The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-13 00:00:00

• PORTUGAL. PROCLASIATIOI‘. 44 I, the Prince Regent, make known that the French Government, under the pretence of pro. tection, having invaded these kingdoms, to usurp the Sovereignty of my Royal Crown, to establish atheism on the ruins of the altars • to annihilate the hierarchies of the EcclesiasticaCorporations, to extinguish the tribunals, monasteries, and con vents ; to rob my faithful subjects, as well cc &missiles as seculars, of their dignities, belie. ices, commends, dominion, employments, riches, property, and commerce, and to reduce all to a miserable and horrid state of slavery ; projects which, unfortunately, would have bceu realized, if the Divine Providence, which watches over Portugal, bad net animated the loyalty of the inhabitants of its different provinces to rise almost at the same time, and oppose such per fidy, of which there are very few examples in the history of nations. That it being indispensibly necessary for the preservation of the religion, the crown, and the national independence, so heroi. cull, restored, to create armies capable of resist ill; the formidable forces of the common enemy ; to clothe, arm, and provide them with all kinds of ammunition ; to augment their pay, to organize and maintain the Militia ; and to arm the whole nation, at a time when the coffers of the Royal Treasury, the public, and the arsenals, had been estitely drained by the rapacity of the French . aweetals, and the invasion of their troops ; the . refletines of the country diminished by the sus piMMion of industry, commerce, and navigation ; which made it necessary to tit out and supply a sqisadron in the Streight to prevent the piracies of the Algerine cruisers. That having made . such extraordinary efforts without imposing new gontribetions to burthen my beloved subjects, , whom I wish to relieve of those they already . troffer ; that the resources of the Royal Treasury -not being suf f icient to support my armies, which, assisted by the brave troops of his Britan nic Majesty, my good friend and ally, expelled lately the French from the city of Porto and pie. violets of the North; and disbanded for want of means, they called down total ruin on these king. doms, of which the inhabitants of the provinces, where the ferocity and tyranny of the said troops have entered, will fur ever preserve a melancholy remembrance. " I am oblieed, much against my inclination, to make use of ' the supreme law, which, superior to all the other laws, only contentplates the preser vatioa of the country, and of your holy religion ; bet trusting to the repeated proofs of love, zeal, wed patriotism of my loyal subjects, eclessiutics, and seculars, in this cruel war, which is a religious war, voluntarily offered themselves to a new sa crifice, which so much interests them, and con sists in contributing, for once only, such part of their incomes as may be necessary to defend their religion and the throne, and to preserve their said itheleflten, property, lives, and public as well as in dividual liberty, which will be entirely lust if there is not force sufficient to make a proper resistance; wishlag, at all times, to adopt the easiest means to supply this extraordinary and iudispensible expence, I consulted thereon with all the tribunals, Bcc. and having considered every thing, I have thought 6t to decree as fol lows : e The property of the Crown, although it be in posses sion of corporations, dignities, and ecclesiastical persom, - without excepting soc 4 as have the care of the Royal Chapel, shall pay two-tifths extraordinary of one year's in come. " Two-fifths shall 'also be paid by the Commander of the Three Military Order F, those of Malta, and the Presti monies. " All the other ecclesiastical revenites, of whatever adtni ntration they may be, and those of the third order, confra riu and brotherhoods, with the excepting of the congreas of the parishes, who do not receive Tythe,, the Asylums of blisericordia and Expo,toa, and the ilmpitals, shall pay three-tenths extraordinary. " The tenants of premises in the city or couutry shall pay one-teeth extraordinary; besides which the new impost of three percent. shall be paid on the city premises, scivauts, and bona. " The same tenth extraordinary shall be paid out of sala ries, pensions, Oovermttent interests, or private, and of all policies large and small. " The said fifth, new impost, and tenths extraordinary, shall be paid oat of the incomes of one year, for once only, and according to law, besides the fifth new impost and tenth, which is paid aserdinery from the said incomes ; and they shall he recovered within two Isontbs from the date of the ratification of this Decree, by the respective Superintendants and Mistime's, who