The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-08-20 00:00:00

. . . FitVith:// PAPI BS. ' - t *declarations of Mr. Wonsan An and , to support Ministers in their dispute Nam, Aaron 11.—We learn froib our correspon , if that power should require more than the re. dints, that preparatioes are making in all the cities,. towns, and elennueies of the Empire, for the due sci• ins of ;he Ortiers.in, 6 Cquuell. These celebration of the birth-day of his Nakste tio cal? one were if impfeeidest; first, because r 8 . . *desta reror and King, ' • t . y well knew that Amelia"( had vital grlarttnaas On Sunday, the oth, after Masi, her 1/1/Aleity Of: tbcoMplain of, independent of the Orders in Coon- Empress gars an audience et St. piou g pi; IN' *a- cil ; geld Wendt', they knew, from fatal imporistee, testy the Xing of 4p me rode io a curiiiige to Paris, if. Ministers could once' °Wait; the stew of popular at four in the by the Bois de Eoelogn ' as .. approbation in favour of their conduct, that there is fardts__tha jlalgAicbaliou ; ko roamed by the Par - *bezel arell'llie*Plain of Gretielle, a p lunge Ra tw *fi f e, at e Eil.; n o distress into which they would net press went in her carriage to Veyssilles, where she den headlong. What tangs will this be for the rode through great part of the park, accompanied 1 1 guartufacturing towns and districts ! No sooner had the:Governer and Cornigandaet of the tqww., •Ber the sunbeam of hope began to direct the steps of the Moiety was every. where received with i azclernatioes and repeated cries of " Long live the Erarvess!" .' 'ne- &IDA c ;ad ar tisan from the thorny wilds ofi Walsavt„ Jez.T 23.—The Deputations sent to vation than the clouds of despair snatch stir , it again -Wilais and Dresden have returned. • There will be f from their view. • to-morrow an Retnierdinary•Sittiog •of the General' Our Ministers wounded the interest and honour., ' Confederation, ill which will titcreed the answer of able feelings of America; and then sported with the. his Majesty the Emperor to the Depetation. Te Daum! wounds they had made. • They laughed at the weak. , will then tie chaunted In the eothoiral l and there will be public rejoicings. ! ness of America, and treated her complaints with A few days ago a Courier froth Constantinople i sovereign contempt ; and when they had driven her passe; through this city in his way to Lithuania. ' into an attitude of war,thoy thought to have soothed The headquarters of the Saxon army, under the her by a shesst - 'of courtly condescension, to whidt, orders of General Begnier, are at Stonim ; and they seemed to be urged by their fears rather than by those of the Austrian army, commaudad by the ! motives of. honour or justice. They knew that the; Prince of Schwartztaberg, at Pruzaq. According to the latest accounts, the Palish army ' British army it: the Peninsula, depended, ht a sheet was at Nieswitz, in the best condition, gect animated degree, for support upon America, and that she by the best spirit. There had been no affair of im- I lltadill the weight of France to help her in her ape portailee, but tto cavalry bad skirmishes daily, and l i at tai - 0 - h ei :. therefore thought it high time to con -very much annoyed the enemy. On the 13th, therel coal the cloven foot. But then the Americans knew was au elsgagement between the Polish cavalry a:id! . • the rearguard of General Bagration, which lasted I .isea • these things also; and they have done no more than some iiours : our e,avairy displayed their usual biavery 1 seeable men expected, in taking full advantage of and enthusiasm, and killed 2000 of the enemy, among i their information. The tittle is coitus when'she mud whqm was Geis. Gregoriew. 1 resent the indignities imposed upon her by British We are informed that a reinforcement of 20,000 ; Ministerial arrogance, or she will be cast out of the ' Austrian troops has recently arrived at Tomas() y t in t o f i n d epen d ent nations. • PCiand. , sc al e Dune 1 Beau x, Atm I.