The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-06-20 00:00:00

I ,PI • , I • or, I I G . 4 , - - - Art. Mails. Die. 1 - , Waterford .4. 0 .... 0 I •• • •• • Lisbon 0 • 0 ..../. t ....: .. ... Jersey -. iltloE STOCKS Tlll9 • !lank 9 per Cent. Cans., S per erns. Kea. 3 611 4 - per Coots. 711 i ' 5 per Cent. Navy Lentz. Asap.ls 116 THE STATESMAN. 4.01 4N; SATURDAY, JUNE W, 1812. LISBON, JUNIT B. LISBON, JrNe 9, " CADIZ, NAY 29. LISBON, Juys S. We have no intelligence from our armies. —(Lit bon Gazelle, June 5.) LISBON, Jaws 4. OFFICIAL DISPATCH TRAM GENERAL ESPOZ Y MINA TO GENERAL MEN• to the present, to remedy the sufferings of Twenty two Thousand Irish Manufacturers. Ao individual, Mr. Stephens, declares that Four Thousand Pounds will accomplish the erection of this essential building. Ili, plan, we trust, will' succeed ; but, is it uot , a shame that, while the Fublic Money is lavished on Monuments and Pensions and Reversions of Pen sions, that the fate of Twenty-two Thousand Per• sen• should depend on the exertions of an Individual. Why do not these suffering men present ♦ Petition to the House of Parliament through their Reoresen tati•es ? Their claim irresistible—Let it then be. preferred. They have experienced pretty severely what it is to rely on the munificence of Dublin—Let them now try what will be done for them by the Im perial Parliament,—(Dublin Herald.) OAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bonds 4 1 dis. Exclieqner Bills Sid. 234 'Ditto 30. 34 pr. • Oinnitun 2j p Consols for Acct. Milit Lottery Tickets A Lisbon Mail arrived this forenoon, from which . !1(' following are extracts:— ' Ling has occurred since the Almaraz aitair.— C eral HrLL's withdrawing so considerable a 5 . • , 1 the South for that purpose, the enemy , • • opportunity of driving in the piqueta of •-, ry ((;..-neral SLADE'S brigade) at Llera, 1 - them on the alert for some days ; at c.- , rps of six hundred cavalry, with the • -1 MoLaxa. and his followers, made a surprising • surprise a squadron of the Royals, but , •pt too good a look-out ; we, however, lost a of five men and horses, which latter being in .41 order attracted the attention or the Colonels of 27th and 17th, who quarrelled about thepa, l fought, and the latter was killed. General HILL has returned to Almendralejo. Our troops in gene ral proceed northwa rds towards head-quarters,Fuentcl de Guinaldo. The maim breach at Badajos is com pletely repaired, and Gen. DOYLE'S Spanish regi ment, 900 strong, has entered it, and are to form a part of its future garrisons they are well clothed and armed. A plan is said to be on foot which pre :nisei the greatest advantages : each British regiment is to receive Into its ranks 10 Spanish recruits (not men already in arms), per company, that is, 100 each regiment. Cadiz Gazettes to the 29th ult. bave been received; the following is the only article of intelligence of im portance contained in them : " The brig of war Cacador, commanded by Capt. D J. M. CifACON, arrived on the 22d in this port fr urn the Havarmah, in 28 days passage. She brought the correspondence and 792,000 dollars."—{ Lithos Gazelle, June 3.) Yesterday It was asserted, that Gen. LACY bad entered Tarragona, whore he was received with ge neral and extraordinary joy by 'the inhabitants of that unfortunate city, and that the forces which that . Ge neral had at his disposition were quite competent to maintain possession of that important City,-..-(Lis. bon Digry, June 4.) DIZABEL. EXCELLENT 5111,—When 4he French thought me in the woods of Upper Arragon, I marched in one day fire leagues to review the Ist, 4th, and sth bat talions, and at seven in the morning proceeded with all my force from Arco* to Santa Cruz de Campiso ; in the morning of the following day, my confidential people informed me there was a convoy - in Vittoria, escorted by 2000 Polish infantry of the Imperial Guard, and 150 horse, who, at the same time, were conducting a portion of Spanish prisoners, belonging to the army of the immortal BALL 3 / 4 STEROs. In al private council with my second in command, Col. G. CRUCHAGA, I resolved to intercept it, and redeem such brave soldiers, worthy of their General and their country., The remembrance of the surprise executed in Artaban, on the 22d May, last year, and the facility with which they were ac quainted with the movements of my batta lions, were twn obstacles to be overcome. II distributed some letters, stating my intentions of doubling the mountains, and joining the 3d and 4th battaliohs close to the Pyrenians, and took care they should svelte at Vittoria on the Bth, or morning of the 9th. Success corresponded to my wishes. The French, satisfied of my marching towards the river tranquilly departed from Vittoria. On