The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-08-06 00:00:00

p ' Arr. 3 0 .;;., •,•• Haft 3 Fur Orut. Red' !I S per Cent. Cum. I 4 per Cents. iS ' s.per Gent. Navy I•( r - Ann. 111 THE .a. _ l it :0,1 AT:oN. :W4OCIC I Doom 1 dia. Exciteguer Bill. sid. •;11Bholdlp Omnisith % Cansolafir Acct 571 . . Littery Picket. .w.:. SIIdTESMAN. 712114TQUNP/Me 6, tars. We have this day inserted an account of the pro ceedings in the American llouse of Representatives, orrohat part of the PRESIDENT'S Message which complains of our inhumanity in the conduct of the war. The two accusations which have been pre ferred against us are-Ist. the employment of the Indians, who cannot be restrained by the establish : ed laws of civilised warfare ;---and, 2dly, the con flagration of their little towns on the maritime, border. The House of Representatives has referred the consideration of these subjects to a Committee. The facii-Abemselves are,. however, avowed on the part of our Government and the only question at issue is, .whether an enemy may be justly attacked by such means ? ‘Ve trust it will not be contended by any one in this country, that the laws of justice and humanity, which we profess to respect in ours hostilities with every ot':er power, may be juitifiably relaxed or disregarded in our Americo eirrfare.— On the contrary, is it not, evident that we ought to he more scrupulously mindful of those laws, more delicately cauticus not to infringe them in a war like the present one with America, than in any other.--America is inhabited by men who, in a peculiar sense, we may call our brethren ; who, by their descent from the same stock with ourselves, may fairly cluim the ten derest treatment that is compatible with the exist ing relations between the two countries. America and England are, besides, naturally the friends of each Other by the community of their permanent interests, and are only enemies in consequence of speculative disagreements and mistaken policy, Causes which, as they are accidental and capricious in „their nature, ill be productive only of transient effects. On the subject of employing savage warriors to combat against enemies of this description* we have never disguised our opinion—if we bring men into the fielcl, whose conduct there we cannot regulate and controul, we may justly be accused of all the atro cities that they commit, and justly be made to feel the effects of that resentment which their conduct may excite. Our burning the American towns, and - spreading terror and distress amongst their peaceable Inhabitants, is more like the conduct of a nestof pirates • than of a great and magnanimous nation, and would find a more suitable place in the annals of Algiers or Tunis, than in those of Great Britain......Cas thew bombardments render the Americans less able to carry on the war? Certainly not. Their resources depend on the spi►it and industry of a people em..; ployed on a soil boundless in its estekit and prodato: Lions. Can they render them less wilting to carry it on ? The effect is precisely the reverse;' they support • in America by inspiring the people ;pirit of animosity against England. *ye, that if Mr. Msolsom himself had induct of our Government with a' •hen his own party in America, he the very conduct we have pursued- 7 lish," he would say, " give but suf to the tomahawk and the scalping.- int of their military operations, and sockets in another, and the popularity established on a bask, which no dim ' to shake, and no successes to render yen some further extracts in addition yesterday, by the Gottenburgh Mail. by these accounts, that a conference at Tracbenbargh, between &RNA- Emperor of RrSSIA, and the King of which Lord CATHCART was Present. It A that'two Austrian Ambassadors rt. whir* requires confirtnatiog. The ob. rUeeting is supposed to have been the set-, . ••• • . % ... • • ‘.. • '•- . . it was istesded to lush:mate or suggest, that there tiing or had bees any impropriety of conduct on our part ; Earl of . or