The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-25 00:00:00

, . • ' 'I 1 I • , „ • 1 11. I ,•••• • • PAM... JULY 12.—1 t is a long time since corps of insurgents, posted in the Sierra Moreno. were kept on the mountains by the presence of the 4th corps, commanded by General Schastiani, and posted beyond the Guadiana. It was to no pur pose that the General, in order to draw them into the plain, left the enemy the pietas of advancing against him. The Spaniards contioleol themselves to some attacks upou our advanced posts, and then fled to their inaccessible rottreali. At length the General, in order to inspire them with greater confidence, repassed the Guadiana, and proceed. cd slowly to Consuegra. The Spaniards, embed. dened by this retrograde movement, at length de. scalded from the Sierra Morena, and crossed the Guadiana, in order to drag• near the corps of Ge. neral Sebastiaui. The King, who had prepared this manoeuvre, set out from Madrid on the 22..1 of June, accom. p inied by his pant, sada brigade of the division Dessulles. His Majesty repaired by Dimas, To. ledo, and Mora, to Consnegra, from whence the 4th had just advanced : and condoning this pro. greasire movement, the King on the 28th esta blished his head-quarters at Villa !Labia do lux Ojos. An hostile division occupied this post two days before ; but they did nut expect our troops. The insurgents were no sooner acquainted with the arrival of the King at Cunsuegra, than they abandoned Ville Ruble in the greatest disorder, and repassed the Guadiana precipitately. On the 29th of Jun; the King repaired to Daymiel, where he established his head-quarters and rein. foreements, which had been deemed necessary, having arrived, his Majesty ordered a moyetnent in advance on the next day. The enemy, struck with terror, fled to the mountains of the Sierra Morena, and maintained his ground no where.— The prolonged residence of the King at El-Moral, where he had fixed his heat .quarters on the 30th of June, having no ether object, his Majesty re solved to return to Toledo, causing at the same time the position of Consuegra to be occupied by the 4th corps, as well for the facility of procuring provisions, as on account of the ulterior opera. tious which events might require. MINISTRY OF THE SI.IRIVt. IMPORT 01 CAPtAIN POTET TO TUE 3III11fM! 07 MARI:qt. " St o—Oo the sth April, at half past eleven in the fawning, the weather thick, awl a fresh breeze fr , .ut . W. his Majesty's frigate Nieman, un der any commood, I discovered an eeemyes frt.' gate, about two league ate a half to leeward.— I immediately larked to starboard; but I scarcely made sail, when I perceited another frigate W leeward of the former, which obliged toe to eh= my course, cad stand el with all the sail I carry. " At fire in the evening the wind changed to 11. Z. with squalls, at which time the frigate in my wake appeared to have somewhat the admit. tage of sailing. At half past seven, I lost sight of the frigate to leeward, and the other was dis. tent about two leagues N.W. quarter N. At eight o'clock she was no longer In sight ; and I immediately changed my coarse, still carrying a press of sail. 66 At three quartets past nine, a frigate appear. ed to the windward, and soon approached within half-cannon shot. She made some siguals, which were answered by the vessel to the 1et...1 - did, and which I still ri to be pne thus,• that chased me in the course of the ilAy. The fire instantly commenced with the bow and :sere chasers of both ships. At half past eleven my rigging was much cut ; and not wishing to expose myself to further damage, I decided on engaging. 64 A quarter of an hour afterwards, the actiod began at pistul-shot, under easy sail. Both ships made use of various manoeuvres until two o'clock, when I discovered that the enemy was endeavour. ing to lay me athwart hawse, by bearing down upon me. I adopted the same manceuvre, and then tacking to windward, I passed under his stern, in which situation I gave him a broadside. My intention was to boa .d ; but the enemy avoid ed it by dropping to leeward, which gave me the advantage of the wind. At half.past two, I lost my mixen.mast ; the larboard netting caught fire. The enemy, who was much crippled, availed him self of this accident, and dropping astern, at. tacked on the quarter. Ten aduutes after, the wreck of the mast was cleared, the fire extin guished, and I brought my broadside