The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-24 00:00:00

• . _ .-.......---;... - - ------- - - ,-.... • ---- - . , . - • —.-- - • six roan& per min; tie isfien wo.sads, I believe, ate act ttangrripas. . L . • 6. The town and field of batik, at this leouoPet, preen!** most dreadful .ci•OQypa caa lasagna.: some .4 the sraiwilml have rem3lned ttr6 der% istriril, for Rant of medical maid- Hne..—iu s :: numbers. who redid sits be carried of le time, have been buret ; thix was iscamioned, by the eseitylp the*, whirl, se! tire to ewers field that had the least herbage *bat verdure dnerappear bat tisisillide bribe year quite pirefte'd, and enn4equentl7 setti ire tae their poaches wed Mow* t.ien up. This ar not be helped—. so.netitnei n hole 111 ids " " lire at sore, which coveted their advance. i'ffirt l igt thne and fatigue pre vent.; me continiiiig a detuiLtiba‘ any mu +Mee mina might fill rig-es i,n i however, die eishig ite *eve much deerived to the enemy's • nbaiticeevically It was efsbt tal at o late hoar yesteiday. what- would be tbe resat. All ‘le tan boast of atltr 17 or IV Iriarspird figtiftnor,, Is yomes sion of the field of battle, sod I Millie, rifpleeet of artif. lery. I have rifles beard el tbrareet superiwriljt of the niii nagement of their Rivet gloss .shiels I au* :1; 4 : 1 a:: rt s: short of what it redlrrsioas are id. early. • The army hist ationlier` dPA by the adotakes by thy- darknema of the night of INA Wtb--stmeral Ole lice has been found lien-. no another. Thermions* Dowry Shepard Is attached to (kid). stil*red very rissi havrettv, he haw reaped, but rativer sick, debates' so teals al b be, la Kell as uthrrs. " I remalit," • RIOT AT IILACKHE E • The riotous assemblage of mobs td wham rs. gilistic decisions of disputes animist tile labours's/ class of the community, has long and loudly called fur the interference of magisterial authority; and we feel great pleasure in recording the truly spirit ed conduct displayed by Mr. Aldermen Arises, in a recent instance of .tumult. On Monday last, as that truly reapctable Ma. gistrate, whose country villa is at Cbarhots, was passing in his chaise over litackheath, be discover s/A an immense concourse of people, who, oa is. qeiry, he found to be assembled fur the pucps, of viewing a pitched battle. A very grog proportion of this tramultuons assemblage was composed of Irish labourers from Deptford and the Victualling Office, many of whom ,were accompanied by their naives-the Ryon . - 'OCT of female savages present was in truth, equal to that of the men. The ring was formed, and the combatants preparing to set-to, whop Alderman Aretos arrivod...wiihout a moment's hesitation he push.ll through the surrounding r. de, and, announcing his authority, remonstrated with the mob on the impropriety of their smelleet. t an address at once so dignified and temperate, that I they immediately begin to divers- ; and the peace able dissolution of ties pugilistic arseeibiage Res about to ensue, when a malt of the name of Car ter, who afterwards trned out to be in the em ployment of a Mr. IF 00011, very rout* Weir rogated the Alderman is to his authority, and symptoms of a serious tumult began to be die. played. The Magistrate, with the most spirited resolution, instantly seized Carter by the velar, and commanded too soldiers 'of the East London . Militia, who happened to be present, " to aid and assist" him in the prdervation of.the King': Peace. The conduct of these sea was Melt exemplary s they obeyed without hesitation the order of the Civil Magistrate, and the man was immediately couslucteir,to Woolwich, where the Magistrates happened to be sitting. A satisfactory apology being made by the offender, the worthy Alderman consented to his immediate liberation, having no wish beyond that of couviuciog hies of the impropriety of his conduct. The disappoiutod spectators on the Mask taking advantage of the absence of Alderman Afaiss, had reassembled, slid a fresh ring was feelliell, ,when, returning from %Void wich, the Alderman amist,tisemod kis interposition necessary ; bat on Aiousling his way into this second ring, he was as. s~ilsd in every Adirection with hooting, shoot. log, and most diabolical threats of veegeance unless he inatistalidefy withdrew. " Ned! Fight!" was loudly vociferated ; but the