The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-19 00:00:00

11 4 . 4 •" -- arr. Maib. ' . . ... Ms 1 1 O O - . 1 1 1 . JOrsey 0 0 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank 416 15 3 per Cent. lion. g per Cent. Red. 37i 4 per Cents. 721 3 per Cent. Navy g9n Long. Ann. 14 13-14 DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. India Bends 3 4 es, Exchequer Bills Sad. 1 p Ditto Sid. 6 3 b p pr. Consols for Acct. 560 Lottery Tickets 7'IIE STATESMAN. LONDON: MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1811. Paris Papers to the 13th inst. were received last night, which will be found interesting; and we have this morning received further Papers to the 14th inst. from which we have taken the following extracts : Nets, Ocr. IL—titivate letters from the Grand Army, of a very recent date, announce, that order is completely re-established in that part of the city of Moscow which has escaped the flames. The French troops. in that capital are commodiously lodged in barracks, and have every necessary is abundance. There are scarcely any sick, as the cli wate is extremely healthy. His Majesty, who is lodged in the Kremlin, enjoys the best health. Fuaesroar, Ocr. 7.—According to private ac touuts from Berlin and Konigsberg, the Russian General, Prince WITTGLIISTIIN, who commands she Army of Observation on the right bank of the Duna, has made some movements which seem to an- Bounce the speedy retreat of 1113 army, weakened as it is by the great loss he suffered in the battle of !biota. We are assured that hi., artillery has already been bent back to Pleskow, and that his baggage is filing off on the road to Petersburgh,, the direction which his army must take to avoid being attacked in the rear by the left of the grand French Army. We learn also, that the siege of Riga will won be commtatced. The Prussian troops have con 'Wetly maintained their position before that place, sad have repulsed all the attacks of the Russian Ge atral, who has a small army under the walls of that fortress. Been A RUT., SEPT. 19.—General ZALTVCIIIN, :OMMalitler of the Russian troops, which are still were, has orders not to evacuate the fortresses of tVallachia, till the 14th of October ) though the num )er of those troops diminishes every day. The Ad ninistration of the country is almost entirely in the 'lands of the National Authorities. VIENNA, St.tr. 30.—The Emperor was present yesterday at some grand manoeuvres which the troops executed before The tines of this capital. his said •hat his Majesty will set out in a few days for Luz inbourg, where his festival will be celebrated. The infantry which manoeuvred in presence of his lajcsty consisted of 7500 men. Thu cavalry was :omposeil of the corps in garrison, and several de -achments of hussars and Uhians, which are iu the mviron,. Every thing leads us to presume that we shall soon like a more active part in the war than we have hi herto done. Several corps are already on their larch to join the army of the Prince of Sett %rani.- ENDERG, and the troops stationed in Transylvania, ul which'observe the frontiers, will be considerably inforced. Baron DE Ilitx.r.tt, it is expected, will e appointed General in Chief of this army, which, . is supposed, will amount to 80,000 men. The Ressians are far from numerous in this part. The :•Icruiting is carried on with great activity. BERLIN, OCT. I.—The right wing of the Itussiaas, which is to defend Courland and Lithuania, is kept in check by the siege of Itiga, and by the Duke of REGGIO'S corps, under Marshal GOUTION St. CTR ; :its right wing can no longer combine its operations rith the movements of the first army. TORMAZOW'S orps, driven into Volbynia by Prince &avast :ruacan, can no longer support the left sank of the Private letters from New York, mention the esp.. tare of 147 British vessels, which have been carriii into the different ports of the United States, since the 24 of August. lus.ian army. The march that the Russians, who were upon the Danube and Servia, have to make to the theatre of war, is so considerable, that they will only arrive to be witnesses of the defeat of the Russian army, and conquest of Moscow. lion ever, considerable ' ' . The Corrnra Diaro of the 9th, contains a dis h from Eteoz Y MINA, date Puente la na, reinforcement s d o n ot cease t o t r a verse G ermany to pa in patch which he states having defeate d d General Rey Agee, join the Grand Army. The corps proceeding from who, on the List of August, had marched from Pam- France, Spain, and the kingdom of Naples, march, pelena with MO men, for the impose of collecting for the great er pa r t, t o the coasts of the Baltic, . provisions. The French sustained a loss of 1000 where they pass under the orders of the Duke . of men in killed and wounded. GAST/GLIONE ; others, particularly Poles, who have ' A report wasturrent at Gottenhergh on the 10th, already covered themselves with g l or y, p rocee d to said to be founded on the authority of letters from Vilna. Riga, that General Wirroseterme had advanced and engaged General MACDONALD, whom he had —0...... ' defeated with muck loss. In the accounts that we The Casette of S a t ur d a y night contains dispatches have seen' from Riga, there is no allusion to this en -0m Lord WELLINGTON, with an accoant of the gagement; , radual, but slow advance of the siege of Burgos.