The Statesman. — London, England, 1811-04-16 00:00:00

-~ • E 1 ~.~. • • 4'.1 - [1 . 42 ' ;AVir , 0 . . - • 1:.46. i Oaths ids, all the baggage aotl• the sick were placed on a great number of melee and asses which Were with the army ; tht , wkre.itakforittril on.the toad, and liked two .marches. 'Zfhe rear. guard was confided to the . Dtake Elchingeni wits, ad :sauced front &pia to, Noliano‘,tfuttatetting to turn the position of Cartszo. 'OA the 10th the: tear guard was at Pombal: , • Our shorpskooters, who remainiti in fron t of the. 104 6, aissf•iht English advanced. guard, _were en. gamate t . Witieh gave rise to the combat of touthil• Our advanced posts retired; and e the English *d euced guard tutored the town. The first brigade of - the first division of the PAO of Elchiugeo chactst," d the enemy with tho bayonet; and :killed auR! wouuded 4or 600 pen. Out` toss in this.conthat antanted to fire killed o tti **Ganged. The English advanced guard bad: u % ; the ar. Jigger oar rear.guird weal& battery; Ind Played. constantly upon thine. • " • * • • nit ilio 1 ltii• the Freewill rellqiiard Was on the height:a . ; ,R,edinfia. General ad: ladrerlogitti Itia whale army. .:4a(tiro.iu the aftey- Pobn htilleployed abuot.2s,oo9orten under the fire or 40 of our plebes of artillery, : which played with great .All'the idiot 'pere upon the mass of the enemy, they being unmasked by any batterp Disorder mapifistinfitself overst:tiates io their co. pries. About five their artillery : arrived, and they iodated some batteries. •Wit sow witit•pleti:: stare Mat rote of timer divisions rosibmitroll on their • befit *terti ssiir Wt by-the "aldteilif Redia P. . 4a- We kit them dp it. As soon ae.ltter were aren't eiently.engs t ge:ii the 50th and the 00 of the• iitte: charged them with the bayonet, and put dawn Com.: pietely to the rout. The English Officer who ooen;. nfentiett Was killed. The 3d Hussars matte a fine charge. The loss of the English; „Who were sefc*- ral hours under the fire of our.ortilleryt was COOl. sidcrahle. Our toss amuenliti• to ti0.,10104-iii4 wounded. • On ,the 15th; the advanced guard Was iiit• Poide It %nee, Our artillery was in a position on the HEM batik of the Ceira, Which commanded mach of tfie left bank. We engaged the enemy very adroitly in an offtie of advanced posts, which etithairassed him. We drew, bies under the. Are of the artillery on the right 44, %Mist the .`;'3;it and ep;ii c h a r g ed The vii:age was taken and retaken .sever4i The English were exposed to tilt • the lira of oar' lititterics, disorder. prevailed *At . .ranks, and soon communicated J tse a lf tQ ,tie' whole Of thecae:a.: sty's line ; fatigued with Hutineonsenimices,Of !tacit:, %position, some fgetrviettgliith arrived atiLouzoir, t.d Pinherius.. The village of Foz de Mance remained with Hsi French rear-guard. Our ossimoituted to 200 men; that of the e r to 1,200, • , An English General officer was killed.. This was the moment to march against the En g.• lish army, and to ruin it. This resolution was for an instant agitatod io the French army, but it was the 151 h, and the retreat had commenced on the `Ye had.only touched one and a half or two, leagues ,per.day t wad there only remained provi. lions fur two or three days, at a'half- ration, It wets therefore, Impossible to stop there was pot is day to lose, and the army contintied its Move. Pent. On the 17th, the rear-guard had wholly passed the Alva. .• Instructed by the combats of.Pombal, of Etedin.- ha, and of Foz de 41,lowei, the enemy no tont& shewed himself. . • These three combats Are ietventageon ;• French army. • Not a single caiss9n, not a carriage with baggage, not one sick man, was left behind. ' • 1.1 took twelve days to march from santarem to .the hanks of the Alva. All the nioVoMents of the .retreat were calculated,- not upon the movements.