The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-18 00:00:00

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The following is an
Officer oil board one tit
Sir Joseph Yorke's sqUadron .
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" Lat. 44. 45. N.--Longs 10. W
• " We.haee length got a 'fair • wind, and are nowSwering
Area caurse tor- America, carrying all sail, and extending our
bite, chasing every-thing we see. Whether we are bound to
America or not, time only can tell."
A mail from Anhclt arrived yesterday morning.
it has brought deplorable accounts of the situation
of every part of the Continent. - No trade ;• no ma-
nufactures ; estates rapidly falling in value, while
the burthens imposed upon them are Increasing.
Add to these calamities the damage done..iri-,Many
tarts . by lightning and :tempest, by bailsstorina of
extraordinasysforce and duration/by inceSsardisains, •
which -have-..6VerfloWed rivers, and destroyed the
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homes and hopes . of ,the-busfrandman.—TheSe Ac••••
counts will be found under, the head of foreigliintelli;
fence. -
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Letters from Prussia cOntolue to speak of the pro-
bability "of war between Russia and. France, and,
assort'th*t Buonaparte will shortly arriyt.at War-
saw: The citeurnstance. ,of the... Russians and
Turks...rescorsqnenting• hostilities renders this re:
port yery.,closibtful..--.-Tlie complete. isiibmission
of
the King -of:PrutSia to the will orilit 'French Ru-
ler •is evident by a • Proclamation which lie has
issued, dee-at-Mk. his rigid' adherence. to the plan
-for the exclusion of British Commerce from the
Continent. ,
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The .most recent intelligence srom -St. .Peters-
burgh, states, that Russia no longer acts upon the
policy of the Continental System, but has, this
season, admitted into her ports nearly all the ships.
that presented • themselves. A list of l'3l vessels
which had gained admiSsion; was on Wednesday
}landed about among the merchants. We trust,
therefore, that our Baltic commerce, which was
'attended with so many losses last year, will turn
<sut very differently in the present.
Paris Papers, to the 9th inst. have been received.
It appears horn these, that on the 4th of July, a sig-
nal victory was gained by General Kutosow, over
the Turkish army, commanded by the Grand Vizier,
'who marched upon Rndschuck, • in which the latter
.is stated to have sustained a considerable loss, Ac-
cording to the French accounts, the victory has not,
However, been such as to terminate the..campaign in
favour of the Russians. - -
Buonaparte had again made an. alteration in his
regulations affecting commerce ; and it is now said,
that the merchants may be .allowed.to trade, with-
out being compelled to export silks or wines. Such
information has, at least, been received from the
Fr !rich coast.
Bessieres, Commander in Chief of the French
a my in the North of Spain, has issued two General
Orders from Valladolid the head-quarters of
Joseph Buonaparte on his way to Madrid—which
may lie considered as instances of his dfcction for
his Spanish subjects, and no indecisive proofs of the,
joy which they, on their parts,
penalty must
of fedeath onel at•
return. They denounce the
all persons aiding, corresponding, or in fact at all.
conniving, with what are termed the brigands.
These orders must tend to barbarize the unhappy
country in -Which they are promulgated, by driving
its inhabitants from all the habits of social ;

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aid in beAting them into

t'lesday :received • -from .
braltac tb the.26th ultimo.- The Belle Tonle hi-
gate haVara-ived at, that:port with a convoy of 6b
vessels, from Malta, • Xhe specie received at Cadiz.
from Song) Ameiica, arneYnnted. to
.eight millions
Of dollars, and -had proked a. most seasonable re-:
ief to dr& .Spanish: Regency., for -whom five mil--
lions *ere :destined. 'The -remaining three . were:
consigned to individual merchants. In consequence.
of Allis arrival, the Exchange. was considerably lower..
The Cortes haYe appointed General Blake to the'
command of the 2d and 5d armies', or those of Va-
lencia and Murcia. 'flee" latter Amounts: to 16,000,
of which 'OOO are cavalry.. It is ..now commanded
by General Freire. A part of the arniy lately un-
der Blake's command in Estremadura, is to be lent:
to the army -of Murcia, and part is to go to Alge-
siras.
Blake, it is now urtderstood, left the army.
under. Lord Wellington, in consequence of the
lousy arrciprejudice he entertains of the English.
. : General Lacy is sent to. command in Catalonia.
teneral Castanos remains with. a small escort with
Lord Wellington, and 'has the general command int
Gallicia and Estremadura.- In the,fOrnierprovinCe,
General Abadia commands -under. Castanos, and,
in Estremadtimi- General .Gir.Ons .a:- epees of:Cas-,
tanos,Who also--acts under his uncle- s, ,
The tables appear to be turned between the con-
tending Spaniards on- the ,RiVer Plate. Elio; the
.Gov'einor of..K(mteliidelatelrhloeltaded Buenos '
on.the liver side, his flotilla:; be, how.!
ever, in. his turn,. is now stated to.•be.cooped 'up ill
Monte Video, by General Belgrano.. With an army
of 6000 or 7000 men, "and as the -whole population
of the place ;;re described- as -discontented, -he is not
expected to hold' out long. ' •-• t. • " ' •
• Twenty-three sail.of merchantmen ancltransports
are arrived at Portsmouth from Lisbon,-under .con:
voy of the North Star. These ships have landed
number of wounded' Officers, who were invalided
for :England after the battle of Albuera. The ske.
letons, or regimental Staffs of three regiments are
also landed ; the 71st ; the 48th, about 50 ; the 7th
or Fuzileers, about 30 men • besides some <of .the
King's German Legion, Tile three battalions do
not muster more than abobt 200 strong.
Letters 'received by the last Heligoland Mail
mention that Count Gottorp, the Ex-King of Swe-
den, remained at Tonningen, on the 18th of last
month. All his movements were closely watched,
but no explanation has been given of the cause of
his arrival there, or the reason why he quitted HeliT
goland. His future destination, it was imagined,
would-be Suabia.
The German Papers state, under: the head of
Soleure, the 9th of July, that, by an unanimoup
resolution of the Diet-, all -Swiss in the English ser-
vice are ordered to quit it immediately, on pain -of
forfeiting tlieiri right 'of citizenship, and the confis-
cation of their property. •
The Belliqueux, of 64 guns, which came home
last week as escort of the China fleet, brings intel-
ligence that the Dutch, after 'having destroyed all
the fortifications, had evacuated - Batavia, and re-
tired to Murrack, a strong position in the straits 'of
Sunda. •

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