the • Bth, at noon, I marched my troops to the Port of Grata, where they rested, to enable them to walk that night scren leagues, which was requisite to ar. ritc at their place of destination, when , the soldiers couji,ctured they were marching to She fields of Ar. ;aunt., the Islast lettering ideas prospect themselves ; one thought of eating, their canoireeo reduced to THE . STATESMAN. cleaning their arms, preparing their cartridge% mu I testi,' animating each other, and persuading them selves of victory. mot having commenced the march was vigorously and silently commenced ; not a man separated, and' proceeding between the garri sons of Salvaterra and Vittoria nothing was to be apprehended from the enemye—At break of day on the 9th; so unfortunate for many Frenchmen, as memorable for the soldiers of the matchless BiLLASTPROS) the fourth battalion, under the orders of its Commandent, Pon F. J. Asserts, was situated in the neighboerhoodof Salenas, in the territory of Guipuscoa, fronting the enemy's van guard; the first battalion, commanded by Don K. DE Mutinous, formed upon the left; the fifth, directed by Don S. FERNANDEZ ) on the right; the whole formed in an oval, for the purpose of joining the right of the sth with the left of the first, com pleting a circle that should embrace the whole con- Toy, and force of the enemy. By the advice of -the skilful Colonel CRUcuAGA, I gave general, orders that no soldier should fall upon the convoy till the battle was concluded, under pain of being shot ; and I that after the first discharge, the three battalions should rush in with the bayonet. ' The pleasure of the volunteers,' upon receiving an order so gratifying to their hearts, was inconceivable, and which was to promptly decide the action, con vinced of their superiority over the enemy in an at tack with the bayonet. The French column marched with confidence, and quickly found itself enveloped by balls, and before recovering themselves, were in contact with my sol diers. Their great extension did not allow of their being completely encircled, but in a moment their vanguard was destroyed ; the remainder made a vi gorous resistance, but desisted the moment they ob served that my battalions (having settled their busi ness with the vanguard.), threw themselves impetu ously upon them with the bayonet, to which they became victims. The security, order, and bravery of my volunteers, formed a striking contrast with the disorder, confusion, and alarm of the French. In less than an hour the battle was concluded, and my soldiers bathed in enemy's blood. The valley resounded with the groans of expiring Poles and-un worthy Spaniards ; whilst, at the same time, the sol diers of the highly-deserving BALLASTEROS, threw themselves round the necks of my volunteers. From 6 to 700 bodies were extended on the field of batttle, 506 wounded were conducted to Vittoria in 100 wag gons, 150 prisoners, and the whole of the convoy are the fruits of this day, and of enaction concluded in a single hour,—a result capable of satisfying the anx iety of my division for destroying the French. Bat their pleasure in releasing 50 Officers and 400 brave Spaniards, who preserved the honour of the Spanish arms, is singularly great. Their satisfaction in re storing to their country such warlike men was so abundant, that, in the name of the whole, CRUCHAGA said to me, " My Geueral, give this spoil, in the name of the division, to Don F. BALLASTMOS and the country, for whose interests you have always fought with so much glory." Few moments have been so joyful to tile' as the day of the 9th ; my arm is weary with exterminat ing; my eyes overrunning, with tears of pleasure at the redemption of companions worthy of a better fate. [Here the General mentions, that DISLANDES, Secretary to the intrusive Ktso, a ho was the bearer of Important dispatches to the EMPEROR, and had left his carriage, disguised as a peasant, was killed; that his wife, two other ladies, ,and five children, who fell into Ms power, were sent to Vittoria, and then proceeds.] We took the military chest of the 7th Polish in fantry, two flags, eight drums, and the correspond ence with which DxstAxnas was charged. Nothing could have escaped if the Castle of Ar. taban, constructed in consequence of the action of the 22. d May, had not protected, with its four pieces of artillery, all those who hastily resolved to retire thither. Our loss appears inconsiderable, which consists of only five killed and fifty wounded; among the for. mer, Sub-Lieut. Don a &UMW'S, deserves a distin. guished place. An action fought between Salenas and the Cast le, only three quarters of a league distant, where the cavalry could not act, and so advantageously decided in an hour, is a sufficient reason for this