The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-22 00:00:00

- Liorace Walpole, with his tov-shop and his two-penny no tions, at Ste iwberry Hill. He would lave been a man, if he had not been a lord. But Twickenham and Pope ! W hat a hnrst of beauty and wit is there ! Whatlad vs. that to whom he eerily bends? - Who k non s not her; Ah, tho-e are Wortley'. eyes The sweet tongued Murray manlier side at•cml.; Now to my heart the glance of !Inward lies ; Now Harvey. fair of fare, 1 mark full well. • Wiih thee. l outtes youngest daughter, sweet Lepell. I see two lovely sister* band in hand. The fair•halred Martha, and Teresa brawn: Madge Bellenden, the tallest of the lauds And smiling Mary. fair and soft a. down. Yonder I see the cheerful duchess stand • For friendship, zeal, and blithesome humours known : • Whence thatlead shout in such a hearty strain? Why, all the Hamiltoos are in her traitt.-- , :As. We linty Pope always reading or writing; at intervals entertaining Bolingbroke, Swift, or Arbuthnot, or all three; or undergoing his pleasing provocations betwixt the humours of The fair-haired Martha, and T brown. rher up, at Chertsey, died good-hearted and fine headed Con ley,—Pope says, of a fever which he caug ht in conse (pence of having been drinking too freely, and lying out all night in the fields, with Dean Sprat. The story is in Spence's Anecdotes, but was omitted by Johnson, less out of tenderness, I dare say, to the Tory poet, than to the Tory Bishop, whom he was anxious to exalt. Pope added, that " ;he parish still talked of the drunken Dean." Srentford, as Sir Hugh Evans would have said, " bath strange reputations." It was celebrated in the wars of the King and Parliament. The "two kings" of it are renowned in the Rehearsal. A poet, who lived at Richmond, records it as "a town of mud ;"+ and a king, who lived at Kew, chose it 'for his prospect from the other side of the river. At Hammer smith Richardson had a country box. He used to bring unex pected nosegays from his garden there to his printing-office in the city, in order to tempt his compositors to be early at their work. Kensington is eminent for the heaviest part of the gossiping history of courts ; but there are one or two literary anecdotes connected with it, which I cannot refer to for want of books.— There is a poem on the Gardens by Tickell. I believe Kent first displayed his genius in improving them. There was once some inconvenience, perhaps, in walking in them at late hours ; but all the rest of the time it was as it should be. Now, for— " satyrs and sylvan boys," they have beadles, who take care that you cultivate nature with propriety. and remind you at every turn °Me Board of Green Cloth. Who can dine on the grass with beadles looking at them? Eating their veal-pie under favour, end merry by authority? Bow-street, Uhe woold coine awl ore lihn. Jacob eat, a better figure here than when's. ineerted had money among his prvments to poor Dryden for his VireiL—See the letters at the end of Walter Scott's edition of Dryden. f Castieeflndolence, the last stanza. Es 'n so, throne!, Itrentfonl town, a town of mud, And herd of bristly swine is prick'd along," Ste. Gay records Brentford's tedious town. For dirty streets. an,, obite•lege'd chickens known. [To he continued.] MILITARY FORCE OF THR CONTENDING PAR. TIES IN SPAIN. Cadiz had, on the 12th of July, a garrison of 12.000 troops ofthe line; two battalions Artillery and 300 Cavalry, isith about 8000 National Militia, well equipped, clothed and fed. In the Bay were one ship of the line, two frqates, two brigs, 20gun-boats ; the defences are stronger than in 1812, when Cadiz defended itself against 25,000 French, or the Isla in 1820 against Freyne : the entrench ment of the Trocadero prevents shells being thrown into the town ; the magazines are well supplied, and provisions cheaper than at the end of June, in con , equence of the itliabitants having, during the first days of the blockade, provided themselves for two months, and they continually receive • present snppiv.