The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-08-23 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. NAPLES, Atm. 2. The town of Naso, in Sicily, situated near Cape Orland. has begun to refuse obr dience to the new Sicilian Government. This town Las a population of 10,0(X) souls. The inhabitant. have already by main force resisted the troops sent to restore tranquillity and good order among them. They have fortified themselves, placed at finery upon their walls, and formed a corps of 4000 combatants. The Sicilian Government demanded a reinforcement of troops from the English, to subdue this town; bbt the English replied they could not interfere in such' affairs. Serious troubles have also broken out in Palermo. The dearness of provisions was the occasion of them. The people went to the prisons, and took for their auxiliaries the individuals detained in them. Thirty persons perished in this tumult.' Many others have been arrested. Two individuals, known for chiefs of the sedition, were executed two days ago. GENOA. JOEY 24.—Captain Barthelemy Cassin-1 gens, who left Malta on the 3dinstaut, arrived at Leghorn on the 16th; and announced, that at the moment of his departure, the plague continued its ra vages in that island, and that the number of victims was from 1S to 30 daily. PARIS, AVG. 16.—Itesterday was a glorious day for Frenchmen : the inhabitants of Paris in an espe cial manner proved that the anniversary of the birth of their august Sovereign was for them the fete of love and gratitude.. In the evnieg;the Theatres, which were opened offered the most animated, the most touching picture. All the remarkable passages in the plays were laid hold of by the good sense of the people with great discrimination ; in short, they applauded the couplets sung in honour of their Majesties with that frank and lively enthusiasm, which is only the offspring of the heart. On the day of the fete, at six in the morning, can non gave the signal for pleasure and joy. New be nefits still added to the lively effusion of those sen timents ; for on all those solemnities dedicated to jlapoleen-le-Grand, he is pleased to found for his *people liseful monuments. Thus, last year, on the 15th of August, was laid the first stone of the Palace of the University and Fine Arts, and that of the Palace for the Imperial Archives. This year, on the same day, the navigation of the canal of the Ourcq between Paris and Claye was opened • and the first atones have been laid fer the markets o f St. Germains, Carmes, and Blanes-Manteaux. We will not here enumerate the vast conceptions ,every year executed, for the public utility, and terminated at this happy epoch, not only at Paris, bat throughout all parts of the empire. The creation of the port of Cher burgh is one of those memorable events, the eclat of which is lost in the midst of the immense rays of glory which surround our invincible Emperor ; but it alone would be sufficient to immortalize another Sovereign. DRESDEN, AUG. I.—The intrenchments which are to cover this town being nearly completed, we are now occupied in planting pallisades; they will be numerous, if we may judge by the blows which re sound in the neighbouring forest. We are also la bouring with great activity to re-establish the great stone bridge which was blown up last spring. The works relative to this object were only commenced in the latter end of June, and they are already very far advanced. We expect that in six weeks the re construction will be completed. We still continue to see troops which, arrive from Mayence defile and pro ceed forwards. The French and confederate corps which are in the two Lusatias and Silesia remain tranquil in their cantonments; the cavalry is exercised, and manoeuvres perfectly; the regiments are at their full compliment ; th .y have but very few sick, the spirit of the troops is excellent ; the chiefs maintain the most exact dis cipline; thus curnpkaThts are rare; they are instantly done justice to. ipi& The fortress ofW4rtemberg is provisioned and con tains a numerous garrison; it never was to be corn_ pared with what it is at present. We haveatill a part of the Imperial Guard here ; the other regiments belonging to that magnificent corps are in Lusau. There have been established at several points, and within reach of the different corps, immense magazines; they are full of supplies of every, description. GERNA.V PAPERS. GENERAL ORDERS BY THE CROWN PRINCE. .' Straiomd, Head-quarters. blown up: hasty and disorderly marches gave con& " In the interval afforded by the prolongation of dense t o th e e nem y: and a veteran army, small in- the armistice, it is the earnest recommendation of his deed in number, but great in all that constitutes the Royal Highness, that the Commanding Officers of military character, which had fought, bled, and tri- regiments and corps shall devote their attention to ;11mphed in every province of Spain, beheld:with in. 1 improve the discipline of their men, exercise them ! digr.ntion its laurels tarnished, and itself compelled' in military manoeuvres, and by proper regard to the to abandon all its acquisitions—the trophies of many; equipments, render the soldiers e(tcient and able to ..a well-fought DAtd bl_qedy_ dais When at length the take the field at the shortest notice." indignant voice of the troops arrested This - 111sgrace- - 1 Fa sNI K ronT, Ave. B.