whether, in referring the subject to a Ceunittee, party, remail It was intended to state any facts or sliow any cause iudeed, In support of that reference. Ile hoped thsresetve i destination, would not be reconsidered ; although, if there were 1 , ~ the slightest ground for such a course he should not , Old negoc ll min hesitate to Institute au enquiry into the conduct of., mittedlhett the . ,a , thtflirst . . • • any individual who should have dared to vi olate the ' .p r o ceed one s p ecie ' mission to:thiE e (, specor of Atik usages of war so sacredly observed by the Covers; . zor.t , prov id e d k e ;t h o u be osiewfd to present him event and oar people in general. ' , l eW to this friend and ally of NA roLtos either at Mr. GROSVENOR said he had merely wished, as thg, ... -.• . ... -. .- i/ . . object of the lion. Speaker had been avowed as i Vienna, or wherever homey be. Of the qualttleattons making his motion to be the obtainment of an histO. i of the Noble Earl far this diplimatic mission, in the iical document to perpetuate the barbarity of di a l , present most imminent crisis of the Werltl, We pre enemy ; and as in the Message that barbarity had "t tend not to judge. We see It. is asserted, as been contraated with our humanity.; that the facts on ' a proo f of his ability and the confideoce Of bli the one hit should accompany these- on the other ? lie should h pe, 'eased, that the call for.such it peper eiiters, that he :Ones - " intrusted with a ve rbal would be far rem presentieg a libel on our _officers ) jj , tied from Constantinople .which it was as the goalie an from Maryland seemed to suppnse., l thought unsafe to trust to, paper ." ,This is some- Mr. G. was t, however, solicitous about the fate. thing! ,The eulogist might have :asked, that'en a of .hisamtion for which, he said ) he t uft hut little. communica , . . 9 1 late cagiest fat .the President's Chile of the . Anti anxiety.. ; .. '. '•,- ', - -..-. icituirlati Society, a Ministerial canvas was made for. 'tides on the avowed ground of hi s being an enemy to the ItOman Catholic Claims, and totes were earnest . Ily solicited for him OA accoapt ortfli signril merit. This roaralso be 'argument fer,lnceffelmion to the Court of Vienna. • - ; _d , .: . . ..1 Wehave reason to believe the late : Welligenee re` milted Itont Spald Ilia *cited , . inch 'moiety with I - Minister% and:dispatches were sent ,off last night to the 11:taviittis of Wadies:x.ox, a ship haling been in readineas-at Portsmouth to sail with all possible i lseste. For be it from our intention to anticipate NtistetreeteVents; but we have a duty to perform to wargt Ate public, paramount to every other consi 4eratifid; and especially at a . period when the public; mind has been raised 'to . the highest i pitch of extravagance, by celebrating the late vie+l tOry at Vittoria, which was not fitly represented 1 as the expulsion of the French army from , Spain , / hut likewise as leading to an invasion of France. It is impossible for any one to doubt the reality of the disasters experienced by our enemy at the battle of i Vittoria; but fromAhe advice; lately received from Spain, it appears to have been more (osing to the ; folly of Josten than to any other cause; and for the present we beg leave to refer our Readers to the i i following Intelligent Lattet'freit an Officer on the !spot: =TRU; Alt A LETTER PROM • mummers OT RINE. • ." Camp before Pampehma, Jody 8, 1819. " In my last I gave you such details of the action t near Vittoria, as would enable you to form a' tole- , Itable accurate idea of the affair. 