231 I show how cramped the movements of the enemy must be, through the general want of provisions Ruined by constant warfare, the country was last year but partially I cultivated, and in consequence of this neglect, with the enormous consumption of the French armies, are now severely felt. In return for the devastations committed by their plundering legions, wherever they carried their arms, the Guerillas who penetrated to the very gates of the capital, and by changing their seat of action conti nually, over-ran almost the surface of the country, de stroyed the existing crops wherever they went. The ' scarcity is so great, that it is supposed it will pre vent the intended junction of the French armies to re lieve Badajoz. Instead of concentrating, they are com pelled to divide themst.lves in order to obtain subsistence. SoULT, however, had repaired to the besieging army be fore Cadii, and after renewing a fruitless bombardment, as it will he seen by the following letters, had detached ' nine battalions to march towards the Guadiana. cApiz, MARCH 13.—The night before last the enemy repeated the* efforts of December, 1810, and March, 1811, by throwing from the l, C.:ablate:lla to the street nearest the land-gate a few grenades charged i with lead. The effect has keen exactly the same—a few windows ben ; 1 k tit —a wall destroyed—some stones removed in the streets, at without lany injury to the inhabitants whatever. The grenades thrown by them aniotinted to 10(1, of which seventeen fell in the town. This born teird.ment of the enemy has no other effect than to teach the inhabi tants to despise their menaces. MARCH 14 —According to letters received here from the East, the head-quarters of the third army were on the 17th of February in Mur cia. Utneral BALLAsTeaos, in his official dispatch to the Regency, dated the Cap las Nieves. February the 18th, states the loss of the French in the battle of Cartama, at 1300 men in killed and wounded, and 100 privates and 40 officers made prisoners. The new Constititution was .completed on the 19th. and on that day it was solemnly proclaimed in Cadiz, and 7'e Deum celebrated with great magnificence. The ' people hailed it With enthusiastic acclamations. The • , Cortes will soon be dissolved, and another elected. By the regulations adopted relative to the succession, or even removing the Sovereign in case of misconduct. FERDP. SAND the VIILII. is proclaimed the lawful Sovereign.— 1 The French renewed their bombardment of Cadiz on ' the 13th ult. without doing any damage. SOULT, who was before Cadiz, set out on the 21st for Seville, The coast of Spain, from Puerto Santa Maria to Aya monte, has been declared in a state of blockade, the more effectually to distress the French before Cadiz, and prevent their receiving any supplies by sea. I Tie Lord Hobart is arrived at Falmouth, and has brcught Mr. EwEas the messenger, with dispatches from Cadiz. Is is reported that he brings a confirmation of the oppeatance cf . Smut' in the French lines, and ti e removal, by his orders, of a considerable part of the blockadiog army, which is supposed to have marched towards. the Guadiana. It is also said, that the new bombs, 'which the French have lately employed, have done some damage in different parts of the town, and hnve eve's reached the shipping, but. we believe with little or no effect. i 'lie following is one of the letters brought by the Lord 1 Hobart. . I CAD: Y., MA RC II '24 .—The p tssengers by the Lord Hobart packet will no donut all carry home different accounts of the bombardment of this ; ;her; kit whatever nry be said t.n the subject, the real state of the matter is this:-The enemy opened their fire against us on the the night of the P2th soon after twelve o'clock. This was certainly un expected en our part, as we were all in bed. They threw, altogether, ' about 140 .hells of different dimensions, from 70 to 1401 b. weight, of which 17 only reached the town; but these did no other mischief than to excite a rifling alarm, which might naturally be expected on such an ocet!s;.;:l. Since the 111th, the bombardment has continued at intelvals e hut -unotir success; not a single accident has yet taken place; whilst, on the -ther hand, we have good realm to know, that the enemy has ' . 1 suil - ..r,d very -.aversely, in the returns made to them, from Puntales, the CARLISLE. Accounts from Carlisle state, that on Saturday week, strong symptoms of insubordination were manifested by the lower orders of the people, but no serious mischief en sued. On Mot day the populace, to the amount of :30V0, went to Sandsfi , ld(Poet Carlisle), with an intent' II of un shipping several calves of corn and potatoes, that were tlestmcd to go coastways; but before they had accomplish ed their purpose, they were checked by the arrival of the military and several Magistrates. The populace appeared perfectly satisfied with the assurances of the Magistrates, v ho are said to have promised to use every exertion tn pre vent forestalling. All terminated quifttly at Sandsfield, except that some of the Magistrates and Officers were as sailed in the suburbs on their return, by women and boys, with a few stones. The soldiers were marched up to the markATlace, and followed by an immense concourse of p e ople, many, no doubt, attracted by curiosity. Some of the eincers were hissed and h - toted at, on their retiring, when they suddenly wheeled, drew their swords, and ran to their men, who were still under arms, and ordered them to clear away the populace, by which many were wounded. The mob, as if momentarily appalled, did not farther in. commode them, and the Officers went to mess, leaving the soldiers under arms. After the. lapse of a few minutes, the populace assembled in great numbers before the mess room, br , )ke the windows, and tin eatened vengeance to the Officers. On this the Riot Act was read. Some rounds, it is stated, were afterwards fired, by which a wo man was killed, and several men wounded ; and must of the houses in the market-place exhibited some mark of the fa ing. APRIL 12. BRISTOL A Gentleman, arrived in town from Bristol. informs ns, that some disturbances took place in that city the last rn.oket-da-i, on account of the dearness of provisions. Potatoes had been on the rise for some time previous ; and the farmers, who had several waggon-loads at the market, t ere attempAng to advance their price, wlen a mob as sembled, and threatened them with their vengeance. Some of the respectable inhabitants of the tovn in consequence interfered, and endeavoured to arrase the mob by pro nwang to prevail on the farmers to sell the potatoes at the price of the previous market-day. In this they were un successful ; and the consequence was, that the mob seized the provisions in spite of every opposition, and either de stroyed or carried away the whole. SPAIN. Cadiz Papers to the I:4thuli. were received on Tmes thy. Their content.: are ci:iefh imp- , rt.int, as clearly .•~