The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-29 00:00:00

M .THE STATESMAN. r f and stores, collected at a great expence, and by im mense exertions. I enclose a return of artillery and stores taken from the enemy. The unremitting vigi-. lance and exertion, the zeal and intrepidity of every individual of this garrison, is above praise.—l have the honour to dispatch this by my Acting Ald-de- Camp, Captain O'Donoghae, of the 47th regiment, who is in possession of every information relative te my proceedings at this place, an officer of great merit and considerable length of service.—l [have the ho nour to be, &c. (Signed) J. B. SKERRETT, To Major-Conical looke, de. de. de. Tarifa, Jan. 5, 11112. • Return of Ordnance, Arammunition. and Storrs, left by the Enemy before Tarifa, on the sth Jan. Itel 2. 2 brans eight and a half-inch bon itzers, 5 bum sixteen pounders, 2 twelve ditto, with travelling carriage conepiree. 4 cars for conveying he avy ordnance, 1Y animunition-nalcgons, I gin, 1 foqp. cart, various other cans, limbers. Ware carnage*, &c. qrseral thousand shells, round and grape shot for the above • ordnance. Great quantities of powder, hand -grenades, rockets, rope, Iron, small stores, and implements of all deberiptions ; also in &cocking tools for five hundred men. Signed, &c. Tarifa, Jan. 9,1N14. Sia,—ln my letter of the sth inst. 1 omitted to mention the unremitting exertions, and the great as sistance afforded to this place for a conside'rable time past by Captains Dickson, Searle, Pell, and Carroll ; of his Majesty's Navy, the last of whom commanded the dhislipn of gun-hoots, and has on many occasions materially annoyed the enemy, and impaled his pro gress in bringing up his guns for the siege, in which service he has been exposed to considerable danger, which I request may be added to my report.—l hare the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. B. SKERRETT, Colonel. To Major-General Cooke, &c. WAR DEPART3INNT. Downing-street, Jan. 28. A Dispatch, of which the following is an Extract, has been this rooming received at Lord Liverpool's Office, addre:srl to his Lordship by Lieutenant-General Canipbell, dated Gibraltar, • January, 181 g. An incessant tire of cannon and musketry, at in tervals, continued at Tarifa on the 30th ult. and during that night. On the 31st, between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, the enemy (having ef fected a twach in ti.c eact wall of the town) advanced with 2000 picked men, grenadiers and light infantry, to assault the place. Fight companies of the 87th regiment, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Cough, were stationed on the walls in that district of the town. The enemy wos received by them, ',then near the breach, with three cheers, under a steady discharge of musketry. From the spirited behaviour of this corps, aided by a well-directed fire from two field-pieces, mounted' on the north-east tower, under the command of Capt. Mitchell, of the Royal Artillery, which flanked the column as it advanc ed, the enemy was broken and dispersed with great slaughter. Contrasting our loss with that of the enemy, in the defence of the town, it appears that ours amount to two officers killed, three wounded, seven non-commissioned officers and privates killed, and twenty-four wounded ; whilst the enemy have lost, from the best reports, at the smallest calcula tion, three hundred men in killed and wounded, he- sides ten officers prisoners, many deserters, and a I great number of sick, which are left without accom modation. Fifty deserters reached Algesiras yester day in the most deplorable state, and they assure us that many would come in but for the difficulty which i they experience. r 1 f AdmirallN-Office, Jan. 9.8. Copy of a Letter transmitted by the Ron. Rear-Admiral Legge to John Wibon Croker, Eq. dated on board the Revenge, in Cadia , Bay 14th last, His Majesty's ship Stately, Tarifa Bay, Jan. 4,1812. Stit,—l had the honour to write to you by the Dart (cutter) on the 30th ult. and informed yon, that the enemy had summonel t! , p town to surrender, I have now the satisfaction to acquaint you, that on the 31st ult. they made a breach and desperate