The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-23 00:00:00

.1•91".‘141111111 • nut the penalties of rieri He should propose abut that Surveyors, snaking vezatious.surcharges, ehonld be punished by a diMinution of their pro fits. After some observations from Mr. John Smith and Mr. Grenfell, Mr. W. SMITH thought that a Surveyor, who, by frequent surcharges, shookd c o ll e ct more money than the rest, and itiacover abuses, would be a fa. toiluri!a among the Commissioners; and that it e mild, on that account, be much better to give the sul)i , tet an appeal to a jury and to the law in case sexation sad oppression. Mr. BRAND sod Colonel BASTARD were of the same epiaion.; and Mr. STEPHEN perfectly approved of the idea of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Sir JAMES BALL thought that farmers ought t., have allowances made to them fur losses in their trade, as well as merchants. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail, that be understood it was sometimes the cus tom in the North, for Gentlemen in bad years to remit their tenants the rents. He supposed that was the practice of the Honourable Baronet. — Whenever the land!ords found it necessary to re. mit their rents, he had no objection to the Pro. porty.tax being remitted also. Leave given to bring in thu Bill. PAY OF NAVAL AN!) MILL I'ARY OFFICERS. General LOFT rose to make his promised mo. tiun, respecting relief to the O ffi cers of the Arm, and Navy from the payment of the Property TA out of their present pay. He went at great length into the state orthe pay of the Officers iu both: those services from the year 1693, and skewed that the pay in each service in LiilO is not so much as It was at th it distant period . . That every article of provisions, apparel, &c. was now infinitely ltig:tv, and yet those Officers were liable to a de. duction of ten per cent. out of their very limited income for the payment of the Pro'perty Tax. lie thought this a very great hardship, and highly de. serving the attention and consideration of the house, and concluded by moving, " For leave tb bring lo a Bill to amend the several Acts relative to, the pay of Officers in the Navy and Army.", Mr. J. small spoke shortly in favutir of the motion. Lord PALMERSTON objected Co the motion, • on the ground that it could, tint at this time be acceded to without the greatest inconvenience to the public service. :Mrs RURST said a few won's in favour of the motto*. .• Sir_C, POLE said,. the pay of Lieutenants in the Navy was less now than in 1693, and liable ako to a deduction of 10 per cent. for the Pro. kity Tax. At the same time he could not agree to the present motion, as he wished to see any ititiratiots in the pay of Officers in the Navy . orkisintewbere it ought to do—with the Crown, itqd come through the proper channel of the First US atilt* Admiralty. Mr. WHIT-BREAD thought it the duty of the Rouse to provideitich remedy as was.must compa.' tible. He found it would be impossible to pre.' vent comparisons between the pay of the Officers of the N 4vy and Army, and though there may be no petitions from those Offices., he hoped the 'object would be taken up %hero alone it could be rtslressed. Mr. CROK ER, said a few words against the motion. Mr. BASTARD spoke• shortly in favour of it ; after which, General Lorr r with leave of the ihoube, withdrew the motion. PROITS OF THE ADMIRALTY. _ . I .llr. TIERNEY said, there.were two (potions stood for Thurs,lay, which he thought ct►uld not be ropey discussed on the same evening, v 4. the Plan of Finance, ond the Droits of the Admiralty. He wished, therefore, the ►tight Hun. Gentleman . would s:ty which ►hould come on first. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER' said he wished to lay before the House every I)9F, Sible information on this subject, which he could nut do by Thursday. IL hoped, therefore, the proits of the Admiralty tni4ht be postponed to the beginning of west seek. Tuesday being the Res toration of King Charles 11. and, of course a ho-, liday, IWednesday in the neat week was fisci on for that discussitin ; and it was agreed that the Platt of F►uatncc should be proceeded with on Thursday next. • • INST_TRANCE; The House' went into a Con►•nittee. urinn the Report of the Marine Insurance Committee, which was agreed to; and a Bill ordered to be broughtin thereon.—Adjourned at one o'clock. Ardiert. Ails. Dur, Du!Ain 1 0 Colleitbur6ll.. I,tsbow pql-cr: Ah sTocKs -1111 S DAY AT ONF. O'CLOCK. )3 . 4nt: 263 i Lone. Atm. 1R 11-1 C ' • 3 per Cedt: Cans. 7(li 71 beti.t St, Ck 199 3 leer Cent. Reduced, Nei India Bun& V.s. pr. 4 Per real. MA61.14116, 3d. 414 * F r. .5 per Ceni. NaAy 1011) Mtn, 30..34. 11;. pr. • Carload. far Acc. 7.1 Lottery Tickets 29. 4: • TILE 5 7' .11 TOSMA Y. ~. • • • LONDON wEtomitvit, !sm. • • wE this morning retvired French ana'Spaotalt t. Papers, hi' the 15th inst. meitisive. Our Rea. i diks i. Wili'sen'that the citratii we have made from , • . these are more than usually interesting. 