The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-30 00:00:00


THE NATIOVM,

lay. ?tars al Grouchy must have detached front Wavre Smixi
to 7,01'0 men towards St. Lambert, whose safety might be en •
dan;ered, since the corps of General Dillow amtimited 'o 30,000
teen. Thu. the whol.: oflou's csups would be coin-
pmn:ised and lust, if at the inomein wtien it was attacked iti the
rear by %ix or seven thommid men, it were likewise attacked in
front by an orlicer of COlllit Lehau's eiitructer. Seventeen or
eighteen thouwind Frenchnieti, disposed and commateied in this
manner. %unlit be far superior to 3J,euti l'iussians ; but these
events effected a change in the first pht t of the Eniperot ; he
found himself teed:wed on the field of battle by the deduction
of the 10,0051 men whom he was olnigAl to send against Iltilow.
lle had only therefote 50,000 against 00,000 ; thus the army of
the enemy againstf,which he had to contend had been increased by
30,000 Imo already artivvd on the fi:ld of battle. It now
amounted to 120.000 men again t 69,110 t, or n.---rly two against
one. •We had in the intoning.' said tile Emperor to the Duke
of Dalmatia. • ninety chances of vietosy in our favour ; the ar-
rival of littlow has lust us thirty of them ; but we have still 60
aainst 40; and if General Grouchy repairs the horrible fault he
yesterday committed, by amming himself at Gambit:tax. and
sends a detachment with rapidity, the victory will be more deci-
sive, for the corps or lltilow will b^ entirely destroyed.'
•• so anxiety was f I for Marshal Grouchy. After the de-
tachment which he would be able to send to St. Lambert, lie
would bull have 27,0ths or gis,tsin men and the three corps
which 3lar.lutl Blucher ball at Wane, and which when before
l.igny amounted to 9rt,otio men, had been reduced to 111.1141();
not only by the loss of 30,0rsi which he had experienced in bat•
de, but likewise by that of 1210,0 ho men, who had deserted. and
were-plurulering the banks of the Nieto..., and by some detach-
illentS• with which that Nlarshal was obliged to protect these
districts, as well as his baggage. which lay in the direction 01
Namur and Liege. Now 40,1100 or 45,titsi ll•russians, beaten
and disheartened. could not overawe 2.5,001 Frenchmen well
posted and victorious "
(Ti, be e. ii/breed.).

INSURRECTION IN SPAIN.

