The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-10 00:00:00

LISBON PAPER'S.

LISBON, DEC. 17. •
Extract cf an Official Dispatch fr, in General the Marquis of Wel
lington, dated Hc,aquarters, Frcti.nla, Dec. 9, to his Ex.cell.:ncy

Don Miguel Pereira Forjaz :

" Nothing of impottmce has occurred since I transmitted to iota
Excellency my offijal dispatch of the 2d instant. Sow. of M
Soult's troops arrived in the valley of the Tagus, on tile Sd instant.
At the end of the last in nth, the Spanish mops Weie still in Ma-
drid."

The troops have come considerably into the interior, for their better I
tefitmeat, some towards 0 perm, others in the atrectioo of Coimbra ;
General Hill's division is at. Curia ; the first divisian, under Stewart,
at Viseu ; mean time Lo d Wellington gees to Baciajoz, Loan win
it is supposed, he will proceed to Cadiz.
General 11111 is the next in command, and his situation at Cori.:
is an excellent one for that purpose, being advanced sufficiently, and
Very central.
The 6th, and 20th regiments, have teceivcd their routes for the sth
and 7th divisions, and leave Lisbon directly to join.
Ltssoa, Dec. 26.—We have not a word of news; the army is dis-
persed througaaut the ktng•h between the Tagus and the Douro,
refitting; the cavalry head-quarters are at Coimbra. The Prince ot.
Orange, and the remainder at Lord Wellington's staff; are at Oporto,
from whence they are to proceed to-Lisbon ; this circumstance in-
duces us to hope we shall have the gratification of shortly seciag our
hero in this capital.
On Saturday last we had a great gale of wind here : the greater part
of the vessels' in the liver have suffered ; seven or eight Americans
were wrecked on the bar and on the coast. His Majesty's ship Non.
pared, and the Prince Ernest, have suffered considerably. The
total damage is calculated at 600,0001.
BADAJOZ, Dec. 18.—On the 3d instant 21,000 infantry, and 5,300
French horse, entered Madrid. and suddenly seizad upon tire maga-
zines of bread. Another diviAon of from sto 600,000 infantry, and
300 horse, descended from the pass of Pico to Talavera la Repta ;
and by Poreno 10 or 12,000 infantry arc marching for Cadalso.
Under date of the 10th, we are informed, that the French remained
in Madrid, having some divisions encamped in the naighbourliGod ;
other divisions had proceeded for Villatavas and various places in
Mancha. On the 7th, they entered Toledo, having left 400 infantry
at the bridge of Montalvan. The national troops composing the 2d
and 3d armies, were in Albacete ; and those denominated the 4th, in
Infantes.
According to the latest accounts, the positions of the French army
on the line of the Tagus are as follew :—Pontes, C)ropesa, Talavera,
Cavella, Portello, Carpi°, Fuensalidia, Nogues, Tqrrejoz, Puebla de
Montalban, and Toledo. ,
In the last city the French General Tambousson had ordered 30,000
rations to be got ready.
(FROM THE PORTUCCEZ TELECR A FOI, OF DEC. 22.3
We are assured, that Soult was in Talavera de Reyna, with sor
6,000 men, employed in constructing brats. A contribution of 2ti
millions of reels has been imposed upon Madrid. The army, which
was Ballasteros's, lately moved towards Dispenapenos. Tire French
have f)rtified the bridge of Araebispo, barricading all its communica-
tions, and scarcely leaving room for a single person to pass.
They write .frem Alicant, under date of the 3i Dec. that from 5 to
6,000 English from Sicily bad disembarked there.
The number of French throa4hout the whole province of Valencia
does uot exceed 13,000 infantry. Suchet has ordered the citadel of
Valencia to be mined, and coetinues to dismantle the fortificaticns,
removing the materials to Sagunto.
On the atti of December General uAlasteros arrived at Ceuta.
LISBON, Dec. 25.—1 n the Estremadura Gazette we read the fol-
lowing erticle :--
" Sur.day, the 20th of December, entered in Badajoz its illustrious
deliverer, on his way to Cadiz ; he immediately proceeded to examine
he state of the fortifications."
It appears that King Joseph has returned to Madrid. Soult has
established his head-quarters in Toledo, and the cavalry their's in
Moza and its neighbourhood. The French have abandantd Ledesma,
Alba, and Penaranda, setting fire (as is said) to the two last towns. In
Salamanca there arc about 6,000 French.
DEC. lg.—We have received Gazettes from.Gallicia to the 11th ;
fermi Cadiz to the 12th ; and from Estremadura to the 15th.
Suchet continues to sendoff for Tortola every thing valuable, which
be had amassed at Valencia, nut excepting the gates of the cathedral.
Ike has levied, on. Boo individuals, a contrthirtion of twelve intllians
of
reals, under the name of a forced' loan. lie liaslabouced hard M de-
'trey Mg the f,!, attens.