'The 'missy has since 1 then been occupied in driving the remains of the French from this country. After the signal defeat I . of thai dai, a complete flight took place. Jo -1 vErt4 ,viiih tech as could be collected with him, hur ried, with all possible expedition, by Roncesvallas Pass into France. Foy, with one remnant of the fugl fives, finding himself unable to reach that pass, took to 1 the mountaius, and is supposed to be endeavouring ito find his way to Saragossa. Wretched indeed I must be his situation; without artillery, or baggage, dreading to approach the roads ; depending for a precarious subsistence upon such food as he could find in the villages, most of which would, on his approach,_be evacuated, and, nothing left but the bare walls. Harassed by the Guerillas, who would bang on his front, rear, and flanks, and who would be a source of perpetual annoyance to him ; suffer ing this, how miserable must be his flight, and how few of his fugitives will remain on hii arrival 'lst Sa -1 ragossa: Similarly circumstanced is GAZAN,CLAVSEL, and another of Joseph's Generals, whe are endea routing to reach France by whatever direction they I can. . It is utterly impossible to account for Josztut's total want of intelligence, for otherwise, surely he would not thus have been so completely routed as he has been—this cannot be comprehended.. Lord WELLINGTON'S advance on the Douror—Sir Tuo4 sixs GaillAU's on the. North of it—Sir Itowt.xxo on. the South: of it, keep. notorious to . ' fhe whole Peninsula-t-4 march. of six weeks---. actions . with the French• advance every day. Th.' whole force of the British, so open to view, that saying nothing of intelligence, not a, soldier who ' .• could have been 'engaged, but could , fotin an accit., l • ittea4-lieWmowei -; and yet to find . sock ; an hut . fettlittfoii t -tidit 40,000 men' remained in a sifuation;' forced, occasioned them the loss o( their whidwbaggage and artillery ! 'I repeat, this Is utterly iscomprehensible! Lord WELLINGTON is the most .foctanate man in existence. It is' said that GAZAXi CLAtSEL, and the other Genetils, most ' earnestly remonstrated with JGSEpIi o , the im propriety of hazarding a battle - on flie'west aide of Vittoria. Had he acted on their thrlviee, he. could have removed all his baggage and artillery to a position on this side Of that city,. And he had then forty miles of country, every loch bf Which could have been defended, and ttihave fUrced which i would have been impracticable with such artillery Xi he possessed. He could have retreated at his leisure, would have saved all he .possessed, could. -have Pre,. served the command of the Bayonne . and Ronces valles Pus, and need not have lost, coiiiaratiiely ) . , a Mall. HOP/ NAPOLEON will receive kW,' oc`s,hOw be will act, or bow he will endeavour, to floes over this most decisive flight, it is utterly impossible to imagine. . •1 The British army is at present thus posted--the lit division under Sir TUOMAS GUASIAM a on the coast *wax /Whoa anti St. Sebastian ; the passes of were sent off from th e ois of %UZI/6TM Orde rs, ..141 to Portsmouth for a ship to b e convey them with all possible spe e d .es were sent from Hart BATHURST and oth.. .t ' Gentlemen to the Noble Marq u i s , by `i .4e - conveyance. The ' Earl of Aszaozetr, and the Deputation to th e Emperor of RUSSIA, are expected to sail from mouth, in the Crfisur frigate. Orders were s „„, yesterday from the Admiralty to the Nore, for 6;4, purpose. • Forty of'the inhabitants of Ldbect have be en r ,. cently brought to Hamburgh, by the. French, , confinement. A few days age, a duel took place in •Dobberi between young STAEL 110I.STEIN, iu the Swrclil: service, and an Adjutaut t of TarrENnoares. s TA , 4 HOLSTEIN was killed. td division, Lim ` 3d division, Sir division, 'Major-General ,t. dividers: l Berne Avrett; Laded by . Sir it. pm.. The carried pn exCllaliveli • by _ Portogiese, at least, so it is ~.,‘ it' *sent it is closely' invested by the -40'410,00N; Si, G, Cori:, send the sixth division, GoOtrtal crania-a, both cosinosnanded br • Lord DAL• noon* No great firing from the garrison has yet eccemed; but •the Spaniards, according to the cus tom, fire whenever they have an amuse for it. The trench occasionally throw• shells over the' British :positions, and; of course, now and then into them, 1 but as yet Mlle lora has been sustained. Various' wpinionsare In eireblation ant to the future plans for the redaction of thirplace. It iasepposed, that . * month's (revisions atty the very ntmillt which • it eontains;. 