The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-12-04 00:00:00

be heard of the reiteration of the troll Inquisltiott, and of certain partizans at Madrid being treated as traitors. If they were traitors, they were traitors only to their own traitorous Government. 'Cite ca se of Spain was that of a country abandoned by its own Government ; and every :pallier(' had a right, by the misconduct and criminality of his own Go vernment, to chose either way in such n disso-. lotion of the State, either to the English or the French Fats'. Who toek the wisest and best course of run duct was another question ; but it was nut right to treat such persons as traitors ; that was in the essence o f tyranny, and an abandonment of hu - manity. If Lord Wellington looked to the probability of going hack again to Portugal, why do any thing that alight expose those friendly to us to•the dire effects of re taliation, which must tend to defeat the ends of that moral conquest which had been spoken of? Of the incomparable valour and gallantry of our own troops be htd no doubt ; they were perfectly capable of achieving the same great exploits which had been per formed by their forefathers ; but what number of Spaniards had we found sharing with them in their exertions and their glories? What became of all the premises and all the bragging of what the fixejaels themselves would doI Lord W,ollesley had t,:ld us , quite the contrary; but he also told oisters chat they ought to do, and so far, he (Sir F. Pirdett) agreed with him, that wa ought to have war o r peace, but not this .ystem• of vacillation, ex panse, and loss. 'lite .Noble Lord who lind Ven in S e aht, and must have considerable information on suhject, with the to , ppusitioti of a natural leaning to Lord Wellington, yet dui not ntfri:;u!e the failure ' or toe campaign to Ballasteros. lie, hi face, did not count much upon molt aid—but tire Noble Lord op-" pasite makes it a soft of charge. Such was the dif. fcretice of opinion between the Noble Lords (Castle rcagli and Wellesley), the latter of whom seemed to look on the Spanish efforts as butter before the sun ; smnething that could not be relied on in a military v;ew. No proof of the 'moral conquest could be pi , rceived. Was it a fair way of looking at a • war to say, that we had still something left in our hands ? —We bud gone half our jnerney, then, We foiled or beaten, returned to our place of startittg.- 7 - The Ilouourable Baronet concluded by staring, that Le had no intention of opposing the thanks, but merely had taken the opportunity of expressing his 1 sentiments on some points. dais to the familia of those °fleets, to express the sense Government had of their' sereices. The Address was then voted unanimously. TRHATY WITT! RUSSIA. Lord CASTLEREAGH brought tip a copy of the treaty of peace and amity with Russia, bearing date July the 18th, as also the treaty of peace with Sweden. COMnITTF.F. OF SUPPT.y. On the Order of the Day being read for the House to resolve itself into the Committee, Mr. BRA ND wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there was any objection to lay before the House, an account of the Droits of the with the application .of th em up to the Admiralty, latest date that the 'same could be made up? • The CHANCELhOII. of the EXCIIP.QUER was aware of no objection ;,and was ready to have an account laid before the House, similarto the accounts formerly presented. Mr. CBI:EVE - tr . thought, that before the qaestion of supply, it would be Of over to consider the into lerablo grievance of the present depreciation of the paper currency. He thought it Infinitely more im portant, since the Right lion. Gentleman had in the last Session induced Parliament to record their opi nion, that gold and Bank notes were of equal value , in the public estimation. They had even made a law.to_force the public to consider them of the same traltte. As now, whatever supply was to be voted would be paid in Bank paper, and not in gold, he wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman himself now considered gold and Bank notes to be of equal .value? He wished mere particularly to know, whether, although the law made it s o criminal in in dividuals to sell gold coin at mere thin the nominal value in paper, Government did not them se lve s em teay agents to do that-thing which was considered so criminad in others, awl buy up gold for the use of ,-the armies? For a guinea there would now be given '27 or 128 s. in paper currency, which was a deprecia. lion of from 30 to 40 per cent. As, then, the cup. ply to be anted must begr\nted in piper, lie thought it iteces-ns7 first to ascertain the value of that paper. lie,•therefore, moved, as an amendment, " 4 that the House should take into its early and serious con sideration the 'state of the paper currency." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had hoped, that when the House had so lately pledged itself, by its Address to the Prince Regent, to grant ! supplies for the maintenance of the war, no Gentle. ' mats would have been found to oppose the first gene. ral question, " that a supply should be granted."—; Would any Gentleman really wish to leave the Prince and the country defenceless, and at the' mercy of the enemy, until the bullion question should be argued over again ? The lion. Gentleman up peered to have only now restated arguments which had already beets often stated, and ofon answered ; and all tbat he thought it necessary now to state on that head was, that from every thing which had - passed since the last discussion on the question, he was only the more firmly convinced in Isis former opinions. He was sure, that if the House haul been induced by the eloquence of the Gentlemen opposite to him to have adopted their ideas upon this su"ject, a fatal blow would have been given to the tothisuirce and credit of this country, and also a death-blow to Ithe rising liberties and hope; of Europe. _ _ The t!tiestion was again nutting, when Sir FREDERICK FLOOD (one of the Members for Ireland) declared that the virtory of Salamanca was one of the greatest ever achiesed. He would not, howeser ' go into a detail of the subject, as it. ass one on which he was very little competent to As to the• retreat, of which so much had berg said, he thanked God for it. We ought to bless outs Ares that we had not entrusted our army to a rash or fool-hardy General, but to one who was as wilting to retreat as to advance, who knew when to go backwards and when to go forwards.. Au Irish man or au Euglishman was not ashamed to turn his back when his honour required it, but a bully was always afraid to turn his back. It would be a dis grace now to sue to that scourge of mankind for pram. No; iu these Uuited Kingdoms i.rt blessings be e‘tendeil to all, and we would drive that scourge of mankind—to the devil. But we could not hope to do so, till every body yirtook equally of the blessings of the Constitution. These were his sen timents, and they were the sentiments of a whole country, and of 11,003 of its inhabitants whom he represented its that House. As an honest man, •he was for measures not men; if his best friend was to ask him to vote against his conscience he would not; he would never be led by a party, but would ride his win horse, and was not to be jeckied. A Member, whose name we did not learn, regret ted that no pecuniary addition had been proposed in reward , of Lord Wellington's services, which had by no means been sufficiently recompensed, though lie Was a Commander who had immortalised the British IMMO, and contributed sp much to the re-est-ablisli :wilt of the independence and conwitutions of other countries, as well as to the security of his own. If no other Member did so, he should think it his duty to bring the subject b. fore Pa EV Intent. Lord CAiTLEREAGII said a few words in # low tone of voice. We understood his Lordship to lay, that-it was very likely he should submit a motiofi Ott that subject to the noose at isp distant period. Mr. PONSONSY thoughotord Wellington fully eon!. d to the thaeks and reward of Parliament ; hut the Noble Laid opposite had gone into subjects encouneoted with lord Wellington's merits ; and he therefore rose, not merely to expresi his concurrence with the proposed 'vote, but to except himself from bring supposed to agree in what that Noble Lord himself admitietl to be open to patliantenta7 exerni. Acitimi upon future Occasions... The Motion of Thenks to Lord Welliniton was thun put, and cairietitiem. Oa. " Thanks to Use different Lleutenane-Getictals and ether Officers were then voted, as also approbation °I. t he N O.ll -conlfitisslonctl Officers anal Privates. 