—The Grand Doke has, by 1 ful flight, and its Commander, touched with shame, an Edict, dated the 10th of July, ordered a forced y i e ld e d to t h e genera l d es i re , an d d e t er mi ne d u p on loan to be exacted, to be applied towards eervytn g giving battle near Vittoria, who can doubt—from this the expenses of the military preparations. This loan, generous enthusiasm—this fine sense of honoyr-; the capital of which is not yet determined, is to 1)e I what would have been the result had the General exacted from all citizens and other persons domiciled, : been worthy of his troops? had he, in short, made!' at the rate of one per cent. upon the declared capital. : those dispositions and movements which would 'hail' Under this name are comprised their property, real I secured to one part of his army the co-operation aid or personal, sums of money, precious stones, Ca Pi- 1 su ppo r t . o f th e o th er ? . • i tat', debts, batik paper, letters of exchange, &c.l " Let us not, however, defraud the enemy Of • the , The first half of this forced loan was to have been praise which is due to him. The dispositions and paid ou the Ist of August, and the second is to be arrangements of their General have been prompt,. paid on the Ist o f Oct o be r . The payment of the ' skilful, and consecutive. The valour and steadiness interest and the capital of this forced loan, is founded, of his troops have been praiseworthy. Yet do not upon the receipts obtained from an impost upon con- i forget that it is to the benefit of your example they 4umption, which has just been established. The in- owe their present military character; and that when terest, which is five per cent., commenced from the I ever t h e re l at i ve d ut i es o f a F renc h General and his Ist of August. I troops have been ably fulfilled, their enemies , have I'cm:sat:nun, ict.v s.—Our official Gazette commonly had no other resource than flight. contains the following article upon the plague which " Soldiers-1 partake of your chagrin, yourgrief, has desolated the southern provinces of Russia : your indignation—l know that the blame of the pre "lt was in the month of July, 181 4 , that slight I sent situation of the army is imputable to others—be symptoms of the plague were observed in the the merit of repairing it your's. I have borne testi- Crimea. In the middle of the month of August they mony to the Emperor of your bravery and seal. His burst forth publicly at Odessa : some measures were instructions are to drive the enemy from those lofty taken to arrest this terrible calamity, but although heights which enable him proudly to survey our fertile the city was put under quarantine, the distemper did rallies, and chase them across the Ebro. It is on the not spread with less rapidity, in particular qnarters Spanish soil that your tents must neat be pitched, end environs, from the Baltic to the Bug. It and from thence your resources drawn. No dltfical. 'HIE STATESMAN. committed frightful ravages in the villages. its file city of Odessa it carried off 2,600 individuals, Ind upwards of 3000 :n the remainder of the pro , ince. At length it ceased on the frost setting in list year. There were only two sick in the month of December, and iu February last the quarantine was raised." • -GOTTENBURGII GuTTENBURGII, Aun. 12.—A regiment has arrived in the Roads, said to be the Royals. Our accounts from the opposite coast seem to con sider the renewal of the Armistice as an event not likely to take piece. PrrEnsattnew, JULY 27.—Messrs. Gelatin and Bayard, Ministers Plenipotentiaries from the United States of America, have arrived here. Along with the Prussian volunteers, under Major Lutzow, are also Tyrolese, and among them Andrew Hoffer, son of Andrew Hoffer, who was shot; as also Henry Palm, son of the bookseller Palm, who was shot at Erlangen. • STOcKuOLM, AUG. s.