division re ceiving the best attentions of your F j xceilency and the Government. FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA. Zildnendo, April 11. To his Excellency Senior Del. G. DE MENDIZ.VIEI6 Mr. Sugninas attended last night in the House of Commons, and finished the explanation which he was prevented, by illness, from giving on Wednes. day evening, relative to his conduct during the late Ministe r ial negociations. It will be seen, that the charge brought against him by Lord YARMOVIII, if it can be called a charge, was not denied, hut admitted by Mr. SHULMAN. He knew that the hoipss of lizaTroaD intended to resign their places in the . lousebold, if LONISGREY and GRENVILLE came into slice j and he justified his conc.ealment of this fact :from these Noble Lords, on the ground that the Mar- "dad Hsavroa D and Lord YAR.YOU'IIi WllOl4, Jo his , opinion, be yielding too much were they to rosigi th e i r d ams , whop it was a wellanskwa feet that they viers every way acceptable totheralics sum from rhos they b$ turecti j , w o w ' twit .%•• appointments. If Mr. SHERIDAN has adopted this opinion on what he considers constitutional princi. pies, it may be a question how far the censure which has been passed upon him for the part which he acted, ought to be justified. If it is constitutional in the Sovereign to choose his Household, without the Interference of the Cabinet, which we ra. ther think it Is, both Mr. SHERIDAN and Earl MOIRA may plead the Constitution in their behalf. But, say Lords GREY and GRES , VILLE, the present Household improperly influence the mind of his Royal . Highness, and this would prove injurious to our vievh, if they were to be con. tlnued in their places. This is denied by Earl MolitA and Mr. SHERIDAN, who more than insinuated that I ' Lords GREY and G RENVILLE wished the removal of the Chamberlain and Vico.Chamberlain, that they might subject the Niece REGENT to a controul In compatible with his high dignity ; and, if there was any truth in what was said about an undue influence, to substitute in its place one equally arbitary of their own formation. These appear to be the statements of the parties, between which we do not find thitt sufficient facts have yet transpired to authorise our giving a decided opinion. We doubt much, however, after what Mr. WaITIISIAD said of Mr. SHERIDAN last night in the Iloese.of Commons, that it was ever his leteution to sepatite from Ms form' friends, and to support the present Ministry. His tending to Mr. WHIT BREAD in the country for the express purpose of his coming to town to give Ms assistance in the formation of a new Administration, is utterly in consistent with the idea of his deserting Mr. WRIT BREAD'S friends. Still there is a something connect ed with the whole transaction which renders it dill. cult for us to divest our mind of the idea, that there has been, at least, a want of candour on the part of Earl MoinA and Mr. SIIERID. and we regret this circumstance the m'ore,4hat the vindication we anxiously looked for from the Noble Earl, has been withheld from us, by the man ner in which the proceedings hi the House of Lords were conducted last evening. The unfavourable, reports in circulation, respecting that Noble Person• age, require something more to do them away than a: mere private explanation to his particular friends ;1 and, from the high opinion which we entertain of his Lordship's character, we still hope that he will adopt some measures to set himself right with the public, who were formerly so much his admirers. By the arrival of the Latirestima frigate from the river Plate and Rio Janeiro, letters have bee►► re ceived from the former quarter to the Ist of April, - and from the latter to about the '3oth of the same PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE, Yesterday the Prince Regent held a Levee ton-house, which was attended by the York, Kent, Cumberland, and Cambridge, of Brunswick, the Cabinet Ministers, tl Chamberlain of England, the Lord Stewal Household, the Lord Chamberlain, the Cr , Stole, the Lords Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas, and MI the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. The Levee was also attended by the Duke of Montrose. MA Roo IS ES —Corowallls, Blandford. EARLS—Sullblk, Moira, Strathmore, Pembroke Fit zwilliamo VISCOUNTS—Andover, Hood, Jocelyn, Buthcle , Downy. Loans—Brownies', Musketry, Redesdalc, Mil tham, Roos, Sheffield, Say sad Sele, nuatingfiqd, Mumps—Salisbury, !Av. The Spanish and Neapolitan Ambassadors, &c. After the Levee his Royal Highness hel ter of the Most Noble Order of the Girt( the Knights had robed, they proceeded to I Regent's Closet, whence tho prooession Wa: the Throne room, where the Chapter was the Duke of