The Statesman. — London, England, 1811-03-27 00:00:00

CAMBRInnu, MARCN $ll. been Wok' gird 607 Ike least of his action.. said that his cause had beea thereby prejudiced ; but that he had given him (Warden) to understand that they were en record, and would be brought forward in duo time ; that the proper time fur bringing them forward was now come, as the rcgi. meat wooed be out in twe or three weeks, and they must be disposed of first. Ile then said, he trusted the regiment would not be dis. pleased, if, upon full conqlderation of the whole cue, in the hope of his reformation, and that his enemies, for such he duetted them, as much as ho deemed them his own, who had incited him to take the steps be bad done, might have nu pre. tepee for saying he had stied vindictively, he freely forgave hint foe all his three offences • but he warned him of the danger of a n y fresh o ffence, and expressed his full determination to proceed against him in any future instance of misbehaviour. Whether the Colonel did right or wrong in this instance, I learn fur my brother officers to deter- Mine. But I defy the ingenuity of this man 64 of fo. ironic eloquence" -to •hew that the expressions xeportoil to the Commanding Officer were not highly mutinous, and such a, the Adjutant could not pass over, especially in such a subject ; or, that it his law had been deemed sound, or should upon his in. tended motion to set aside the ponsuit be deemed so, and a verdict be given for the plaintiff, the dis cipline of the army would not he at an end, and the Nava Charles of the soldier—Oh! admirable compassion ! Oh 1 inimitable sad_ profound Law. ycr! the Mighty Ad, would nut be waste paper ! Ob! ye lovers of social order 1 Oh ! ye Anti. jacohia.,_ both in prose and verse ! Oh !ye sop. porters a the Statute of 1107, which made it a co. pital offence for any person, by speaking advisedly to incite a soldier to disobedience, make a gar. land for your brother Frcre !Change the coif of his wig for a crown of laurel, and let him be held in everlasting honour amongst you! All the facts I have stated, can •be proved. It will be difficult to prove, but the world may con. jecture whence came the fees which opened the mouth of Mr. Scrjeant Frere, and gave to the world his speech. I. am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, A FRIEND TO TRUTH AND THE GOOD DISCIPLINE OF THE ARM Y. Northampton, blare lk 22, 1811. PRICK OF STOCKS ruts tilt AT ON R O'CLOCK. per Cent. Red. shot S per Cent. Cod, 61V.i THE STATESMAN. LONDON : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1811. We have received by the Anholt Mail, a variety of Letters and Papers foam the North of Europe. Their contents ate not of material interest. We should, however, have made looger extracts had room permitted. The following is an article of Turkish intelligence :- Corrwswrisocus, Fee. I.—The bead-quarters of the Ca £ND VIZIR* ifs Mill at Schuistla. Nothing new has taken place between the two armies. The preparations bath by sea and land for the ensuing campaign are eoutirmat. with vigour, and without interruption. The fermentation carwtl by the Janissaries h ihr from being imbued. We are in coutinual fear of an esplosion 1 and evety day the Ministers of the Divan are obliged to employ pagninn dimity severity la arresting the mutineers, and eausiesibmit to be decapitaftd. . It is amossishiag that Ilse GRAND SEIGNIOR, sebOREIIOIIIII prove him is possess ao energetic character, has not yet coat into determiaatioa to compel Woe insolent soldiers to commode the toes, andsend them to the camp of the GRAND VISIRIt, where their bravery would be mach better employed against Ns epemies of the Creams than against the peaceable inhabit ants of this town.