The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-25 00:00:00

LISBON PAPERS.

ASTORGA,KILT 14.—0 n the 2d inst. Don Julian Sanchez was
in the vicinity of 'Zamora, and notwithstanding he insulted the
garrison, they shut the gates, and would not come out. At four
he returned to bis usual post at Ledesma. •
As Joseph wishis to gave a pretence for his return into Spain,
he has decreed a meeting of the Cortes. (Fine Cortes 1 a deli-
berate body, surrounded by foreign bayonets, and without a wilt
.Ectrarogant imposture ?sever
.fails to degenerate into stupidity)
an 4 the first Deputies he has named, are of the provinces which
his troops do not occupy. This nomination will be intelligence
to send off to France
.to quiet the general commotion which
obliged his brother to order him to leave Paris in ;24 hours, and
Ftance-in three days. Before it shall arrive, the French must
know the state of our cause. How can they be duped with these
absurdities ? It is the property of fools tothink they deceive every

body. . .
Our beloved and able Genitival, Santocildes, entitles himself
daily more and more to the reward which ought to attend those
heroes who expose their lives for the liberty of their country.
He has been joined by 700 cavalry, by which he will be enabled
more effectually to repress the pride of these monsters.
The tinny of Galliria, including Ike reserve, Consists ut present,
0'22,000 men of the line.
LISBON, Jo LI( 30 _Yesterday we received Me Correio Exact°.
de Corunha of the 19th inst. in which• we find the tollowing
notice : . .
" On the sth, the pretended King Joseph arrived at Burgos.
lie cannot have been mush fatigued, having made but very short
stages, surrounded by the troops of hit brother in such a manner,
that in some villages he was thought to be brought in a prisoner.
The retinue of Joseph assert, that within six weeks there well
arrive in Spain 30,000 Italians, and within three months after an
eqn 1 number.
CORUN NA, JULY 9.—The Navarrese and Biscayans join the
parties of the worthy Chiefs Mina and Longa, and others, with
the utmost enthusiasm ; so that if they were well supplied with
arms they would soon form a considerable army. Among the
soldiers rescued by Mina, in the action of the 25th of May, arc
eighty Englishmen, who, locked in the arms of the Spaniards,
cannot leave them, in consequence of their gratitude for so for-
tunate a cieliverance.—(Lisboa Gaz. July 26.)
'Assort, JULY 30.—8 y letters from Oporto, dated the 26th
inst. we learn that, on the 2 tth, an extraordinary degree of heat
was felt in that city. At seven o'clock the air began to appear
very red in the west, and soon after in
;eon easth t, and not long
afterwards likewise in the north and south e eastern side
the atmosphere became very dark, and as night came on a vio-
lent storm of wind blew from the sea, which dismasted many
vessels and dashed others one against another, occasioning a great
deal of damage. During the storm, which was likewise se-
verely felt, there were prodigious flashes of lightning from all
quarters of the hemisphere, accompanied by most violent claps
of thunder to the great terror of the inhabitants, who with loud
cries put up prayers for mercy. The storm lasted a considerable
time. Nothiil equal to it is remembered by the oldest inha-
bitant of Oporto. Fortunately, however, no persons were
killed; some were so overcome by terror, that they were taken
seriously ill.—(Lisbott Diary, July 30.)
',cow N, JULY X2B—No news from the army; all there con-
tinues the same—going into quarters in the line last described.
There has been a convulsion at St. Michael's. On the llth,
12th, and 13th of June a continued series of shocks levelled every
wail on one side of the island ; but the.loss of lives was not great.
Meanwhile, a smoke, stones, &c. were thrown up by a volcano,
which appeared at sea, three leagues from the shore, in such
quantities as to form an island three miles long and two broad,
where the water formerly was thirty fathom dccp. The irrup-
tion stilt continues, but daily increasing.
Lisaost, JULY 24.—Letters from i3lvas, of the lOth inst. state
Lord Wellington continued to review the troops, some divisions
of which had marched for Biera Bait a, and that it did not ap•
pear the French had any corps in the neighbourhood of Elvas,
except a detachment in Olivenca, another in Valverde, and the
garrison of Baciajos. • • . • .
General Ballasteros is said,.by.the same accounts, to maintain
himself in Niehla—which also assert that the corps which was