Newcastle was elected and the usual forms. The Prince Regent then retired to where a deputation from the General Friends, commonly called Quakers, consist members, was introduced to his Re) al Highoess, at. il tended by the Great Officers of State, t h e Royal Dukes, and the Secretary of State fo r th e H ome De. partment. William Allen, one o f th e deputation, teed a Petition from the Society, p r ayi ng 1 14 Roy for peace; to which the Prince Rege n t w l pleased to return a most gracious answer. - Previous to the Chapter, the Bev. Dr. Law did homage before the Prince, in his closet, upon his being appointed Bishop of Chester, in the room of Or. Sparke, translated to the Bishopric of Eli. NAVAL INTE L LIG ENCE. PLYMOUTH, Jcss IS. I The squadron stationed or Brest, under the command of Roar. Admiral Sir fl. B. Neale, Dirt. consisting or the Boyne, of 91 gun: ; Colossus, Tigre, and Canquestador, of 74 guns each, ar. rived last evening it; Can sand Bay, having been forced films the station in a g.tle of wind. Arrived the Armide frigate, of 36 guns, Capt. Dunn, from a long cruise off Bourdeaux, during which she has captured it number of valuaole prizei and sent them to this port. Also arrivt.; the Jahmse sloop of war, from the coast of Ire. land ; iad the Prince of Wales, Boyles, from Limerick, with -oats and fluor. Imizaimaks E. ve at Carl. Dukes of , the Duke the Great and of the •oom of the Courts of Ir. Ad am, ce• &iv" , cy• Cathca rt ilford, • Lardy !ld a Chap. ter. After the Prio r° as made to > held, and Wrested la his closet, Society o f sting of tea DEAL, Jut's 19. Came in the Transport, No. 379, from Portmral, with TO German troops, late pact of the Prince of Itesse's corps, taken from the French at different lire, and have entered into the German Legion, now at Bexhill ; they were disembarked and immetiiittely commenced their march to Ilytbe, on their way to Sussex. • His Royal Highness finding it in vain to confine his efforts to draw over any other of the distinguish. ed persons who have th.ei.ired their opinions en his system, yesterday colltevred• the vacant 13lue Rib. baud on the Duke of NERtASTLE. month. Hostilities between the Spanish parties in South America, we regret to state, have been re sealed. It appears that the Buenos Ayres army had : It will be seen that a deputatiou of.O,uakers, yes. crossed to the opposite side of the water, with a terday, appeared at Court, to dein.ondlieace, fora view of attacking Monte Video • whilst the aqua- i is not consisteut with their princip.es trepeay to man dron of Monte Video had reached ' its station before ; for it.—=They received a most grafiouc answer. We Buenos Ayres, alial was again•threatening the town i should be glad to see this answer tra.a.,:ated int.() pia with destruction. No blow, however, had been I Quaker English. . struck on sea or land by either party , hut Procla- i Letters from Jamaica to the 4th alt. state,.tbat the mations fullest acrimony and reproach had been issued crops, it- was apprehended, would be very deficient. by both. There had been a storm in 13arleldoes, e.,icn had done Mr. STAPLETON, who went out to Buenos Ayres as . i much injury to the plantatiOns. it was attended with British Vice-Consul, we learn, has not been recog- utter darkness, and a quantity of mud and send de. nised by the Junta, in consequence of some irregu- scended in a torrent, but to wha.t•cause this singular larity in his papers. The Express and Adventurer , pl:enomenon was to be attributed, had not been die , packets had arrived in the river Plate from Brig- . covered, though it was conjectured to be the effect land.—From Rio Janeiro it is stated, that some ;of some earthquake. • trilling differences have taken place between Lord I RD and the Portuguese Government, re- Yesterday morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, one STRANGPO ' of the large elm trees, opposite the recruit house in 'peeling an Englishman of the name of Bel the Bird cage-walk, St. James's Park, fell; it had linghurst. This person, we are informed, had received great injury from the late high Winds : three been detected in distributing seditious hand-bills amongst the Portuguese troops, and was arrested in I persons were passing very near when it fell, but for , Itunately escaped eithoet injury. consequence, with a view of bringing him to condign An inquisition *as taken yesterday at the Crown punishment. Lord STRANGFORD claimed him as a and Thistle, Bird-street, Oxford-street, on the body. British subject, but the Portuguese Government re- i fused to give him up. Bellinghurst, it appears by I !of a respectable yoang female, of the name of found de ad in her bed en WedneS• former letters , had accepted a rank in the Buenos Palmer, who was day morning. Tae