The National Register. — London, England, 1811-08-11 00:00:00

NATIO' anxiety so long felt for the safety of Gem BLAKE, and his division, whose arrival at Cadiz on the 11th July they announce. An official detail of the movements of the force under his command is given in The Regency Gazette of the 6th ult. from which it appe.rs that the only engagement which he had was with a moveable body of 600 French at the town of El Cerro, who retreated as soon as the Spaniards appeared, and had about thirty or forty killed during their retrograde motion. The accounts from Cadiz itself are rather of a gloomy complexion. The first incident of note tat we have to mention is the escape of IMAz, who surrendered Badajoz to the enemy ; after him, GREGORIO, another officer, charged with treasonable practices ; and lastly, an Aide-de-Camp of Souvr's, who had been taken prisoner, and was confined in the Castle of St. Catherine, found means to fly. The embarrassment of the Regency for want of money ; the fall of Tarragona ; and the disap. pointment of general expectation in respect to the success of BLAKE'S expedition, are likewise alleged as causes of public despondency ; or we fear we shall speak more correctly if we say, that these oc currences have given confk ence. to the disaffected to shew themselves more openly, and to expatiate with affected professions of regret upon the difficul ties attending that cause which they have privately sold themselves to betray. The besieging army was said to have lately received reinforcements of six or seven thousand men from SouLT's forces, just broken up on the Guadiana; while discontents are known to prevail amongst the Spanish troops on the Isla. Such is the sum-total of the awkward circumstances which are reported from this place. All that we can say is, that we are not able to make men true to their cause, if they are deter mined to be otherwise. Have the inhabitants and military of Cadiz acted or suffered like those of Saragossa, Gerona, or Tarragona ? Or do they confess that they are not equally Spaniards ? IMAZ, GREGORIO, and SOULT'S Aid-de-Camp, have cer tainly escaped by the help of treason; and we wish the traitors were along with the French, receiving the rewards that are usually bestowed on creatures of their description by their employers. But the safety of the town is not endangered by the acces sion of seven thousand troops to the besiegers; more especiall) as the besieged are likewise strengthened by the arrival of General BLAKE. And as to the difficulties of the Regency from the want of money, we learn that they were likely to be soon removed, as a vessel was daily expected from Vera Cruz, with a supply of six millions of dollars. In the midst of these internal symptoms of disaffection or indifference to the common cause, REGISTER it is likewise stated, that another expedition was 'fitting out from Cadiz, to consist of about seven thousand men. Almeria was pointed out as the place of its immediate destination, there to fOrm a junction with the army of the centre, under the command of General FREIRE. PC PORTUGAL. ?~.,~ . The following ankle received yesterday fr * .oin Oporto does not contain any intelligence from the headquarters of the B. itish army of so late a date as Lord WELLINGTON'S dispatches of the 18th ult. ; it is, however, interesting, insomuch as any trans.: actions of importance in the north of Portugal and Spain, and in the direction of Almeida, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, &c. must be known speedily in Oporto:— OPORTO, JULY 23.—The reports of the day are highly fa vourable. • What few French there are to the northward are very much wore down by sickness. JOSEPH BONAPARTE did not bring more than 3500 horse with him to Burgos. This may be relied-on, as well as that no reinforcements of any conse quence have lately entered Spain. It is reported and generally believed that MAR mewl - had passed the Puente de Almaraz ; and that Lord We L LIGGTON had ordered three divisions of the allied army to march on the 17th, to keep him in check. We have no doubt here, but that in a few weeks the hostile forces will be again to the northward ; but think that the French will not attempt to enter Portugal this autumn; if they do, they will be infinitely worse off than they were before, as very few bullocks remain, and almost all the crops have failed. MALTA AND GIBRALTAR MAILS. • Mails from Malta and Gibraltar arrived yesterday morning, with intelligence from Malta of the 2d ult. and from Gibraltar of the 2 tth. General BAL LA STEROS remains at Villa Real with his infantry for the protection of the county of Niebla; his horse are gone back to Lord WELLINGTON. Gene ral BLAKE'S troops (with the exception of about 500 men arrived at Algeziras) are also gone to Cadiz where they have landed. It is supposed, that, after getting new clothing, they ►ill re-embark and proceed to the eastward. Their Commander has received fresh proofs of the confidence reposed in him by Government, it being understood at Cadiz, that he has been appoiried to the command of the 2d and 3d armies (Valencia, Arragon, and Murcia.) There are some advices from other parts of Spain, which we have annexed : CARTHAGENA, JULY 9.—" The French sallied forth from Grenada td surprise Villalubns, but the latter having been warned in time, frustrated their projects. Ail the letters from the eastward speak of the unf irtunate loss of Tarragona. The pusillanimous are cast duwn by any reverse we happen to re ceive ; but the mind endued with fortitude is never dejected. We must now wait the result of what will be attempted by Use thousands of men who have landed in Catalonia, alti.Ough too late to save Tarragona. Their number amounts to 14,000; and notwithstanding the loss of Tarragona, these forces cannot but