attack with 2,000 men and voltigeurs, and were repulsed with immense loss, leaving in our possession eight officers and several men, and the val'cy by which they made the attack, covered with their wounded. Our loss 18 most trilling ;- two officers killed and a few men. They soon after requested permission to bury their dead, which was granted them. The ex treme bad weather we have had, with the deluge of rain that has fallen,' has much impeded the enemy, and they are dying in their treite!tes by cart-loads, with wet and cokl. The ships and vessels of war and transports under my orders, I have the pleasure to say, a:1 are safe • the Druid, Thun der, and convoy are sheltered in Sandy Bay ; the flotilla of gun-boats are here with me. Lieut. Jenkins has been most active in placing the D.sperate in every direction to annoy the enemy, and if you can possibly spare him, Sir, to return, he may be of essential service.—The Basilisk has had letters for, you this week past, and has been repeatedly driven back with westerly gales ; but I am not without hopes of getting her to Cadiz in a day or two Thn enemy are deserting to us in great nutnbers.-1 have, &c. C. S. DICKSON. The Hon. A. K. Legge. , His Majesty's Ship Stately, Tarifa Bay. bth Jaanary,lBlV. had the honour to state to you in my let . ter of yesterday's date, that the enemy had made a breach and desperate attack with 2,000 men and Vol tigenrs, and had been most gallantly repulsed with great loss, and some prisoners. I have now the pleasure to inform you, that the whole of the ene— my's army were observed this morning making a , most precipitate retreat to the westward, leaving be hind them in their trenches the whole of their arta . 1.17, consisting of nine pieces of cannon and two mortars,with an immense quantity of shot and shells, and entrenching tools. And as the intention of th e expedition has now been so happily fulfilled, and the presence of his Majesty's ships and vessels under my command being no longer necessary here, I pur pose joining you immediately, leaving his Majesty's ship Druid at Tarifa with the transports to follow, with .such proportion of the army as 'Colonel Sker . rett shall deem proper to embark. I halve now the pleasing task to state to you, Sir, that during the whole of this little siege, the exertions of Captains Searle, Pell, Everard, and Carro% with the several Lieutenants, commanding itiiirtar brigs and gun-boats, viz. Jenkins, Roche, Style, Rat tray, Cobb, and Baden, in taking up positions, and their extreme perseverance in remaining at their ditierent anchorages during the most tempestuous . weather, to the great annoyance of the enemy - in carrying on their operations l afid giving countenance to our little army on shore, has been must meritori ous, and demands of me my warmest acknowledg ments, as also Commodore Penrose's First Lieu tenant, Julian, who handsomely volunteered his services in the San Juan's pinnice. I should be want ing, were I not to recommend to you, Sir, my First Lieutenant, Davis,. for his indefatigable exertions with a party of seamen, lu assisting the army in get ting up guns and landing stores; and indeed the very great cheerfulness with which everx officer and sea ! man I have had the honour to command, has borne the privations naturally attendant on the extreme tempestuous weather we have had to *contend with, has been most inaiseworthy. I hate the honour to be, &c. (Signed) a. S. DICKSON, Captain. The Ron. A. K. Legge, &c. [Here follow two letters from Commodore Pen rose. dated Gibraltar, January 1 and 4, upon the alme subject, but which merely repeat the statement of the Officers immediately employed. To the latter letter there is the following postscript:—] P. S. Since the date of Captain Dickson's letter, two other guns have been discovered, which were buried in a house; and from deserters, I apprehend that a 21-pounder is also hid at some little distance. Copy of a tether from Vice-Admiral Sir Edward •Pellew, Bart. Commander in Chief otitis Majesty's Ships and Vesids in the Mediterranean, to John Wilsoa Croker, Esq. dated on board his Majesty's Ship the Caledonia, Port Mahon, Rex. 16,1811. have the honour to enclose a letter