'line Eltronott, in fact, ockisOwleilges his in. Zop . .teiti to conquer Spain. He is tryktiti, his taut re. • licitirci, but it with net succeeil. The truth is, that 14 no‘power..noihing on earth canbeat wbu hire ennte to a reiOlotii4 not to lie conquered, and a itsilein . rnet: to the!" That is the 109 tit whO coill . i.Wny' it, .and let who will enikethe wipe.' rihwititin frY the truth of it. As to the story of ...... ~ - . ''HE' STATESMAIN thu People of Spain not ieing the persons who opposed the French—as to the tale of priests, and friars, and nuns, and , selfish and wicked per. i sans, being all that opposed France in Spain, that is all vile nonsense, the same nousanse as that which is said • here by Mr. JA. cos, and other such CHANGELINGS. We know that it has been a long time preached up; that the Spanish Patriots were uo Patriots, and that they were set on to fight France by Priests. I%re have heard that, till we are sick of it ! They were set on, as a People always is when it fights, by a sense of oppression, that it not only feels, but detest:. IVe are told, they were more oppressed by the old Court, and the old - system of Corruption, than they could be by the Freticii. Perhaps that is true ; but if it be. sa, it is a singular truth ; fur, if any thing can exceed French oppression, and if that' thing is to exist any where, it is hardly worth while arguing the matter at all. But it was not a question of the quantity of oppression with Spain ; it was the circumstance of their feeling the Oppression, and hating it, that made Spain take up arms against • France. Thei were ill.used by their Old Govern. meet, but that they wer4.; toutamted rith—they were willing to bear ; for the people will bear a great deal, and will do almost any thing, rather than fight with their own Government. But pa. tient as they are, they will not (for a moment 'scarcely) bear any thing they get really angry With. And we would to God, that not only the French Emperor, but all Governments, and all advisers of Governments, knew this....We may be mistake 4 about the result of the contest in Spain ; but if unfortunately so, we at least will have the consolation of feeling rightly respecting it. Beside these extracts, there is a good deal of news in the Foreign Papers ; but it is unimport. ant, because contradictory, and, in fact, a story told by two parties differently. The Spaniards are winning, and the Freatet are winning, ac. cording to their several accounts. LISBON, MAY .13.—. The wholit of the French force, tweet of the Doure, including that at Sa. lamanca, is about 37,000 men. Marshal Ney hat advanced from Salamanca towards Ciudad Rodri. go, with about 20,000. Junot has about 13,000 at Astorga. Lord Wellington's head-quarters are at Celeroo, in the neighbourhood of which place our force consists of 22 battalions of infantry, and 5 of cavalry, English; and 12 battalions.of Portia. gum infantry. General Cameron's biigatle is et Linharis ; General Louis's at Frames° ; General Picton's at Pinhel, and General Crawford's ttear St. Felices. LIfiIION, MAY 10.—Wu do not exactly know what has been the result of the different insurrec. tions in Andalusia, but we kuow'that the Opera. tions of the French have been frustrated before Cadiz ; that there are in that city 30,000 allies, and that it is impregnable. The small division of Replier wanders in Estremadura, where the army of Marquis Romana likewise is ; and in Alentejo is that of General Hill ; but the army of the Marquis de Itotnatta has two divisions in the moun. tains contiguous to Andalusia, under the orders of Ballasteros, and another under the command of Carreias, to the North of the Tagus. Bet e eeen the Tagus and the Douro are the di. visions of Ney, Kellerman, anti !Alison ; and he. tester the sante rivers tho main body of the Eng.' lish and Portuguese armies. To the North of the Douro is the division of Junot, -to which is op. posed the corps of Gallicia and Trazelos.Montes. It is not easy to know what forces the French have in Old Castle, New Casale, and the Ash:. rias, but they must be inconsiderable, since we find on the one side Don Juan Martin penetrating towards Guadalaxara and Madrid, and on the other Mina beating the French in the vicinity of Pampeluna and Saragossa. The French Gen.Suchet commands in Arragon, where !kis opposed by Pcripa, Villacampa, Na. varroi and the garrisons of Tartosa, Lerida, and, Miquineeza. The Spaniards have about 15,000 melt: The kisitdiiin or Valencia Is perfectly flue; and thetroops commanded by Don J. Caro may give ald to that a Murcia or that Of Arragon.— The reel*** Cuenca is likewise free from ene. mica. '• There tie 20,000 patriots under the orders of General BassecOurt, who make incursions into . Mancha and New Castile. The corps of Sea', tiani which was in Granada Las proceeded towards the kingdom of Murcia. • We learn tbat the bravo Don Juan Martin, after having alarmed the garrison of Madrid, en. tered Guadalaxara on the 13th, where, as in seve. ral other to wits, the people proceeded to the else. ti,,n of deputies to the approaching Cortes, in the very face of their perfidious invaders. • Listos, MAY 9.