The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-23 00:00:00

LONDON: REDNESDA bLPTENBER 23, 1811. A Cadiz Kiil arrived this morning, twinging Pa. pars to the 31th elt. from which wa have taken the following extracts :—. REGENCY G‘ZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. A0n.20., OFFICIAL DISPATCH maws YIELD-UARSHAL JOHN DE LA CRUZ T 43 TUE curer Of TIIE GENERAL STAPP, DATED SEVILLE, 11 O'CLOCK, A. N. TllE27l'lll AU DUsT. " Fact:l4l.Eu? Stee -The Allied troops of the division under my cowman , ' this morning forced the enemy to abandon this precious city, in which we have entere 1. To describe to y our Excellency the rejoicings of tho people at the sight of the National and Allied troops is iropqs.ible. I cannot give your Excellency the details of th • action for want of time ; I cannot omit saying - that we hove in our power quantity of wounded and prisoners ; on our part we hero suffered some loss, of which I will give your ExcAleucy an account in my next dispatch." [FROM THE 'AMC PAPER.] The following dispatch has been received from ten. Bar.LairrEaus, dared Prato del Rey, Aug. 26 :..- " In the night of yeas...thy, the enemy evacuated all the line from Gnat!elite, Ronda, and the points of Zahors and Tina; blew gyp the fortifications, spiked the cannon, anti destroyed the ammunition. I pnr eued,and my troops occupy the Rende and Villanactin. am prepared, in Ibe event of the enemy having left forces besieging Cadiz, to mart* upon them ; and I: they hive entirely evacuated the lines, to pursue Them in their retreat." [rLom TR! SAM PAPER.) The Chief II f the General Staff 0 the Royal Isle de I 'Loos, under this day's date. enclosed a copy( tllipatch received frost the Governor of Medina S. dank, likewise dated the Stith instant : " That at nine at night, on the 231 h, the enemy esmenated the city and castle of Areas, spiting the artillery ; and that, according to the most positive Atelligence that could be obtained, they left large quantities of warlike stores, four thousand bushels of wheat, and a portion of bacon and biscuit 3 ! that, in continuance, they eructated Bourns, at which time his Excellency the Chief of the Army was in Prodos del Rey, and was, accord. ing to the latest intelligence from the Governor of Moth, to ester liornos ; that some peasants having &tried at that city, the enemy embargoed their I horses, with which they arrived the day before yes terday with the last French corps at Las Cabizas ; that, according to all appearances, they would cond. , nue their retreat by the royal road, taking with them all the horses they met, the owners of which, having • no hopes of their being liberated, and worn out with the ill treatment they received, determined to aban don them, which they did by stealth. (Sipa) " v. DE EGUIA." CADIZ. Arm :I. According to the most faithful accounts respecting the entrance of Sen. Cava, in Seville, it appears that the enemy, in number 3000 infantry and 400 horxe,l attempted to make a stand upon thehill of Castelliga, in order to prevent our expeditionary troops from ea.. ] tering that city ; but they were dislodged from post to post to the briJge of Tritium', which, in great part I they destroyed : the time which it took. our troops to repair it, enabled the enemy to escape without suf fering all that toss they would have experiencid with. sot this detention. Nevertheless they made some re. estance in the arsenal, at Magid(' of Diana, at the Cruz del Campo,and in the streets of the city—in all those encounters they lost more than 600 men. Ourl loss consists of from b 0 to 60. Brigadier Downts,i Colonel of the &tomes Legion was badly wound. IC The enemy are retiring towards Alcsle de' Gasdiaaa...—(Gotscise, deg. 30.) ALICANT. Almost IS. Tads; the ezpedition of General MAITLAND, to which WU joined General Roca's division, and the korai of the id and 3d army, with its General, who eonesseada a wing, proceeded from this place in the direction of Valeattle. The French, it appears, have resolved to fortify theasselvea in the points of Ibt and Castella ; but ARISPZ has disappeared from these points with the velocity al lightning. To-day there is to he sloop or judo ot the Aleedse from the "Joining villages, to settle a plan for the con veyance of the bogey, &c. The object of the ex. pedition seems to be to enclose all the French who occupy the kingdom of Valencia, to Tortoni, coo. doing them to the left of the Ebro. We shortly expect to hear of our ofmairiag Avert 274 but we believe that be will not lose ground. Lord Wellesley, we believe, ►ill gain strength, particu. lady in Ireland ; and though the great object with Ministers, evidently under the sanction of the Prince Regent, is to gain votes to resist the Catholic Claims, they will suffer upon this important question, for we are sure that there will he a great accession of friends to the cause of civil and religious liberty. Arr Wateliord . Milk flue A ; . Lisboa . 