'The house also came to a 'Vote, highly acknowledging the service of the Portogoese corps. Mr. WHITBREAD could not conceive that the amendment moved by his Hots. Friend (Nlr. Creevey) was by any meatus a denial of the supplies. If the House adopted that amendment, it might go intothe Committee the next moment, and pass the general re• solution which the. Chancellor of the Exchequer had to propose. He wished that the Right lion. Gentle. man had answered the two questions which his ifon. Friend had pat to him : first, whether gold coin and Bank paper were now, in his own estimation, of equal value; and, secondly, whether Government did not ! employ agents to huy up gold with paper ? Thu CHANCELLOR of the EXCIiEQUERsaid., that as to the last question, whether Government em ployed agents to buy up gold coin, he should answer by givittg it a direct negative. No later than yester day a sum of '27,000 guineas were offered to him at au advanced.price, which he refused to take. Mr. %VIIITBICEAD repeated the former question, but received no answer. After a few words from Lord MILTON, the Aconadment was lost without n divisiqn. On the question for the Speaker leaving the Chair, . • Mr. MARTIN asked, whether it was the inten tion of Ministers to adopt any ecctiont!cal plan of reform, and retrenchment of etpenditure, in cense. quence of the Reports cf the different Committees, which were•then on their table?—lf not, he should take an early opportunity of calling the attention of the Ifoose.to those Reports. The C HAN C ELLOB. of the EXCHEQUER said, that he had endeavoured to look into the subject with all the attention iu his }pow; , but he was not pre pared to present any digested plan upon the sub ject. Mr. WHITBREAD wondered at the clumsiness of the dealer in guineas, who called upon the Chan cellor of the Exchequer with so Many of them ; and he really wished that the Right Hon. Geu tleman would be good enon4h to inform the House, whether, in the estimation of that man, guineas and Bank-notes were of equal talue, or is other words, how much the man asked for his guineas ? Lord CAiTLEREAGH said, that if Government bought up gold, it was only fureigu coin, against the buying of which there was no law. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. said, that it was not to him that the man applied, but a friend of his ca laugh] told him he could get him the guineas. 'the sum was 27,000 guineas ) and 235. a-piece what was asked. Mi. WHITBREAD said, the man offered him a very good bargain, indeed, of the guineas, for they were worth 27 or 283. a-piece. Notwithstanding, the friend came in, as is often the case among Jews, yet he believed the Chancellor of the Exchequer was kept somewhat in the Clark; and he could not. eon ceive, how such a large sum ati 27,000 guineas came to be offered, if they had not previoasly been col. lected for the purpose of being offered. Thc. conversation then dropped, and the Resole. tints was agreed to 4 • 4 that a supply be granted to his Majesty." . . ni4TILLERIE3. The House having resolved itself into a Committee ) The CII A NeRfiLOR the . ' EICHEOM , . having stated that it was notorious that the price of MONUMENT TO OENCII.AL LS itatßca*NT. Loki CASTLEREAGH' said, that it would not he necessary for him to make many .obsetration*tre liminary to the motion he had now to submit to . m. lie rose to more for a public monument to •r distinguished Officer, Lietstenaitt.General Le iceboat, who fell gloriously at the head of his • le^: , tt in the battle of al manta . There was atfo f.-(.1 circumsta nc e w hi c h would endear the memory I. r W. , rave man to the House, and the country.- 71 u ood been for many years at the head of a very valuable body of men who had profited greatly by his instructiens, an' would doubtless yield many ether excellent officers for the service of the country in future times. Ile concluded, by rooting no Ad. dress.to the Prince Regent, praying, that a Public Monument might be erected in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul to the memory of General Marchant. Lord MILTON wished to know, whether pub. lie monuments were also to be erected to the mem( ry of Generals Bowes- and Gower, who also died in the Peninsula, although not actual!) , in the field of battle ? Lord CASTLF.R.F:AGII said, that it had not been the custom. to grant publk nimatimeots, eecept• to those who actually fell in the field of battle. Jo other cases, the practice of Corernurent was, to sire mu- . 