The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-01 00:00:00

PENINSULA.
A mail from Lisbon arrived on Wednesday with
letters .rnd papers to the 12th instant. The British
army continued its march northward, and, it was
supposed, would take up a position on the line of
the Agueda. On the Bth, Lord Wellington had
his head-quarters at Sabugal, about five leagues
south of Guarda. General Slade, with a brigade

of British, and :Another of Portuguese, was in ad-
vance at Aldea de Ponte ; the light division at Qua-
drasayer ; the 6th at Ugerea ; and the 3d at head-
quarters. The patriot bands in Gallicia present a
-formidable appearance, and their numbers daily
increase. The army of Santocildes, in that pro-
vince, amounts to about 20,000. He was shortly
to resign his command to Castanos, who had ar-
rived at Portalegre, on his way to join it. The
neighbouring province of Asturias displayed equal
spirit and activity. General Mendizabel had set
out to assume the command of the 7th army, which
occupies that district. The object of General Blake,
who lately sailed from Cadiz with a small force, is

to support the 3d army in Murcia; and Ballasteros,

it is said, will disembark in-the plain of St. Roque,
fer the same purpose. The French General Bes-
sieres, who commanded in the north-west of Spain,
has set out on his return to France, accompanied
by General Seras.
• It now appears, from a letter we have subjoined,
that an unexpected activity of movement has taken
place in our army in Portugal. Many of the divi.
inns have taken a more northerly direction, an idea
being entertained of its being the intention of the
French to attempt something against the northern

part of the kingdom. We have no apprehensions
with respect to any attempt they may make there or
elsewhere. The same talents will be opposed to
them in the North that have baffled all their efforts
in the East, and the West, and the South.
A reinforcement of 16,000 Conscripts is on its way
to Spain ; they are to be placed in the garrisons in
the room of the troops now there, which are to be
brought into action in the field.

" Camp, near Abrates.
" Dispatches have arrived, intimating that every thing is
again in motion, owing to the enemy appearing in great force in
the North of Portugal.

" I have been up the whole night, forwarding supplies to the
, different divisions of the army, and removing the sick. The
following is the alteration that has taken place :
to The 7th division at Castello Bianco.
46 The lst division 4 Villa Vella.
" The 4th at Niza.
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" The <6th at Castello Branco.

The 3d at San Miguel.
The French indicate an intention of moving tewalds
Oporto. The 2cl division, with our brigade of cavalry, remains

Lis side the Tagus."
'l'hc: Lord Hobart packet is arrived from Cadiz,
bringing papers and letters to the Bth. The only
intelligence of any importance communicated by,
the former is, that a body of 4600 troops from Vat‘
lencia had disembarked at Peniscola. There are
letters in town from. the latter place, of the 14th.
At that period nothing further had been heard of the
French corps. which was said to have arrived at
Tortosa on their way to attack it. There was a
rumour of the intended landing of 7000 British
troops from Sicily, to co-operate in the defence of
the province of Valencia.. Some assistance will no
doubt be. furnished from Sicily and Malta ; . but we
apprehend that it cannot be to so large an amount,.
The letters from Cadiz confirm the previous ac-
counts of the march of Soult to reinforce the army
under Sebastiani ; but they at the same time relieve
our fears for the safety of the third Spanish army,
by apprising us of the arrival of Blake at Motril, in
Granada, cn his way to join it. The following is
an extract of a letter of the 7th Kist.:—'" General
Graham is expected back here with a strong rein-
forcement, which I can assure you is much want-
ing. We have accounts to-day, that General Blake
has disembarked at Motril, whence he will proceed
to join the Army of the Centre under Gen. Freyre.
Soult, at-the head of 12,000 men, ,and a numerous
train of artillery, has passed Cordova. On the 29th
ult. his head•quarters were at Castro del Rio, four
leagues beyond that city."

...

Mails from Jamaica arrived yesterday, with ac.
counts to the 21st ult. There does not appear to
have been any hurricane in that Isle

" Kingston, June 29.
" His Grace the Duke of Manchester, accompanied by Au.
Eustis Gould, Esq. embarked on Sunday on board the Itaroort
sloop of war, of 18 guns, Captain Black, and sailed in that ves-
sel on Monday morning for Halifax, on his way to England.—
It le reported to be his Grace's intention to pass some time at
Halifax, and that he willalso visit the Falls of Niagara."

The Money Market continued to advance. The
Omnium was yesterday at a Premium of One per
cent. At the close of the Market it was at Three.
quarters per cent. premium.
Letters have been received from Buenos Ayres of
so late a date as the first of July. It is not true that
Monte Video has surrendered ; an the contrary, the
troops of Buenos Ayres were repulsed in an attempt
to carry it by assault. The garrison afterwards
made a sortie, in which they lost 40 men made pri.
soners, and the remainder were driven within the
walls of the town. General Elio had banished the
Franciscan Friars from the town, as they were sus.
pected of carrying on a correspondence with the
enemy. The place had been summoned, but Elio
declined to surrender ; the siege, however, was

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the annotation of Holland to the French Empire. Intelligence 44
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of that event, when received in lava, will, no doubt, tend to IL
increase the hatred of the Dutch Officers and Settlers against Opo
their French allies." • &ii tl