-411applemeist to theAbeills des Nord,Mardilt) AB the acconnte that have been received relative to the late brilliant engagement, concur in repro. senting the conduct of the Spanish General LA PIMA, as most infamous. There seems to be a *tinge rottenness in the Spanish cause, w►ich, on every great occasion, displays itself In a very striking manner. One question immediately aug. gets Itself, on hearing that the backwardness of the Spaniard prevented the total destruction of the French Army—why was a British General and British troops placed under the orders of this LA Psna ? Why was he not rather placed under the or ders of General GRAHAM ? If the Spaniards are sot tee proud to accept nur assistance, they *tight not be au . prood as to demand that they should swami thek friends. Farther remark, however, and that their people should be disciplined, as the Pottugueze were, by English Commanders.— Suppose that skeleton regiments were sent over to the North-east Coast of Spain, and recruited there. We cannot think so ill of human nature as to believe that the men of Spain might nut be taught to stand fire in their own cause as well as those of Portugal ; and this would certainly he less ex pensive to us than ietruiting at home. We have extracted the account that Gen. LA PsnA rendered to his Government of the battle of the sth. Who would not faucy, frous.the perusal of that letter,l that he had not escletiatty costribetetho the sic. '1 'tory ? 66 General Gnaw us has written a letter, couched in strong terms, to the British Miuisteg4codiz, on the conduct of the Spanish General :lii- ilie late af. (air. la consequence of which Mr. Wst.escezy has sent an energetic remonstrance to the Regency, which occasioned the imasedhtte arrest of LA PexA, as noticed in our publication of yesterday. It is said, that the French have only 5,000 effeetive men in the vicinity of Cadiz, and it is presumed by most of our Correspondents, that they are is a most pe. rilous situati , n. It is asserted is one of the letters, that Geeeral BLAKE was to have the consumes, of the expe:lition on the eve of departure. TilG siege of Baslajnz, according to the &deices, Is likely soon to be abandoned ; the garrison has made several successful sallies. The following is an extract frost one of our letters : " CADIZ, Fee. 9. "The battle of ode Sierra del Fierra, Whence Gene 1%11 Ga a u*K derives the title of Duke and Grandee of the Sr.r el no, bits been de,tructive to the British force, bid has acquired attire glory to the natiou titan any insulated operation of the preient war. 44 We have. via Gibraltar, the arrival of the Norte and the Duke of Montrose, with gold. The Implacable man of war has reached this port from Vera Cruz, bringing 1,600,011 dol lars, 600 serum of cochineal, and 503 of indigo. The iistrea frigate from Lima hag also supplied 140,000 dollars, akh co coa, tin, and copper." " It appears by the information we bare reccitr. cd, that the Spaniards in the Isla de Leon, are tie. termined to retrieve their character, for it was in. tended to assemble on the 12th inst. the garrison, to the number of 12,000 men, to make an attack upon the French besieging army ; and to carry their fortifications." Our Falmouth letter, on the enthority of the brig Three Friends, jute arrived from Lisbon, re. peals the account of MAMMA'S army being in full' retreat—and adds, that it was in great confusion,' lyaving its cannon, baggage, &c. all behind. Lord WLLLINGTON, it is said, was in close pursuit, - and these gratifying accoMpts, our Correspondent ob serves, receive corroboretton from the Captain of the Spanish schooner CO, who reports the same particulars. " Letters have been received from Guernsey, by several respectable houses in town connectink with that island s witick stone, that the Echo mers, chaut.vcssel logitiralvisil there from Lisbon, whensp she sailed is An Otis beet. and had brought brace of the retsmal of the French. The sinob interesting letter on the subject is from an Oflinter dated the 9th lust. He gives a minute account or the means employed bf MAMMA to mask his de parture. Among his other attempts to deceive in this particular, he set fire to a convent, which burnt for several hours. The French Army le stated to have retreated In three columns.