The National Register. — London, England, 1809-01-29 00:00:00

riltt NATIONAL REGISTER. JAN. 29. FOREICIN INTEMAGENCE. fitOM TilE SPANISH PAPERS; 11.--:-Bra report received from Don Alex ander de Tapia, who was sent by the Junta of Murcia to as,7er tain the position of the enemy, it .appearS, that our advanced parties fell in With the French near Villanueva del Cardet, routed them and took sixty prisoners i that a similar occurrence took place near Villamantioue, where another French detach ment was completely routed, put to the sword, or taken prison ers, the Sotamander of this detachment,. a General Officer, hay ing been kiiled by The peasants; that OW French troops, who entered Taramou, are sirrounded b/ ours; and, lastly, that th e divisions of Cuenca and Infantado are in full march to follow up. the advantages obtained over the enemy. The French I.7abitict, ever insolent and artful, has lately seen its insidious plots cotnpletely disconcerted by his Britannic,pt jesty's refusal to listen to the iniqUitOns and insulting proposition • of Pence, which Napoleon roused to he presented to him. The English Cabinet, which has tolemnly engaged •not lo separate its interests from those of Spain, has on that critira occasion given fresh proofs of that generou s fi rmness and friend - ship, 'With which it joins in the defence orthe Spanish Monarchy and Nation, and nf the lawful supreme authority of the Central Junta, svhieJi represeno and governs in the name of qur King and Lind, Ferdinand. .Iteltild any Spaniard ever have enter tained a doubt with regard to the noble and glorious keni with which the Biiiish Govermilent has joined ns to assert our iihettv and independence a„gainst the enetny of GOA and man, they will read with inexpressible Vleastite and gratitude the correspondence carried on between the British and French Cabinets do the con ditions hf peace proposed by the universal Tyrant.• The King our Lord; Ferdinand VII. and in his Royal name, the Central Junta of Government has thonkla it right to itend to the Court of LondOn An Ambassador Extraordinary, to coMPli tnent the King of the United Kingdotti of Great •Britain and Ireland. and to thank his Iltitaddic .liajesty for the generosity with which he assists the Spanish Nation in the gluriou,: task to defend the '.'',oyereituty Mid rights of beloved Stivereign;anti its ow„ . n independence against the usurpailoh of the Emperor nf the French. And considering the distinguished character and • situation of his Excellency Don Pedro Cerello, Knight or the Grand Crbsi of the koyal and Distinguished Order of Charles Jord nt the Bedchamber, Privy Counsellor, and Principal Secretary of State, has Chosen him for that import:int miss;on, hnd appointed him Ambassador Lytraordinary to tl:e tThurt of Londnu.—Olovertintent Gazo-tte of Januarg 11.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, ItOliSF, OF LORDS. MONDAY, JAN. Q.t. ARMY IN PORTUGAL. Lord LtYtttroot stibmittect to the consideratibn of their Lordships a Motion of Thanks to the Right Hon, Sir Arthur - Wellesley, latcly Cimitnariding in Portugal, and to the Officers and Soldiers under him, for their gallant and ever•ltnemorable Atchievements in that couutry on the 17th and tlAt of August last ; especially upon the latter day, when by the valour they display . ed i and the. dilliellties whiett they surmounted, they not only added canal lustre tti:the British arms, but proved to the World, that, in the ••Itort period of 14 days, a f,)rce which never, during that time, had actually exceeded frpm 13,000 to 17,000 had de feated not ooly gn army Of 2500, but rescued from them a kingdom. • TPere irai one circumstance to which he most riecessarily call • their Lordship; particular attention, the more especiall:k so, as it related to a meritorious oliicer, Sir H. Burrard. The Housei mould perceive thftt be was not Included in the Motion at Thank. , z; but the House would perceive that he took no coin nand in rithe'r of the engagements to which he invited tile mit ice of their Lordships, conFecinently he could hot, being on the latter day a mere spectator, Wttliout any actual command when the battle commenced. and it wtsuld be contrary to usage; that he should be s 9 included, when ro respnie , ibility could be attached to him. Ole Noble Lord then moved, " That the Thanks of the Muse be given to Lieut. Gen. Sir A.Wellesle:., K,. B. for the dit tiuguiihed valour and skill he displayed, together with the olii; 61 cers and soldiers under hint, ou the 17th and VIA of August last, in l'ortizal. - Earl M ttA could not Consider the omissin'a Of *ll . ..ttur . ard'!. name a: any (king short of et;tivet nig an implied ren-u re ul.on him. The motion, of tk Nol.vle Earl v: as an iojtistiee to Sir I lintrard, hich, he tiusted, the equity of their Lordships would indict upon a deserving and honourable gentleman; and as to the : . act of his advising Sir A. Wellesley Mit to advance after the battle, from the oceuriences that were developed t.t. that Board, he, for one, thought tarn right in hi: judgement in that respect. His Lordihip then moved an Amendment, That the tWrif'.. et' Sir llarry Ilurrard ,hotild be inserted. Lord HA anowny obleeted, in very derisive tens; in tl:e amendment. Ilh wai well tonvi%ccd that the distingui ihed otl - cet Was the last Man iothe world wit° would desire it. Lord linsiut.' saw no difference In the c!tie of Sit. H. Be rard from that of a Naval Commander In Chief, who might be fifty leagues frerm the action, and 3noritig in his cabin so loud, that nobody in the ship could tileep but himself; yet he wodld share all the hotOtrs, and all the prqfies of the victory, as Well as the sailor who was in tile hottest part of the 'engage:- tnent. qu6tlon ..v:6 then put on the amendnient off' [ACM Moira, was negatived withotit a division, and with mil' one ur 'two dissentient voice: "The original motion tilts then pO, upon *filch Lord Moira oh.• served, that thongh his amendment had been negatived, yet lie heartily concurred ifi the test iniony w had beet' paid to thit merits and gallantry of Sir Ai Wellesley. The Motion was then etainimously agreed to. WEDNESDAY, J AN. 25. • ' , T 1! E D tTTLE li F COD V N NA. tiOra t,IYERPOOt. rose, to move the Thanks of the House to the Generals and Officers tinder whose conduct, and by whose exertions, the signal battle before Cormina ts . had been won, and i by whose sk ill, activity, and courage, the re-f.inbarkation of the British Pi . oops had been effected. The spit. :dor, of that glorious .victory, which must for ever so signal( v redound to the praise of British valour, discipline, and skill. he, mi doubt, with that !louse and the country, to regret that it siteelJ ba‘%:. been Clouded by the.disasters attending it, particularly by the fall of the gallant and accomplished officer wno had led the %Fin through : such hardshipsto such Ahir . .. IIL. luta the hhnhur el' being personally acquainted with thaidistinguished leader; and his fall he, thereftireutsad the snore sincerely to deplore, la.- cause he could have the more fully avpreriated die loss which in every respect the country sustained-40r Sri John Moore was among the most valiant of her sons. lie had exclusively, de voted his life toter service, and her interests and her henotir were always the first objects itt Isis sight, and the constant aim of his unwearied exertions. 'Ada were the high motives that sup;- Plied thespring of all his actions , and whi c h formed a life that proved.as useful to his fellow countrymen as it was loelous to himself. Impressed with the fuikst conv.ction that every No ' hie Lord must concur in these feelings notnin,led as he wished them to be, he should content himself with following the precedents that had been obszrved on . occasions similar to the present, and concluded with moviog, that the Thanks of that Itouse be gi‘eci to Sir Davi,l flacrd, Lieutenant- General Hope, &c..6x. who took the coonuand of the army in consequence of the wound received by Lieutenaut-general Moore. .. Lord Month in. giving . his warm coneui , ence to the too; tion, as far as it im.luded the merits of the artny, and its Geocial, .I:legged leave to observe, that he should not thereby be pleased, by any mewls, to approve of the comillyt of those who had employed :hat army, in a try tier, the britot le -1 preheilsible and absurd. In Spain, was the ttic or to6land to he fought. The proudest-po'lion of the this!: arm., was sent to light it. •lihe army ffiugliv as tiighilaye been expcteci from its known intrepidity and discipline; not all its euoufs were frustrated by the.Lnorance or incaparit of tliose who had the direction of vur public affairs. 1. taeir t►atul nothing,pros• pored ; the strength as well as the gle! . y or the ',Minn laws &i use decline; its shdrt, we were a sinking country. 'I liis nlisrou , :..a.t of Minister: , was tip can'e of all the t•titr:i ings Pt:id :al the de , - appointutents of our armies; and if he left them it scensured, nit should feel that he deserted the case of his brave companious in arms. . Lord ERSKINn took pride to hims elf in rellettin O jon p: long catalogue of Pelves who adorned the eouott! to ‘i U 0 he had • ♦ . FM , i 4- a