to bear. 66 Within a quarter of three, I bad the satis faction to see the enemy lose bis main and wizen masts, and immediately make sail before the wind, drawing along the two masts, which retarded his sailing. tic could only sail on his foremast, which was shattered with grape. " Iss about 15 minutes wry first Lientersant, Palls, kproned are that the enemy had :truck, and that they hailed ws to stop firing. I ordered M. Kerangoue to take possession of her, but we soon saw another frigate bear dowu to her assist. twee. She made signals to her, and bred some musket-shot at am. I then renewed the action with four guns only, my crew being employed in repairing damages, with the intention of fight. ing the fresh frigate, which was only a shot dis. twice from us. gi The action soon began with her, with re peated cries of Long live the Emperor!' She by alongside me only a short time. My rigging was in too bad a state to enable me to prevent her from ranging ou my starboard quarter, from which I could not bring my guns to bear on her. At half.past four my maintop caught fire so via. lently, that it was impossible to extingnish it, par ticularly as the fire-engine had been rendered un. l serviceable by a shot. Shortly after, the main.l mast fell by the board, and encumbered the guns, which could not be brought to bear on the irst frigate. This vessel took part in the action by firing into my bows, and this was my position when, at three-quarters past four I struck to the Arealaza, of 48 guns; 28 eighteens, °l nines, and 18 thirty-two pound carronades. " The Ainethit, which I engaged fu►r six hours and a half, was of the same force. " Your Excellency will be pleased to take no. tiee, that before the Arethusa came up, ‘lhich hod been cruising on the coast of *pain (fur it THE STATESMAN. was not this frigate that clia%ed me in the day time), the ilatethytt hail only her featinast re maining. " The 1V loosen had then all her mash "(aceltt her foremast) and sails a pod deal shutered deed, but capable of being toon repaired. 1 had then only 50 meta killed and erunnited. " 1 learned hoin some French prisoners who ' were on board the Amethyst, that *hem she ceased her 'fire, near four o'clock, doey were obliged to Flare the hold, on account of *coma quantity of water she made. 64 The bravery displayed on this occasion by the officers and crew of the Niemen, if *bore my praise; and I request that your Excellency will procure them that reward of which they arc most ambitious, namely, to submit their conduct to his Majesty's attention. " DU POTET." NUREMBERG, JULY 5. —We learn from the Prague official Gazette, that the French, who are besieging Presburgh, have destroyed the bridges on the river, in order to deprive the great Austrian army of that itassage in case they should stand iu need of it, in order to pass into Order of the Day, issued by the Archduke Charles on the 43d of June, expresses the great dissatisfaction of the Archduke at the conduct of the Ilungarian insurrection at the battle of Raab. The whole right wing, composed of that Militia, (led in so strange a manner, that it should seem its leaders are little sensible of the importance of the crisis in which the Austrian Monarchs is at this moment. General Chastener, says a Bulletin of the 18th of June, unable to re-enter the Tyrol, with great difficulty has reached Hungary, having crossed the Danube, near Buda. He hopes, by a great cir cuit, to join the Archduke John. The Archduke Ferdinand has ordered rations to be be provided for him at Teschea. Ile is bearing towards Moravia, fearing to be•turned by tke Poles and Russians. An order of the day of the ifitth ult. announced to the Archduke Charles's army, that Austria has Allier on the Continent, besides England. The official Gazette now declares, that these Allies are the Turks ; but every one knows, that ay. 'f urks unable to assist the Austrians, cannot defend themselves from the Russians. Petits, Jowl 14..--His Majesty has raked Ge neral Macdonald to the dignity of Marshal of the Empire, in reward for his valiant eontteet. Zar:A, JUNE 20.