The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-08 00:00:00

PORTUGUIitiIi PIPERS. 10..... LISBON, Aosta: POSITION. OT THE ARMIES 10 SPAIN. The heatl-quargsrs of the British army are at S tracejo, with the greater part of its force. an. division is at Polite de AJmares. Another, com.., posed of the II itioveriaii Legion and sonic light troops, are at Torregon. The Spanish arqw has its helot-quarters at De leytosa, with the co sof reserve. Its vanguard acid (Itt division are on the river Mesas de Ibor, neur the bridge of Vendas. The sth division is in the mountains beyond that river. The Ist (Hsi sion is in Castanet de Ibor; the 3d and 4th at I Fresdidosa, with part of its cavalry, commanded by General lienostrost, at Torrisala ; the other, at Truxillo, at the Puente de.Saitta Cruz, cam. mended by his Excellency the Duke of Albu querque. The Spanish out-posts, which extend to Puente de Aizobispo, state, that the French had not appeared in force in that position, hat the English, who are at Puente de Malawi, have almost daily skirmishes with the enemy's posts. The Portuguese army, und...r the command of Marshal Beresford, is encamped on the 'Nos, on the frontiers of Beira Baza. Its bead-quarters on the 16th inst. were at Zarga. Yesterday anchored in the Tagus fifteen English transports ; they bring the remainder of the I lth regiment of Chasseurs, a number of Horse Artil lery to complete the service of the English park of Horse Artillery, slid a considerable quantity of supplies, particularly provisions.—( Lisbon Ga zelles.) Alm. 21.—We learn by letters from Corunna, of the oth instant, that the army of the Marquis Romans, to the number of 30,000 mel t began its march from that place for Lugo on the Ist, 2d, and 3d instant. _ Seventeen transports arrived yesterday from Cork with a troop of cavalry. Sir Arthur Wel lesley's head-quarters are at Truxillo. The chief French army is at Talavera. Soolt's division is at Plasencia. Cumta has been superseded, and Blake Is appointed Commander in Chief of the Spanish force'. Auo. 19. By intelligence received from Bada. jos up to the 15th instant, we learn the allied English army had received a reinforcement of six thousand men, which supplied the loss which that army sustained in the memorable battle of Talavera; and that the bridge of Arsobispo, which the French had possessed themselves of, was already retaken ; this re-capture cost the Brilibh army some loss.—(Dioro de Lisbon, 4U. just 19.) AUG. 18.---The Portuguese army under the command •f his Excellency Marshal Beresford, was, by intelligence of the 13th instant, at Axe. bo, and its envirou+, extending its advanced posts to Luria. Up to that time no action had taken place with the enemy. It is manifest that the public is continually de. laded with accounts of imaginary ha:tlrs, invented So its prejudice by the idleness of some, and pro. tirled by the credulity of others. Whenever a t i le does take place, we shall hasten to commu nicate the particulars of it officially.---(Lisbon Gazette.) COPY 01 A LETTER FROM THE POIITUGUESE ARMY, DATED AUG. 12. " The news I am able to give you is, that we are encamped in the widst of mountains, where the whole Portuguese army is collected together with the English. The Fren►.h are cut off on all sides, and have no other alternative than that of surrendering themselves prisoners ; a French cou rier has just been intercepted with letters 'of im portance. The situation where we arc is delight ful ; we have plenty to eat and drink, and no. thing is known here of wan t."---(Correo Tarde, Aug. 12.) By recent intelligence from Spain we learn, that the combined armies begin to receive pro. visions, of which they have been hitherto destitute. It is said, that the French have made some move ments which indicate an intention of retiring.-- (Ideas.) TaumLo, Auo. 13.—The French who at. tacked the bridge of Arzobispo have fallen back, and proceeded towards Plasencia. On thelOth just, the English army was between Xaraccjo and Almarez, and ours at Deleytosa and Misa de Ibor. This aftPrnooo, at two o'clock, the English put themselves in motion, and at noon we expect here Marshal Wellesley, who comes to consult with the Intendant respecting the destination of owl. sons.