The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-06 00:00:00

I ammanition, &c. and the addles, throwing away their arms s after which they made meek hosted marches, that 14 was &nod bopossible to come ep with the main body of tl.d. &nay be fore It had passed the bridge of Bre*. °trumps followed them with all expedition to that place, between wlach and Marc% we have made some prisoners. I have previondy communicated to all the Juntas and Oenerals in aallicia the 'probability that the resumed of this army, somoiting only to about eight or tea thousand meo, without a single cameo or =inanition, and in every respect is the most wretched coadisiea, flying fl-ma ear troops, would retire into that country, in order that they might be prepared, in the best powible moaner, to receive them; and I ',tombs on doubt that the comegoreces of the capture of Lugo, and of Ney baying leftGallicia, will be fatal to Botilt. , .. . " II have the homer to remain, with the most profoad re spect, your roost obedient servant. " Coimbra, mai t 9. " G. C. BERES,ORD." " To his Excellency the Presiding awl Lords if the 'nuts of Seville." ZITO ACT OF A LETTIIR mar essvtit.4l. VIM T. " It is proper to inform your Saneelate!, that the Frew% hare penetrated lato Aunties by Gottlieb,, under the eons. 'nand of Marshal Net, with enmiderable force% the epera ti•nn of ahich is combiaed with the junction of all the small carpi they {Ltd is Castile. aummating iu the whole to about 13.300 mem; they are endeavouring to forte the line of the points which divide the Priseipality from the Ks ll 6dom of Lroo, having left in the Kingdom of Gallicia 6 or 7,C00 French. " Have the Wawa to ►resent )war NemHenry my ►ro teaed raped% and a ►atriotism the nand determined to sacli ke itself in lumber of the cause which we defend with so mewls glory. " I mass& your Excellency's sio.t obedient servant. et NICHOLVI MARY. • " To Ips E zenlleney Major-Gene"" Beresford." COTT Al A LITTER MIMI DOE INATTIEL DI VITA T LLAIn. " T yesterday received a dispatch from the General of rat *vela, Don Jose Ramon de Quivragsa y Vries anted Calor. the 23d inst. it is as follows: " I have just received a Idler from the Secretary of the Junta of Modesto, of which I transmit a ropy, dated the 21st t and my holther, the Commaudant of Quiroga, informs mr, under date of the lid. that oar army hog been en gaged with the French force three successive days. The princip.ll action was fought between Merits and Logo; sus, that the etym: lost 3000 in killed and wounded, besides 2000 Germarw, who came over to vs. The ire ceased on the 70th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, whence it is inferred that at that time a capitulation was concluded. I think it right not to lose any time in acquaiating you with these favourable 'veins, which you will be piewed to commanicate to their IF.serlient in the English and Portagoee - Generals. The en closure is as follows : " The army of the Marquis de la nowt= attacked the French on the other side of Meira, and permed them vs far as Pamday, near which plate they took shelter in the wand of Pinar, but they were drives from that position with great loss, and retreated to Lego, leaving in oar pommies three' piece% of caiman. Our troops, following up the advantages which they had obtokod, pushed on to the very gate of that tows, winds they have surnmoded with strong dceashmems, awl lips are misnamd that it will either fall into our power in a very short time by capitalation. or soon be taken by assault. It is melt to be lamented, that Ney Mond mesa to escape, for they Mare me that be has ,meted Maria with 2000 men. The English are ia sight of Comma and ?mot, with a Woe =abet af ships, and tineriallod to land. " /•erreir.i, !day 41, 190 9 ." The ;use General wrrtes me under yesterday's date what follows:-- " At ses , es o'clock this evening I received the official re is-vt of the capture of Loge by Marshal Malty, General in (Nemand of the Army of the LA, but vibe, on account of the absent , of the Marquis de Ir. Reams now commands in thief. This giotious attic*, whit* was most obstinately &Infested by the enemy, who was length defeated with the Into of leltl men in billed, wousekil, mid prisoueis, I hasten to snake known to all good Spaniards, among whom I have good month to eats* you, adding, that six pieces of enamel, awl large quantities of amemninins sod arms base fallen into into ear bands. Ou account of the capture of Lan, and the potation of General Careens, who occupies the bridge of Taboada, between the roads of Santiago and Orme, it is we. rrobable that the armies: both of Noy and Soolt will %MR !ie completely destroyed. May God preserve your Er• rrltcryv many year.. " MANUEL DL URIA Y LLANO." liy 25, 1908." _ _ (Barlajos Diary, Jose 3.) Aerie'''. Male. Due. 1 e V 0 Malta . . . 