Al. detman, in no wise iutimidated by these out rageous insults, with kreat presence of mind again addressed the tatos with the must delibe rate coolness anuout4ca this RESOLUTE deter mination not to be deterred ay either iniult or violence from perseveritiein his duty as a MA. gistrate. This teetperalde though fires moan. silence, at length testoiid tranquillity, and the mob once more began i to separate. At this mo ment Capt. Brown,. sitth about 20 Ines of the East London Militia affirm], in order to,,asilst the Civil Magistrate. There was no • xelicral move in the direction of Lady there,' Park, 'at Lee, in order to as(journ to aushy.greito. this place the persevering Magistrate, accom. [tallied by the military, proceeded, and a third time frustrated the purpose of the ob,ti. nate multitude, who, finding themselves baffled by the spirited exertions of the Alderman, then determined to execute their purpose by re tiring beyond his jurisdiction, into the adjacent county of Surrey. To counteract this manteavre, Messengers were dispatched to several Magistrates of that county. The crowd followed the cumin. tants, who sometimes went forward in a cart, and at others proceeded on foot through the fields, and over hedge and ditch ; but at length, their perse. sauce giving way to fatigue, and, apprehending forthet disappointment, they finally dispersed.— We have been thus circumstantial in de. tailing these occurrences, with a view to show what may be effected by the resolute exer tions of even one spirited individual. Had the combat been suffered to take place, others would have followed. To the fights, intoxication would naturally Lave succeeded, and the natural irasci. bility of the Irish labourers and their wives, heightened and inflamed by liquor, would inevit. ably have produced a scene of sanguinary tumult, 'disgraceful to the Liddy in which we live, and ob. hodoes,.in the hgltest degree, to the numerous respectable inhabitants of Black heath, and the stir. rounding neighbourhood. The character_of Mr. Alderman ATK IN& cannot derive an increase pintail from any thing which can be said by us. ~To his private and public worth, we believe every one to whom he is known will bear ample testimony ; but wu may be per. witted to assure him, that the Inhabitauts of the acighbnurhood in which he prevented thet scene of riot which was antidn . bled with dread, are we kiwis deeply impressetr with a sense of personal obligation to Mr. Alterman Aresns, for his spi. rited, dignified, and judicious conduct on that oc. canon. __•r , THK STATESMAN. SPANISII 4pv.POR7'UGUESE PAPERS. 'moil Ins MIMIC GUMMI EZTIIItriIIIMARY OT GOIIZINSZYT. AOSVST 11, ISM General Venegas writes from his head-quarters at Ucanha, under date of the sth inst. that on that Jay the Ist, and J.l divisions of his army had covered themselves with glory, on the banks of of the Tagus, at Aranjeez, where, being three times attacked by the enemy with the greatest obstinacy, they repulsed them as often; the calm ness aaJ courage of our troops being abure all praise. The force of the enemy consisted of from to 13,000 matt, and the action lasted from five to eight in the evening. Ily another dispatch from Gen. Cucsta we learn, that the Anglo. Spanish army is at Polite de A rm. bispo, on the right and left banks of the Tagus, watching the movements of Marshal Soult. Extract of a letter from the army, dated Dc leitosa, Aug. 8:... " At the moment when the courier is mounting his horse to set ad; we learn, that the Supreme Junta of Spain and the Indie.l has appointed Sir A. Wellesley G..oseralissimo of Spaiti."--(Correio de Lisboa.) BADAJOZ, Atm 11.---It was at first estimated, according to letters from the army, that the loss of the French at the battle of Talavera de Reyna was not less, in killed, woeaded, and prisoners, than *2,000 men. It no* appears, that the dis. patches or General Guests do taut make their lust more . than half that Hum bur. Yet it is the gamut opinion, that it cannot have been leis than 15,000, faeluding the dispersed and the woustlekirtrieh the French carried away with ~t4 r e i.,! i theas, : auie liceurtung to some accounts, were so auditors, that they filled 400 carts. The rout :hale lk•en complete, had our armies been able to fellow immediately to filsdri.l. But the troops wpro estremely