--(Di try de (Butkus, Aug. 15.) ('sonar auDRIGO I JULY 3 I....Tu.morrow se. veral waggons, driven by mules and oxen, will 4lc this lace to convey the artillery and am munision wh!es the Portuguese have at Almeida pots Its envilussi ; we are ignorant wiser() it will be iv nt. It is said that the French from Zamora and other parts have joined at Salamanca, and that the w jute ur greater part will march towards Alba B jar or Bassos. For dicta two days there have beets 4000 V.nglials at Caria, who doubtless will go to Almaras if the French from Salamanca at tempt to pan by Bassos, and place themselves in the rear 41( Cuesta, with the view of occupying the attention cf a part of his army.....( Idern.) FROM TUE MAJIDURGII AND ALT ONA GAZETTES. VIZNKA, Ava. 17.---Thc Emperor Napoleon lsas again created several Nlarslials, as also Dukes of Wagram, Esslingen, &e. In consquenoe of the interruption of the corn. insajcitiots with Turkey, the price of cotton con. tinvally /lam burgh Correspoidcnten, ass,. 29.) Moisten, Avis. 19.. His Excellency the Duke f Dan(sic has marched with the first division of too Ilavariau army 40111 ilk: . I . yrol to S.►lsborg ...- (Ides.) DU6sELDIHIT, Ace.. 22.---A strong cordon of Custom-house °theta has bisen ustablislied from E ioilerick to Brenivii...-(/dem.) Avasstition, A 16.---It is still said with con. fidelice that the armistice is prolonged only for six. T THE STATESMAN. teen days ; this space of time being sufficient to conatnutticate the negociations to Russia. The hope of an approaching peace still exists. They write from Munich that the insurgents of the Tyrol still defend with obstinacy the defiles of Brenner; wounded arrive hourly at Inspruck. Scarcity begins to be felt in rho Tyrol, whither lateral hundred carriages laden with flour and wheat have been seta from Bavaria....(L'ilbeille du Nord, Aug. 15.) Nuarmautte, Auo. 17.... A report was circu. lated not long since, that England had been in. vited to take part in the negociations ; this news is confirmed. '1 he Emperor of Austria dispatched a Courier from Brun's, on the 20th of July, fur London. lii► dispatches have no other object thin that of engaging :he King of England to make peace. This courier passed through Nancy on the Bth of this month. The reports which retched us yesterday evening at the best ex. pectations....(k/em.) B t NILS or rite ELUE, AUG. 25.... With regard to the peace with Austria, nothing new has Iran. spired ; and reports on this subject continue as fluctuating and uncertain as ever. Letters from Berlin were received hereon the 211 inst. by a most respectable house, stating, that a very serious mis. understanding had broken out between Napoleon and Alexander, both with regard to Gallicia and Turkey, as well as to some other fresh encroach. meats which Bonaparte intends to inalCe upon the Continent. lie is said further to demand the ces. sion of all the territories which Prussia holds on her side of the River Oder, including Berlin, Stet. tin, &e. Prussia will, it is said, be indemnified for her new sacrifices, by the cession of Austrian Si. lesia. The same accounts add, that the greater part of the Prussian army has received orders to hold itself in readiness to march ; and in the first circles in Berlin, a more intimate connection between Russia and Prussia was also confidently talked of. The Warsaw article by this day's mails plainly shows. with what insolence and unbecoming hau teur the Gallic usurper treats the troops of the Emperor of Russia while in Catkin, and the very Polish General assumes a tone in speaking of Russia that savours more of protection than re pect for so great a Power. In all probability we shall ere long hear of a new series of most mo mentous political occurrcuccs on the Northern Continent. VIENNA, Aua. 12.—The negociations with Russia respecting the Porte have hitherto delayed the signing of peace; but %ell-informed persons unanimously assert that its chief conditions arc already definitively settled. In this manlier the news of the preliminaries of peace having been actually signed ought to be interpreted. The `French prisoners of war are now ex changed for Austrians, several transports of the latter, who were already on the march to France, are for this reason returning. On the 9th inst. died here, Geu. Vukuso. rich, of a mortal wonnd he received in the battle of Wagram, in the 51th year of his age. The Minister of State, Chatnpagny, went yesterday to the Castle of Alteaburgh, on tho ' frontiers of Hungary, where we learn the conk.' renew respecting peace are to be held. Instead of Count Stadion, Count Nletternich has taken upon himself the Department of Fo. reign Affairs, ad interim, with Count Cliampag ny, in the Castle of Altenburg. On the 3d inst. apprehensions were enter. tamed at Trieste. A squadron of 10 English men of war appeared in the morning. of that day, in sight of that port. Upon this the seven Russian ships of the line and frigates, in that port, went into the inner harbtnir, and delivered part of their .heavy guns to the French garrison, who planted them on the coast batteries. On account of the infernal invention of Congreve's rockets, all fears had not however disappeared.