9 1 isbon 0 PRICE OE SCOCliti ['HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Reduced 6Bj} Exch. Bilk 6.. 13-, 4 per Cetd. Ontnitun c4......1.11W II airy . .. Alf i - - TH STATESMAN. IPKOPOSIfI TEN 11. LONDON: TIIVII7DIY, JULY G. LAil night a series of foreign Journals arrived in town--German to tht. 2.sth—French, contain in; the 'nth Bulletin, to the Ygth of June—and Datch to the 3d inst.-4nd this morning Por. tnguese to the 16th ult. Nerrr, till the Battle of Ealing, was the arrival of a French Bulletin announced, but that some signal advantage of the enemy was aoticipated— but from that period to the '2oth ult.—the date of the 10th Bulletin s wbich arrived in town yesterday—and Mill from Vienna—we hare had ten successive Bulletins, in which nut one single movement of the Grand French Army Is announced. The rising of the Danube has been recorded—and the preparations for the passage of that 11:rcr have been annoßneed.--hut the lung protracted inactivity of an army of '200,000 men, is indisputably indicative of a waht of confidence, at least until be derives additional strength to this alreadj mighty force, by the arrival of fresh troop?, and the cu.operation of tht Russian army. In !halo* Bulletin is annenissed the retirement of the impress from Buda, immediately os hear. ing of the victory of Baab-"--and in a letter sub joined to the Bulletin—as evidently fabricated as the letter from Briotenlce, and others in the Trea sury loons*ls...she's said to have proceeded to Hatwan, a small town on the road which, crossing the Carpathian moentitins, forms the entrance to Gallic's. " The enemy's arms was pursued during the " 15th and lath, and at last passed the Danube 66 over the bridge of Consorts." Now the town of Raab is in the best paragraph said to be invested; and that place being at some distance from Comoro, it is evident that - the retreat, at least from Raab, was perfectly unmolested. To have prevented the army under the Archduke Jane, which, according to the French accounts of the battle of Raab, was between 40 and 50,000 strong, from crossing the Danube, and effecting a junction with his brother, must have been an object of the first importance with the French ;—and had not the Duke of Ave's. wraor, in his position on the Danube opposite to Prusburgh, been kept in full check by the Ans: trians there, he might unquestionably, when ,the Archduke Joust was at Konnend, have placed himself in a position to have completely cut off his retreat on Comoro ; for it will be seen, on iu specting the map, that AUERSTADT might have reached Raab, from the right bank of the Danube, near Presburg, as soon as the Archduke Joins. If AUERSTADT had been successful in his attack in the tao du pont at Presburg, the retreat of the Archduke Josef by Comons was impossible. It is reasonable, therefore, to conclude, that the junction of the Archduke Joist/ with his brother, was a measure that was absolutely decided upon ; and, as it has been effected, he has succeeded — even though the French were as successful as they boast at Raab. 'This accession of force will, to a certain degree, counterbalance the presence of the Russians, who are asserted by the French to have ' ' actually entered Moravia. While the Austrians are extending themselves over the territories of the vassal Kings of NA:oLtox—the Duke of VALNY (Kellerman), and General GRATIES I with their corps, are hastening by different routes to the grand scene of action, the Danube, on the banks of which a force so mighty is collected as was, perhaps, never before exhibited 4,n the grand prize-fighting stage of &trope. The Austrians are said to have been very cordially received iu Dresden. This account is corroborated by the public disavowal which the King of SAXONY has found it necessary to publish, of the error of which his Privy Council has been guilty, 64 in " sending one of its Secretaries to the Emperoi " Of Aunns& and the Archduke GHARLES." It a ill be seen, in the article of intelligence from Schoenbrnun, that NApoLrov is organizing the new administration of the " conquered pro. sinter" of Austria, and has even appointed a " Great Hunter and Prcservator.Gerieral of Fo ci rests." These acts may