—The other fortresses in posses sion of the Spaniards are:— Garrison. Names. Provinces. Of the Line. Volunteers. San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, 3.300 300 Pampluna, Navarra, 4.000 700 Santulli', Biscay, 2.500 100 Corunne, Galicia, 2,000 1,045) Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, 1.300 800 lisdarox, Extremadura, 3,000 1,015) Carthagena, Murcia, 3,000 800 A:leant, Valencia, 2.000 500 Lerida, Catalonia, 2.000 30.) Tarragona, Do. 2.500 1,00 Ilalaguer, Do. 800 2.1'0 Barcelona, Do. 5,000 8.000 Mostalrich, Da. 400 254) Fisueras, Do. 3,000 1,000 I 4 eo de Urge!, Du. 1,000 1,000 Minor places . . . • 1.000 1,000 Cadiz, Andalusia 12.300 8,000 49,500 28,050 Besides which the disposable force c4nsists of in Ar.dalusia Estremadura Ea ?Mancha 5OO 1,500 Two Castillas .. .. • 1.51a) 2,00 Galicia Catalonia Arragon Remaining Provinces Garrisons 31,000 t, 100 Disposable 49,500 26,050 Total Effective Force 80,500 50,160 The French and Factious, taking the total of the former who have entered, and not making the usual one-sixth deduction for casualtii3, consists of 60,000 French and 20,000 Factious, who are employed as follows : Of the Line. Factious. Blockade of San Sebastian's 2.500 Do. of Santona Do. of Pamplona Do. of COI1101211 Do. Cadiz Garrison of Madrid O,OOO 3.000 Do. of Seville - 3 OOO 1,090 Do. minor places and detachments .. 6,000 1,000 Army of Arragon 17.000 2.000 Ditto of Catalonia Garrisons of Tartest', Jana, lifurviedro, i 8,000 and Mequineima Total Force 80,000 20,000 Who cover a line of ISO leagues in length from Bayonne to Cadiz, with branches to the N.W. in lialicia, and to the Arraga and Navarre, and East Catalonia separated by all the obstacles of mountainous countries, without base, point d' appui, communications, fortified places, excepting those above mentioned, and with all the remainder in their rear, occupied by the Coostitutiooalists. It appears that the unfortunate Marshal Ney, who was allot at Paris on the restoration of the Bourbons, was an American by birth, was born near Elkton, Maryland, and that his proper name was Michael Rodolph. His history is briefly this: he commenced his military career, and re eeived the first rudiments of his education in Capt. Lee's dragoons of the Maryland line during the revolution, front irthich he was honourably discharged. He was born in Cecil county, in that State, and after the period of his dis charge from the army, he removed to Carolina, where he married; but his matrimonial connection rendered him un bappy, on which he left his family, took a vessel to the West Indies, remitted the proceeds. and declined returning to his native couetry ; since which no trace could be found of him tutu% the French Government, after the ezecution of Ney, took possession of his papers and made the discovery. Gen. lcilemand, when in this country, while travelling through Maryland from Philadelphia to Baltimore, con firmed this by a reference to the circumstance.—Bridgeton A GloW Mine has been discovered in North Carolina, America, which promises to be very valuable: a piece of motive gold was found, welsh 1,700 dollars. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. -.mar Barnstaple, August 19 INS. SlR—Having been deprived of my rank and 'half-pay, my only support, 1 am at this time in the greatest pecuniary distress, and consequently wholly unable to pay for the in• sertion of the annexed letter, addressed to Viscount Melville, but should you be kindly induced to give it a piece in your ex cellent paper, I shall with many thanks remunerate you for such, as soon as the same may be in my power. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, and very humble servant, ROWLAND MILNER. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, z Le. Barnstaple, August 19, 1623. MT Loin, —Having ineffectually endeavoured to induce my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to grant me the common privilege of a trial, which, had the same been allowed me, would have afforded me an opportunity of exonerating myself from the false charge specified in Mr. Barrow's letter to me of the 29th of September, 1821 ; and as I hare always understood that, conformably to the esta blished Laws of this Realm, the meanest of his Majesty's subjects are entitled to such ; and that no man could - be lawfully punished, except on the accusation of a Grand Jury of the people, and after the conviction of a Jury of hii equals, or by the sentence of a Court Martial, 1 feel it to be my duty, as well as my inherent right as an oppress ed Englishman, thus publicly to protest against the Board of Admiralty's recent decision towards me, by which I have been, since November last, and after's .servitude of , more than twenty-one years, deprived:cirm3f tapk and half pay, thy only support, for an alleged offence, that is stated in the said Mr. Barrow's letter, to have occurred in IMO (thirteen years ago), bat which I have not only repeatedly informed their Lordships I never committed, but also that my accuser was wholly unknown to me.