The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

resources, and to their virtue and talents we must look up
:for Cle preservation of our own rights, as well as those of
our allleS. .A great responsibility is attached to them in
this monaeutous crisis ; and we fondly hope that their zeal
wilt be proportionate to the exigency of the times.

LPfe ;34: n;;.;ht we received some private ;letters from
fpain, which contain the follow-Mg interesting particulars.
We think the authority is one we can rely on :—Marshal
Sorur, with two divisions, consisting of about 20,000 men,
was at Saldanha, bLttween Leon and Burgos. From letters
link,: the c!lug.e of one of BONAPARTES'S Aids-de-Camp,
who hiid Inen killed by the peasants, it appears that SOULT
was o:dered to attack Gallicia. It is, therefore, not unlikely
he may fall in with Generals MoonE and ROMANAI the
former of wham was shaping his course to Valladolid.

There have been, we hear, some skirmishes between
ottr advanced posts and some parties of the French-100
prisoners were taken, and were expected at Corinna the
(by after the Swallow sailed. Where these skirmishes took
place, we know not; but, we suppose, between Valladolid
and Salamanca. The French advanced to Valladolid, bui
not in great numbers; they plundered the Town, and com-
mitted their usual cruelties.

Frid:ly the Undaunted frigate, Captain MALING, arrived
at Porismouth from Lisbon; several officers of the army
came home by her ;.and the accounts which they bring are
the mss; sat,sfartory. Perfect tranquility and the best
(10i-shutting lirve been restored in Portugal. The whole
,itir army left in Portugal " were on the march to Spain,
,irreo,..,;lln;e4 1.3'
,four Grid antes of Porlugaese troops, to assist
,ghe ,"01,•• ,%.rwitzrd.s." General MOORE'II army will,
ti , before this time, exceed 60,000 men.
..cs have been received from Lisbon, dated Decem-
."ber t -It vra.; there, on good authority, that a
Jar. -.0. had been again repulsed in an attack on
TOSSq. corps is supposed to be that of Marshal
111(.9.1ti011ed in a very strange manner in the 16th 8u1.113
.113 arrived at Guatialaxara, coming from Saragossa.
Toe Supreme Junta had retired to Seville, which was
colisAe red from the beginning,by many of the best informed
persons, the most eligible place to hold its sittings.
The latest Letters direct from Sir JOHN MOORE are dated
from Salamanca, on the 10th of December : Sir JOHN was
at that time informed of the surrender of Madrid : but de-
termined, notwithstanding, to join Sir DAVID BAIRD, Had
to march upon Valladolid. Sir Joics Moon n had still great
confidence in the spirit of the Spanish people, and was re-
solved to give every opportunity and assistance to the ma-
nifestation of it.
Spanish Papers were received on Wednesday, but their
contents lose of their importance, in consequence of the
intelligence received through the Paris Journals. They
contain, however, a most animated Proclamation of the
. Supreme Junta, dated Aranjuez, 22d November, for the
purpose of raising bodies of Militia of Honour, in order
t( protect the cities in the absence of the military, to ar-
reit, deserters, and to clear the country of robbers.
There was a report last night, that we had cut off a
French division of 13,000 men, coming from Medina de
Rio Seco : we wish we could confirm it.
Port ngnese Papers to the 14th inst. have arrived ; they
contain a Proclamation from Lisbon, dated at the Palace of
Governnient, Dec. 9. It calls on the whole nation to rise
in a mass, to defend their country, and oppose an insur-
mountable harrier against the French.
- Tilt! .I.:sbon Gazette of the I:ith of Deceinb
. tains a i)ecree issued by the Council of \Va:
beecinber 116, requiring the whole Portuguese,
arm thems,!lves in every manner in their power,
daily with pikes, of six or seven feet in length,

tary Governors of the Provinces are requested to make
out, and transmit lists of such persons as, by their activity
and abilities, are proper to receive a command. This ge-
neral arming is to include all persons from the age of fif-
teen to sixty.

The first division of the Brigade of Guards from Chat-
ham, embarked on Thursday, and was to be followed by
the 2d and 3d divisions Thursday and Friday. This Bri-
-I.:a le consists of nearly 2,700 men, and is commanded by
brigadier General Campbell. Besides these troops, in
Ireland the first Royal Dragoons and the 24th battalion of
the 83d infantry, are on their march for Cork to be em-
barked immediately.
Every-exertion is making in the c;itrerent departments to
equip and send off the first part of the new expedition to
Spain. It will consist of nearly 11,000 men.
Neither Sir Arthur Wellesley, nor any of the other Ge-
•neral Officers attached to the British army in Spain, have,
we understand, yet received orders to hold themselves in
readiness to return to the Continent. The report, there-
fore, of Sir Arthur's preparations for immediate em-
barkation at Cork, seems to have been premature. Suchan
event, indeed, would nee.atively decide the question, whe
ther or not a Court lai-11.111 is to be instituted. In this
case his presence could not be dispensed with.
It appears that the late French Bulletins were brought
to within a certain distance of the English coast, and put
into an o"en boat, which was suffered to drift on shore,
It accordingly reached the coast, between Dyinchurch
and Ilythe, and a canvass bag, in which the papers
were enclosed, was taken from it and conveyed to Lon-
don.—The singularity of this mode of communication
is perhaps not so extraordi,nry as it appears at first sight;
and a circumstance which has lately transpired, seems suf-
ficiently to account why the French boatmen did not trust
themselves near to our cruizers.—A boat's crew of an Eng-
lish gun-brig, consisting of fourteen men, including a war-
rantofficer,lately landed on the French coast for the pur-
pose of distributing papers, &c. and having drawn their
boat up on the beach, proceeded a short distance into the
country, where at a public house they imprudently got in-
toxicated. In the interim, a party of horse, patroling the
coast, perceived the boat, and traced the sailors to the
above house, where they were all taken, and have since
been executed as spies, and their bodies exposed on gib-
bets, at intervals of a mile apart, along the Freneh coast,
from Cape Grisnez to Boulogne.
We have lately seen several letters from Spain, from
Officers both in Sir David Baird's and Sir John Moore's
armies—they all concur in praise of their leaders, notwith-
standing the privations which they oblige all to submit to.
These are very great, particularly in Sir J. Moore's army.
Officers carry about their personal baggage themselves—
all public servants whether as battmen, servants, &c. have
been taken away, Gen. Moore being determined to have as
many muskets as possible—at first the Staff grumbled ,but lat-
terly all saw the necessity of the measure; instead of every
Captain and every two Subalterns having each a tent, seven
Officers sleep in one tent, and Field Officers, Staff Officers,
and others, entitled to have horses, are obliged to rub
down and clean them themselves. The large ratio of meat
has been diminished in both armies, and without any incon-
venience having been felt. Never were any armies in greater
health. Several corps, particularly the 79th and 92d, had
not a sick man, after marches of some hundred miles.
The publisher of the Microcosm of London has announced
a new Monthly Magazine. called The Repository of Arts,
&e. for the 2d of January next. We are well washers to
the first work, and as such recommend Mr. Ackermann to
pursue the same liberal conduct in the present work,
hich distinguishes the former. If we were acquainted
with the P' Trietor might .baps recommend him

inber also con- with the Proprietor, we might perhaps recommend him
iv
', 'and dated to enlarge some of the articles, and compress others, as
;nese. people to they appear in the Prospectus. After seeing the first num-
iwer, and espe- her we shall perhaps say something either in praise or
;th. The Mili- dispraise of its execution. • . .
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