-1 In the letters from Sweden &belief is very general -his petty fortress has already occupied oar army ly expressed, that BONAPARTE will be unable to main . tain himself in Moscow ; and that rather than risk om the 19th of September to the Sth of this month, ' end occasi one d a l oss o f a b ove 1000 men i n k i lled another battle be will return to Smolensk° , These writers argue, " that from the advanced state ettee and wounded. We have also received some very in- season, and his want of supplies, a victory woeld be ( cresting communications from an Officer in the • unattended by any beneficial sesult,and that thevefore Army, upon this subject, which will be found in the ' he is not likely to brave peril by attempting to con following L etter:— , tiuue there during the winter." His threat of petting gETRACT OF A L E TTER FROM AN DANGER on AR.' his army into winter quarters may probably bernade TILLERY TO 018 FRI END IN TOWN DATED ,to intimidate the Russian• Cabinet into aegocittiens for Peace. • " Britiph Lb ws , b e f ore t h e C att l e o f Burgos, Oct. 4. Captain Maurice, the intrepid defender of Anholt, DEAR FRIEND,—In compliance with the injenc- has arrived at Sheerness in a trastsPnves with left of Lien ender whi c h you h ave l a id me, to wr it e b y every the ma d am th s 4 wow composed the perils* at 10'41 opportunity, I. shall avail. myself of the departnvi. Island. - - .. , J " 4 'l'll E STATESMAN of a Messenger, who is now waiting tweierry ho l m dispatches from head-quarters. " I am sorry to inform you, that we hare not yet mad e ourselves masters of this place—the enemy still cottoning to defend the Castle with the utmost " Welty, sprung two mines, and effected two considerable breaches in the outer wall of the ene my's works, which has enabled our troops to esta blish themselves within what is termed the exterior lines of the fortifications of the Castle. The second mine exploded about an hour ago; and, while I am writing this, our brave fellows are still engaged in driving the enemy within theilinner lines. " These affairs, so obstinately contested, have I • been attended with severe loss. The Portuguese and the 24th British infantry, have been the principal sufferers. " The resistance elperienced here has certainly been greater than what had been calculated upon ; and I fear there will be a further considerable sacrifice of valuable lives ere we obtain the final possession of the place, which it is the determination of the Commander-in-Chief to effect, previous to any ul terior object. Indeed, it is generally believed, that the business of the campaign will close with the re daction of this important fortress ; and that the army will then go into permanent winter quarters; the w hate being Times i n want of repose, the harassing duty they have undergone since the battle of Salamanca having placed a considerable number on the sick list; and it would form a frightful aggregate, both of offi cers and men, were it possible for me to enumerate those who have fallen victims to fatigue alone. You cannot, my dear friend, form any conception of the hardships an army has to encounter on a long march in this country ; the roads, which are at all times much neglected, are now, in many places, truly execrable, and the heavy rains that have set in, have rendered them nearly impassable. These causes combined, will all tend to put an end to any further important operations for the winter, and will alike tend to check any proceedings on the part of the enemy. " When this .... contest will end, Heaven only knows ;but, judging from the obstinacy with which the enemy defend this place, it does not appear that they have any thoughts of abandoning the country ; and I much fear that a new campaign will only bring us a recurrence of the same unprofitable system of war fare, unattended with any other advantage than that of shedding additional lustre on our arms. The General Election is now drawing towards a close; and the FARCC of appealing to the people to return Representatives worthy of their confidence has been performed,we hope, for the last time, daring