The National Register. — London, England, 1808-07-17 00:00:00

"t JULY 17• Our eAert . “,as will not be wanting to encourage the zeal so strongly manifested; and we will neglect no opportunity to r emind our countrymen , th rou g h the medium of this paper, of the great duty they owe themselves and the uni verse, iu this awful and unexpected crisis. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PROM THE TRENCH, DUTCH, AND SWEDISH PAPERS. FRANCE. JttLY 2. —According to the letters from Bnurdenu*, there are daily passing strong divisions of French troops, com ing front 01 quarters of the kingdom, and proceeding on their march to join the army in Spain with all expedition. BAvo.NNK, .111 ti 25.—0 n the '34th and 25th, the Junta met at the usual hour and place, and held its seventh and eighth F it t ings. The deliberations on the project of the Constitution mrere contiaued, and each Member delivered his remarks in writing. Afterwards the Junta settled as a principal measure, that all these remarks should be compared and well considered ; that suca of theta as tend to improve the project of the Constitution, which must far ever establish the happiness of Spain, shall he taken notice of. According to intelligence received from Spain, tranquillity is restored in the districts of Segovia, Valladolid, and Placentia : ghat part of Navarre and Amigo!), is hich is situate on the right batik of the Ebro, is also returned to obedience. The latest accounts which the Junta has received from Ma drid. respecting Cadiz, as well as the army before Gibraltar, are very tranquillizing. lu general, the Captain-Generals, the Corregidors, the Al cartes, and the most polished part of the Spanish Nation, dis play the hest sentiments ; and in those places where insurrections had actaally broke out, these communions were only occasioned by the common people, who wanted to avail themselves of an unsettled time, without a Government, to commit the most vio lent excesses. CERMAN Y. VIENNA, JUNE 22.--It is said, that one army, on account of the great Autumn manoeuvres, is to be divided into live corps, which auto be commanded by the Archduke Charles, John, anti Ferdinand, Prince Lichtenstein, and Count Belle garde. Prince Metternich has repaired to his estates in Swabia, front whence he goes to LIMN' igsburg, and afterwards to Paris. BANKS OF THE E Lug, JUNE !' . .?.l.—The rum o urs of a prob able rupture, and a new war between Audria and France, be come daily more general and it is said that the Emperor Francis is not pleased with the late changes in Spain and Italy, and has made complaints with respect to them. In the mean time the French armies siiii occupy the foliow ing geographical _positions against the Austrian Monarchy on its northern frontiers, %ie. in Silesia are stationed the crops formerly commanded by Marshals Ney, Massena, and Mortier„ besides the major part of the Duke of Berg's eavalr: : farther to the North, in the Duchy of Warsaw and the territory of Dantzic, Marshal Da youst, the Polish and Saxon auxiliaries, and the grenadiers and voltigeurs of Gen. Oudinot ; to the North-West, the corps of Marshals Soult and Victor ; the front of the Austrian monarchy, in the NYest, is only occupied by the troop: of the Rhenish Confederation; in the South-West, towards Bung:try, V Gen. Malamutes corps ; in Dalmatia, and in the South, tire nett Powers of Italy, and several French nivisions. SW . EDEN. Stocairomit, JuNr. 27.—i•ast Friday arrived here, in Or to 'ruing, sonic small ships, with wounded people front the ex pe.lition under Vegesack, which had been in a severe engage ment with the Russians in the neighbourhood of Abe►, the issue of which proved unsuccessful to us. It seems that the Russian forces in those parts was stronger than was expected, and that the persons who made their escape frora that part of Finland, bad represented such an enterprise as too easily to he effected. The Russians were far superior in number to our troops, and better provided with Lr il'ery ; et they were three times at tacked by the Swedes, and twice driven back, though new re intorcements from Alio every time enabled them to rally again. The third battalion of the h'euc•ihies. whose Chief was the ).ietttenant• Colonel Reutercroaa, fought with the greatest ar dour, and seeing the Russians, w ith charged bayonets, coming do%yo a hill in a superior nutabur upon them, they ceased THE NATIONAL REGISTER• 451 firing, and advanced to receive the Russians in the same man ner they were attacked, When a terrible carnage began. Lieu tenant-Colonel Reutercrona was severely wounded in the right arm, M Weil failing, he continued to command with his sword in his left, till weakened by pain and loss of blond, he fell, and was carried oil' the field. The shat took near the shoulder, and an amputation being deemed neeessary, his life Is considered in great danger. The Russians, it is certain, are retiring from the North of Finland. This morning, about one o'clock, a courier arrived with the news that Gamely Carleby is evacuated by the Ras• stmts. FROM Tits LOW E R ELLIE, .1t; sr, 22.