The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-06 00:00:00

w.th a strong tone of voice, that he did not care a Lathing for the sentence, as he would die innocent, and kept up the same tenor of conduct, and assertions of his innoroure,even to his brothers ; he, however. acknnn 'edged to the. Sheriff; a‘totit eleven o'clock on Weilnegtley night, that he 'lad been at the murder, and was about ten yards off when it oc orred. On 1 hominy lost, this unhappy man paid the forfeit at tached to his crime; he appeared on the sealfuld in front of toe gaul, shout twenty minutes before two o'clock; and of ter addressing a few words to the assembled multitude, stat ing in :tabs.:ince, that he was about to suffer justly, and That qnarrelling haul brought him to his untimely end; he knelt down in prayer with the Catholic Clergyman who at tended him, and after ten or twelve minutes spent with ap parent fervour in his ilevoticioal exercises, he arose and qiind erect : and when the Clergyman retired, pulled the can over his face, nit!) apparent firinnessand self-possession; :end a short time after the fatal drop fell; when, from his great weight, the rope broke, and the miserable wretch fell, upwards of twenty feet, on the ground ; he alighted on his feet, and from his hands being pi nioned immediately fell hack, and by the surrounding spec tanors it was hoped he was either dead or senseless. The soldiers, with rapid humanity, immediately carried him in sirle gaol gale, and we are informed, that in a few mi nutes he sat upright npou his own coffin, and asked for a draught of water. After a period of nearly an hour and a half had elapsed, lie walked up the stars leading to the platform ; he was bronght out again; knelt down with the 4 lergyman with apparent-firmness; and, as stated by those immediately beside him, appeared as much, or more afraid 'of a second fall, than of his approaching dissolution. lie was lenched into eternity at a quarter past three, and the sensation excited by the first fall sent a rumour through the assembled multitude with the quickness of lightning, and through every part of the town, that the rope had broken a second time, which, fortnnately, was not correct. After banging the usual time, the body was cut down, per anant to the sentence, and taken to the Infirmary, escorted by a party of the 77th Regiment, who attended as guard during the execution. GOth, among whom is an officer ; and 32 wounded, viz. 7 of the 16th. 21 of the tiOth, and 1 of the artillery, 4' Baron d'Eroles, on his side, advanced upon Calaf, where he surprised the enemy. That town, according to his report the day before, was occupied by 500 men. Those who could get out were overtaken, and partly destroyed, or picked up by one of our detachments of 20 horse belonging to the lath Chasseurs, and by some officers and orderly men of the Staff of the Spanish division. In the end, 20b prisoners were taken here, among whom are 23 officers.— ' The loss of the Spanish Royalists was two killed (one of them an officer), and II wounded. " The Baron remains at Calaf, "hick he occupies. I shall acquaint your Excellency with our further movements, and have the honour to add a list of the offi:ers, subalterns, and privates,who have distinguished themselves. 44 1 have the hono'ir to be, &c. " Marshal MoNcev." (Here follows the list above mentioned.) The Journal (lea Debuts gives the following intelligence, under the head of Madrid, July 29 : " The Hoke of A nemulerue set off at two this morning for Seville. The corps of troops which preceded hint marched yesterday morning. The Cuirassiers of the Guard remain in garrison here." MAi ♦RR. DUB. 1 I.... Dublin 0 I....Waterforl 0 0.... G &Jersey 0 0....1J5b0n 0 o....Gottenhurg 9 LS. ♦RR. DUI. 0.... Holland 0 0.... Hombre I 0.... France 0 0 ...Flanders 0 0. .. . M alta . .0 FRENCH PAPERS. Paris papers of Sunday have arrived s'nce our last. The Noniteur of that day contains in its official part the fol lowing BULLETIN. "ARMY OF TIIE PYRENEES.—FotynTii CORPS. " REPORT OF THE DUKE OF CORNEOLIANO TO THE MINIS- TER OP *AR. 4 ' YCVILADA, July 26. " As 1 hall the honour to announce to your Excellency, I marched upon the enemy at Ygualada; a column following the new ro id by Esparagaera, Bruch, and Castel-01i ; other column following the old road by Mauptela Piers Capelladas, whence, taking the direction of 31onbuy, it covered the road of Santa Colons, and threatened the rear of the enemy at Ygualada.