The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-30 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITIO.v. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. " Mtaattaraosr, Ara. ^ll.—At leogth T hare had an sisportinsity of *reins the effects of nur hotabarirocut on Fiu,biogi Ws which it had be n, for some days, rather diffi cult to bed admission, and a more melancholy spectacle it is scarcely possible to imagine. The enameled bodies of mos, women. sad children, are daily extracting from the wreck et their former habit:dims; nearly ime.third of the town A in reins. or the Stadt House. which has been Sang the ad. ?iteration of travellers, which, is fact, was mop of the wad opteitild hoildings in the Dutch territories, the niter walls aims renlain; two chortles hare bees bona to the around, •iiie of which was la the viebsity of the amens, ; the UM" bad a most talraesbosomeares it received between forty and liftY shots, mad wren live three Merest times. but owing to the extraordinary pretending taken by the enemy, it was got under. In see butersec the fie► appears to have reached within a lard at the migaxim.. which contained smarty six headrest barrels of powder. Had this caught are, what a tremendous ellket!— , cost probably eat a vestige of the to we would have been left stasdiag. But miseitief enough has been door to this nafertmate town. Net a house have I sere which has twit been perforated in mimes places. Althour,h this asseinSinge of calamity must naturally eicile c impasbine I. Caveat of the salferers, still it mug dispose oneie ackatiw ledge the skill of our artillery, of which it presents sue• gide niable testimony. Indeed the ability displayed sly this seeps ryas roost convicangs. The batteries were disposed with rest joigment. Their priseipal farce was ea the right of tSe lines, and in the cent e. There were thirteen 21-pounderr. and six 10-inch mortars at the former& ten 24-pounders, mid 'WS Menstar-batteries. the ewe of six 10-itch, ,sat the other of four 10-inch, at the latter. ?be gins oft the right Ms?* dis. reedy so the enemy's left, and enfiladed the sea-detewres to the westward of the town ; the goat in the cestre estM*d,d tbo•e of the enemy's left, and took their sea-daences in re sew; between the right and centre tbeee was a battery of sit twenty-four-pounder, manned by the mimeo, and also some ten-iscb which enfiladed part of tree ene my's defences. On the left was a buttery of Three?!-poun der. and four 10-ineh mortars. which bore on the right nt the town. Such was the destructive operation of these batteries and the shipping, the, it if supposed if their tire had aot been suspended so 3.mlay evenitv. during f o r inter‘at produced hv the anrunsms sent to the garrimpu. the whole tooth would hive been in *sines cm Sunday night. An im mense eat= of fife and smoke enveloped the crown about Ifileteeinek on Monday. It would be difficult to say which of the batteries did most eseentina. I have heard it stated pleat the mortar batteries ha the centre were peculiarly erre tat; ta a Atli fret* one of thee mortars the firing of the fibs& Home is attributed. They mnrian were commanded by Cape* Adye.!!aeartney, and Fyen. The ten-gun bat tery in the centre. ander Captains Munro and Scutt, is also the object of mach panegNiric. The 11 a batteries on the tight. under the eammand of Captain Smyth. were most judi *sash directed. Fortnnatety fie the shipping. a shot from ea of these itatttiim rompletely demolished the furnace for beating shot% at the very outset of the bombardment, before indeed the shipping hal come entirely within the range of the town. " The fame at Ctigmli tv a's Roekets has not been ire pored bq their effect in this bombardment. They are stated tit hates all Min shod of the toms. Color., Cognit, et milettak,ier ylaina !bet his rockets are capable of a mach UMW Nips 1110,111•1 and therefore he does not Mask it stiessare se take an equally arlemmed position for throwing them; h thi- opinion is. by the Artillery flllicers. *Joust sminissously prosineseed ernmesua, mil certainly the perience of the late beashardwient do, Remit justify their ilea of the subject. ' 1 it is but candid toterirds the Engineers to state the reams, alleßed, to sive them frown the cersere so generally attached to the delay that took Owe hi the constructing of the works. It is stated, that is coasewseace of the resistance made by Termer, which prevented the ordnance transports from bad. nog their stores, &c. until Wednesday evening, the entrench ing tools, &c. necessary fir the ennetmetion nt the works most be waited for until they were brongl, to the lines by the roads tistongh llsdklwrgh. When these amessaties ar rived. it it mooned that the Engineers immediately ems- Meneed their operatiorn, It is nor pretended that any delay whatever took place in the conveyance of these necessaries , . !.. 