from Rear-Admiral Freemantle, giving cover to one from the lion. Ilenry Duncan, Captain of his Majesty's ship Imperieuie, detailing the particulars of a very gallant service performed by that ship and the the Thames, at Palinuro, on the coast of Calabria, on the 21st of October last, aided by a party of the 624 Regiment, under the command of Major Darley. Captain Duncan, on this as on all other occasions, has shewn the greatest judgment and enterprize; ant I have read with great satisfaction the handsome ex. pressions which he uses towards Captain Napier and Major Darley, the officers and men undor their order& —I have too regret this very gallant affair has not been performed without loss; and sincerely lament, that the public service has been deprived of Lieute nant Pipon, of the Royal Marines, and Lieutenant Kay, of the 62d, killed, and the severe wound of Captain Oldham, of that Regiment, on this occasion I have the honour to be, &c. John Wilson Croker, Esq. &e. EDWARD PELLEW. Here fellows the Letter of Captain Duncan, whose account ot the enterprise corresponds exactly with that of Major Darley, given in the Gazette of Saturday 'last. His letter concludes thus:—" I cannot sufficiently - express my high approbation of the conduct and gallantry of every officer and man. belonging to both services. Captain Napier, of the Thames, particularly distinguished himself both on shore and in the command of his ship. Major Dar ley also deserves every praise, and is entitled to - roy best thanks for his intrepidity and judgment, which could not have been exceeded. ,I have before had MI ' opportunity of representiog the gallantry of my first Lieutenant Travers ; his behaviour on this oc casion was most exemplary, and called forth the ad. miration of every officer, wheth(.r of the army or navy. Captain Napier and Major Darley most handsomely allow to him the credit of having dis covered and led them by a short cut to the heights,. which most probably saved the lives of many men,- Enclosed is a list of the vessels taken and destroyed, and a return of the killed and wounded. Among the former I have to regret Lieutenant Kay, of the 6 1 2 d regiment, and Lieutenant Pipon, of the Royal Marines of the lmperieuse. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) 11. DUNCAN, Captain. " Thomas Francis Freemantle, F.sq. Rear- Admiral of the Blue, &c. Sicily." List of Vessels taken and destroyed in the Harbour of Pamir°, Nov. 1 and 2, Ihll. 1 gun-boat, carrying two eighteen-, minden, and 50 men; destroyed. S ditto, carrying one eighteen-pounder and 30 men each; de. stroyed. 6 ditto, carrying one eighteen-pounder and 90 men each; taken. 2I feluccas, kidded with oil, cotton. tigs, raisins, silk, ac.; taken. 20 large spars, intended for the equipment of the ships of war at Naples; taken. 10 feluccas loaded with oil, part of the above - convoy, taken on the 2lst October by the Imperieuse. Total taken and destroyed-10 gun-boats, 92 sail of mer chant vessels. and 20 largo spars. Return of Aleu -Killed and Wounded at the Attack of Palinuro, Nor. 1 and 2, ISII, imperious killed and 2 wounded. Thansev-2 wounded. 62d Regt.-4 killed and 7 wounded. Names of Officers Killed and Wounded. Imperieuse—Lieut. Pipon, Royal Marines, killed, 62d Regt.—Lieut. Ka'e, killed; Captain Oldha m , se v e re ly wounded. (Signi-d) 11. DUNCAN, Captain. The York Paper states, that a conspiracy has been forined in Leeds, for the purpose of destroying cer tain machinery obnoxious to the shearmen ; and that ; an assemblage of the conspirators, armed mith otfen- I sive weapons, lately took place, but by the energy of the Civil Power, who had been apprized of their designs, were prevented from executing their pur -1 pose, and one of them, James Shaw, was appre hended and committed to this Castle, under the pro ; visions of the Black Act. It is said, that according to the information given to the Magistrates, not only the property but the lives of the proprietors of some machinery were marked out for destruction. On Sunday night the gig-mill of Messrs. Oates, Wood, and Smithson, at Oatlands, near Woodhouse Car, was discovered to be on fire ; and the flames ex t en d e d ' themselves with