The National Register. — London, England, 1811-12-15 00:00:00

Tilt NATIONAL At that time, no intelligence of the surrender of Va lencia had reached Paris, nor hod any been commu nicated relative to the affairs of Spain. It is proba ble that had BONNET penetrated in Asturias, as has been represented, this enterprise would have been a favourite subject of declamation in the French Papers. Considerable reinforcements are about to be sent to our Army in Portugal. It is also said, that se. veral ships are soon. to sail with a large supply of ordnance stores. Some transports loaded with small arms 'are to sail from Portsmouth ; one of which, it is said, has 20,000 muskets, destined for the guerillas on the Spanish frontier. This activity in forwarding supplies is of great importance at the present crisis. Advices from Castile state, that there has been a considerable movement among the French troops belonging to the garrison of Valladolid. About 5000 men had taken the direction of Arevalo, and 3000 that of Medina del Campo, so that -only 700 were left for the protection of Valladolid. The object of these movements was not correctly ascer tained, but it was supposed to be to protect Ciudad Rodrigo frOm any molestation by the British army. i By the last Mail several private letters were re ceived from Cadiz upon the subject of the Juntas of Ladies about to be established in that city, for the purpose of affording all possible succours to the army ; and the avidity with which the project has been adopted, is highly. creditable to the female pa triotism of -Spain. These Juntas are to devote their whole attention to the meahs of providing the army with clothing, and to the establishment of a fund to meet any extraordinary exigency. The follow ing is an extract of a Letter from a Lady who is appointed President of one of the Juntas : " Patriotic Juntas of Ladies have been established here in ttie name of Ferdinand VII. who undertake the clothing of the Fourth Army, and to maintain funds capable of meeting any emergency. There are to be two Presidents, and each Parish is to have a Commissary, who is to collect subscriptions. and conduct all correspondence relative to her parish. I have been proposed to the Regency as one of the Presidents, and have been app . roved of ; so that with all my other concerns, you will ' readily conceive I shall have enough upon my hands. The meetings are to take place in a private saloon belonging to the Women's Hospital. No Gentlemen are to be admitted to our deliberations." Nothing can be a better answer to the charges of the French Government, than the manner in which the Fiench prisoners are treated at Dartmoor prison. They are allowed to work in the country surround• ing the prison, and return at night in the most cheerful manner. Escape is very rare, as the gangs of r i isoners bind themselves to each other to prevent it as much as possible, for if one escapes, the whole gang to which he belongs are prevented from going to work for a considerable time. By private levers received from Charlestown, we have an account of his Majesty's sloop Emulous having detained a French brig, and finally con demned her as a legal prize ; on board her were dispatches from the French Consul at Charlestown, addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris. Most important circumstances have transpired by the interception of those dispatches, and a British naval force had been dispatched to protect British property situated in that quarter of the Globe ; the mere minote particulars of which, we apprehend, `will shortly be made Nblie. GIST A private letter frord VerJun says, that the Com mandant of the depot at Verdun, CousrLLo, Corn. mandant of the gens d'armes, has lately blown his brains out. This is the fourth Officer of the gens d'armes who has made away with himself, not hay img fortitude enough to stand a Court of Inquiry Gen. WIRION, Commandant at Verdun—a Lieute nant of gens d'armes, at Sarre Louis—a ditto ditto at Verdun—who have destroyed themselves-- r -A superior Officer from Paris was sent to Verdun, to inquire into the sufferings of the British Officers, which occasioned the fate of those men. The Midshipmen of the Royal Navy are all en their parole, and released out of the citadel. The Pri soners of War are perfectly satisfied with the new Commandant, he having given them permission to go ten leagues out of the city, on their parole—an in dulgence not before granted by any Commandant. Lieutenant CONNELL, of the Royal Navy, died of his wounds in a duel ; likewise a Midshipman. The noted gaming banker, BALBIE, and his associate, have been condemned for swindling Sir B. of 59,000 francs, to the great joy of every English man in France, and to -the credit of the Correc tional Tribunal at Verdun. The most recent accounts from Sicily, received from Malta, state, that every thing remained in the same situation in that Island. The return of Lord WM. BENTINCK was looked for with much imps. tierce. As his Lordship had passed Gibraltar in the itlenelaus when the Comet sailei from that port, he must son after have reached his destination. "I here were rumours at Malta, of disturbances in the kingdom of Naples, but they rest on no authentic authority. Pn the 24th ult. a torrent of rain fell at Gibral. tar resembling a water-spout. St. George's Tower was struck by the lightning, and great part of it thrown down ; upwards of seven inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, and many houses and cellars were overflowed. Considerable mi s chief was occasioned in the warehouses. All the Manchester goods in the lower apartments were covered with the water, and rendered of little or no value. A. large quantity of oil and other articles were mate. rially injured. The Belise was struck with lightning in Bideford harbour, on the 4th inst. which passed .down the fore-top-gallant-mast, broke every thing in its pAs *sage down into the hold, tearing up the forecastle and part of the main deck, and finally passed out of her broadsides, bursting the bends, also part of the planks in her bottom. Wednesday, a Court-martial was hell on board the Salvador del Mundo, in Hamoaze. for he trial of two seamen belonging to the Abercrombie, ac cused of cowardice and disobedience of orders, whilst put suing the enemy, in the barge of that ship, on the French coast. They were both found Guilty, ' and sentenced to receive 500 lashes e:lcit round the fleet. The Court then pi oceeded t. , try the muti neers and murderers belonging to the Diana and Growler. for the murder of Mr. WINSLAND, Mr. BOLEN. and Mr. ANDREWS; but from the lateness of the hour, only one witness was examined, and the further proceedings adjourned. I 410.4,1b1 0t ,. t 4110111, , 4.* • e . , .... ~t~~i:riii .- ' 7 AA