---We have received °Mein' in ielligence, that the Serviant, on the Ist and 4cl instant, totally defeated a Turkish division under command of the Pacha Colaso, which had crossed the Drina in order to relieve the fortrest Socal. The Servians have taken possession of ivnisks and the roads to Cbtistantinople, so that all com. munication is citt off. Sunman Pacha has.not ven tured to attack them, though at the head of a large army. Since two months, only three couriers hate arrived from Constantinople, by way of Albania. From Roomiest we Icani that the Rotsiatts hate possessed then- ri% cs of Setolam and Adacalcsia, two fortrv:- son the Danube. The sertians remain in the same pdsitioet. The Turks have attacked with great taidur at Jerteska and Jeneratas, but without effect. Lts•re, duct 4.—We learn from 'Vienne, that its the coarse of the last eight days, the prepare. tions for passing the Danube have been consider. ably forwarded. Immense magazines of provi. sions hate been tarried to Lobel' ; also a great deal of 'dee, supplied by the convents. Four hundred lamps have been demanded to light the Island and the bridges. More than 5%000 French have already passed the Danube. The Austrians have not hitherto endeavoured to obstruct their operations. PARIS, JULY 14.—M. de la Robissicre, one of the Emperor's Pages, arrives! at eleven o'clock last night, at the Palace of the Prince Arch-Chan cellor of the Empire. He was dispatched on the 7th July, by order of the Emperor, with intelli gence to his Serene Highness, of the victory ob. taipcd at Deutch Wagram, fry the army under his Majesty's orders. This morning, at half past seven, this victory was announced by frequent discharges of artillery. This evening, the Bulletin, containing the par ticulars of the memorable and decisive battle of Deutch Wave's, was read in the principal thea tres, and accompanied by tumultuous acclarna. Boos. Letters from Genoa and Marseilles mention, that tho Regency of Algiers, at the instigation of the Englieb, demanded of M. Dubois Tainville, Consol.aeneral of France, payment of an an. nual tribute, and upon his refusal ordered him to be arrested. A prorisioual embargo has been in consequence laid on all the Algerine ships and pro perty in the ports of France. Arrived. Mails. Due. O Dublin O 0 O 1 llr•ligoland 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tkis Evening 56 info. past 12 o'clock. THE STATESMAN. e re announced by this communication is said to be, " That previous to the b titles of Enzers dO4and Wagram, it had been determined, in a Cbvncll of War, to form another iutrenched camp between Znaim and Iglau—on which the Anstriaas had retreated after the battle of the Gth, in perj'ect o+ der, with all their"heavy emtkow, and with all their iidd artillery, except 40 pieces, the greater part of which had been disabled by eannon.shut in the action—that the tom of the French exceeded considerably that of the Austrians—that it was their plan to draw the French from the Danube—that the passage of that river was the result of Norodom's ipptehen sioas of being straitened for provisions ; and in op position to the opinions of the French Marshals and' Generals—that theFrenchartnydoes not in thewhole exceed I2o,ooomen—that the Inhabitants Ofiricana,' and other places in the possession of the French, were restrained from insurrection solely by the exertions of a strong force :---aml finally, that in' Holland it was the general opinion that the late battles, so far from being decisive of the fate of the Austrian Empire, had nut weakened the Archduke tIIARLES in the same proportion that' they had weakened the French army, the main body of which was incapable of advancing imme diately after the batiks." Such is the form and substance of the reported communication: frosts Holland, of the truth or falsehood of which we do not profess ourselves capable of judging. If, however, we admit the fact that such comma. nications have been actually received, to the full extent that has been stated, we shall stilt have no. thing on which to found our belief of their cor rectness but the mere floating opinions of certain individuals in Holland ; fur in no statement have we yet heard mentioned the authorities on which such opinions and reports have been formed. By the vessel which brought the letters and the mer chant, no public journals were received, cor. roborating, or even noticing, any such accounts. That the retreat of the Austrian Army was in good order, the description of the 25th Bulletin renders highly probable—even in contradiction to its own assertion..." After ten o'clock the " enemy fought only to effect his retreat—at " twelve this was manifest...it was condi:tied in " disorder, and long before dark the enemy was " out of sight."