deceased had spent the preceding Ayres army, and had served with great zeal in the . evemng from home, and she went to bed in go siege of Monte Video. of God. The letters by the Caster were delivered yesterday, health and spirits. Verdict—Pied by the visitutio* and they supply us with intelligence from Vera Cruz to the 17th of April. The .communication between has certain!! We are informed that Mr. Keneee that city and Mexico was cut off, and the insurgentsseceded from Covent-Garden Theatre, in cou se e seno were every where iticreasing in strength. Trade was I . . . of a disagreement with respect to terms. at a stand. ' - A Sixth Edition is announced of the famous poll. Mr. Snot:meets! last night, in the House of Com- tical Pamphlet of Lord MOIRA, which his Lordship itoni,„, adverted to the inanner4e.whieh it. was,pro- jail! lest nifht • before the Ilouse of Lords. posed by Government that the revocation of the Orders in Council was to be-modified and confined, rained, for art improvement in the c onstruction of s and moved that the call of the -House should stand ; • We understand that a'Patent has lately been ob. ov Rum Still, adapted for the West India Colonies, by Over for Thursday next, with a view to submit a I .fresh motion upon the subject, on Wednesday, should i which the work of several days can be ac com p lished no adjustment of a more satisfactory nature take besides improvement in the quality of the sph il. i an piece in the interim. in one. with a considerable saving of fuel a nd labour.; —The Inventor and Patentee is a Mr. Joule St:lOER' Mr. CANNING, last night, fixed his motion on the LAND, an extensive Coppersmith, in Liverpool. Catholic Cause oh Monday next. We lament that the public are deprived of the die- a t soaoraff.S•ritcrr...Yesterilay a Noble Lord chord 3 mission which listnight took place in the House of w hi r l s his lifeas endangered. The follow : I l i is ad ethearrir.illtt.i.,lX, Lords; for as all Government is for the security and i Pula, M t with sending t letters of a threateoing maim I.v to w f i tte t oc, s it s & - fi z a e n e t lin v it et lai oast stated that gone; of her I.hlir. 4: happiness of the pe o ple; th e con d uc t of all men in ; d ,, ag e d him as a female who had been 111-treated, and ditto .:A the act of aspiring to the high offices of Government, I and it was to alleviate her misfertame, th e at he, had l e rcrt u n' .. J i. ll:p. or who may be called upon to fill them, ought to be :and .tih.: fairly open to the scrutiny of the people. It is not i wa t t lie reeelved aleeoue in frantic term.. : usi ct st'i, gec .p 7 i n e h m r e e s :i r d p . ro A short yp t L i . r . .il.loc to theramounent e d of t 3 001. N. Mr 4 Our lank that silence is imposed upon us. that the writer disregvded life, and reminded him of in ! a_ le e • the assassin Bellingnam. It was is consetcee of this le t r. As the present Ministers are conceding all the I that he sought tbe protection of the laws. Driesidaet es _ j ea great questions, in favour of which the Minority tad been so long contending, it is now said, that the Op.; bekt C ' hand , / l o itniree us are L be t en gl it x urr ee ied r. into tl , ba:nio ma n in sh t e he oeigh r i l ) .. er otXou" be. and ‘by bine s'lss war by viden y ees...iiieed. She never saw position, next Session, will make their grand stand , the MA again end! some mouths aft:.r. "lb" he w d a i s iti a C l ofint b! ee i . on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. 1 criZeTdrhad no y wkli c t i lle ia :oble h rta h lt i t;,n d t: e u mew? ; but Some mischievous robber has recently stolen the i she addressed him to aseertain who the person wio that fu . a . i t:ike! Iron ladle from the Treasury paw. 'advantage of .er I stating the barbarous manner In w h ich 7 bad been treated. The Noble Lord had relieved her ' to dis• Mr. GAsutow is, we understand, appointed Solid- . tames ; hat be always reminded her, it was .. itt charity .._ tee-General, hi the room of Sir T HO MA S PLOMER, ' ! r r i e s i e l , ,and art wi t tri d itr a i t ie t e 4 hererson i alleged ,'.', l l ` th hi m at who has succeeded Sir V . KART GIIIIIA as Attorney. ! t h e public place was his attorary, then F r e sno,. Th e n e f, ni d l a n n y t Gees's', Mr. Junes. is to succeed Mr. GritiltßoW, was ordered to find bail; but an promising to desist from . 4 his Lordship, ,hew .to lib/gated. as Attorney-General to die Prince 'of Wares ; and it far'he"'""Y 4 ' .... _ . _ .p. :: .. ... m. ....._.........„,.,„......ee .... .. is reported that Mr. Reiss wilt 'weed Mr.Jeeree, o f Solicitor-Geoeral to his Ito,yal Ifighuen,n. • li TVlSs i t An Ovoica, 8 1, {'feet seen. ail - liciN; re - auei - lure Published by - 1). Lorca. at " •-• .~ ~ S'• : I ~` . 4 ; ill I, o