The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-01 00:00:00

NAVAL 11TELLIGENCE. •-•••lNimi... Dc , Nov. 33.—A few nights slam thesloop Elisabeth, o f (perish laden with gunpowder, ow secoont of gn veroutent, got ou shore on the Goodwin iloodit. nod rechited coroitteruhle chanter : she afterwards Booted olf and soak.— Tae Cayt.nu and crew were all saved by a De4l-boat that weal of to her ussi.tance. esterday and this day sitk troops have been landed from his Majesty's skips Impeteux and Plantagenet, and received into the NavaHlospital at this place. In the Downs, Princess of Orange, San Domingo, Inspe ten:, Plantagenet, Vao;uard, Monmouth, Jasnn, Quebec, Bonne Citoyenne, Champion, Bermuda, Rosario, Cordelin, Echo, Apeiter, Porgey, Flying Fish, 1)111, and several transports aad outward-bound ships, S7'AT'EMENT o► TUIS DIiTRIBUTION o► TIM BRITISH NAVAL FORCE. ~.... ‘••• = .• :.• = :.. 22 i P P g • 3l B l3tllir:iG. - .:-: 0 -c 7! - 'S ; 2 4 : 7.;!--s: -•-• —— - V , ,'1" a .. f; •`f co 11.. 2. 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On Wednesday there was a Cabinet dinner Fit Mr, PERMS A 1..5, in D.awning.strect. The letters loom Sevilteanticipste theetacuation of Madrid by the French. The army of La Mancha has great confidence in its new Coalman ner. The cry of the soldiers was " Death, er to Madrid ; never more to the Sierra I" The ca. •Alry bnlongiiig to this army amounted to 7000; sell it ha!! 60 pieces of artillery. The force of the enemy at Toledo, and on the right. batik of the Tagus, was sayposed not to exceed 38,0l)0. Suet, was the distress for provisions at Barce lona. that a !wood of bread cost one dollar. Considerable apprehensions arc cutsataiactl for the safety of the Caroline frigate, hound from Jodie to Gieat Britain. She is suppoeed to have been captured. Captain SAYER is appointed to the command of the•Ledi frigate, at Deptford. It is expected that 11141 sqoadron on the Guern sey station will be considerably reinforced, on ac count of the number of the enemy's privateers that infest that part of the Channel. A large quantity of military clothing is shipped fur Cornnna, for the use of the. Spaniards ; as is also all kinds a stores for our army in Portugal. The four °dicers of the 13th Light Dragoons, arhose trial commenced yesterday, at Chelsea, are charged with insubordinatiou and improper con. duct, at HOORSIOW Barracks. A fifth, who was un actor in the same scene, made an apology. Mr. ANDERSON, a tenant of the Duke of Not. IP M !MICA% D, at New bera-hall, haring su tiered greatly by a flood in S..ptember last, the Duke's &vets represented' it to his Grace, is lio was pleased to order 8001. to be paid to him, in consi deratien of the losses he had sustained. Tne Sarpedon, convoying four transports, hav irg u t , board the troops belonging to the Duke of Biro sswick-Oti.s, amounting to about 1,600 toot, Arrived on the 22d at Guernsey (rota Ports mouth ; they were disembarked in the course of the day. The troops formed a motley groupe r c , oisisting of sharp-shooters, pikeitiem, cavalry, infantry, &c. in their various uniforms ; some with arms and accoutrements, others destitute of every military requisite, and their clothes very in. The letters from Gibe altar are politically units terestm4 ; although satisfactory to the commercial adventurer. 'Prude, which bad been intercepted, has resuned its former activity. A theatrical Lady, of some celebrity, is at pre sent in " durance vile," basing been arrested ?ur the tritling sum of 2001. to tho great reproa.:h of the present age of gallantry. The letters by tlio Lisbon Mail of yesterday reach to the 17th all. Lord WIELLINGT , ),/'S army consists of 32,000 British and Portuguese. (los- JUNI* were building its Portugal for the sick. Private letters from our fleet say, there is rca. son to suppose, that the French will speedily make another attempt to send a force from Tun. ion. The transports amounted to near 170, and s' me of them had troops on board, but most re turned on seeing our fleet. In coosequence of the immense number of for. g , A notes in eilculation of the Devonshire Banks, Air. KAY, Solicitor to the Bank of England, was lately sent into that county for the purpose of traciug the authors. After much 'trillions inquiry he at lesistli rucccedcd, on Monday last, in disco vering the whole of the plan. The proofs of the forgeries are brought home to some French pri soners of war, particularly to two of that (les t:6oon confined on board (hi Generea.r. The signature of Mr. MA esti ALL, one of the Propri. vtiirs of the Plymouth Duck Bank, was so Cur redly imitated, that when the note was resewtcd, lie decayed it was his signature, POILTUGURSE P4PERS. CADIZ, Nov. o.