The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-02 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY. PARIS, JULY 30. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " MADRID, JULY 46. " THE MAJOR GENERAL TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MI- NISTLR OF WAR. " General Huber took possession of Ferrol ontheastb, in consequence of a capitulation. " This town was oecnpled by 2,000 men." (The coming on of night prevents us from resolving the end of this despatch.) • The King of Portugal had requested permission of his Catholic Majesty, that his august daughters, and the In fants Don Carlos and Sebastian, might pass a few months in Portugal, more particularly those in which the yellow fever is most prevalent at Cadiz. The Revolutionists have returned the following answer to his Most Faithful Majesty:—" The King has consulted his Conncil, whose opinion is contrary togranting the permission reqamted." —(Etoile.) There were several reports on 'Change, and the one most credited was, that a telegraphic despatch was re ceived from Madrid, announcing the departure of the Duke d'Angouletne for Seville, and it is said that his Royal Highness was to leave yesterday the above capital with his whole staff and body guard. According to letters received from L'Orient bya passenger who witnessed the first attack on Corunna, this place was determined to defend itself to the last extremity. The ships taken by the Spanish privateers were sent to Vigo, where General Quiroga was to prepare for the defence of the latter town, and to give his instructions to the Governor. Yes terday, on 'Change, there was a great talk of a letter weitten by a person employed in the blockade of Cadiz, which hinted of a negotiation with the Cortes, or with the Spanish Ministry. We do not know if there is any foundation in the egos's• report, or only a =panne of the Stock Exchange. Postscript to the Constientionel, dated nine at night. It was stated yesterday evening, that our troops bad repulsed, in a very brilliant affair, a sortie from the gar rison of Barcelona. According to the last sews that was published, Moneey was to make a grand manoeuvre to drive the enemy from Villafrancs. We are expecting great events from that quarter.—(lLid.) Letters from Cadiz, dated the 15th, say that the ne 'Mations were in the greatest activity on the 11th inst., and that every thing was broken off on the 14th. This last assertion seems to agree with the sortie which took place on the 16th. These two circumstances united are thought to have been the cause of the departure of the Prince Generalissimo from Madrid. It is said that Mo rillo, in consegnence of some order he has received from the Regency, has refused obedience to its orders.-- (Pilote.) PORT ST. MARY, Jim 18. "I wrote you word yesterday that a Spanish officer had, with a degree of noble rashness, swam over the canal to bring some very important information to Gen. Bordesoult ; report says, that the whims he has brought give great hopes of a speedy denouement, but at the same time that they seem to require the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Aagouleme in the vicinity of Cadiz." French rentes closed on Wednesday in Paris at 91.5. (sel!ers) ; Scrip, I prem.; Neapolitan. 751; Spanish, 36. LILS. ♦RR. DUE. ARR. DUN. 1....Mb1in 0 I....ffollaad 0 1....Waterfim1.....0 1.... Hasbro 0 0 ...G &Jar:reg.-0 I.... France... 0 o....Lishon U 0. .Flanders • .0 0 ...(iottenburg....o 0....b1a1ta ••0 THE STA' The Meretants of Loximparg , Dave ►eguis to' mid all such goods destined fin. Saxony by way of Bruniwiek or Hano►er, Nordheim,Witzenh amen, Eisenacb, through the State of Gotha; and the Lei psig Merchants have adopt ed the same course for sending goods to Ltmenbarg. The only article in these papers, of any political interest, is dated from Odessa, July 4. By this wa learn;lllit It cording to aecoasts from Coustantinople, to the 29th of Juts*, the Porto has yielded to the urgentvepresentatt and threats of Lord Strangford, and released the four Russian ships. But'they must return to OdesiaoOatiail of going to the Archipelago. Nothing was knowp at Constantinople respecting the events in the Peloponnesur The capital was tranq nil. An addition to this article dated July 7, says that a ship which 10ft Constantinople, on the 2d, brings word that the negociations with Russia had failed, and that hostilities bad recommenced. The Ibth of Jaly is a period which the Bourbon news mongers cannot pass, with regard to the operations before Coronas. Their morning scribe in London gives us an other instance of their dislike to be " explicit " in this matter, in the shape of " a part of a telegraphic dispatch, the completios of which was prevented by the Welters of the evening." This droll document is as follows : " Madrid, July 20. " THE MAJOR-GENERAL TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. "General Huber took possession of Ferrol on the 16th inst. by capitulation. This town was occupied by 2000 -en." Unluckily for the Ultra scribe this is not a part, but the whole of a dispatch. It is complete. It expresses clearly and fully, that Ferrol surrendered to the French on a given date, by capitulation; and that it was occupied by two thousand men. The only curiosity about the matter is, why such a dispatch was sent ; because the feet of the occupa tion of Ferrol was well enough known before. We can hardly suppose it made to add a falsehood to the known feet; although it does so; for there were not 2000 men in Ferrol; and it was not surrendered by capitulation, but abandoned on the approach of the French, by a precon ceded arrangement. And why, at a late period of the even ing, state what was already known ; and not a syllable of what remained In doubt. Why tell us of Ferrol, when we want to hear ofCorunoal That place is the bane of the French hopes; and we gather from their evident aversion to mention it, an aversion as strong as that of a mad dog to taste wa ter, that it may prove an effectual antidote to their pre sumption. The Etoile gives a letter, forged i o the name of a French prisoner in Corunna, during the first attack on that place; who is made to describe very minutely the conquests of the French until they had 'reached "the " very ramparts of the town." To that point, at least, half a dozen French accounts have carried them tri umphantly; but there they all vanish. Though the French can climb inaccessible rocks, without difficulty or hesitation—the ramparts of Corunna have stopped their career. The " prisoner" says, the Spaniards lost 98 killed and wounded. This, we dare say, is less than the truth. Battles cannot be won without loss, whatever the French bulletins may say; and this loss would be trivial in such an affair. Upon this point a French pri soner in Corunna might happen to be well informed ; but when be adds, that " oar (meaning the French) loss " was very inconsiderable, whatever the Spaniards may " say to the contrary," he says what a man pent up in a fortress as a prisoner, could not know ; and what no one , who knows that the French were driven from the bat teries of Corunna, can believe. This odd fellow of a prisoner adds : " Had it not been for the arrival of Campillo's corps of about 1800 men, the remains of those troops who de fended Biscay and the Asturias, Corn n na, which boasts of being the second bulwark of liberty, would have fallen without a struggle, the garrison having already mani fested its intention of not opposing any resistance to the French army." "'Fore heaven!" as Cassio says, "this is a better " song than t'other !" The Preach do, then, know all ' about the matter. But they should tell us what Cam pillo's corps did, when it arrived—and what has become of it. heaven reward Campillo and his corps for com ing so opportunely ! though we did not know we were so much indebted to them. Still we should like to know more about them. The French say that they drove the Spaniards to the very gates of the town ; and that they afterwards closely invested it. If Cau3pillo's corps came during the battle, it must have been driven into Corunna with the rest. If it came after the battle, how did it break through the French " complete investment ?" We cannot, either, understand the statement of the garrison not intending to oppose any resistance to the French. The letter have found their actions a little at variance with the statement of this " pri. " soner!" For a last question, may we ask how the prisoner got away, as the French could not liberate him before they took the town. But for the merriment of the matter, and because we have little else to do, these " Copper Captains" might pass with less notice. The French reports and bulletins wear a truly (loyal aspect. They are as childish as folly, and as ridiculous as vanity can make them. They tell us there is nothing to do ; and we suppose this is to account for their doing nothing. " The fortifications of Tarragona are in a bad state,' say their accounts. The natural query is, why is not Tarragona taken ? and the inference as necessarily is, that, however bad the fortifications may be, the French are not in a condition to approach them. A private cor respondence from the head-quarters at