-of the English, but upon the necessit! of subsistence. - At length, on the RV, the army was in the hest .pnsitima, and the soldiers in the best spirits. Con. .goys ha! set out from Salamanca and Ciudad Re. drign, and every day the army 'received clothing, , a h a es, and e very thing that was. necessary NY their .refrealuneflt. • . , • Thus the army of Vortuial has lived six months upon the resources of the country; it has changed It s place when all those resources were exbansted i and when the difficulties 'of - transpo'rt and of roads left no hope of drawing staiy thing from the depots. The months which precede the harvest ire 'in gene. rat the most difficult for subsistence, because then the granaries are empty, their difficulties have of course existed in 111 much stronger degree In an mac. My's country waste. THE STATESMAN. LONDON': TUESDAY, APRIL, 16, i'Bll. Everitt T u rroamo—lioliday lit Ms Public effiegie -.1•001••••• '.~.~~ •z .i` • We yesterday ooticog ports relative to a victory said to have bees ed. by Loci I.twa7ow Otte M& Lilies nob i guard, eoinetauded by SEY. We regret to state the trews has not s. • : "6 • - • • , ti Y ' .;56 I sines our ISit'Atfcived any Confirniatioi. 5t..•.: of the csatilia. to credibility or d l oia ► ;t;, . . . ~ bo gathered frac the following parigrafh ; al submit it to oar Readers - in the hope that vie,tn shOrtly be calltid uphn iiiiite p"Oratialiely to ails& to the sdiject. ' " In addition tki the vitigsttOry iii4elliginie Ihilli we, hisralteeptly rec,civit4l,lr9ru Portugal, we shotild bo hippy 1& add the confirmiktipn.oi our he lief to yet more agreeable . tidings which hare sloe ;reached England . A letter has been receiv ed at t he .Admiralty, frton the Nance ile Pozipt,cori. 001;147 vat Commande r o ff theltiands of ,Gueiusey, See. .icy, 44. 4tating the arrival of a vessel at .Guerniey . frpip OpPriotwhich pladt) the left ori the 4th inst.) with the pews, that an aecountlied arrived . Were, that. Lor.d, Wara.ixoTow, haring cool.op. With re 4 made an attaelt upon the French artnyod the 3tst ult. bed succeeded in cutting off their rear-guard, under Marelial S'Elr, the wit le of tirhich st amoset. ing to 8000inif, together with Na Y hiniself, had been inado prisoners. : . • . , • • " Tfiat Sigh an , aeerot as this , has. roans been brought to Gtieralsey, and from theacirttensisitted by the Prioce•.4l.o Bousta.orc to dovcrookoot, sec Readers ilectitel - goubt i.. and vkis .will further add, that ihmills teething, either lh the positions, or 4%4 talk. :Ot.nit. to stilitert its .credibiliii; let, as aits.berPre saitf„*e sl . pd . i,be happy to lind It no costiliiise4b; the ardour of the . Portufluesesitheir .elimiration,oVAtie valour of the , allied ,ilikir; hatied _ of the French, ' may.peihOO:ha wont kduced them to,'`iive too early credit to t its oolatteriog to their wishes." :. ..j . ; • ~A • , .4410fA.19triAtT11470nOirty‘mistitirte, .the nest d:tty" aniiraptsarentyi, 164 h e client of istrliaviing objed; s ike ac6omplilitetant , ah;2_l! red been 1011 - Best "whikif hail:, r..1.4.0n sithoogiv4iy. I l iubjiit;t 7 br eThe- Afoniteur of the 9th inst. enittains French *cede& Or the retreat of MisseitA up to 23d ult. wheti his headquarters were it Celotic and tan *hick day one Of his Aid-de-damps was flis patcliekto Patis with the intelligence of the retro. •grade movements of. the French army; It will 1) . 