-1 had at the same time invited Baron d'Eroles, leaving the option to him, to march upon Calaf, which the enemy occupied. " On the 24th our recoonoissances, advanced from Brach to beyond Castel-Ali, bad seen the enemy posted before Ygualada. All the information collected hail announced the day before that &Manahan left Ygnalada with a column of 4,000 men, proceeding towards Santa Colona, and that only 2,000 or 3,000 men remained at Ygualada. As the blockade of Barcelona necessarily claimed our chief atten tion, 1 thought proper to detach from my column on the left the lehlt regiment under General Achard, and push it on the 25th for Piera to Saint Sailunre, in order that if 511- lans, after having stolen a couple of marches upon us, should proceed against the troops of the blockade in concert with those in Barcelona, he might be taken in flank and rear by by General Achard. " Ott the saute day the column on the left, under General Mongardi, being now composed of only the Ist Light regi ment and three squadrons taken from the 6th Hussars, the 19th and 23d Chasseurs, advanced to filonbay. It did not meet with the enemy. That on the right, commanded by General Tromelin, composed of the 16th and 60th of the line, the 6th Chassears, and a brigade of artillery, advanced towards Ygualada. We did not find the enemy there : he had evacuated that town in the night. Milans, who had rot made any of the presumed detachments, hail departed the evening before, with the mass of his troops, leaving only 1,200 or 1.500 to cover his retreat, which we learned w as directed to Cervera. "'The authorities of Ygualada bad followed 31ilans, and it was necessary immediately to establish others. Lieute nant General Sarstield, who marches with tie, took this trout- Ale on himself. While our troops were taking their posi tions, reconnoissances were sent ont. They found the rue my's ont-posts at Saint-Gedis, in front of the fatuous posi- ' lion of lorba. General Tromelin went himself, with the 16th regt , the 6th Chaitsenrs. and 2 pieces of artillery. positively to reconnoitre the enemy's position. I hail recommended to avoid any engagement with him. " A few instants after, 1 mounted my horse to recon noitre the enemy myself. He had been alrehtly thrown back from the positions of St. Denis to those of lorba, where it was not my intention to attack him in front. " General Trotuelin having stopped there the movements of the reconnoissance, its retreat was effecting when I learn ed that a detatehment of about 150 men, commanded by a superior officer, having gone too far, was dangerously en gaged with the enemy. I made the troops immediately face about, and sent orders to two battalions of the promptly to support the 6th regiment. %Viten I arrived to near lorba, I found this detachment making its retreat, par sued by the enemy. M.de Sparre, chief of a squadron, and one of my or derly officers, preceded his detachment on foot, having been wounded by a ball in the thigh. After receiving some details from him, 1 perceived the importance of the moment, and making the 16th follow me close, 1 made the detach ment turn to the right, anti, without losing an instant; re sume the position which it had just quitted ; and lastly caused that of lorba to be attacked. We found the one my there with the greater part of his troops, commanded by Milans. "The position was vigorously attacked anti vigorously defended. The arrival of the two battalions of the 60th a little after the commencement of the attack decided the success of it, and forced the enemy to abandon the position of lorba, the eminence behind lorba; the position which commands it, and lastly, the summits of the left bank of the Noya, between loam and the Altar del Guancho. " I bad also sent for the Ist light regiment, but 1 had not occasion to employ it, as the enemy was already re treating when it came up. " Some shells thrown opportnnely from the village of Labs, and under the eyes of General forge, commander in chief of an artillery, produced the happiest effect. " The enemy being thus driven from all his positions, was forced to retreat. •• The conduct of the 16th (Colonel d'Alvymare), and of tbe6otb (Colonel d'User), was admirable ; and that of Ge neral Tromelin, commanding this brigade, deserves the bigheat praise. 1 have bad occasion to see oar old soldiers, Tight : our young soldiers have equalled them in valour and perseverance. Their discipline was the more remarkable, as the enemy. in numbers superior to ours, valiantly de fended Ida positions ; and the successive attacks 'lasted about three hours, without any interruption of a well-sup ported fire. " We occupy these positions, and the enemy has directed his retreat by towards Cervera. It is affirmed, that bis loss is pretty considerable, and that he had many wounded. " Our loss is 5 killed, one of the lath, and four of the .:,.. ~ 11 ...~ WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 6, 1823. STOCK EXCHANGE, 12 o'CLocn.—Consols opened this morning at S2L, but in consequence of some extensive pur chases, they rode to at which prlei• they remain steady. An Express has arrived from Paris, bringing the French Funds at 91f. Pc. They had been done as high as 92f. 10c.; but owing to a great Dear failure, they lowered to the former price. The report at Paris of the cause of the Duke d'Angoulente's depatture for Se ville, was his desire to rid himself of the Regency of Madrid, in the pending negotiation with the Cortes; as it was known that the Cortes would not negotiate if the Re gency interfered. A report was circulated, of a Massacre at Madrid, but it is void of credit. Foariox rusos.—Spanish Bonds opened at 33 to j, at which price they reinaiu.—French Scrip li r a—Russia 631—Danish nothing done.