—According 'to accounts re ceived from Stralsund of the 23d of July, his Royal Highness the Crown Prince enjoyed the best state of health. On the 24th, his Royal Highness intended to set out for Berlin, to review the Prussian troops that are placed under his command. His first night quarters woold be at Prentziau. His stay at Berlin will be about four or five days, after which the head quarters will be removed to Demmin. Two divi sions of the Swedish Army were immediately to break up, to take their positions something further in advance. I.:upturn, JULY 31.—Yesterday morning an English brig cutter arrived here from the northward with a flag of truce. An Officer of the Row flotilla went out to her, and after having delivered to him letters or dispatches, she immediately worked out again. At noon there likewise arrived a fleet of• merchantmen of upwards of fifty sail, among which were some Swedish brig cutters, and gun-boats who went through to the southward, without coming to anchor. The number of vessels under Swedish co lours were few, the remaiuder were of different nations. ELSINEUR, Atm. 3.—Yesterday a Russian courier arrived here from Sweden, and set 'off immediately for Copenhagen. Ile came from Berlin, and tra velled here by the way of Stralsund and Ystadt. -- A tr. Mall One & ....• Lisbon .. .•• . 1 • 0 1 ...• ..... re? Gonenhorgb 5.•.. • 2 0 0. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank 218.; I►dia Bonds 1 dis. 9 per Cent. Bed. 57i Exchequot Bills 314. 9 per Cent. Cons. 576 i Ditto par 3 p 1 d 4 per Cents. 7211 Dinniiint 61 1► 5 per Cent. Navy 870 ' Consols for Acct. 5711 Long. Ann. 14 7-164 • Lottery Tickets . . THE ~ATAT.ESMAN. LONDON: iitit . NDAT ) AIMIAT $3 1813. DISPATCHIS from Lord WELLINGTON. FALL OF THE FORT AT SARAGOSSA. nil GARRISON PRISONERS—FORTY•9EVEN PIECES OF CANNON, AND A ♦AUT QUANTITY OF AMMUNITION, ARMS, AND CLOTHING, TAKEN IN THE PLACE. APPROACH OF LORD W. BENTINCK TO TARRA- GONA. Mr. WILLIAMS, the Messenger, arrived yesterday evening at the Office of the Earl BATHURST, with Dispatches from the Marquis of WELLINGTON, the substance of which was soon after made known in the following— BULLETIN. " War Depariment, Aug. 22, 1811 66 Dispatches have been received this evening from the Marquis of WELLINGTON ) dated Lezaca, 11th of August. " Nothing of consequence t►ad occurred in that neighbourhood since the date of the last Dispatches. " The Fort at Saragossa surrendered on the 30th of July, to General MINA. Above five hundred prisoners, forty-seven pieces of cannon, and a• vast quantity of ammunition, arms, and clothing, were taken in this place. 64 Lord WM. BENTINCIC was near Tarragona upon the Ist of August." PROCLAMATION OF MARSHAL SOULT. " To be read by a Commending Officer at the bead of Com. 'mows in each Regiment. " SOLDIERS !—The recent events of the war have induced his Majesty the Emperor to invest me, by an Imperial Decree of the Ist instant, with the cons. mend of the armies of Spain, and to honour me with the flattering title of his Lieutenant.' This high distinction cannot but convey to my mind sentations of gratitude and jo) ; t►ut they are not unalloyed with regret at the train of events which have, in the opinion of his Majesty, rendered such an appoint ment necessary in Spain. It is known to you, Soldiers, that the enmity of roused into active hostility by the eternal enemy of the Continent, made it incumbent that numerous atmies should be assembled in Germany early in the spring. For this purpose were many of your comrades withdrawn. The Emperor himself assumed the command ; and the arms of France, guided by his powerful and commanding genius, achieved a succession of as brilliant victories as any. that adorn the annals of our country. The pre sumptuous hopes . of aggrandizement entertained by, the enemy were confounded. Pacific overtures were made; and the Emperor, always inclined to consult the welfare of his subjects, by following moderate councils, listened to the proposals that were made. 44 While Germany was thus the theatre of great events, that enemy, who, under pretence of succour ing the inhabitants of the Peninsula, has in reality devoted them to ruin, was not inactive. He assem bled the whole of his disposable force—English, Spaniards, and Portuguese—under his most expe rienced officers; and relying upon the superiority of his numbers, advanced in three divisions against the French force assembled upon the Douro. With well. provided fortresses in his froitt and rear, a skilful General, enjoying the confidence of his troops, might, by selecting good positions, have braved and dis.. comfited this motley levy. But, unhappily, at this critical period, timorous anti pusillanimous councils were followed. The fortresses were abandoned and By the Official Bulletin from the War Department yesterday, we are informed of the fort at Sarragossa having surrendered to the arms of the Spanish Ge neral MINA. By the word at, and not of, Saragossa, we are at a little loss whether to understand