so much rapidity, that, notwith standing the exertions used, the premises were de stroyed. Rome, 'when iu the zenith of her splendour, had her Naumachias for representing her naval victo ries, which were considered as the most magnificent of all the public spectacles. If we male draw a con clusion from the great interest which the representa tion of the Victory of Trafalgar excites at the Neu machia, Prince's-street, Leicester-square, where the vessels and elements are seen in motion, performint the evolutions which occurred at that even t, wit the closest assimilation- to nature, we may fairly predict that Naumachias, and Nautical represental tions will shortly be in as high repute with us ap they were with the aaient Romans. TAXATION. [Faso theaatazaas Hsaaw • of Salon* lam.] On Wednesday, a number of respectable inhabi tants of this town were, in no small degree, surprised at being waited upon by the Collector of the Assessed Taxes, with notices from the Commissioners for the Affltirs of Taxes, of their being 'surcharged on their annual returns of income to the Proper.:J ty Tax. On the, same day, circular letters, is sued from the Exchequer, Office, were receiv ed by others of the inhabitants.—The informa tion contained in these proved of a still more un pleasant nature, it being, in substance, as follows : —That (f* their arrears for taxes, TOGETHER WITH TAE Anouxx or COSTS, were not paid on or before the 28th instant, extents would be issued to the Sheriff for levying the same by distress. These events. inwhich above five hundred persons were, more or less, implicated, caused an extraordinary sen sation in. the town. But it is not here alone that individuals feel an inability to discharge, with scrupulous regularity, their portion of the load of taxes with which the country, unfortunately, is burthencd ; for, we are credibly informed, that Government daily experiences more and more diffi culty, throughout the whole nation, in the col lecting of those vast funds, from which our navy and army, our Princes and Ambassadors, our pension. ers, tax-gatherers, surveyors, inspectors, &c. are supported. It is right that every man should come forward, at this momentous crisis, and cheerfully subscribe, according to his ability to the exigencies of the State. Let not, however, his generous exer- . lions be overstrained—let not injustice exact from . , him what is incompatible with his means, lest he be rendered burthensome., instead c.i? being serviceable to his country. We are led to express these ideas from witnessing the dissatisfaction, which very generally prevails here, in consequence of thefrc quency of SURCHARGLS by the Inspector or Surveyor rf the assessed taxes at this place. It is true, a per son, conceiving himself aggrieved, may appeal to the Commissioners—but a journey to Lewes, with its in cident expences, and the disagreeableness of submit ting his private concerns to public inquisition, fre quently induce him to tolerate an act of oppression, on the score of delicacy,—aud to forego a right, from a dread of the inconveniences to which he would be subjected, by maintaining it. When we behold the ranks of the indigent Itontinually recruit ed from those of the middle class (whose numbers rapidly diminish), e feel an anxious solicitude for the public weal, which appears to be menaced from so many quarters. We pray that it will survive those fears, which, we confess, we can but entertain respecting its powers of durability—fears, of which we shall not easily be persuaded to divest ourselves; until the arrival of that period which shall restore to us the blessings of PEACE. THE FARMERS. • A CONTRAST. Of all two-legged creatures none are so different from each other as a dear-corn farmer and a cheap corn farmer. The former swears at waiters and drinks wine like a lord; the latter walks meekly into the tap-room,. and in a piping voice, calls for " a pint of your nice beer, landlady, if you please!"