—The last Madrid Gazettes continue tii state that the Usurper, Joseph, will its a short time set out fur Victoria. There ate every day skirmishes between our parties and those of the roomy, who are superior in num bed ; the insurgents, however, always give full employment to the irresistible!. Tue division of Genii-al Ku•llerman is supposed to have effected an union with that of Marshal Trey, who has evacuated S.ilamatica, and retired to Toro. Their united force is computed to be 16;000 men. :he movements of General Blake indicate a speedy and decisive blow in Catalonia: the army. of La Mancha continues to advance. • . Nov. 7.—ln accounts of the 29th, it is stated, that on the 28th the enemy was at Daymiel, and were conducting their artillery to Carrion and Torrajva with much infantry and cavalry, leaving' in 'Ciudad Real only 300 horse ; and that our cavalry had arrived at Monzanares, leaving the in fantry and head-quarters in their rear. Accounts of the 30th state, that the enemy continues his retreat, and that it is probable that our army will advance immediately. In the army of Estramadnra nothing remark able has taken place ; it continues still to receive .einforcemetits, as well as that of our allies. It is hoped that a generrl plan of operations will be speedily eon-rated. - Thc combined armies of the Dike del Parquc, Meadezabal, and Ballesteros, not less formidable by their numbers than their discipline and valeta, are advancing rapidly against the divibions of Kel lerman and Ney, who, as has been already said, are supposed to hare united their forces. Gerona, notwithstanding the scarcity of provi. sions, gloriously persists in maintaining its de fence ; but according to the last accounts, on the authenticity of which we can with certainly rely, it appears, that, on the 19th ult. during an action between our army and that of the besiegers, which continued fur four successive hours, it teceived considerable succours. G.AI grant it may be so. Cottony , Nov. 3. —Tile celebrated Curate of Quintanilla entered this city last night, who with his party of WO infantry, and nearly as many horse, seized a mail from Madrid to France, after killing 43, and taking 11 of the enemy pri. goners. He has besides sent the Jones of Molina, in Arragoo, 28 waggons of muskets, taken from the French, 800 sabres of the manufacture of Toledo, and various other snide, takvn in the several onsets. This distinguished Patriot maintains, that every thing at Rioja, announces a complete state of in. surrection, notnithstanding the great scarcity of arms.—Our army of La Mancha advances with. out intericission on the enemy, and its ad►aoced guard has already entered Daymiel. THY. STATESMAN. consisting a 6000 men, being the most advanced of those troops that were aiding in the heroic defence of Gerona. On the 19th ► at mid.' day, the enemy advanced to "reconnoitre his po•i_ lion, and were driven back with loss. On the Oth, at day break, we attacked them, and by eight in the morning three of their intrenchments, from which they fired upon us, were destroyed. At one in the afternoon we wen engaged with 3000 French infantry and 200 cavalry ; but our troops received them with coolness, and drove them back completely beyond their intrenchments. Our loss consists of 24 killed and wounded, that of the enemy has been considerable, and we may say that they have received a severe check. Francisco' Sanchez,• commander of one of the divisions of the corps of volunteers of Ls Mancha, learning that at the pass Lapice, there vas. a de. tachment of French troops, advanced against it with his division on the 24th of October, and of the 19 enemies who were there, he killed some ► and made the rest prisoners. The Supreme Government has lately received very satisfactory information, reaching down to the 17th of Oct. of the brilliant progress which the patriotic insurrection is making in the Rioja, Navarre, Alain, and in the eastern confines of Castile. The Commanders of the divisions, An. gulo and Alonso, attacked the French in Birbies ea, and killed 11 of them ; the number of the wounded was unknown. A party of the French having set oat from Pancorvo to Burgos, con. ducting five carts loaded with muskets, and four barrels of gunpowder, the Commandant Salazar posted himself by_ the road, and made himself master of the whole convoy, taking several prisonen. The Commandant, Dr. Miguel Orrue, writes on the Bth October from .Maestii, that lie had resolved to attack the enemy, who were in galvatietrra (Province