— No sooner did Lord WitadooTow **certain the fugitive movements of the Enemy, than he put his Army in motion to pun,* him s sad it was supposed that an engagement would place in 48 hours. The last neeonsts British at Thome', amply supplied with " The Election for Chonceliar commented this mottling in the 9: note-House, which was tilted up the the occasion. At the upper end the Vice- Chaacellor (Or. Douglas) took his sent at a table divided from the body of the ram by* high partition, covered with carpet, having two doors, me for the Electors to ester by, and the other fur their retiring. The two Proctors, an Asistaiu to the Vice-Chatscellor, and a friend to each Candi date, sat round this table, and received the votes written on slip of paper. Drs the table stood a box with two divisions, into Which the Votes were separately pet by the Vice-Chancellor, with the concurrence of the parties armed hint ; and in case of dieuM the vole was disposed of in a drawer under the ta ble. listeb division of the box has threelneks, the keys of which Iwo Wrested to the Vice-Chancollor and Proctors, so that wises madjoitrunssat takes place they are triply guarded. Ott the mai& of the partition were two other tables, wkh these slips of paper filled up (except the loser. don of the astases). at which the Elocion wrote their decision, and, walklog round, handed it in to the Via-Vhisiteellor, who disposed of else= or already stated. The 'soothers of the Pull at the hoar of coy 'schism (half past two) are as follow : For the Duke of Clooccster.... l ... 243 Duke of Rutland Majority by favour of the Duke of Oloseester-9 " Throughout the whole of the preceding poll the parties were never more thou eight or tea votes asunder; it was a kind of neck and neck race, which, from all we can collect, is likely to remain so till the winning-post is attained. " An the voters for the former we noticed Earl Spen cer, the Bishop of Bristol, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Mr, Shaw Lefever: M. P. ; Dr. Marsh, &c. For the loiter, Sir Isaac Perinin;,timi and Dr. Law (Lord Ellealsorotigles brother). " rive Totes were ttiputed, and pat t►y for niter-decision; so that. upon the whole, 313. Electors palled is the tint hour soul a half, being fatly one-third of the full attonbet expected. " The gallery was crow4led with Gownsasen, Interspersed Jere and there wilts the *mate beauty of taniefflige.* shavia at .uring rather singular, and attracted his observation. lie asked her what was the matter with her ? She re. plied, that she was. frightened at the fire. That night passed away without further alarm. The next evening two of his children came in, and said they saw a light of a fire up stain; he went up, and found a lighted birch.broom placed just under the roof, above the place where the fire hail. been the night before; he thrust it in a pail of water, and by that moans extinguished it. From the man. ncr in which the Prisoner canductiA herself, lie sea. petted her, and had her taken Into custody. The next day, while she was at the puldie.house in Augmenng, she confessed to him and the Rev. Mr. Kindleside that Abe bad done it. Mr. Kindieside was called,who confirmed this con. Amin% and stated, that she said had dune it in spite, because her master and mistrials were always guar. selling with her on account of her not rising in the morning. Mary• Wood, a female'employed in the house on the 25th of December, spoke to the conduct of the Prisoner during the time of the fire, and said she went up stairs seieral times, and appeared very uneasy. The Jury toad the Prisoner Guilty. HORSHAM, TUESDAY, MARCH 26: THREATEN LNG LETrER. The Rev. Robert Bingham was arraigned on two indictments, the first charging him with send. lug a letter without a signature, threatening to burn the houses, barns, atr. of ticharit Jenner, and the other charging him with setting 6re to his own house, to defraud the Insurance Office. lie was put to the bar and tried on the first in.. dictrnent. It stated, that he, on the tst of Dec. last, feloniously and wilfully did send a letter, with. out a name, -addressed to Mr. Richard Jenner, and which letter was as follows . . . .. . 1 ' 4 THE ST4IIIIIBIIAN ~. • POW if * v(r . _ . ___ news, of said Pei r dh'ed cbireffit, - haVing 'Swore ericiftWiIIIMMIMIPOP thefflaaaOr' glikillfillllllMlO*4o4sl.o . . . _, . APIS cX 4iSSISES t before the Covet that the ansa oppressions ets gees e a ."