—(Correspondent.) The general rumour states that Bohemia will be cedrd to one of the Archdukes, with the title of a King, and this King will be Grand Duke of Wurtzburgh, eldest brother to the Emperor, who will then immediately join the Coufederation of the Rhine, as new King of- Bohemia. ImsenucK, Auo. 15.—Along the whole neigh bouring frontiers of the Tyrol general insurrec. tion unhappily prevails. Wounded men have been brought here from the environs of Ilindelang, five lemons south from Kempten. The notorious Chief, tinter, of Passayer, has had the audacity to reply to the order to appear in Inspruck by the 10:h of Aug. that he will come, but accont panied by ten thousand sharp.shooters. It is he who occupies the Brenner with a large force of vasants. The attempt to dislodge them from the pass of Burgh, not far front Steinach, has not succeeded. They depended, not so much on arms, as pieces of rock and beams of timber, which they hurl from the high mountains on both sides into the narrow valley. —(Correspondent.) Lisle tv, Auo. 16.—Tranquillity in the Vo. ralberg is yet very precarious. Front Bregenix to Feldkirch the inhabitants are indeed disarmed ; but in the mountainous districts of NI ontasun, and on Mount Alderberg, which lies between 'fyrol and Voralberg, the insurrection has broken out anew at the instigation of the Tyrolean:,—(Cur respondent.) eaertlons of the Magistrates sad asilitsty, the conflagration was stopped. FR 4NILFORT, AUG. 23.-Though the Viral. berg is completely occupied by French and Bars. rian troops, and the insurrection is utterly quelled I there, the same cannot be said of the Tyrol ; fur on the 13th ea attack was made by a considerable body of insurgents, who had been set at liberty before, in the course of which they lost 1000 men. On the other hand, Colonel Count de Arco was killed by a ball. The King of Wirtcmburgh has published in the Official Gazette of Stutgart, of the 16th instant, a IDecree of thefollowing tenor :—" As his Majesty has been pleased fur special reasons, to decree, that those who are guilty of speaking unbecuto. ingly of the high person of the King should be considered as mad, and therefore go unpunished ; ' it is nevertheless ordered, to prevent such persons frotn doing any mischief to society, that they shall be declared unfit to fill any public office." PARIS, Auc. s.—Au Imperial Decree con. cerning the establishment of French Custom. ' houses on the bunks of the Rhine, dated Schoen. brume, 18th of July, 1809, is to the following purport : 64 Art. 1. There shall be established a line of French Customhouses from Rees, on the right bank of the Rhine, to Bremen, passing through the Duchies of Cleves, Niue:Act., and Osnabrook. This line shall from Bremen cover the right bank of the Weser, and extend till it reach the line al. ready formed on the Elbe. 66 t!. Our Counsellor Director. General of the Customs shall carry this Decree into effect, and watch over the execution of the laws against English merchandise. " N A POLEON." MUNICH, Ace. IS.—The Duke of Danizic marched with the first division of the Bavarian army to Sterzing, in order to support the division of General Royer, who had met with some re. sistancc from the insurgents of the Pusterthal, in the mountains between Sterzing and Brizen. At the same time the 3d Bavarian division had eict with insuperable obstacles in the passes of the Oberintha, which the insurgents had blocked up. lu conscquence the Alarshal retreated over the Brenner from Steraing, and arrived un the 11th at Inspruck, where the whole corps was cantoised. The rebels drew near Inspruck, and they succeeded partly by threat., and partly by persuasion, in rousing the inhabitants of the neighbouring districts into rebellion ; so that the corps was on all sides cnv►runed and cut od from the rest of the country. On the 13th, a great body of the insurgents col. ledtsd round Inspruck, and commenced a general attack. The battle lasted till six in the evening, when the insurgents were compelled to abandon the field, leaving 1000 amoag the dead. The next day the insurgents remained dispersed at a consi. derablc distance from Inspruck ; and the column stationed at aattenberg attacked the enemy with success, and frustrated their design of possessing the bridge Over the Inn, by Rattenberg. The same day, the Duke sent Ins wounded which cuuld be mum!, to Hameln ; and marched with the first Bavarian sad French division of General Royer to Schwarz. He was followed on the 15th by Gomel Lkroi, who was to cover his retreat through the Upper Inn Thal. Dues eLPI, A uo. 12.