The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-24 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN e a from Alicant, and was in Mmitfo-fe; General ' It appears that from the country several stragglers ROAM was itrAtotty. Srelltr had retir•sl towards 4 1 . have been conducted to Cadiz. ~Six spies have been Felippe, and, it is supposed, was read) to pass !lie taken, but their lives have been spared by General river Xticar. General O'DONNEL wai. on the afore- 'Ca z, in expectation that they will give Valuable asid day, in Yce la, in the kingdom of Murcia. information.—(Corunna Diary.) " On the 15th, the enemy's troops from Valle. —or-- dolid, obliged the piquets of General A esox to fall Whip our present d;fferences with America aw back to 'ludey.i ; nevertheless this General still fully portend an approaching climax in our coo seeps theni on the left of the Douro. mercial distress, the affairs of Russia and Spain ap " The enemy moved a coros of trop )S from the pear , by the fortunes of *war, to be plac e d in a ba- I nee, into w:iich the Potentates of Europe are each' neighbourhood of Valladolid, consisting of , tear 0000 infantry and 1200 horse, under the coon and throwing their qua ntum of interest; and in all human . of Gen. Foy. With this force he u ititlrew on the prolLibility it w, ill soon be seen which side of the ' 17111, the garrison of Toro ; since this, he has joined scale must preponderate, From the no r th ern con - : a rerps of infantry of the same force, which he h a test we nave nothieg but rumour, of which the fol. d ..; eit ,. • lowing is a specimen, taken from the Morning lie- Alllike.vise marched from Pucerda, on the Rio raid of this day : . • this force was, on the 2 6th, te.!ar three leagues Fitt t N(7 ON TI; F FRENCH COAST—RDNIOURS OF distance from Benet ente. • F‘nTitEß DEFrATS OF THE RUSSIANS, AND ‘‘The troops of Galicia, with th e exception of 1 01 . A 1 3 1:ACE BE MEEN THE EMPEROR ALEX the cavalry, which still remained iu Benevento, had ! ANoEtt ANI) noNAPAitTE. marched towards the side of Astorga. . 66 We are assured from authority, on which we can rely, that a very heavy cannonade took place on r' The earrison which the enn?nv left in Zamora, Tuesday evening, from the French batteries in the continued to he blockaded by - the Condo Ile AMA tuv•ri, but I have reason for believing that garrison neighbourhood of Boulogne. It commenced about as ould hi seccoured on the return of their expedition six o'clock in the evening, and continued all the even in. the direction of Astorga. By •iiitelligence from big, and was heard at Dover. As no vessel had ar rived from the French coast when this intelligence o:dlr., dated the 1011 i inst. I am informed that Gen. war transmuted to us, the cause of the firing can as Cat?z had left that port with the detachments under Lis command, to succour Gen. liarLascEttos.. An- yet he only the subject of conjecture ; but we are .other expedition had lwen immediately got ready, sorry to state, that it is supposed to base been re which disembarked in Puebla, b e t ween the 11,h I A joicing salutes. It is to be feared, therefore, that 15th, but the enemy bed, on the I ' ll h, evacuaTtl the enemy has obtained some considerable advantage, which this cannonade celebrated ; and this apprelien and destroyed the Castle of Nuebla."—(Lisbon Ga zette, Scp. 4.) sion is increased by the prevalence of certain rumours • Ltsfmv. seer 4. of a very unfavourable nature, which were in circa- The dircetion which Sourr has taken was pr,•hlr matical ; at Seville some say it was toward's Mancha, others affirm that it was Granada, the fact is, that ht sent his convoys towards Cordoba, and that in the road from Seville, towards that city, he had or dered the different flying corps cr gai 1... , •0ns to be col lected. lation yesterday. " An account, it was said, had been received yester day of the defeat of the Russian army by the French, and of the conclusion of a peace' on terms dictated by the French Ruler. We could not trace this re port to any authority; but the depression which took place at the same time in the money market was an indication of its having obtained a degree of credit. The fall in the Stocks extended to two per cent.-- Ontnium, which at. the opening was at G 4 ' premium, sold in the course of the day at ;it left off at 41, • and Consols at 58i." • In Spain it appears to have been the grand object • of the French Generals, since the battle of Salamanca, to consolidate - their effective force, so as to enable thr-n to protract the warfare till a decisive blow has been stricktm in Russia. SOVIS, after abandoning Seville, advanced to Cordova, on the,road to Va lencia, to which place JosEert BONAPARTE is march-- 1 ing, and should Strom. be able to form a junc tion. with them, their united forces Will exceed those of Ithe Allied Army under Lord WELLINGTON. According to acrnuuts from Ntritli-id, dated the 25th of Aqt,ust, General Dun v entered in lo gra,la, tl!