The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-23 00:00:00

W • 1 i:~ r 1~~~ ' 4 • 4! e. T. ;~ ~~'. t '. t. I 1 1 • ! ; 1 • • 1. 4 6 I 3: . - , ENe • k\ THE STATESMAN. of the Bourbons ;but we do not hesitate to attribute it their arms, and meeting the party at some distance, keep in check the allied force in that quarter. Gen. ley. This expression is attributed to the Commandant to every good soldier, and by good we here understand charged them unexpectedly, broke them, cut part to Hill now covers Madrid, from Guadalaxarato Assn. pikes, took some prisoners, and dispersed the rest. juez, and the force lately under General,Ba i llasteros i • , ' true it'd faithful 4efender of their country's welfare. Ili said that Kutusow gave the Starosta the Order is advancing to join him, near Aranjuez. . of St. George. i MADRID, OCT. 27.—0 n the 25th inst. Josepn, ~ We have heard that the 44 Lauriston was sent to Prince Kutusew to pro- with 8000 men, was in Cuenca; Souk aid his a rm y . e divisions of Granada havemade pose an armistice, and treat for pence . He was an. i in Fuentiduera l Tarancon, stud other polstts, his ail a movement, GOD grant that the Fourth Army m a y swered, that could not be till the French should re- rancid posts a rr i v i n g near Aranidez ; their total fill into pod hands, and that its brave soldiers may pass the Vistula. ' We must, then, ' replied Lae. !forces are estimated at 42,000 men, incheding 6000 increase the fame which already distinguishes them, 32,000 English and * and which they acquired under rho command of their riston, ' retire fighting every inch, or your armies , cavalry e those of the allies at e ' s I valiant, patriotic, but unfortunately ill-advised, Gen. are marching on all sides.' Prince Kutusow rejoined, Irortugeese, and 14,000 Spaniards. Bereetsrattos. that , e e had not invited them to come to Moscow;l on the 20th, Gen. Hill had his heed-va rl ets; 611 _ and that they must get hark as they could, or that Casas de los Baca, his army occupying the . some arra ngement might be entered into, causing it ' the Tagus, with orders, as we are assured, to maintain Besides the satisfaction we have in s ee i ng th ose to be understood, that it could only be by capitol.- that position; they had collected all the bridges they fears removed, we hav e a l so th e pl easure o f comma _ tion ; for that our campaign, instead of being at an ' had thrown over thel'agus. Gen. Elio was, on the. Ideating to the public, that a vessel has arrived from end. was only beginning at Moscow. 124th, in Guadalaxara, wits his division of 7000 men.l 44 This confession of Lauriston proves in what a On the 22d, the division which was commanded by 1 • Letters from Vera Cruz, of the sth of August, an.. America with favourable advices. situation the pretended hero fi nds himself. ' . Gen. Ballasteros, consisting of 7000,.arrived at Masse I 44 Murat went to the advanced posts, and asked • zanares, and on the 24th, at Tomilliso, extending i nounce, that the communication with M ex i co , f rom to speak to M. Bennigsen. Hi requested an armis- itself to Alcara. The 2d division of Gen. Hill's which city we had received Gazelles, is re-establish. tics, an d peace for himself as King of Naples. Ben- army on the 23d marched from Aranjuez for Col- ed, that the num hers of the insurgents are consider nigme telly laughed at this silly pretension ; remark- menar. All our troops who were at Ipis and its ably diminished, and cannot inspi re d rea d, t h oug h l e g to him, that lie could licit take upon himself even neighbourhood, on the left of the Tajo, retired over they may produce inconvenience. to mention it to the Prince." • the said river and occupied Aranjuez,Villa Manuque, , KASIIIN (150 strums mon Twee), OCT. 9.—A and Santa Cruz de la Zarza. On the 21st, the 1 Official notice has been d a t e d G rana d a, O ct. i few days ago passed upwards of 2000 French pH. ' troops who were in Madrid began to march out in 30, that the Regency of th e ki ng d om h a d been pleased !toners through this town, the greater part of whom ,the direction o f Aranjuez •; their total number was i to discharge f rom th e C omman d i n Chi e f o f t h e 4th had merely rags and mats to cover their naked bo. ' from 13 to 14,000. On the 23d, General Freere I army, and the Captain Gene ra l s hip o f A n d a l us i a dies, were without shoes, and instead of hats their was in Qeintanar de la Orden, where he had some'Don FRANCISCO B it.t. tszEans, and to appoint in hi s heads were wrapped up in rags. Our citizens, from me- skirmishes with the enemy. It appears that the • ' ES. tires of humanity, and fOrgetting that they were ene- French are drawing from Valencia to Catalonia ar.istentit ad interim, Don Jo wits VI ter I mies, supplied them with linen, shoes, and clothing, tillery and other warlike stores. The dirisiou which so that not one of them left our town without shoes came from Seville marched on the 21th from Toledo or uncovered. " Love your enemies, and do good : for Aranjuez. On the 25th dispositions were made to these who hate you." The Russians, by conquer- ;at Madrid for removing the sick to Salamanca. This ing their enemies with humanity and magnanimity, , news caused some depression among the patriots of will Most undoubtedly conquer them with their arms that city. also. ' Le.nost, Nov. 6.