The National Register.
London, England, 1811-10-06 00:00:00

of August, in the evening, Genera) BALLA STEROS
entered Cadiz. On his landing, lie was surrounded
by an immense multitude, who gteeted him with
loud and continued acclamations. From some
Papers from the Peninsula, we select the following
articles :
VILLANUEVA DE GELTRU, Auc. 22—The Superior Junta of
this Principality (Catalonia) continues in Berga, and the Head-
quarters have been at Ripol since the 15th instant. Our troops
have returned from an invasion of the French territory with a
considerable booty • Our dispersed forces reunite in every direc-
tion; mostly with their arms, and join the skirmiShing parties.
General LACEY is an eye witness of the enthusiasm of the Cata.
lonians. General MILAN s has left Arinis, with • 1500 men and
40 horse, for Ampurdan, which will be the theatre of war, and
from whence we hope taking a happy result of the enterprise in
contemplation.
While the project against Rosas is conducting, the port of Pa-
lamos will be extremely useful to assist in the operations and it
may be defended by a small garrison. The sharp-sho,ters per-
severe in following up the French, especially in the neighbour-
hood of Villafranca, Barcelona, Valls, and Ampurdan.
On the 16[11 of this month 130 French were kided in the mo-
nastery of Montserrat; and waggons with wounded are conti.
nually passing from Igualada to Le Orda. The stations cif Mont.
gat and Contreria are defended by our valiant patriots.
In Motril 300 of our soldiers took the whole French garrisons
consisting of 180 men. After these prisoners were embarked,
5000 of the enemy arrived from Almeria, and were fired upon
by the armed vessels.
A fast-sailing vessel, of small dimensions,has arriv.
ed in the RiVer from Corunna, whence she is under-
stood to have sailed on the 26th ult. Letters to
that date were received in town on Friday, but they
communicate nothing of any material consequence
from the scene of active operations. They are
wholly silent as to the movements or positions of
the Grand Armies ; and all the military intelli.
gence they supply is confined to a loose statement
of the supposed advance of a division of the Ga.
lician army under General ABADIA to Benevente,
of which city that General is said to have taken
possession. The recent intelligence from that. guar.
ter, including the Extracts of dispatches from Lord
WELLINGTON to the Portuguese State Secretary,
apprised us of the return of General SANTOCILDES
to his•former position in front of Astorga: but the
reinforcements which 41ave since arrived to the
French in the North of Spain, render it improbable
that the Galician army or any division of it could
have penetrated as far as Benevente into the pro-
vince of Leon. It is not the interest, and it has
been proved n.,t to he the poicy, of Generals SAN•
TociLnEs or A RAMA to risk the fate of the forces
under their command uprn the uncertain issue of a
pitched battle. It would be, on the contrary, the
greatest ~,bject, as it must be the most earnest wish
of the French to bring the Spanish army to a gene-
ral action, in which tactical skill and practical ex-
retience in military evolutions would infallibly
cectire the victory to them. By an incautious
movement in advance into a champaign country,
the Spanish Gimerals would expose themselves and
their troops to the danger of -being cut off for the
empty hon"ur of pursuing a retiring enemy ;
whereas, by rnaintairung themselves in a position
whence Ihey can with security at any moment
. retrograde, even when assailed by superior nurn-