—The day before yesterday we received intelligence that 350 men, being the corps of the Duke of Brunswick, bad passed the frontiers of Bohemia, and were in the neighbour. hood of Schandau ; on which 300 men were sent out against them from lionigstei`, and the same number from hence, who soon dispersed the baud, au,' took thirty prisoners, who have been brought hither. Issenucn, Ana. 7.—The following Ordcr of the Day has been published hcrc :-- SECOND DIVISION OF THE ARMY OF fERNA NT. " The Military Commission established at In. spruck has condemned to death John liaschhoch ler, schoolmaster, of the village of Werberg, and Nicolo Unterleeliner, inhabilant of the same vil. 'age, and also ordered their houses to be but ned, for having, at the head of an armed mob, attacked sic 'Alters, who were sent to Werberg by order of their officers, ill treated, and disarmed them ; which sentence was this day carried into execu tion." ROYAL. BAVARIAN ARMY. Sereoth Corps of the Army of Germnny. " Advice baying been received that Andrew ['toper, Captain of the rebels of Passaycr, dares to send emissaries about the country, who circu late false rumours to seduce the inhabitants to take up arms again, it is ordered, that every body who is found unprovided with a legal pass front his Magistrate, out of the limits of his ♦illage or its districts, shall be imprisoned, delivered up to a Military Commission, and executed in the space of 24 hours. The Bailiffs, Burgomasters, and Military Commandants are made personally no. ponsiblo for the execution of this order." Cana, AUG. 14.—A corps of French troops, which General Fiorella detached from Verona, under General Ayiner, to the Italian part of the Tyrol, has been engaged not far from Trent, where the road divides to Carinthia and Verona, with the Vuralberg insurgents, chiefly from the Pusterthal ; but the latter had such an advantage , ous position, near the pass of Clause!, that it be came impossible to dislodge them. It will at last be necessary to reduce those deluded wretches by famine. MUNICII, AUGUST 16.--.lii the night of Mon. day, the 14th inst. the corpse of Brigadier Maxi milian Count Vun Arco was brought here under escort, he having been killed by a shot through the head, on the 13th, in an engagement with the Tyrolean insurgents, near Schism. The King had entrusted him with the chief command of the vu. 'unwell. He received his wound when he rode to reconnoitre near the abbey. Ilia death causes ge. neral mourning, and the King hearing of the loss, shed tears. The Ist sad 2d legion of the national militia are now to be put ou foot. The third class, without the exception of rank or °lice, must then do military duty, and mount guard. A regiment of light Iparse, and some batta. lions of infantry, passing a bellow road near --- Sawmills Bud Scherat s suffered much from the stones and blocks the insurgents rolled down. The Commission from our Court remains still at Fischback, on the frontiers of Tyrol, to wait till the whole country has submitted. The communication from Atigsbur4h to I n . spruck is interrupted, as the Tyruleaus occupy Mount Swargen, being in great force. FILOM Tug MAIM, AUG. 18.—According t o private advices from Vienna, the French garrison there receive great reinforcements. From th e 14th to the IGth several French tumbrils and am. munition waggons passed the Inn, to join the French army. The VietsnaGazetic already inserts all the Sal fz. burgh articles under the head of kingdom of B a . 'aria. Arrived. Malls. Oar. 1 0 Waterford ......... ..... ... 4 0 0 • Lisboa 1 PRICE OF STOCKS TUN DAY AT ON E O'CLOCK; 3 perl:ent.Cow. 6N}} Each. Rills, Ss. u,.. prem. Na•y 99e6 India Roods, 235. 345. CoWol. for Acc....68}1 Lotter) Tickets, 211. 17s. ()minion I *prem. THE STATESMAN. riturostrl TENAZ. LOA' DON : FRIDAY ) SLPTEiIIER &. TUE contest in the Peninsula, together with the short.lised splendour of the WELLcsmays.—rhet Marquis—the Viscount-..and the other Brother, are at an end. The sole hope now seems to be that,of escape..