-..Now if :in enemy fights only to retreat, and retreats in disorder--.K hat remains for the victorions army Lat immediate pursuit,— and that between non• , and long before it was dark.--a flying rooted army of such magnitude... encumbered too as it was with between S and 900 pieces of cannon...could totally outstrip the put. suit of an army Hushed with victory, and furnished with a numerous caval►y, without losing in its flight a single piece of cannon—or any pri soners...is more than improbable—it is abso lutely incredible... But the fact is, as we have before remarked, that the French army passed the night on the field of battle. Not a word is mentioned of ad►ancing until the 7th, when, " at day.brcak the army was in motion, " and marching upon Korneubourg and Wol. " kendorff, and had some posts near Nichols. " bOurg." On the morning of the 7th the retreat of the whole of the Austrian army being ascertained, the head . quarters of Narotron were transferred to Wolkersdorff, and on the eighth, the second day after the battle, the Twenty . fifth Bulletin was composed. This document announces the battles to have been de cisive—and states the result to be the capture of 10 pair of colours, 40 pieces of cannon, and 20,000 prisoners ; amongst whom must, of course, be included " all the enemy's wounded." But the loss of the French is admitted to be more consi derable that it was at Essling ; and we find the Duke of Isms t to have been in imminent danger from a cannon ball, which slightly grimed his thigh —one General killed—and seven others wounded. —Whatever may have been the carnage in the Austrian army—that of the French troops must , have been dreadful. The 26th Bulletin, dated the 9th, that is, the third day after the Austrians had marched " out of sight long before dark," opens with the following expression : " La re. trade de Pennenti est one &route." which, in the translation, has been rendered—the enemy's retreat has been a defeat—fhb, it is alleged, ought to have been translated by the word " rout." --This translation would render the Bulletin more consistent—but the word certaiuly signifies re treat as well as rout. It is, however, not until the third day after the battle of Wagram that this fact is discovered ; and from an accurate and mi nute examination of these documents, we think there is reason to belief° that the Austrians, al. though certainly and severely defeated, did effect their retreat in good order. The next communication from the Austrian army will probably enable the public to form a correct opinion of the issue of the confect. If the defeat of the Austrians is as decisive as it is stated to have been, the resistance of Aostria can not be tong protructed...but if, as certainly ap pears sot only possible, but even probable, the Aek tofu', e is cct at the head of a formidable RPM y, it tea)! be conceive d possible that the army o f NAPOLEON may be exhausted by that succession of victories of o hick it boasts from the battle of the Tana to that of Wagram. The reinforcements must be drawn from sources extremely remote; and if Anis , ria cab protract the contest, it may become difficult to supply the chasms which these attacks upon entrenched positions create to his battalions. Of the Russians, no mention is made its the Bulletins - , which is an omission rather remark. theft army has advanced, eien at shy ordinary rata of marching, it ought not to be uo% far distant from Moravia. The weight of this army thrown kilo the scale avinst the Austrians, wilt ore at: Most powerfoll;. ; for however infc-tor may be the tactics of the Russians to those of the French of of the Austrians, still the accession of such a mass of soldiers will griatly strengtlirr. NAeottoit. The Resuming are, at all event<, " food for posd.r," and, as tack will be used by NAPOLEON. TnE Public win he not a tittle amused with the oticial account, transmitted by Monsieur Du Porn', of the action in which its frigate, the Niemen, of 44 guns, was raptured by the Amethyst, of 3G gums, commanded by Sir M. SEYMOUR. It is curiuus to compare the re. speedy° accounts of these Commanders---that of S►r M. Sremoua appeared in the Loudon Gazette of the 15th of April. The Niemen surrendered as sons as the Arethassr appeared. THT EXPEDITIO' still lingers in our ports. am. Messengers were yesterday sent from the Ad miralty to the out-ports, who, it'll said, were the bearers