By accounts received on Monday from the Peninsula,
there appear strong grounds for believing that all alarm-
ing insiaraction has arisen in the heart of.Spaiii. IL_ was
ascertained in the city early in the day, that the French
mail, which usually.
.eonveys the Sranisli letters, had
brought none from Cadiz, and very few from Seville or
Madrid; and that these latter 3plit•drcti all to have beet)
opened ; they were confined in central to. the mere
deerils of business, and contained scarcely a hint of what
was piosi.it, in the interior. This ahsence of all haat-
'flattop from Spain, excited a strong, sensation among
the merchants connected with that country ; the arrival
of a Lisbon mail, hoe/ever, winch sailed on the 150 i,
sunphed in some measure the desired tut .rot anon,
though the details ate sull imperfect. It is stated in
let;vai tram Badajos, of the 12th, that the insurrection
broke out on the I 0 among the troops stationed in the
neighbourhood of Cadiz, and that their first step was to
secure the pct.-on of Caldron), the Comma oder-hi-Chief.
The tounher of the Patriots is variously stated ; some
leocrs computing them at 16,000, and others at 23,000
men ; th-tie is bole doubt that their force is extremely
"formidable. 011 the 2d inst., a large body of them
marched to Port St. Mary's, of %hien they took quiet
possession; they afterwards ptoceeded the I le oh Si.
Lto.l, and by a bold roanellotre succeeded in taking
Cisneros, the Minister of Marine, into custody. This
Minister, it will be recollected, repaired to the Isle of
'it. Leon uninediately on his noi && i . ation, to superintend
the fining oat of the grand expedition- . The following
day was empluved in an attack on the TMeadero, or
natal arsenal of St. Leon, which, according to some
accounts, a ter a slight resistance, fell into their haunts.
During t!):.sc three clays, it is not stated that any
measures were adopted by the authorities at Cadiz to
check the ;irogress of this alarming revolt. On the
4th, the Patriots attempted Cadiz itself, with about
21000 men ; but the Governor, with a force of 1,500,
of whom 230 were soldiers, and the ren.aiiitler workmen.
received them so warmly, that they fell back with the
loss of seven- men killed, Smile accounts Mate, that this
repulse was effected by the blowing up of the bridge.—
The next day, which is the latest intelligence from
Cadiz, the Patriots renewed their attempt with a force
of 5,000 men, the issue of which is not certain, though
one account states it to have been successful. At the
same time, so complete a state of organization had the
insieree.ion assumed, that the Patriots were enabled to
sold ott another detachment, also consisting of 6,000
wen, tor Seville, to order to attack that city, and to
secure to their party the reeinietit of Royal Carabincers,
who were siropuserr to be imbued with the Same spirit
of disallectem to the Government. By the way of
Puhictal, intelligence from Seville to the Silt has Wei)
received; it dues not.appear from them that the Pandits
have actually entered the city, bin were within five
leagues' march, and were expected next day : no oppo-
sition was contemplated. It is remarkable, however,
that there are tenets front Seville wriich state, that a
provisional junta has! been formed, and the constittitiou
proclaimed ; from whence it might be inferred, that
the movements from Cattle with Madrid is pletely
cut off, asset it seems probahle that the Siianisli troverti•
rent, It eh said to he aware of the iintirrectiodar)
spirit that existed attiring the troops, is ignorant of the
couseottences that have resulted from at. An extraor-
dinary courier from Cadiz to the Capital was intercepted
on the 3d, and, because he resisted, put to death. A g
several pernitis of eminence who had fallen into the
hands of the Pa, riots, was Matadi, the CO 11111 l issioner
in Coe Navy. No names of officers eoutauaudtng the
lilsOrree iiiiii ary dim)/ have reached us in an unquestion•
able shape, nom the genceal discontent inuring
them, it is believed they are numerous, aunt iii
rank. .ements, Indeed, show all the regularity
of an :MKS, rn a coinolvie state of organization. The
above is tile subs' nice of the letters uausssuutsl by way
of Partnaal. ()tie letter nom Seville has this remarkable
exiirelsitot You will shanty oxen e most itoportans
news Isom thisapiarter , but we eaimat at present convey
any !Mil orris nature." We give these iatportato,
detaiis comely on the authority of letters. 'Die difficult'
of collecting Infiniti:ilium 111 a i,vutoil of general co,
Its,iim and alarm may have rendered them ma(ettiate n.
some 1.0 ins; but the coincideoce of so malty. aCCorliels
leases little room far doubting that the spirit of inst.-
rectiott has manifested Indio) a degree far inure burnt
dable than the present Goveannieut of *eau has hitherto
experienced.

DEATH op 11111 ROI:AL lIIGIINESS Tilg DUldt

VP KENT.

With deep regret we announce to the public the death
of this Prince. T.te intelligence ortived in town oil
Monday forenoon, that his Royal (lignites, expired at
ten o'clock an Sunday morning. His complaint was au •
inAamation of the lungs, so violent as to b.itild the,
utmost eftots of medical skill. The bleeditiz anti other •
remedies metvoiibible resorted to on such occasions are
ealculab.d to reduce the strength of the patient, if they
do not remove the disorder. In the present instance.,
unfinnitutele, they failed of giving relief; and the ro.
bust frame td his Royal Highne:A slink into complete
exhausbon, front %%Melt the re•mlirres of art, and the
powers of a naturally !hie constitutiml, were alike unable
to restore hint.

liis Royal Higlicess was tall in stature, of a manly
and noble presence. His manners were affable, con-
descending, dignified, and engaging; his conversation
animated his information varied and copings; his
memory exact and retentive; his intellectual poster
quick, ptron,t, and masculine; he resembled the King in •
many of his tastes and propensities; he was an early
riser, a close e-ot 11111 l ist of his l'itie ; teinperale in eating.;
indifferent to wine, though a lover of society; awl heed-
less of alight indisposhom, from confi.lence in the gene-
ra: strength of his constitution; a kind limner, a pulse.
tualand courteous correspondent, a steady friend, and att
:iffi•etionate brother.