—From the North of Spain we . 1 i have the following intelligence:—" On the 28th of October, the French remained on the left bank* of the Pisuerga, and we encamped on the opposite ' hank; they say in Salamanca that at the passage of the river, an action took place, in which we made 1000 prisoners. Letters received from Madrid, dated the 28th October, in Salamanca, confirm the l intelligence of the French basing appeared in the vicinity of Aranjuez, but they do not speak of the retreat of General Hill. "Whatis certain is this— that in Salamanca there were no indications which could lead to the supposition that the great Lord in tended to retire from the positions he then occupied. According to the Redactor-General de Cadiz, Conde de Beslal O'Dounel was named as Commander of the 4th Army, in place of Gen. Ballasteros, who is said to have been accused of disobedience to the Government. Private letters state, that Duke del Marque is to succeed him, as General of the four kingdoms of Andalusia. HELIGOLAND MAIL. NOT.'l9.—All accounts from the •pwis_ite coast agree in regard to the state of affairs in Denmark. It appears that the reigning Prince has dismrssed his Ministers from office, and conducts the weighty.affairs of state solely by himself, and Aid_ de-(:,Amps. Under such auspices, the militia has bees t embodied and augmented beyond all former precedent, and composes a disposable force of 100,000 men. Families are every where removing to avoid being:4:m n for or serving in the militia. From 1101.1 stein and Sleiwick the French troops are nearly all withdrawn to assist their countrymen in the North, I and lie duty is performed in their absence by the I.) , inisli militia. The King is sepposed to be firm in his engagements towards Napoleon, and the cause of r e Hu g so large a body of men, is attributed to the preparations lately made in Sweden. _ - males and citizens, and if they agree to this nomination, I will resi gn my employments, end re. tire to my house, to convince, in this manner, an the world, that only honour and the good °ream., leads me to this e x p os i t i on, and no ambitious views as to fortune, which malice may sometimes attribute to me without respecting the notoriety of my Patriot. ism, acquired by weight of constancy and signal services. " fiend-qua r t er: , G renada, Tith" Ort." RALLAsTLP,m To his Eacelleac) the Miuimerat War. re:. , :ved Letters frog,r also n t y h m is ou m : th on c ir o tg rroi, .{ling th e a b ove Falmouth a n d e as will be seen by the following extracts:— FAL:swum, Nov. 20.—The Mary Ann packet art ived this day from Cadiz, 13 days passar , Ac counts by her state, that General BALLASTERO; had refused to obey the orders of Lord NITELLINGToN, i n which determination, it is reported, he is supported by some in the Spanish Government, who go so far 8 4 to say, that the French entered Spain, under the mask of friendship, but had been its bitter enemies, and the English may do the same. There is no other news of consequence whatever by the Mary Ann,_ We are in hourly expectation of the arrival of tt. Montrose packet from Corunna. Ps.xmouxu, Nov. 41.—Arrived last evening the Pomone frigate, of 36 guns, Captain F.ts, from Lisbon, with Dispatches of importance, which we immediately landed and forwarded to Town. Se ee _ ral unfavourable reports were in circulation last evening respecting the nature of the Dispatches brought by the above vessels ; but are assured, from the first sources of informa.ion, that she has not brought any thing important from the British Arnie subsequent to the date of the Marquis of Wrwso. TON'S last Dispatches received by the Mackaret schooner, and that the Dispatches now brought are the originals of those that came by the Mackerel, The Pomone left the Tagus on the Bth instant. It is impossible for any one to view the present n. Nation of affairs in Spain and Portugal, without feeling the most anxious solicitude for the safety of our army, which has already been so much reduced by excessive fatigue, sioknesq, and service, as to rem. der them wholly inefficient to oppose the accumulating force - of the French