are sot to receive any pecuniary gratifi cation or easelasneat whatever; and they Atoll pay into the Royal Treasury the seems as they reeeire them ; and at the end of the said torus, they shall give an account of the whole to the said Royal Treasury, regulating the recovery of She same by the estimate of last year, except oa horses, on which a Dew estimate must be formed. seeing that many of My subjects have gratuitously given up theirs for the use of the armies. The tenths, however, of the payment, which may depend oo the Royal Treasary or Junta of Interests, shall be discounted in the same way as the ordinary tenths, when the respective payments are made. " Trots this extraordinary rontribotion for defence, I am pleased to exempt the premises in the city or country, which may have been fired, sacked, or injured by the common ene my, especially those of the village of Malamute and neigh bourhood, which so much satered from the loyalty and con stancy of the ialsabitants, who are strong in my Royal recol intim to great them other indulgences. And I order the Promderes of the districts and respective Cameras, to see the houses of the poor roofed and floored, and to assist, as much poiwible, those who have not the means in tbe sowing their coca is the present year, with the surplus of the taxes in that district. " The body of merchants . and men of property shall pay towards this same coutribstion for defence four hundred tboomed Wittig, to be proportioned and recovered within , the said two months, by the Royal Board of Trade, with the linildnet of seine merchants of known probity. " The conosellors, NfiVeOeff, sotaries. and solicitors, the physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries, shall pay out of their incase OT emoluments for the year, the proportions that may be &ermined by the respective saperintendants and magi mimes, mined by competent arbitrators, according to the an nexed Schedule. 41 The said magistrates shall likewise determine the pro portions to be paid by the shops and public-homes, as men -1.,..2d in the said plan. THE STATES MAN. - " For the term of one year will be suspended. not only all exemption from paying duties, under whatever title or right the privilege may have been granted, but also the peculiar rights of all privileged or unprivileged persons. " And that this Decree be executed to its fullest extent, without any doubt or hindrance whatever, I send it to the Secretary 'of the Government, charged with the inspection and presidency of the Rual Treasury, and to all others to whom the knowledge of this belongs, that the same may be put in strict execution, notwithstanding whatever laws, ordi nances, decrees, dec. Ike. there may he to the cnstritrY, all of which on this occasion only I annul, as if express meatiest were made of each act, they remaining otherwise in full force. And to Dr. Maude' Nicolas Etteves Negras, one of my Privy Counsellors. Desensbargador Le Paco and Arch- Chaneellor of the Kingdom, I order, that he snake the same public in the Chancellaria, and that copies of the same be transmitted to all the Tribunals, beads of the district!, and towns of these kingdoms, regl;tering the same in all the places where it is enstomary to register such decrees, sending the ori ginal to the Tower de Tomb°. " Dated in the Palace of the Government, 7th June, 1809. (signed !` MARQUES •lIONTERIO MOH. " D. FRAN. XAVIER Di: NORONHA." " Fnaystsco DA CUNHA n 511:!inscs, Bishop Patriarch Elect." This Decree concludes with a Schedule of the r straordi nary Contribution which is to he paid id the present year of 1809 only, and in thr precise and determined term of two months; the °crop:dims and eiops as after•mentioned. ORDER OF THE COMIIANDER IS CHIEF OF iiif.iitl; SLAY, 1809. The Marshal Beresfurd, Commander in Chief of the Prince Regent's troops, publishes to the Army the conduct of Col. Mayne at the bridge of Alcantara, where the first battalion of the Loyal Lusitnnian Legion defeirled themselves against a force of 12,000 men, commanded by Marshal Victor in per-1 son. The Army will see that though troops are sometimes obliged to retreat, yet they may at the same time cover themselves with glory, and merit the greatest praises. This battalion, and this brave Commandant, first made a noble defence, and then a firm retreat in the greatest order. The discipline and subordination of this corps mast he good. The individuals of it do oat inquire why they advance an why they retreat. They do as they are ordered, which gives great sa tisfaction to the Marshal, who approves their brave conduct, and bestows upon them his warmest praises. He cannot avoid observing at the same time, that both battaliore of the Loyal Lesitanian Legion have nhva dis tinguished themselves on the frequent occasions that have