The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-16 00:00:00

13R10E OF STOCKS THIS Ilan k 9 per VA. Red. 5847; 3 pa Cent. Cons. 59/ 9 pOr Cuuts. 74j 5 per Cent. Navy 911 901 LOVA Agn. 15 1-16 THE STATESMAN. - LONDON: NOSY \T, NOVESIREIt 16, 1811. • jilliWomV" *C" ----- Nei. lirr• Moil, ................ Dublin .......... • ..... • Waterford I / . Cadiz 0 i . 0 •• 4 .• 4 . ........... Urban elnerrney • Jersey ... .......... W .. Got eaborgli Heligoland Corunna ••• • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Don& par I die. Excitconer Ht 1.31 d. Ditto 3ld. 9 5 p Oinnotin 5; pr. Cnioule for Acct. 5911 Luitrry Tickets We have this day inserted a great mass of intelli gence received by the Foreign Mails s; nee Saturday, which will be found of considerable importance. In addition to which, Government have received' dis patcheg from Col. Boyne, dated from Carunna the 21 and Sth inst. and we are sorry to say, that the advance of the Frenzh is in such forte, as to excite the greatest alarm for the safety of our -.-ray. Lord Mrsuut:Groti wee at Duruas on the 2 Ith ult. whets a Sharp clair took place with the enemy's cavalry, who fell i.i ith the tight battalion of the King's German Le slots The communication bet ween Coronae, Vallado. rrl, Madrid, and Salamanca, was completely cat op' by t:-.e French, an 1 the post due from Madrid at Co. moots on the 3d itn.tant, had not been received on the Bth. We have also received further extracts this tno:ning from the Madrid Gazdies, which will be fcend underneath. It is reported that a:Messenger arrived early this morning at the Secretary of State's Otfice, with Die. ps.ches r.m the Marquis of WELLINGTON; hut no.. thing has yet publicly transpired, which naturally increases the anx;er) of the puhlic for the safety of our brave army, in conseciaence of the unpleasant reports which have been in c:lculation for some days past.—lf any thing should tinnspire before our Pa. per goN to press, it shall be given ; and if not, it is probable we shall know it in time for a Second Edition. We have also recei►ed the following letter.frnm a Correspondent at Falmouth, which will be found in. teresting, as it contains some farther corroborating eireums!ances relative to the situation of the contend. ing anuirs in Spain : tutorrn, NOVEMD ER 13.—The Prince Ernest packet, Capt. PETRE, arrived yesterday from Lis bon, after a passage of nine days. Accounts by er state, that Sourer end SUCIIET'S army combined, amounting to 60,000, had advanced to Belmonte, about 60 miles from Madrid ; head.quarters at Bel monte on the 23d ultimo—that Geeeral Met. with 40,000 troops, including Portuguese and Spaniards, eras at and in the neighbourhood of Madrid, and that not being strong enough to fight Sour.; Gene. sal BILL had been pressing in his demands for as sistance ; in consequence of which the Marquis of Wetaaeurrote had been obliged to abandon the siege of Burgos, and was marching with 30,000 men to join General Met., leaving General PAGET with a corps of observation in the neighbourhood, of Burgos to watch the 'notions of the enemy in that quar ter ; that MASSEY& had „jointeleand taken the com mand efthe army, late under M A GAON r, bringing with him a reinforcement of 10,000 men, which increased that army to about 30,ciA). Massey advanced and took possession of Burgos on or eiout the 22d ult. the combined force; under Ceen. PAGET retiring as the enemy came on. The artillery, and indeed every de.. 3.ription of the British force, is seited to he in high ci ; and a battle was confidently expected, which, most probably, will decide the fate of Spaiu. the apathy and indifference of the Spaniards to the close of their country, is described as most disgust leg. They appear to feel no concern in the matter (f this is true, their cause is hopeless indeed. M A Ditlo, 13.—About 4000 men, with Gen. Caele mac, have entered from France, the greater part r.) . them cluscripts, although some sui:pose the French expect further reinforcements, there is not, present, any indications of them. It is said' that General Souu*n is eating to take command of the Army of Portugal; that is, the they gave the army which, in reality, occupies Ceeeba and Port of the Wage. On the Ist inst. a coasiderable number of wounded, Ack, milieary stores. &c. left Vittoria for France, escorted by 5000 men. Various people in the employ of the intrusive Xi.ig have arrived at Saragossa, and there is some reaon for believing, that O'Fanneer. and (home° are already in that capital ; but as there is a positive reeler not to allow any Spanish renegade to enter Prance, th. 2 fate by this prepared for the intrusive King's partisans, makes theca exclaim against, and jo:asnlif•Fiw. N.trot,Eom. MNost:n, OCT. 21.