-1 have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship:B humble servant, ROWLAND MLLNDR. THE STATESMAN. Cnt *tatnintan. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 22, 1823. The following intelligence was this morning received at Lloyd's:— " Lisoos, At'CI'ST o.—Sir Robert Wilson arrived here a few days ago on his way to Gibraltar, in a small English schooner from N'ku. The French army was entering that place when she sailed. This morning, by another arrival, we learn that Corunna his capitulated. Three Portuguese brigs of war sailed from hence a few days ago, with stores for the French fleet and army at Cadiz and Seville." STOCK EfICHANGE.—ConsoIs opened this 'scorning at 8212, at which price they have been steady, with little busi ness doing. Then-are various reports of Expresses from Paris with the French Rentes ; but we cannot learn the price with certair.ty. By private letters from Paris yester day, it appears the French Government do not expect any thing of importance from Cadis fur some days. _ _ FOREIGN MARKET.—A notice has been posted up in the above market, this morning, from Admiral Jabat, the Spa nish Ambassador, to the following purport :—He states, that he is informed that the Spanish Commissioners still persist in issuing Spanish Certificates of Rentes, in defiance of his ort!ers to the contrary, and that they have ordered a number to be printed at Paris, for the purpose of fulfilling an alleged contract with Messrs. Lubbock and Campbell: therefore, lie cautions the British public against parches. big the Certificates. Spanish Bonds opened at 37, & got up to 3 —NewSpanish Bonds 373—New Prussia EN —Russia b63—Colombia 671 — French Scrip. 23. Advices from Bayonne have reached us this morning, (of a date one day later than those we yesterday received) from which we give the following extracts:—.. BAYONNE, As 14.—We are in great uncertainty re specting the military events, so little being published, hut private information in some measure, makes up for the deficiency. By the news which we have received from the environs of Corunna, we find that the French, though they have not yet attacked it, have approached nearer to it, and have made themselves masters of some positions. We bate again beard a cannonade in the directi9u di s gt. Sqbastian, but are unable to say what was the occasion of it. It is not known why Marshal Lauriston has advanced his head quarter, to Vittoria, though he had announced that he should not go beyond Tolosa. A person vrho has just arrived from Pampeluna, and who bas seen the prepolatitins making for the attack of that fortress, says, that they ire, indeed, im• mense. The garrison, however, does not seem at present to fear them ; it fires on every thing that comes near, and does not spare its ammunition. From the accounts brought by an extraordinary Courier, it appears, that the tranquil lity of Madrid was seriously disturbed on the 10th. The Royalists, or, properly speaking, the rabble who assumed the name, went to the houses of the Liberals, whom they wanted to massacre, saying, that they had circulated with a bad intention, the news of the Ring's deliverance, which had not proved true. The whole garrison of Madrid was under arms, and it was with much difficulty that these madmen were brought to reason, and order restored. The Gazette of the eleventh contains nothiag that is at all interesting. Prints letters announce that an extraordinary sitting of the Cortes took place on the 4th, in which it was decided by a very great majority, that the proposals of the ?repels should be tened to; and that the discussion of the means to be em ployed for this purpose was adjourned until the follow ing day. It is said that Alicant is in a very good state of defence, and that Torrijos is the Governor. An energetic Proclamation from Mina to his soldiers is spoken of, in which be is reported to say, that " he has heard of the infamous treason of Ballasteros, but that he will never surrender, and that he would sooner set fire to all the towns of Spain." There is nothing remarkable in the movement of troops in our City. Pretty large detachments, consisting of soldiers belonging to all the several corps of the army, continue to repair to Spain. The letters from the head quarters of the Prince shew, that His Royal Highness continues to proceed without in terruption on his way to Cadiz ; and it is affirmed, that the Cortes only wait for the arrival of the Prince to treat under the mediation and guarantee of England. There is a report here that Marshal Moncey, whose health has been much affected by the fatigues of the campaign, has asked leave to lay down the command of the army in Catalonia. This report even assigns Marshal Suchet as his successor. The siege of Pampeluna is to he commenced on the 25th of August. By the arrival of a Lisbon Mail this morning., we have received a file of the Lisboa Gazettes, to the 10th instant, from which we extract the following : LISBON, Aug. S.—Extract of a letter from Tuy, August 3:— " I inform you that Wilson arrived on the 26th at Vigo, hav ing come from Coruna by sea. • Our troops marched out of this city with some Portuguese, and in an action which they had with the Constitutionalists of Vigo, they beat them completely, taking from them about 30 prisoners, some horses, and a great deal of baggage. On our side we had only one man wounded; the Constitutionalists Lad some killed. On the 30th, 2000 French joined Morillo at Pon tevedia, in consequence of which General Palarea who was with some troops at Redondella retreated to Puenteereas, for which point they are now dislodged, and the French in Vigo. General Morillo and the French troops entered Vigo on the 4th of this month, in consequence of which Sir R. Wilso,nwhu has acquired a mournful notoriety by his adventures and intrigues In Gallicia, and who had already been once obliged to quit the city of Oporto, has just arrived at this port, and is detained, and strictly watched on hoard the schooner thit brought him. The English Frigate, the Tribune, sailed on the 23d of July from San Lucar to Gibraltar, probably with the English Am bassador, Sir William A'Court on board. LISBON, AUGUST 9.—When the French entered Vigo, Sir R. Wilson retired to the island of Ozmas, at the Entrance of Vigo Bay. From this situation, in which he was in much distress for want of provisions, he, with some companions, were re lieved by the English orig Nassau, which arrived here on the 7th. The Captain of this vessel reported himself from London after 30 days voyage, having toothed at Corinna and Vigo to be laden with bale goods, and bound to Gibraltar, with pas sengers Messrs. Wilson, Erskine, &c. The names of these gentlemen of course shewing who they were, the Government placed a guard that Sir Robert might not have any communication with the shore. It having been signified to Mr. Ward, the British. Charge d'Affaires here, that Sir Robert wanted a surgeon to dress his wounds, which bad been exposed some days, be having so hastily left Vigo, that all the necessaries were left behind ; the surgeon of the Arabella Packet was immediately dispatched to him. The only other articles of intelligence in these papers are accounts of the arrival of the Apostolic Nuncio, and of the return of the Cardinal Patriarch, with the respectful and jlyful reception they experienced front the Portuguese The New Times, of course, takes all the French re ports, as absolute facts. A Madrid letter says : " It is reported, that on the 6th lost, an emissary was sent from Cadiz to General Bordesoult, with certain pro positions, which, not having been accepted, another emis sary was despatched on the 7th with fresh proposals." Out of this report, the New Times makes the following facts in his leading article : "On the 6th instant, the Revolutionists in that city proposedterms to General Bordesoult, which being rejected, they proposed others on the 7th." This shameless lying is in the face of a declaration that the report upon which it Is founded. is of very little probability; and the direct intelligence 'from Cadiz demonstrates that "the Revolutionists" never entertain any idea of snaking terms with their invaders. — Any such " emissary" must have gone from the Royal. ists, and not from the Revolutionists. The faith of the New Times enables him to swallow, and repeat as truths such stories as, that " twenty-seven Royalist peasants of Villa de Ciervos, attacked, on the 27th of July last, forty two cavalry of the Regiment of Algrave, commanded by a brother of the Empecinado. and, in spite of the re sistance they opposed, took thirty-sir of them prisoners, with their arms and horses. Two were killed, and the Chief with three others crossed into Portugal, where they were arrested."