The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-09 00:00:00

TH4 NATIONAL REGISTER.

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TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC.

The Proprietors have beep informed, that some gross im-
positions have been practised on the Readers of Tilt; N
lIONA L REGMER ;—such as exhorbitant and improper
charges having peep demanded for the Portraits and Monument
which have been issued with the Paper to all the Newsmen and to
the Public; and that some Per:olls extended their Imposition so
far as to litter the Price of the Paper 4 all which abuses the Pro-
prietors had not the least knowledge of until the intimation w as
given through a Subscriber. As it is the intention of the Propri-
ietors to distribute GR &T IS all the Portraits of the Ircle Beaparhes
of the Royal Family, &e. they would be glad to be advised of the
liairtes of the Perstins who have practised such Impositions, so
that proper measures may be adopted to prevent a recurrence
of such misconduct.
A Portrait of his Royal !Ugliness the DUKE. OF KENT,
engraved by Scary Eti, from a Picture in the possei:•ion of the
Princeis Amelia, will he delivered art.4rts on Sunday, April 23.
The Portrait of the DUKE OF GLARE-4 CI; will be given
in the course of the ensuing Month.
To secure early and Fine 'lmpressions of the Plates, imine-
iate Orders should be sent to the Office, No. 11, Catherine-
street, Strand, or given to the Newsmen, the Clerks of the Roads.
and Booksellers, throughout the United Kingdocu.

It will be seen hy the Paper of thi; day, that a rowsicizrable
improvement Ivpheen made by the insertion of I,loyd's List and
the Loutlop 114rkets, which will he, for the future, regularly
iwerted.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lotlban,
SUNDAY, APRIL ft, 180 a.

frOLMCd;. EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

it is confidentll• stated that the French army in Gallicia*
ommanded by Sonit, is retreating from that province.
It is supposed, that 'their whole force, in the North of
Spain, will take a defensive position in C4s.tille • and that
no offensive operations will be undertaken, until event
of the Austrian war be decided. This statement completely
refutes the account, contained in the French Papers, of a
s;glial defeat sustained by the Marquis de Humana, with
the loss of 5000 men left dead on the field. Letters from
the head-quarters of the Marquis prove that his army was
120 miles from op scene where the action is said to have
taken place.

iloN,-MArtc“ 24.—" Don Pedro Zulaiber has this moment
received a letter from his brother, the ()thee'. in Oviedo, inform-
him that last night arrived there a captain of 14 Rom:ma's
:rrnv, a division of which would halt last night in Congas de
V. 0.4, another of 18,6 C( men at Villafranea del Ilierro, and the
Tost of said army was left at Lugo, or near it, where it had in-
tcreepted the whole plunder of Gallicia, which the enemy was
Tetiring with. 'The Tetreat of the! French from that province
pin* credit."• •

Every communication, lately received from Spain, whe-
ther of a private, 'or a public, nature •has a tendency to
rekindle the hopes which the first exertions of that gallant
peopie so generally diffused. They ner? 4tinned by their
1 pf. reverses, which were al severe as .unexpected ; and
the treachery of Sfylflr of their leader 4,, together with the
meapanity and cowardice of others,. snapped the great
ch pin of union, which could alone give thent arty eertr4intv
reOitlg ,tne accumulating forctt•of ttie,:4nvatiPrs. .! Vie
prldiotad, sitoorne rnonthv ago, when every week terrified
S6itlC fres4 at,:ouht of the dis:Wery 6,1 Instairked,
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APRILS.

that though their armies might be dispersed, their provin-
ces overrun, and their cities razed to the „e-round, their
will would remain inyincible, and their hatred of the inva-
ders unsubdued. We have not been mistaken—for a
people, who are unanimous in their resistance and hatred
to an enemy, imbibe, in proportion to their reverses, new
sentiments of abhorrence ; and to be subdued, they must
be, in a great * measure, exterminated. What appeared,
at first sight a calamity, afforded. the only prospect of
success ;—deprived of the presence and councils of
their rulers they were forced to have recourse to them-,
selves; so that every member in the community wa
bronght to co-operate in a cause, which then became truly-
national. Thus a community less addicted to war, aud
with more circumscribed resources than any other great
state on the continent, had opposed an effectual resisl
lance, hail, in fact, baffled the. intrigues and the utmost
exertions of a man, who, with the effect and rapidity of
the whirlwind, dissipated the armies and subdued the pro-'
vinces of Austria and Prussia,--two great military states,
supported by the resources of the Russian empire. These
countries fell an easy prey, because the inhabitants looked'
up to the wisdom and energy of their toverninents, to or.;
divary expedients in a case of extraordinary emergency
—when these were found ineffectual, they had no other
resource in reserve ;. and they submitted, to *ilent' despon-
dency, to a calamity, which their vaunted establishments,
formerly their pride and security, bad not been able to
avert.
The Spaniards, whose military force was completely in-
competent for their defence, a considerable part of which,
through the imbecility of their former government, had•
been detached to promote the views of the enemy, were
forced to adopt other expedients to repel the invasion.
This resolution and this necessity have enabled them to
resist the utmost pressure of the enemy's strength. Their
preparations have` not -abated, their confidence in the Ohl.?
mate success of their exertions has increased, instead of
having diminished ; and, from one extremity of the Penin-:
sula to the other, the natives are making the most virroutt
preparations to secure this desirable object: .• . •
We have sum a letter from Alicaut, though not of a very
recent dale (the 15th of Feb.) which increases its interest;
it gives the most satisfactory account ..of the vigorous
preparations made by that city, in' common•with every city
and town in the south. EVecy man, capable' of bearing
arms, was constantly exercising himself in the use of them.
The citizens had already formed a well-organised corps of
3000 men, which, were it •not for a deficiency of arms,
would have been much more numerous. They look anx-
iously for a supply, from this country ; • and 'as
plaint has been frequently repeated, as it has been-heard
for these three months past, it is most unaccountable that
preparations had not been sooner Made Ily•our Goverliment
to Comply with so ~:msonable a demand. •
The accounts from Valencia contain intelligence equally
satisfactory of the preparations made in that city. The
spirit of the citizens is as unabated as when they forced
Moneey to fly precipitately from their walls. They seem
determined to imitate the glorious example given by the
Saragossans.
When we look to the North, we find the same motives
of hope and encouragement. The Asturians have already
quitted their mountains, and have had .some successful rect.!
counters with the enemy. The Gallicians are imitating;
the general example, and have cut to pieces several small
detachments of their invaders. Among the latter a most
malignant fever is said to make dreadful ravages ; and so
very far from being able to execute their threatened inva-
sion of Portugal, they are almost unequal to the task of
keeping' possession of Gallieia. On the frontiers of this
prob ince, It on,v4 is stationed with a considerable force
ready to take aclvan' of •f- 'able occurrence
which may otter. Th,
in that direction, %chi,

Itage of any favourable o,ccurrence
le Portuguese have also a large Corps,
ich is daily increasing in strength and
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