—They write from Ademuz, under date of the 12th, that on the 11th SOULT ar rived in Valencia, and was there with Sucitrr and the intrusive King ; that they had drawn from the City many equipages, and that the people, in civil employments, had proceeded towards Castellon la Plana. It is likewiee said, the French have sold the gr nn to private individuals, although this is not so Mita - 0y asserted as the other. The most interesting nreir is the great desertion of French, Germans, and Yerementadoe, among whom are some officers. Am:titer letter from Tarancon of October 18 , I- - TILE KrATESIYAN. Bays as f o ll ows : -4 4 On the 15th and 16th, the enemy were in Albacete, advanced to Reda and Mena) a, without any other object, according to appearance, than that of procuring subsistence. They also sent out another strong detachment towards the Sierra.,de. Alcaiaz, lay the way of Bogerra Lictor, &c. &c. which sized apon all the cattle they could: there is no doubt but what they experience a scarcity of provisions. MADRID, OCT. 21.—General HILL having secured the points of the Tagus, had on the 14th his head- quarters in Tarancou ; Senors BAsscouaT and the EMPFCINADO are in the neighbourhood of Cuenca; and Senors PF.Ntit and M,onzt.mi, by Santa Crnz de la Zarza. SoVLT and Suctarr occupy the parallel lin of Albacete, where they have their advanced t guard of 15,000 men. i OCT. 17.—We are assured that 6000 men who compose SUCHET'S van-Allard, !ive established their head-quarters upon the right of the Xucar ; and that there are in hluiglanilla 1000, and in Requena 4000, with 400 horse. THE TWENTY-FIFTH FRENCH BULLETIN. The above document, of the date of the 20th of October, is written from Noelskoff, a small town about 12 leagues west from Moscow. We observed a few days ago, that BoseeARTE was at the rad of his tether. and that this stand has cast a new feature On the war 4e the North. We do - not, however. like many of our cotemporaries; venture to affirm ti qt this subduer of thrones is himself thereby subdued. By reading this crude and ill-digested paper, nothing certain • can be inferred; nor do the accounts from . Russia enable us to find our way clearer through the STATESMAN OPPICE, TWO O'CLOCK. We hive jest been informed that the Messenger who arrived this morning at the Secretary of State's Office, brought intelligence from Spain of a nature so unfavourable that Ministers do not think it proper to make it public. By this studious concealment the Government inflicts as severe a pain upon the public mind, as if they confessed the peril or misfortune of our brave army to be equal to the apprehension en tertained of it. This morning Government received Dispatches from America, said to be of importance, but their contents hale not transpired. Mr. OUSELEY, brother to Sir GORE Oustr.ty, his BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S Ambassador at the Court of Persia, arrived last night at Lord lla•rntt3r's Office, in Downing-street, with Dispatches, containing the Ratification of a Treaty of Peace and Amity be tween England and Persia. . Yesterday dispatches were received at the Foreign Office from Mr. STUART, at Lisbon, and from Mr. TnowtroN, at Stockholm, which ~ vcre sent express to Lord CASTLERTA;;II, at North Cray. The Earl of LIVERPOOL left town on Saturday for Lord CASTLE. REACH'S scat, at North Cray, near Eltimm. On Saturday afternoon Sir ElowArto DoUGLAs ar rived in town from Spain, but brought no intelligence• of importance. Saturday dispat4es, dated the Bth ult. were re ceis-d at the Acluiiratty, from Sir Eow.\Ro PELLEW ; the Beet under his orders was cruizing off Toulon. General ABERCROMSIE, Cornmitutlor of the Forces on the Madras Establishment, has, it is said, been appointed to sti:bersede Sir GEURGL 8ar....0w in the Government of that Presidency ; the Java frigate, it is betic , recl, is to take out this new commission. labyrinth, for it seems that although NAPOLEON left We barn that the army lately commanded by Gen. MAITLAND hail not removed from Alicant. Major- Moscow himself on the 19th, and took up his Gen. tett xeox had assumed the .command. It con. head-quarters the same day at Dime, yet his gar. sisted of 13,000 mini; and the Spaniards, under rison remaiued in the Kremlin till the eV.