Madrid, says— " Theexample of General Morillo has been followed by " a very great number of officers, particularly of General " officers, as well as by soldiers of every rank ; and " that the troops of Villacampa are united under the " Royal standard!" Prince Hal would exclaim—" These " are like the father that begets them." Villa Camps found that his soldiers would not join his treason, and I abandoned his command. Not a troop followed him to the French standard. There were not in the Spanish r service a great number of General Officers ; and from t the alacrity of the French to publish the names of the t scoundrels who took refuge amongst their horde, we .should soon have bad the list, if it bad contained , only a couple of the most obscure names.—lf , the French ace satisfied, we are content. They aro to ‘_ quite as good a plight as we could wish ; and yet - they are is as bad a condition as we could hope they would be. (live ns a month or two of hot weather; and. however, the French may boast of General Officers. the rank_and file will begin to melt away rapidly enough even for us— who think that no fate too bad can befal them, if they hesitate to shoot much longer' their own officers, in stead of the Spaniards, and to return home to their own employments. The loan to the Rebel Regency, of which the London Bourbou•scribe wrote so confidently yesterday, he now admits, has " become again a matter of doubt." Aye, aye The money-lenders do not like the Corumsa secu rities well enough to risk their money in the hands of the raggassuffin rebel Regency of Madrid, until they have better security to offer than the abolished tittles ; land certain royal rights; which we t rust will be soon 'abolished also. The scribe, in a desponding tone, adds, —" We do not pretend to decide how far its conclusion is to be regarded as certain. Such seemed to be the opinion of well informed persons at Paris;— and, at all events,it is certain that the negoci. ation had proceeded nearly if not quite to its close."— It proceeded to its close certainly, as the French did to the walls of Comma; but the close was not so desirable as was anticipated. If Ferdinand had been taken at Seville—if Cadiz had surrendered at the first request— if Morillo's treason had been effectual—if Corunna had fallen—if Mina's head had been frozen instead of his foot —if the population of Spain bad hailed the French as deliverers—if a thousand other ifs had not existed against the chance of the dotard Regency continuing six months at Madrid—then the loan might have been effected. Bat, as the matter stands—a lean to such crea. tures is out of the question, if the money•holders wear beads for any other purpose than to stick their hats upon. The question of the existence of a blockade even at Cadiz is likely to be agitated most seriously. The DWARF cutter was fired at on coming out of the harbour of Cad:a ; and her Captain very promptly and properly lowered his boat, and sent to the French Admiral to de mand an explanation, and an apology. The last was aukw•ardly made, and the first eluded. The French said they did not know she was a British national vessel, though her pendant and ensign were flying. It is time they bad some of their old lessons on this matter repeat ed. There was a time when they could recognise it at a much greater distance: and, we trust the next vessel they have any doubts about, will satisfy them in another manner. The Bourbon Zdnairals do not know us AT sea! We have delivered Europe for something The Empecinado has become as active as Mina ; and bids fair to be as terrible to the French. Some Constitationallets, shut up in the Castle of Zamora, being threatened with military execution, he has seized a number of clerical and royalist hostages ; and declares, that for every murder com mitted on his followers, he will hang twenty priests. We trust the threat will have its due effect. WINDSOR, Auo. 1 —Yesterday his Majesty, with his usual attendants, took an airing for a considerable time in the Great Park. It was his Majesty's intention to have gone to London at the end of this week; but his Majesty's departure from the Royal Lodge is unavoid ably postponed for the present. Some threatening symptoms of gout are said to be the cause of this post ponement. Baron Gourier, the Charge d'Affaires from Portugal, transacted business at the Foreign Office oo Wednesday. Thursday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which was attended by ail the Ca binet Ministers in London. The Cabinet continued in deliberation about an hour. Yesterday a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers. An extra Board was held on Thursday. --- - - CAMBRIDGE, Ana. I.