The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

cot k. 61 11P 11i1.11,11# I. We11.4.1410.ed persons will be indite,.
to take up arms; they who are not able to bear arms, will br
employed for other purposes I and boys neglected b., their pa-
rents, and women who raise tae itue and cry, shall be punished.
The troops, the whole town, the sword of justice, and abmr.
all, God himself, woo avroges the wronAs of those who minus,
his mercies, authorise aud support me. I make this know
that no person ma- plead ioorance, however disposed I sba:
ativays feel to foll,ow the dictates of humanity and mercy. l•
will never he my wi,h to punish, but 1 snail, at all times, lit
• happy to correct.
Cadiz, Ms 15th June, 1808.
—saw.

TEOII4II DE MERL.,

Don Alvaro Flora Estrada, Procurator General of the Prin-
cipality of Asturias, made the following Proposition to th•
Supreme Council :
The General Council of the Principality of Asturias do no•
delay a e ttttt nent in maLing known to the public the dail
proofs they receive of t ie fr rnilship of the English Governmen
and nation, who hi order toe better to enable it to supply al:
our wants, have prompt', sent to tots capital a Military Con:
tuittee, composed of wee Oleers of distinction, who. thi,
morning, present •d themselves before the Supreme Council
not only to assure us, that all the supplies and succour w hi( .•
we pointed out to taem, might be daily expected in oar port
but also to otter in the n.ime of their Government, to this Pri::
tipality, and to the rest of the Sp:inis nation, all other assist-
ance we might sand in need of; to send us troops, mime
arms, ammunition. and other starlike stores, and to make .
common cause with us, in order that ne might be able to repe
and de-troy the common (-nem.. That generous nation deserve
the utmost gratitude on our part ; hut as it ofers its protectio:.
to all provinces which defend the good cause, it will know Oil
the other hand, how to employ all its poser against Atop
provinces, which. guided by a pernicious selfishness or appar
rent timidity, are forgetful of their dui., in the present credo-a'.
circumstances in which tne rountr, is placed, do not endeavoti.
in imitation of the real Patriots, to defend the glorious cause.
and shake off a disgraceful soke. The Supreme Council thin,
it right to declare to the public, that they felt the liverie
emotion: of gratitude and respect, when they heard the Com-
missioners give theta the assurance, that it was their anxiou
wish to shed the last drop of their blood fighting with our bre-
thren, in defence of the common cause.
ALVARO FLORZZ ESTRID4.
Oviedo, the 30th June, 1808.
And it having been • esolved, that the preceding proposition be
printed and circulated through all the districts of the Principa
wa communicated it also tomtit for your information. God
keep you many sears in his holy guard.
Oviedo, the 30th Jane, 180 S.

IGVACIO
JUAN A nor ELLKS tenet,
Representative and Secretary.

PORTUGAL.

Cum tn, Ronntrio, Jung 18.—The French troops which
are in Almeida, threatened to force a passage through this place.
after having been refused permission to proceed by the Go-
vernor. The vigorous measures which arc made on that froi;
tier, have obliged the French to continue in a state of almost
total inaction t confining their operations to the destruction of
a miserah:e village c and having attacked with WO Dragoons
two small parties of the peasantry, which made such a spirited
resistance, that they obliged the French to retire with consider-
able loss.

It is currently reported here, that the French troops in Lis-
bon has been destroyed by the joint efforts of the Spaniards and
the Englisit, who quitted their ships, and that General .1 nom is
conducted as a prisoner on board the British fleet. This ac-
count is the more credible, because, for four days past, Junot
was in Almeida, where accommodations were prepared for SOW
men, and it is certain that they have not yet arrived.
The followitg Official Documents have been received from
Oporto :
" In the name of the Prince Regent of Portugal, the Junta
of the Supreme Government of the City of Oporto makes
known unto all the subjects of the said Prince, that the French
Government is entirely abolished and exterminated fr►m 'hi,
country, and that the Royal Authority of our legitimate Sove •
reign is restored, which will be exercised fully and independ-
ently by the above-mentioned Junta, until the Government es-
italished iu this kingdom by his Royal highness :ball be re-

,toyed s in consequence of which the said Junta order, to:Wills
;aid Royal Highness stall be proclaimed, and his Royal Arm
displayed and reverted ar, they always have been, and shall
; and that all conmituted authorities shall art in conformity
• hereto, publishing all their orders in the name of his said
it oyal Highness.