result from the con& dente the French Emperor has of his ultimate suc. ass...but to vulgar minds it certainly has the appearance of disposing of the skin before the bear is caught. The details of the operations in the North of Spain that will be found in the French Papers-- add in what is called the Bulletin of the Army of Spain, differ very widely from the accounts which are communicated to us in tha Public Journals of Portugal ;—but from the recent accounts that have been reevived, there is reason to believe that the diminution of the French armies—continually wasting•—without means of recruiting their losses —has at length reduced them to a situation in which they will be less formidable than they hire hitherto appeared to be.—Ferrol and Corunna, it is now said, were evacuated in consequence of the last action at St. Payo--thib is infinitely more probable than that the French should, after having been driven out by the inhabitants of those places, have advanced in the direction of Portegal. The &tracts from the Portuguese Papers received this day are interesting, inasmuch as the continued corroboration of accounts of the successes of the Spaniards, certainly induces that belief which we are, is general, constrained to withhold from the intelligence communicated in the Newspapers of Spain and Portugal. In Ferrol, the line of battle ships and frigates have been left undamaged by the enemy, which is a circumstance not easily ac. counted for, as the French cannot hope that they will be E.uffered to become a prey to them a second time. His Majesty's brig the Golo4ch arrived at Ply. mouth on Monday, and confirms the account of the capture of Ferrol and Corunna. The re ported intelligence that has transpired by this ar. rival, is as follows : " That Marshal Nit v marched from Carsten, with TAOS men, to attack the Patriot army. consisting of about 10.000 men, 3,000 of whets were pesiumory, potted is the neigh bourhood of that place. tbs the advance of the Presorts di vision, the Spaniards retreated until they had agreed is Widish over which they permitted part of the eamey's di tiiien to pass, and great number; were so the e& of so dolnj, s hen the Spsuisris blew it up by Ine 6 L l4 Of atrain prepared far that porpose s and all on it went into the waters, aad perished. The Spaniards tbe. advairtalt as dint part that bad crossed, and totally dthatedlissa, witba los, of 9000 lamer' aid 600 cavalry. Nue thee 'made a preapitate retreat epos Lam, tad Galicia was soasideretto be totally evacuated by the easy. His Majesty's ship Defiance and Indefatigable were *ere, Orioles the Sp.aia►ds. The tirtaish ships of war at Ferrol remained aniwpsred s aid ha 4 we Lad a wadi- E cunt naval fine so that Natio, the ship sight hare bees Wright away. The news of oar ships Were about to be loaded, to do what they cod& is eadear oaring to 4t out, and brim tome of thea away." Stich is the reported account brought by the Goldfinch, of the correctness of which we bare not the means of judging. Tar retreat of King Joseen from Madrid, so confidently reported in the intelligence from Por. tugal, rests upon very slender authority, lf, however, the contents of these papers are natal:. solute falsehoods, the affairs of the French in the Peninsula are absolutely and rapidly decliniug. The imperious necessity of reinforcing the army on the Danube—leaves the- French in Spain to the chance of maintaining themselves by their own resourgps...and they may . , if not reinforced, beat the Spaniards until their own numbers shall be so diminished as to reduce them tea defensive warfare—that would inspire the Spaniards with conidener, and increase their numbers.... Adasitting,. with all due allowances, the general complexion of affairs in the Peninsula to be enfa. vourahle to the French—in any proportion ap proaching to the representations that are now nude—could one Frenchman escape from the Peninsula if the British Army now in Portugal... aid that which is about to stnl—we know not to what place--mere in nista.), and Nararre l or Ca talonia and slrragon ? Tilt Earl of CHAT)! 74 is hourly and nightly engaged in giving military interviews on the sub. ject of the Expedition. It has, however, been whispered—', , it a fresh attempt to bind the brows of a Royal Duke with c&ntincntal laurels is in petto. Ministers will thus be furnished with a strong argument of defence against the accusation of employing an untried num. MRS. CLARKE'S CATECHISM. What makes all Qaraions plait' sad dear?