4 4e1 a I Tetrvire Weed could not be alleged, for nit depart. meat of the service has been cordoeted o itti such judgment, ur esteemed nigh such dispatch, as that committed to the illa r re ilriaade,u Mel the direction iif Lord A. ileautierk, whose activity and attention has beer moot exerapisry ever since oar rainy landed. The progress of the works was aba retarded by the inundation, and the galling Ere of the garrison. This f.re was such, that each of our working-parties had two men perpetually on :he watch for its protection. The business of tarn. men VI3I to keep their eyes ors the enemy% goes directed towards them, and, whei.ever they observed a Nash, to cry out " upon which try Cie party were immediately prostrate, mud so remained until exc shell bunt;' they thee rose again and remised their kiliaor. It is not to be expected elat area working under such circumstances could make much progress, and I bare myself seen a party so proccediug. " The iwitaares of primal counige, and endurance of toll. which this siege has presented, are lii4hly honourable t• the character of oar farce; but every day some extraordinary sa.-etiote was to be heard relative to ow seamen composing Me Marine Brigade. These men io fart submitted to every deteription of labour wit► alacrity, and seemed to trek dan -r with eagerness. I sot endearourrig to roller/ the names of those soldiers and seurneo who distinguished themselves.— Thstigh the Caulk sever eoodeseends to notice surfs perions, t►eir examples would trod, perhaps, wort to ilitru , e a mar- Cal spirit in the 4ouotry arcade known, than that of °Seers of raak. " fhe army are inactive in Smith neveland. The troops who% have gone intim hence have not diFeinl.sri - erl. The wt.ele are improved to wait for frevh advice' from England. !: » alleged that *large army is collected at Antwerp. A report prevail.' that a peace ha! been concluded he loteori Aerftia and France. A large depot of public property. of the value of one million, has been farad at Middleburgh." The Snake stoop of war, Capt. T. YourvG, in company with the Fancy giin-brig, Lieut. SIN • Luz, has had a gallant action in the port of Ilameerfest, in Finmark. Tho Snake and Fancy entered the port at half-past seven in the morning ea the 23d July, and anchored between two forts, which, with the assistance of large divisions of riflemen, continued a steady and well-directed fire nn the Snake and Fancy fur mere than two hours. The town fort first struck to the British gag, and a detachment of men being landed to storm the point fort, its defenders fled, and left Captain TOL/VG in possesssion of both the forts, avhich were inimetliltely blown np. The defence :let up by the man sod Rife, who were detected in plundering tho beds Of the :eve val ho , clit where they slept, was, that they wily em ployed theme •Ives in the natural pursuit of fee. (kering (heir own nests ! THE STATESMAN GAIVISLIL LASALLE. of General Count !assail POLICE. nsfare the LORD Mayon. Mauston-Ileum—Yesterday a Gertnan, who is a journeyman sugar-baker, attended before his I..,,rdship, in conacquence of a citation at the suit of his sponse, an Irish lady, who com plained that his treatment of her was by no means a-itio to his trade, for it was In all cases the •ery reverse of sweet. She charged him also with not only withholding the InCaills of support from her and her child, hut going after other wo. men, and occasionally seizing on her furniture, clothes, and other chattels, and selling them for money to drink ; and at one time he had threatened her with a Sasithfseld divorce, i. r. to lead her to the mart for quadruped cattle, with a halter round her neck, and dispose of her to the highest bidder, in aid of his boozing finances. "It was all she " axed, then, of his Worship, was to be da -66 vosled from him quite entirely, and to leave " herself to herself, just to keep her little place " about her." Mt. Vankerstrom t in his turn, complained that his nib was not only prone to certaiu lapses in her chastity, but much afflicted with an excess of eloquence (a disease highly epidemical with ladies of her does and country); and that iii her lingua. clout fits, her tongue savoured a good deal n ore of wormwood than sagar.cane—a symptom which no topical application cquid abate, and far which even the patent oil of crubstick ) and the essence of stirrup leather, had been tried