The National Register.
London, England, 1811-07-14 00:00:00

of the same day he received a letter from the Governor of 111-
dajoz„,etturot4, confirming the enemy's retreat He pro-
fessed to regret that a general engagement has been avoided,
and hopes that one may soon lake place.—The dispatches age
very long! , -

SPAIN AND AUSTRIA.•
French Papers to the 9th inst. were received yes.
terday. They, state, that JOSEPH lIVONAPARTE.Iift
Bayonne on the 27th ult, on his return to Spain;
but carefully abstain from mentioning whether he
was attended by a military escort, in order to lead
the French people to a belief that his kingdom is no
longer distu: bed by the Guerillas ; who, howev. :r,
were he not strongly protected, would to doubt
ucce;cl in carrying him off. It is under,tood,that
his journey to Paris was to complain of die coninet
of MASSENA and the other Commanders of the army
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of Portugal, who, by their inactivity whilst in th.Lt
kingdom, and their retreat out of it, had once mire
transferred the seat of war into Spainl and rendered
even the personal safety of i:;s ruler at Madrid pre-
carious. It is added, that aware of .lohtrint's inten-
tion, MASSENA, JUNOT, and Ncy, had.-Allowed
him to Paris, in order to counteract his representa-
tions, and not, as it hat been stated, in consequence
of any order from NAPOLEON, requiring their pre-
sence, to give them employment in the North, in
case of a war with Russia. These differences are
said to be settled ; but it is not yet known exactly
whether MASSENA is to resiine his late comman.d.
JOSEPH solicited powerful reinforcements, which
have been promised ; and a new plan of operations
was formed, by which the French troops in the
Northern Provinces of Spain were to evacuate the
parts they occupied, in order to join MmtmoND and
SouLT, and, by concentrated numbers, endeavour
at once to overpower our army, or compel it to re.
embark. Meanwhile the promised reinforcements
were to re-occupy the Provinces that bad been eva-
cuated, It is probably in consequence of ibis ar..
rangement that, as we are informed by the Gannet
sloop of war, the French have already abandoned
Austria and Gallicia.
These Papers also contain an Imperial Edict of
the Court of Vienna, calling in all the Bank Bills. or
Notes, and issuing Bills of Exchange in their room.
The following is its substance :'""'
" These Bills of Exchange, the sum total of which is not is
any case to exceed 2) :',159.760 florins, as was stipulatt.i io tie
Imperial Edict of the 20th of February. Lest, are to be of 11.00,
100, 20, 10, 3, or 2 florins each, Fao-nmiles of these eiff, rent
bills are annexed to the Edict. The period when they dre to be
issued, and the mode of exchanging them, will be fixed in a
separate circular note with that object.
• • " From the Ist of February, 1012, the Bank-notes shall be
entirely out of circulation, and shall no longer be :ezeivect
either hi the public 1 rzasury, or In private payments.
4' The esebange of lid-noteo for those new bills of Ex-
_ ahange,•at the fifth of the nominal value of the form( r, as well
es the exchange of torn Bilia of Exchange for pew ones, and of
*we of s large am br others of small Milli, Shall take place