fatigued, and wanted provi sions, which we were not table to supply with the ,; ruin p loess %tibial circumstances required. WM, our tr.iiips were burning the dead on the field of battle, informative was receive'' that Sault had entered Abe Prortuce with an arm, and was 'marching stews Pontede Areebi4po an.t Almaraz, as wog to intercept the previsions mid cut off tiii: ,reJest of uur army, as to place it betwero two fires. Generals Wellesley and Carta peuetrating the designs of Streit, prepared to fruitage them, taking by retrograde mutewents new positions, • the former at the Bridge of Al naraz, and the fatter at Punte de A! ct• Imp°, on the left of. the Tiles.. They did :tot till to take the precaution of burning the bridge of boats which had been ct;tls!rurted at Alesstraz. Victor immediately curial soddenly upon Talavera de la Reyna—un fortunate town! List night an express arrived, dispatched* from Merida to the Junta here, oho asserts that a Cue.. rite, who passed through that town, brought au account that Smolt had been repulsed. We imps. tiently expect the arrival of the Courier, to learn whether this accent be Maimed. Su long as nor armies maintain themselves in their present positions, we have n►► fear that they should be in want of pkivisions, As innumerable carriages, pith supplies of every kind, are conti nually passing along the high rusi of Seville and Badajcrz, Some wounded English have passed through this place on their way to Lisbon. The cursed Soult has been the cause that our tkßty h not now at Soinosierrs, and of the evils .004-Ikladrid and Talavera arc suffering. Our isead-resarters are at Nisas. At Pinto tR •tlitNlltispo the French lost 4000 men, mid they l that Sault lost six pleats of artillery at Ma. pip*, and that he offered to eapitolate. The English arc in Ahtacurraa, and their head. quatters are at Welton.-- (Correia de Lisboa, .4a:utt 1.1,) RIIIIAJOI,IO. 2.—The battle of TahllC el de i la Rine was so obstinate and bloody, that during the two first days scarcely any quarter was given on either side. The enemy expected succours, and it it probable that the division of Sault was advancing by forced marches to their support. Lisansr, Aro. 14—k appean, by the latest accounts from Bedsits:, that the corps of Sault, Nry, and Monier. having advanced to Placentia, the rear of the combined army, the latter passed to the left bank of the Tagus, leaving a strong corps eu the tight, in front of Pante de Areebispo, to marmot' the passage of the river, when it sh:Juld think proper. The British army has its head.q.larters at Deleitosa ; tho Portu guese, under the command of Marshal Beresford, were at Fugate de GrenalJa, beyond Ciudad Rodrigo, on the 7th instant. We know nothing of the Spanish armies, but certainly the whule of the l i French having united, and left Armee and both the Castilcs almost without a garrison, it is the curt fat ourable moment for invading those pro vinces, and destroying the weak garrisons which may be ft;untl there, re.taking many points, co• sential to the subsistence and communication of the enemy, %hose privations and went of neowe. sews are excessive... 4 Li.bon Gazette.) BA DAJO . 2I, AVG. S.—The following Order of the Day was published to our army on the 2d 'natant:— " SIOLOTIERS or mu Axrr or EIVIZIOADVIIAI—Oo the 27th and 221 th days of July, ynu !might bravely ; you re peatedly repelsed the enemy, who was eatnpdled to fly, leaving the tieiti of battle coveted with his dead. This glo rious victory is due to your fiflntlrSl and union, to your in cessant and welkfupported fire, and to confidence in yoor Officers and Chiefs s if you always observe the mate, you will always be invincible. The French are no! men, error! rhea they find no resistance: that which they met with in the valiant English troops, oar Allies, rooted and pot them to flight. We know that the French soldiers non refry: to ester into action, after seeing their best troops destroyed. " Soldiers 1 1 rim satisfied with your valour and firmness. I congratulate you on your triuresph, and I rely on your unioo sod dlscipliae. Ido not call ' Soldiers,' nor consider as a part of rhe army, those base cowards. who abandoned their regiments on the days of battle, fleeing in the moment of dan ger, and with the design of producing disorder. Such wret ches, besides the infamy which covers them, shall be decima ted as soca as they are spreheaded. " Taitvets de la Re: nal, Irg. - 2, 1809. . (Signed) " CeEB rA." lasso w, Avg. 14.