in vain. The Loan Kayos thought a separation would be the most effective plan for the quiet abut!, par. ties; and accordingly recommended themeesurrhipisir an injunction to the husband to allow her crown per week, to aid her in the maintenance of her child, the sole guardianship of which she claimed as a sine gull non. With this assigument of alimony the Lady seemed satisfied, and depart. ed, with her divorce a mencu et thoro, exempt from the tedious and expensive forms of an appli. cation to Doctors Common:. The driver of a hackney coach summoscd three foreign Gentlemen for 16s. as his hire for driving the Defendants to and from Sadler's Wells. When the Lord Mayor inquired into the subject, it ap. peered that the Delimittants bad engaged the Pro. secutor to take them to Sadler's Wells, and when they got there he was offered his tire, 3s. Gd., but dlclineci taking it at that time, saying be would remain till the altertainments should finish. The Defendanti agreed that he should remain, but did nut desire him to do so. When the entertain. menu were concluded, the coachman attended and teak them borne, after which he charged the 15s. as his hire for taking them to Satfles'a Wells, wait. ing for them, and taking then) isae.k. The Loan MAYOR immediately ordered tticcoachman to be paid his Lire only for going ancLaeturning, without any allowance for waiting, as he aiil it n about the desire of the Defendants. Before Mr. .efldermass IVovo. Gertnil A L Yesterday Harriet Elisabeth Jago t the unfortunate female examined at this Office on a former day, was again brought up for further examination. It sill be recollected that the Defendant was found in Bellttcourt. St. Paul's chtarch.yard, in a wretched condition, in conse quence of having swallowed opium. It was proved that she had endeavoured to impose on the credulous, by describing herself to be a natural daughter of Colonel Sir William Maxwell, and claiming kindred to * Noble Family. Alderman Schoky remanded her, at the examination preced. ing the present, to afford her an opportunity of bringing forward some respectable person to speak in her behalf ; also to enable gay individual who had suffered by her deceit, to, .prefer a regular charge. On the present occasion the Defendant appeared in Court without any Mines, on her side. She looked extremely ill and deiected. Alderman Wood asked her, if she knew • Mr. Font' She answered in the negative. The Alderman then pro duced a letter which he had received from Mr. Ford, Keeper of the House of Correction, Devonshire. The letter was then read, as follows, by Alderman WOOD:— " St. Thomas's Bridewell, Neter, Aug. 26, 1609. " Sta—Having sem in the public papers of the tit', a Narrative of the of a person enillag heneif Horrid Jag., I have thonght it proper. for your opinion and judgment, testate n few forts relating to her, as there mo an be a doubt on my mind revolts% her perma. I beg leave to inform you, Sir, that aner this Impostor had Prac tised the same mode of dereption is§ Devonslore—with lauda num -abandussed by her husband, Colonel Maxwell—daagh ter of Greer:al England—and a buudrrd like falsehoods. she was committed to any eirstody by the severralaanses of Harriet Kilsabeth Reinschaesp. otherwise Harriet (Argues, ass fragrant, to Am ont I s o3. 'this woman bavi elicited the ;Wootton of the principal gentleasee to the oeig bOod of Exeter, by per s onating aequaintana• with so many great characte rs to the kingdom, l was lad wed, from a seine of duty, to disco ver her, if poesible. I therefore wrote at least illy letters, and at last completely ateertaiiied who she was, from a cor respoodeace with her brother, who either lives iu Carlisle, Cansserlami, or is an adjoining pirish. Is the year above Mated, 1805, shelled a mother living, her Esther lately dead; both of thew had been paupers, I Wok, Carlisle.—Her father had been bred a hatcher. Her brother is married, and living there, in the same liar of batons. He Mated to me, shat his sister had followed this mode of life and decep tion from the a,,-e of 40, and that her brother Graves, who at that time drove the stage from SAl;shury to London, had se veral times sent her, and once in particular took het from Loa th* to Carlisle himself, to seclaim her; and on taraisi rood as he got of from the coach, she got away from him. The se veral kuets 1 bad receive 3 ie.:peeling her. I laid betsre lbe Court at Nlichacitnas Sessions, 180. So many . proofs of lin positisso. front ,Magistrates and whets, within 13 miles of Exeter, o hieb would swell this -tatemeut beyond the limits of my paper to repeat them, induced the Cour t to ord e