—lt is understood that the 12th of August, the King's Birth-day, has been fixed upon for laving the first stone of the new Quadrangle at Tri nity College ; and that his Majesty has been graciously pleased to nominate the Speaker of the House of Com mons to officiate as his proxy in the ceremonial of the day. The Vice-Chancellor and Members of the Senate will assemble at the Senate House at ball-past one o'clock, and will accompany the Representative of his Majesty in procession to the King's Gate, at Trinity Col lege, at two o'clock precisely, where they will be met by the Master, Fellows, and other resident Members of the Society, and will proceed immediately to the ground. The marriage between Major General Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.8., Governor of Ceylon, and Miss Fawkes, daughter of Walter Fawkes, Esq , of Faraley Hall, High Sheriff of this county, is expected to take place this morning (Thursday), at Otley.—(York Chroniee.) THE MAGNOLIA.—HiII Grace the Duke of Richmond has two of the finest standard magnolia grandiflora trees in this country, at his seat at Goodwood, in Su-sex, one of which, at 6 inches from the ground, girths 3 feet one inch, and at 4 feet from the earth 2 feet 5 inches; at about 5 feet from the earth it divides into branches, form ing a very beautiful head about 23 feet in height. Th e other is 35 feet in height, and measures 4 fret in circum ference at 14 inches from the ground. These trees flower abundantly every year. The time of their having been planted cannot be now correctly ascertained. MAJOR-GEN. HALL—The death of this gentleman, took place on Saturday last, at his residence, Park Hall, near Mansfield ; the General was in the 531 year of his age, was many years Colonel of the23.l or Welsh Fuzi• leers,and took the command of thatregiment at the battle of Alexandria in Egypt. Several of the London papers have announced the death of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, at Leamington ; we are however happy in being able to state, that our vener able Diocesan is in excellent health.—He dined with the High Sheriff on Tuesday, and attended divine service at the Cathedral, with the Judges on the follow. ing day.—(Norfolk Chron) The Revenge, of 74 guns, Captain Sir Charles Bnr rard, Bart. being completed to her fuli war complimen of 650 men, will shortly leave the Medway for Spitheadt where she will receive the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir El. Burrard Neale, and then proceed to Malta, to relieve Sir Oraham Moore, in the Rochfort. lt is expected this ship will call off Cadiz. Much is expected from the revival of the "Barber of Seville " at the Haymarket this evening, as the great abi lities of Miss PATON and LISTON are coiled in to give it effect. Report also speaks highly of the new Farce of " Spanish Bonds, or Wars in Wedlock," which is said to bare been written by an eminent artist. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. -•--- DIAL, AUGUST I.—Wind W.S.W.—Passed through the Busireus, Oardner, from St. Vincent's; the David Ly on, Purdy, from Jamaica, was dismasted in the Gulf of Florida, and has been supplied with an anchor and cable from this.—Came down from the River several outward bound ships ; particulars unknown. PLYMOUTH, Aux 31.—Wind W.—Arrived the Eclipse, Csrr, from Prince Edward's Island; and Eagle, Pratt, from St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSSIOUTH, AUGUST I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Stockton, Langley, from Miramichi, for orders—Sailed in company with the Minerva and Nestor for London. FALMOUTH, JULY 31.—Wind W.N.W.—Light airs.— No arriv4ls or sailings. The Cburricoa, Aspasia, from Cadiz to Vera Cruz was totally destroyed by fire, at Mora Castle the beginning of April. The Ainsley, Young, from Gefie to Hull, foundered , at Sea the 13th ult.—Crew saved, and arrived at Elviron INQUEST ON ELIZA ANTHONY. The inquiry was again resumed this morning at nine o'clock, before Thomas Sterling, Esq. and a respectable Jury, at the King's Arms, Chealsea, touching the Death of this unfortunate young woman. Mary Johnson, the mother of the deceased, deposed, Eliza Anthony was a daughter by her first husband, and at the time of the occurrence lived in Gerrard Street, Golden Square, with William Briton Dyson, the person now in Custody u her supposed Murderer. They cohabited together as man and wife, but were not married. She was with Dyson up to Saturday last, and was in the 21st year of her age. Dyson asked witness leave to marry her daughter ; but she objected, from a knowledge that they had no prospect of living.