1 .._: ~: ..r Z.L. ..,_~_ . . • L••• corn wail new ireatbr than what i t was *nen Me' Malt distillery was first stopped, and the great pre. 'lability of there being but a small stock in hand at .16e approach of the nest harvest, thought that 'Volta evident that the same reason fur economising what supply there was, still prevailed. ite should, there fore, pro - dose to renew the laws about the prohibition of malt in the distilleries, and for permitting the use of sugar in the breweries, as alio for preventing the manufacture of starch from wheat. THE STATESMA After some short conversation, leave was sleets, to bring iu the Bills. livcoLN cAsrt.r. Mr. WHITBREAD asked, whether it was the in. of Ministers to lay the repart of the Com missioners, with the evidence, before the House? Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the reports would be presented, both with respect to Lincoln and Lancaster I,:isons. If the eviden"e was wished for, there would be no objection to gr.:train it upon a motion. TELLFEB OF THE EXCHEQUER. Mr. BENNE r asked, whether. it was true, that the Tellers of the Exchequer had Offered to resign third of their profits during the war, and whether other persons holding sinecures had made the same offer ? The CFTANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied, that the Marquises of Buckingham and Cam. den, had made that liberal and patriotic offer, but he was not aware that any other persons had done so. The Rouse then went into a Committee on the Gold Coin 13114. The CHANCELLOR of the raCTIEQUER. moved, " 4 that the Chairman be directed to move for leave to renew this Act;" and as,it would naturally expire on the 24th of February, he should wish to bring it before the Rouse prior to the holidays. lie would wish to knOw of the Gentlemen opposite, what stage of the Bill they would wish to debate it upon. Mr. WI:ITBREAD conceived the measure so hateful, that he would wish to oppose it in every stage; but, however, he should refer to the opinion of his friends as to the stage in which it should be debated. The Resolution passed the Cnmmittee, and some other business of routine was disposed of. .•Adjourued. SPANISH OFFiCIA I, CORRESPONDENCE. -~- LETTER Or THE sECRETATty or cT %Tr. TO THE A 740 tS. II %Dolt OF His DRTTANUic Nitir;Ty. CONTAINING A Copy MP THF. DECREE OF TILL coaTia, AFFOINTiIIo Loan WELLLInTom To THil chIEE DOMMAND OP TUE AMUR! or tliE YENINA;LA. MOST EZCELLENT Slit, ..."1 have the honour to in fofm your Excellency, that the General and Extra. ortlinary•Cortes, wisl:ing •to improve the glotioua successes of the Allied Army, 1. ith a view to ;int *n end to the calamities of war, which bear heavy upon the nation ; considering that nothing can coatrilynte more effectually to the attainment of so intere,ting an ohject, than the placing of all the troops in the Peninsula under the (Erection of one Commander, in order that there may bo unity in the plans and ope rations of the Allied forces ; and setting the hi4liest value on the distinguished talents and eminent services of the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Captain-General of the National Armies, have decreed in a secret sitting, that during the Ito.operation of the. Allied forces,- he shall be invested Kith the command in chief of them all; exercising it conformabls to the general ordinances, with this difference only, that %letterer is enacted in Art. 6, Title 1, Treatise 7, of the same (a copy of which is annexed) shall he ex tended to all the provinces of the Peninsula ;—that illustrious Commander corresponding with the Spa nish Government through the odice of the Secretary at IS'ar. The Regency of the kingdom has directed me to request your Excellency will have the goodness to transmit this important communication to the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, with as little delay as passible ; he being persuaded that this meritorious Commander will see, in the above-mentioned determination of the Codes, a mod solemn and authentic testimony of the national gratitude for the eminent services which he has rendered to Spain, as also of the great con fidonce to which he has entitled himself by the un common talents and military virtues for which he is conspicuous : and by the unlimited zeal ‘t ith which, he devotes them to the furtherance of ': e common Cause. _ _ Ilis Highness is anxious to hear of the Dike of Ciudad Rodrigo having accepted the abo‘e-mention. ed situation ; that being officially informed of it, he may direct the publication of the resolution of the Cortes, by which his Lordship is invested ‘sith the same. I beg your Ezcellency will admit of the sincere assurances if my high consideration and ropect.