The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-27 00:00:00

7 , THE STATESMAN. . I - • Arrived. Mails. Dublin .. • U 9 Waterford .. , 0 \.•:. 0 Cadiz U ... • • f .... Lisbon i 0 1 Que. PRICE. OE STOCKS riitS DA Y AT ONK'O'CLOCK. per Cent. 66à1 :; per Cent. Coax. Oninnoo 4ii 415. THII - 1 ST -; ~ 'SMAN. %I~' . . _ if . clyty.icsde..A7s_ 1810.. , • ITATE OF ilt• If L AJ lisy vs HEALTa. Wi*dsor Calla, Noy. 40, 8 o'clock, P. M. 66 11101.WMX heilcoutinued nearly the um* throughttiatbi ! dhy:“ • 0 AT Oh V* 64 I/14 ikteiviivritie'ilat between• two and three igepicwitCd hears ti *kg . and this morning i 1 14• the sadiron rdir." ' (: • 16:1 J. I. •••' (Signed as USU‘'). • it •: • 1 I. 11'.1; •••••••1111M 0 .•• . • NV'e°l)ire been . trivedied with the pereset of ..a PI 10 very ieveattoo. letter 'ironi very httlt— rank ill Portugal. Froarit we have wade the ful- lowini extracts 1 • , . • . , to the.Tages, Nov. 12, MI; , 41 iriVaM;iigig.aio,l--not the least chattel Once rot e to — 77 -7 , ...,--- , -e-, except that tiktr I 4th ..vihtl ggitiebtstaveirrited, which is an int. portaeffilrforeterient to Lord W. who has now 45,000 WitA,'2s,oool3ortuguese, and 8,000 Spa r . eiards',"?.iilaidea the Militia, Cassadores (SbarP. - stiooteteh4wd Ordenanart (Volunteers), is hich amouptioufirest 30,000 men, 'lnd occupy the coun. try its l Yiiis tektif lite 'lNeiteleirmy, and completely interrofilii,eetninquicetio n.., .Resides all this force, GenebilSdisee is Ott likt4os l 4 ,bank of the Tagus, with *brigade of Portuguese,i4ooo cavalry of Ro. it A Ne'lltriny, '2OO Of of Marikll l . and '2OO seamen— so that 1 1 .Ltsstel tip Pears to lie lotked up, and it is difficult to cootctote e sehet he will, or can do ; and tie one knows what stepit•l4ord W. *bateede to take,' -; .;'. • - " ' cc Qn Wednesday last, Lord WELLINGTON gave s l a gratike at,tho.Paleep of Matra, upon investing t Sir 1 11 4 .t,ttl Beseseestek. with the Red Ribbaud. Iheall probehilitf, south will be said in the papers on ties event. The fact is, Lord W. considered it a uoilii.iiiiitpt to the Portuguese, more than a mark of mPtiry ► distinction ; *end esi lie had not any place at boid.4 , l4rters to entertain so many people, he chose the. enermous Palace of Mafia : 300 were in. vital/1 dii.e at five, and about 1200 to a bait and supper ; bet as the cooks did net give us dinner till past eight, mat of the latter lied arrived—conses queetly there was a great gamble; many who i should hay.. dined, did not get seats—and thus* who eoublve: get any thing by other means, intercepted all taa removes coming from the kitchen, sod all the insPolies of . wine ; and what would have beep a e snagisi4cept entertaituneet, proved a bear -gip - den : tut all , the officers of the army who could be spared from duty, were invited, and the youngsters thought it a Use Capparti,cnitr to get a good meal. The 'Op. per, to VilliC4 I did qot stay, was a complete riot. " Being thus far on tisteway, ---,. --e--..-.- and •I, next meriting, accepted Sir STA rLETuN COTToN'd (who commands the left wing of the army) invitation to accompany him to Torres Vedras. We 41J so, dined and slept, and early next morning visited all the posts between that place and head-quarters, near Subral, and the centre of our line. Ile took 20 hussars and ;ID s:larp.shooters with us, and drove in the enemy's pipets, so that Me rode quietly along the front of our position : it is upon a strung range of hills, which are improved in envy way by art, and I should thiuk impregna. ble— the ground in front is impracticable for an army to.niove in by night, and by day they would be much exposed—no artillery could be brought, except by the three great roads, Which pass through our position : one at. TurresVedras, soother at SobraL and another at islhandra ; these are each commatuled by most forraidable • fortvy:.aUd are blocked up in every possible way, besides being inked iu various places, ready for springing. in. *short, not Bosley and all his Bost could make say impression on them—but should i weals point be found,. turd Viersteervioxow has constructed a