The National Register. — London, England, 1814-01-09 00:00:00

Tir►; NATToNT VI, T2rnlqTril. JAN. 9. A Lisbon mail arrived yestet day moinin,:,, b!inging the following intelligence : AiAtßin, Dr c. 13. By tot Official Dispatch, receiv , A in Sarteirmi we know that the Place and Citadd of Jaen (not Arragon) ba• r•sdervd to Spanish Comitmedanz ••lto blockader) it, after iht Spaniard: had olo.ained po.cpc.ion of the town, betwer a -1 and 5 o'clock in :he inoriiinv of the M of Decetob-.r. VEcn. Dt c. 14 11111101lbte:d, that all the Itahan% who remained in the F ench army in Catatonia, have marched fur France, and tlizo they ha re bven replaced by conhclipb4. It is sei I that the Coulinian toms , intends to make a general movr. mem, but we , sire ignorant ot it• I,l,jrcr. Drc. 4 --The movement winch ire a lloded to yesterday, has liven made by al On. enemy's army towArd'Ordal. The general report that it warching in the dire etton ot Tortnsa. VA F.Ne 11. DEC VCCollniA gate. that th e F renc h an d forei.fn (to. ps in lilac, luila are ut valiance., on wiiiell iaeCOUIO V of t ht. lintel. have been disorttrell.' The Rmer sloop of• war a:lived at Plymou!h from P;:s slge, which place she !eft on Tuesday last, lepotts that Lord hdd advanced eight leagues on the road to ward: Boutdeaux, leaving 1.5,000 men (Spaniards) inves ing Bayonne _ . _ A letter from a Major-General in the Bt itish army. dated Vieux Mcgieurre, near Bayonne, Dec. 21, contains most animated accounts of the late battle with Soult:—" From all quarters I hear that Loid Wellington was never more pleased than he was with the whole proceeding; of that -day (the 13th). It has plot based quiet and rest, more desirable in this wet weather, for they have not attempted to molest any part t:f the :luny since. an.l we remain close to Bayonne. 1t is a drliu,htful clima.e and country: the inhabitants far more kind to its thlw ev .r the Spaniards were. They , ap pear ND wish us success, and are anxious for a change in their Government : scarce a day but item ten to twelve deserters come in. They cannot depend on their con crusts, who de sert whenei . er they can. When they att.,c . ,ed us on the I3+, it with all tie old sold:els, which must make the loss to them doubly severe. The people here assure us that in the interior they only want a leade , and a rallying point, • fur th e whole country to revolt. I have sanguine hopes of a peace, and the downfall of Buotipaite, and expect before lung to sit by your comfortable rite and tell my long stories like all old Generals." A letter from St .Jean de Litz, dated Dec. 19, received in Glasgow, eonekcie. in the fo:h '60 6 ; words Ti le genera l opinion bete, k that Lord Weilingt 011 W . : I I advance in a fuw days for the purpost, of iovestin:2; Bayonne; Soult, it is ex• peeled, will leave it, and that thcie w:11 be no siege; a bat tle however, (Ape( ted, and it is not improbable that the Vrench m:4 attack ; if they don't, we must, as a great many men arc 4Mb:tit cover, and the roads arc so bad they find great difficulty in getting the men and horses provisioned. I think it ritore than probable that we may eat our Christmas dinner in Bayonne. Dead-quarters are to be moved in a day Of two ITIOrp to the centre." Itt a VittoriaPawr of the 18th ult. is a Spanish account of the late sanguiTary engagrrnents on the Nive, which puts, if possible, the conduct of the Allied troops in a still more , glorious ;mint of view than the dispatches of the Marquis Wellington. The Noble . NlO , ortis, with a view to ultetior operations, has ordered up the ft , urth Spani,h armv, com mended by General Freire, which has been so long kept in the rear; the English hoist- have been also brought to the front, which indicates • says the Spantsh account) that, I:l>ckading Bayonne, marching his at my a . cross tle odour, and placing his cavalry in Pau, he is going to occupy all the county between that river and the Nive. They also praise the good effects of the measures, adopter h the Marquis of elliVon, for the security of the inhabitants of that part I 1 e 7 Fiance t)( i b Ins Lig : I ( . .I.Stg 11( 4 11C. * tit 'lc, that they far ck to heml-quarters, with every kind of pro- visions the country airwri,,. ... .........._. _ ..