of orders for the sailing of the Espedition as soon ns the wind will permit. A eonsiderablo nnmber of troops have been embarked within these few days, and the land force may now be esti. mated at 50,000 men. It was reported in Holland, that a battle had been fought in Gallicia, between the Austrians and the Russians, which had terminated to thi; advantage of the latter. We arc assured that the report of General M ut. RAT hating been recalled from Portuga l is un founded. The fleet conveying the Expedition has been tic. tualled for four months. The Calypso sloop of war arrived at Yarmouth on Sunday, from convoying the Hudson's Bay *hips past the Os kreys. The Illinnedelle privateer, of Marseilles, has captured two slush in the Mediterranean ; one an Anglo-American, laden with 50,000 pieces of nankeen ■nd other mrrchar►dite; the other, a Spanish vessel with barilla. They have both been carried into Frejlis. General DUPONT, and the neat to him in com mend, who signed or assented to the capitulation of Baylen, have been for awn', time cunhned at Vincennes. Some seriout disturbances are said to have taken place in Holism', in consequence of the rigid en forcement of the Conscription, by n hick great numbers have lately been compelled to join the armies. A new creation of Baronets is very generally spoken of—it ail!, it is said, inelmk s. were! Gen. tiesen of lauded interest in the kingdom of Ire. land. A heron of extraordinary site was yesterday shot from the top of the College of Physicians. The pedestrian, Mr. Howe, who has been doing the BA RCLAY match in Somersetshire, resigned the task on Saturday last, 15 days performance oily having been completed. The skeleton of a mammoth, in high preserta. thin (being the second), was lately found on the coast of the White Sea, at the mouth of the rim . Tana. Sunday last was a rigid fast with the Jews, in commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem. On the Ath, a small boat, with four French sailors, escaped from an English prison, arrived a t Dieppe. She Will two days at sea. Count GERMAIN GARNIER has been appointed President of the French Senate. In consequence of the Embargo, two waggons loaded with fresh salmon left Yarmouth on Satur day for London. Fresh salmon sold as low as 7d. per pound there. To-morrow the 7th Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers will have a general muster in the Ten.. ter-ground, Goodman's.fichis. T.-iaorrow a-liesiot Adjouneed Sessions will be holden at Guildhall before the Loan MA Ton, the Sheriffs, the R.corder, a Bench of Aldermen, &c. for the dealing of the several Debtors in the City Prisons uho are entitled to their discharge, agreeable to the late Act of Insolvency. The in habitan ts of Lyme have entered into a sub scription for the improvement of that fashionable watering-place, by budding a wall, which is to extend from the town to the harbour, and making a gravel-walk amid shrubbery of a mile in extent. ELOPEMENT. --The wife of a Spanish Gentle. man, rellitkill in this country, has recently eloptil with a young Hibernian, nut yet 19, woo had been a frequent guest at the husband's table. They were traced t• some considerable distance; but from the circumstance of their taking bye.roads, and walking oreamitunally across fields, all trace; of them have been lost. The Lady is nut quite twice the age of her enamorata. The Membors who are to sit on Lord GAM attic's Court-Nartial, and the witnesses, had all arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday ; lint the Trial. although fixed for yesterday, it was sa id, a ould not commence until the Expedition had sailed. An accident happened on Tuesday last, op the Totness race-course; a man, rather intoxicated, attempting to cross the Collin a bile the hui ,, s rem running, w.is unfortunately knurlier! dui rr by one of th•.tm, and so severely injured, that he died nest morning. PROPOSITI TINAI. LONDON: TUESDAY, JULY 25. ST. JA). Es's D A Y.—!loll itay et the Public Ojku. —..e.. THE anxiety manifested yesterday for Conti mental intelligent*, exceeded, if possible, that which was displayed previous to the arrival of the Twenty-lifth and Twenty-sixth French Bulletins. in the course of the afternoon it was generally reported, and as generally believed, that private letters from Holland were received by the Belize laud Mail, and that a rewectable Merchant from Rotten! tin hail al.o reached ton it. Tl.e