The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-01 00:00:00

, L out I A gentleman, who came passenger on board the ship George Canning, from Buenos Ayres, states, that although Monte-Video had not surrendered, • that city was placed in a miserable situation. The inhabitants suffered extremely from the want of water and provisions, being closely shut up by the army of the Junta, which amounted to 8000 men, and expected a considerable addition to its numb'•rs besides a supply of artillery. When the latter ar tived, it was not doubted that an assault would be attempted. If it proved successful, fears were entertained that the result would be dreadful, and that all the European Spaniards in the place would be massacred. We trust, however, that such fears are unfounded, as it certainly does not appear that the adherents of the Junta have hitherto acted upon • such sanguinary principles. Lima, the capital of Peru, had been granted a forty-hours armistice by CAsTELLI, on the suppli ration id the Cabildo of that city; at the termina tion of which, there was every reason to suppose that the Governor would be obliged to accede to the terms dictated by this partizan of innovation. Chili remained quiet, governed by her own Junta, ‘syho had recently sent 300 soldiers, armed and . equipped, to assist the Government of Buenos Ayres. • The Junta of Chili had opened Baldivia, St. Jago, . Coquimbo, and other ports of the Pacific Ocean, to a free trade, under much the same regulations as those of Buenos-Ayres, New York and Boston Papers, the former to the 26th, the latter to the 30th ult. arrived on Thurs day, as did also Halifax Journals to the 6th inst. They do not enable us to form any opinion as to the state of the negociations between Messrs. Foster and Munroe. Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday afternoon, with the squadron under his Command ; consisting of the Vengeur, 74, flag ship, Captain Brown ; Danemaik, 74, Captain Bis set ; Edinburgh, 74, Captain 'Baker ; Pyrdmus frigate, Captain Dashwood ; and the Itovcr, C4p iain'Finlay. They have been cruising it} the At lantic these six weeks, with a view of falling in pith the China and Indian fleets ; „and not for any purposes connected with the affairs of America. Jamaica Papers have come to hand to the end of June.. They mention the departure of the Duke of Manchester from Kingston for Halifax, in a sloop of war ;‘, from thence his Grace would proceed to We have received Paris Papers, including the itkiniteurs, to the - 25th inst. but they contain no stews cf any importance. Part of the Toulon fleet Ending the coast clear, ventured to peep out in the beginnmg of this month, but soon returned, and Our fleet off that place exchanged some shots with ihehatteries in the bay of Hieres. Of the Bishops who attended the Council at Pa ris, several have directed their steps towards Italy, though their sees do net lie in this direction. From hence it is inferred, that they are sent cn a mission ;o worry the poor Pope into some compliance with the w ill of Buonaparte. AL Athices from off Flushing state, that the fleet moved ,tly with intent to in _ out, apparem pat to sea, but that they have :Tie returned into the har bour. It consists of 17 sail of the line,* and a lalge proportion of frigates. Besides these, there are three ships of the line at Goree, and five in the Texel. • These united would make a formidable fleet of `2.5 sail of the line ; and it is supposed that they will endeavour to form a junction as soon as the season obliges our ships to leave their station ; an event which is likely soon to take place, as they have already experienced a great deal of bad wea ther upon that coast. The last Anholt Mail brings accounts of the dis missal and imprisonment of several persons of con sequence in Prussia. Great discontent appears to prevail, and it is stated that an insurrection was is agitation. Lord Wellington has, with his usual sagacity, ordered defences to be constructed for the protec tion of Oporto; which, if tot so impregnable as the lines of Lisbon, will at least present a very formi dable resistance to the enemy, in the event of his attempting to advance in that quarter. That im portant city had hitherto been in a manner open, kind must have fallen before any superior force that approached it.. These new defences chiefly consist in the fortifying of the strong passes which lead, in various directions, to Oporto. The works were begun some time ago. The following is a Copy of a Paper posted in the principal streets of Cadiz : 4 6 Spaniards, look to yourselves. Let every man consult his own interest and safety, for thee is none will do it besides. It is true you have a Government, or rather a body of men calling themselves a Regency, ansl what has been tcrined a General Cortes of the Kingdom ; but they are corrupt and inactive, and they care not for Spain as long as they can preserve them selves Our troops ar sent away upon distant expeditions when they are wanted at home, lest they should take vengeince On these "Aware at the head of affairs. If we to he free, we must take our liberty into our own hantN, Sit 1 'we must not suffer ()twelves to be blinded by hyprocritical Patriots. Loo YoekesEevEs." There is now a very general report in circulation. that the Dauphin of FRANCE is still alive ! And to give an air of credibility to the • story, it is added. that a person has arrived in this country who affirms that he knows his place of residence ! We are concerned to state that the account of the capture of the French frigate Entrepenante by the Atalanta is contradicted. The report originated in a sham-fight between the Atalanta and her consort, the Tartarus, off the Delaware, on the 20th of July. • THE Ni' closely rt seed, and the place could not hOl long. . _ _ _ CITY BUSINESS. Wednesday a Court of Common Council was held at Guild hall, which was numerously attended. The Committee for General Purpo, , es delivered a report for making an allowance of SI. to each of the Freemen (debtors) in New-ate and the Compters, who are taking the benefit of the late Insolvent Act, which was read, agreed to, and ordered ac• cor: 1. - g y. '1 he Lord Mayor laid before the Court a Letter of Thanks from the City of London Truss Society, for the donation of the Court of 1001. voted on the 11th July last, which was read, and ordered to be entered en the Journals. A motion was made that the state of the proceedings relative to the proposed Charter to empower all the Aldermen of the *City to act as Justices of the Borough of Southwark, be com municated to the Court, the same was resolved in the Wu'. mative. The Court ordered the sum of 2501. to be subscribed in aid of the funds of the Society for maintaining and educating poor orphans of Clergymen.