—Yesterday a report was in circulation, that the French division commanded by Marshal Soult, which had made its appearance in the environs of Placentia, had been defeated by the Ina*. body of the English army and some Spanish troops ; it was even asserted that Soult himself had been killed, and that his loss con. sisted of 9000 men in killed, wounded, and wt. soners. We do not vouch fur the tauth of this intelligence, but it is likely to be confirmed, as Marshal Wellesley was clone by, watching the said division of the enemy ; and we learnt, some de) s ago, that he had ordered a sufficient number of troops to march against it.--(Lisbon Diary, Granada, Aug. 1.) GUAM iDA, Ave. I.—We learn with satisfac. faction, that the heroic Gerona still held out with the greatist bravery on the 16th July, notwith. milling 12,000 bombs, 32,000 cannon-shot, and a prodigious number of grenades, had been poured into it. The enemy, in the mean time, suffers in. calculable losses. On the 17th and 18th they made two assanlis, but were repulsed, and re. tired in confu.iurs, It appears that they are pre. I I paring to change their batteries from their prestnst position to that part of the fortress against which they directod their attacks iu June last year, but this part not his fortified. thin the rest, and we ;rest that the enemy will Mid themselves disap. pointre in the same wanner as before. On the i c , h, General Blake p lased through Oluf, and it is believed That he sill soon be able to succour the fortress. - 7 ,.ch are the accounts we hive received from pert of the Peninsula, and of Lis h %re ‘r lit the particulars. They write from Tirrieni, under date 27th July, that the iumertal Cern° still continued to &lead itself with obstitiAry. All the accounts from our army in Walcheren I concur in stating, that Fleshing might have been in our pussession on the first day of the attack, if it had not been thought too hasardous to follow up the advantage which the impetuosity of our gallant truops obtained. We understand that the brigade under Brigadier. General Housrose, con. sitting of the 14th and 81st regiments, pursued the French, on the surrender of Middleburg, so cl ely, and with such undaunted spirit, that they actually passed, the draw-bridge at the gate of Flushing with them ; so that they might have en. tered the town along with the panic-struck garri son ; but they were called off after being for a time in possession of the brid,go. They were only 1700 in number, and it was nut thought advisable to hazard the assault. 'We wish, however, that a r report hail been made of the very brilliant con. duct of that brigade on the occasion. A. Gentleman who left Paris the latter end of July, states. that BONA PA RIR, in his late conduct iuwards the POPE, was actuated by a spirit of re. seritment against his Holiitess, fur his refusal to sanction his usurpation in Spain. Upon Botta ' ?ANTIC'S entrancik into Madrid, he wrote a letter to the Pore, requesting his Holiness to repair im mediately to that thy, in order to crown his bre"- ' ther JOSEPH. This expedient the subtle Tyrant had recourse to, from the effect which he knew the -interference of the Holy Father *wild have upon the minds of the Spanish people, devoted as they arc to the Catholic faith. The Pore, however, sul far from complying with the unprincipledwequest, l or entering into the perfidious projects of the Usurper, returned an immediate answer, that b e would sooner suffer death than prostitutehitteisered office to so infamous a purpose. • By a Gentleman who has just *aired from France, we have received some particulars of the state of that country. In Normandy, and the adjacent province., corn of all sorts was abuts. dant ; but, on account of the low price of pro duce, the proprietors of land had been under the necessity of conceding to their tenants a reduction of 15 per ccnt. on their annual rent. Generally speaking, all the necessaries of life are cheap, and all luxuries extravagantly dear. The superior ines have advanced in price in the northern pro vinces 9.00 per cent. From the neighbourhood of Bourdeaux, on account of the danger of capture in passing the coast of Britanny and Normandy, by Brest and Cherbourg, it is sent from the South. ern ports to Care, Havre, Dieppe, &c. by land ,carriage, at an enormous erpence. On the same authority we learn, that there is areat deficiency of all naval stores throughout the ports of Prance.' Manufactures In general in Prance were not only suspended, but abandoned. Silk and woollen art Wes continued In some activity (although the ex. j port trade was destroyed), on lament of the great I depend for bore consumption. Cropley and Powell are matched Itto• fight for 100 prisms within a month, half torrett BADTLE OF TALAF'ER.I. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. • s--- " Talavera, July 29, 1109. " My Dear Sir.—Trotead of receiving a I , !be, dated Ma drid, you flod one dated same as list, and now lisigse Ar thur will be content with dating hts from the Plains of Tala vera, become famous for the actions of the (27th and 28th inst. at least fur some time time. " My last was dated, and I believe forwarded, the 25th, at which time it was every one's opinion, that the Orillary re treated; however, it appears oar advanced guard kept pace with them till they received reioloiceseenb of merest time mods. Sir Arthur. in the minim of the !le. pet himself at the bead of our advance (General Markenxies brigade), and ask 4 said, ladoced them to tore shoat and attack him. " The beast of this bailees' was sustained by the Spaniards and this brigade, coalisting of about 6,000 men, till shoat one o'clock, P.N. whelp the Spaniards, by a concerted plan, be gan to give way, which they did is excellcot order, sad eon nailed the greater part of their force behind the town. But by the time the enemy came el; they had taken op a position in kwaiwt, with their right to the Togas, two miles esksactil from Talitvera, opposite the maera,'s kit. wbile oar whole force turned oat ors wend they were balled in, and occupied a most excellent position, with our left on a steep bill, but easy of access. extending to the Spaelsh lines. covering n part of the enemy from their right to their metre. The enemy, from the rapidity of their movements, gut hold of some com manding hill, opposite our left. - - " With a moo:stain on their right, and the Tagus in their I:ft, the occapatioa of this kill, whetstone loft win posted, seemed to be the great object of the enemy, shrine the whole basiness. The action commenced about ball-pot six o'clock, - p. as. by a vtgoroos attack of the enemy on this poo, o bids was defended by General Hill's division. They motioned their exertions to get possession of this hill till 11 at eight, when, after being repulsed and drove down every time they attempted to ascend, they withdrew for the night. I could not see their attack on our right, bat was happy to Gad they did not succeed io that point, and could not boast of having gained an isseh of ground either on sas or the Spaniards. We lay on our arms the whole night, and were in great hopes they had retired; however, at day-light we were much disapprented at }biding them within half-gun shot of es, determined to gain the hill, the attack on which commenced at eve o'clock, a. m. aMt 'llse most dreadful cannnuade of roved, grape. and shells, from a nueseroos destructive tire was so well directed, that, notwith standing every means we could think of to conceal ourselves on the side of the hill, and lying down no uur arum, the ranks were thinned very much, without a shot in return, except from three or four pieces of ill-directed 4 3paoish artillery. 'the) now renewed their attempt to take it by storm : their infautry advanced up the hill fur this purpose, and met w itb no oppositioo, except from our field-pieces, till they arrived near the top, whetstkey were charged by tbe 29th, '2d, 48th. and, I believe, 66th regiments, who drove them much quicker down than they MSC up. This division now retired to the font of the mountain, and dispatched a column of about 9000 to take posse—ion of a tower Oil top, whic i h, thought, ought to be occupied by us before, as, by 'means of the easy descent on the other side, we could with ease be cut off, in case of a reverse of fortune, front the road leading from Orepesa to Talavera, which was the same we came to the latter by. The 29d Light Dragoons, and Dragoon Guards