•streyed the fortifications, the house of in. quisition, cad the fort called Balhlna, after an nc... t.on with 25(0 enemy's infantry, uutl'2oo horse, comma::lcl by DARQUES. DtmAN pllced himself within half a league of that city, with 1100 infantry and 100 horse, and waited the attack, in which the French lost 100 men killed or wounded ; the spa thrils had five killed and 33 woutitled.—(Portu. gumc l'elegraph, Scpt. 1.) CAR UN %, Srrt. 14. By an extracydinary.Messengcy. which, at 9 o'clock F. M., arrived to the English Commissary who re sides in this place, we know that Lord Wsw.mck tort entered Valladolid on the 9th inst. and that the French fell hack with the greatest rapidity towards Burgos, tri-n whence, in a few day/ We 'will see them march, leaving free all this side of the Ebro. General nut has fallen back towards Radajos, observing SWAT'S movements.—( Exact° Corm de Espana en to Coruna, Sept. 15.) It is now generally believed that a Dissolution of `Parliament• will take place la the latter end of next mOtith, and that N!nisters are actively employed in canvassing different parts of the country. What suc cess they have met with, we do not pretend t• know, but they certainly have got the start of their op ponents ; ai!:! by having the command of the public purse, it is probable some of their competitors will be distanced. WP 10 not think the time is Net come to look for any material change in the electioneering system, as the seeds of corruption are too deeply sown to be eradicated, while the influence of Go vernment, both vu and out of Parliament, bribery and treating continue to prevail. I , ,EWN ESS, SEPT. 9.3. °anis FrrzGutArro,diat DE Mum, was this morning' brought on board the Raisonable from the Cercv. at the More, ironed and lashed down to a gra•ing. lie has confessed that he was one of the murderers of th-- MARS and WILLIAMSONi. Ili 1.4 :1 strong, ronust fellow, •his hair a light yellow, and i, a .out tire feet ten inches high. ADKINs, the officer, has just arrived to eicort him to London. it was whisitered throughout the whole of yester day, that there %s as nnfairoutabk sews in town:l some reports went so far as say, that Lord Wm..; LI NCION was placed in a precarious situation in 1 Spain; and others alleged, that the determination :-,f the American Goveniment had been ascertained,.; as to the coutintrance of the war with this country. We believe there is no other foundation than con-' jectnre for either the one or the other of these vo -1 mnurs; but be that as it may, the funds experi enced a considt.rable depression. The Omnium mar ket, which opened at 6; premium, fell to about 4. 1 Consols for mon.y, went down to 58. Towards' the close of the day Omnium rose to 41, and Con sols to 581 i. The money wanted to carry on the elections, on the approaching Dissolution of Par -Iliament, is, we believe, the true cause of this de pressiou of the funds. The uncertain situation of st. Petersburgh, on ac- Omit of the inroads of the French, has occasioned this year some Chauge favourable to the commerce of Archangel, which was formerly the only port from which Russia had any communication with the west. ! We have a list of 103 ships that have arrived at Arch ' angel from this country, nearly all of which, it is sopposed, will return during the present year with minable cargoes. An opinion is prevalent, that the Proclamation for dissolving Parliament,. will appear before the end of this month. Upon summoning a new Parliament, a Warrant, signed by the KING, is issued to the LoICD CHNN . CEL• Loa, commanding him to issee so many Writs as have been usual for the purpose of calling a new Parlia ment ; . such Writs arc accordingly made out by the Clerk of the Crown, and upon. calling every New Parliament, there shall .be forty days between the Test and the return of tho Writ. 1 Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Yoßt and. c.t!itentuat had audiences of his Royal Highness 018 PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House. Mr. WILBERFORCE has prudently withdrawn his pretensions to Yorkshire. The last contest demand. ed a subscription purse of 50,000 k • The Duke of MAtmannouGu has sold his house, on the Steyne, at Brighton, to his Royal Highness the Pat NCE REGENT. Government have received dispatches from Anholt. We understand that they contain no:hing new re specting the tivilitary operations in Russia. Capt. IHAtnuce the late gallant Governor of Anholt, was expected in town yesterday. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Fast India-house, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz.—Capt. J. LOCH, of the Charles Grant; Capt. C. E. PRE. , •COTT, of the General Harris ; and Capt. J. DALRYMPLE, of the Marquis of Ely, for Bom bay and China. Capt. 11. !.icort, of the Ceres, for St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China.—The Court ad journed at six o'clock till Wednesday next. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court was held at the East India-house, when several papers presented to the House of Commons since June last were laid before the Proprietors. A Ballot was fixed for the 11th October,-relative to the acquittal of the Owners, Commander, and Officers of the ship Windham, from all imputation of neglect or misconduct in respect to the capture of that ship.—The Court then adjourned sine die. i The Royal Horse Guards (Blue) are to be re :,viewed on INanstead Flats to-morrow se'nnight, pre ; ?ions to their embarkation. Colonel CARNAC is appointed to the command of the Brigade of Life Guards ; there could not have been selected - a more enterprising officer ; and we are sure, that if an opportunity shall oiler, this body of men will distinguish themselves in no ordinary man ner. • A detachment of 200 men belonging to the 71st Light Infantry, at Dyke, is under orders to• embark for Spain, to join the Light Brigade there. The officers commanding cavalry depots and ca valry regiments, have been recently ordered to fut. wish the men under their command with every article of equipment necessary for foreign service. On the 25 , 11 of the present month, the new re cruiting system will be extended to the W:stern District, comprising the counties under the immediate command of Lieut.-Gen. ENGLAND. Tuesday, Jacob capalain, private marine, belong ' ing to the Mercarlas sloop (4 war, was tried on board the Raisonable, Sheerne,ss Harbour, for sleeping on ! his post, and being insolent to the Master, the Officer of the watch. The first charge only being proved, the Court sentenced him to receive 36 lashes on board the Mt/T./witty, at such time as the Commanding Otliccr-thinks fit. 'rite harvest in North and South Wales is nearly all got in, and the wheat already threshed, yields more than double last year, and is in general more promising than has been known for 20 years. Pota toes also are abundant. BEADS OF SELI.:EX,Lti4S.I TION PROPER TO BE USED BY EYEII.I( BIACTiI Tin UNITED EMPIRE, BLEOII.k. ILIi ELTICIA Wt.-, 0$ Pao- MISES. HIS WYE. Wheat again experienced a very considerable de pression in price in our markets on Saturday. last. A great reduction also took place on Wednesday last, in the Newark and Gainsborough markets.— (Nottingham.) New white oats, weighing 40Ibs. a bushel, were on Saturday last sold at Exeter and Taunton at 325. per quarter. This important information is romm,uni cated on the authority of a Gentleman who witnessed the sales. Have I thoroughly considered the Privileges which, as a Briton, I have a light to enjoy ?--,iow much of them Ido enjoy, and wherein my birth-right has been invaded ? In Sheffield, flour has experienced a reduction of Is. Gd. per stone. A letter, dated the 16th inst. from one of the first landed Proprietors in Norfolk . , was shewn to us yes terday, from which we make the following very grate ful and interesting extract :—" Corn is falling with us, new wheat is 51. a quarter, or 121. Gd a bushel, and I have no doubt will soon be lower. My own crops yield more than double what they did last year." We congratulate our Readers on the great decline in the price of corn in every part of the kingdom. So great was the influx of new wheat in our ruarket on Saturday, that a reduction of 13s. per load took place, mid 'meal was reduced, on the same day, from (is. 4d. per stone to is. Stl. A farther reduc tion of 3d. has since taken place.—(Donrager Ga zette.) _ _ There h in *the possession of Mr. WM. !honor, of St. Catherines-Dill, Norwich, seven Paintings done by that ingenious and celebrated Artist ALBERT DtrttA. They are the• Planets. They were found in the lumber room of a family not much renowned for • their knowledge in the arts, and where they had laid for more than two centuries. They are in the high i• eat state of preservation, and allowed by all judges to be the master-piece of the renowned Ar.seirr DURA, who was the first that ever engraved or paint ed on wood. Do 1 put a just value upon the right I have, by • the Constitution cf this kingdom, to as.:eat to all those laws by which 1 am to by governed ? flare I reflected, that when I chow a man to re. present me, I convey to him, for the tin- of nis Representation, all my own slave of the I...gislativa power I—That I am obliged to abide by his vote and decision, or that decision of a majority which I:is vote may contribute to make? Ought not a man, thus entrusted, to be of known . abilities ; one w hum 1 belit:ve curable to di tutguish what is for the vod of his country, and to detect any Ministerial frauds and delusions? Ought not his integrity to be equal to his capa city; that I may, with confidence, entrust him its the way of Ceurt wiles and corruption, and i. va a well-pounded hope that he mill remain fi• What is the man who now offers to it pro:'ent me ? 