the influence of the present Managers ; and, as the people are, of coarse, anxious to knew whet good things are likely to be produced on the meeting of Parliament, we can inform them, that while the pre ' sent system of Government continees to be acted upon—while Peers, rich Commoners, and Corpora , dons can send a corrupt majority to Parliament, giving the War Ministers and their agents a licence to riot in luxury, and indulge, with impunity, their ill-starred ambition, out of the treasures and re sources of an impoverished nation—we say, that while a majority of such a description is returned by the Electors, it is in vain for such melt as Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Mr. WHITNREAD, Sir SAMUEL IIowILLT, and Mr. BROUGHAM, and others, to oppose the torrent of oppression, which, like a river in its flood, every attempt to stem its pro gress, only serves to increase its accumulating powers, till it bursts upon its course with more destructive ra pidity. While Ministers are enabled to keep their situation, and can find money to support their ca lamitous measures, which have lately poured upon us like so many mischiefs from PANDORA'S box, we cannot hold out—no—not even a solitary I hope to cheer our starving countrymen with a pro f sped of haling their condition ameliorated by any change likely to take place in the new Parliament. ST4TESN4N OPRLCZi riVO O'CLOCK. Government are stated to have received the 2 0 -d French Bulletin, via Deal; but, if such be the cue, they have ►►ot gkveu it publicity. Jolnv WILSON CHOKER, Esq. Chief Secretary at the Admiralty Board, has been engaged these seve ral days in an election contest at Downpatrick, in Ireland; but, according to our last letters from thence, he is not likely to secure his return for that place. Judging from all the accounts we have as yet t'eceived from the sister kingdom, there is eve'' , prospect of a greater average return of independent men to the new Parliament, than what we now ex pect on our own side of the water. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards, 300 strong, marched this morning, at seven o'clock, from Knights bridge barracks, in No divisions, for Kingston and Guilford, on their way to Portsmouth, where they will embark for Spain. They appeared in high spirits, and gave three huzzas previous to their quitting lly de Park, where they were drawn up before their de. parture. Two large military waggons accompanied them with forges and ether implements of war. In addition to the Life Guards now embarking at Portsmouth, detachments, to the number of about 600 horse, are ordered to Lisbon to join the following regiments of Dragoons, viz. 3d, 4th. and sth Dra goon Guards; Ist, 3d, and 4th Dragoons; 9th, 11th, 12th, and 16th Light Dragoons. The 2d regiment of Guards, under Colonel BAR TON, set off on Saturday for Portsmouth, to em bark for Corunna. An Oflicer a. of the name of DUPRT.E, arrived on Saturday, at Cord BA.TUURST'II office, with dispatches from Lord CATHCART. Within the last few days 20,000 additional stand of arms have been shipped from the 'rower for the Peninsula. The Lisbon packet which sailed on the sth instant, has brought no military intelligence of interest.— About 30 vessels had arrived from America, with a supply of not less than 120,000 barrels of flour, va lued at upeards of 600,0001. On Saturday the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, accompanied by Lady Ds CLIFFORD, arrived at Ken• sington Palace from Windsor, at three o'clock. Her Royal Highness dined with her mother, and at eight o'clock set oft for Windsor. Baron NICOLA!, the Russian Minister to this coun. try, arrived on Friday morning at Harwich, with his family. Several letters were on Saturday received in town from Guernsey, stating the arrival of intelligence there from Rivadeo, that a battle had been fought with the enemy in the North of Spain, in which they had been defeated. Some of the letters fix thedate of the battle to the Sth, which would render the intelligence not improbable ; but from the following communication, which comes from an authentic source, it appears that 'the vessel which brought the accounts to Guernsey left Rivad2o on the titit, a circumstance which, consider ing the distance of Itivadeo from Burgos, leaves us with scarcely a:ty expectation of having the rumour confirmed : 64 GUERNSEY. OCT. 15, TwEl.vE o'CLocs.-1 t write this in a great hurry from head-quarters, as - the General is sending off his dispatches to Mini sters, to comumcicate the following :—The l'lse.!nix cutter arrived last night from Rivatleo with this in telligence—' Rivadeo, Oct. B.