second L at .:, three leagues in rear of his present, iti4ititely stronger thau it. an his present line are 540 12-putineers ; on the second are 500 32, 26, and IB.pounders—and all this has been the effect of his great mind, The enthusiastie co ,Jidenee which every soul in the army has in him, is delightful to ace ; and his activity and vigilante on all occasions, inspire it. We dined with him on Friday, and in a clay or two I shall go Li pass three days with him, • •to see every part of the works : and come along the right wing to Alhandra, and there embark in my boat. The right of our position is Very much the • etroagest. " 11 AtilltstA has not more than 50,00 mee—they. are in great distress for bread, tho' they have shun. stance of meat ; they aro eutreneliing thent.elves, and their position is equally formidable` with ours, except iu artillery, which they cannot get up. When sjt heatl.quarters, Oa Friday, Lord W. l Fhewoul hie M44Spi4 e s dispatch of the battle of Be.° l *a ce s wilich rli tams upon 4 purtuiplese A id.de, pulp? Tio sclin9w*ges that kif ilieli wiii ciffeitcsli that he had between 2 and 3000 killed and wounded, two Generals killed, three wounded, and one taken, Six Colonels, " and a great many very " luahle Officers, which the EasPEttost knows I caanat replaces, here.r: lesiAtea, Ibis dispatch?' the Aid.de.camp itait`. a 'Mkt,. inscribed, c Ques- i flops likely to :bol.;*il‘hil I I :, till) EMPEROR — An . seers to be made thereto." then follows a long list oqt-esti:Oa impeoting tho.stateof the army, the, replies to . vtllichare known to be false in most parts ; .nd this curious , document she ers that BomeT is to' bilsambugget4 Ife U desired to say that the army is healthy, in Ifigliipfrits, and that the mutt perfect cordiality Wats ati,tien the Generals—whereas it is.a fact that they :are sickly ; all the medicine staff sod stem trive taken by _TRAWL it Coimbra, ,au4 Daiwa of.thi Cron:ler:Oa speak to each other. To the pleitiOil 4 VOW is the army paid Not vas sous is the chest.' But I conclude that it *ill sit **published. 16 If' th* enemy can advance a strong force thrOugb the Alentejo, to the spoil) bank of the .Tagua t tord . WwwisrozOn mat sigoirk f and this, nesehlespi r sWg . be Eh* *!do to raMsli of toll ,our ,*efforts. " We hers soother very mitioss.cOnsiOration— tit least 190,9GOnsals are driven into Liabee, in ad— ditioa to its olnarpapalation, in 4 IKe vicinity of ink "arey,..ohicb must be citlit 10%000 men. Times . inioplt *tat be feet ; whereli it teo 2 came (win Wiltave 'sent to Sarbary for 4000 tons`of corn— More May lie got 'from Americi.: but this dcpen. dance far supplies from .I:Wheats:during the winter season, is very irksome; the only 'consolation is, that the enemy are Worse ^ off, without even such hope. ccYuues, &c. , . cc . v -.....-.. 9 $ This letter lets us more into the secret of affairs to Ptiitugal than any thing we have seen, not excepting the memorable article in The Times, of the other day (on its desertion of the WEL' LesLeys) tior excepting an article almost as curious in The Morning Post of this day, which Morning Post is • also in the very act of de. sertion from its true and rightful colours, to wor ship a Sun that is appearing above the horizon with peculiar splendour. The Post to-day, as the Times of Saturday, tells us now of the fertile pro vinces its Portugal, which MASSENA has at cont . mond, through which the British army has not passed, and through which the communication is open. into Spain. Both our and the other do this, to show their timely desertion of the WELLESLLYS. MASSENA is no longer staraed!—,-no longer killed by heat, or by rain ! 11e is no longer', surrounded, sod without ground, eicept his stand ing place! Oh uo! He can go to the fertile provinces, south of the Tagus !. he can go .to Spain ! in a word, he can go wherever ho likea! This change in the two Papers will, however, be of nu. usalatikem. 