13 seen, thai in this document three mcassires. are stand is those between wliteli it was Open for MAs fo4 A to chose ; first, to attack .. the English in their liner, but which is immediately . negatived as ini.' practiestle I, seeetullf; to piss , Ihe Tao; to form a junction with the army of afilialesia,. tied opens' communication with the greikristmi betweewlerille and Madrid:4l;6ring his attli s piinl firom tho.ileate. jo ; and thirdly, the . esters, which headePtedi that ? f opening a, 'cuintliessieitteti . with; or Iti„dther words, retreating epiwor towards Ciudad itodri. go: The reason why he did not adopt the second measure thtiVphinted oat, it - doebtletts that it was untie': tfie circumstances of his alteitiaii tiPplisiitle ; but it is singular that the Mopiteur does not as. sign any 'reason for MASSiNA'S not adopting this course, but cements itself with simply stating that un the 31 of March, the Prince of &SLING clPCsided on the third measure. Thu immediate cause of the retreat is stated, sitt. no doubt accurately, to he,Else.wei4.olfritiiiotti. It is acknowiedged that - o n t he Ist of .arth, the French army had only 15 days supply. of biscuit, and that . it .was iihpossible to procure any farther means of Subsistence. There appears also to have been a greit:ivant of shoos and clothing, add. in ta. dition to this, the army had not bed" pia . fur. Alt months. - . The confession of the ?Writs of the-Freida anti forms a striking contrast with the boutsjilth which 746 Monitear not lung since so fertilelYteereed of the greet ,aehie*ementa it vas to ekecil. In. stead of driving i the Englith into the sea, and . plinth* the French eagles on the walls of Lishen, - Tie Men' iteur noir, merely • with ` aH• humility, draws a source of cousolation trolethe recollection that the ettey of .Portugil har.lived . ..for , sat mouths uporsthe resources of the country, and that it has at length got into a..good position, Where it can be supplied with food and clothing. .Bet vriitt this great army is to do,after being refreshed . and &slyly addled,' The"Mstineatrlues not venture le. : mati. ciente. .._. . . - • Th 0,060010 the retreat betWeOs .the French . . rearguard . and the adv a nc ed g uard of our army, are of coarse stated to have terminated favouiably to the farmed. Thideltrigination, or no determi natiorctO IMO tie action on the 15th ult. at the village 010i,tleArotiett led, is somewhat whimsi cally Stated'. We are told thatllieries the moment. for raising the English 'many, and .:(lits• resolution bli , was for an instant agitated hi the Frits Army, but it was found there was only. prOlibloa or terVile three devil. at a half ration, It Wistherefere hippos. tibia. to stop, and MASSZNA• vary 'magnanimously • resolved to continue his retreat.. . • The retreat is stated to bare 4mi-skilfully eon. ducted, and there appears no reason to auubtlisai assertion. We must noon the whole do the E 11.. ., Tee of The Moniteur (whoever that personage may he) the justice of acknowledging that his account of the 'retreat is fairer than, could hive been cx. peeled. The'fact,. indeed, Of . the retreat he Could not conceal, the little victories with which he has embellished it, will pus at the sane value of French literary currency, the tone ' is certainly a subdued one, and we never recolleit to*liive ob. served The Mouiteur eu ineelt and lowly is its pie. mitigation of military intelligence% tbe tbo As It Is understood that shortly after tits rice* Mr. Pisa tin will brigs forward:Ms Rodeo colicirs. .7'l' f , Oisfiiile of England, In the bilk,. are neither to be frifiteded nor tamed into„aegniesceuce with what t*.; do not approte; but- when the lapse of. time li4iirodtiCed the inetinalitr - In the.Representativi ;BA; 'whieli we haie pointed out,' a sufficient stage w.fs'affoitted for ambition or corruption to pla# :..., .their piit'an. Ifenee; different succeeding