— May God, Ike. Cadiz, Sept. 25. up/Am DE LA PLZUELA. _ 4 _. - •••••••-' ;nr ; mand ;, suggesting, at the same time, such measures its they might adopt to effecteally co-operate with me, I have constantly felted them attentive to those sog. gestions, and received from them whatever assistance they could give; and accordingly I am convinced they will continne to do so, although I do not imme. diately assume the chief command. -I, therefore, be. ,lievc!, that no inconvenience can result from-my all.. plyietto his Royal High tiossibe Prince Regent, pre.. view; to entering upon the honourabletrust conferred upon, me by Sig. , Cortes. This token of confidence on their pert, and that of Government, and the tents in which it fres beets communicated to me, are a most guttering proof of those A , lthorlties beite , persqaded, that, in the Coat. mend of the other twoltient7iers of dleAltiance, witi► which I bad before been invested, I have done wijat• ever lay in my power to promote the commis* cause df the Allied Nations. I deem . it therefore needless to make any protestations on this point ; end hope that in the new and more exalted situation in which I shall shortly be• placed, As Commander-in-Chief of the ArMies of all the Allies ht the Peninsula, shall not only be supported, bat succeed in impre , s. ing the Spanish Governmeut, Cortes, and Natio , i, with a erm belief, that all my measures will hae for their into object the furtherance of the common cause in which they are all so earnestly engaged. I have the honour, Sc. Villa Tnrn, Oct. 2, 1812. (Signed) WELLINGTON. To hi+ lisrellr:tcy S'r H. Wellesich Koi4to ut the Bush, &c, OFFICIAL inetirrn. raw twit stnurrArvor STATE TO THE BRITIAII. AMBASSADOR, IY ANSIVER TO THAT IN WHICH SIR H. WELLESLEY xscLoszn 11131 THL FOREGOING' LETTER OF THE DUKE OF cruLto RODRIGO. MOST EXCELLENT have the satisfaction of informing your Excellency, that the Regency of the kingdom has read with great pleasure, and the most lively interest, the note which you have had the good• fleas to send me, under date of the 9th inst. as also the inclosed copy of the letter written to your Ex. cellency, by the Marquis of- IVo!Heron, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, from Villa Toro, on the 2d inst., stating , that he will accept the command, conferred upon him by the Cortes and the Regency, of all the Spank', forces in the Peninsula, as soon as he has obtained the approbation of his Rcyal Highness the Prince Regent, whom he would immediately address► upcu the subject. • At the same time that the Regency flatters itself, , that the hince Regent of the I.TriltM Kingdom of Great tiritai❑ :tad Ireland will give his full consent to n measure dictated by the most generous meats, and which will be undoubtedly attended with the happiest mist:one:tens to the object, which the Allied Powers propose to themselves in this war ; his Ilig,liness is convinced that the trifling delay, arising front the necessity of waiting for. tho approbation, wilt not prove injurious to the military operations. The Regency has helm!, with paiticular satisfac• Lion, what the Duke of Ciudad Roth ign says of the praise.