r her to be imprisoned, in my cu-toil), in the Hone of Correction, as an ineorri;ible rogue, for six mouths; after which, to isc passed to her settlement, in Carlisle. a. a vagrant. !hiring Iser confinement with me (nbout eight months) she frequent ly coafemed her mode of deception, by getting nt the names of principal Gentlemea--rind, amongst many others, when t she declared herself the natural daughter of General Log beg, and had just left him; when que•twoed about a dererip- Moo of his perS'oo, she described him as a thin, genteel man, of about 1 pm-some, Sir, you have beard, or know, the' General to be quite the reverse. The statement of her bro ther appearing against her at Exeter is o rotor. He has (to he wrote me) given her up for a length of time hgore. She can write very indilferestly. After the habit, 'jewels, and the pretended lady were thrown of, I Need 4er eta When*, woman. If the distance was not so great, Ijitosti• very res.i' dily :mead your nieethn to identify her. 'Tat severed stagge menus et her impositions at Brighton, befoMotiftegement se parade, Salisbury, Gloocester, Bath, Cheltnham, ars.'ll found, front bee actieunt to be correct. If ail, further tat* Lion is necesenn Intimidate kereharacter, asid6of the cosh pined impostors t ever met with, daring 36 years• in my dr bee, 1 Jun be ready at all " diorite tosser any queries; MI mat gin . WLLi.LAM FORD, " Governor of the House of Correction for Devoe' In addition to these facts, Alderman W.n4i • • • . stated, that it was a mistake that Grates, as Men. tinned in the letter, was her brother, he was her cousin. Graves's wife had been with him vster• day, and informed him, that they had given her up as incorrigible. A gentleman present also stated, lie hid once found her in a woad, with a rope about her neck, as it intent on slsatroying herself. 'f he We(rtliy Alderman ex pressed his opinion that the evidence left no room to doubt the impositions of the befeintint ; therefore he said he should dis pose of her as a vagrant. Here *lie was informed that same discovery had been !tile relative to the deranged state of her intellects, which required his attention. - The unfortunate woman was then taken from the Court to an adjoining room, and a ccrtificate,signcd by Messrs. Hinkle, Htirlock, and Hodgson, surgeons, was produced. These gentlemen certified, that they had attended to investigate the condition of Harriet Elisabeth Jago, while she eas in custo ly of the Keeper of Giltspur-street Compter, and from the observations they had made, they h ere of opinion that she suffered un der meutsl derangement. She had received a wound in her bead, which occasioned her de ranged state of intellects. lier general conduct, and obstinacy in asserting the most extravagant false hoods, was proof of her insanity ) and they eon sidere,l her a proper object for medical assistance in the Hospital for Lunatic Persons. The Alder.- man, on this Certificate, ordered her to be eon veyed to a mad-house, mid to be placed in the hands of medical men, who might ascertain the true state of her intellects, sod make their report to the City Magistrate, one month after she had ender their ear*. The Jiisdee-roem n. • crowded by perms whom curiosity had attracted to witness the examinatioe. It is rather extranr. dinary how a person of such low habits as this un. happy female, should be so well acquainted sell the tiames and families of persons of iistinctiew. This morning, when acquainted that she was to be placed under resit-idiom as an insane person ) she was greatly affected; but after some converse.. lion, she appeared sensible that it was intended for her benefit, and expressed her gratitude fur the care which had been taken of her during her con. finemeat in the Cumpter. As she was going to Sir Jonathan Miles's and Co., she mentioned her having been confined there before, which on her arrival there, appeared to be the fact. CHARGE OF MURDER. Ustott HALL—On Monday evening a man was examined at this Office, on suspiclou of being concerned In the murder o f Elizabeth Wiuterilood, in Higler's.iane, about two years ago. Ti,. pti. sower, at that time, resided near the spot where the talrier was committed. • A woman named Robiasois stated, that the pri. soitiFhad lived with her for wpwards of three years past ; he had, however, lately left her, and was marred to another woman. Ow the eight on which Elizabeth Winterflood was murderiil y the prisoner came home very late, and told her eke would be alarmed, and the neighbourho.nl would be alarmed, at something which had Isappeni•d ; but desired she would not get up : nest gumming see heard