Adtel.; : . niatrations;• under the gentle name of influence; .hteee accini red* as absolute - autfrority over the Legisla ture is In former times coeld only have beemetect: .. ed byiiolence and terror." .. .. .. . _ The . Friends of Reform are gradually. becoming. more nunioiont and powerfirt, and the catuoliii itp ppreut„—the course 'Of 'events proves . the trial% of i iScir doctrin'es. Much was done .by the City of ' Westiiiloitei, when its Electors, of their oin act; . nlade Choice of Sir FnAticts ButtoeTT as their Re 1/resenfat are . This was setting a noble example, to tae kingdom at large. We obierre with pleesurr,. that the exertions of the Friends of the British Con.. ttitalloti in thlimetropoliedo nut .flag ; and it is the duty of every Englishman to second them, to the tit: melt of ti 4 ability. "%Veva rtiestly recommend the open . subscription lot promoting the cause of ItefOrta to general patronage. If the public do uut make a stand in behalf of their own rights it would argue a ; ' sad degradation of national character.. The ful. lowing Sta t ement and Circular has been sent us froin 1 the Committee, and we cannot better concluilethesa observations than by subrnittieg 171eni to odr !teat!. 1 ors, and recommending the cause to' their liberality ; iraysetriv Or THE SZTERRL kCCOUNTII IN erttieff MR. SAHVEI! lefieOKS nes ntsai TicAsuata, litsek THE IsT OT MAY. 1807. Mayl6o. To fluhfscriptione on account of the 4. a. if. Vitesiminkterpection, 1807 By Eapebees, in the Etc'Ciiiist; Chairing. •Anni tinarie-i, Ac. to 1810; inclusive ' , . 1810 0 d March, Me.. ?b iubscriptiankfoi Westneinfer •'=o: -..--,-k- Meeting on the conduct of the Duke of Ynik .36 11 0 By lispeures , . l7 :2 (3 May. To Sabseripti , saq for denrral Meeting, at -----‘ the Ctown.and-Auchor; ou 11,eform • . 403 g i 13.1 peaces , . i ',A, 381 3 2 Feb. 1810. To Stibleriptions for *eguiL.raf ---..-1..- Meeting on Iteforni_ . .... .. ts; 13 0 By Exi;enivs • • ' • - April. To Sutra:Options for Wartiqiusitf 1/19 8 0 1 6 on, Commitment of Sir F. Lurdeit.:"....:t...4 99 5 9 at lizileneri • • ' . •.-•• - ' • - it) LT i 0 ro Esileat•e4 en Nidefesex St:Willy mat-. 000%; :^" , -;J--'- ituneut of gee. it. 1imp1ie4.•.0... .. : I , ..• • ' ...f * •••• 46 • 4 6 .-- •f-O Subskriiiitdui eateiesis 1 . 01611 - :-.A.,'-!-.4. -, • ialliii of Sir F. flikilie”.. -. '••• - - ' ''' •47 12 . d ay s Ei.iescei — • ' ' 6 loud Espeuees...... .... . . ....4.661 14 g..=---- 6 Total Suhsciptions...,,.. l . 2,496 010 . Balance due to titi Treletrei •. • .. EISC 13 10 t few 0. no means este", abeeefleiel.effi;et. . . . If proofs were feinted of `l the OToptiety and ne: eessity of effecting a.Reforitsin the Reprosentetien of the People, we need oniyttefer. tO. 7 : the- memora ble declaration of the Spottier, is a late Session, and to tent avowed opinionsof Our ablest Politicians , O . ! . 10, - ,t;aftkcf , The seetisherfte ..of Mr. Pirr and .howiver discatilant:nn, taller points, *err:. on this unanimity itself s and • when the Eer ! : ineil . found it convenient. 14 ..shrink frOMMl,Olifier professions, be merely pleaded& teeeporitryleespe. diehey, not art eliti.hthvo hi ids jedgnient. - , deed, nothing can 4more PlAiniti an that a Reform in the Itepresentationcasnot be, -consistently, oppos. ed on the pritteipleenf the British''Conatitntion for its Insist fundametitiailinitriiieS ire violated in the present eonstrection Of the 11:0 1111 c of Commons. This is what the Speaker, Mi. Asticire, phbliely deelared. • rte kW, that in Pirliausent he had beard practice. seemed . and justified, which Were . .gross violations of the Cominot Sratuta Lau of 'dee realm and yet, after this sentence Of, condom. -• • *lion, we hear it asserted o f these