The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-11 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Malta Mail which arrived on Thursday
morning brought accounts froth that island to the
20th of June, and Gibraltar and Cadii Papers of
the 12th and 18th Ult. The latter remove tho

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anxiety so long felt for the safety of Gem BLAKE,
and his division, whose arrival at Cadiz on the 11th
July they announce. An official detail of the
movements of the force under his command is given
in The Regency Gazette of the 6th ult. from which
it appe.rs that the only engagement which he had
was with a moveable body of 600 French at the
town of El Cerro, who retreated as soon as the
Spaniards appeared, and had about thirty or forty
killed during their retrograde motion.
The accounts from Cadiz itself are rather of a
gloomy complexion. The first incident of note
tat we have to mention is the escape of IMAz, who
surrendered Badajoz to the enemy ; after him,
GREGORIO, another officer, charged with treasonable
practices ; and lastly, an Aide-de-Camp of Souvr's,
who had been taken prisoner, and was confined in
the Castle of St. Catherine, found means to fly.
The embarrassment of the Regency for want of
money ; the fall of Tarragona ; and the disap.
pointment of general expectation in respect to the
success of BLAKE'S expedition, are likewise alleged
as causes of public despondency ; or we fear we
shall speak more correctly if we say, that these oc-
currences have given confk ence. to the disaffected
to shew themselves more openly, and to expatiate
with affected professions of regret upon the difficul-
ties attending that cause which they have privately
sold themselves to betray. The besieging army
was said to have lately received reinforcements of
six or seven thousand men from SouLT's forces,
just broken up on the Guadiana; while discontents
are known to prevail amongst the Spanish troops
on the Isla. Such is the sum-total of the awkward
circumstances which are reported from this place.
All that we can say is, that we are not able to
make men true to their cause, if they are deter-
mined to be otherwise. Have the inhabitants and
military of Cadiz acted or suffered like those of
Saragossa, Gerona, or Tarragona ? Or do they
confess that they are not equally Spaniards ? IMAZ,
GREGORIO, and SOULT'S Aid-de-Camp, have cer-
tainly escaped by the help of treason; and we wish
the traitors were along with the French, receiving
the rewards that are usually bestowed on creatures
of their description by their employers. But the
safety of the town is not endangered by the acces-
sion of seven thousand troops to the besiegers;
more especiall) as the besieged are likewise
strengthened by the arrival of General BLAKE.
And as to the difficulties of the Regency from the
want of money, we learn that they were likely to
be soon removed, as a vessel was daily expected
from Vera Cruz, with a supply of six millions of
dollars. In the midst of these internal symptoms
of disaffection or indifference to the common cause,

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it is likewise stated, that another expedition was
'fitting out from Cadiz, to consist of about seven
thousand men. Almeria was pointed out as the
place of its immediate destination, there to fOrm a
junction with the army of the centre, under the
command of General FREIRE.

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