of Alaba). !liming arranged and drawn up his troop, he presented himself before daybreak at the gate a Logrono, which happened to he open, and having forced his in, he killed four Frenchmen, on which the Corn. mender, ' who appeared to be a Colonel, imme. diately surrendered himself, with 21 prisoners, anti 82 muskets. He has also killed three, and made four prisoners of a detachment which had issued from Victoria. - • NOTE EY THE EDITOR. OP THE LISBOV PAPER. " This imelligeitre does am agree, however, with that ' from Cadiz, according to whieit we learn that the envoy was mill at Darned. but it is eettainly more likely that at Cordova they should know the mob ements of air arnties better than at Cadiz. lam therefore inclined to give every credit to this law information, which (-oilcan with wher acelant, which I have from various quarters." VICII, OCT. 1 1.-..Wc are assured that three battalions of French infantry have left the vici. fifty of Gerona, on their way to France. There is no question that the cause must be very ur gent that has induced the enemy to recal those troops from a position where the enemy has so much neAl of reinforcement. TARANCORA, OCT. 18.—A party of Spanish pikernen arrived to-day at this city from Cuenca, and this evening or to-morrow morning a greater number are still expected. Between Almonaid and Mondegor 117 French infantry, with /4 ca valry, were surprised by a nnmcrous party Irvin Empreimido, and engaged for more than three hours, when several of the French were killed, land the rest taken prisoners. Couriers have arrived at Madrid from Santander, Victoria, Burgos, and Itiesja, which has occasion. ed much disquietude to the partisans and suppor ters of the French. According to letters from Ycvenas and Tulelu, Nlarshal Victor has lissom. bled in that neighbourhood 30,000 men. The Officers of the 'l' ribunals of Police, established by the usurped Government at Burgos and Victoria, have arrived at Madrid. Gmeral Sebastiiii is still in that capital : it is said, that he is to set out for France, and that his corps, being the fourth division of the army, will be joined to that of Marshal Victor. According to reports brought by an inhabitant of this place, who has just arrived from Ocattha, lit Is stated that the advanced guard of the French cavalry, from sonic miienderstanding, continued to fire a considerable time upon,each other, and had. a number killed. In consequence of this alarm, the troops that were at Ocaul►a and Aran. juts, have abandoned those places. CIUD I.D Itoonmo, OCT. 30.—Our army conti. nnes at Salamanca. Last night 200 dragoons ar. rived here from Cacere‘, and soon afterwaills more came in. It is certain that General Ger.•ias has had two succosful actions with the French infantry from Astorga, and that the latter lust 500 men of the 1500 that were engaged. SIKULLA I Nov. 2.—According t.) accounts received from 1.1 Mancha, the enemy is retreating to Toledo, leaving stime detachments in Ciudad Real, Carrion, and Torralva : notwithstanding this, their licad-qaurteni were at Daymiel ; but it is certain that some regiments are retiring by Mora, and we arc assneed they intend to unite at Toledo, and that they have demanded daily rations from the neighbouring villages. (Later informa tion confirms this account of the retreat of the French.) According to a letter from Talavera, the enemy is uniting in the villages adjoining the Tagus the few forces which he has there. SEVILLE, Nov. 2.—'4%C have seen with satis faction a letter from a very intelligent person, dated the '2lst October, from the heights of Brun.: nolas, which is only a short league from Gerona. The following in an extract from it : " On the 18th of October, 'General Loigorri encamped on those heights with the division under his commando FASHIONS FUR DECEMBER. For the out-door costume, mantles and pelisses arc a mode of dress yet unrivalled. They arc often cNonstructed of rich double-twilled sarsnet, or velvet ; hut Merino cloth holds a decided pre eminence. The favourite colour, royal or biAtip's ,purple, lined with white or marigold sarsoiet ; they arc made to fit tight to the figure, wrap ping over the bosom, and buttoning down (,n the right side, with small raised silk buttons, confined to the waist (which is long) by a band and buckle. To give breadth over the bosom and back (now considered as indispelsable), the arm.hole is cut so Small as nearly Weirdos& the cal, of the shoulder; and to increase this effect, is placed a half sleeve (very shallow) over the lung sleeve, trimmed the same as the pelisse. Figarol binding; uf. v civet, in a wave pattern, are