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A gentleman, who came passenger on board the
ship George Canning, from Buenos Ayres, states,
that although Monte-Video had not surrendered,
• that city was placed in a miserable situation. The
inhabitants suffered extremely from the want of
water and provisions, being closely shut up by the
army of the Junta, which amounted to 8000 men,
and expected a considerable addition to its numb'•rs
besides a supply of artillery. When the latter ar-
tived, it was not doubted that an assault would
be attempted. If it proved successful, fears were
entertained that the result would be dreadful, and
that all the European Spaniards in the place would
be massacred. We trust, however, that such fears
are unfounded, as it certainly does not appear that
the adherents of the Junta have hitherto acted upon
• such sanguinary principles.
Lima, the capital of Peru, had been granted a
forty-hours armistice by CAsTELLI, on the suppli-
ration id the Cabildo of that city; at the termina-
tion of which, there was every reason to suppose
that the Governor would be obliged to accede to
the terms dictated by this partizan of innovation.
Chili remained quiet, governed by her own Junta,
‘syho had recently sent 300 soldiers, armed and
. equipped, to assist the Government of Buenos
Ayres.
• The Junta of Chili had opened Baldivia, St. Jago,
. Coquimbo, and other ports of the Pacific Ocean, to
a free trade, under much the same regulations as

those of Buenos-Ayres,
New York and Boston Papers, the former to the
26th, the latter to the 30th ult. arrived on Thurs-
day, as did also Halifax Journals to the 6th inst.
They do not enable us to form any opinion as to
the state of the negociations between Messrs. Foster
and Munroe.

Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke arrived at Portsmouth
on Wednesday afternoon, with the squadron under
his Command ; consisting of the Vengeur, 74, flag-
ship, Captain Brown ; Danemaik, 74, Captain Bis-
set ; Edinburgh, 74, Captain 'Baker ; Pyrdmus
frigate, Captain Dashwood ; and the Itovcr, C4p-
iain'Finlay. They have been cruising it} the At-
lantic these six weeks, with a view of falling in
pith the China and Indian fleets ; „and not for any
purposes connected with the affairs of America.
Jamaica Papers have come to hand to the end of
June.. They mention the departure of the Duke of
Manchester from Kingston for Halifax, in a sloop
of war ;‘, from thence his Grace would proceed to
We have received Paris Papers, including the
itkiniteurs, to the -25th inst. but they contain no
stews cf any importance. Part of the Toulon fleet
Ending the coast clear, ventured to peep out in the
beginnmg of this month, but soon returned, and
Our fleet off that place exchanged some shots with
ihehatteries in the bay of Hieres.

Of the Bishops who attended the Council at Pa-
ris, several have directed their steps towards Italy,
though their sees do net lie in this direction. From
hence it is inferred, that they are sent cn a mission
;o worry the poor Pope into some compliance with
the w ill of Buonaparte.

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Athices from off Flushing state, that the
fleet moved ,tly with intent to
in

_ out, apparem pat to
sea, but that they have :Tie returned into the har-
bour. It consists of 17 sail of the line,* and a lalge
proportion of frigates. Besides these, there are
three ships of the line at Goree, and five in the
Texel. • These united would make a formidable
fleet of `2.5 sail of the line ; and it is supposed that
they will endeavour to form a junction as soon as
the season obliges our ships to leave their station ;
an event which is likely soon to take place, as they
have already experienced a great deal of bad wea-
ther upon that coast.
The last Anholt Mail brings accounts of the dis-
missal and imprisonment of several persons of con-
sequence in Prussia. Great discontent appears to
prevail, and it is stated that an insurrection was is
agitation.
Lord Wellington has, with his usual sagacity,
ordered defences to be constructed for the protec-
tion of Oporto; which, if tot so impregnable as the
lines of Lisbon, will at least present a very formi-
dable resistance to the enemy, in the event of his
attempting to advance in that quarter. That im-
portant city had hitherto been in a manner open,
kind must have fallen before any superior force that
approached it.. These new defences chiefly consist
in the fortifying of the strong passes which lead, in
various directions, to Oporto. The works were
begun some time ago.
The following is a Copy of a Paper posted in the
principal streets of Cadiz :
4 6 Spaniards, look to yourselves. Let every man consult his
own interest and safety, for thee is none will do it besides. It
is true you have a Government, or rather a body of men calling
themselves a Regency, ansl what has been tcrined a General
Cortes of the Kingdom ; but they are corrupt and inactive,
and they care not for Spain as long as they can preserve them-
selves Our troops ar sent away upon distant expeditions when
they are wanted at home, lest they should take vengeince On
these "Aware at the head of affairs. If we to he free, we
must take our liberty into our own hantN, Sit 1 'we must not
suffer ()twelves to be blinded by hyprocritical Patriots. Loo
YoekesEevEs."
There is now a very general report in circulation.
that the Dauphin of FRANCE is still alive ! And to
give an air of credibility to the • story, it is added.
that a person has arrived in this country who affirms
that he knows his place of residence !
We are concerned to state that the account of the
capture of the French frigate Entrepenante by the
Atalanta is contradicted. The report originated in
a sham-fight between the Atalanta and her consort,
the Tartarus, off the Delaware, on the 20th of July.

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closely rt seed, and the place could not hOl
long. . _ _ _