or the murder. Since that time he had frequently tsuarrelled with her. and thoott•...Nl to [tervd - ber it be tr2tl served Llisabeth Wintergood. • A woman mimed Vertille said, that Anne Ito. bieson had frequently told her that the promisee was the petson who murdered Elie. Wintetilned, and that she could put a halter round bb neck • any time. rile prisoner, in his defence, said, that on the morning the murder wee committed, be got ep between four and 6Te o'clock, to go to parade at Greenwich; be at that tiMe was a trorporAl in the Edit' London Militia; theltiodosey's Head hoW, being open, he wont it to get a glass of gib ; he saw the landlord, oho told him of the murder ; Lo went to look * the body ; it was ly. log About a hundred yards from the bootie, co. vered with charcoal sacks ; he saw the face and neck, there were a few drops of blood on her tucker; he afterwards went on dety to Green. wieh, and rup.srted what ho had sees to his rum. ru l e s. Ms was remanded for another examination. The Surrey crops wear at preNent a very pro. miring appearaiice. ,sae• heavy rains have talki e s but though the harvest is beg.% they ILA , * es yet done Mile or no injury. ?se clover is finer than tt has bees for malty years, •si tar farmer* sanguinely anticipate a must fruitful genius. A ruffian, with the outward appearance of a Gentleman, who has been for some time put in the constant habit of parading the fields is the vicinity o f g ooi er. Town, and treating unprotected fe. males who came in his way with brutality, and ads dressing theirs in the must disgusting language, met with a deserved chastisement on Monday evening last, at a moment when he th.Jught he was must secure in the exercise of his disgraceful practices. Two yonag Ladies, residents of Camden Town, were walking on the Hampstead.road, and were ((Snowed at some distance by their brothers, who, perceiving a Gentleman in discourse with their sisters, immediately qssickened their pace, and arrived unperceived within bearing of the party, when their indignation was moused to the utmost pitch, by hearing their sisters addressed in terms most shucking to thu ears of modesty. The ruf. Zinn was instantly laid prostrate by a blow from sue of the brothers ; and on his rising was asJst severely beaten. Several persons, on seeing the affray, came up to the spot, and being informed of the conduct and general practices of the per. see they saw chastised, instantly concurred is F th e justice of his ooneetion, and proposed, that in addition to what be had already received, he should be conveyed to the Neighbouring horse. pond and dieted. The pteposition was anis. nimetailleaccoded to ; and thestrowd having by this tissustieoasiderably iseroaeod, seized on the VIM d *pi mot withitaedOg hi,. reiterated nits for mew, cnnvexcd him, to a pond in the mid. tile of anAdj?inflig,: 'lSt which titer Kra. fibbed hie' , w4tilbint ceremony, and on his .des from thisslatgh, they upeated their ope. Modica, ail he neemeerly•melrocated, when he nu Orem' to crawl ef t &midi!' the 'con sod hoot' of the etellitedr. • . • The killed ill body ile, the battle of Wagram, has been conveyed to Peris for interment. The following biographical skttcli of this distinguished Officer is extracted Irvin the . Journal de l'Enspire, of the 7th instant : Death has snatched away an Officer of rare 'Hera, at the age of 31 years. Cherished and ho neared by his family, his friends, and his soldiers,. General Count Lasalle has left a great example to some, and a memory dear to all. lie was born at Metz, un the 10th of May, 1775, of a noble family of that city. He embraced the profession of arms at a very tender age. So early as 1786 he served ht a regiment of Alsace as an officer. Impatient to distinguish hituself, he had sought an opportunity bt vain, when the Revolution opened a vast career to those whose genius destined them to a cote. mead over ethers. But a new prejudice had succeeded to an old one.—The birth of the Count Lasalle, which had opened to him the road to mi litary honours, deprived hint of his rank. He forgets that he had commanded—be conceals leis .otaino and his services in the rear ranks of the 2.3 d regiment of mounted chasseurs, and, like Tolbert, his great uncle, he retains nothing bet his native courage. lie soon attracted notice. His regi ment served in the Army of the North, and he obtained the rank of a Corporal. Followed by some chassenrs of his company, he attacked and took a battery.