rifest in esteem. Gold is be coming rather too general. French coats in scarlet, Spanish green, purple, or brown cloth, with high full collars,' broochcd at the throat, falling in the style of a rube, but confined to the waist behind ,by a silk cord or tassel, brought round to tie before ; the edges wrought in shaded olive brown chenille, or re lieved with swansdown ; worn over a high dress of the same materials, are ass elegant and grace ful walking-dress. The Tunic, or Turkish coat, with long full hanging sleeves lined with fur, sufficiently wide to admit both hands, thus sup plying the place of a muff, is another novelty. Hats and bonnets are variously constructed af. ter the Turkish, Spanish, or Grecian manner. Riding hats in black beaver, with rather a broad ribband tied in a small bow before; or in the Spanish form with two small Rat ostrich feathers, are of the newest and most fashionable adoption. Straws are a good deal worn, either variegated or embroidered in coloured chenille; we have seen several iii black chip, ornamented sr?th pink, or urauge feathers, tipped with black ; the form by no It cans absolute, bat to be adapted to the figure and features of the wearer. Morning dresses have undergone. some little variation since our last communications. The Frearlt robe trimmed with a full border of India muslin in small plaits, , or hound with ribband, confined to thu waist behind by a corded ribband sash, finished with tassels ; to be worn over a complete high dress ; the robe being intended to fall back without a collar, hanging .grace fully oric the shoulders, is of the latest fashion. The slecv.•s are made to fasten at the wrist with CAICJI ur curneliau buttons. Tho corded cambric is the favourite article iu their coo. struction. For dinner or afternoon dresses, nearly the same fashion prevails. Tile gowns arc still cot square in the back, and on the bosom, rather lower as well before as behind : the shoulders sowething more exposed. Gy top bands and buckles confine the waist. In this class I,l * attire, Queen's stuffs are considered the most fashionable. Lustres, poplins, imperial, and other boutbaseens, are also moth worn, ornamented with a very narrow gold braiding. The colours, orange, scarlet, cinna. mon, marigold, and bishop's blue. White dresses of a transparent texture, have a very good ef fect, ashen worn with a French coat, wide of either of the above materials, and supplies the place of the Roman mantle,' scarf, or tippet of swansdown, which would be otherwise iudis. !tensible. The Grecian sandal, in the form of • half. boot, cut out on well side the lace holes, display. ing the stocking, made of white kit, bound, laced, and embroidered in silver, is a very ;race_ fill ornament for the foot and ankle. White figured silk shoes colailied with purple satiu, embroidered in silver, are of the newest in vention. The prevailing colours for the season are orange, marigold, scarlet, aurora, deem:nun, bishop's purple, and amber. L4W INTELLIGENCE. -.1., • COURT OF /MOT BENCIL 774 _ .......... . Thursday, Nov. 30. ~ Sittings before Lord Eas.cNnostoroat At Glad. hall, London. 31111112 V. Intel' AND ANOThrelt. Mr. Pau s e stated, that the Plaintiff was an attorney of this Court, and the Defendants were charged as the drawers of a promissory note.— lie understood there was some dispute as between the Defendants and Edward Ward and Thomas Ward, Kirby and Wallis ; and that it was alleged that the original consideration fur this note has illegal; but that could nut affect the Plaintiff, un. Ices it could by shown that he knew the cunsideta. tiers for this note was illegal ; ler he was the ton.' fide holder of it, for a valuable consider. ation, and the Plaintiff certainly did not know the consitieration to be illegal. lie was an Attor. ney, Ole had done considerable business in hit profceston fur Messrs. Ward, fur. which his bill amounted to a considerable sum ; they were in eosse..ion of this note, which was drawn at twenty-one months, a thing, which undoubtedly was not common in the way of trade; this note was given to Mr. Birkit, by Messrs. Ward, in part paynient of his demand, but when he had the a ;le it hid only four months to run when it was offered to the Plaintiff, lie observed to Messrs. Ward it had a considerable time to run ; they said 46 yes," but that they had taken it for an old debt, upon which the Plaintiff naturally took the note, nut chusing to offend his client by refusing. There was no possibility of bringing home any knowledge to the Plaintiff of any illegality of the consideration for which this note was given by ' the Defendants