—Our Ultra, in cramming the fact into his leader, is cunning enough to avoid mentioning numbers; but the story is good enough to give complete. Here are twenty-seven peasants, on foot, of course, take thirty six horsemen and their horses prisoners, after killing two, and sustaining no loss themselves. The horsemen must have been the moat accommodating creatures alive ; but it shews what Royalists can do. This silly knave also affects to believe that General Alava bad been shot in the Isle de Leon at a period anterior to the 10th instant; although letters from Cadiz to a later date are in town, and the fact is not alluded to; nor another fact of the New Times, that " the " town is a scene of general confusion, and mutual dis " gust." He winds up his catalogue of facts, by the re ported " murder of 50 Royalists at Coruna', whose bodies " bad been thrown into the sea." And this, if need be, be will swear to, although be does not know it to be true, and in his conscience believes it to be false. He says it is his duty to notice these " acts of cruelty, when perpetrated by " Revolutionielor This is true, and this explains his SDI). t . : e 1 . • t tive clearly enoug . He is hired to rail at ehesses com mitted by the par y to which he is opposed ; and to " slur " over" such Royal abominations as the massacre of War. saw, and Ismael, and the murders of the Bourbon faction in France;an.l of Ferdinand in Spain, because they were cent. mined by his friends, To destroy a royalist traitor like Morillo, d'Abisbal, or Ballasteros, who ought to be gibbet. ted upon the highest prominences in Spain, wbnld afford him topics for sympathy for the remainder of his life; bat the massacre of every Liberal in Spain, would be only mat. ter of rejoicing for him. He has not a word of censure for the murderers of the Liberals at Madrid, on the re• joicing ordered by the Regency for an event which had not occurred; nor for the parties endangered by the tumult at Saragossa, where the French were ashamed of the blood thirsty rage of the ltoyalist faction : while upon the sup. posititious atrocities attributed to the Revolutionary party, he is as impressive, as if he wished to prevent all crimes; when the knave only wants them to be committed in the name of religion, and on behalf of the King.! The com mon sense of this country is so decidedly against his infamous policy, that he is obliged to attempt to disguise its more atrocious features; but he does it very clumsily. He says the lawful authority of the King of Spain is not despotic. Who ever thought it was, or that the lawful &nth°• fit) , of any ruler was despotic; since despotism must be always unlawful. But we will tell him that Ferdinand was a despot, and sanguinary despot into the bargain ; and as to what he said relative to the laws of Spain, it was worth as much as the oaths of the Royal perjurers of Naples and Portugal. The Rights of the people , cannot be secured against such a man, but by absolutely depriving him of power. There is no medidm between such a man being a slave, or a tyrant; and to restore to him one particle of au. thority, will be to create a new all the disasters of Spain. The fact is now tolerably well established, by ne gative evidence, that Ballasteros was as unable to se duce his army as Morino, or d'Abisbal. The French say that lie stipulated they should net be employed against either party; but this seems to have been merely a trick to account for their not appearing in the field with the French troops. General Zayas, who was sent from Cadiz to supersede Ballasteros, is still at the head of a con. siderable force; and appears to be beyond the reach of bri bery. There is a rumour that the Cortes were negoti. ating, until the treason of Ballasteros raised the demands of the invaders. But we will not believe, without actual demonstration, that the Cortes can be so mad as to treat with those whom they cannot trust. The Greeks are proceeding prosperously in the ransom of themselves from Turkish slavery. One great advantage which they have in the struggle, is, that they are not for mented with any legitimate pretensions. They have no question to settle among themselves, between the rights of the people, and the usurpation of monarchs. Their only enemies are the Turks; and, having drawn the sword against despotism, they have no traitors in their camp—no King to swear eternal fidelity to their liberties one hour, and to betray them the next—no priesthood bigotted to monarchy, to preach passive obedience and non-resistance —no hirelings of a dominant faction, employed to delude their minds, and to paralize their exertions. 