—Marshal Augereau, Duke nt 1. Since the above was written we have learnt that Castiglione, arrived here from Potsdam . qp the 28th. t , the (!!leaner, which was sent out by C l overnment On the 30th, Marshal Victor, Duke of Belluno, left ; with dispatches to Mr. FOSTER, containing the this city to proceed by the way of Custria to his air i PRINCE REGENT'S order' for rescinding the celebrated tenor destination. The greater part of the 9th corps, i Orders in Council , arrived in A • tinder his orders, had set out on its reute some days ' fore Mr. FOSTER left that country ; and from letters before. His Eccellency, during his three months' I stay here, has conciliated general esteem. ) received just when we were going to press, there is On the 30th, there was a grand dinner at Charlotten- , every reason to believe that the American Govern burgh ; besides the Royal Family, the principal c i -it•l i nient have permitted their privateers to cruise against and Military Authorities, the Marshal Doke of Cas- ! our commerce. tiglione, the Genet al of Division, Durutte, Governor 1 of this residence, as well as a great number of Officers of the French Staff, had the honour to dine with his Majesty. - We have often exclaimed against the wild waste of j British blood and treasure in the cause of Spain, because of the apathy and ingratitude of its inhabit ants; nor is it a victory, however glorious, that can alter our opinion : nothing but the energies of the people of Spain, and an improved policy in her Go ! vernment, can ever convince us of either the moral justice or political propriety bf spilling our blond and wasting our treasure in their behalf. For the purpose of adding to the numerous and irresistible arguments, which have already been advanced on this subject, we give the following judiciously writ ; ten letter from a person of high respectability, and ! whose means of obtaining ieformation, and his ho ! nesty in giving it, enable him to state facts which are endeavoured to be concealed from public view.— ; Whether the victory obtaiued at Salamanca wialue the effect of chasing away the dormancy from the character of the Spaniards, and of giving new tol -1 Raise to their feeble Government, remains to be seen; but, if that should not he the case, Spain, in despite iof all our efforts, will belong to the dynasty of ! F rance. qO7'TENBURCT'II 11141 L,, SUPPI.RMENT TO TIlk: 81`. pETEßsnuanil GA ZET rE, TocbBA2, 16ta (28r0) Jci.v, 1812. •• OFFICIAL ACCOUNT; FROM TILE ARMY, OF rilEOris (21sT) JULY, 1812. “ The first army, after passing rolozk, makes forced a:arches towerdi Witepsk. Ihe corps of Lieutenant-General Count IVittgensteiti, which has been strengthened With some battalions of reserve, is now at Drissa, in order to oblerve the Movements of the enemy, at well as to secure the Psko witch road. TO effect a junction 'of the two armies is the piiapk. pal object of our movements. • 46 It appears by the last accounts from Prince Bagration, that his advanced guard, under the corit 7 viand of Lieutentint-General Najewskji, is iu the neighbourhood d 11dogilew. General Plata, who commands the rear-guard of rrincis Bagration, was attacked near Romanoff by seven French regiments of caralry,' of the King .of WeAphalia's corps, I which were totally defeated, and pursued for 15 wersts.• * ln this action, the first regiment of cavalry, , jei, one of beat of the enemy's regiments, *Drone - 'earthy grepadier regiment, were entirely destroyed; two Coloni4 l 16 Officers, and 300 pri. eon, taken iiiiseuers.7..._ EXTRACT OF A LETTEX mow !LIGA, DATED AIJGCS: 1. I . 44 The destruction of our suburbs has been corn plated, and has occasioned the utmost ' distress monist 'the inhabitants. The enemy is close at band, and we expect daily to be attacked. We arc, however, well prepared. Our fortress is in the best , state of defence, Ond our garrison consists of 9,5,000 I Men, provisioned foriix•tannths.” " ISLA, Jva• 90. " I am not long returned from visiting Cartha ' pita, Alicant, Ste. It was a very interesting tour, as I was enabled to see with my own eyes every thing ' that was passing. It is truly lamentable .how you at home are deceived as to the real state of things.— Ministers will not credit the plain statement of ho nest and well-informed people; and no wonder, when every thing like truth is driven from the door. Our Agents are full of deception, and of gross mitt. representation. It is their livelihood to be so, and' they are credited. You can hare no conception of the miserable state of the country, and of the anarchy of Government. Even here, on their own locality, neither the Regency nor the tortes harp, much influence; elsewhere they have none. Every au. thority acts for itself , and plunder is the o r de r o f the day With every public officer. No where is thereany revenue—our Gibraltar smugglers have destroyed' what little there was remaining. England Must fur. nish, must do every thing. Of our supplies not one , third is properly applied. The state of Spanish of. fairs