The National Register.
London, England, 1808-11-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

17: Ail i ~aMerritt, Blackman-street, Southwark, sta-
tio-..T. at :en, a, Culldnall.
•s .1 ohn :lad Richard Travis, Prestwich, Lancaster.
at .rievco, at the Palace inn, Alarket-street-laue,
nes. ..r.
. 10. John White, Craven-buildings, City-road, dealer,
at ive, a:
D.N.. 5. Nlatk John White, and Robert Styring,
S l'Ork, silver-platers, at three, at the Tontine Inn,
S

-Der:. 13: Thomas Evans, Coventr; -street, linen-draper, at
ow:, at i;uildhall.
•Dee. 17. James Brander, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street,
raercitant, at ten, at Guild11::11.
"Dee. 10. Willittui Lot,e, Drury-'.ane, cabinet-maker, at
twelve, at Guildhall.
Jan. 3. II obOrt Soanes, Mark-Lute, provision-merchant, at
cute, at
Dec. 15. John Wroe, Ferry-bridge, Yorkshire, coal-mer-
clrant, at eleven, at the Anr,t•l
•Dee. 13. llutchin,on Mitre, Robert Nlure, and William lure,
Feachareli-street, merchants, at ten, at Guildhall.
Dec. 10. Michael Furlonge, Guildford-street, Russell-square,
mi:et:int, at Nr, at Guildlo •11.

• 1),.c.. 13. Join' Beach, 13iriinglia in, button-maker, at twelve,
a the Flull's-head Ta%ern, Birmingham.
,;)cc,. 10. 3 ohn Edding(uii and Jona Grosvenor, Montague-
!, ',rot, buiident, at eleven, at Guildhall.
..)er. 10. Edward Read, of Ilford, county of Essex, carpen-
r, at ten, at Guildhall.

CERTIFICATES, Dr,c. 10.
•urge Parker, Cherries-strtet, Oxford-road, Britibh wine-
!ant. •

m Ainsworth, Manche ter, inn-keeper.
smas Becks ith,
.Commercial-road, e oach•maker.
Mitchell, Merthyr Tvdvil, Glamorganshire, victualler.
^:. Brenan, Threfuloetdle-street, factor.
'• 1.. ita-4:Tea9dale, Peurith, Camberiand,hire, inn-keeper.
Tvlotirs. Rosemary-lane, salesman.
hi-.hard t.utton and Joint Gortou, Cuckncy, Nottingham-
.ni.q.,...i4ntbe
Wiciford, Essex, victualler.
Alia= Winter and Thomas l'atrren Hay, Long-acre, lace-

John Sprigg, Birmingham. linen•draper.
Tlintuaa V inn, Clenvnt's-lane, Lombard-street, dealer.

Joseph IllEsti Canon-street, broker.
(Tbe -;laizeill:lotitains a letter from Capt. Chambers, of his
'Majesty's sloop Port Mahon, tztating his baying, in compan)
the Linnet !rig, captured the French lugger privateer,
general Puris; letter from Campbell, of the Unite, stating the
capture of the Italian schooner Ortensia, of Its guns, and 5 men ;
awl a Lett r from C4l. Walpole, of the sloop Pilot, gives an
account of his having captured, boartliir,.;„ the French priva-
teer La Princesse There is also a Proclaiiiation fnr
further etiatiuuing ft oat the Si 't of De( ete.ber next, until 40 &Rs
after the )iext Meeting of Parliament, the prohibition of the
Dist of Spirits troiu Corn and tirail..] •

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Loubon,
MONDAY, AUVENIBER 21.

POLITICAL or THE WEL:k.

Spanish Papers arrived yesterday to the 16th inst. They
contain no news from the Army later than the sth. Ac-
counts had reached Gijon of Ceneral BLAKE's succession
that day; and it was reported that he had re-occupied
hill).):), on the Bth, after havin4 defeated Marshal NET the
day before, with the loss of 10,009 men. This rumour is
fart;ter strenAthened by several Letters from Plymouth,
All agreeing in respect to this splendid advantage. We
we could vouch for its authenticity. This account

was brought by the Black Joke, which was the bearer of
Dispatches to Government. The Corunua Papers to the
16th are, however, totally siient on this suby.ct ; and as
uine days elapsed from that of the rumoured victory, ma
fear there is no truth in the statement.

Part of the British army had readied Salamanca, where
Sir JOHN MuoitE had joinek! Giem.

A number of new levies had arrived at Burgos., and the
Army of Estremadura nas approaching that city. The
greatest activity, according. to accounts from Seville, pre-
vails in forwarding the military equipments in Andalusia.

We have received, likewise, Dutch Papers to the 151.11
inst. They contain no other mattn of importance than
the Evacuation of the Prussian Provinces, with the excep-
tion of the fortresses of Stettin, filogan, and .Cusiren,
the 18th inst. The arrears of the contributions doe lo?
the KING of PRUSSIA, are to be paid in No instaitnent,,
viz. sixty-six millions of livres in the month of November,
and sixty-five millions within eighteen won tbs. Tile Ni'.,
was expected in Beriia towards the end of this mortis.
The Dutch Papers contain new restrictions on the com-
merce of that country.

Paris papers, received in the course of the week, con-
tributed to spread no small degree of alarm and anNie:;
in the minds of the public These journals isn't their
usual effrontery, announced a series of splendid victories,
obtained over the Spaniards along the whole of their line ;
and the latter are repiesented to have fled, without N. en
the honour of resistance, like a flock of sheep, before tae
tremendous Frenchmen. According to these accounts flie
defeat of Blake was complete and decisive ; and his arty
Ifected its retreat in the utmost confusion, after Karin;
sustained a very great loss in killed, wounded and prisoners,
with that of almost all their ;tallier% . The left icing of
their army under Marshal Moncey obtained equal advan-
tages ; and the poor Spaniards were represented as con-
temptible, as dastardly. Such is a summary of the French
accounts.

Official Dispatches, received by Ministers from Lieute-
nant-Colonel CARROL, the British Officer attached to the
army of BLAKE, have converted the gloom which the
French accounts spread, into the most lively sensations Of
joy. These Dispatches confirm, it is true, the intefligeure
of the enemy having obtained a partial advantage on the
31st ult. but dearly bought and obstinately contested ; and
of such a nature, that if they acquired half a dozen of that
kind, instead of reaching Madrid before the conclusion of
the year, they would soon be compelled to make a retrc-
gadc movement beyond the Pyrenees. This battle of the
31st. is the most glorious for the Spaniards, that has beta
fought since the beginnine, of the present contest, and (we
of the most memorable in their annals. BLAKE was at-
tacked early in the morning of that day ; and a thick fo4
covered the operations of the enemy. The latter charged
with the impetnosay peculiar to that nation; and though
the engagement lasted till night, the French, notwith-
standing the decided superiority in point of numbers, being
23,000, against 17,000, were unable to make the slightest
impression on the Spanish line, though they made frequent
attempts to break the centre, in conformity to their multi!
of attack. In this battle, where the enemy had a manne4t