„e0,4 0 , depe op t i oss ....Tb. , , f i litel ith is .. ,100040.4 0. icro. maw 31i. .A...... at awk, 1 . tributed to also Prisoner hed liosw eigilltbd bY him; s r a t e meat .. o f asetisej of fiset e l /wowed Ali niter iimni." • i (t.,, , ,.. ~.7 " 7, :.. 7 ' ll 7 ...-. - i -.44.' •"' "" I ' 4'---11- ° 1111 mAstmul: 01:".11"ttl " : 14 and siz witnesses, of whom Cooper and Hill were. . • , battle, we extract Mai is Morning Viper. • '''t . Isssollasoasibraireenstarrelnadh has, Lisboa. st r , law Ilis gld 14 16, years at*, rock,_. " " , a Tssai s taro, having sworn that they did not her the word., 0 .... . _ e. ..,,... . _ ..... iiiga..o: L.tth lit the wale. 1)1.044_ , , di. . I ' 4 ' It' t • -,. 441011. .'. , , and if they had been uttered, they must haw' heard toe [num ummessoy 9,414 ._ ~,, ' to* fl u oak% OF ;0 delt fre.liii.e• , t ahem. The consequence of the acquittal 'was two 7,000 troops did not ereo eaak• a , , . 4.o,ttas 'he ivii6iii% is a l os . .7i .a, _Joist__ :mi „._____._ _ lll A4 0 _1 411 6 4 Wecilln• actions, brought against the Colonel of the WO. favour of the British, but nanatalit keep.. ,1 1 an" ite4 pi Assot"' j m .oi -% *" l. . ' f ' 4 -. ' e: otiP 1 4 1 7 9 ° a Lausoliaw loollumullf... scent end the Adjutant, the ease of which against the, t h oug h near ears * to , % o w 0,,,,, *end am oath. S I N, hi lv ib t gaikamiii — 1,04, 0: ,... F . ' .• Ati j s a inedft " ID : l4l an i i i i i i ti a d t ed l ig e i kp ripoese he lit a lbe beitlift e l. *: :r the Adjutant was tried at the fast Assisi', and has assistance I nay, if be tad Golf taken advsatier foloPlaalot nod Iteetnals: - IM sdie beshnhatren in his serville frail the time of Itse kit !linnet it f brought Mr. Serjeant Frere into notice, so much to a , i s , sas s pursued the dlacorafiteti enemy, ebb pas. :On the 7th hie retreat was ih,seitemeed„ So WO teal the to. 08.01seereelal of a:fio the satisfaction of his admirers ; the o th e r rem i se of the roots, for the next Assizes. the triumph* might have been complete. Instead sod . Lard rttL . lstproN bemeensteir ;It' I. qg allOialmwt the relwatiotillaaa loth:ram atl'erat .• Weal wai l and asked if fier mist*. bad been I have been informed by a person who was pre- of this, ^we leers, that he actually mat an order mom on , the erecting et theft& his phi mak i essm i ler, as she if ,,,, tot summit Ire. Her sent, that at a parade formed early in the morning to Patera! Gksuass, after the battle, to p er . haa‘inarters were at Thesear„ and toss lied faistraia said aloha sat, but that she keel blown oat of Sunday last, the day after the trial, the Colonel su e the enemy—.' fur that was the moment to troops then is sight of Manastaa's 7014 Had acandie,which probably might haws otwasioned thn called Serjeant Warden out of the ranks, reminded follow splits advantage, and to raise the siege of the essemy only remained a few days how, smell. The witness. however, himself *went up !Inn of his (the Colonel's) former lenity thwart's without ,* ( 11 in remitting half his term of degradation, re. Cadiz!' And this we are assured he did, though Lord wet.t.teetott wevNl it asamesc e d 6 6 at . Otainf and be &end hie bed curtains moulderieg tack npon their hue!. His Loath'', waked Only g air ej a aked y, t v iliemg bet. ° lhdeatiionere ' Heellia. w ;utted him of his having hams a second time tried th e illi r itiah,. i n a dditi on t o th e f at i gue o f the b et ., ..: , °w el ch anydifficulty : by a Regimental Cbert.Martial during the training tie, had had a march of sixteen hours without re. rot thertilbrorwmtats which arri4io *squad roe and came down stairs agate. fur renal nights of 1810, by , which he was convicted of having ender the command of Sir JoaWaln,,,Oassa. De- before this had happened, he bid 'had hie wig. been drunk on parade , and again sentenced to de- frtilhaleat- . setters are continually coming is , libo give a moat doves broken, bit be could sigh - tell who had gragation ; and added, that there were then on re. lig We are unwilling to "Act OPlre val i ls deploralale account of the state of the French IMl'd three fresh distinct charges against him (War. treason at the bottom of this waded. ,LA Pen, .