presented themselves. To Colonel Mayne, Major Grant, and to the o.llcers and Soldiers of the Ist Battalion of the L. 1,. i.. the Commander in Chief returns his thanks for their conduct at the bridge of Alcantara. The Marshal requests Brigadier-Gem-rat Sir Robert Wil son to 1.1 him know the names of the senior Officers of all awes, as he believes they all distinguished themselves equally, that he may mate a promotion, and recommend to the Prince gent those that well deserve it. l the low and disgraceful behaviour of the militia regi ment of Idania, the Marshal has ordered the most severe etaminution to he made of those that deserted, that they may he ptiaiAed as they deserve, and Lie wi:l make a memo rable example of them. (Signed) M. C. BLREBFORD, ♦rri ved. Malls. D et. 0 I O Cntienburch ....... .... V O Malta .... . ..... . ...... 1 O 1 i4bon 1 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON E O'CLOCK. 3 perCent.Com. 671 i es. di/. Oinniam I i Preis. 3 per Cent. Red. 6SI Exch. Bill 5 ,.-. 14s. 4 per Cent &Hi Sid. IL $.. 5 per Cent 921 ex. div. India Rand-. V..s. 241. Comb for Ace (19f Lottery Tickets, 211.111. THE STATESMAN. PROPOSITI TINAI. LONDON: TiIUESDAY ) JULY 13. AN Embargo of unprecedented rigour was this morning laid on every vessel and even boat in the River Thames—which, it is presumed, was ex. tended, by the Mails of last night, to every out. port in the kingdom. AN Austrian and a Prussian Messenger are re. ported to have arrived in town this day. Rumouas of the reported victory of the Austrians continue to find their way from Holland, by the way of Heligoland, to this country, although, from the incongruity of the date assigned to the engage ment, with that of several articles of foreign in. tdlligence which arc silent on the subject—the fallacy of such rumours no longer remains doubt ful. In addition to the report of a battle, there has been engrafted an account of the revolt of the troops of Saxony during the engagement. All these statements seem to be founded on conjecture solely—and if not totally groundless—as we be- I lieve them to be—they are certainly premature.; A private letter, received from Walkersdorff, of the date of the 18th of June, denies the depar ture of the Imperial family from Buda to have been in consequence of the victory of the French at Raab—asserting that the Empress had retired some days before the battle. In an article dated Banks of the Elbe, 30th of Juue,'it is said that the ArchdukeJoux had " retaken the position en the Rub." But the Prague Gazette says, that the report which had been circulated there as official of the Archduke JOHN having again taken Raab, was not confirmed. From this it Appears that no doubt was entertained at Prague of the actual surrender of Raab. The incursions of the Aus. trians on the aide of Leipzig, appear to have been unsupported, as they have retired ; and King Je awn, of Westphalia, passed through that city on the 26th of June, and proceeded towards Dresden, in which direction the Austrians sere marching. All the troops of the confederated Kings are in motion in that part of Germany—and a general action with the Austrians is confidently expected. Several skirmishes are mesgioned to have already taken place.—The Duke of ABRAICTIS(Junot) is about to prowed to the assistance of his master, and his departnre from Frankfort for Augsburgh is already announced.—From the retreat of the Austrians from Leipzig, unfavourable inferences may certainly be drawn—although in expectation of their advancing, the Duke of %%ALM y (Kelkr. man) had removed the Treasury of Ilanau to Mentz—but that was doubtless previJus to their retreat..--In the territory of Fulda, the Austrians are making considerable progress.... The Tyrolesi and Voralburghers are in rapid mo tion, threatening Linden, for the safety of which the enemy discovers strong apprehensions..-and CIIASTELLA a has with a considerable force en. [creel Hungary. From the grand theatre of the war at Vienna, no intelligence has been received.—The Foreign Journals abound with descriptions of the prepa rations on both sides of the Danube.