--Tba vulgar organ of Ministers, The Morning Pod of this day, has (zre suppose by order) made the following humiliating codes. sion " The utter want of energy in the inferior agents of the " Supreme Junta, throughout the laiole wear of opereliong, " has, la Lord WscLaserces judgment, evince', the Wel " inexpediency of pursuing further operatiass to that part of " Spain." We are at a toss to conceive the ground of Lord WELLINGTON'S restriction of this inexpe diency to "that part of Spain ;" fur the want of energy in the "inferior agents" is stated to ex. tend "throughout the whole scene of operations." The plain English of this admission is simply, that there Is a majority of the people of the Pe ninsula in favoer of the hem l/sra•ity,. and the •bolition of the Inquisition. Lord WELLESLI r and the tirarsh Merchants at Caine may join as heartily, and as loudly, as they please, in drinking the health and deliverance. of " the Pope," with three—or eren three times three— but they may rest assured that the abolition of the Inquisition and of Feudal Rights, has dune more.t . or King Joseph in Spain, than all that the Supreme Junta, with the Marquis at their head, assisted by the heroic Viscirint of Talavera, will be able to effect against The only occurrence in history, which fur_ Dishes any thing approaching to a parallel with this memorable toast, drank (nu know nut whether given) by an English Ambassador—i the old story of the ceremony of trampling on th,, Cross by the Christian Dutch at JIM, fur per. mission to trade. Perhaps we have at leugllt adopted the policy of AeoLeon, who assumed She .I.lustalman's title of " 411 BON4PARTE" in Egypt. It lb to he !amen ted that the Cu ANCE ta.oa of the Excitanueu was not present, to join in tho pious wish for his Holiness's deliverance. As to Mr. CANNING, his memorable speech, in which he so happily alluded to the Bishop of ST. Anocao marching between the effigies of FEKUISAND the Seventh and our Lady of P11..1.11, leaves no doubt that he would have beau transported into att antithesis of rapture at such an opportunity of displaying his sincere abhorrence of the horrible principles of his predecessors. The conclusion of the confession in The Post runs thus : " The Supreme Junta bas been deceived by the most false " represeutatious assiitance never giwit ; and until that " Burly shall liar the useiuss of enforcing its on• unwise& " resolution►, it would be in vain to attempt measures which " u• ut, (ruin tie stature of things, depend much upon the " ***ordinate authoi dies fur success.- The dispatches which it may be prcsuincd contain this " Judgment of Lord !JILL:A - G. TON," were brought over in the Pickle brig, by Captain STEWART, after a passage of eleven da)s, from Lisbon. The Pheasant, of 18 guns, with dispatches from Spain, and a vessel from Gijon, hate also arrived ; so that we have intelligence (rein several quarters of the Peninsula.—With respect to the army of Lord IVELLINL.TON, ail that has transpired is, that he had retreated from Delehdosa to Truxillo, distant about '26 miles, without molestation, but under the must severe privations—the scarcity of provisions and of forage were extreme, and great numbers of harms had perished.—!''ruin Truxillo the road diverges in the directions of Portugal and of Cadiz—the deter. initiation of Lord IVr.i.i.istazosr is nut with cer. tainty known, but it is believed to be to retire upon Portugal, and private letters from Lisbon re. port the arrival of a part of the army at Elva', in a very exhausted state. The French do not ap. pear to have continued the pursuit much beyond the Tagus : their last operation is announced to be the capture of a part of the cannon and rear. guard of CuasTA, whose resignation is an. FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. VlLvva., At:G. 16.—The feast of the Emperor Napoleon was celebrated with the greatest pomp. In the morning there was a grand parade at Scho elibrunn, to which many of the inhabitants of Vienna repaired. At three o'clock, the Prince of Neufchatel, the Ministers, Marshals, &c. pro ne ird to the Niece of Duke Albert, of Saxony, which is inhabited by the Viceroy, from whence they proceeded with great solemnity to St. Ste. phen's Church, where the Archbishop of Vienna celebrated Te Deism. The orchestra consisted of 200 persons: afterwards was a grand dinner. In the evening there was a grand illumination. The whole took place without any accident or disturb ance; but the diy before, a workshop blew up, where fire-works were making, which killed and wounded a great number of patens; but by the - 1