is not to be told ; midi less to come within the compass of a letter. The Spanish corps that are in existence devastate worse than the enemy : they raise contributions on the Country where they are, without affording it the least protection ; as the French, with aery inferior force,_ carry away the harvest in their very presence. Fitt whet I saw and learnt I am per. seeded that eyoey account that the Spaniards giro of having ehteined steidyintace,, is false—they have ea sustained a defeat. Fifty French dragoons awes ` hole 40'1,14. While! was there, Gen. Ilarishe came lic t With only - i 204 men into the Huerta of Murcia, and • .44qtlY loade d . and sent 42000 mules, while Mr. (rDernyirr e hid, within IS miles of him, 11,000 men; aet~ fir. litocne, st Adicalt, only peg • tired In; Arr. Nails. - - -• t ' Waterfor4 .. • • I 1 lo•ii•1141 , 10/••113••• alietnill • 41 ••• * . . . 0 ' ' Vit;ii - • . •1:1 ... Jer3er ••••• • .* - 0 .a.. ' • Gattembuggi! - 4 ' I pftici; or §TQCKS Tllty At! Ceot. Cons. 5711 per Cent. lied: 57 15 1 1 per Cents. 75f 5 15 per Cenc Navy 11(11 901 Song. knit. • ' !" • • • t.CCOCX. is • 4 414. .:, HAT AT Mfg • • fritlia rod* 910 Excite iter Bill:4i; Ditto 441. 1 3 pc Osmium . 4/6/ pr. ebnsuls for Acct. 581 8 tottety Tickets TH sT4TFMIN. , * MAI. 10, Tays4D4Y, ouousT go, Tbe orrtvoi or mi. Fos , * frqql All#Re49 i plossseegisy our Reetsinouth letter of this morni n g, erne: w•!114/ hearriredin town, Tsai pe,•• . . . Coslidered as conclusiv e o f sitipegocie!loos teems the two cizuntries ;. for it 4 *eery ! . 4t would quit 6ii itiition whilst iluice *tined 'e.'prol4);llity of Winging Unite!, n con: Onst'ol consistent 1411 instrtiollol• • 1 0 414 0 e 4 # days 45,', 1 6 4 far 441 9 410 ,7411 Pit 1 4* age:lures psisea mu st be qkg II 11 3 .grieearseee • •, deer{ and iicoreit, thong's itg over their air? rescinding g igi 6 l4 ease . . • ' 4 " 1 . 1 7 . .".!!!!" . "' g am= • ..•". .7. • sent the sacks back, with their com. no hardier use for them. When !kept, I accompanied Mr. Rocuz in a dentoastra t ,eiax; or rocolmoitance.. I never belpld any thing laughable; I there saw Frencli:agents publicly 'toying and emoding.away wheat from the Mole, and with the secret permission of the Governor. But our Government is as bed midi. their-licences, who per. mit SOUF to be supplied with medicine chests and surgical instruments from England. Vie are alljob ben.. from Gibraltar I visited Mr. BALLASTEROS at his then head-quarters at Algesiras, and saw his army. It is truly laughable how we have been hum bugged as to this Gentleman : he is a good bold fel low, and nothing more, equal to command 1000 or 1200 Own; he is destroyed with his present large force, which he was not able even to subsist, as we were daily sending him 20 barrels of flour from our stores of the rock. r " The bombardment of Cadiz is now become very serious, not from the misohief done by the shells, but from the alarm they create, hardly a quarter of the town being secpre from them. They now range,; where people had flown for refuge. There is nearly; a stagnation pf trade, the Mole and Custom-holt* , being completely exposed to them, as is a l so th e ge ., neral residence , of the merchants, who ? for conve nience, had their houses in 'this quarter, If shells are thrown early in the morning, business Is over for the day. Any one wishing not to pay money, makes them as an excuse for not being at home. The gal legos,who were wont to be employed, aro not now to be had, to run about and take up bills, and carry money; they are better paid for transporting beds, &c. There is an extreme confusion, as you may well conceive, when I tell yon that families eat here, sleep there, and transact business elsewhere, and that there" is a total change of residence. All who can R&M it, and whose occupations would allow of it, have come out here, so we are throng with folk. Happily, as yet few lives have been lost, but the houses have been knocked about a little; very few shells explode ? so little injury is done. In a military point of view, this bombirdment effects but little, but politically I think a great deal. If it is continued through the winter, it will produce great discontent. At this season of the year the people do not mind sleeping in the streets, and tents have been pitched to receive the poor, in a quarter of safety. In winter this can not be done. lam only sorprifedlhat the enemy do not attempt throwing shells into the Isla, which they might easily do from many points. This would