'Whatever his Itoyal Ifighness, the PRINCE S may think of the policy. of the war in Portugal, or of the tactics of the campaign, he. has too much of an English heart, and he has too much also at stake, to be gratified by the dis grace of the advisers of that War, and of the tactics, that disgrace coming through any disaste ' to .our brave troops. If, therefore, The Tinies and The Post begin io anticipate evil to my Lord WELLINGTON, thinking that his star is setting, they have judged ill, and they will take no. thing by the hurry, and indecency of their change. The PRINCE is toorcht to need their aid ; and if he did, he would nut receive aid from men who are equally faithless to their BENEFACTORS and their COUNTRY. There isinother Ministerial Paper, running with all the little speed of its, wits, .to worship the PRINCE. Hear this Paper, the ,flatterer of Mr. PITT, and some other wor.l shies. " It is generally asserted (says this Print), " that should the creation of a Regency be deemed " necessary, the reins of the State will be placed " in the hands of a PRINCE, not more remarkable " for his brilliant qualities and benevolence, than " for his filial piety, who will be appointed sole Regent."--.You. are right, Gentlemen ! You are wise, according to the manner and habit of your wis.' dam ! We advise you all, to run as fast as may be, that you may get a stand, or may at least have a chance to get one! .11aving enjoyed the sun. shine .of many *Minisbas, endeavour now to . bask in, the 'rays Of a . new and slpendid ORR ! —But, to turn from you to our Readers, we re , commend the attentive perusal of parts of the above Letter; and we believe it will make this impression—that we have not been mistaken in thee PRINCIPLE Of our SPECULATIONS. on the CAR• pA.IGN, whatever may be the RESULT ! This O. cer, who understands MOM than half a million of newspaper writers, is evidently, already of opinion, that Misses*, will•move Lord WELLING nos out °Pis lust ISIPREGNARLE! And theu, where are the frit;ts of your expansive, wasteful, cam paign ? Where are the results of your system of impregnable! ? But this Letter corroilorates the idea we had, ;nd expressed long since, that Lord W. m ight hereven starved out of his position ; ;tuba indeed;,ha preferred to let the poor peesantrfllW the Outs between him and Lisbon, end the Wants ac Lisbon stem, for wait of foreign 'Vies . : If he reds tbctit (which it Whittle/ to 0a) his .rterirN may be Cornd)* tq rst fif tea, W rt _ •• food. In a Word, this letter is of much im. portance, and is most alarming. And to add to its weight, there are Letters in Town, which state, that Dnouir, has actually joined Abssiucs with 15,000 men, and that the siege of ilbrantes is commenced. MASSENA is opening himself a way to the Alentejo, a way to his succours, - and a broad and secure road for the apprevisiunineut of his .myi are We insert in thisday's Paper the Project ~ of a Convention tendered by oar Government for the Exchange of Prisoners. It does honour to them; . but they had no reason to expect it would be ac ceded to by BONAPARTE. On this subject we hairs much to say, and shall take an early opportuttity for that purpose. ..:-..5ig... The following is an ettreo - of letter, dated Heligoland, the 2'.10.d of November t— '6 Ott the 19th, inforination was received here that a tiotilla, cansisting of about 25 French gun. brigs attd boltls, ware assembled at the bland of Weogaroog, in cansequetice of which Captain Lord r Chtoi GS STUART, with the squadron under his or. ' _dere, consisting of one frigate, three brigs, one schooner, one coffer, and two schuyts (gun.ves sels), got under weigh and stood for the coast. We are not in the least alarmed, however, as to an at. tack on this bland, as their intentions, most pro. bably, are to slip into the Eyder, and pan through the Holstein Canal to the Baltic, We are informed - from LLOYD'S, that the Lords Commissioners of tho Admiralty hale requested the Lords of the Treasury to give the necessary in. structions, through the medium of the Commis. sinners of the Customs, for all merchant vessels clearing out to be furnished with the signals men. dotted in our paper of yesterday. On Sunday evening the Prince of WALES ar rived at Windsor. • Yesterday morning Earls