'Ad It is so Asil l iensely well defended,' that one month ,would t a$ JONit ellipse in constructing approaches toutteek .114 in form, and then a great loss must be expected before itmcould be taken, it is .stspPoseiil I that it will be -strictly bleekadett•and starved into , i surrender. gikili k ti is said, that.Loed WELLINGTON , 101 c.a)34416;,4:-..t6"the SPepiards k that he coifsiders: 74 ii: British,' le an seta ' The the campoige k a ,t . . y ,heye'driven I viyies , tgt pi the Pe a' except.; [ • , big such astAccßpy the stiong places-lot a - French-1 wan can nom slow himself its the *10: It is for the' ' Spaniards, therefore, to do the rest, and by the reduc- - ! tion of the fort reiges,to 'show to the world that they Can !do something for themselves. How the Spaniards will act on this, is yet to be seen. From 'the present i r disposition of the British Army, it would appear that Sir JOHN MURRAY has no occasion for our ser. vices in the South ; for the fifth division, General; OSWALD, is at present in the mountains, near Ta- 1 fella, where it is halted, after having marched thither, supposed on its route for Saragossa ; but ab it is understood that Suciivr has united in that ('fortress ' all his disposable force (if, indeed, 'he 1 has not, as some say, fled' to France, lees. 1 ing VILLATTES chief in command), of course, I nothing farther is to be undertaken by' us.— ; The Spaniards have now their country freed from the enemy, excepting such as occupy their fortified 1 towns ; and it is to be supposed that they cau,.and will, so closely invest them, and so vigorously as sault them, that they 'till all shortly fall. Wretched, indeed, as is the situation of Spain, how much more so must it be when the British are withdrawn —the great mass of the people are now in arms, either as Guerilla, or as regular troops. Habits of plun der, idleness, and living by force, are now so familiar to them, that it is out of the question to suppose they can ever be brought to labour for sup port. Hordes of military plundered will"therefore overrun the country, mut centuries must elapse, be fore it can be brought to a state of civilization and regularity. The evils which Italy suffered, 'under similar circumstances, in the• sixteenth century, are about to 'be- repeated here. Certainly the French irruption bas been productive of' one I great good—it has drivers from their-ebodes of vice, indolence, luxury, and hypocrisy, half a million of priests, who held the country in the most abject ty ranny—their reign is over for ever ! nor can the Roman Catholic faith ever recover from the shock it has received. . The peried is by -no means remote,. when Protestantism will rear its tolerant banned :over the whole 'Continent of Europe; the Tonna of the Roman Catholic faith are rapidly dying away- here, and, strange to say, that very Government (of England) 'which is making such a fuss about Catholic encroachment, is at Lisbon exerting its whole energy to support it in all its folly,tind extravagance. Thus 'ha', iri all appearance, ended the French invasion of the Peninsula. Whether it will be again t ' attempted, isantithereffair--certainly it cannot for 1 some time to Cothes, with any-chance of success : and yet BONAPARTS, having incorporated - with his 1 Empire all Spain North.okthe Ebro, makes it pro- I blematigal, that heWill at ours give up his assumed 1 rights. If parcels, as it is reports's!, effected be-1 1 tween France and the Northern Powers, no doubt (if Spain is not' incloded) a force will be poured 1 into it too . overwhelming to be resisted. But what 1 will it contantr.:k4 barren, desolate, detroyed MIR.. lir) , ' incapable of Its own support, unproductive in ~ every way ; a conquest; dpreterea nihil! But Eng- ' land cannot continue the contest here—that is certain; every thing here shows it. No money, no credit, o, - thing