-*OA it, Wiest bit. o'clock tip the same even. whisk ours is supplied with every comfort. army, lag, tt osa . .Ptbnear baring hies 011 stairs ' two er s o ), ea ch of which called for a Court.hdartial— a feebk charecter more reduced by infirmity of con. ' - • .• tin* &grant smoke ease down the stairs, the first for making a riot in the town, in the early stitution thee by age; and this is not the first time "P.S. We have ion now learnt that our light and tho Ifotasseter . bad asked the boy to go into part of November, 1810; the second for enlisting that be has b ees suspecte d of shyness l e s h e b eer troops, at the last dotty from the army, wet. en. the yard to an if he could see any blase, which in the 16th foot, being a permanent Serjeant in the of adios'. This, hOwurer, as well as all the bislory {Pied WWI MattaN ell rear, and that a general bat. he refused doing; but 'upon the smoke come' Local Militia, in the tame month ; the third fur fe wall IA lect to • 111 . molt.:' coming drunk to a parade ordered by the Adjutant of the war is the Peninsula, ought to prove to I I 1 heele d be e jing dower the staitesse, the witness went up stairs in December. Ihe Colonel told him that he had the Spanish Government that it would be wise imemmemonsasi=viimatt ceecood lime, and Site bed.ctutains were then in a forborne to bring 'he" char es tumud .611 o ne a it CAMBRIDGE i to have British Officers mixed with their o wn ; RLEG'TION. blase, and it had ;itched the window. By the as. , o of his actions had been tried, lest it'sho!ld be and sistance of water, the fire was again extinguished...- least 1 and that their neonle should be diseinlined. as elVtiftßtllnE. lig -ABLER IL The conduct of the Prisoner during this time was _ .. Flag! MURDER and REVENGE! and in high health aad spirits. Hsdaj►m continuing its gallant defence. There ' which state that the French had raised that town; hut we fur that this part**. rumunt thatl of trod'. " " The most ierportast swarms* letters by the Sche r it the (awe 4ø• " Flftv of tsia — innCs ht have re venge. "fberefore Peron Okstreiwords and Farmers ver - Haim and Houses shall burn if you take our Lan.ls, vuur 1.. tee snail pay Your sheep we will ear—Your Oxen we awe your Stacks-shun blase sad Mica you shall be 6Aeuted as vuu return house Pram the market or lair. We are unites'. and 'went to stand by owe ;loather 50 good fellows." The first witness called was John Jentter, who said his father lived at Mares. flew; the Prisoner was clergyman of Maresfield ; he went to seismal to him, and he talr„ht him to write. Ile has seen Mr. Bingham write; he anti his brother went to church on goodly, the Ifith December; Mr. Bingham was at church; his bro. ther and a cousin returned home with him. Mr. B. overtook them on horseback ; he mild in a joke, he would ride over us. After Mr. Bingham got by, be saw a letter dropping to the ground. Ile was thee distant about six rods; he thought it cam• from Mr. Bingham, but he was nut sure; ho thought so, because he saw it flying iii the air before it reached the ground—it 'was wavering in the air. He saw . 11 man and woman and tieo childreo, before Mr. B. came up; they were .be. tore Mr. Bingham. He came up and picked up the letter. Mr. U. rode forward, bat looked back very 'much. He carried the letter he she, and gave it to his mother. As soon as he picked up the leiter, he said toil cousin he thought it was Mr. Bingliam's band.writing ; his cousin said he thought it was not. He saw Mr. B. next morning, when he went to get a Chrialmas.piece ; he said, " You found a pretty letter yesterday, did you not, Johnl" lie replied, "• Yes." Cron.mmined.