CAMDEN and Lim poor, arrived at Windsor Castle. .. Yesterday morning Doctors Batr,t.ta and Dux. no left ‘Vitidsur ; they were'expected to return in the evening. No reply has yet been given to, the Committee of American Merchants who waite:l on [Minister., to learn their determination as to the rescinding of the Orders in Council. We learn, however, that an application on the same subject is to be made to Government from a higher quarter. Count Gin-roue (the late King of Sweezo) has obtained permission to remain in this country as a private Gentleman, and to go where he &cries ; he refuses all pccuniara aid or pomp. He is attended by a confidential friend, an Englishman, and one . , deniestic. lie means to view all our great cities and manufactories. lie dined and spent the even. int With the Prince of Conne and all the Bourbons, at Wimbledon, on Saturday last. Letters received yesterday from Gibraltar men. don, that the foreman of Mr. Moms, a mason there, was recently attacked with a complaint which put onthe appearance Of the Yellow Fever, In cause. quetrce of which the house was surrounded by troops to prevent the contagion from spreading, which we hear was attended with the desired drat. Lord WELLINGTON (seys an Officer lately ar rived from Portugal) it about four and forty years of age, rather tall and thin, of a fine countenance, and piercing eye. lie rises every morning at three o'clock, breakfasts at four, and always be. fore day-light visits the grand battery at Sobral, upon which are mounted ninety pieces of cand. non. His Lordship then returns to his tout, and writes his letters, &c. which done, he mounts his horse and rides along the line, about twenty miles, sees that every thing goes well, pro. vides for the comfort of the soldiers, and cheers them in their duty. Returning to his tent, ho dines, surrounded by his Officers ; always frank, affable, cheerful, and fell of anecdote, he makes them forget their fatigues, while he endears them to their General, and himself to them. Between nine and ten at night his Lordship lays himself down in bis clothes, as do all the officers, and at three iu the morning he is un again. His thin habit is believed to he partly owing to fatigue of body and mind. His ardent spirit supports him. • PRIVILEGE.—There is a passage in the speech of Sir ROBERT WALPOLE, on the motion for the Eli. puon of Sir RICDADD STEELE, for an attack on I i.s. the Tories, which insists strongly against the im. propriety of the House of Commons interposing their authority in cases of libel ; the passage is as 'follows :- 44 . I will ask, why the author.is answer. able in Parliament for the things which he wrote in his private capacity ? If Kis be an offence against law, it is punishable by law, and why, therefore, should he not be left to the law ? Is Parliament, which used to be the scourge of evil Ministers, to he' made by evil Ministers the scourge of the People ? The Liberty of the Press is unrestrained. How then shall a part of the Legislature dare to punish that as a crime whiCh is . .not declared to be.so by any law framed by the schole' And why should this House be made the instrument of such a detestable purpose ? This House, which had to boast the ho nourable distinction of being applied to as the se. source of redress in all cases of oppression.... STELLE has advanced nothing which can be con. stilted into guilt, without the assistance of forced investions ; and shall this }loose assume the •titt.' gracious part of thus inferring guilt from merearr bitrery construction ? If they do, what advantage to Goverment or the community can be espeeted to resuk from such aineasitre ? Are doctrines refuted,, and truths enppressed, by In mastered or stipule; tiaedrl. T .Oxforel 4 , q pri 7 —CifiaiNger. Wla will not a*, sillth .Sit Remo, what silvan. tageiesti result Ici'llstaitiMmisnity from such a pro teed' g?. but hietozy .3atotrss • its, Not. sing his an" 4 GPvergPftli- "1 tit:ePailLortrii"X;llll. ouch onancevra, ) : 13 E4n,,-,10 , 4 8 1 to in at, sweat pock ilio :swop s 9114)ro ce by • . - 11r 1 , glik REGENCY: TO THEIWTOR OF