that couldinduce the supposition of well-Welsh: ed Coffers at hOme. It is possible that this Army may.. besupported in this part of the country for a short time, for Naverre, Biscay, and Arragon, are the ! Provinces the least exhausted; but should it be required that a march Southward is to be undertaken—how are we to be supported—if CLAUSEL and FOY ) con trary to all humaß expectation, have been able to join AUCIIET with any thing like even half the force (,they left the field at Vittoria. with, Sir JOHN MGR* RAY will be obliged to retreat to the sea, and the whole of the South will be again open to the enemy, who will have nothing to encounter. -From the South, therefore, at present, we can have no positive in formation. Lord WELLINGTON appears to be in dealt, for he himself has established his head-quar ters at It village nearly centrical between this place, ' the Pyrenees, and -the route for Saragossa. I hope my . next will ionimenicate a probability of your shortly seeing me, for I believe there is but one opi nien in the whole Army, namely, that we cannot be supported this wintethitere. • • Lai Mitt miralty to the Manufactured gOOds, and refitted sugars, a re 1 4 great demand in Pomerania; and several vessels loidinj from Gottenburgh for that quarter. istie King of DENMARK is said to have g i ns D.►'vot:st the comtnand•of all the Danish troops i s HOlstelia. ' The 70t Hassan have been countermanded ; hot, on Wedneiday night, they received orders for thoi r 'immediate march to ' Portsmouth, and they we nt (ix yesterday n 7 oiting. • Some accoon - is froM Stralsund mention, that G en , lirgT9ENSTtlis . ins considerably indisposed. - Yesterday Mr: HAse welted upon the Ge ft emea of.the Stock txchaoge, to Worm them, that the i Bank would make all the remaining pay meats on the Loan, except the tag. The redemption-day will be ! on the 25th Feb. 1814.' ' . The. Plymouth Paper of Tuesday contains the f(l. lowing paragraph : T "'PLYMOUTH, UE3DAY, AUG. 3.—We step th e press io state, that a vessel is jest Arrived %rid; intelli. genre of the destruction of the Illucedoxian, United . Stale:, and Hornet sloop of war, by our bkrk. ailing squadron off DiTeirLondon."—(PlpsoarlisChro. !nick.) I We learn that the Court of Directors have de. murred to the nomination of Mr. WALLACE, as Go. vernor of Madras. Tnis is an unexpected opposition to the Board of Controul, so soon after the paMir; of the new Charter, has opened the eyes of Ministees ito the new character of the Act that Ptirlisment has I passed. The Ministry feel that they were no klatch ifor the more able Politicians of Leadeitiioll, who conducted their business with such skill and address `as to obtain a Charter Which has made them more independent, and given them advantages which they I never possessed before. In . the meantime Mr. Wm:. LACE, one of the unfortunate gentlemen selected by l the Duke of CUMBERLAND on his expedition to Wey. mouth, is not accepted for the high situation for which he was designed, as an indemnity for his losses, as well as a reward for his services. Unfortunately for the nomination of Ministers, the Court of 1/1. i rectors may think that something more is wanted in a Governor of Madras, than a disappointment at a contested election. . . , Yesterday the remains of the late Dr. RANnotra, i Lord Bishop of Lando% were. interred in a pr:v:lte [ manner at Fulham. The Bishop of LINCOLN is arrived in town, :IA has had several interviews with the PRINCE REGEVZ and Ministers, on the subject of his translation to the See of London. We have no doubt but the ap pointment is settled. Yesterday the dividend at the rate of seven per 'cent. on the capital invested in Drury-lane 'f:ieatre, began to be paid at the office of the Theatre. Tile dividend is calculated on the season from the 10th October to the Ist August, being 493 days. Anti there is a very considerable surplus, which is re served as a sinking fund for the future security of tho concern. Ftax.