—Fl is mother had shewn this let. ter to Mrs. 13. on the Sunday evening. He had not been at school with Mr. B. for a year before, but his cousin then continued at school with Mr. B. and he said he thought it was not Mr. B.'s hand. writing. William Jenne., aged ekven, align of last wit. Doss, John Jupiter, was in company of last witness at Mansfield Clisurch. Be did not see the paper until bo otolly eases up to it; his cousin John picked it up. Before they came up, John said, " There, William, there Is a letter dropping to the ground." When they picked It up, John said / ho thought it was Mr. B.'s writing ; he said, he thought it was not. John gave the letter to his mo. ther when be got home. Mr. B. was In si4iit when picked and back very \ - -- -- -- 0w1.% on is. 7 • as .9 , sow vasasasso., sw ...assns. mss. .. probabty take Mit beptilin of the yowl; Napoleon. the letter was picked up, and he looked back very emits left the , A very Derive impress for resolvers and landasen still seek. risk provisions,, gees en at Plymouth. N n less than levee differset Thomas Dates lived as tenant under Mr. Richard sdajts was still mar are n i g h t l y em pl oye d on t hi s sort i e& An Joiner; was at church at Marestleit on Sunday, .. - protections are disregarded. lath Demweber; Mr. Bingham dtd duty on that fete are lettaill Cwallt•Stenitnales massif iito—rhe Market ss.day ,has day. He totems/ home after church in the diree. red the si ege o f as gamy freolt amvalsof VAWat, b u t setensala asp- don twit's/de Mr. Jenner's house; four more were c re irtiola awe of 4 0.1 so; we sat Laliai ow rear litl y. " with hbi; he ..walkwri t pear the middle or the coati ; lies 4 Say e r i ns im pix e swa pri rly at last ween ie .. Mitriey with Malt likewise in telliodan jitivive - and, at hid e the reed Is P lOW thirty feet wide; he thighs he ~ - vasistiss. Willis Pen kartUY RI LW_ Ozi ati ll ~ Wm Boas must YIN seenaltlates. if it 'lad been lying there; la sidoilija the of Ate iwokids. The *apply of.thik ko teusteerahle • . and thi s' rade maw laaiaa soak . guar at k J ) he Any *we, he went the sest:ereed• is this last niletellet faint to go kap*, -'- trira •nit,, : 0 wriest the 1 , , o ~. , .. - Yokterday the following Bulletin was St. James's Pslace:— 64 Winker Cattle, March 26. 111$ MAJESTY is going on very favf;urably. " W. IIIs.HERDEN." Yesterday his MAJESTY as usual came on Wind sor Terrace, at noon, accompanied. by Doctors Wxt.t.l4 and Ilragancs, and walked till half-past twelve, when the Duke of Nowt mime on the Ter. race, and took his MAJESTY by the arm s and walked with him till past one, when they returned to the Castle for his MAJESTY to dine. The Play. slcians kft his MAJESTY on the Deka of Yana coining up to him. At two o'clock his MAJESTY erne on the Terrace again, and walked till near four, attended by General MANNERS. Neither of the Physicians were on the Terrace. C.lptain II ors, who brought home the dispatches from General G is promoted to the rank et Major by Brevet. Thu Cortes of Spain have unanimously decreed the Thanks of the Nation to General. GRA and have elected him Grandee of Spain of the first class, " free of tribute," for the " astonishing bravery and discipline" manifested by his Majesty's troops. The principal standard of the EAOLE,. brought over by Captain Hoer, was held in the highest esti. motion throughout the French army, from the co. looms in which it leas advanced having distinguished themselves so as to receive the thanks of BON A. PARTE in person nn this account the neck of the Eitgle bears a gold collar, with a victorious inscrip. Lion. We are happy to state. that the wooed of Col. SEERIGHT (brother of Sir Jona) who so gallantly. led the Go u rds, in the late action, is not of a dam: gerous nature t it was a musket shot which leitged in his left shoulder, and was soon extracted ; the term severely, as the intermediate one between slightly, and dangerously, and in a military ac ceptation means, that the of f icer was unable to re. main on duty in the field. The corps of Guards, denominated by General GRAAAIII the " filmset:old troops of the KING," end who so well maintained their military fame at Barron, was principally composed of the veterans who were so valiantly led op to atoms Lineelles, in Flanders, under the command of their Generals, Lutz and Hum. Another heavy firing was heard along the French coast en Monday. It was probably to celebrate Napoleon. •1 1 .11 r'' ~,