—in other fo reign securities doing. We have received this morning Lisbon papers to the 20th, and Bayonne papers to the 30th ult. The Lisboa Gazette of the 15t1t contains a circular addressed by the Minister of the Marine to the several Governors of the Colonies, acquainting them with " the happy events" that had occurred in Portugal; and after a long preamble and a brief statement of events, it declares his Majesty's intention of giving the nation a Representative Government. and ex herts the Governors to take the most prudent measures to secure the union of the Colonies with Portugal. The Gazette of the Itith, quotiog an article from the Cadiz papers, respecting the treatment of the English steam boat, the St. George, by the French squadron before Cadiz, added an observation, " that this vessel had landed 20,000 stand of arms at Corunna, and had an equal number on board for Cadiz, which was publicly related in Lisbon by the passengers themselves." In answer to this, the Ga zette of the has a letter from Sir John Milley Doyle, in reference to the above paragraph, stating that the conduct of the French Admiral, commanding the squadron block ailing Cadiz, towards his steam boat, was in all respects honourable and polite; but he complains of the paren thesis at the el d of the article, and is obliged most expli citly to declare that it is false. The Royal Ceorge, he says " had not a single stand of arms for either of the ports mentioned; not having taken any arms whatever, on board, nor was any proposal to this effect made before it left England, which would bare been refused, if it had been made : the motive of the owner being to take passengers i only, and to benefit the countries to which be was allowed to navigate ; refraining as far as human prudence can do from giving cause to displeasure, or interfering with the respective Governments ; and, above all, studying to avoid any thing that might be considered as of a political nature." 1;. The Gazette of tbe 19th, contains fourteen decrees of HIS Majesty; the first three dismiss certain persons, about 30, from certain offices; the other announce appointments to various situations. A Portuguese brig from Pernambuco, in thirty-eight days, brings news that all was quiet there, and that the rivalry between the Europeans and Brazilians had ceased. A vessel in fifty-one days from Maranharn, brings word that all was quiet there, and nothing new had occurred. The Bayonne papers state the receipt of letters from Ma drid. Some of them contain long and new particulars of the fire which took place, and of the measures adopted by the Regency to discover the authors. The damage is esti mated at between 3 and 4,00000 francs. The policy of the Regency appears to have undergone a considerable change. It now, it is said, issues decrees which are very conciliatory. It has just ordered all refugees at Madrid, even certain ecclesiastics, to leave that city within 48 hours. Notwithstanding, however, its invitation to form corps of Ro)al Volunteers, only sixteen men have yet offered thesselves, and those belong to the public offices. The Pope's Nuncio arrived at Madrid on the 24th. It may be apprehended that the arrival of such an Ambassador, will tend still (hillier to strengthen the party of the priests. The Manolos (rabble of Madrid) have addressed a petition to the Prince. It is signed by 3,000 of them, who complain that the French gene d' armes hinder them 'from meeting in the streets, as they were used to do, to take pert, as they say, in affairs which interest the King end the Regency. The real motive of these petitioners is, that they are hindered from arresting and conducting before the tribu nals the Liberals who displease them. The Prince, it Is added, has a just sense of the wish, and of the fatal consequences which would arise for complying with it. The departure of the Prince for Seville occasioned, it ap pears, much speculation at Bayonne, as the troops he would take with him would not be so considerable an addition to the force of Generals Bourdesoulle and Bourmont. as would enable them to attempt any thing extraordinary. As speci mens of public opinion upon this point at Bayonne, we sub join the following extracts from the papers : it is reported, but by no means certain, that the Prince is going to Cadiz, that is to say, to the neighbourhood, to confer with an English diplomatic character, with a view to make an arrangement which shall be agreeable to all parties; such ata atrangeseatis, we fear, impossible, and the Cortes will not accede to any. Another reason assigned for the Prince's de parture is, the necessity of taking possession of the defiles of the Sierra Morena before Ballasteros occupies them. Wagers ere laid here,that if the Prince quits Madrid,it will be to return to France ; and, In confirmation of this, a report is circulated that Marshal Lauriston is going to fix his head-quarters at Ma drid, and that the troops of the sth corps will accompany the Marshal to Madrid, and the siege of Pampeluna be deferred. A letter from Madrid, brought by express, positively states the departureof the Prince, and of the whole of the head quarters, the Bureaus, &c. on the 48th, in the morning early; but there are some who maintain that he will embark at