—Accounts have this day been received, that an engagenient had taken place at about seven leagues from Burgos, between the French au(' Allied. Forces, in which the latter were victorious ; the loss of the French is estimated at 10,000 men killed and prisoners ; loss of the English not ascertained—no doubt entertained of a:i oetion, but the particulars may not be accurate.-- MINA has also taken and destroyed part of the gar rison of Pampeluna, which was then at Lotlesa, without any material loss." A daughter of the celebrated Roussesu died at Paris, on the 12th of August, in the last stage of a disease contracted by the meretricious sale. of her , charms. On the Sth instant was launched at Panl, near Bull a remarkable fine ship for the E►st India ser vice, called the Allar, of 1200 tons burthen, Captain r ...HARLEM ()MAY NIAYNE. This is the first ship of that description built there; she is stationed for Ma dras and China, and is to leave England with the Ja nuary fleet. We understand a considerable sensation has lately been excited by the great advance in the valuation of parochial tithes, which, in some places, is now in creased to 16s. per acre—a sum which, not many years ago, was the average rent in the first agricultu ral districts in the kingdom. The Emperor ALEXANDER has written a letter to Count Wizziicasvars, in acknowledgement of his ser►ices, and transmitting him a grand cordon of the Order of St. George--:the highest Military Order in Russia, and conferred only on Generals who have gained a battle. We learn from Cadiz, that the yellow fever rages with dreadful violence at Carthagena. Frain six to ten people die daily. The trade is quite interrupted. 1 M. Lwow's, the French dramatic poet, died last month, in Paris, at the age of 46 years. The title of Baron has been made hereditary in the f amily of Maros, the French traveller. CORN.EXeHANOE, Oer. 19. The Market to-day has seven"l teeth arrivals of Wheat coast wise, which constitute a tolerable apply;& but the buyers being numerous, and the trade brisk in sale, prices are quoted, at a farther advance of about 3s. per quarter. We have very little Barley, nod fine samples fetch rather better terms. Malt goes of freely hi the last quotation. White Peas again named dearer. In Beans little variation. There is a large fresh supply of Oats, and sales not so readily effected as last week; a reduction may be noted of about 9s. per quarter. and rather more on Potatoe Oats, which come to hand soft and damp. Flour at Last prices. Wheat 117 127 tDm (New) Rrs 69 64 Oat 4B rd 56 51 59 Poland do. Malt ilari" • 90 98 Potatoevlo. ...... 58 62 White Pews (beam): 08 141.) Nape Seed ... 060 £6B = d 0......... 78 Flue ll . our ... . 90 108 I Seconds . SMITHFIELD. MARKET.--Ovr. 19. To sink *he Altai, per stoae of Olt:. 1 brief ... fa. led. to 6:. OJ. Head of Cattle this day : Maim . .6.. Od. in 63. V. Atolls Vat ....6*. 6d. to 7s. 6d. Sittep Pori' . .6v. Od. to fv. 0.1. Calves .. l9O Leath ....oa. .04..t0 it . 041 rigs t .. 11Y-MARK ET.. gay " ' Mow' •. • • 131.' lir. - Ott -ft - 71.':71. 011.' l Straw - • SIR FRANCIS BUROET7'.AND THE AWL SHALL OF THE KING'S BENCH. 1. Mr. Jones, the Mandial of the Kiss's Bench Pris"",kk' pub. mit contradi, ted, in the most positive terms, the statement 'floe. by Sir Fronds Burdett, in his Address to the Electors . of Westminster, that Lord Ellenborough participated with hint is the emolumelits of that office. This contradiction has produced the following letter:— " 6, Duke-street, St. limes's. Oct. 17. 66 SI Rl—Having seen in some of the Newspapers's letter signed Wm. Jones, Marshal,' and dated King's Bench, ' contradicting the assertion' in Sir F. Burdett's Address to the Electoraof Westminster, that ' the Lord Chief Justice, Ellenborough, parti cipated in the emoluments of his own gaoler,' I feel myself called upon, as having had some communica. tion with Sir Francis, and others of our Legislators, on the enormous emoluments of the King's Bench Prison, and the system in which those emoluments originate, to say a few words on the occasion. —Bow Willliam Jones, Marshal, call reconcile his contradiction of Sir Francis, in the most express and unequivocal terms,' with the Re port of the Committee of the House of Commons, on Sinecures, &c. I cannot see, if he will not say that he makes the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench a present of 8001. per annum, as in that per there is a statement of his Lordship's re ceiving such a yearly sum from him. Perhaps, in. deed, he may be able to contradict the Committee as expressly and unequivocally' as he does Sir Francis, and to declare' that the statement of the former is -- as ' wholly without foundation' as the assertion of the latter. But if so, ns the statement has been as long public as the assertion is,. and has been till now unzontrudicted, might