THE STATESM Stet,—lnpresent truly awf u l an d mg crisis, it be get every individual to w suspicion anfact vetch tends to dePrive o i l personal or private 'gins ; •but, what shot conduct of Engl en where an attempt to suspend, and probably arrest from them, .just of• all blessings, THE RIG LIT OF 1 FECT AND FREE CONSTITUTI That this right is suspended must' obvious ; and !hat this- right may be . from us, is a matter of various and sol liberation. There have been, in anciem of British history, certain occasions w' justified the act of a Representative . taking upOn itsqlf lin authority which, in . case, wuuW neither be prudent nor judi But the present * eg r lciAitri s o f that There is a legaly, ja5t,...4 , alOsAlit Priucc, whom the Regency ihould detefie, 'upon ought and must devolve, And , who has the ed right to the free and uncontrouled I the Sovereign functions. A Prince whk plc View with cunfidencef..and esteem,. whose Government nithe•einanate tve , ~,. consistent with the welfare of the Brilial. station. It is a singular ,fact, that okt the ,very -- which so many individuals am suffering. violations of the Laws of England, the lion, itself, Late committed two daring infringements, not merely upon the IS Press, or the Liberty of Speech, but 0, standard Laws, THE LAW OP THE 1311 eTITUTION. The following extract from and Constitution of England," proves ' of the assertion : " The constituent parts of a Portion King's Majesty sitting• there la his ItiN capacity, end the thitie Estates of the Lords ipirituil, tad' She Lords tempori in one H untie, end The House of Conseil/as-1i titer : The King and these three Estktel, great corporation or body politic of the Upon their coating together the King either in person or by represented' which there can be no beginning of Parliament." Now, these three Estates have assembled, without the King's either meeting them in person, or 1,) re. presentation ; they have attempted to SOIIIIIISUCII a Parliameot, which is imperfect and unconstitutional, inasmuch as it cannot be a legal Parliament, baring assembled without the Executive branch of the Parliament. The Executive breech of this Parlia. talent is vested in one person, who, being in A stale of mental alienatiou, Is incapable of pelfeiminia ituties of the office. The country area therifor, existing . witboat the Executive Pewee; lie Clio atitution Is. of Course violated ; . but that is o matter of little Surprise, es every relealker man by long' since noticed the attempts Of certain party to reduce the sentry to a state of anarchleal Government, , and to supersede Oa' venerable fabric—the British Constitution Wpm* whom then should the Executive Power dr• volte during the KING'S afflicting melody ? The at• swer is, upon the Prince of WALES I Upon Me l laud him only, unfettered and uncontrorled, host Ling * no fear but that of Goo, and nu wish but that of the PEOPLE. He has • long bees do admiralloo of all good men, and the mognaninaity of his rata candid avowal has endeared,hlto to every 10) 11 ' 14 faithful subject. 44 But," say the Aristocrats, 4g the PRIM it favourable to Catholic Emancipation, and Catholic, would come into your Senate;" theft, to say, justice Would be done to the Irish, 14 the No-Popery Administration would be tornol. ouL But, suppose the PRINCE es favourable to Car &belie Emancipation, where is thO injury 0 11 1 irould result from that ? Are there dot riglitilw longing to Irish as. well as Englishmen ? save the, people of Ireland no rights, no Wow ties, nothing to exist under but a savage system , Vassalage and slavery ? Can any honest.heartet z 4... e)owlishman who wishes to be fire .himself also en . h • tertain a desire to deprive his Brother of the Shur ICingitoes*Lthe same liberty—the same freedom and equal priiileges ? Surely not ! The intent of this ski• dress is not to discuss the right or propriety of Ca' thulic emancipation beyond what is cunoectedshil'' supposition of the desire of his Royalifigliness tee that measure, or much mightlesaid upon thesubj, But, this much is intended boldly and - uedisms) to be