Se- Ole, go on board a French frigate at the Month of the Gus dalquiver, and come to Rochefort, where the Princess will re. ceive We have received, what is called a report of Marshal Moncey to the French Minister of War. This Marshal is old, and may naturally be expected to be garrulous; but we never remember to have met with such a military com mentary on the title of the comedy of "Much ado about Nothing" before. After a minute description of routes and positions, which appear to have been made and taken with uncommon sagacity, under the idea that Maeda would only steal a couple of marches upon them ; we are told that the French army advanced to Monbuy, where " it did not meet ‘• with the enemy." Then it advanced towards Ygualadat' and it "did find the enemy there." Milan. bad left it the night before; and we are inclined to think the praden Marshal knew this before he sent his troops forward. Mis lane, " who had not been civil enough to make any of the " presumed detachments," bad been followed by " the Am. " thorities." It was therefore necessary to establish °there and the deserter Saarfield, who marches with ;')e French army, "took this trouble upon himself," ass more agreeable one, we suppose, than that of fighting his countrymen. The Marshal then says, "while oar troops were taking a position, N reconnoissances were sent out." Very cautious, indeed, to take up a position before the enemy was found ; bu t th French Marshal seems prudence personified, for after having found " the enemy's out-posts, instead of attack " lug them at once, he sent General Tromelin 4 with two regiments, and two pieces of artillery, "positively to recon " noitre the enemy's position ;" but with the special recom. mend ation to " avoid any engagement with him." Nei, satisfied with General Tromelin's abilities as a reconnoi. tring officer, the Marshal mounted his horse, and went ta reconnoitre himself. The reader then begins to expect some thing serious, as the old proverb recurs to his memo ry, "if you want your work done, go ; if not, send." lief , the Marshal is in no such hurry to fight. It was not his intention to attack the Spanish General in front. Proba bly be was peeping about the lines in hopes of finding a detachment asleep. But he was wofully disappointed. Soddenly General Tromelin stops .the movement of the reconnoissance. It had gone " too far," and was "des " gerously engaged with the enemy ;" and when the Mar. shat arrived near Jorba, he found his reconnoitring paty " making its retreat, and pursued by the enemy!" Then comes the tug of war. The Marshal, finding there was no escaping a skirmish, orders an attack, which he describes very minutely, and tells us that it was successful in causing Milan. " to abandon the position of Jorba, the eminence " behind Jorba, the position which commanded the ent " nence behind Jorba; and lastly, the summits of the left " bank of the Noya,between Jorba, and the Altar del Goan " cho ;" in all, perhaps,la distance of half a dozen miles, in the line of his intended route. The Marshal here says, " I bad I " sent for the Ist Light Regiment, but I had not occasion to " employ it, as the enemy was already retreating when it " came up." Now, to us, this seems a reason why it should have been employed. Light regiments are adapted to pursuit; and when the Spaniards were retreating, why did not the French follow them ? Was there more danger than the Ist Light Regiment dared to encounter? The balled'', after describing the happy effects of some shells, wisely informs us, that " the enemy being Mus driven' " from all his positions, was found to retreat!" Thew comes the usual marvelously small loss of the French.' They tell us " the enemy, superior in numbers, valiantly defended his positions; and the successive attacks lasted above three hours, without any interruption of a " well supported fire ;" and, yet, " the French had only five killed, and 32 wounded !"—not much more mischief than has happened from the accidental overturning of a well-loaded stage coach. If the French have lost the art of fighting battles, it must be allowed, that of bulletin writing flourishes at their headquarters. This single report occupies almost as much space as the report of the march of Napoleon from Paris to Austerlitz :—and, as if to shame the French troops the more, it finishes_ with' de• . • tailing some trifling success in & pia of the Bandit Chief of the Faith, Baron d'Eroles. A more contempti ble document never received the signature of a military officer; and we are quite satisfied that Spain will never be conquered by such loquacious boasters as these bulletin-mongers. Hit be true that Mi lane has superior, or even equal forces, we should rather ex pect to hear of the capture of bloncey, than the defeat of the Spanish officer. Our Bourbon-scribe amused us mightily this morning, with a piece of intelligence which the cunning rogue no doubt intended should stance us to the quick;for in the very outset of his observations, he puts it down that" it appears "that Corunna was upon the point of surrendering to the " French." We never pay the least regard to what this writer says, without