nor the duty, which it be comes Mr. Jones to perform, and which he trusts he has now performed,' be as well performed by a little less ' strong,' or at any rate a little more chit contradiction of Sir Francis, who may have imagined, as I confess I cannot help as yet doing, that the Committee's statement was from Mr. Jones's own account them ? William Jones, Marshal, makes Sir Francis say, that ' the Lord Chief Justice unduly participates' Sir Francis says only that his Lord. ship participates.' He leaves the public to make their own comment. Mr. Jones, perhaps, knowilil . what the comment should be, is willing to spare them the trouble. " What Mr. Jones's private, or secret, if he has any secret accounts with the Lord Chief Justice, may he, perhaps it may not be easy for the public to know. If those accounts are secrets worth knowing, they probably may also be worth concealing. But some of the secrets of their prison -house, and some of the enormous emoluments arising from it and its rules, however disposed of, I know, and, as I ass not ashamed to acknowledge, that I hare been an in habitant of that house, and that I have, without a • minute's notice, been ' turned out' of that house on account of my endeavours to expose the entire system, and to oppose the exactions on that most , distressed portion of the community, the poor inset.. vent debtors taking the benefit of Insolvent Acts, I shall, in a little work of mine, which Will soon make its appearance, and which, I hope, will be as beneficial to the country at large, as to debtor and creditor, let the public know also. 1 am, Sir, ' I " Your obedient servant,' 1 %V. J. BALDWIN." NAVAL INTE LIUENCE. PORTSNIOL'I 11, Ocr. IS. Arrived yesterday, Lis Majesty's Rhips Sprightly and Der went, from a cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ship (lope on a cralse. Put back his Majesty's ship Semiramis to St. Helens, bound to the Cape of Ruud Hope. Arrived the Partridge sloop of war from a cruise. His Majesty's ship Boxer is appointed convoy for the Downs. PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 17. Arrived the Escort gun-brig, from Guernsey ; and the Roca and Neptune tenders, from Ireland. Sailed Fortunee frigate, for the Irbh station; and the Sealark and Tenzer on a cruise. The Racoon gun-brig, Is appointed convoy for the Downs, and sails 10-morron•- FALMOUTH, OCT. 16. A vessel is mow off this Port supposed to be the Nymph packet, from New York and Halifax. SHEERNESS, OCT. 18, The Baltic Beet sailed yesterday, ander the convoy of the Forrester, 18 gam, Capt. Kennedy, with a Hoe breeze at west. We understand it is the last convoy that will sail this season. •The St. Albans, 61 guns, Capt. Devonshire, is to be paid off as Chatham._ . _ . 1;;;;Cdby the Standard, 64 gap., for Chatham, where the will be ,paiii off. Arab, a oew IR rim-sloop, Came down from Chatham, and anchored at the Little Noreyebterday. Carenacs.—The Laura and the Whiting schoon. era from Hampton Reads for England, with dia. tches, are taken by a French privateer. The rani:, from Greenock to New York, is carried into Rhode Island. The Franklin, of Savannah s from Liverpool, is taken and carried into Cape Ann. The Elizabeth and Hannah,' from Jamaica to Bet. fast; the Leonidar, Gammack, from ditto for ditto, the Hopewell, and another ship, from Surinam for London ; the Quebec, Harvey, from Jamaica for Liverpool; Osborne, --, from Gibraltar to St. Andrews ; and the Adonsi, Cooper, from Liver pool to Newfoundland, are all taken by American privateers—the Quebec is carried into New York. The Jane, }line, from Jamaica, foundered at sea, crew saved by the Quebec, and carried to New York. NOTTIRMILM, Ocr. 17.—The Election is now finished—Mr. Arkwright has resigned, and thus has independence gained a signal victory. The success. ful Candidates are John Smith, Esq. and Lord Ran. cliff.; who are to be chaired neat Monday, at twelvt o'clock. tinsith SKI Worn& 1615. Arkwright 1231. ESSEX.—Sixtb Day's Pell. llonblua 1371 I Western 11601 Burgoyne 9fo SUR MX, Ger. I. Mr. Sunnier 1446 I Slr Thos. banns 1371 I Sir T. Tartan s7g Of all the contests arming from the present Gene. rat Election, none have been more severe than that for Stamford, occasioned by Mr. OMITS' steadily persevering, and being uniformly as warmly sup. ported. Mr. CIIAPLIN wab thrust out altogether by the EXETER interest. Colonel NOEL was supported by Mr. (More. Lord Ihrtotistla and Mr. Fouutca are returned, bat • Petition to Parliameutis iutendai by Xt. Owns and Colonel Nosh. i 111 , 1..., ~ ' , I f • A I '..d . . . 0 1 . 11,. \ % • I, 1 , u 1 i f ' ' 1 1 ‘ 1 ed !i t ,11J a. el- i 0; OT ••• ' Or aw b r . at • IS rts • ~ • 1 . 11. t' ly •1 . . , 1 ; II ; 1 • • 4' ~~ ~.1 ~ N