the in formation to convey an idea that the fort commands the town (in which case it might be conceived that the entire place was in the power of the captors), otherwise another contest must take place before the fruitful province (once kingdom) of Arragon is in the hands of our Allies. It is unques tionably surprising, and requires to be noticed, that so small a garrison as 500 men 'should be found in a place of so much consequence, militarily and naturally, being so situated on the Ebro. This famed city, founded by the Phrenicians, has often been the golgotha of numerous bloody rencontres, and of none mere than in its famous siege and valorous defence during this Peninsular war. A town, named by the Roman Em peror Cresarca Augusta (front whichdktragossa is but the corruption) could only have been left under the care of 500 French soldiers, from some desperate mo tive. But we apprehend the place designated to be the fort without the town, within which, and perhaps the citadel, the chief body of the enemy had retired, leaving the garrison of half a battalion to its fate.— By the contents of the Plymouth Letter, some other particulars, in addition to the above, will be seen, relative to the advance of Lord Wicr,tAm BENTINCK across the Ebro, and the retreating of the French General Sucuvr. We publish the Proclamation of Marshal SOULT in this day's Paper, as a subject worthy of perusal, from the reflections it will naturally give rise to. ft is couched in that species of language, the events which had just occurred might be expected to give , rise to. The French soldiery are always operated upon, and stimulated by such addresses. This in strument, as much as any active step of the nen!) , appointed French Commander, shows us what may be expected from him and his army, viz. the exertion of every nerve to execute the wishes, we may even say the orders, of his ,Chief, of which he boasts being his Lieutenant. Should the Mar- 1 shat Duke fail in his design, and be discomfited, 'like his predecessor, he most expect his own suc cessor in command to speak of him as he has done of JOURDAN. This severity of treatment by BONAPARTE towards an old General, who has gained so many important battles, and who is acknowledged to hive been weakened in his late command in Spain by the withdrawing many of his veteran battalions, to strengthen the cohorts of the Emperor in the North, put us in mind of what was so long deliberated on in the Committee of &Mt Publique, during the furious moments of the Re►olution, viz. that a new General, who should gain a victory, should be dis . tinguishedly rewarded; and that an old one, who suffered himself to ba defeated, should be kg gominiously put to death!! To Mr preposition It Officer would accept of a baton under such condition.. ties ran be insurmountable to your valour and devo. was asked by one of the more modorate members, ,Let exert canw with h gv e mutual gr a t e r r to which a very fiery Republican answered, many ; felicity to the paternal heart of the Emperor, than _ as was the case in the Turkish Divan, l d i o o n ti r . a lA nd t übes,atshseuirled ourselvesh g triumphs of his army—of its where a GR AND the knowledge of the V zreadily accepte d . the lER e . e honour under a p er f ect increasing glory—of its having rendered itself worthy knowledge of the forfeiture attending the want of him, and of our dear country. of 4 g, Extensive' but combined movements for the re- success. lief of the fortresses are opowthea few d eve of ta king place.. The confirmation, of what we ourse l ves have no cc of our success be _dated from They will be completed in ays.he s Vittoria,—and c. doubt, is still wanting, viz. the renewal of the A unt ti isce. The numerous opi ts ' orts o r i ts terni:ns. the birth of his Imperial Majesty , be celebrated in m lion, and from those opinions, reports of that city : so shall we render memorable an epochostilities deservedly dear to all Frenchmen. having actually recommenced, hare grown out 0^ th e " July 23, 1811 (Signed) SOULT, Duke of Dalmatia. warlike appearances and p re p a ra ti ono f Lientenam de l'Empet cur. the parties opposed to each other. If N srotgon were sure or the renewal of hostilities, he could eot have been more active in reinforcing his armies, end especi a ll y in completing every regiment and battalion to its f a ll number. Nor have the Allies been less on the alert in providing against contingencies. The Prussia ns have, in general, shown much more zeal in this war then in the former ; but our private letters confirm what we have long suspected to be tlo case, that he apprehends it will he suggested in the coming Congress to give a douceur to the Emperor of Au;. TRIA, for the part he has acted, which will greatl y diminish his Prussian Majesty's influence hi the trade of th Bkltic. What, however, can his M ijesty do ?