army. Thus, after the princi. pal resources of this country have been fruitlessly expended to deliver Spain and Portugal from the French yoke, the campaign will most probably ter. urinate like the Walcheren Expedition, l; the mi• serable return of a skeleton army. GENERAL BALLASTEROS TO TUE MINISTER AT WAR. " EXCELLENT Stn,—From the time of the sur render of Barcelona, Figueras, Pamplona, and San Sebastian, at which epoch I was at Madrid, I began to omit no means to bring about the revolution, maintaining a communication with various provinces of Spain, and acting with an energy surpassed by none, I flatter myself that no person contributed more than I did to the success of the 2d May, from which has resulted our present situation. The mo tives which animated me to act thus, was a know. ledge that it was the general wish of the nation to be informed for what purpose the surrender of these fortresses was intended, notwithstanding the political manner in which they were given up. ...t'From that epoch I have not quitted my arms, but resisted, to the honour of my country, the at tempts is hich lave been made to injure her by a fo reigner. Always inflexible in remaining* Spauiard, my country has found me ready to support her en der every circumstance, without consideraelon to my fortune, which I have ever viewed, as your High ness must admit, with the greatest indif f erence. " I was surprised at learning the English Gum ml, Lord WELLINGTON, was appointed Chief of the Spanish armies, by a resolution of the General Cor tee; they who, to preserve the reputation of their country, have buried in the grave th ousan d s of We are again prompted t o no ti ce an art i cle is ' I thousands of our coin anions in arms are observing Coaserr's last Political Register, from the admi• p, our proceedings ; and I should n ot c on sid er m ys e lf ! rabic manner In which it is penned. Th e argnments if ii : the writer has used aeon the subject of the burning as having been born in the kingdom of Arragon, I of Moscow, are so much io unison with our did not submit to your Excellency, for the informs- own, that we should cppy many of them i n our P aper tion of Government, that I mink condescend to a i !of this day if we bad room. The doctrine of the determination that tarnishes the honour of the Spa- , . ! hirelings of oar press is therein successfully exposed, nish name, degrading their Chiefs, who are at their , head, by supposing that they do not perceive the ter- especially that In which they justify a n d a ppl au d t h e Russian Governor, RASTAPCMIN, f o r setti ng fire to twin superiority to which this measure must leadd particularly with a nation, with w beta we have al. Moscow in fifty or a hundred places, even aft e r the m. ways cultivated the best friendship, and of whose 'I French had taken possession of th e c ity. By th a t fem. I dons and unjustifiably revengeful mea sure , 300,000 bad faith and fair offers no person 'can give a more satisfactory account, than the Duke DEL INPANTADO, I Russians, who inhabited that ancient metropolis, a n d volo President of the Regency. who had a right to the paternal protects)l ri)Cl con- , sideration o f the Cult, were driven notens, nt, " I have 'received an account of this event, and I out of their homes into the open fields and roads; in consequence orders to move my army. ,An order among these unhappy creatures were numerous blind, 1 which compromises the honour of all the. individuals belonging to it, either in the capacity of citizens or 1 law., sick, bed-ridden, and women in child-birth.— military men. I ctainot hide, without usurping the i Multitudes must have ultimately perished in this sud -1 den confirm ti awl no doubt expired with exp . rights which belong to them, on the osent of ac- , e ra cm, 1 knowiedgitig Lord WELLINGTON General in Chief of etations in their mouths against a Government and I the Spanish Armies ; and as this point in question 14 Governors in whom they had largely and burthen of the utmost importance to the general good of the comely n paid taxes for protection against th e foreign as well as domestic foe; which contribution had pro. country, I wait the resolution of your Highness for 1 my ulterior determinatieq l hably been expended in luxury and lavished on fa . " theln seer order yon Escellency inform _ .....s t vourites. Bat the detestable sentiments of our venal me, that Lon! WELLINGTON- return, thanks to tisi Jon t nali4ts,tend to make the Sovereign of any country I Generals of the nation for the benefiti, political au ? military, which they performed to obtain the present availi ng- be he Emperor or King) every thing, and the people 11 such infamous opinions were confined to results of the Allied arms. Then