% orthy conduct of the Spanish Generals,who, by lending themselves to the suggestions of so great R Commander, have acted in conformity to the wishes of the Government and the .Nation ; and these Is no doubt but when his Lordship should assume the chief command, the saute Generals will do, from a sens• of duty, what they have hitherto been induced to do 'by their zeal fee thstrause of their country... In the mean time,.,they hare received positive directions to continue to concur with the same zeal in the szecu• tion of the military 'pions of his tordship. And lastly, I am commanded by the Regency to request, that your Excellency, upon imputing to the Doke of Ciudad Rodrigo the contents of this woe, willimve the gooduess to express to his Lordship th• particular satisfaction with which his Highness has seen in his Lordship's answer, fresh proofs of the in. terest he takes in our glorious cause. I avail myself of this oppnetunity to reni.w to your Excel►ency tho assurance of my devotion arid higt►consid:'ratinn, rind pray God may preserve your Excellency's life many • }oars. (Sipe) PETER LABRADOR. --fhaei-A Paragraph 'has lately appeared in vont Paper, and in the Bath and theltenluna Gazette, ortifeh, , itrdeeettcy to the Duchess of Sae vs %viols and the Princess of WALES, ought to hare been spared. It is very true that Five L.tters from the Duchess of BRUNSWICK to the Princess of WArcs, ith some subsequent matter, were printed in Oct. 1 and suppressed at the earnest desire of the KING., when 30,t0/1. was granted for that' purpose. The illness of his Majesty affords another reason why the matter should not now be revived. Tile Nnblr• man, who soon afterwards was created a Peer for the part he took in their suppression, is now tin more: he cannot rise from the grave to gratify the pinlic curiosity; nor on this subject would he, even if he could. The publisher, whese name was HUGHES, lived in Wlgmore-street, and has since been a bankrupt: he also is dead. He must have been wonderfully unfor tunate to fie:, after receiving so large a sum front this lucrative suppression. Pifilt,o-SUPPRESSION. ANSWER OF THE DUKE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO TO THE AMBASSADOR OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY, WHO MAD COMMUNICATED THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION AND LETTER TO HIS LORDSHIP. Mos.!' Excct.r.wer SIR,—I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 25th of September, in • - closing another of the same date, from Don Iguscio BRITISH NATAL F0ag0,,.: 7 -The -followiug is aa atm de Is Pezuela, by which learn, that the Genetal stracted Statement from the,officistl. returns up te and Extraordinary Cortes have been pleased to direct, Tuesday :—At Sea, 97 of theliiie, 11 fifties, 111 ' 'hat the command of all the Spanish forces be con- i frigates, 70 slOops, 4 bombs,' It7 - brigs, 34 cuttett ferred on me: for which signal proof of conlitlence r i 46 schooairs; total 538. 'IA Poit, and fitting, 38 • on the part of the Congres'and Government, 'I *re- of the litre, 8' fifties, 42 frigatei, 20 sloops„.6 bombs_ quest your Ittcellency will expreas my deep-felt gra- I 36 brigs, Y.c.utters,!l6 schooners ; total 170.. •G•uard ? titude . to the Secretary of State. , lihips,..3 of the „nee, J. .fifty, 4„frigates,, I most anxiously wish to. do whatever lies in my total 1,. 6 c. 11 of the line. Ift. power, to promote and obtain the laudable object of Commission, Ik9 theline,26 fifties, 157 frigate the Spanish nation, in their just contest With France; ; 95 sloops, 7 boinbs, 203 biige; l 4l cutters', 62 and t feel no reluctance to undertlke the new task and 1 schooners; total 741. -In ordinary, 73 of-thelltuti responsibility insiparable from the exercise of the eom- 112 Utica. 69 frigints, 41 stoops; 3 bombs. 10 brig*, , mance of dm Spanish armies t 'bet I cannot announce !4,schooners;-t0t411211. . Building,. 23 of theljtof, . my acceptance of the heroine conferred upon me by :4 Oftieh i Abk, *loop!" 4 brigs ;., total 57. the Cortes anti Government, without the pretious,..Gran)dpir get ofd the lion, .26 fit: . pe r mission of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,..; 648 3. 2 1 es, 142 sl• 16 bombs, 217 brig*, to whom will immediately apply tot this.purpope. f c arters, add 60 s ikiltkit fottV d m ,* • I am the litts'cOncerned at Oh &lay, as having • ate lfWebbedilit •dtlrifediterittlesh; 110 neasets-Vta long lalla itt the habit of Cenidentially oommanimits. , of thealileel Josh/ English Gemmel,• sp—ais of. the .ing with the' generals .atjthe bead of the Spaniel' Aloe bla :Abe., North See, 7 0 4 ;of the Aloe t of armlet on the genera object, I bad is view in rig. Spy 73.44 t l ltqloe* . and a s • operations of the Auglo-Portogoool-oodor my ova hi DoorOo - 38. . • . -4 Vm.4w,-.n.0-?%,tyt;,.14,xA.-!1"*.1 1 Ti rota EDITOR or rag STATESMAN. .: x- ~ ..-.:, 1 .~ 3 , *' Y. ~ 1 . 0 .~ `~ 1 ( t k t I i