The National Register.
London, England, 1811-04-28 00:00:00

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William Salter, of Brixton, Surrey, merchant.
R 'Oen Lowe, of the H.tyinarhet, linen-draper.
Edward Dodd, of Dock-head, Bermondsey, tallow-chandler.
William Blanc:lard, of the Seven Dials, dealer in•paper and
rags.

CERTIFICATES, MAY IS.
Jonathan Hopkins, of Worcester, merchant.—Robert Saxby,
of Weeley, Essex grocer.—David Shand,of Liverpool, merchant.
—John Connde Cook, late of Brighthelmstone, .Sussex, con-
fectioner.—William Whiteley aut./ James Whiteley, late of Leeds,
dvers.—James Lovett, of Colchester, Essex, grocer.—Jostpli
Nailer, of Jeffrys-square, Stint Mary-Axe, merchant.—John
Newnum, cf Bishopsgate-street-without, linen-draper.—Wil-
liam Smith, of Stratford, Essex, corn-chandler.—William Par-
sons, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, corn-tactor.—Thomas Hast-
ings and Rowland Hastings, of Queen-street-park, Southwark,
silversmiths.—John Oulton, of Liverpool, drysalter.—John Salis-
bury, of Highgate, victualler.—ThomasDagnall, of Liverpool,
comb-maker.—Haiwah Webb, of Manchester, victualler.—
ichn Hiacin-son, of Manchest r, cotton-manufacturer.—Elkan
Levy, of Clifton-street, Finsbury-square, merchant.—William
Woodward, of Fore-street, carpenter.—Samuel Chalfont, of
Fulmer, Bucks, corn-deafen—William Forbes, of Liverpool,
merchant.—James 'Webber, of Webb-street, Southwark, rag-
merchant.—James Lee, John Scott Martineau, and James Wil-
kinson, of Bie4d-street, copartners.—Richard '['row, sen. of
Cray's-inn-lane-road, cowkeeper.

THE NA HONAL itEtilSFEw

3Lonbon.
SUNDAY, APRIL 2R, 1811.

EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE. ,
The Extraordinary Gazette publishedlast Thurs-
day c4tained the latest dispatch that has yet been
received from Lor .1 WELLINGToN-. It is dated the
9th inst. His Lordship writes from Villa FermoSa,
and informs us of the final retreat of the French
into Spain. They had hit a Fart icon at Almeida,
but did n®t seem to entertain very sanguine hopes
of its being able long to resist our arms, as they had
removei every thing valuable from, that fortress,
and among the rest the heavy artillery with which
they besieged it last summer. All communication
between their army and its garrison was to cut off
by Sir W. ERSKINE, on the 7th after he had taken
many prisoners from a division of the 9th corps
which he drove from .Tunca. On the Sd inst. .a
most gallant affair took place at the passage of the
Coa.The enemy occupied the strong poLiti:als on the
Upper C3l, and Lord VIELLtNoToN made prepara-
tionsto cross that river with part of his army and turn
their left. This movement was executed by Col. ,
BECKWITH'S brigade of light infantry, with two squar 1
Tons ofcavalry, fOur companies of the 9.5 th, and three
of Col. ELnErt'scacadores, supported by the 4.3 d re-
giment. The enemy's piquets were driven in, -.l:inst
owing to a mistake ocasioned by a rain storm, these
troops instead of turning the left of the French corps
fell upon its main body. They were divers back,
but in their turn repulsed an attack made on thorn
by a solil column with cavalry and artilery. Fol.
lowing up their advantage, they were attacked a
secoro time on the right and left, and forced to re.,
top bdtincl a wall, from whence issuing anew they
slime more repulsed the I:aemy, aud took a howitzer

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from them. Three or four other retreats and at.
,tacks followed, but at the time the French were
making_ .disyositions to __dislodge our
.troops from
the - t(3 of ;:height, they perceived that our
cavalry had passed on the rear of their left, and
Major-General DUNLOP'S column has just crossed
the bridge of the Coa, threatenefl their right. They
then retreated, leaving howitzer in the hands
of its gallant conquerors and preservers, 200 killed
on the field, and 6 officers and SOO prisoners. This
is justly deemed by his Lordship one of the most
glorious actions in which British troops were ever
engaged.
The enemy continued their march during the
night, and on the 4th re-entered the Spanish terri-
tory. It is thus they have fulfilled their threat of
driving our troops into tile sea. The, only place
they still retain in Portugal is Almeida; and as our
army has taken a position on the frontiers, it is im-
possible they should attempt to relieve that fortress,
unless they should once more dare to invade a
country from whence they have been so gallantly
driven, with a loss too heavy to be repaired in less
than several months. . .

„ow—
SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
PORTUGUESE:

.It is impossible to cast a glance at the Suhscrip.
tion opened for the relief of the suTering Portu-
guese, without feeling pride and exultation. Pride,
at belonginito a country whose armies bleed to re-
conquer the freedom of the world, and not as the
newspaper report of Mr. CANNING'S speech on Fri,
day, said, to make the world our prize, and whose
citizens rel;eve the distresses of nr4fions.! Exulta.
tion, at seeing that all those, who in a just cause
endure the miseries of war, are always sure to find
in compassionate Britain, • not only an arm to assist
in fighting their battles, but a spontaneous flow of
tre:umre to feed their exertions, remove their wants,
and repair their losses. The sum.already.subscribed
in the city of London alone, amounts to upwards of
18,0001.