— About—Five Haaared Pounds a-year. What perm that Use—proved tree halare ?-- Why—liat about Fire Modred mom Thy Lady will never ante to be a Darling ! a Royal Ditrling!--a Public Darling L—again a Darling! , • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Dos ra, Jvi.c 11.—Irateriloy taonig two sloops aid a dower came is from Itallsad, It was stated tbat they besagitt news, if 04, It was caused b tbs kaawladge of tbs Cas. tams. Tani morninc the lit divisions of the 28th and 924 itegi mete. marched in Acre front Colchester, the remainder will march in here we S4tarday, wham both regiments will be em barked. A sevruty-foar t o ship passed by from the Pools tills af ternoon, f,jr the Westward, .he appeared to he full of troops. The Franchise ship of war, which was left cruizing oil Porto Rico, had tuuclted it the He vannah a short time before, where shy; learnt that a ditty tad been laid on all American produce.— Upon flour it was 10f dollars per ham!, although the price of the commodity was only 12 dollars. The duties on other articles were in the like pro portion. The Larinia, 41 ) Lord Wit.t.tass STUART, it returned to Portsmouth, after protecting to a cer tain latitude the Castle Eden, Devonshire, Sur. rey, Metcalfe, City of London, Marchioness of Exeter, Earl flow , Retreat, Dover Cgstle, Taunton Castle, Marquis of Wellesley, and the United Kingdoms, East Indiamen, which she left all well. These ships sailed from Madeira on the 19th of May, and were off St. Jago on the 30th of that month. The homeward-bound Jamaica fleet, under convoy of his Majesty's ships Diarnwid, Malabar, and.Folla, were spoke on the Bth of June last, in lat. 35. 23. N. tong. 55. 0. W. by the Duke of Montrose packet, arrived at Falmouth. Yesterday morning, the Marquis of IfUNTLIT, and uther Military Officers, transacted business with the Earl of CIIATUA It, at his hoes., is► Hill street. Three vessels arrived at Dover on Tuesday from Holland, the masters of which state, that at (heir departure a report prevailed of the French army having been defeated on the Danube, but no par. Oculars were mintioned. The private letters from Holland of the td inst. repeat the former accounts relative to the discon. tents of the people of that country, and of Flan. ders ; and the Dutch Papers state, that the corps of the Austrian Geller*, J&LLaczticit was cut off by the French after the battle of Raalb ; but the 40th Bulletin gives a Rat contradiction to this state ment. We yesterday received Jamaica Papers- to the pd of May. They state that au expedition bad sailed, for the purpose of taking possession of the city of Santa Domingo. A Messenger arrived yesterday at four o'clock at the Spanish Ambassador's, with dispatches from V igu. it does not appear he brought any intelii. gence of importance. Don CEIALLOI is confined to his bed by iudisposition, at his house in Dover. street. Tuesday evening a boat, with four persons in it, who had been up the river for a day's plea sure, was stopped trztwe4si Vauxhall-stuirs and the Hurse.farry, by two men in a skiff, stho rob bed them of upwards of 41. The men were armed with pistols ; and rowed of to the Lambeth shore. TWENTIETH BULLETIN. . Anise, Jane 20. When the news of onr victory at Raab reached Buda, the &aprons left that dace all those who bklunged to the Government. r l- "The enemy was pursued oa the 15th and IGth instant, and at last crossod the I)antabe on !ho Vicidge at Comorn. The town of Raab LaS been invested. In a few days we eurptct it will be in our possession. Considerable magazines have been found in its suburbs, • The superb entienehcd camp of Raab, w!,;(-11 could COOtiti, 100,000 men, has been taken. The column of the enemy which was intended to de. fend it could out outer it, and was cut Of front the rosin arn►y. A courier. from Buda has been intercepted. The dispatches which he carried were writ:en ie . Latiir, and informed us of the sensation produced by the battle of Raab. The enemy dt•leges the country Kith false reports. Ails is part of Ms plan. foe raising the lowest chino of the people. M. De Metternich left Vienna the IRth inst. .He will be exchanged between Comoro and Rude, for Mr. Dodun, and the other persons belonging to the French Legation. M. D'EartNar, officer of ordnance to his Ma. jcsty the Emperor, is arrived from tletersburgh. fie passed through the head-quarters of the Ito:. sian army. Prince Serge.Galitzin entered Galli. cia the 3d inst. In three columns: that of General Levis marched through Drobyetin ; that of Prince