—We ore now able to coolant. nicate at length the Decree of Napoleon, in which he unites to France all the countries on that side of the Ebro". Thii Decree resembles that of the blockade of the British Isles; or that by which he constituted his dear Brother King of the Two Sicilia, without his ever having set foot in the one, then . h he bad become the transitory King of the other. Me is the first King who bei iironitigated a"' Ai • . . . - Decrees for countries he never possessed; and what is most amusing is, that at the verr time when this Decree is dated, O'Donaelldefeated the French in Catalonia. By the 6th title it appears, that Bonaparte intends to exteed this Decree to the whole of Spain. The Decree is dated from the Palace of the Thuilleries, Feb. 8, 1810. " Considering that the enormous sums which our army of Spain costs us, impoverish our tree. sury, and oblige our people to make sacrifices which they cannot support : Considering, on the other hand, that the Spanish Administration is without energy, and in many provinces does not even exist, and so far from being able to derive any advantage from the resources of the country, leaves them to be employed by the insurgents, wo have decreed, and du decree as follows : -p 7477 - - -"7"7" , 7 '2 4 " "Y": 1 ". rigir • •-• • • . • - -ow - - _ . by serpriso at the house of a aerate, a friend of his, who gave the watchword to the Frenchmen, whoserrounded the house. Nevertheless, he bad sufficient courage to attempt the opening to himbelf a passage on horseback, and he had the good fur. tune to kill two soldiers, but was su desperately wounded, as to be compelled to surrender. ffe bas been conducted to Pampeluna, where he wits received by the people with marks which mani. felted the interest they took in so worthy 4 W. triut, and which have induced the enemy tie ee . specs his life. _ . The following is an eatraet from the corns. pondence of the French Generals with France: The insurgents having completely united their forces, the Spanish General on the 23d April at tacked the division of Lerida. Ile was complete/ 7 beaten. We have taken from 3 to 4000 pri. loners from him, among whom are near 300 Ott. cers, eight Colonels, and a Blajor.General ; many cannon, four standards, and a great quantity of muskets fell into our hands. During this attack, the garrison of Lerida made a sortie by the bridge. head, it was overthrown and driven back into the place by Colonel Robert. Generals Llarespe mid Bonnard, at the head of the 4th hussars and.l3th cuirassiers, rendered essential services. colonels Buhot and Aigrernent particularly distinguished themselves. Whilst a part of the 3d corps, 041 mantled by Gen. Suchet, gained • thesoimportant ad. vantages at Lerida, the Duko of Abrantes gave or. den to storm the town of Astorga, into which the English had thrown a corps of insurgents, a took in that town 20 pieces of battering cannon, some mortars, and the garrison of 3000 mea, ea. tirely equipped with arms and clothes, fur. nished by Englaorl."—The General of the division of artillery, Fouche, who, with ! very few pieces of cannon, succeeded in making a breach, particularly distinguished himself, as well as Valazi, Chief of a Battalion ; Vivier, Captaia in the same corps ; Montagnet, Aide.camp; and many others. The Duke of Abrantes adds, that the enemy, who had his principal force shut up in Astorga, had, .nevertheless, left some columns to keep the field ; and that at the moment wo Mounted the breach,, one of these columns, CM, posed of 2000 infantry, and a regiment of cavalry, coming to the succour of the place, attacked the General of Brigade j3essieres, Guentauella, Scarcely any of them escaped. At the same time General Clausil attacked an. other small cologne beyond Berebehre. The lose of the Duke of Abrantes is about IQQ men killed and 300 wounded. We estimate that the enemy has lost more than 1500 men. Lord Wel lington remains with the English army, a 4pects. tor of these events. Ile does not more frees hio . • camp; he hears the sound• of the MOOR of Astorga, of Badajuz, of Cadiz, but contents himself with fomenting insurrections, and furnish. ing arms and clothing. lie remains tranquil, while the Duke of Elchingen is making all the disposi tions fur the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Will he suffer him to take that place, without succouring it ? Thus the French army, carrying on, under the eyes of the English, four great sieges, rewires every thing for that of Bodkins, and has, on all sides, moving columns, to repress the planderiog excited by England.