to whom is to ° be 9 ions or even two of such writers as it e havehad so muc't occasion to complain of, we might ascribe the cause confided 'the armed force of the nation ? Is Spain to be considered as a little kingdom of Portugal ? Is to an atoction, or perversion of intellect in them ; not the origin of our revolution,. to our 'honour be but being common and uniform to those of the Cou ; it spoken, different from that of the Portuguese ? ricr, the Pod, &c. it is plain that they are the et'. Have we not the 'honour 'at being connected ' feet of a studied system, the profit of which is made with the greatest nation in the weild ? Have not But these writers are preparing us for what they in the soother or emollient to the' guilty-struck mind. our arms resounded in the four quarters of the world ? Can we give the command of our army to a I tend to do, from madness and desperation, in the `foreigner, without disgracing the nation ? No. 1 crisis which we have but too fearfully to expect is ISpain has still resources. Her Generals, f• chiefs, officers, and soldiers, still fortunately preserve the t fast approaching, unless a happy change be adopted they wh i c hinherited hem their forefath I rs, ' iutben hole management of oar affairs. honour w and in. the, preseut war cocon tites.d 14e , fligii4 l l el& ' Frenc?l, alit In hattlii they . rheidoi.,eqUaLlaoloer and discipline to themselves, andthikt they:lElo(i k n ow hoir to conduct them to victory.' The -fields of Be t e: 1 leo, Albuers, Saragos s a, and Oe rou n, w ith many Others, which I om;t to stay; het:rinse , 1 would not. be thougke ) Ito , 114,40 o f t. , i • • nifk 6 lt' lip litdelible.` testi- Jimmies of this truth ; and the , 4ltliaraly which I cunt mend, may tell t 4 lotion, Oat ;allots° gtialVies 'they are not ion: any soldiers . im the world, ad that , wi th "94,, ' (*dation, , they .ommot• de.q stand to . submitteturnie the glories lbeir s , ba.vii, I aired; and extraordinary servieel they' c(i 10(4 perconne4; Wet, poghillgonit .40. lind 'Wm . - mii.ceom, althirgli tNir fee leturap,.Arfot ' to act .411 cow Wirt witklia: koketty l l Capeat y og ic .4kel / d 4ro Plitikkg*Miltdind' —. IVO ' • . . ,_ 4 1., • Patient Vrrus has thought prole (as we see by this day's to desist from any further manufacture of his eloborate articles; but he is, it seems . , favouring the world with a collection of all those which have bees the product of his too favoured hand, in the manner of 66 a catalogue raison:K." «c said in one of our former strictures on this partisan of the WmArsurs, that he was " a student of the old school :" this class& cgtion of the anther is now further justified by the phraseology in his preface of A POLITICAL LEAPT! being wanted, fop which high part he designates the noble Marquis, as' happily gifted. No, no ; we hope and trust that the-people of England will no longer be kd by one, nor by ten men, however presutnptnoss they may be but by the smear cestelene of a great many oil.' The object of this wonderful production —of this LaiNiftiblege of every thing great from the no', sod LISBON MAIL. Minato, OCT. 27.—0 n the 19th instant, the Allied Troops were situated on the right of the Ta gus, waiting the enemy's approach, who attempted to surround General Bassecourt, with from 6 to 8(X) horse, and from 3 to 4000 infantry ; and, on the evening of the 18th, this force was detained at the bridge of Atalayculas, by the Yaguan section of dragoons, anti the hussar squadron of Arragon, who succeeded in preventing the enemy, for more than three hours, from passing the said bridge; in the mean time, the other troops belonging to Besse- court, defiled and retired, with the greatest order. This opi.ration, in which we lost some men, cost the enemy very dear. On the 24th, the enemy occupied Belmonte, ap pprently wjth the object of covering, by this posi- lion, the march which they are making by the rear towards Cuenca, and there do not want indications to induce us to believe, that : they will proceed from thence to Arragon ; this, together with the intelli gent* of a large conycy having left Saragossa, in the direction of Jaen, and of the enemy haying repaired the bridges on the road from Saragossa to Valencia, confirm us more and'more in this (Onion. They write from Calatuytal, under date of the 15th instant, that on the preceding day some French troops had arrived at Altnuma, who took off the garrison, and returned to Saragossa. They have done the same with the other troops Rho were sta tioned in the other points of Arragoe ; on this side the fibre, thus allowing D. J. Duran's division to ex tend itself, without opposition, throughout the whole line of the high road and villages, and prevent the enemy from collecting provisions for their magazines in Saragossa. On the 11th instant, General Mina maintained a very obstinate action; a brisk and continual lire was kept up for nearly nine hours. The force of the enemy was from 3500 to 4000 infantry, with 320 horse; ours was inferior in infantry and superior in horse; our cavalry could not attack that of the ene my, who fell back and took shelter under their in fantry. We am cottfidently state, that the enemy's loss in killed and wounded was triple ours. Arr. 11Lti k. Dublin 1 1. 