who wish to do away with such prattires, -that their object is ad unconstitutionaione„ and tending to the . subver. sion of law: the intOtiiisteficy of this charge is ant less striking !beeps insolence. Mr. Wieenam, and the other persons df talent who have opposed a Reform with argument, have all been well aware that they could not do this on constitutional ground. They accordingly flew I off from the British Constitution, and supported . . principles directly * stile ' to its letter and spirit. . . . A favourite argeottott units the Palidcians of this School; is, that the Bourns of COdunims, ii at pre. Dent ionstruefeil, is i Pirfect representilioa *: all -the diferent orders and classes in tits Slats. ,The influence of the Crown, say they'll; eery be. ataficial, for it puts in baltimlleis **rare in fact the representatives of the Collet; end trite . *IIV ward its interests i—the influence of the • Peers iin; itteri the tame 'mimese in behalf of the aristocra. ry..g—the gentlemen who bey their Seats repro: Wit :the monied classes thotte who are res illy elected by 4* m.A--thytitre itiffic h 7. eat to iftts .peciliae inteiestii Or }belt ConOtuents: `" • - . ihns,.we have, ititlikse Almoner; an Aeseeisisly: abich represents .41 'ditterent orderer ishicb cent poie thnStatei,and is Oeigeb , the tetteeSl :faro ;West oaerrsilir vigils's/1;y Sep. rintended.. The stificielleieseefir all this` still tqt 'Assembly es is desdrtbed aboio, is liuT -7-10SaLT It is totally Hiegel', and .can only estiat! iA . over Govensmet4.l4l-ktoletlefie 0 tint kw. The thietheie shall be a ['toile of CodsibOhs,-- 4 1114 Vile tieireeetitifig, and elected by the peePtel—Neialatited 'Assembly, made up of King,. • Lords, and Conn'hons ; —but AA ksicm biy composed of orb ingredient . . Ple:Cuusti tution providet that there- shall. be Ares aidiste and separate bowers in the Government; not that thane three shyly be jumbled together , in one room. It prOlUdes that king, Lords, and Coalmen., shall exist distinct from each e.tber,— but, say these opposite of Reform, we want them ail blended together in the tower House of Partin. cheat. Whatever advantages, real or supposed, might attach to an fieterokenous Assembly, combining the three in itself, nothing can be more certain, than that it fs net constitutional. And this single dOn'ttitlaratiort is a sufficient defence s for the itefOren. ists, and - a sufficient answer to their calumniators. rifro Scant the 'British Constitution ! We Want no nenr.faneled Governments : irent that Coast!. _ .• • . tion Which is estat lished. hy..joor, and which our Fs trilit of setter (row a Gentleman who ac. fathcr'a bled to attic. . _ r compaukd Corer Witt.t.ttristowiti army in pursuit of On thisinteretting.sibject we with much plestattrethe tratiCh l Sfter their, retreat tete' Santarem:— insert the felloi oc ing olibervations from the Rkies7 imiedesible to describe the 'ses i nes of h or- Oore Hell roper. T.hey are sivund and s eotirincittS w : nor ! i d_ *Mehl. ha l ve lis t en, ey e.witnefs, and. Whic:i for ever 'resod thaeatue. of Masses w (heee. critloa. It 'k hail! 10 . i .a s tly body to believe that that is Wiley, they WiltcOnviace..ll.thoie ichnere. e n or enies and willing to be conviscates -- heat* naVire i.puld be itelltf of . supit •The copstitetiole p'f doll body, aiblehleeldied *Anton wickedness. The city of ileyria .had bee n 6inmons - :iii: oftives , PiOiste ,sdarenilije tie w'l here, any was the of this Ki el o o , o2 . i s pullet), Awe MA. 6 0 ,0 "; And. baffling . still. Every • thing that 'CO-u s ld be taken • itWay was remtered, anti 'lto vest ctdstroyed. Ihe teen eee Xett ° sug s 11411 ti s• 1 ° pr- the - coest - Usages in the churches were 'in pieces; the grads kre v hick :WO 'contend. In : the year . AVV/1 . , . were actually opened for the sake el plunder. , 'DC 410 qf G 04141041 Oitttiuted Partiairlent 'for 'RE. »Se* add friars, at all the towus wk•re w..e came, e itieipe:ned to provelhet 11,076 pellet's, Itsuillett fo the moeutains; their eon vents Weridt , . wk stitiyal and we found tidtte'bUra few -Parttietice returned a Majority or ' *stele i tirsapalaß.; -- . • t . , . perishing with 'hunger ana ill-treatment. that, whilst Manchester, tectis f . . 