complete the alarm. As yet they have net mo lested the shipping. Their tiring is most irregular ; they throw just three or four shells, thee stop for a couple of hours; but it is generally in the night. We foolishly answer eight for one, so there is a ter rible expenditure of ammunition. At Puntales there begins to be a serious consumption of limbs, as gene rally there are eight or nine wounded, chiefly Spa/ niards, who mutually furnish the garrison ; and their battery is in sad order, having uo shelter for the men. Just now we are annoyed with demonstrations to please the Spaniards, who fancy, by shewing a num ber of men at the advanced outworks, to give alarm to the enemy, but who, with ourselves, thoroughly un derstand the thing. We 'are out at break of day, but more with a view to defensive than offensive measures; however, the Dons have crossed at St. Petri, and are throwing up a fresh work, but which the French will destroy at their leisure. Mr. BAL LASTEROS has been drawn late a scrape by the French; why or wherefore he chose to make a move ment on Malaga, which he entered, but the French rep tiring into the castle, which commands the town, he was soon driven out of it. SOUL; aware of his move ments, had withdrawn from the lines all his dispos. able force, and marched them fo cut off his return to his old ground ; so Mr. BALLASTEROS, with 7000, has been forced to Junquera, in the Sierra of the Ronda, and where he is surrounded with 14,000 men ; Ge nerals LAVAL and NET being at Coir, and line off sea-coast, with 7000 men ; Viccyrc, with 35(X) men, at Ardeles ; and BRETON and Cat's, with 3000 men, , at Los Barrios and St. Roque. Trie erinch cut off some Spaniards, who aflvandid front - 11011i they entered Algesiras, but after - e x acti ng 8000 eillione, retired from it, as our gun-boats from the Bay immediately opened on it. BALz,Arrutos writs! that he can maintain himself, but I think he wilt be obliged to. disperse, and if so, it is nsy opt. nion the French will again turn their attention to Tarifa, and which most probably these will now take; as our works on the isle are not near finished, and the Spaniards have been constructing works which they cannot defend, and which facilitate the capture of the town. It is quite nonsense to say that the French have no force in Spain. We are rather inclined to believe that the grand Sicilian expedition is all over ; as Mr. Rome, who had embarked 3300 men, and had arrived at Mahon, has been sent back and disembarked, and the Ist division of 4900Englirit, who sailed at the same time, have gone Gmt knows whither. We are most healthy, but I think the fever must break .out at Cadiz, from the pigstye growillitt of the lower classes." ..~.n • Qes Correspondent charges us with having erred . .in attributing MAIIMONT'S commencement of the ac. titin to a false confidence, inspired by his successful titaninurring ; and his defeat to an over extending of his line : and, in thus charging us with error, ho states himself supported by the opinions of several British Officers. We should be glad to see thes e Sidon, advanced ; because the reasons assign e d L y a s, Correspondent to prove that we have erred, are to only ariuments 4 favour of our opinion. We are d, the IffAsemohres attack might be occasioned lospfilitipe orders fro,* King JOSEPEE ; or by the ~ttil niiestre of sumgionce and rashness :chick di. finuish the French, (he consequence of so eff" hoping conquered sender Me most disadvantageou‘ icireumstances. As to the first proposition, 11l ;us gravely ask, is it likely that Josern would send positive orders for M A &MONT to attack the 4./lied Troops, at the very time when he was bring. i 4 up reinforcements, with all possible dispatch, ejlel when he must know that that General was al. 1 most destitute of caval r y, un til t h e arr i val of General i Cetrar., who was to bring up the cavalry belonging ft* the Northern Army, and who, he knew, could not arrive before the 23d ? Conscious are we teat our_._ i . . Correspondent must h ave crre d 14 iliglate ild 4talliVialtall a conclusion; because he must be better actisleseed with the working of the human mind, 'th an to suppose Josseu would be guilty. of such as absurdity. When he was ambassador at Rome he displayed no small share of both sagacity end courage in behalf of the persecuted Jews ; ' a te we hue a right to suppose that experience has added to the one, without age, as yet, having had the power to deteriorate the other. As to the rashness and a rra . puce of the French Oenerals (but we qssestion the stitement) having had the effect of inducing Ma. Mows to commence the attsek, we reply, th a t i t adds more t 9 the strength of our argument than even the improbable idea of ,Toserree having ordered him to commence the injudicious attack; for it proves that an error in judgment hastened on the destiny of his troops, except it can he proved that rpltaess lei judgment are coexistent sad concomitant qualities of the mind, It must, however, he deer to every mind, that takes time to reflect, whatever rashness might pervade the mind of Maneowr, that as be had sufficient patience and skill to margeurre three days in the face (as our Correspondent observes) of a superior force, he would not suffer that baneful quality of the mind so ler to get the bet. ter of his reason, as to induce him to risk his ern fame and the lives and honour of his spldlers. Vic ! tory must brood in his mind, from a conception of superior skill, and an advantage thereby gained; while error in judgment alone, as far as drilled ? h o e fate eup 0 00 f gtro l bat t t r l o e m de h r i nd lip ed s ; until the contrary is proved by argument. And if u at;l n .w h e im s:l W l t possess this opinion our Correspondent will read a letter which tame from an eyelowithees of the action, and which we gave yesterday, he will see that the opinion which we gave, that MAassow'r's error lay in too far extendirt his line, is supported by an'observOl and " li 4 ht f tlea authority. ~~ During the course of the week the !Ad trick has been played off upon the public, of imposing let. tats upon them of English manufacture, which the honourable venders thereof stated to hare bent Written by King JOSEPH to the French Generals sea Constituted Authoritiee, and which bad been intercepted by our army in Spain. We concluded they were forgeries, and, as such, refused to insult ear 'leaders with their contents t and we are glad to saYour opinion confirmed by the following articl Which appeared in a Paper of this morning, 'after it had blasoned them forth to the public. " The dates of the intercepted letters alone are sufficient to !hew that these letters are gross fabrication; l for, accord• ing to Lord WIII.ZINOTOII . S Dispetches, publishrd the Extraordinary Gantt* of Sunday night, PI Cm did not lease Madrid to j4in the Sony till ths 21st." 1 • t • A k By reanimation Il rroMrtb *ea i < s reason to believe that some seisondieittanikor leet taken place between Mr. TIIOIINTON and BEttlrAnorrE, and orders for the Railing of the Swedish . pedition We t we understand, been countermanded. .'. 'll 7 l understand by letters from Spain, that tho French, in their retreat from Veiled°Lia, carried of the greater part of the stores from that piece. By the Nocton picket from the Leeward Islands, we have advices from St. Thomas's to the itltb uli• and with them the following afflicting letter " ANTIGUA, JULY 9.—We most sensibly feel the I effects of the American embargo and our prospects are gloomy, as we have not ten days' provisions for sale. Flour is 30 dollars per barrel. Indian corn, upon which we principally feed our negroes, is at SO shillings per boshel. If we do not get supplies from some (porter, the aegroes„ I fear, will throw their hoes down." It Is mentioned in private letters from Gotten. burgh. that the ratification of the Peace between Roosila and Turkey had been announcei in the Sf. Pderaturgh Gazette- This may be true, but a formai to re. d Pdr. Saris/041M 1104i* tbe7 had 9 uy Ames.. wi Ames.. pOrpests, as tarliti Sr. than the ro at Alksmt i I mom .. - , . - — am— - Petenburgh tiasette. This may oe True, ou, •• !!ac7 1 1.tisr pc rip fir 4 treqcOge..! al Mr- itcofiis, 11 Alhalt, only lit tuiles,with 60001 We bane this day Needed the iktee v eigned cg Equal are in sion, however of authentic iuforwa. rim:tint, mere Oros" -could. S 'sett • yelpelthrr dared molest him . Mee ite bad . Laws " 9 tonfrom that Opttot h e fib lied 4 oar oeadariorOriolis bread . ' thlwairs Wick , and ii,11 1. 01. 1 4% Chia came on Mr . 1 4 / 1 17 "in/4141114 ° Pan Our .realikyks concerning the Without suisapribing to its contents, sif far as t . . Itrilll. 14omi, „FtmgreeNft Oi l tkrissiersz v selks wrote, t ikes du that . sh e !nod ! . w ed, od u a e stu aaskostt so • fschs a - a nd, as to ceived, though it wa s daily tspecied. . India' of the pripari. im ' auttoi liisa ' liwt *il4it t ' e l frith this pftdaillet tis. the olhei 40. 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