______.. __. _ _ The I llowing pal ticulars are given in the above account, of the coining (Ner of the German Regiments to the A (lied Attny :—•' At nine P. M. of the tOli, a Cerwan Officer belongitig to e.e Nassau lle4imeet, which was in the enemN's reserve, revolted himself at the advanced posts of the 4th division, and s:wed, that there %vete in the vicinity of the .aid division, ar 41 in march to join it, two battalions of his corps, and the I:tankfott itegi!u!lit. General Cole adopted all the ttecessa , y means, advanced to mret them . and in less ban half an hotly arrived some I - .00 of the said th e' corps, ' pet lectly clethed, and as fine looking Soldiets as can be ima 4ined. We we i:;noraut of the information which :he Chief of these corpg may have ii.iven the Gene-al in Chief, and only know, that informed of the events which had oecuried in Germany, notwithstanding the endeavours of the enemy to conceal them, knowbz, that after the b tttle of Leipsic, the different Pi laces lod sc.parfeed loin the Confederation of the filtine, he immediately !met: Ins I esolution, and deter- , mined to carry it into CN ecw ion as soon as possible, and be fore tile eeemy should, through any suspicion, d:s trio him. ' To no one did le• communicate his resolution, and on the tOth, in the eyeniete after the action had terminated, find• inc.; himself !glued in the front of the .tth division, to observe • its movemetos, not h.:vinh at his side any French battalion, and having received orders to - re.ire, he believed the oppor tune moment bird at ri‘.ed, nod, drawing his sword, informed his men of the event: of Euroee, arl of their positive obli gation to he faithful to their Princes—proposed to them to go over to the Etf , disli army, to he conveyed to Germany, and fight in it for the liberty of the Continent. All with one accord followed him, and at half past nine were already in our lines. They immediately put themselves in match . for Passag,es, where transports are ready to conduct them to Ger ^many, They were treated by th:c Duke of Ciud.ul RAI ign 1 and the whole army, in that manlier which such worthy men mei it.'' . A rumour has been. of late conlitlenVy circulated among the superior emiLt-rants from Ft ance, that a diiect invitation i has been meceived by Louis XVi 1. from Normandy to tc -1 tam, and with !JI assurance that his standard would be-,sur• rounded by thousands who are in their hearts devoted to hi:; cause. The Coo tie Clammont, who returned last week nom Marquis Wellitigton's ' army, says, that the people a't Guiehe and the other parts which he visited %vete most ur• il gent that [mid Wellington should advance into the interio t li with his whole army, when they would declare themsek e s , It and willingly flock to a standard under which they could ke S.l Dav, the place to•wliich Soult has retreated, is a town of France, and pri::cipal place of a district, in the department of the Lande, situated on the Adour, surrounded with walls, flanked with towers, and containing abot4 5000 inivaAants. It is 22. miles N.E. of Bayonne, and 26 S.W. of Monte cle Marsan. The Perscus, which has arrived from our fleet off Toulon, has brought to this country a son cif the Emperor of Mo rocco, accompanied by Mr. Thomson, lalc. jai) Envoy at the ;Mori-h court. Mr. Murray, who some time since persisted in statins that Mr. Pitt, the late Minter, was living, - ha- br again extremely troublesome at Earl Bathurses office. insists that Mr. Chapman (who one of the clerks) Pitt. The ass:stance of Salmon, belongini; to 130 W Qffice, has been ol:livd to be calk:4 in. . .- beets is Mr. 1114: