The National Register. — London, England, 1808-11-13 00:00:00

.r--- N'OV. 13. FROM TLS 1.1.1318URW1 PA PARS. lIOLLANU. LeArreit 'nom M. OPRLACU• ROYAL PRIIR +IAN PRESIDENT OF Tin; BOARD or WAR AND 11M•NCES, TO TRU 1i23111/LRS OP TitAT no.tuo. • In pursuance of a Letter received front the Royal Cabi net Miuisters, I hereby give notice to the Royal Board, that the obstructions wait h hitherto obstructed the evacua tion of this country, and the restoration of the manage ment of the ROyer Finances, by the competent Royal Prussiandlearcls, bale been removed by a Convention con eleded in Paris the..Blb of last month, and ratified at Er forth, the Bth init.' According - to the tenure of the said Convention, Ist, The revenue of all the provinces is to be received for his Prussian Majesty's account, from the Bth September of this year. 2dly, The eiiisenition is to take place, as soon as lie necessary papers relative to the payment of the arrears of the contribution shall have. been delivered to Mr. Daru, Imperial French . Intendant. There cannot remain a doubt but that all the provinces will be evacuated by the 13th November. ,Sdly, The management of the royal finances is to be restored to the competent Royal Boards as soon as the evacuation shall have been effected. Oct. 22, 1803. GERL.iCII. PROM THE SPAIMSII PIPERS. • lages , of S. Clemente and V illaclecans, and 'Hint ;they ina been,beaten and driven back with considerable loss. ! A letter from Vuigcerda, tied - another ftnin :Irripnrdatt, agree in stating, that the Miquelets who were raised in Roussillon, with the promise of•three pesetas a day, - ant the bisoty of Catalonia, have been basely deceiied o • And consMyed to the north•ln.chains. • • • ' • ". . . VELASI De MAR ' OCT..7.—With • respect to the French we are now much at our CUR ; int 5000 Miquelets,-en camped at San Geronimo de la Murta, mid& the command of the brave Col. D. Francisco Melans del Bosch, prnteet us against any attempt the French may make in this quar ter. Their sallies now do not extend beyond the distance of agua-shot and a half from the walls of Barcelona; and their videttes and advanced parties fly the instant a few Miguelets make their appearance. reinforc em ents daily arriving at our head-quarters at Villafranca, among which are 6000 troops of Arragon, under the command of the Marquis de Lazan, and .:380 of the Spanish Jiussars who have landed at Tarragona, will completely hem in the. Mansieurs, who now du little more than barrass 'with their iniquitous decrees the unfortunate and distresri inhabit ants of Barcelona. We have advice from Rousillon that there were 10,000 young conscripts under orders to enter tipain, hat that they had been countermanded; and it appears that they will confine themselves to the defence of their own ter ritory, in case of an invasion being attempted by the Spaniards. The inhabitants of Bousillon are dissatisfied with the infamous conduct of the French troops in Spain. They are determined not to submit to the terrible con scription demanded by Bonaparte ; and assert, that it' the Spanish troops Mould: enter their country, respecting their persons and property, they will with the greatest pleasure submit to ;Tam. The inhabitants of the frontier towns arc sending into the interior their money and move ables, being apprehensive of an irruption on our part. lathe environs of Junquera, we 'have 12,000 men, consist ing of 3liquelets, and, the second battalion of the Volun teers of Barcelona, under the command of Dan Narcisso Lavakte. Coautora, OCT. 27.—Yesterday morning disembarked 2000 of the British army under the command of Sir David Baird. They consist of sharp shooters, light troops, and arttllery ; all good-looking men, lii h •Thly disciplined, and particularly neat in their clothes and accoutrements. It must be acknoviledged that the British nation have, in every lines ' arrived at an admirable degree of perfection; and that the.other nations arc still a great way behind them. They formed,their battalions to the sound of music of a•very warlihre,deseription, and marched of in the best order to Palk/ea, •-• Vice, OCT. 15,—A letter, from the camp at St. GerOtnino, of the ROth uk. seys:—" At midnight the Sd regiment pf Lerida macchetalong the akrand of Barcelona, ty the other side of . St. Adrian, where the:enemy Wad an entampinent, The regiment of Mumma passed the Bet,os bet Ween Santa Colima and St. Adrian. Three companies of ViCil, and the :id regiment of Lerida,. formed the column of reserve, Before day-break. the 3d of Lerida discharged a volley into the eueiny's camp, and without givingr then; time to fire'a single shot, rushed on them with the We do not - know the exaet amount of the enemy's loss ; -hut as they had no time to prepare for resistance, .and were surprised 111 their very huts, they.were completely routed, The Ili quelets of the'Sd'of Letida and thetr ‘ bayonets were covered with blood, and each of them declared that. he killed four, five, or six lixenchmen, The Sd of Mumma, on their side, discharged 'a volley at the advanced post of the enemy on the.other side of the Kenos ; and the french behaved in so cowardly a style,. that every man of them fled as far ac Sari Martin, without firing a single shot. A company of I ich being ordered to assist the Sd of Lerida, they com pletely drove the enemy front their encampments, and the Miquelets have . returned loaded with knapsacks, various article% Of clojthing, and biscuit. The enemy had from lb to 2 2 moo Ilia three horses killed, and lost two millitary chests, 41415 muskets, We tooic, two prisoners. Our loss ceasisted of three wounded, one of them so 'badly, that he is since dead. The enemy have completely disappeared. During the whole of the dly there has been a firing heard in the direction of lloncada ; and there also they have been driven from their camp, and their huts set on fire. It ought to be observed, that during the whole of the day the Preach were unable to make any nse of their cannon." It is mentioned in another private letter, that the enemy rtsul made a with the intention of pillagieg the *4- FROM GUTTRAT nu up It . . . . GOTTENBURGIT, Nov.• 7.-11Jc Armistice in Finland was broken by the Russians on.the 2;111 ult., and a severe en gagement ensued, the result uf shichisnot yet known, but it is feared the Swedes have bee* worsted.. The Ling is re- • turned to Stockholm. STockaaLm, Nov. Hoyal highness the Duke of Sudermanea has received the following report:— . " The expected large convoy ta's first discovered from the steeples of this town, the day before yesterday, at two o'clnek in the afternoon. The gun-boats had been lying ready in the road since an early hour in the morning, but , a hard wale springing up, the gun-boats were compelled to leave the road, and put into port, The men remained on hoard, and the gale abating at twelve o'clock at midnight, the gun-boats went out• again to meet the convoy, which had not vet passed Ma'am. At break of day, the gun boats formed a line off Errague, and dispersed some Danish gun-boats and small vessels, which had gathered around a ship of the convoy which had struck aground. The gun boats were ordered to assist the above ship in getting off the ground, in doing which they were employed until yes terday at four o'clock in the afternoon, when the Denial' gun-boats came out from I)rngoe, Copenhagen, and other places, and formed in line opposite to ours, with the ex ception of twelve of them, which sl retched along the coast to attack the Africa, an English ship of the line. I ordered our guusboals to be cleared for action, but perceiving that five sail of the convoy were aground, without any assist ance or protection, 1 resolved to sail to Malmae-rbad, in order to concert with the commander o( the . convoy nit.. - • surer to prevent thorn from falling into the enemy's hand. flaying fortunately soon after fallen in with him, I returnei . . ... ..._ . • THE NATIONAL.I44OSTEIL •,_ ..... ~ ~ .._ 51:'. 01-1 ; fd: 4111 ler • • I .... . • t 41 • -.••• : - _. - - • ;coil