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TI ll'. NATIONAL REGISTER.

NOV. 8.

TO CORR ES PON DENTS.
we can assure It. W. that the Aliounack-tnakers are not 4T:ill:le in the
enor t which he alludes. if it he i.v. errer. Some 111,1ofians and
Cleiiochigers have Wien into it. If he wisfes to lay before
the public the evounds on which lie differs from them be will net De
drnicd a place in our columns.

NATIONAL REGISTER.

ionbon,
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8.

MUCH OF THE BRITISH ARMY FROM BURGOS.
EXPECIED BATTLE w .TH sOULT ANDSUCHEI.

The Marquis of WELLINGTON has quitted Burgos with
the British troops, and begun his match for Madrid, leaving
Cle Sranialds to carry on the siege of the Castle of Burgos.
Thi; movement, which his Lordship expected, has taken
place in consequence of the union of SOULT and SuciLLT
and their approach to the Tagus.
This account has been transmitted to Government by Sir
Holz PornAM, whose letters are dated the 27th. There
no dispatches mentioning this movement, from Lord
WELLINGTON himself to Government; but Sir float E
states, that he had received a letter from his Lordship,
stati"g, that in consequence of the French armies having
united and marched towards the Tagus, he had retired from
Burgos, and was proceeding to join Sir It. HILL who held
the French in check.—He desired him therefore not to for-
%aid any further supplies of ammunition towards Burgos for
the present, the advance of the French having fur the moment
disengaged the Castle. Ills Lordship adds, that his army
is in the most perfect state, and in the best possible health
and spirits.
From the approximation of the French and the reso-
lution of our Commander to engage them, it may be in-
ferred, that if a decisive action has not already been fought,
It must be On the eve of taking place. Without feeling the
least despondency respecting its result, but wishing to pre-
vent it in others, should it be found that his Lordship has
selected his field of battle on this side Madrid, we shall
merely observe, that to meet the enemy with advantage, it .1
may be found necessary to evacuate that city for a time, and
to take a position in which we cannot be turned by the re-
mains of Marmont's army. had not the castle of Burgos
Afortunatcly baffled our efforts, it would, in our hands, have
Opposed the same obstacle to the advance of that army in
that quarter as it did to ours. As •.ve recede, we must now
expect to be follovivd,Rnd although it is possible that by the
rapidity of our march, we may engage SouLT and SllefiET •
before CLAUZEL has approached within fighting distance,
et it would be more prudent to make a retrograde movement
which would prevent him from acting on our rear.
The follotving are extracts from the Lisbon Mail which
arrived yesterday
J'srinN, Ocr. 27.—Accounts from our army state, that our mine
.ge_llcounter-mined,ready, the French having counter-mined, at seven P. M. on the
J.Stl%
iOctober, both minei exploded at the same moment, bringing
Gown the convent, containing stores, &c. ; when our brave fellows
stormed the castle with their usual gallantry; but were repulsed with
the loss of nearly 100 men killed or wounded. On the 13th, Colonel
r,°.nsw+BY, at the head of a party of cavalry, kill* and wounding
my of them ; our toss ectrtsiso in four killed and fourteen wounded.
The guard*, &c. from Calmat, Were on their march, but bad not
3oined on the 16th.
Gen. Hat. remained at Aranjuez ; the 3d division was between
th
't Place and Madrid; the light division in Madrid; and the 4th at
the Escurial.
St/VIA.) SITOET, and jOititt ate tout to Valeiitia.