'I hey wear their own cause on their own swords—and the prize is plainly before them. We are truly glad that the mag nanimous Alexander was frightened by the Republica* leaven of their attempt, and left them to achieve their free dom single handed. Ilia hatred to liberty has made him blind to his evident policy—a policy that might have made him master of Europe. Had. he taken the Greeks under his protection, at a period when they would have beta grateful for his interference, they would have thrown them selves into his arms, not remembering that they were only exchanging one tyrant for another. The Greek navy, the Greek seamen, would have been transferred to and have given her the undisputed command of the Mediter ranean—and Greece would have been an impregnable hold from which Russia might have dictated laws at once to Aria • and to Europe. This opportunity is lost for ever.— Greece has learnt what freedom means; and having emancipated herself from Turkish fetters, she will be too wise to submit to the Russian Knout. Some alarm was created yesterday in the city, by intelli genre of the detention of an English merchant vessel by the French blockading squadron befire Cadiz, under cir cumstances, as was stated, of some indignity. On inquiry, however, the real truth proves to be as follows : —The Spanish Patriot brig, bound from London to Cadiz, was standing into that port on the 29th ult., not aware that the place bad been declared in a state of blockade. A shot to bring to was fired in the usual tnanner by one of the French ships of war. and on obeying Cae munitions she was inform led that permission could not be given to enter Cadiz. but that she must repair to Rota, a port on the other side of the bay, in the possession of the French, which was accord ingly done: All that has been mentioned beyond this, of the Spanish Patriot having on board a cargo of gunpowder, and that twelve of the crew had been sent to France as prisoners, is, we understand, wholly without foundation. A letter from Gibraltar dated the 31st ultimo, mentions a fact which bad excited some speculation in that garrison. The Tribune, which brought Sir W. A'Court from San Lucar, put into Cadiz and delivered mails there ; the French blockading squadron showing Ito disposition to interrupt this intercourse. Soon after, the American frigate Confess, with an Ambassador on bond for the etates, appeared off the Bay, but was not permitted to enter. The American Commander, Capt. BIDDeLL, demanded the same indul gence u had been granted to the Tribune ; but the Freed' Admiral excused himself by saying, that the Tribune had got in under a press of sill, while it was blowing hard, and that be bad it not in his power to stop her. lie added, too, that the Capt. Union, of the Tribune, had since apologised for breaking the blockade, but this, it is said, the latter denied. The transaction gave occasion to a renewal of the reports of some secret understanding between the Frenc h and English Governments—the excuse of Admiral Hame lin being regarded as a mere pretext. A French Commander of high rank in Spain has, Os said, written to • friend in Paris, that negotiations with the Cortes, which bail been broken off, were about to re commence, and that the siege of the great fortresses !cli , Dot he vigorously prosecuted until the result of the Pones diplomatic intercourse with Cadix should be known. MAILS. •RR. DUB. ARR. • I.... Dublin 0 0....H011and 1....Waterf0rd.....0 0.... G &Jersey....o I o....Franee 0 0 1 ...Flanders ..0 0....Ma1ta PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ..926 1 India Stock 8 per Ct. Red 881/ Ditto Rands /0 38 pm. 3p. Ct. Cons .... 1.0.1 r, E5.11111.2d. 1 _ 29 314 pm. 31 per Cent 10001. S # per Cents MOM 6001.. 30 32 pm. Naw Fours ,Long Ann. 2ll 3-18 I Lottery Tickets... .. . 144. 14s. I Imp. 3 per Ct 84=i Con. for Acct.. 62li 1 4 ,* The article which W. M. supposes bad been delayed, never reached our hands. Its object is too urgent as well as im portant to be treated by us with neglect; and we should he greatly obliged to our kind corresponderr, it be wou d take lie trouble to repeat his information on the interesting point. . b tt 4' - wi iii M DI thl U. co tic Fr al ba tit Ali an