1 1 1 0 1 pie PRICE Or STOCKS THIS Bunk 215 e 16 9 per Cent. Red. 570 3 per Cent. Cons. 59 3i 1 per Cents. 731 a 5 per Cent. Nay, !)O /mug. Ann. 11 15-10 15 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India' Beads par 2 dis. Exchever 3ids3d.l 2 p Ditto Sid. 2 3 p Otunium pr. Consols fm Acct. 52 Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. LONDON: KOND.I Y, NOVEMBER 4 23, ISM Dispatches were received yesterday from Lord WELLINGTON, dated the 7th inst. but they contain no new intelligence, being merely duplicates of his former dispatches. A Lisbon Mail also arrived last night, and has brought Papers to the 9th inst. but they contain no great news from the army. A Cu, diz Mail arrived this morning, containing an Address from General BALLASTEROS to the Minister at War , disapproving of the appointment of Lord WELLINV• TON to the command of the Spanish armies. The effect of this patriotic and spirited address from sei distinguished a General, must be felt throughout the • Spanish army, and add another feature to the dis union which has so unfortunately prevail: d since the. commencement of the war. It will be seen by the document itself, that General BALLASTEROS has re signed his command, and retired to a private station. VITTORIA, OCT. :LONGA has marched from ) Orduna to 'Fritts with his valiant division. The want of harmony among the French Generals is now torious. BIRGA, Ocr. l9.—According 'to confidential in- between On :he 15th there was another action Ch. telligence from Ceduna, on the 9th inst. the .Vandals rangui and Manero, which Mina describes in these spread themselves all ever that country, for the per i terms:— pose of collecting wood. Th e i r t ota l f orce did not " I believe that yesterday I ruined Abbe's famous i exceed 2000 men, with 150 h orse . Th e l oss w hi c h . column, in which was the terrible and infernal Son-1 lier. I opened my lire between Cirangui and Ma- i they have suffered fr om d eser ti on , s i nce t h e Ist Sep- Hero, and I ; can assert, that in the latter place we Itember, amounts to near 1,500 men ; t h ey are ne t. could not walk on account of the great number of, in a condition to attempt any thing—such is thi the enemy's ; dead men amid horses. The ;action be.; fear with which they are penetrated. gan at half-past ' o'clock in the morning, and ! c ADIZ, OCT. 30. The Dake DEL . PARQUE has finished at eight at night. Abbe abandoned the .;been named General in Chief of the 4th Army.- 1 greater part of his. wounded, leaving them in the ' . According to intelligence f rom Granada, oldie 27th, lanes, and the Colonel of the atrium was killed ;' in the fourth; army was preparing to inatchla the , diC a word, the carnage was horrible. At eleven at . night I gave orders to my cavalry to again pursue ' rection of In Carolina. them, which , was done till near Pamplona. My ! CA Dlh X9T: sl. — A dispatch has 44,44 irony loss of t h e enemyo this action is s 1000 men.' killed aud 40 wounded ; that ; Granada; In consequence o f w hi c h t he fears . of some,, exo eed" Lisaon, Nov. B.—General Hill has removed his who see an accumulation of diliculties on 'every side, - head-quarters from Aranjeez more to 'the east of appear to be unfounded. Geueral. Ilic.i.o.reatos re.: Madrid. On the 2tith he was at Bayona ; he has ' ceived orders from the Government to 'quit ttie corn ... also removed all his Commissariat, as. well as his ' ma n d, an d General 1314.c.csTaaos sew his no corn troops, to the right of the Tagus. II appears that mand. Many are the circumstances which' have oe., Soult's right, under Drouet, advancq towards Gua- ' _ . this, and various the o pini on s relati ve to it ; casienea dalaura, while his left, directed by Villate, pro ceeds on Aranjuea, Sault 'himself being in the cen- that which is alone interesting and certain. is, that , tre. Joseph and Jourdan are' at CUenca with the his subalterns and soldiers harsSevidently stinhin th a t advanced guard. Suchet remains 4i Valencia, to they are good Spoviordo p sold devoted to feeybetiaok. . • ' " • : • . • ' . : -. . , 5 . ,3 f .. .. .. . • ,1.441,1,1aAii.;. ,24 .:""111 0 % 1.!; - • OADmosweahr*,-51%,:, .• • ~. . , • I I 1 4. of ' ',. i '' 4 a II • g at is C'