—While NAPOLEON is making every effort of human inge. nuity and exertion to insure the success of his meditated attaek,—rcinforccmunts are hourly ar. riving on the left bank of the Danube, where the accumulated force of the ARCHDUKE, between Krems antlPresburgh, is reported at IEO,OOO men. If the reports of the force of Naror.tox arc at all worthy of belief—he yet considerably ont. numbers the Austrians. But if we even admit the destruction in the Austrian armies, from the comb mencement of the campaign, to have been as great as was announced by Naeoceom in his Bulletin, it must not be forgotten that such carnage cannot have been made without immense loss to the as. sailants in the innumerable actiol'i shut were fought, from the first, at Pfaffeishofen, to the Surrender of Vienna—and if to that aggro. gate we add the di i ti .m.nu_.au of his numbers at Essling and Aspern, perhaps the grand total may be found nut inferior to that of the Austrians. The numbers of the French army are therefore probably o;:er-rated ; but from every concurrent account, the concentrated force of NAPOLEON in Vienna and the vicinity is im. mense. Accounts of the scarcity of meat in Vienna are repeated; and if it be true, that CHAVIELLAR has actually entered Hungary—the scarcity will be greatly increased, as he will nc. cessarily impede the communication which the ad. *lance of the Army of Italy to Raab may bare been supposed to have opened. The stillness of NAPOLEON at Vienna is very naturally supposed to be the precursor of Cie tempest—and his long inactivity in Poland has been compared with that which has excited so much surprise since the battle on the Danube. That lie is preparing for a mighty effort, it is reasonable to believe— but in Poland he had met with no repnlse like the paralysis on the left bank of the Danube ;--it was with a different enemy that he had to contend. The rigour of the season held him in a state of inaction in Poland, and not the enemy—the Russians, destitute of skill as the Officers of their army evidently were, be despised. It is well known to have been the opinion of the French officers, that the situation of NaeoLtox in Poland would have been infinitely critical, had he been opposed by skilful Generals. To the great difference in the tactics of the troops against which he is now opposed, must be added the confidence with which the battle of Esling must hare inspired the Austrian armies—and from these considerations no reasonable parallel can, we think, be drawn between the inactivity of N.A. POLEON in Poland, and that in which he has fin. gered on the right bank of the Danube. THE patience of the public is literally exhausted with accounts of the mighty preparations for the Expedition—the departure of which was at first most confidently fired for the Bth of this month.—We arc now arrived at the 13th— and, from all appearances, the Expedition is not likely to leave our shores until a period more nearly approaching to the Bth of the next, than of the present month. The late rains have been prejudicial to the troops in their encampments—so that there is son* after that disease may be encountered at the very outset. — This is however an accident which, iu the month of July, could not have been foreseow ; nor will any one impute a deficiency of vigilance iu this re spect to any department. THE notice given by certainly riot one of the wise men of Gotham, of a Motion to rescind the Thanks voted by the City of London to Colonel WARDLE, is not less antusingeota its ntivelty, good sense, and perfect consistency, than it is gratifying to the friends of Col. WARDLE-ill other words, to a very large majority of the 64 People of the United Kingdom." We have great curiosity to hear the culogium on the " Robbers," which will doubtless be pronounced by the luminous and disinterested Mover, who modestly desires the City of London to pronounce the verdict of its own stultification. We sincerely trust that a Common Ball will al , o be convened for the same purpose. That the worthy flower of all Civic Magistracy would cheerfelly comply with such a requisition—his oral known rea diners to convene his feilow.citisens on any snb. ject connected with Cul. IVA unix puts beyond all doubt. As little CAU be doubted the cordiality of his Lordship's reception by the Livery. Sir R. WI r.son has resigned his situation under Marshal BEKEsFURD, in the Portuguese service, in consequence of the legion which he raised and disciplined being no longer under his command. TAM' Earl or CIIATII INC is expected to leave London on Monday or Tuesday, t• proceed to take the command of the grand Expedition. Among the various destinations assigned to our grand expedition, it b conjectured at Gnttenburgh that it is intended for the Island of Zealand, to proceed thence to Pomerania, to form a junction with the Prussian army, and carry the war into Westphalia, or reinforce. the Archduke CAARLSS, as occasion may invite. The present Expedition, from the strange corn. position of the Staff, has been not unappropriately called an expedition of abcorption. It certainly will rid the country for a short time of a great mass of dullness and stupidity. We should, how. ever, have liked better if the country could un. dergo this expurgation, without calling in the as. sistanre of the enemy—and with somewhat less of ex pence. The Orpheus, arrived off Dover, sailed from Jamaica the 20th May. On the Ist of June fell in with the fleet, consisting of about 100 sail, all