— Col. Rico and Baron DE Roeers, of 6000; but The Bulletin evidently spews that he was undeter- these Officers are not under the command of the ! mined what course to pursue; yet are we, from that lish General. circumstance, not authorised to flatter ourselves Extract of a Letter from Quebec, of Oct. that he and his army are overcome. His leaving : " Intelligence has just reached this city, that the dab capital le had just quitted, cannot be considered as arm). which Gen. Deetesoner had been so long as. sembling at Plattsburgh, is at length in motion. the effect of any immediate imposing countenance of Some of their advanced parties have attacked our's,-- the Russian army, since he took three days to remove the affairs were trilling ; but they have generally ter the sick of his own army from the hospitals: a cir- mieated in our favour. The American General de , curnstance which many of the London Journals had eig is, h is said, to compel the British to fall back, and then to cross at Montreal. But let him beware entirely overlooked, and others as positively as- of the fate of fleet. The greatest ardour and pa sorted to have been cruelly neglected. We, who elsh triceism prevails throughout the province. All his to discover the truth on which so ever side it may bes Majesty's able subjects, regulars, militia, and Indian and promulgate it aceordingly to our Iteaderse.being troops are hestening to the scene of warfare. The persuaded that deception end diesintelation on these militia of this city, which had been dismissed on the surrender of Ileee, have 'resumed their arms, and important rnattersohich concern the welfare and sal now mount euard as heretofore. The Americane have trillion of our country, can only temporarily elate a second army eticantped under the cannon of Fort she public mind, and must ultimately do a public in- Niagara ; and a third assembling on the Susquehatt , jury ;we would look with a less inflamed or situ rush, under Gen. II eitalsom. Both of these are in- ' pinery, but a more scrutinising eye into the views elfferently provided with clothing, tents, and ar- I eof the powerful enemy we have to contend it ith, and tillery, and are scarcely in a condition to take the field. They intend to make a multiplicity of attacks, impartially relate his failure or poetess towards ac and, by foreleg us to divide our forces, ensure sue complishiag them. In this disposition of mind then, cesi to their superior numbers.—We entertain very and which, we doubt not s is congenial with that of few apprehensions ; besides the season is getting too every sensible Reader of our Paper, we can only late." enure ourselves, and our allies, the Russians, that JOEL Beneow, the American Minister in France, r the season of the year, and circumstances (not their arrived at Frankfort, on the 30th ult. on his way to skill and force, of which they may be de fi cient in the head-quarters pf the French Grand Army, it being now supposed that tiolee inee intends to neither), have not only blunted, but averted the hos remain with his army during the winter. tility of their and our inveterate foe. The war is sus- The Prince Royal of \Velment:nu has been for peaded a e least for this winter; but whether to be ever some time pest seriously indisposed. He served in renewed on the same ground, is a matter of much the French army durine a part of the campaign in ; doubt. Although BONAPARTE may be further from Russia. but his health being much impaired, he re-' turned to Wilnao, on the 9th of October, from St. Petersburg!), when his next Bulletin reaches us, whence he has since set out on his return to Stufgardt. he or some agent may open a treaty with the Czar The Paris Journals boast much of the inauence of ALEXANDER. The cringe of an Emperor, like elle Count Astattroste at Constantinople, and attribute virtue of a woman, sometimes gives way after the to his intrigues the downfal and exile of the Cu \ND Vain), and many other of the principal function- . most solemn protestations. There will, however, aries, particularly Prince Muittat., first dragoman be the less excuse on this occasion should it I of the Porte, who had long enjoyed the confidence take place, because he may reasonably presume of the GRAND Sriceten. He has been succeeded his enemy has done his worst. With regard to NAPO.. by another Greek, Prince JANKO Kie iite.A. LCON himself, and his condition, from the concur- Letters from Calcutta say, that tee Portuguese are recce of unexpected events (and most assuredly he the name renewing their apelications at the Chinese Court, in of the Prince of the Brazils, for permission did not expect to find Moscow in flames, and de- to send an embassy to the Emperor at Pekin : re sented by its municipality, so as to becolee, instead questing also permission for a Catholic Bishop and of 6 ' comfortable and fruitful," desolate and barren Priest to reside at the capital. quarters for his grentie fatigued army. But, viewing Noilskoe, from whence the Bulletin is dated, is ' his position in a warlike light only, in which the 30 miles south-west of Moscow, not far from Kou- tender emotions of philanthropy are intruders in the benskoe. Foutinskoe is 45 miles from Moscow, on the road to Kalouga ; Vinkowo is 51 miles from Mos. I .breast of a conqueror, how can he be considered as cow, and 18 miles east of Fomiuskoe : these two e , caught in toils of his own weaving?"