The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-22 00:00:00

THE N A 1. A Lisbon Mail arrived nn Friday, bristginr: tuguese Papers to the Ist inst. and dispatches from Lord•WELLINoToN, dated the 2Sth tilt. The mail Ind dispatches were brought by his Majesty's ship Regulus, which arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, from Lisbon. The intelligence by this conveyance buts an end to all the exultation which m a y h a ve een excited by the rumour of the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, if any persons were inconsiderate enough to give implicit credit to the report. Lord WEL LINGTON'S dispatches are dated August the.2Bth, the day on which the Sec! lower sailed from Lisbon. The head quarters of the Allied Army continued, Pt the date of the dispatches, at Fuente Guinaldo. The Allied troops had blockaded Ciudad Rodrigo ; but there did riot seem to be any intention of laying regular siege to that fortress. It appears that no movement of any importance had taken place amongst the French troops in the Western Pro. vinces of Spain ; one division, which had been in garrison in the North, and had been relieved by the conscripts lately arrived from France, had advanced to Rio Seco and Valladolid ; and it was also under. stood, that Marshal MARMONT had concentrated his corps more closely than he had done in the first in stance. From al,l-this it is obvious that no material move ment had taken, place on either side, since the date of the last di latches ftom Lord WELLINGTON on the 21st ; and, indeed, according to all the accounts which have been received, the heat has been so ex cessive as to oblige both armies to remain quiet and stationary in their cantonments. We are sorry to state that the effect of the intemperate heat of the weather had produced an increase of the sick in the army ; but it is with satisfaction we have to add, that the cases were in general mild and the morta lity trifling. The accounts from Lisbon mention the successive arrival at that port of reinforcements from England and their immediate progress to join the army. From every part of Spain the intelli gence, though not very recent, is still extremely sa: tisfactory. All the accounts of the operations in that country which are derived from Lisbon ate seldom to be literally depended upon : but when they all so exactly concur in their import, we may safely take it for granted that they do not materially mis-state or misrepresent the fact. We find in the Lisbon Papers, a Proclamation from General DOYI.E to the people of Catalonia, dated so far back as the Bth of July, which cannot fail to be read with interest, because it shows that the triumpio of SUCIiET at Tarragona could not be solid, when he was reduced to the necessity of deception, in order to repress the rising spirit, and to prevent the united efforts of the Catalonians. The trick was stale and failed—having been tried before ; and we arc happy to find the spirit of the inhabitants of that brave province not only unsubdued, but rising superior to the partial disasters which had befallen them. Such devotion must insure ultimate success, because it is not to be put down or extinguished. f~ TIONAL RPM'S turbed. The pelisants are said ins Pnr- rising, and at Rugen Walde, PRUSSIAN STATES. All the letters received by the recent Anholt Mail agree in representing the situation of the Prus %ian States as greatly agitated and dangerously dis• . . sbo''' to be every where a town of Pomera nia, they .are represented as having been driven to desperation by the severity of their burthens and privations, and rising en 'muse, to have put the French troops, wherever they could meet them, to death. The example is said to have been followed throughout Pomerania, but more particularly in the vicinity of Colberg ; and the troops which have been sacrificed to the sudden resentments of the populace, are reported to be detachments sent from Dantzic and its vicinity to quell the rising turbulence and disorders. The insurgents, as may well be supposed, are not very regularly armed, some having muskets, others bludgeons, pikes, forks, and any other weapons which occasion or accident happened to throw in their way ; but their aggregate number is computed at forty thousand. and their actuating spirit is known to be the most deadly and implacable hatred of the French name and nation. A feeling such as has thus been said to pervade the population of the Prussian States, would be irresistible in the event of a renewal of war ; but we are disposed greatly to fear that the rising has been premature ; and that, if it should not hurry the Prussian Government into an un timely struggle, it will lead to the infliction of a terrible vengeance by the French soldiery. The letters which convey this intelligence are not confined to statements of the insurrection—they go much farther, and add, that the rising of the pope. lation has the sanction of the Prussian Government. The only ground stated for this assertion is, that no public measures have been taken to put down the insurgents, or to punish the authors of the distur bances. If the King of PRUSSIA be bent on war, it is natural enough to suppose that he would not be very active in punishing his own subjects for assisting him in the destruction of their common enemy. The whole story, however, rests upon the authority of the private letters by the Mail, and as these are at best but second hand, being from Gottenburgh, and detailing accounts received there from various ports in the Baltic, it would be too much to expect that implicit credit should be given to them. It is na tural that an oppressed peasantry should eneleavour to throw off a • load rendered insupportable by ar bitrary accumulation : it is probable that the first object of popular vengeance would be the destruc. tion of their oppressors—and therefore considering all the circumstances of the case, it is possible that the accounts may be true, though until the arrival of some further corroboration of them it will be safer to suspend all belief upon the subject. BUENOS AYRES. A report was on Friday circulated, that Monte Video had surrendered and united itself to the Re volutionists of Buenos Ayres, and that this infer. !nation had been brought by Captain CHARLTON, of the ship John, arrived from then Ce. that some degree of probability may attach to the prospect of the speedy fall 01 Monte Video is not denied ; but we have good reason to believe, that no such event had taken place at the tine the John sailed. We are informed, that the Foudr yaht, Admiral DE COURCY, while cruising after the • .