— Witness bad not heard of them for two months 'till Fri day night preceding the Saturday that the occurrence took place, when Mrs. Bell came from her daughter and said she was in great distress, ill, without clothes or meat, and much in debt for rent. Witness said she would call the next day. At 5 o'clock the ensuing morning Mrs. Bell again came to witness in New Bos well Court, and informed her fellow servant that Eliza Anthony was drowned. Witness immediately saw Mrs. Bell, who told her her daughter was dead. Witness exclaimed, "My God, is she dead !" Witness then proposed to go and see her, bat Mrs. Bell said she could not, observing, sbe was drowned. Witness and Mrs. Bell then proceeded down the Strand, and along the water side, to see if they could discover the body, but could not. Witness then said she would fetch Dyson to say where the spot was, and asked Mrs. Bell how be knew it, who answered, that it was his intention to drown himself with her. Witness then said, she did not want to see the " wretch." Witness then stated her pursuit in search of the body, and of her meeting with Dyson at Mrs. Bell's, and of her having caused him to be taken into custody. Mr. Jeffry. surgeon, here said, be was the person who bad opened the body, and his time was precious.—The Co roner said, he thought it a most eatreordinary thing, gen tlemen should open the body without authority.—Surgeon— I am not responsible for the acts of others, Mrs. Johnson told me she had the Coroner's permission to open the body, under which authority I acted. Mrs. Johnson was again called, end said Mr. Wood had sent to her, saying she might have the body opened. Mr. Wood was next called. He said he had called at Mr. Sterling's Offices in Clerkenwell, and seen a clerk, who did not refuse to sanction opening the body, and, as an in terested party, he ordered it ; if he bed erred, he was sorry. Here the contention ended, and Mr. Henry Jeffrey's, sur geon, of 33, Clarges-street, Piccadilly, deposed, he opened the body, which was in a very advanced stage of putre faction; the face and head were very:much swollen,bleck, and disfigured. She was pregnant ; about 5 or 6months advanced. Witness is of opinion the blackness of the face arose from external violence committed upon it, previous to her death. No other marks appeared on the body, the lungs were gored with black blood, which leaves no doubt on wit nesses mind but, she died from suffocation. Juror. I have seen dead bodies many, and I think it impossible for a professional gentleman to say, after a body has been in the water so long, that the discoloration arose from ex ternal violence.—Witoe‘s—l give it as my opinion. Mr. John Harding, who assisted, as a surgeon in opening the body, corroborated the last witness's tes timony. Mr. Thomas Gascoigne, Surgeon, King's Road, Chel sea, who Lad Of ened the body after Mr. Jeffery., said lie had no reason to believe any external violence was used. At 12 o'clock, when our Reporter left the Inquest, the enquiry was going on. The unexpected appearance of the Empecinado before Zamora about the 7th July, produced, as has been alrea dy stated, the greatest consternation in that place.-- Having learned Oat sum,' of his followers, who had been made prisoners, were confined in the castle of Z - mora, and threatened with military execution, he wrote a letter to the Governer, declaring that for every Consti tutionalist put to death he would hang twenty Priests. —lt is said that he has collected some hundreds of clerical and other loyalists, and holds them as hostages, A letter has been received from Rome, dated the 16th. stating that the church of St. Paul, extra muros, had become a prey to the dames. This church, which is one of the largest, the richest, and most ancient in the capi tal of the Catholic world, was remarkable for the ele gance of its interior structure, and the five colonnades of Greek and African marble which supported its naves. Twenty-four of these pillars, of African marble, were taken front the torah of Hadrian, in what is now called the Castle of St. Angelo. They were, when the accounts the 16th left Rome, buried under the ruins. Tito health of his Holiness gave no further cause of alarm. It appears from a litter in the courier Francais, 014 the heads of the two principal families of Cataloma, Counts de Pinos and Santa Colonna, command the N 4• tional Militia. The public opinion is decidedly expressed in favour of the revolution, anti the richest merchants and manufacturers have taken up arms in defence of