— I places are on the banks of the Nara. What, if in a retreat' to Poland (should he abso.l Several hundred copies of the late Extraordinary tutelar resolve to make it), he-lose, as is said he will, i Gazette, detailing the defeat of MERAT, and the en. trance of the Russians into Moscow, have been half the ,tatty under his command, from famine and I printed in German and Spitstiale for circulation on feti;:we? The moiety of that half would belong to ' I the Continent and in the Peninsula. eonfederate States, in alliance *itlt him; and as toi ! The Norwich Paper mentions, that the Panes ' men, the less of thirty thousand of his French sub- : REGENT and suite passed through that city on Fri jects, with such a population as he contcouls, would I day, from Lord Curium:sconce's, in .his way to be little more than a Zero to him, if he does not ; Saxmundham, the seat of Mr. LONG. I ' The house in Downing-street, occupied by the late i mean to renew the Northern Campaign. The very ise 13 oar. a ERCEVAL, as First Lord of the Treasury, has! diminution of his numbers, under the circumstance I lately undergone a thorough repair, previous to Mr. ' of difficult supplies, makes in his favour. i VANSITTART removing into it. As to artillery, we have no doubt but he would A report has been in general circulation for some I make the places he marches through a present of that time, that on the meeting of Parliament the Minister i portion of it which should encumber or retard his : . will require fresh supplies ; but we understand that , the usual vote of credit is all that will be wanted by , retrograde movement. But is BONAPARTE so young Government on this side of Christmas. and inexperienced a Captain, as to be taken, through! General TA ntrrom. it is said, means to petition the fortune of war, by surprise, to that extent which i against the return of General Gescoest and Mr. is asserted by our Ministerial Papers. Ought we to Ce.esteit, for Liverpool, on the ground of treating. raise our expectations to that same unreasonable pitch I Since the Herald Office (clot the . Herald °dice, Sr. „eut in ..:::t.nir_oc-stre,l, has antieutteed with them, because be deliberately leaves Moscow, ' Bettner,..hill ) h I ; i without being compelled by a battle to do so, and its Editor smougthe List batch of Baronets, most of the because he has not made up his mind, from " a long- ' writers for Newspapers have sent to the cunning par ing lingering look" towards Petersburgh, whether son for instructions in the ors fanth, that they may he shall be contented with the mischief he has al. be put on the list for next promotion. A great Many ready done to. its sister city. At all events we must are determined to write with red ink in future. Tile wait the arrival of further ineeiligeolto before, we ea* conductors of the Carrier and Morning Post, thongh joke iu the felf.gratitlatiOus Pal of oar ?NANO not yet created to this first degree of nobility, have Journalists indulge 10. !lens entßeeteeted titetelelesi With the bloccly-hand. a - ' W 4 A3if,-; : , r.....r5~...r . T _.7rr:~'~~ • W.f.. NAVAL INT4LIGENGE4 • . . P 0 1113101:TU I Nov. 16.---The Coquette, with htsr convoy for the West Indies, still terrain; her sailhtg is postponed until farther orders. Arrived his Majesty's ship Galatea, from the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena ; left the letter place 27th Sept. - with the Argo and Berkley whalers, utt der convoy —on the 31st Oct. in lat. 31. N. long. 28 W. fell in with and chaced by two large America'. frigates, and who succeeded in capturing the &Ole,' ; the Malabar, llindosion, and S'alv.ll?, from the Me diterranean, the latter having,a French lugger priva t.,er, of 14 guns and 72 men, in company, ‘vhicit she captured off the Isle of Wight—they ai e all put un der quarantine; the brig Venus, Palmer, from Lis boa, with the loss of topmasts, hiving carried them whilst chased by the above privateer; the Success, from Lisb on ; :Ai d t h e Zenobla, front a cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ship Den emark and Melpo mene, for Leith; with French prisoners; Savage, for off Havre ; North Slur, Pori Mahon, and 7yrinn out a cruise; and the D:adrus, with mariners on board, for Corunna. FALmovrm, Nov. 11 —Yecterday arrived hip Majesty's ship Crocodile, of 20 guns ; Scrapis and Weymouth storeships„ with a large fleet, outward bound to the Mediterranean ; Ms Majesty's ship Mi nerva, of :12 guns, ulth the outward-bound Amei can convoy, forced ht by contrary winds; the Prince Ernest packet, from Lisbon, anti the Elsa packet, from Gibraltar and Malta, 10 tins from the former place. The Prince Eene.vt left lying in She Tagus his Majesty's ships Impeteux, 74 guns, and Sabrina, .0; also the Spanish frigate gtigenin, guns, which had lately arrived there, having on board about '2OO Spanish troops, bound to Stock helm, to form part of the Crown Prince's body guard. This frigate calls at Lisbon to take the Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Russia, who had been at Lisbon, but had left it, on his way.tO Russia i in a British ship of war. PLYOVTM, Nov. 14.—The American schooner Independent, which arrived yesterday, was not board ed, as stated in a former letter, by three Americus privateers, but by three American letters of marque, bound from Bourdeaux to America, with valuable cargoes. The Independent being disabled and not GC to take on with, them they rausumed her f r 15,0101. She had not got clear of them more than two hours when she fell in with the Hotspur and Unicorn, whom she informed, and who immediately crowded all sail in chase, and great hopes are entertained of their be ing captured ; one of them is called the Gipsey. The Independent states, that upwards of 20 sail of vessels are preparing to leave Pia ice, with lain ible cargoes, for America. ~;Arrired the Goldfinch gun-brig, from a cruise, and the s , ,*it cutter, from Oporto. _ _ _ The AdreNture packet has arrived from Halifax with* Mail ; sailed the 21st ult.—Lettes s s.id papers will be delivered to-morrow. Drtur.vJANE THEATRE.—Mr. P sE, who soar time ago performed at the Haymarket, ;Appel rod on Sa'uttlay, in Hamlet. He appears to have many of the most important requisites for his profession. llis figure, though petite,• is graceful, and his counte nance pecu!iarly expressive. The natural enshorrass mots of a first appearance, probably prevented the more favourable exertion of his voice : it was occai sionally feeble and indistinct. The character in which he appearmi may he considered, from its va rioustsess and dithculty, as a sufficient test of any pow ers capaltle of sustaining it ; and Mr. Rat: evidently acquitted himself to the satisfaction of his audience. He was frequently applauded in the more striking scenes and his second appearance was alitou:.ced with repeated clapping% from the Pit and Boxes. C tritor.ic CLA/Mi—Oxrono, Nov. 13.—Yesto. day, the question of Catholic Emancipation was aglin agitatkl in this University, when Petitiens to hods liouses of Parliament, iu opposition to dra claims of their Catholic fellow-subjects, were sese rally rend, and, though not without a strong contest, finally carried. NATIONAL IhsT.—An Acecuat of the P thetion of the National Debt, from the Ist ..k.igust, 1786, to the Ist Nov. 1812: Redeemed by the Sinking Fund ,e 201,527.609 Tntoferred by Land Tax redeemed 21,274.6 Ditto by Life Annuities purchased 1,907, .1 9 On Account of Great Britain X230.'709,890 Ditto of lreiand 1t1y123.491 Ditto of Imperial Loan 144400 Ditto of Loon to Portugal 147,5.37 Total £112,4:151,456 The sum to be expended in the ensuing Quarter is 3,813,9941. 17s. 114. CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 16. Ilariviga short supply of Wheat thh morning. that of Coe quality Add very freely at an advance of ss. ail the inferlir sletsss. per quarter .upon last Monday's prices. Barley is la. per quartc4 cheaper, having had coosider.thle arrdpnis of that )teak* since this day week. Malt is heavy sale at 31 per qua , ter cheaper. We had an abundant supply of Beans thts morning, 'awd Miring but few buyers, occasioned a decline in them Jr frees Ys. to 10s. per quarter. Oats are exceedingly heavy te.le.tt 4s. per quarter lower. In other articles there is little or rot al. Wheat (English) 103 140 Ditto (i'ureign) .... 100 kW Re 7O 76 ,Ila y rlev New auto 03 06 Malt 96 103 White Pens Ditto (boilers) l9e lid New ditto 00 4 K) (re:, Peas ..... .. 76 78 New ditto O.) 001 Beim Tick de. O3 0, OW kWh 5O nor ditto ' 00 00 V°land dn. , 4O X/ Feed ditto • •Si 4d Vat:doe do • 46 Fine F10ur..... Flour lO5 1W Secriuds ••• , . . 100 HO • Rape Ned} LOS sict)o • SMITHS/11%D MA ILIC.F.T.—No v. 16. rn sink the Mal, per stone or rio. 14eer ....sg. Qi. h. C. pi. 1 Ural of fattiethis /law t duo, u ..5.. 11. 1 • It. lii. tl. 1 lien- 4 i4 • " 4.31(1 Vent _A i . rid. to is. ad. I S:10111 ' 15,5'14 Pork ....6 , .. Ikt to 74. 44. 1 Cat Ye. ... ' Itu Lamb . 0 , - - ud. to 04. od. i Pip If AY-MARKET. flay Clover ' , 1 4 1:liW . . • •.)7 7 7••• '--- t • I Dar t 4.• i r.‘, 4, % ; CA ?. ,) L • (I'l r ..:.~ ~~ • A .. , 1.