The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-13 00:00:00

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Spanish Government Giketidahlitd letters from Ma-
drid, have arrived to the 25th ult.. The former contain

no intelligence of any interlelft.i v (Rom the latter we
learn, that • a Decree teas •exbeetotoso the tisseed at an
early data, for more ecorapletely-reeratiting and organising
the Spanish armies, which ive undatistand'ire to be
yh-
creased to 70,000 men, including, foar regiments. of re•
tennis, who are to garrison fortified towns.- The• pee-
eise regulations are not mentioned, bat the King* Body
Guard is to consist of 5000 men, and their pay is to be
higher than any of the rest. No new .changes are
talked of in the Spanish Cabinet, but it seems under-
good that Pizarro, and the other exiled Ministers are
to be permitted to return to the capital—The advioes
front Cadiz are to the 17th ult. at which time unusual
activity had been observed among the troops qearteral
on the Isla de Leon and the adjacent parts of tile
Province of Andalusia; and it was, omijeetesed, in
consequence, that some new preparations were making
for fitting out the long talked of expedition, regardin4
which, in consequence of excessive delay::, little interen
seems now to be felt. There had been no•fresh,:arrivais
from South America, and the inhabitants .were 40:ise-
quentir without any intelligence relative• to the state of
the Airs of the insurgents. Gibraltar cutaingorl
healthy up to the 16th ultimo.
A Madrid Gazette contains another ,proof ef ;the
unenlightened state of the public mind in Spain.. .7'llo
Greed Inquisitor (a name that ought long. to have
been obsolete) has issued a decree, prollibitink.;_i!llboc!ks
and newspapers that contain any matter. against the
60Verfilllent of Spain !
Letters from Cuba, dated the middle of October
state, that two Insurgent privateers, a large brig and
schooner, bad taken rwsession of Whoava, opposite the
town of Principe, and had converted it into a depot for
their prizes. Six vessels had been carried in Iffdelt•
Insurgent cruisers. • .
Boston papers to the 15th ult. have been .rergiv
They state that 900 Spanish troops, with three pieces
of cannon, were marching against Lallemand and his
party • and that a battle was speedily expected.
Madras Papers to the 12th ofJuly have reached town.
It was rumoured, that the Rajah of Nagpore had been
retaken, but no authentic information had been received
to that effect. He erected his escape by bribing seven
or eight seapoys of his escort, who went off with him.
One of thorn had been retaken, anti was put in irons.
From him it was learnt that. the Rajah, in his flight,
had assumed ;he disguise of a seapoy. Much impor.
taucc seems to be attached to the repossession of the
Rajah's person, as it is said a reward of two laeks of
rupees, and a pension of 10,000 rupees had been offered
for his appreheasion.
Friday Mr. Planta, Under Secretary of State for
the Foreign Department, arrived in London,.accom-
panied by Mr. Parish, from Aix-la-Chapelle. Mr.
Ward, of the Foreign Office, and Mr. Guuning, ar-
rived from Brussels at the same time.

It is reported that Mr. W Henry Whitbread, son of
the late Mr. Whitbread, and at the present one of the
representatives for Bedford, is to be proposed at the ap-
proaching election as a candidate ter Westminster. lie
is stated professedly on the Whig interest. On Friday,
it is said. a rapid and successful canvas was made in
his favour, by Lord Nugent and several othea of his
Parliamentary friends.
We are assured that the Earl of Harrowby is to be
our Ambassador at the Court of France, in the room of
Sir Charles Stuart, G. C.B. This will be the first tuove
in the projected change of Cabinet Ministers, the No-
ble Lord being now President of the Council.
Two vessels sailed from the River on Friday, with
recruits for South America. The object of the Depu-
ties from the Independent Government is to procure
the disciplined troops now discharging from the British
service, and for the present all others are refused by
them.

The subscriptions to the Venezuelan loan, it is said,
amount to between IS and 14,0001.
The noted Cambacetes, formerly fellow Consul with
Buonaparte (or rater the second• in rank in the Con-
sular Government), and afteawards Arch-Chancellor
of the Emnire, arrived at Paris last week, having with
him Gen. Lamarque and several other exiles.
The li:ingot France has made a present to the Duke
of Wellington of a Cross, &c. of the Order of Saint
Esprit, valued at 500,000 francs.
The price of bread at Paris was fixed on Saturday
week at 7d. for the loaf of 41b. of the finest quality, and
sd. for the same weight of second quality.
Most of the Presbyteries throughout Scotland ha►e
appointed a Day of Thanksgiving in their respective
bounds, for the late plentiful harvest.
Manchester and Glasgow are making rapid strides
towards rivalling the East Indies iu the manufacture
of cotton and silk. Who could have imagined, 30 )ears
ago, that those places would have actually sent muslins
to Bengal ?
The death of Mr. Lumsden, one of the East India
Directors, has caused a ►acaucy in that btxly ; C. E.
Prescott, J. Loch, J. G. R►venshaw, and W. T. Mo-
nel/4-, Esqrs. offer themselves us candidates.
It is said, that Sir Wm. Curtis will have a scat is
the new Parliament.