con. stitutional liberty. It is reporters that the French, after their defeat at Corunna, withdrew to Betanzos, the point from which they originally advanced. Betanzos is a town situated on a Peninsula, formed by the junction of the Mantles and another small river, at the distance of about tat miles from Corunna, and twenty from Ferrol. FIRIL—This morning at half-past 5 o'clock, an alarm iog Fire broke out in the back premises of Mr. Handy's, (formerly Mr. H rybold's) Brass Founder, in Doswell Street. The flames spread with great fury for two hours, and communicated to the adjoining houses of Mr. Grim shaw, Jenellers"f out Maker, and Mr. Hewitt, 'Finnan, both of o hich arc much damaged, Mr. Hardy's being completly t rotted. Fortunately a good supply of water was obtained, and by the great exertions of the firemen further loss was prevented. A great quail, thy of c..hrable furniture was destroyed by throwing it into the Street. front the windows, Providentially, no lives were lost, though the confusion and terror that ex isted was very great, many persons rushing Leto the street from their beds naked, The cause of tho accident we were not able to learn. At Walsingham Sessions last week, came on to be heard an Appeal by the Dowager Lady Suffield, against the poor-rate of the parish of Hempstead (near Holo on the ground that her Ladyship was overrated in respe:t of the tithes of the parish. The Court being of opiniou that the Appeal was well founded, quashed the rate. i~ PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. - --- Bank Stock lndia Stock . 3 per Ct. Red 3p. (t. Cons. Blfll 8x.8i11.2d: 1 —282628 s pm . 3% per Cent.. lOOOl. S 4 per Cents 991 i --RIM 28 28 281 pm. New Fours ... ...... 1002; --Small .. .27 1105 pm. Long Ann. —.lO 1541 21 Lottery Tickets... . 141.145. Imp. 3 per Ct Con. for Acct. *tateontan. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1823. STZ`CIC EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—Consois opened Ply morning at Sit at which price they remain steady. Tile Expresses from Paris this morning bring the French Rentes as follows : Opened on Thcrsdey at 90-80, got up to 91-10, and closed at 90-73. Spanish were SO sellers. The Rri vete letters received by the above Expresses state that the French begin to feel themselves rather awkwardly situated in Spain, and that the Duke of Angou letue's departure for Seville was owing to the anarchy which prevails at Madrid. ills person' was considered unsafe is the capital. A number of his body guards, and various other corps have taken their departure for Seville. The Spanish sortie from Cadiz is looked on at Paris as a chef d'oerre. Its object was to reinforce Ballasteros, in which the Spaniards have completely succeeded. The sortie was made with 2000 men; 4000 of wnom joined the above Ge neral, and the remainder, MOO, returned to Cadiz. Private accounts also state that the Cortes are determined not to ne gociate with any other body except the French Govern ment. Foaelom FUNDS.—Spanish Bonds opened at VIII with little doing.—French Scrip, Oil prem.—r o ussian Bonds, Hflif. Columbia. 0 tt.—Poyis, 19t.—In other foreign secu rities nothing doing. By the Mails arrived this morning we have received Hamlmre papers of the 25th ult., and Dutch papers of the 30th. The news they contain is not of much im. portance. The Emperor Alexander was to set out, the 2d of this month, to view the army, in Bessarabia; and in September was expected for a like purpose in Poland, where preparations are making for the formation of a camp of 90.000 men. While his Imperial Majesty is pre paring for the review of his armies, his Ministers are directing their arms against a Power towards which they manifest as much terror as hostility. An article from Copenhagen says, " The Rev. Mr. Barthohn, editor of the West Sealand Advertiser, has had an action brought against him for some free expressions in his journals ; the prosecution is instituted at the desire of Baron Nicolay, the Russian Minister." The Swedish Diet, it appears, has been engaged in a debate on the report of the Constitutional Committee, relative to the Council of State. The questioo, " whether in conformity with art.lo7 of the Constitution, the Diet should address His Majesty to dismiss the Secretary of State, Mr. Quiding," was put to the vote and decided in favour of Mr. Quiding, by a majority of 103 to 77 votes. The high duties and troublesome formalities to which the Prussian ordinance, now in force, subjects all manufac tured goods passing through the Prussian dominions, have defeated the object for which they were imposed.-. ••••••keakyrie F