recurring to what authority he can af ford to give; and as this assertion followed the notice of the receipt of some French papers, we turned to his quo tations, and there we found that a vessel which left Comma on the of June, "brings intelligence that the French " were only two leagues from the city, and which they " mast have entered in the course of that day." The captain had a letter in his pocket which confirmed the re ports ; and adds, that the people of Corunna were perfect. ly'well disposed towards the French. What a despicable tribkstei our Ultra here makes himself appear. He knows that the French were repulsed before the walls of Corunna Iwo days after the date of this report, which expected they would enter on the 13th ult. He is aware that on the 0 - 4 A. ult. Comma was net taken, nor likely to be so ; and yet he gives this new version of French hope which he knows had no other foundation but a presumption which has been al ready chastised. As the prospects of the Spaniards become brighter, they must expect to be assailed with the more abuse by those who cannot bear the idea of their triumph over greater appa rent odds than everwere arrayed on one side of a national dis pute. The hopes of the French of being able to restore a despotism being rather clonded,they offer to be contented with something resembling what is called the British Constitu tion ; but, if the Spaniards are wise, they will listen to no compromise, nor even to any parley upon terms, while the French remain in Spain. If they do, they will be betrayed. The French only want to get the Cortes in their power, and the name of the King to sanction their invasion. What they think of the Cortes, and bow they Would treat them, may be gathered from the audacious language of the Ncie Time:, their almost solitary coadjutor here. The Editor of that print, as if in impious mockery of all tenth and reason. asserts that the old Governmtnt of Spain, with the Inquisi tion and &tithe horrors °fa bloody and relentless despotism . was not a tenth part so execrable. or a tenth part so tyran. nical, as that of the self-electel " Cortes." This is such a sheer and palpable falsehood, that the writer of it only deserves the score and the detestation of ail who can appre ciate the fact. This scribbler may detest the Spanish Constitution, because be le the sworn friend of every despotic principle ; and his hatred of freedom is embittered by the remembrance that he is an apostate and a renegade from his cause. Its triumph is his poison ; and hence he slavers his frothy rage over every appearance of its probable success. That any should have been found in Britain to continua the cold, blooded policy of the Ministers, and assist the gallarit Spaniards in the defence of their rights agains the invasion of a French banditti, provokes him to madness. No British heart was neutral on this question ;--and though we think that Spain could and would have saved herself, yet are we truly proud to know that she has been assisted with the means of our countrymen ; and that we can justly claim for them a share in the defence of Co , MOMS. The German Diet in pursuing its labours to extinguish the freedom of the press, and to eradicate all the contempt for a certain species of established authority, waich is certain to be entertained for it, where freedom of enquiry is permitted. Vigorous measures are recommended by all the German States, to bind over pamphlets and news. papers to their good behaviour; and as the preveation of publication is declared to be of more consequence time after punishment, a total prohibition may shortly take place of what it will be found impossible to regulate. The Press cannotexist long in fetters. It will either break them; or it mast be crushed itself. It may therefore happen, that while our Missionaries and Bible Societies are endeavour ing to intredace the Press into the despotic regions of the Bast, it may be proscribed in Europe, where the world is -,eo very enlightened already, that the kingly keepers will not suffer another ray to be admitted, if they can avoid it. Meantime the cry for the promisedConstitntions perplexes the Sovereigns extremely. Those Monarchs who made such pro mises to induce their subjects to take arms against lispoieue, do not like to beep them—and the German Diet has found a very easy method of reconciling the sanctity of a pledge with the evasion of it, by stating that Kings are not to be limited by any such plebeian matter as time, with regard to the fulfilment of their promises; ana that the people are to wait until their Royal Masters think proper to grant them such a favour as to keep their words ! This doctrine will do well enough while the military are ready to cat down alleeditious remonstrance ; but this is a progressive world, a 11 soldiers do become enlightened; and if it is slower than w. other people, they are more prompt ititarT log their knowledge into effect.—lf it were possible that des potism were to be more firmly established on the Continent than it is at present, still the military, on whom it depend% would overturn it at last. 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