'Do I know hint w ell? such of Int neig.:aou.s and felloe.ci izens, on whose opinion I east rt , ly , know him ? If known, ssrat is his geue.ttl tlarac ter in private life ? Is he honest to his trade...allot, kind to his family, regular in his conduct, Lade pendent in his prittLiples, and public spirt“'d iu t.is actions? ‘Vithout these private good qualities, have I any reason to think he will be faithful to iris UonsCi - ents, regardful of posterity, steady in his prfnci. ples, frugal of tha public trey use, and 1, c)luto against all the temptations of riches or honours? How has he behaved in the offices tie has horse as a Magistrate; or what use has he made of his ikdiu ence on former occasions, among his tivigloonis a t•l. dependants? Is lie a matt of such sense and eapeii ence that I would chase, abstracted firm the consi peration of his fortune or rank, to entrust him .with the decision of my property, life; and libevty its a disputed case, or with the care of my interest .111 a matter that required vigilance, application, firmness, and independence? Ilas he ever before had a seat in 'Parliament?— How did he then behave ?—Was he tempted, and did be hot fall ?—Was his stedlastness from a virtuous principle, or because the Minister did not bid up to his price ?-oid lie liven at all to propositions of oinking cosy, and did ho bargain and higgle in a manner to create.susphiion ?i• Has he any sons,'lbrothers, nephews, kinsmen, or frienas which have been provided for ihrough his interest?—lf he has but just kept on the. form of honesty for a time, but seems inclinable to part with, the thing itself at a proper season, and for dae un siderntion ; ought I not to suspect he has dons this only to draw from me and my fe110%,-elect9ra ano ther vote in Isis favour, that he may sell us effectually in the course of another seven years ? Does he want to buy my stiffiage, or bias me by some favour or gratuity, to give it in defiance of fans that make both him and me guilty in such a com pact ?-llow do I know that he would not sell my rights and privileges, if any man in power 4114+04 bargain for them upon the same principles ? Is he well acquainted with our g-. .nine Cons' itu tion, and well affected to that form of it %Illicit w: , kos the people's election, or declaration in Pal liasne.it, the best right of n Sovereign ? --11 ithout this, cot he be a good subject of his Prince, or a sound iii,inn. ber of that community, h which provision is made for maintaining the rights and privileges I claim to enjoy ? Does not the well-bring of posterity. as w. 'I as of the present age, depend upon what shall h• done on this important occasion ?---I not ~, y 1 art 0; t is work, as an Elector, equal to that ala, y nine, man in the same community ?-11,tve 1 any e•.c,.5. , , ...vie fore, can I have any, either to my con , 'r , or my own conscience, for saying, I ant but it% a_ei any vote can be of no great colisequelLe asoong L e many ? ,May not rny ' voice be decisive in the election of Itepresentatave, as the voice of him thus el .cteil may he in a law, to determine the pros wit. or Lane of my country ?—1 r I give it amiss, therefore, either corruptly or ittoonsiclerately, am I notgailly of the highest public crime that can be thought of in i 1 civil society ? NAVALL INTRLIGENCE. • PORTSMOUTH, %CPT. 23. Arrived his hlaJesty's ship Saracen, which sailed from here for the Downs yesterday; fell in with three Fre=ch logger pri •ateers, off licachy head,, last night, oi:e o • %hie! he Courier, of 14 guns and 50 men, Ike captured ahu• a long chase, and has brought her into Spithead ; the other two made their escape: they were in the act of bringing too four staid! ruasfiag.veseb, bound up, when the Saracen fell in with them. The Narci gi n:, for the Weal lodh ; Chi!der, for lialifav, Bermuda, frc. will sail to-morrow morning; they arc waiting the arrival of some vessels from the Don We have the pleasure to inform our Readers, that the British and Foreign Bible Society has toted 30001. worth of paper, to roplace that consumed by the fire at Serarnpore, in addition to the annual grant of 'lOOOl. for translating and printing the Scriptures, in all the languages of the East; and that also 10001. worth of paper, and some types, were on their pas sage prior to the receipt of the information -given in one of our late papers. A Court of Assistants was held on Tuesday at the Admiralty, which was attended by the whole of the Directors belonging to Greenwich hospital, the Go vernor anti the Lords of the Admiralty were also present. Site LAUNCll.