We extract the following from a biographical sketch
bf his Itoyal flightless, published by his friends when a
recent application was made to Parliament for permis-
sion to relieve his embarrassments, by disposing of an
estate he owned iu the neighbourhood of the capital•by'
lottery
"•Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathern, fourth son of
George 111., %I:l,thorn on the 2d IS:rweitiber, 1767 At.
eighteen y, ars of age he was sent to Germany by his
Majesty's command, and resided successively at Lunen-
lung and !Hanover until he. had al t completed his
20th year. During this period his " whole isteotne
consisted of an allowance of !mall. per at 00000 in, of which
his Governor had site sole disposal, except of floe guitiel
and a half per week allowed to his Royal Highness for
pocket-money. llis Royal Highness then passed two
years more at Geneva, without any further increase of
ineotiv.!. lie wit an enthusiast to the profession of a .
snldit , for which he was destined from early life. IVith
the reek of Colonel, he commanded the 7th Fozileers.
which formed part of the Garrison of Gthialtar under
Gen. (Mari, in 1790 and 1791, some time before the
break in 2 toot of the revolutinaary war with France. In..
that subordiliate militaty station, his Royat Highness
soon heraine re itarkable for the diligent discharge of his
own duties, and fur exacting a similar punctuality front
every man aud elficer nudes hint. I its attention to the
appearance and discipline of his regiment was altogether
exemplary and tuirethittiog; but as he could not inspire
• all the military world with au equal sense of the solid
ealue.of those dry, homely, and uninteresting chilies
which ought to employ so large a portion of military lite,
or those mina/ice of the service, of which, nevertheless,
when considered in the a,Jl,regate, the correct perfor-
mance adds so much to the precision and efficiency of a
military machine, the Colonel of the idi Fozilcera IV,Is
for some time, an unpopular Commander. Every mili-
tary Milli Is not capable of discovering in the best-coo-
ceised order .or the wisest rule laid down fur his
obsery ince by superior authority, the direct relation of
the lowans to the end. It may not be thought, at first
sight, or serious importance, that an officer's Coal, or
boot, or pantaloon, should be of a specific fashion,
height, or colour; but Jet us consider that the excellt nee
of an army consists in its susceptibility of collective and ,
uniforni imptilses, and we must admit that uniformity
in sroJfiet oceopations, and objects of
attention—nay. in the form of hats or epaulets, will
contribute to enforce upon conlnlnn minds the main •
principle of harmony inaction. As harmony ought to
be the characteristic of every military movement, in the
spring of it• at be subordist Mon., The Duke of Kent
laboured to communicate these two great 'towers to the
troop.. for whose qualities he was responsible. lie fre-
quently issuesi orders on points which Acre of inferior
moment, and enforced then l sly, because he had
issued them. By this system, by a conseietwous fulfil- .
mein of his ow a duties, a firm requisition of the like
propriety from others, and en anxious interposition on .
behalf of every indiiidual. %slut had wrongs to be re-
dressed or claims to he recommended, he at length ,

carried the discipline of his resimein to the highest .
pitch, and established for himself the most reapeciable
military reputation; hut, in his pros fess towards this
end, he encetentered much detraction, considerable oh. .
Imply, aunt some resistance. (' plaints were made,
winch injured his character at home, and institutes were
prepared by site troops, which ilivatened Is a alithoety, ,
and more than mice endangered his person. Front
Gibraltar his Ito)al Highness was remin tat to Culada
in 1791, thence to Halifax, in Nova Scotia, where, as
Commander of the forces, he acquired universal esteem
for the justice and integrity of his demeanour. I hiring
this service in-British Allier ICA. lie received orders to sail
lor the West lollies, and join in she attack on the French
;italic's, under Sir Charles Grey.
this expi-dition the iiispettions bras ery of his Royal,'
Ilitstiness was manifested as St. Lucie, with ton little
emisideralion for his owls safety, and too mock disregard .
for she enemy.% position. 'Die troops were repulsed ; .
but the I)uke of Kent's hi:th personal courage obtained
lii in the applause* of the soldiers, and a flattering rebuke
h, C'unmuantkr iii Chid. The nest theatie of his
Renal Burliness's Isle was at Glint:liar, she scene
of his earliest military service. His Royal H,ghness was
appointed Goternor that important ti,arrison.. A mass
of abuses here waited his correcting hand. 'the estst-
hliihns,•uss Of tel for the sale of lirpuors to the
tioups lia•I neon eiteiwraced from shameful motives its
those whir tisl the sitcoms of suppressing thein,ancl to an
extent ton more subversive of the health, discipline, and
morals of the &unfelt, than perilous to the sdety of the