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

/90 ..<,.. , a.,.- TilE NA TONAL REGIS ER. tontion. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1811. GLORIOUS NEWS FRO M• SPAIN: The Gazette of last night contains dispatches from Colonel GREEN at Gibraltar. which state that the Spaniards, under that enterprising General Baron D'EttoLEs, had entered France by the way of Lan guedoc, and that they were laying waste that rich and fertile province. Immense cola' ibutions had been already levied upon the most loyal of BUONA PARTE% subjects in. that quarter, and the Spaniards were under no apprehension of any surprize on the part of the French. The intelligence from all parts of Spain, which Government has received by the Serapis, (which has arrived at Portsmouth from Gibraltar,) is equally gratifying with the above. The French are overwhelmed with misfortunes in every di rection. The Gazette also contains dispatches from Corn tflodore PEN'itnSE, at Gibraltar, detailing a few par ticulars of the further successes of the Catalonians. Letters from Gibralta4, to the 27th ult. have been brought by the Comet sloop of war, which left that place on the QSth. Some of them state that SUCITET had been defeated in two attempts to take Valencia by storm, and had consequently fallen back upon Saguntum. Other communica tions, however, throw some doubts on the sub ject, and state that no intelligence had been re ceived from Valencia of a later date than the 15th, at which. time the French remained in possession of El Grao. The aspect of the war in Catalonia has com pletely changed. The French, who lately overrun the whole of its territory, have since been compelled to shut themselves up in its fortresses. Nearly 4000 of them have been cut off by the Guerillas within the last month, and if SUCIIET should be un sueeessftil against Valencia, all Arragon, Castille, Catalotia, and Valencia will be in arms en mßsse against them. BALLAs . rEllos has returned to San ti.oriue, after a successful expedition into the inte rior. SOULT, who is at Seville, has not made any attempt to re-occupy the country from whence GIBARD was driven by General HILL. MAIIMONT remains :reactive, while, in the north-east, north west, and the heart of Spain, the guerillas are in creasing in numbers, vigour, and enterprize. Lisbon papers arrived at a late hour last night, but bring no intelligence of importance from (Ayr mies. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. AMERICAN PAPERS. . • American Papers to the 12th were received. yester day ; they have not yet supplied us with the docu. menus mentioned in the PRESIDENT'S Speech, as about to be laid before Congress. The following is the only article deserving attention. It contains an assertion which, if true, would be of great import. ance to the commercial world, but of the falsehood of which we do not entertain a single doubt:— PHILADELPLUA, Nov. 11.—It is asserted, that Mr. FOSTER has formally declared to Mr. MuNsoE, that if our Government would give him an official declaration of their knowledge and be lief of the revocation of the Berlin and Milan Decrees, his in structions authorise him to say, that, in that case, the British Orders in Council will cease. We do not rely much on the truth of this report ; because such a proposition from Mr. Fos . ria ap pears quite superfluous and wine -unnecessary, as our Govern ment has already, a year ago, by Mr. MnotsoN's Proclamation i assured not only Great Britain, but the whole world, that the French Decrees had ceased• to violate the neutral commerce of the United States." RUMOURED CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATION. The rumours of an approaching change in Ad ministration has not yet subsided. We are, how. ever, now told by those who were the first to pro. mulgate them, that the proposed alterations will be very trifling. Neither Lord GRENVILLE nor Earl GREY are included in the list of new appointments. It is even doubted whether the abilities of Lord HOLLAND will be called into action. It is evident, therefore, that no important mutation of office will take place, and that whatever change occurs will be confined to the inferior departments, and will only affect a few clerks of n o political interest in the State. It is now owned by all parties, that the present Mi. nisters are honoured with the PRINCE REGENT'S con fidence, which, as it has. been acquired solely by their conduct, it is iinpossible they should not re tain, as long as they persevere in the same course, unappalled by the misrepresentations of the envious and the outcries of the disaffected. The Gazette of last night contains a further re. ward of 5001. and his Majesty's pardon to any one of the parties concerned in the murder of Mr. MARR and his family, except the person or persons who actually perpetrated the horrid massacre, who shall discover his or their accomplices therein. Letters have been received from various ports in the Mediterranean, by the Royal Sovereign, which has arrived at Portsmouth. It is stated in one of them, that there is no foundation for the report, that the country in the vicinity of Valencia had been in undated. The presence of General BLAKE; and his gallant army had inspired such courage into the Valencians, that no apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the city. Advices have been received from Guernsey, with accounts from France, to the date of the 2d instant. ,w,,~,:,.: . - ~~Y