— The former spanks to and from market upon a horse that flings up the dirt in the face and puts to hazard the limbs of the foot passenger; the latter jogs along upon an old breeding mare, unfit for the team, pulls off his hat to his bettcts, and kindly bids " good day" to the very beggar on the road. The former draws himself out in all the gear of.the day, has a pocketless coat, a waistcoat about a hand deep, throws his belly into his breeches, and pads up his neck till it is equal to a gallon measure in girt, seeming to consider as an ornament what was originally intended to hide the marks of a loathsome disease; the neck of the latter is distinguishable from the unpadded shoulders, while his body, ending at his hips, is covered by a vest and a coat, calculated for Convenience and warmth. The former, drunk otef-night, lies in bed until noon ; the latter rises with the lark. The former tricks out his daughters with fortepianos ; the latter puts them to the churn or spinning wheel, the music of either of which is, by the bye, far better than that of the piano, because that of neither is nearlyk.so loud. The dear corn farmer seldom goes to church; the cheap , corn farmer is always remarkably regular in his de votions, penury being, like pain, a great promoter of religion. It is a curious fact thAt Prince POTEMKIN, whose interesting Memoirs' have just appeared, was the son of an obscure Subaltern Offices. He entered the army, assisted at the dethronement of CATHARINE the SECOND'S husband, and at her coronation be came her fifth favourite (that is temporary husband), was made a Noble, a Prince, a Field-Marshal, &c. and was succeeded by seven other favourites, yet re tained almost absolute command over the EMPRESS till his death. LIMERICK, J %N. 4, 23.—We are sorry to announce the disturbed state of the country between Clogheen and Ballyporeen, in the County of Tipperary.— Several'respectable farmers houses were attacked last week, stacks of corn burned, horses taken, &c.— A general muster of the villains took place on Mon day se'nnight, near Ballyporeen, which consisted of no less than two hundred ; and, after parading about an hour with vollies firing, and horns blowilg, &c. they were dismissed, every man taking his horse and arms with him. The Secretary at War has decided, that in all cases persons liable, and about to he tried for criminal of fences, being permitted to enlist into the Army, a sufficient bounty to provide them- with necessaries will be allowed as a charge against the public. 1412THS. On Stindav last, Mrs. Goddard, of Pall-Mall, of twigs. DIED. ' ' On Sunday last, the infant son of Mr. T. Ilornsby, of Corti bill. LONDON: Primed dud Published by I).Ect., at to' ST %TESXI7I 011ICI, Si, Flirt-street. I . . 1 . 1 1 I I . ... I ... ,' ... , • . . . . . .. ~ . .. 1 . • • • • • . . , , .POLI‘.E. BOW-ST Ft MT. TUREATENING LE VrtftS.---Otl Monan , i ; , Esther Eliza Counter, otherwise St. fa/um, 4 I .George llarrison, Esq. were brought to thn 0 charged with sendinT, threatening !ettorc to (h a nourable Basil enchrAne, charging him Kit', a misdemeauoar, for the purpose of extorting m from him. They were held to bail, in 2001. each, and •%, sureties of 1001:to answer at the next AssiLes for uig county of Kent. UNION-II A TiL. Thomas Burgess was yesterday charged with thn o , . ing Elizabeth Boodle. It appeared that the soner, and a brother of the deceased, who had 'I N , out shooting together, had returned to take s or , k , freshment, and for that purpose went into f! 1 kitchen, where the docoasod was employed fol ii some clothes. Burgess was playing with when it went off, and its contents entered the 11. , ad of the deceagtd, who Instantly expired. lle Nis ccminit!ed the result of the Coroner's 1nc0.,.,t known. Wittramsow's Muitoca.—Thomas Pr,nr. a lamp . man, was app ehentled on suspicion of he:na enc. corned in that atrocious tran.action. The P., pap. is known to hare lodged at Williamson's on the 11'.d. nesday night before the murder was committe;!, am i for ten nights before. He was seen passing o v .. r London-bridgeat an early hour in the mornit,g a te,.. wards. He was tracAl to'hare slept at a hue ;,, Noah's Alt-court, Stangate, one nigi't ; he was p,t ;into a room in which two other young men, n:,m, Harri and Dalton, slept, which he left unperceiy 4 by them before day break, and on waking th y fuuu l their pockets emptied of what monPy they c , nt lie is