—A1l the French troops have evacuated the Island of Fulmen, and entrusted its defence to the Spanish troops, under the command of the Mar• (pis de la Romane. In those districts, there are not more than two ()dicers of the Etat-Nlajor of the Prince de Ponta C orvo. The Regiment of the Prince of Asturias is in Zealand. Hitherto nothing of importance has occurred. The English are -aid to have already penetrated the White Sea, with a view to bl,►ck ade Archangel, in order to prevent the transport of provisions to Norway. RUSS' A. ST. PETERSIWRGII, JUNE I".—Our Court Gazette contains a report of an action fought near Ravolax, is Finland, on the 2Sth of April, in which our troops were taken by surprise by the Swedes. Our loss consists of stl) men and four pieces of cannon. (general Buxhovden ascribes this unfortun:►te accident to the badly contrived measures of the General of Division who commanded there. He therefore proceeded to the place in per• son. FROM THE SPANISH P. 4 PERS. --40.--- SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 15.—We are mach relieved here by the di. munition of the French troops, and particularly as the few which remain do not at all interfere with us. In the gardens of the Retire, they go on with their fortifications. Scarcely a soul is to be seen on the public walk or the Nadi), on account of the hor rid scenes so lately exhibited there. It is said, that Murat is ordered to return to France, in con sequence of having acted with too much remissness aad too little severity, and that in place of him we are to receive Massena, , who is more active and much more sanguinary. MA NZANAK CS, 3cs r. 12.—The division of Dupont, which conslsted of 12, 1 4.19 men, in its progress to Aticlaluiti, was at tacked on the Bth, hetween the Viola de Cardenas and the road to Despena:percos, where 4.000 irregular troops were posted. They permitted the first and second column to pass unmolested, but fell upon the third, and not a single man escaped. ThO rear-guard, Composed of 1,000 dragoons and others, fell back' upon ' Valdepenas, w here they met with many misfortunes. Another corps of ;40 Frenchmen came ait her, a nere they were received by the armed people i and as' they were fatiAued, and few in number, they surrenderM themselves prisoners, and were sent into the interior. The day before yesterday the two first divisino' were Attack el, not beim:: able to proceed further than the brolg . e of titiadt& quivir, which was broken clown. They were there attacked, a nd I Iris(' who were met killed were made prisoner , . Much French Flood was shed, but en our part little loss was sustained. Dupont is among the prisoners. It is likewise said, that Vait'ncia has entered into a Treaty with the Friglish ; and that in consequeuce on the 9th, the troops which were in F:‘l..jqrca, nod the ajacent Islands, were disem barked at Valencia, and, at the same time, a thousand muskets with a quantity of ammunition. The English have offered to . return w it 11 further assi6tance. They . d I further, that the ad• an ed trot); s of the Val?ncians were at A bazete, and these w ith .ae Murciaa tr,:ap,, a 0i cool p.ise a force of 18:1,000 men, Iv ith a f alnidable train of artil lery. It is mentioned that Moncev, whose intention it wits to occupy the proviace of Valencia, has not ventured to quit Min-• granella. °vino°, .111txr. 22.—The contents of various letters received here on the 120th, concur in refuting the Madrid Mario of the I.th, which positively states, that Dupont had iritimpbaialy entered Cordova : the fact kin:. that alter his advanced guard, consisting of a numerous corps of cavalry, had pa"e I on far as Anduxar, the main body of his army was cut to pieces, net!Neen ilaylett and that place ; aid, subsequently, his advanced guard 1112 t the same fate, between AnchiNur :Lod Cordova. • Fr! .„ y .,