now came mood tit kill, on a valley between the hill and onoontaio,whkh hept this Freud division from at tempting any thing farther, UII reinforced by two other strong columns— they now advanced, and elmomeamail beatings lute of sae of those, white the other remained in column ready to to oareavalr. The 9 - JJ were them ordered to advance. and did so very regularly, though ander a very heavy fire of mat hefty. Ou commencing the charge, the askew which bad deployed succeeded by du, ole quick time in getting iatp limo, before the Dragoons raw up. The 23d, natwithstaod ing, came up to the point of the bayonet, in hopes the enemy would 'beer some oymptom of breakiag ; but quite tbe eon rary—they remained as steady as a wall, though 1 saw seve ral shells fall in tat centre of Ilies—nod kept up oath a brisk fire,that they soon compelled the lid to retire disorder.— Tile Gnat& mow came op, hot ver : prudently declined charg ing. Thelma of Ve rv7l noel (rave been very great; 1 went over the field this 71.)r-ine, at/ saw more titan I could imagine —horses sad . • ••npletely horned ashes ! Tbis certainly stag one of those views is action which seldom occur, and indeed oivi of the firiebt I ever saw, or that amid be imagined : the Yid advancitrz, under repeated sheets and buzzes from the troops on the enemy's liae rtan n* to get into column. as a phree of security—the steadiness of thew coluress, which now honked more Nke buildings than teen—tad the persevering bravery of the 83d, in charging, and actually going mead one of the columns. Idu n•d think ai, painter ur pen capable of pictariag it, in half its bean ; ties. " Before thecharge, 4 or 5000 elf the Spaniards gat up the mountain, in rear of our cavalry. and in a short time co n -1 mewed a very spirited attack on the French, who had the top fur pear a mile completely lined with infontry. They kept up so quick a Are, and seemed so determined to tarry their point, that in about two boars the enemy began to give way In that quarter ; bet coati:Ned disputing it for several his,. after—when. a ear sun -set, they left it in quiet possession of I fni% Mania of Spaniards, who certainly behaved nobly. " A bout three o'clock, I was glad to God the enemy had , gninel no pound on the right or the centre, though I could not, for the forest of trees, distinguish bow matters went an is that tputrier.—About firer teelnek, oar hattaliou was called *pan from its kirk* plate toe tap of the hill—whew we were exposed to a heavy Ike of shells, by which we lost et least 100 nee, without a shot ia ..tarts and were ordered eis pro bed 'hasty &web* hill, to cheek a mime that was esab . advisee's to stores the ot►er side (towards the right yd eta be) of the kill. Mier liiceilng kw, oar Caessesmliag Meer wounded. and steadies the Ise .1 this miaow sapearbd by a heavy discharge of artillery, for about No issimates, we bred a volley. sad iastenteneously came to the charge--billed, fired once more, advanced, charged a woad time; whew the enemy went to the right about, and ,relived. Although they did net wait the p of nor bayonets, we succeeded in the grand object of making them retire. On returning, we reeeived the thanks KAI, Arthur no the spot, tad eadentand we bate the sane repeated to us in this diWs Pablie Orders. In fast eething codd be steadier nr more determined than oar coesdatt. Aber this they retired to some distabee, and again comaseeeed with their 'bens, which they continued till wheat Seem is the evening--when they began to form their colas* of infantry and cavalry, as If intending to Jeep it op dories the sight. However, after remaining ander arms the whole night, expecting, if possible, a more dreadful havoc this duy; to woe great joy and satisfaction we famed they had retired— Set a man was to be seen. " Our Light Infantry Brigade, with some gun•, arrived 'ki s " im a m . an d have pursued, in order to keep them in view. Their number; cuold not be less than .30,000, haying ►ees joined by Joseph and the army from Toledo. Joseph was present, it is said. during the whole time. Their Iwo is vet) great—bat, I am afraid, not in prnportioa to ours, which cannot be less in killed and wounded than 5,000 men, nut of pot more than 2'2,000. We lost about 180 privates. and si is Officers—fur w tech we had no more satisfaction than - I M