—Wednesday, the Devonshire, a fine 74-Run ship, was launched at Doptford, from a private yard, near the Church. She went off the slip at a quarter before three o'clock, amidst the shouts of a vast body of Spectators. One of the Com missioners of the Admiralty dashed a bottle against her bows as shewas in motion,giving her the name of Devon shire. Every accommodation • was provided for the spec.. - tators near the launch, which appeared, as usual, A Circular Order ;as keen transmitted to all the adorned by dags. Bands of music performed lo) al Geaeral Officers commanding on foreign ttationv, sig. and favouritevtirs; and, When the shit' moved, they nifyiug the Ctimmawler in command, tha• the struck up 44 Rule Britannia-•' The Devonshi , e is a bounty a L.' 4ivett to foreigners, whose peil d of valuable addition to the British Navy. No accident eer►•ice is evinced, and who are willing to re.enii.st o happened. t thail be fixed at four guiueaa. • •4110.41. Sailed the :Marlborough, with the tied fur Spain =JINN tii;al; Parthiati, with a convoy for Cork; and the .luros, with a t...in voy for Newfoundland. Arrived i..s 111ajesty's ship Crocodile, from Guernsey; and the Tyrian, from a cruise, •FA I,MOUT/1, Scrr. 9.1. Arrived h 6 Majesty's brig Growler, from oil' I:Orient ; ale left the Channel fleet• all well yesterday, at four P. M. off Valiant. The Lady Arabella packet bas arrived with a Mail from Lis bon, from wh,mee she sailed no the 11th inst. DEAL, SEPT. 23. Arrived his Majesty's ship Jealous, vt ithsevcn sail of Jamaica men, which are sailed for the River. Sailed the Jealous, for Cork; Diomede and Success, Mal _war sad Tyde transports, and Speculator lngrr, for yoranouth. SHEERNESS, SEPT. O. The coav oy for the Baltic sails this day under charge of the M us sloop of war, The Venus, 32 guns, has come into the Ilarbour to be ducked, previous to her returning to the Leith swim]. . •• CONFIDENTIAL INTELLIGENCE. Senor CASTANOS, with his heed-quarters, were preparing to march from Leon to Vallmolid; Ge neral Satire/ mots, with the 6th Army, was already in march for the Sam^ point, and will ho joined by the divisions of Es! , tsta, PORLIER, NI INA, and LoNcA. The Duke of CII:DAD liontmo was in Valladolid, with 30,000 men of the aim, wider his command, haring 10,000 in Ocana and the vicinity of Toledo; 10,000 in Aranjaez ; and 10,000 more on the military road towards the army.—(Same Paper, Sept. DC) SI:I.T. 15. We still continue without intelligence b . , .dinary cOnvefances, but by the extiavrtliniry EN- lish Courier, who arrived .here from Valladolid the night before last, we know that the grand Lord, with his army, by a rapid march, from arrivals where he was, as we have already said io the city of surprizcd the French encamped there, caused such terror and fright among them, that they only tired five small cannon before they hastily fled towards Burgos; but it appears.; that our troops Irv:lint them, especially the cavalry, and' caused them much loss; as may be naturally !ipecied, the ener:y abandoned their provisions, ninmnnition, at. baggage waggons, &c. &c. This triumphant entry into Valladolid, which, although it had only been a few days under the French yoke, caused inconceivable joy. It is added, that our 6th army will join at Palencia, and that other dispo sitions have been made to attack the ehemy in Bur gos.—(Diurif, de Coruna, Sept. 15.) II 4AI)-QUA •K 1O SEGO, SETT. IN Agreeably tb what I informed you in my anterior of the 7th, to-day we have arrived here, mid to-mor row we march for Valladolid. The Lord has march. ed from thence, and - we are assurred, that on the 13th he is to dime in Burgos. The French have tastily retreated, and we are assured that Dox Jc- LiAN has taken 600 dragoons. The certain is, that • desertion from the enemy is very great.—(Same Pa. per, Scpl. 16.) CADIZ, Ara: 31. We are assured that the expedition from the coast has entered Valencia, and made 3000 prisoners ; that .lostris has arrived in his wanderings at Xativa (according to letters from Madrid, he went to shit himself in Saragossa), and the Juramentados desert him by troops. It is added, that one of these consist ed of 300 men. On the 27th, the faithful people of Malaga were freed from the French bauditti• 1 41 11 i .` •(> 411 ! ' a 1 ; • I, 1