to Messrs. Weed, and therefore, ho must be entitled to recover upon it, however Messrs. Ward themselves might have been unable to do so. had they been the Plaintiffs in this ac. lion. Mr. 13irkit was the holder of the note for a valuable consideration, and he had no knowledge of any illegality in the considera tion for which it was given, and that was enough 1 for him. lye could shew that the Plaintiff, Mr. ! Birkit, hail done a great lva! of business for Mears. IVerd, of whom he had received this note in part of payment, but that would be hardly necessary until the legality of the note was impeached. I Benjamin Cressthwaite said he knew the De.. fenclant; proved the note to be of the leand-wri. ling of the Defendant, and that it was indorsed ! by Messrs. Ward ; was present when the note I was given by Messrs. Ward to the Plaintiff, who ! had done much !tipsiness for them as attorney. 1 Messrs. Ward had paid Mr. Birkit several sums of money before that time oe account of his • having done business fur the partnershie. . 1 Cross-examined by the Attorney-General. The witness said that thePlaintiti had been attorney fur Messrs. Ward two or three years before that time. 111 was then their only attorney. The note beine read, was as follows :—" Lou. don, 10th August, 11307: 21 mouths after date I promise to ;ray so E. end T. Went, or order, 1681. 7s. fur value received. Sigucd by Mr. Kirby, and 1.... and T. Ward." Jelin Bebb, clerk to Mr. Birkit, proved that Mr. 13irkit, the Plaintiff, had done business as an attorney fur Messrs.- Ward so fir back as the year 1806, and that his bill upon them amounted to between 3001. and 4001. • The Arroasee-Gem LIAL said, he believed that . with the materials • with which he was at present furnished, he should bring the case to a couclu. idol', which would entitle him to a verdict. It was justly stated by his Learned Friend Mr. Park, that except in certain cases, provided fur by the ( Act, when a DWI sends a bill, or any other luxe ' viable security for the payment of money, into the world, he cannot object to the payment of it, when in the hands of a person who has given vas Inc for it, un :lie ground that there was an illegal consideration for it, unless he can prove that holder to have had full knowledge of that illegal consi. deration, although be might avail himself of that objection, as against the person to whom that in. I strument was originally given. But if be could I prove the holder to have knowledge of the illegal consideration at :rte time of his taking the instru. menu, then the original vice in the instrument would be an answer to the holder as well as to the person to whom the instrument was originally given. The case was this :—Kirby and Walks, in the year 1807, had been unfortunate ; they i were unable to pay the whole of their debts, but ' their creditors were so well satisfied with their conduct, that they agreed to take a composition of about thirteen shillings in the pound in satis. 1 faction of their claim,. All the creditors did this, eacppt Messrs. Ward ; they had nu objection to the other creditors taking the compost ion, but had an objection to their claim being included in it ; they thought, however, they might find it difficult to enforce the payment of the whole of their demand, and that it was more expedient fur them to appear to assent to the composition with the rest of the creditors, and therefore they agreed to sign the deed of cerniersition, and se to re. tease Messrs. Kirby and Wallis apparently, but they insisted on securing to themselvtl the differ. encc between the amount of their debt, and that of the composition ; and, to induce Messrs. Kir. by and Wallis to give this note, they offered to give'tweuty-ime months time for the eayment of it; which, from the pressure of their circum. stances, and dreading that the effect of their re.. fusal•might be that of preventing all the rest of their creditors from assenting, and m:ght lead to their insisting upon payment of the whole of their demand, Messrs: Kirby and Wallis were induced to sign it. Thus, then, this note %as at fraud upon the rest of tie creditors, and Messrs. Ward could never enrolee pat ment of it in any Co e d o f Justice; nor e :uld Mr. Birkit either, if lie knew that this wis the consideration for it. Thal he had that knee 1. dee lie maintained tie be clear, since he was etterney for Messrs.. Ward before, and at the very eeried when he toek this note of them ; :i.‘. h r reetended that this was corral*. i stet! by Mr. Bit ki.'s answer 49 a bill filed against him in Chancery, ua account of this trail:tractive. I rIIMP - I