well, except one brig missing; and parted with the fleet the 7th June, in lat. 28, 30, long. 82. The letters from India reach to the 1.1 of Fe. brnary. At that time Gen. 51 . At.coi.m's Eitpedi. lion, which had been ready since the 18th of July, still remained 1❑ port ; and it depended upon fur. (her advices from Persia, as well as upon an an. mer to a reference the General had made to Calcutta, whether it would proceed or not. The plans of Lord 111txTo respecting Persia had been thrown into a state of complete embarrassment by Sir 11. ,Inus having accepted of invitations from the Courts of Teheran and Schiraz to proceed to the litter place, for the purpose of there open. ing negotiations—overtures, which Gcn. Mat.. coral had rejected with indignation, as derogatory to the honour and dignity of the State he repre. sented. Accounts have been received at Bombay of dif. ferenees having arisen between the British and the Governor of Travancore ; of an attempt that had been made to cut off the President, Colonel MA CATILAr, (against whom the natives of Travancore are exceedingly exasperated); and of the Dewan's troops having attacked the lines of our subsidiary forced Quilton ; notwithstanding which, it was rather expected that the dispute would be accom. modated. On the arrival of the fleet, however, • at Cochin, it found the Piedniontaise, with Co lonel Macaueiy on board, lying there, for the protection of a few companies of seroys, that oc. copied the place, and were surrounded oil all sides by the Travanconians, in considerable force.— Several skirmishes had taken place, in which we had lost 40 or 50 men, and troops were lite rally confined to the limits of the demolished fortificalions of Cocldti. Our force at Quilon, under Colonel Citamet:us, had been attacked, and had likewise attacked in return, with the loss of about 145 killed and wounded. Many of the enemy had been destroyed; but the commuuics. Lion of our troops with the interior of the coon. try was cut off, and we were dependent for pro. visions and supplies upon Malabar, from whence these were sent along the coast. It oas not per fectly known how far the Rajah of TRAVANCORE himself was implicated in these proceedings, which apparently originated with the Dewan, who had assnmed the entire controul, and had called forth the whole force of the country. Wd were evi. dently at open war with this little kingdom, be. longing to our oldest, and hitherto really faith. ful Ally ; and our troops were marching, to sub. due and conquer it, from all wiartcrs. The Ra jah of Openly having refused to join the Tra. vanconianc, had beer put to death ; =id his sue. censor, for the same cause, had suttered a Simi lar fate; but the third had concurred in the views of the Travancore Dewan, and had with his people taken up arms against us. Cap. lain Facrs:, of the Picdmontairc, had de. stroyed indiscrimirritely every vessel, of whatever size or description, at Quilon, among which there were, doubtless, several belonging to the Arabs, and to the Northern parts or the Malabar coast. Colonel MACAULAT had had recourse to the mea. sure of enrolling and arming the Christian inha bitants of Travancore, in consequence of which the Dewar) had issued an order to put all the Christians to death, many of whom had suffered. 011 Cape Comorin, the Beet passed seven small vessels, conveying the lflth Regiment, which General MAITLAND had sent from Columbo to Quilon; and at Calle, it was understood, that Anjengo had been taken possession of by the De wan's troops. In addition to the above unpleasant intelligence, we are concerned to announce, that just before the Earl St. Vincent left Ceylon, accounts of some further occurrences had reached that island from Madras, which we are sorry to state, were likely to be productive of serious consequence•. Several Officers, it seems, had preferred certain ehargea.Mtainst Lieutenant - Colonel hluann. Quitfter-Master-Ceneral, who had in conseqrtence been put under arrest by General Marnowu.t.. The Government ordered the arrest to be taken off, and the charges to be withdrawn ; but owing to the greatest part of the Officers disapproving of the latter measure, the General refused, until a Court.martial had been held upon Col. Malmo. A Cssetteil met, and the result was, that General MacnowAt.t. was summoned to attend ; but he declined, till he had first received a special order for that purpose; and, on that being issued, he delivered in a Protest against the conduct of the Government. General MACDUWALI. has since taken his passage for Europe in the Lady Jame Dundas, after great difficulty in gutting away, the Government having attempted to compel hies to disembark. Many Officers have been suspend ed, who were considered by their acts as partizans of General .MAcaowatt.. a. r