—Last night, between twelve and one o'clock, a dreadful and destructive fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Gillies, a cheesemouger, • opposite Whitechapel Church, which at first threaten. ed destruction to the whole neighbourhood ; so rapid was its progress, that before it could be stopped ,it entirely consumed the house where it first begun, and four others adjoining, • The loss. on this occasion, is to a very considerable extent. We are happy to hear that no lives were lost. FALMOUTH, Ava. 3.—Arrived the Chesterfield packet ; with t Mail from Rio Janeiro, in 49 . days. The Adventure packet had arrived out at Rio, after a passage of five weeks. A convoy was to leave Rio for England, a few days after the packet's departure, under convoy of a sloop of war, and the Dart cut ter. On Saturday last, the Cheste'field was chaced by a schooner, showing 16 guns, who came up with her, with English colours, and commenced firing round and grapeshot; when a sharp engagement com menced, and after 15 minutes action, the schooner struck, and proved to be the Gleaner, Captain Lean (letter of Marque), from, Guernsey for Newfound land ; out thirteen days (in ballast). The Chief Mate of the Gleaner was killed, and the vessel much cut up in her sails and rigging, but proceeded on I her voyage. This unfortunate mistake is not further accounted for. _ _ It is expected that a very large draught of men will immediately take place from the Foot Guards for foreign service. The boxing-match between Ford and Harry Harmer will take place in a fortnight, on the coast of Kent. CORN-EXCHANGE. Ave. R. In consequence of Government having made large contracts • for Meal. there was a brisk demand, and Monday s prices fen Wheat were readily obtained.—Onto are s in oa the decline. — Beans from ls. to 2ti, cheaper—ln other articles little alteratina. Wheat kl;nglish) 9O 1:0 New ditto 00 10 Ditto (Foreign) 9O 135 Beans 74 TS Rye 6O 69 Tick do. 66 i 0 Barley ' •46 bS Fine — - - Fine.ditto . Oats 4l 47 Malt . 81 92 Fine ditto OO Cil i White Peas IV 95 Poland do. . Ditto (boiler)) ......110 115 Feed ditto 41 Si • .... New ditto .. ... 00 00 Fine Flour ..... ....105 110 • Grey Peas - • ... .....100 105 SMITHFIELD MARKET.—AVG. 6. To sink the ()Ifni. per stone of tot.. Beef ... &s. M. to 6s. id. Head of ( attic thip Its. t hoott.‘n . - .6%. 04. to 7s. Id. Beasts Vepl . .› 6t. 111. to 7s. • Bd. Sheep Pork ....6i. el. to 7s. 01 . fasives .... Lamb ... 6s. Ud. Id 7s. Id. Pits HAt -MARKET. • lissy . MAN.. CA. to 51. Os. 04. Colee, .41 Is'. (Mt. to 61. Cs. id. straw.. - e. .. 11.1 i.. 04. to 9.1. 0.. Ud. Olt ; l 11C VIICI.I 13 the war partly i rith a general sF *We firmly belies to direct the coi view to strength would prescribe I " Lot the Engli ficient activity ti 'l, knife hi one puii to Congress's ro of the war is est ters will be able 1 more secure." ' We hate gist to those of yest It will he seen b bits taken place voiTc, the Em 'I 3 III:MrA, at whi also reported ; feuded, but wh .44( of this tree ?,8 V •4. •'. • • • . • . • • . . • TlMisTATysm-gi. 4 tbe Congress at Prague ; but whethei the 'the ?inivaittVincopled by the ASZILIMIN 111 to form 'Der •of the l tonlipty.Genioral ; the , remains yet to be aseertafiett-4 . --ii ii; Taossia Ptchoit 7th dlvlsio very - improbable that be . can- him inch 'SAMOS ; and. the', light, 4141ti0 lon, until It shalt be known en wbAt bail these troqpfr t ara commanded by )cladob Is to be' opened: It la, Inwever, ad- siege of this plate is .to be carried hat the Noble Earl Is; it•theltrat'Plate, to .Silanlirds and Port - ogiells, An a Inarthil• miaaien tfrthi aipitor if Aus- ,saidr btit. kt *Sat it is Closet " . ..Ilk • Ad. le i ll )th er ' th e th e far. slit th at r?. for er i r ALI , re ir t gire e Ps :a tl;n; r of Gen. lerne e t th e )11 the sit l be he frl. rp the Rapt% United bkck. Chra ye de. Go. est tun RUIZ"' sisters ot has lama who ddreis more h hey AL. ted by %Vey- on for losses, Inately of 1)1. ;111 " Mail. . I:7adlz M4VV4Orgh • • • •,ii . a• .•• .. • •.• • " •