695

Lissom, Om '2l.—The head-tinoters vt inc tt and 3n armies,
commanded f,y Gen. Er.ro, were, on the 4th, at Tarancon, Gen.
HILL'S army is calculated at upwar.is of :,3:1,0al whicii has now
been joined by Conde DE PENNY and hloait.i.o.
In consequence of the arrival of An extrat.tainary Courier from All-
cant, a report has been circulated, that the eltpedition.rry troops at
Alicant had driven the French from the town of :Woof(); te. This Ac-
count appears to be confirmed by others from Grenada, which add,
that the F:ench sufEred a great less, and that the Freach had Lakin
the castle of Chinchilla.
It no longer appears to be doubtful to be the intention of Sotri.i. to
retire to Valentia or Navarre.
1. 'SION, OCT. 22.—General BALLAST! tOS has addressed a Procla•
mati:n to the Sevillians, requestiug them to contribute towards
clothing his army.
All the letters received from the south of Spain confirm the intern..
genre of Sriu LT'S having marched for Valentia by Navarre. It appears
that SouLr had a conference with k I:cc:Y.)oszer', since which the
latter Marched fr-in Murciano for the purpose of preparioe to ac-
company him. There have been disputes between St:c4atv and
SOU LT'S troops, on account of provisions. The French. who had adti
vaned as tar as Peulias de •St. Pedro, immediately returned. It is
supposed that General BA,LIASTEROS is now in Caravaca. General
YR ETRE is in Villarrobledo. On the 7'h of October the vanotard of
the sth Surnish army was in Occajo, and was to rroceed to Santa
Cruz de la Zarza, upon the left of this was General Eau, and the
third army. General HILL. had his headquarters in A orojuez. G to.
nerit SUCH ET still remained in A 1 inanza.
On the 12th and 13th of October a division of 5.000 Porto .nest and
English entered Troxillo, and on the 11th and 15th set out for Taia.
vera la Reina. Upon all these accounts we, with much Ipleasiart",
give the lie to the reports which, for some days, have been circulated,
that Sot, LT was approximating to Madrid.
MADRID, OCT. 10.—We are every instant in expectation of receiv-
ing orders to march. Souvr's advanced parties are now very near ours.
It is said that Sou LT'S forces, joined to Secure's., do not exceLd
15,000 men.
The corps commanded by General H tat. does not consist of less
than 24,000 men ; and to these we must add the Sd and 4th light divi-
sions, which are at least 12,000, making in all 56,000 valiant soldiers,
without speaking of Spanish troops, who have joined, or of Getters!
B A LLAST EROS, Wilo is acting in the rear of the enemy w.th /DAV
men. The 4th division has marched to join Gcn. 1111.c's

• FAVOURABLE INTELLWENCE FROM RUSSIA.
The intelligence from the scat of war in the North this
week has borne a still more favourable complexion than the
last. Difficulties and dangers thicken around NA/Pot:colt
at Moscow, and his army have found their promised .‘ com-
fortable winter quarters" a post of encreased privation,
toils, and perils. It is their discontent perhaps which hl:s
induced BUoN APA HT E to offer peace to At. Ex AND En, as the
following Bulletin issued by Government states:—
BULLIETI-14 Fr.OM GENERAL EsSEN, DATtID 4th ULT.
It appears that the advanced guard of Count Stt-inli.nl i‘ d !y‘eiv
atta...ked five times by Marshal Miledonitd, without - "lict
yolich the liddirsital retreated, theleuy greet adveisteges
Wittgenstein.
A Bulletin of Prince Kutusow, of tht Ist October, states. tha.
the last tendays he had made above MX) prisoners, a great nit,iiker 1.1
Officers of all ranks, and Lieutenant-General Ferrier, Chief of the
Statlto Murat.
General Tormazow had sent three standards of Preilley's light
merit to the Emperor, taken by Count litlXtlePtittiM.
Prince Kutusow adds, that iv) citiratisiers, takco rrisonerh in the
environs of Mosc.w, Jute unaninously, that the enemy is in the great-
est want of provisions.
It appears by other accounts, that the Austrian corps had been
driven back upon Bretz,.
Buonaparte has sent a mees.,ge bs Count Lauriston to Prince K atu-
sow, °faring Peace.

PARISIAN lIIS RRANCES.

The hasty opinion which sve eressed in mu' last, no re-
ceiving the fast account of the disturbances at Paris, has
nut4e a wide circuit through almost every daily iliOnlifig and