41 At every place where We hafted if we lt' s a , 7 other large towns were note enrestii . te!i•ist ',Ho . many $ anything like a house with a door standin ‘4 , : places nut contaitiiiiStwenly (lectors seettliroutete , " made it our henti.quasters and took 'possession e. hers each to - Parliament ; that,Sarum with its feVen any t a ble or chair that ntiglitlxave ward the t iers ~ voters was as much represented as the 20,009.60 e. rat; devisiiiiou, is the mankious had no . tcnalit rights. ,‘ All was dreadful silence a holders of Yorkshire; and, that the Lords-of the .disliloo, *desolation. Ihe doors of almost every house hal Treetats with severity7one Peers, proterid there. • . been pulled - up wherever we passed, particularly it 'turn of one hundred sad sixty:seven Metrilvers :to . ', eyr i e , 'where t i4 ra were about twelve mive1 ,..6: 4 the 'House. of Commons, (hat very. douse which wretches, who had been unable to move fro': ought to be a check-on the other branc hes o r the wounds an s d famine, some or whom e xpireil o lit i ;f; ti t . l e gislature. When- this b a teertained (and the 'habitat s i Y Libraries uurY e w n (. 17 re 'l a t () ) u e r: l c i t t l ain an ti d B t t s ) c% 1 ( 1 ert tit • tract hai never been disputed ), soap can we 100k ' t or and it seemed to be the. intention of the elieulY to any coosetpseoces differeet front those *'Lich have leave a dreadful memorial of their fury, that P od • • blinisteri,. with totes c4cSP- I should be effaced [rum the reeollection of the Mr' d o neeettadity porioOd i!so waioktost„ i pso try." . e i l iV . s • . ifi seri llers itre• reapeoffutly •infornacii, that . . BOok,i, confining tha parfictilies •of the atuvo ier.ilutiti, anti ilicrOaCherS, **lit Mr. Brooks'', No. I I°, ilirsod, for 'Mali inariedtios ; -fakes Sub. icaptiOn'i c4l - niione to be reain•'worie- : . . •• . ~ - ~.-•. • • - .. Cift•CeLkft Ta Tar-SOBS6ICIAIOIIt. , , 4.4 Sia,—We have thought it oar d4Uy49 *mod you tbe abet. 4.ceotinie. The City of Wrantiostef, b l y tetatainig a Repre= beotative to Parliament oit linut e at de 4*tree. h otriootratis:d il , Vpooer. 0f the Pelvis ',Oen etetiitle far them whits. The izasuitle or the 04 City of -tise liapive, if TA b'svretl, will assuredly. dri . vis.'int.i. itte Borough Faction, and mxninpllsh n. submantial Refdeot,- !Po Various 11l cetir,4t bribe attainment of this desitabl*Objett have tone much ' tottrdittbnyinclng the Peopleef the rieeoiati OT Obtaining it. niche only mean+ of preserving.:thfirliherties. . This bas her: effected u*Ah a small sum voluntarily sutscribed 6y - tke Frit-tit a! Reforms, *nth tht etteptiors of a trifling balance die to the Treasnrer.—*e have the hotiour to be, Sir, your otter lent Scat " IT LI.LIA*I ADAMS. " Merck TM, " FRANCIS. PLKCX." TherollOwing porag;so; hat been sat to as trim LLOYD'S : • . .. . . . • 66 Thire are two ships in trots Portugal. to.day"l the One halt atirrealn the themes Fornine; %Va ttern', trete, tios4i. de not know., labs, eke sailed. the oiler bee erifire4 at 00,410:uth, Ail ata g doi, 11hite t from Yisem, in 't6 days (sailed 4th,) and brings in necoon i that 14 . :AsiejWa, A rmy had acts naiad 'to •3000etniefi. .. 'ti: Miallaissii..,