asserted, that, whatever may,be` the of, the ?orrice, Cither upon the Iloiun or' Emancipation, whatever the PRINCE. may or grant the insulted Irish under the preseut fel state of the British Empire, the -right of ALES B G o ' f a t t h h o e li r t i o ti s a h of the Prince IN the COI•E orCfuolin.satnidtueticlotunailssnlio4stregrienl UNL attehretbhliaTlit ED I AND lIt*EDIATE KEGENcif i GALES!' =p=ptll B 2=s:ENser . In the dispatch said to be interrnled from )141 SENA On its W4y to Paris, there is one Orcuinsta, which adds a doubt on its authenticity, as being gt; -swine. He is saw to revrtlent General .qrtion, will he recnit+•Ct'd I ~ + b t i thgrie iu wv g i ristoe to li tle hei d iuttwi N riti t o itni w !l i ~use to eu'l"t 4 ;111nOettereirs9elairipainittrefLiv4.4,44g of . , 7 4 : 4. er th , !I L ..* Mgr . ! ez•Pul MAN. womento ratch %,;q 1 him of his )uld be the pt ie made them, that A PER. TJ,ON t' be too be wet,* solemn oat perlua c which hs% A ssormil) : . n any other judicious.. nature riucc, up on ton whom it he undoUht. exercise of lom the pe u . ,- and from. err blessing Ir t►atiu4t. ry period in g. for alleged Administra. ; and flagrant iherty of the Nat first of %It 'MN Cu.g " Gents Ike ii gcil7 tent, are the oy al political c Realm, the tral, who sit moos in no, es, form the the kingdom, meets thee, i►e, serAot parliament." fled, without in, or b) ra. : is vested in one person, who, being in a state ental alienation, is incapable of performing the It of the office. The country are, therefore, log without the Executive Power; the Coot lion is of course violated : . but that is a :er of little Surprise, as every reflecting has long since noticed the attempts pf i ain party to reduce the country to a state anarchical Government, . and to supersede that arable fabric—the British Constitution ! an whom then should the Executive Power dr. re during the KING'S afflicting malady, Thew r is, upon the Prince of WALES ! Upon hie, him only, unfettered aud uncentrualed, know, nu fear but that of Goo, and nu wish but that the PEOPLE. lle has • long bete iiiradMiritisS all good men, and the magnanimity of his read did avowal has endeared,him to every loyal and :hful subject. 4 But," say the Aristocrats, 0 the plays it ourable to Catholic Emancipation, aud tit fitolic: would come into your Wont° ,;" that' say, justice Would be done to the Wahl ant 1 Nu-Popery Administration would be ternef t s But, suppose the Pauses is favourable to Ch slit Emancipation, where is the Injury that auld result from that ? Are there not rights be• aging to Irish as well as Englishmen ? Toil ve the, people of Ireland no rights, no Waco 1 1 nothing to exist under but a savage system ssalago and slavery ? Can any honest.heatlai aglishman who wishes to be free .himself also ell+ rtain a desire to deprive his Brother of the Siitct ingdoM—the same liberty—the same freedosts 4 Leal priiilegcs ? Surely not ! The intent of thnski• .ess is nut to discuss the right or.prOprictY, DC C a ' ulic emancipation beyond what is connected‘ith I ht I pposition of the desire of his Royalifighness tutfre. sat measure, or much might-be said upon thesulajdt ,ut, this much is intended boldly and enclismayd a be asserted, that, whatever may be the (viol': f the Patrice, iither upon the Cation or Gadd' :manCipatiofl, whatever the Poix4 may coned r grant the insulted Irish under the preseut &cal al state of the British Empire,. the -right of e ;atholies to a full and, equal share in the blessio. I thi, British Constitution is not greater than th (the Prince of WALES to tho inc, uNLIII II° LNO iaticepaTa Recpirt I GALEN: .• in the dispatch said to be inters pird from M 4 lr.na on its way tg Paris, there is one tfic s in't" . 'kick adds a doubt on it s au thenticity, as being g, m " ifie . He is said to re ,r esent General .4rnon, acing wounded. Now it will he recollected I r e ' sis\r t previous to his writing re dispatch,vigill l y 4r , If an '" has wrote, he swat la tlai br I' the Ognertl, anti receive 4 aaivauswer thill it ''` tai prisclntri but gas urre mi4arirgis p to .. r.•.. . ..., ae. j.tr,t . '7 '