--The report of this action reallied the Comasander in Chief. He saw young Lasalle, and made him an Officer. In Itsityrat Tice head of 18 horsemen, he nest 100 hussars of the enemy, and did not hesitate a moment to charge them. The hundred Austrian hussars, electrified by a French cavalier, yield to the impetuosity of 18 men. Carried away by his ardour, be went astray in pursuit of the enemy, and found himself alone iu the middle of four hussars, who rushed upon him. lie fights these four adversaries, wounds all the four, and rejoins his little band, who had despaired of him as lost. The battle of Rivuli added to the glory which he had already acquire.l. The enemy occupied a height which commanded the plain : They must be driven from it ; and it is Lasalle who was she. sea by him, who knew so 1..01 how to select among men the person most lit to execute an en. terprise as pesilous as honourable. The enemy is driven from one position to another, and the modest victor returns, eharged with colours and laurels, which he lays at the feet of hh General. The Emperor says to him---" Rest yewrsctf stn. der these colours, Lasulk, you hare done well." His services hi Egypt procured for him the rank of Colonel. He returns from Egypt to gather fresh laurels in Italy. Ile was made General of Brigade in the campaign of 1805, against Austria. In 1806, in the war against Prussia, General Lasalle dared alone, at the head of two regiments of cavalry, to attack a strong place, and success justified the attempt which appeared so rash. Stettin opens its gates; a garrison of 6,000 men, and 100 pieces of nation, fell into the hands of the victor. At the battle of Heilsberg, Lasalle was every where at the head of his light cavalry. By one of those ietiplicable chances which frequently happen in war, the Grand Duke of Bag, new King of Naples, was enveloped by twelve of the enemy's dragoons. Lasalle had shot time tp reflect, nor to give orders. His heart carries him off. He rushes alone upon the enemy, with the rapidity of light. ning, slays the officer who commands the detach. • meat, and puts the rest to flight. In a few hours after, 'Aisne is eitvelt.p el in his turn, while aban doning himself to his impetuosity. The Grand Duke of Berg perceives theilatiger of his deliverer. Ile flies to his succour, rescues him, and, embrac. ing him, says "General, we are quit." The war in Spain opened to General Lasalle a new career of glory. With a corps of 0000 in fantry, and only 300 cavalry, he fought at Tor. queen:Lila a Spanish army of 27,000 men, and took all its cannon. Pursuing his success, he gained a second victory before Palencia ; and that city, although defended by a river, and a numerous garrison, was obliged, as well as Valladolid, to Surrender at tliseretion. Charged with the admi. nistration of the Spanish provinces which had snb. mitted, he madis the new Government beloved among them. He was no longer that formidable man whom they had only known by his exploits. Persuasion flowed 'from his lips ; goodness was painted in his countenance ; and honour was the rule of his conduct,.md gained him the hearts of all. (tussle twice conquered, and Blake, who was ambitious of the honour of fighting the French, had assembled an army of 40,000 men. The Duke of Istria had not more thau 12,000 to op. pose to them. A terrible battle took place at Me dina-del-Rio-Seem The fate of this day was for ' 1 a long time uncertain. Gcn. Lasalle decided the victory by a charge at the bead of the•lOth and 22d regiments of chasseurs. In a few days after this memorable action, be was appointed Grand Offi. cur of the Legion of Honour. When the French army matte a retrogratlemove. mcut upon Vittoria, Lasalle was charged with the command of the rear-guard. He checked the ene my by the:kill of his manceuvres, and merits the praise of his Commander:in-Chief, and every ;Mel ligent officer. The Emperor appeared in Spain. Every thing yields in a moment to his inconceivable ascendant. While his Majesty was fighting in person with the almost innumerable army of Castile, Lasalle, with his two regiments of chasseurs, attaeked, and forced Borges, where a division of the mew was entrenched. Twelve pieces of cannon, amid 17 standards, were the fruits of this new victory. At Villaricur, he orders his faithful chasseurs to follow him, and, with them, takes 17 pieces of cannon and four standards. At Medelin„ he rnshcd among the ranks of the enemy, at the bead of the 4th regiment of ettira , . siers—kills every thing that opposes him—and it is to him that Frame is indebted for the success of that day. Called to the Army of Germany, General La salle has terminated his illustrious, but short ca. reef, by new feats of arms, meritiug the praise and regret of his Majosty. . • ~: I : ti i • (I i I