" The Elinor, President, and Governor.
" Porto, June 12, MIL" ;4z
EDICT. vtall
" The Provisional Council of the "'averment of Oporto, in.
cites the veteran soldiers. to whatever regiment of the .ioe they
nay be long, to unite with the army of this province, that Is to
.-itter into vie ranks with the two regiments of the garmm t of
tat: city, which are in the course of organization; and to each
liao, by way of reinunerition, are promised a month's pad, ,and
a daily allowance of four venteins, with clowning, &c. 'Flux
,ause pay ,• ill be allot tut to all the soldiers now on service, as
veil as those who will the same regiments, a.; far as car•
eainstances will permit Ciis extraordinary pay. Likewise the
Militia will have the -am. advantages.
" Tss Bisuue, President and Governor."

" Oporto, Jaime 110."

SICILY.
Messtsa, Jv, 90.-0• On the 13th instant arrived here his
Foicellenry Sir John Stuart, Commander in Chief of the
iritish army in the Mediterranean. llis exoollences was greeted
.reth every demonstration of joy. Upon his landing he %s as
Muted by the fort at Porta Real, with 19 pieces of
sir J. Stuart has not only assumed the general comemauul of all
the British forces in the Mediterranean, but the army also of
pis Sicilian Majesty, it is understood, has been offered to he
united with our own, under his orders, with the rank of Cap-
u., in-General.
-
GIBRALTAR.

From the Gibraltar Chronicle qf Jane 18.—Notice to the Pub.
':r.--For the satisfaction of the public, that all may know the
real extent of the kind of misfortune which has befallen out
troops at Cordova, and that it entirely arises from the dream-
stance, that the troops couiposed of inhabitants did not tight so
.nave AS they *tight to have done; since, !sad they acquitted
theAselses properly, the French army, would have been corn.
pletely destroyed,and that the people may thereby be excited to
wipe on' this trill* blot from their 'settlebeon, by their ardour
and slackness in tho field. This Supreme board of Government
orders fille publication of the two followino letters; one of
•shich is from the Officer commanding thigean, confidently ex. •
aecting, and enjoining every one for the safety of the country,
to display, in such actions as mar be fought for the Nemec, tbt
liseiplitte, vigour, and steadiness, which have ever bees eisa.
racteristic of true Spaniards, and which are so necessary under
Cie existing critical circumstances when they become an im-
perious duty.
" MOST Sri' en r. Stn—The Reverend Anthony Cabrera., ft
clergyman, who had at Cordova the massageineut of the tele-
zraph which hail.ju.a been destoyed, resents himself before the
:Ward at three in the morning, and relates that at two in the
ifterlioun the French begaa to batter and scare the stew gate of
the said town, and that the action commove about four in the
mirniiig, all the Officers agreeing that if the armed inhabitants
;sad kept their ground, though even so short a time, no trace
would have been left of the French. The troops of the line
:lave distinguished themselves, and more especially the pro.
viocial grenadiers, and their Commander, D'Hear Maria
More/es. The Stair, with a considerable part of the army
wider Echavarri, remains at Thru, in Mengo Negro, with a
great quantity of ammunition and ordnance, one piece of can-
non excepted, which is said to be left behind in consequence of
the carriage having been broken; which account, signed by the
Clergyman, is thus laid before your Highness fur the correspond-
lug purposes—May God preserve you.
" Carniona, V,th June, half past three in the morning.
(Signed) " "turnout, Caaarnos, and
" D. Josrru M4RIA RUMORI•
" To his if. S. 11. the President gad Supreme Board of
Seville." • • • , .
" MOST Seneste Stn—ln conformity to the IRSII‘C.4.Wt
which I received the moment I was leaving Cordova,_,llifitlifiC:44 " 7
Major Alvear brought me from your Highness, and Vane=
r, •
-alt the troops which I found dispersed in my :way, 7 , ;?:
I •
•
•

oreCiLnuAultinnell
after having
vernur. Tlu
tier, have of
total inactio
a miserah:e
two small pa
resistance, th
able loss.
It is turret
bon has been
the Englisii,
conducted as
count is ibe
was in Aline
men, and it i
The folios
Oporto :
" In the o
of the Supri
known unto
Government
country, and
feign is recto
ently by the
ia
•