detained au suspicion of this robbery, as wu l as on suspicion of being concerned in the tnuiders. On Friday the rcinains of his Grace frenry aikf. of Buccletigirwere carriA from Dalkei: ! i_i;aac to the family buryi;;i vault; in Da:keith ellen-% re. sides his noble relatives, a number of Nlblem. , n Gentlemen, the Lieutenancy of the County of Edia. burgh, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, ohd most or the tenantry of his immense estates, were presoht. and a vast multitude-of all ranks and d4criptiuti of people. __ _ I - A dreadful accident happened about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in Lettienhall-street. A Lab and Gentleman passingsa iraggon in a gig , the wneel of which coming in , contact with that of wagy:l, the Lady was thrown out, and the wheel of the lat ter passing over her head, killed her instantly. On Sunday evening, about six o'cleA, Mrs..‘,la -tray's (of Air-street, Piccadilly) female servant, left • attending her mistress in the parlour, and on retim lin into the kitchen, she found a robber rummuili, the drawers, &c. The villain attempted to murdvr i her by endeavouring to split her skull with a crow; but she 'warded off the blow with her right arm. S - ae remained apparently lifeless, for, a considerable time. Mrs. Matray.gave•att alarm in the street, and se‘c ral persons searched the house, but could not fad •him. On the girl s coming to herself, she said she had no doubt but-the robber escaped by the area. A melancholy accident' happened on Friday last, at Hightae, in the parish of Lochmaben. A youth of about eighteen years of age, of the name of Telfer, by trade a mason, having gone out with a fowlir;. piece, with the intention, of shooting a crow, 1,1:1 carelessly allowed the piece to remain on cock ; and as he was resting the butt on the grounri,swith the 'muzzle towards his head, it unfortunately went off. and the shot entering at his ear, penetrated his brain. He was instantly found by his brother and carried home, but expired in a few minutes. Miss Ch-l-m-nd-ly-, who eloped a fes days siert , from Piccadilly, with Mr. Lambton, son of Lady Ann, on it visit. to Gretna Green, is a most fascinating and highly-accomplished young Lady, and poisesse , a fortune of 20,0001. Mr. Lambton is in his 10th year. His fortune is estimated at 60,0001. a year. A fine racoon was last week taken-in the woods at Lord. Grosvenor's seat at Eaton. •It iv; discovered by Mr. Nutting, the • stuct.g,itylm, the cleft of an aged oak, who quickly started it, an.! with the assistance of his dogs had it secured. It 1.: supposed that this native of the forests had male :;s escape. from the m.magerie of some travelling sh;;4- man. A part of the Rochdale Canal, in Manchester, inn lately let oil, foc the purpose of cleansing it of tle mud.. Several discoveries of immersed property made,. canals being long -established receiver:, of stolen property that cannot be better disposed but the most extraordinary discovery was—that it iris been made into a bunking concern, exclusively of thl banks on each side—a bundle containing the . hairet of Two-pounds original Bank of England. Notes, to the amount of some Thousands, being found!!! — We have only to add, this is not the first time money has been sunk in canals. W. Chesterfield, who on Sunday started from Tyburn-turnpike to Uxbridge, urns taken very ill near Acton, which was within six miles of the end of his journey, and lost his wager ; though he has per formed the distance before in three hours and forty five minutes, being fifteen minutes less than the time allowed. SCOTCH MILLER'S Whirr: - Comet (Cummings), Leith Trusty (Balhuman), do. Sprightly (Sutherland), do. Dowitz's Wharf. S M 4 CRS. 4 rrivtd. Sail. 21 Jan. V Feb. —3, I'. V. 19 20 .lan. —2, P. }i. 27 6 Feb. -7 7, A. :‘1 Alert (%I , Don.std), Inverneu Dundee Forth (ToHoch), Leith Hope (Hutton). do. Dispatch (Lyon), Dundee LEITH and EiERWICK Wharf. Queen Charlotte (Nisbe.t), Leith Berwick Packet (Armstroas), Berwick SO Jan. —2, P. M. 3J, —3, P. M. 30, —s, P. M. 30, —3, P.. 1. so, —. f, P. M. I sot —s, P• M. ItifiE THIS DAY. 9 minutes after 3. MIMI WATER AT LONI3O.II.BR' Morning, 53 minutes tfef4. f Ewan%