The National Register.
London, England, 1811-06-09 00:00:00

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count of a spirited attack upon, and
rear-gurd of the French near Manresa, on the Ist ol
April. The inhabitants having retired from the •
town on the approach of the enemy, the latter set it
on fire. This so enraged the Spanish troops that
they attacked them by the light of the flames, the
Spanish officers previously giving out orders to the
troops to give no quarter. The Spaniards attacked
with such. vigour that the enemy were unable to'
withstand them. Many were killed and wounded,'
and all who were taken prisoners were instantly put
to death. The enemy then retirred to Barcelona,
having lost in their march from Manresa to Barce-:
lona near 1700 killed and wounded. The accounts
from Madrid by the Mail are to the end of April ;
they state the uneasiness of the French and their
partizans in that city, many of whom were leaving
it for France. JOSEPH is said to have resigned the
Crown of Spain to NAPOLEON.—Gerteral Imes, late
Governor of Badajoz, has made his escape from the
French, and is arrived at Cadi;". The necessary
orders have been issued for bringing him to a Court
Martial, to answer for the surrender of that im-
portant fortress.
It is said that Government has obtained the con-
sent of the Cortes and Regency to take 30,000 Spa-
niards into British pay.
Letters from Gibraltar to the 20th ult. mention,
that accounts had been received from Tarragona,
communicating the important intelligence, that
the French, in strong force, had, on the 30th of
April, attempted to take that place by surprise,
hut were, after a severe conflict, repulsed with con-
siderable toss. Mortified at their disappointment,
the enemy, on abandoning their object, plundered,
and afterwards destroyed by fire, a number of vil-
lages. The town of Reus is said to have suffered
considerably from their outrages.
French Papers to the 31st ult. were received
on Friday. They do not make even the most
distant allusion to the battle of the 16th, at Albuera,
between SOULT and Marshal BERESFORD.

By the arrival of a, Gentleman in town from
Sweden, who had very recently visited the Russian
capital, we are furnished with additional grounds
for believing that a rupture between Russia and
France is on the eve of showing itself. Our in-
fi)rmant asserts, that the Russian Government,
disgusted with their French alliance, had drawn
up a Proclamation or Manifesto, in which France
is accused of want of faith • of having'
violated
the conditions of the peace of Tilsit ; and it finally
states, that' the consideration which had led •to a
late good understanding, no longer existed .1 A
letter to a commercial house of tigh. respectability,
from St. Petersburgh, contains remarks to the same
effect ; but it adds, that the Manifesto in question
had not been published, but had been delayed until
some further explanation should be given to Russia
by the French Government.—W'e are not prepared
to say what effect such explanation may have ro-
duced ; but certain we are, that •the British Go-
vernment is mast anxiously waiting the arrival of
the next dispatches from the Baltic.
To drain the Dutch population of all its effective
members, a corps is raising in Holland, under the
title of the 'Xing of Rome's Body 'Guards -I

enquirers at Windsor Castle
_..,relay morning respecting his MAJESTY was,
that 4, The KING had a good night."
Lord M u.ToN's. Motion, respecting the reappoint-
ment of his goyal Highness the DUKE of YORK.
came on, on Thursday, in the House of *Commons
The Motion, however, met with very general oppo-
sition, and it was negatived by the immense majo-
rity of TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE ! Almost
every Member who rose did it for the purpose of
expressing his full conviction that the re-appoint-
ment was just and necessary, as the only reparation
that could be made to his Royal Highness for the
injuries he has sustained.
It is reported that the Emperor of Austria has
refused to ratify the Commercial Treaty, lately ne-
gotiated at Paris by Count Mette! nich. It is also
said, that'both himself and his brother, the Arch-
duke CHA RIES, have declined the pressing invita-
tion sent them by BUON A PARTE, to attend the bap-
tismal ceremony of the king of Rome.
We understand that all licenses for the Prussian
ports are now refused, on the ground that such har-
bours are to be considered as French ports ; and no
access to them is to be permitted by the British fleet
in the Baltic.
Just as the last packet sailed from India, Admiral
Drury, with a considerable naval force, and 1500
troops on board, had gone against the Island of
Java ; which, therefore, may be reckoned at this
time as another of our newly-acquired possessions
in the Eastern world.
A letter from Norfolk (Virginia), dated April
18, says, The people here are much incensed
against the French, and fearful-of a rupture with
them. A few nights ago, they burnt the Revanche
du Cerf, Trench privateer,, to the water's edge,
which was fitted out here."

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