—(Moniteurs NV IL) A French brig and four cknamhisamma, laden with wine and brandy, has bees apt* by the squadron under the command of CoMmodoro COCKBURN, consisting of the hosplacaik t latf rieuse, and Pickle. We have received Dutch Papers to the latill-• The only article of importance with which they tarnish us, is au abstract of the Imperial Decree relative to the seizure and confiscation of Amt .rican vessels. It is not, as was reported a few bdayseen in ago,f o r ce a fmoea therer u of recent last twei twelve e m: adoption, th s b o a t o ri lt k as . PARTZ reached Brussels on the 15th, in his way back-to Paris. Of the fall of Astorga, we haves!. ready been apprized by way of Corunus. The , French, as naval, exaggerate the numbers of the Spaniards who were in the surrender. place at the time of its The Spanish Consul General in this country has published a notice of the means adopted by the Spanish Government, for preventing emissaries of Boxsexa•ra from proceeding from this coup. try to South America, under the pretence of going to the United States. An account has been received at the East India House, that the ship Wind/um had been recaptured oA Lodirignes on the nth of December last, by his Majesty's ship Magickane, a nd arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the 6th of February. Cap: Omit STEWART and his officers arrived at the Cape in a cartel from the Isle of Franco on the 2.1 d of Fehrooll. The Windham proceeded to India on the 4th of March. • • Yesterday a Gentleman was riding along the Claph.tio road, when his horse took fright at something in the hedge, and set off at such a Pact' that the rider found it impossibi' to keep his seat, and in falling, got his foot entangled in the stirrup, so that he was dragged a 'loeg way. When the horse was stopped, the face was so disfig;ired that the (carafes could bardlytedistimaishrd. TITLE I. OF THE GOFZIANNENT OF CATALONIA. 44 • 1. The ICVA:bill corps of the Army of Spain shall take the title of the Army of Catalonia. 46 2. The Province of Catalonia shall form a particular goveinment, under the title of the Go. vernment of Catalonia. " 3. The Cominander in Chief of the Army of Catalonia shall be Governor of the Province, and shall unite the civil and military powers. " 4. Catalonia shall be declared in a state of siege. " 5. The Governor shall be charged with the administration of justice and finance, and make all necessary regulations. 66 G. All the rents-of the provinces, or ordi. nary imposts, shall be paid into the chest'of the army, to be applied to the payment of the troops and the maintenance os the army. TITLE 11. OF TUE GOVERNMENT OF AItRAGON.-91ECOND GO. YERNU \NT. " General Suchet shall be Governor of Arra gon, with full civil and military powers; he shall appoint to all employments, make all :relations, &c. 4se. and from the lit of March, our public treasury shall supply no funds for the maintenance of the army, but the country shall furnish what ever may be necessary. TITLE III: OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NAVARRE—THIRD GO VERNMENT. " The province of Navarre shall be called the Government of Navarre; General Dufour shall be Governor of Navarre, and shall . conduct thither the four regiments of his division. With respect to his authority and the maintenance of the army, the same is ordered as with respect to Arragon, TITLE IV. • ' O/ THE GOVERNMENT OD BISCAYFOHIZTIII GO; VEIRNMENT. " Biscay, shall be called the Government of Biscay. General Thouvenut shall be Governor. In other respects, the same is ordered as with re gard to Nature. TITLE V. " The Governors of these four provinces shall communicate with the staff of the army of Spain, with respect to every thing relative to military af fairs ; but with respect to the interior administra tion and policy, rents, justice, nomination to employments, and every kind of regulations, they shall communicate with the Emperor, through the Prince of Neufchatel, Major-General. . TITLE VI. gg 1. All the products and rents, ordinary and ex. raordinary of the provinces of Salamanca, Toro, Camora, and Leon, shall be applied to the main. tenance of the Gth corps of the army ; and the Duke of Elchingen shall take care that these mea. sures are sufficient for that end, causing every thing to be converted to the use of the army. I ‘. 2. What the provinces of Santander and the Asturias may produce, ;hall be applied to the maintenance and pay of the division of Bonnet. " 3. The provinces situate from the Ebro to the' mats of Valladolid, shall deliver every thing to the paymaster at Burgos, for the pay and main., tenanco of the troops there, and the expeuce of' the fortifications. " 4: The provinces of Valladolid and Platen. shall provide for this tualastenance and 'Tay of the army of Kellerman. • I! 3. The Duke of EieblOgen, and the Generals ' Borinet, Thienvante, and Kellerman, shall commu. nicate ith the Emperor through the Prince of Neufchatel, with respect to every thing relative to the rents of the provinces under their command. 16 6. The execution of this Decree shall be committed to the Prince of Neufchatel, and to the ' Ministers of War, the Administration of War, Rents, and the Public Treasury, &c." The preceding Decree, given from an authentic copy, has been communicated, as it must be very interesting to the Government (it is e Spaniard who writes) to have a clear idea of it, no part of it having been published in the subjugated pro vinces, because the French, as well as those in the employment of King Joseph, make a great myste.lT of it. CADIZ, MAT 4.—The taking of moo, which has beau so much spoken of, has at last been sc . cotnplished, but not through the means of which a generous enemy makes use, when he intends to get rid of a powerful antagonist. Mina was taken k