--The imperious force of necksity, from the new state of things, will render his condition worse if he stands out ; as there can be no doubt what. ever, that the conferences will show the Emperor of RUSSIA that lie cannot do better than look to the restoration of his important concern: at home.— Some of his subjects already speak openly of bet. tering the wretched state of the serfs in his extee. sive dominions, at a time when the people in the most obscure parts of the world are inspired with new and better Notion of the rights of man. Dt !JOUST, and the Crown Prince of SWEDEN, appear to be the most completely pitted against each other, from situation, and perhaps the best matched, in point of strength and numbers. The army of the former contains a groat many conscripts, newly embodied ; and that of the latter, though longer accustomed to military accoutrements, have never made use of their arms but in exercise. It is calculated that they will bead about 80,000 men each. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night, which, besides the information we have alluded to in niir general remarks, contain several articles which will be seen under the distinct head. The Gazette of Saturday night corrects an error inserted in the Gazette of Tuesday last, stating that the Parliament was prorogued to Friday, the 4th of October; it should have said Monday, the Ist of November next. The incessant firing which had been kept up frern the battering trains, at St. Sebastian's, rendered all the guns unserviceable. The whole, incept eight howitzers, were embarked, end a fresh supply of battery, consisting of 13 and !O. :itch mortars, ner3 on the passage from Corunna. No artillery but shells will reach the Castle, and, fortunately, it is nut shel proof. It is under consideration , to send the whole of the troops of the line in this country to reinforce the Mar. quis Of WELLINGTON in Spain. _ _ EX TRACTS FROM MONTREAL PAPERS OF JULY 10. G. 0. fiend-quarters, Kings, 40. Jul. 1. Detachments of Indian warriors being about to return to their homes, his Excellency the Comnrander of the Forces cannot suffer these brave men to de. part without expressing the high sense he entertains of their good conduct, and the. zeal and promptitinle with which they have obeyed his summons to repair to the division of the army in active service; the skill and intrepidity displayed by them in battle, by which the defeat and surrender of a very superior body of thetnemy's regular troops was particularly achieved; and his Excellency has particularly to ap plaud the exemplary instance of discipline and for bearance evinced on that occasion by their instantly refraining from all further hostility the moment they were informed that the enemy h ad suriendered.,— The Officers attached to the Indian warriors have distingushed themselves by their gallantry and good conduct. His Excellency directs that those warriors may receive on their return a liberal dosiatiOta of the usual presents, and.that the wounded, and the fa milies of such as have fallen, may receive double proportions. The Superintendant General of Indian Affairs will cause this part of the order to be carried into execution without delay. EDWARD BAYNES,. Adj.. Gen. Wa view with mach .concent thsetsiocoont in the French Papers, of the opening, we fear, of the con summation, of the Port of Cherburgh. This stu pendous work, which occupied half the reign of Louis XVI. is, we apprehend, totstrary to all ex pectation, now completed, so far at least, as to to admit frigates, and other ships of war drawing little more water, within its safe anchorage, to the future great annoyance of the trade in the British Channel. We should have been glad that the money which has been expended in building useless and cumbersome Royal Palaces, never probably to 111 inhabited, had been employed in destroying the cones of that offensive Royal French harbour so directly opposed to our own. Lieutenant S. JONES, of the 24th regiment, serf. ing in the Peninsula, has been sentenced by a Court martial to be dismissed the service, for defrauding a serjeant and several privates of some balances due to them ; and also for defrauding one LA.TOUIt, an hotel keeper at Lisbon, of the amount of a bill which . he had run up at his house. The United Committee of Lloyd's and the Stock Exchange, have offered a reward of One Hundred Pounds for the discovery of the author of the letter purporting to have been written by Messrs. GOOO - and Co: and addressed to the Masters of Lloyd's from Deal, stating, "that a flag of truce had arrived from France with yassp o r tx for a British Minister." NI I . \ • ,h If