Gortszikoff, through Therespol; and that of Prince of Sowarrow, through Wlodzimirs. TRANST.ATION OF A LETTER WRITTEN [ROY PEETI') IN THE EVENING OT JUNE 15:- 44 The new .0f the unfiwtorale belle the 11th has Med us with grief, and the tools with confusion. This tweet af flicts the more deeply the faithful servants of our Eptperol, RA the perceive many people who rejoice at it, add gladly await the arrival of tie Frearh. As MIMI as the Gut matins of this disaster reached to, our Amon Erapreta re :o!sed to le-ive Buda. sod set olf )esterda.., at three in the afternoon, to spend the uiebt at liatvan. No place has )ei been appointed fur the resisfence of the Cuon7il. The Chair . ery Infaeaseal as, that the Mlle Court mad its °Jeers will occupy Afrea, Aliseelesiaa, aril Gyougyosin. We are o t vet ticqsauuted MO the rest place of MIT abode; it will. perhaps, be Casseritt. " CARL, E." (Signed) AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT OF TILE BATTLE OF ESS LING. BOURIVA I JUNE 14.—The Austrian account of the battles of the 21st and 22il of May has now been published. and OCCdpies 25 pages in quarto. —The strength of the Austrian army in this battle is given in this account at 103 batta lions, and 148 squadrons, or 75,000 men.— The Austrian artillery amounted to ',MI pieces. The Archduke Charles took his position at the head of the second column. The relation then proceeds to detail the great strength of the villages of Aspern and Eslingen, and the obstinacy with which the contest was car. vied on to obtain possession of the for.. mer, which was of the greatest importance. The contest was carrird on in every street, in every house, and in every barn. Waggons, ploughs, and harrows, were to be remOred out of the way, un der an incessant fire, in order to enable us to close with the enemy. It was necessary to dis. lodge 'the enemy from the church steeple, the high trees, the ground floors, and cellars, before ire ! could call ourselves masters of the place, and then this was of short duration. Scarcely had we jot l possession of one street. or one house, when the enemy stunned another, and forced es to ahno_ don the former. In this manner the murderous fight continued for several hours on the 21st ; the German battalions were supported by the Hun. garians, and by the Vienna volunteers. On the 22d of May more than 400 cannon were in play on both sides, and the oldest soldiers never recol lected such a are. Above all, the Austvian Ge. nerals were at the head of their troops; The Archduke Charles himself seized the colours of the. battalion Von Zach, which began to give way. Most of those around him were wounded ; his Adjutant-General, Cotint Colloredo, had his head grazed by a ban, which 'at first eppeared dangerous ; the pressure of the hand of his hu. mane Commander restored. him to feeling. The Austrian army lament the deatb'of 87 perior Officers, and 4199 subalterns and' prirai..- Field. Marshals the Prince do Rohen, Ded o y,, Weber, and Frevel, with several Generals, Officers, and 15,651 privates were wounded, wbum Field-Prim-still Weber, 8 Officers, Sod at, privates were mad i e prisoners by the enemy. The Duke of Montrose has brought Jamaica letters and papers to the 23d of May. Tile city of San Domingo was expected soon to surrender. The Spaniardi have near it about 3000 elective men ; but the French had again taken possession of the fort of St. Jerome. On the sth current an advauced guard of 100 men *as lent from the city, with to view to surprise the Spanish piquet of 60 men. The latter perceived them, and posted themselves in ambush. Upon the approach of their adversaries they opened a fire qu its th em , which killed a Lieutenant-Colonel of Preach re gulars, and 40 men on the spot, and wounded se veral. The rest tied back to the city. The Princess Charlotte frilate arrived on the 17th of April at Barbattoes, with 86 sait under convoy. Thu ships Duncan and Canada, fur De. marara, and five others for Surinitn, !rad sepa. rated, making the'93 which sailed togct:ter from Cork. About 176 sail of Americans had arrived at St. Bartholomew's prior to the '22d of April, and in consequence provisious were very low in price. The inhabitants of Guadaloupo had become es. tremely dissatisfied, owing to the irupostiihi3Oy of sendiag.more than a very trifling part of their pro. duce to market, under the fear of our numerous cruisers ; and it was uwerally believed if a re spectable force were sent against the island it would become an cagy conquest. I, I .