1 I 1 PRICK OF STOCKS THIS HAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Dank ladies Roads 8 dis. S per Gilt. Cues. 59f 5 Exeheteser Rills 314. 13d par 9 per Cent. Red. Ditto Sid. 2 5 p I per Gilts. Otnnium 6 lii pr. 5 per Cs. Navy rani Consuls for Uri. 59i 8f . Asa, Lawry Tickets THE STATESMAN. Tigg STAITOMAN Cum, Aue. tB.—By the Master of a vessel waif has arrived in nine days from 'Anoint, we Ire assured, that at the time of his sailing from that port, the troops who formed the expedition were is Alcoa, and were to continue their march towards Valencia, and that the enemy had abandoned all the points they accepted on the coast between Alicant and that capital.—(Coadrop Arend 119.) SEVILLE, Avant 21. To-day 5000 muskets were destroyed. Au 0.13. Au Aid-de-Camp of SOOLTIS has arrived with in. formation of its being absolutely impossible for DitoUET and DAMILEAU to retire, in conulatmer of one of General Hit.t.'s divisiont baring cut off their retreat by Loa Pedraches. A dispa has arrived, which obliged SoULr and his party to pack up in great baste. ea. IL An those employed in the Commissariat and Police have set out. MONTAIREO had disposrd hki march for Cordoba, but suspended It in consecinenes of having been informed that some Spanish troops had entered that city. They have destroyed the lilsestranza, the manufactory for saltpetre, and for• titication of the Cartago. Ava. N. To-day the Jo ramentados and French party set out. Ave. It This evening the enemy were ready to parch ; they have thrown into tho river all the pewter and saaOr. petre ; to-marrow we expect to be free from them. —( From the Regeecy Gosette, Aug. 30). pia Russia, preparetis to expect a retrograde move ment of oa► Army towards Torres Vedras. " The Spanleirds," says a Morning Paper, " are as sound in their principles of patriotism, as sincere in their detestation of a foreign yoke, as ever generous people were. It will be impossible, therefore,' to conceite that the efforts of such a race of men, if they bad been properly directed, could have felled of success." To what cause, then, shall we attribute their lurking indifference, their cold-blooded apathy, when victory cleared the way, and called for the aid and energies of the Spanish nation, in effecting what -we cell their independence—why coffer the laurel to wither on the brow' of the victorious WELLINGTON.— This ism subject of the greetect importance to the English nation, as it may Involve our army i• more mischief than the Spaniards seem to apprehend from the French. The determined resolution of the Americans to persevere in a war with this country, will, by se conding the Mighty enterpilte of NAPOLEOW in the North, most probably close the last avenue of our expiring comtnerce, and which we cannot contem 'late without being agitated by the most affecting sympathy for the unparalleled sufferings ,of our dis tressed manufacturers; and the more particularly so, when we reflect that it happens at a period when every energy is at full stretch to buoy them mg from sinking ande► an accoandating weight of alludes, easstened by a wanton tad profligate waste of the alisesedasshaustible resources of a loyal and genereas people. It is reported that Sir Roma: Wnaos hes trans mitted to Government an account of the actions at Smolensk° and Valentine, which differs very much with that stated in the French Bulletins. How far theca ail be any troth to the report of Sir ROM= having bees present at the engagements, we cannot my, but jndgiag from the progress of the French army towards Moscow, we cannot attach mach credit to this report. We have this morning received the following let ter from Mr. EGERTON SMITH, of the Mercury Office, Liverpool, by which it appears that he dis claime any knowledge of the letter which came to us by post en Friday last, with his signature, stating the arrival of the General Washington, at thnt place, bringing an account of the Rfigocaws of the DECLARATION of WAR against England. We have uo reason to doubt the veracity of Mr. &MG ; but, on comparing the signature of his letter with the former, there appears to ben great resemblance, although the body of the former letter is of a differ ent hand-writing, end we strongly suspect that the imposition which has been practised upon us, has arisen from his having left a blank signature is his office, which has been most wantonly and di.grace fully made use of, by some unprincipled wretch, and we trust the author of so infamous an imposi tion will be imposed to public indignation. OFFICIAL ARTICLE. ilis Excellency the English Ambassador km &mud to the Minister al State l •ad &ferias, go lowing:— “ CADIZ - Alts. U. Oren,--I have the honour to remit to your Exceilem-y extracts of several letters I have received from the Conde de Watunwrost, which cootaie relation of the operatiOns of the Army under ide Lordoip's command, from the end of July to the 15th instant, including the surrender of the fort of China, in the Retiro, and the occupation of Madrid by the Allied Army. (Sls.ed) " H. WELLINGTON." [The extracts are the pmt as have already ap peared in the English Papers.] TOLEDO, Aye. 14. The enemy have today retired precipitately from this city, to the great joy of the inhabitants. TRUXILLO, Ace. 21. It appears that the French who bavg been hi La Serena, and overrun the villages in that have retired upon Belaleszar.—(Rcdador Gies. Aug. It.) CADIZ, Ave. W. It is said that the Allied Army has made 1500 prisoners in Toledo, and that the garrivon of Gus daloura, consisting of 900 men, has surrendered to the Eisetctxacto ; on the 20th, in the morning, the enemy evacuated Seville, first rendering all the artil lery useless. (111ADALAILARA, Aca. le. This place has surrendered to tee troops of the EMPIXI/11.00, after a fruitless resistance. The whole member of prisoners antonat to 775. Nothing can 'tweed the joy manifested by the in. habitants, on the entrance of the Spanish troops into this place. There were continual illuminations, hanqeettings. and all the proofs of joy whit& a loyal people can give. Among diet prisoners, it Is worthy to observe, are VILLAGARIIIA, ituSAS, Ruiz, and soother, OfSeer, who have several times deserted the colours of the country, and who, while they were in the service of the pretended king, conducted themselves in the most infamous manner towards their countrymen. CADIZ, Aso. N. The accounts which hay, ta-day beets received from the capital, and which come dawn to the Illth of Asgest, are of the most pleads' and satirfaetery nature. They all concur that the greatest order and propriety of conduct reigns amidst the OICOIS of jsy with which all hearts abound. The loyal sod faith. fat. inhabitants have preserved, amid the meet creel oppression, s patriotism sad integrity which must do them eternal honour. They write from Ayamonte, of the date of roster day, that on the 25th, in Seville, by order of Souvr, a number of cannon had been spiked, useaketa broken, and a mat quantity of balls, grenades, and gunpowder thrown into the River, which appeared to give certainty to the report, that the enemy would immediately march. The Officers of Police have al ready gone with a convoy, escorted by the 9th regi ment of infantry, and have obliged the inhabitants to purchase the wheat which they could net carry away. We are assured that a division of Gal. lines force has advanced by the Los Pedroches, and it is also added, that there are allied troops in Cordova. If it is so DILOWIT pod DAKIREAU =net make good their retreat. '"'" 411 ..". Though no news of greet Importance has arrived for some days past either from Russia or Spain, yet the progress of the war in the North, and the defen sive preparations in the South, have too important a claim upon our attention to be wholly neglected. The awful sespence that awaits the termination of the campaign in Russia, is only to be ap presided by the consequences that may result in the Peninsula, should Patois,* succeed in coo- quoting Avaxastrua. No vino measures appear 40 have been adopted Awe lwld iteturtsvroo Wed Madrid, either by k _1.04 i lMp over Mini otais; auditory oseanlitlegbillAlivalles (COPY.) 4 ' LIYEIIPOOL, Sere. 41, 1812. " was solbewbat surprised to fad my name intro doeed in the SvairriMAW of Saterday last, at the writer of a let ter to you, mating that the chip Georg. Washingtol had arrived at Liverpool, with favourable Intelligence from America.— Never twig, heard that suck a vessel had arrived here. and not having writtea to you, or any one else, en she subject, I shall expect, that, after • yoe ate cowhand of the feet, by comparing my writing with that of par rnpriacip'ed Correspondent, you will give. at least, as much publicity to my disavowal of the Letter, as you Mee dose to the supposed original. I cannot avoid observing. that the circumstance of my having written to yea formerly respecting as exchange of ripen, renders this tin. pleasant aseadasean of my atone with a gm. lout letter the less rumble. el Respect* tbe silly writer d ebb Impudent hoax. tM gb be b beano* my robes, yet it would acted me tome satisfaction Same the artglani g and I have se doubt bet you wiU see the promrimy of forwarding it so me, by return of post. Memory 011ico, /. 1 remain, Sir. Poottlaae, / 4 Yours, &c. " EGERTON SMITH." Mr. Lovell, Newpte, Loodan. Dispatches were yesterday received at the Admi ralty, from the Admiral commanding at Newfound land, which state that the Alert sloop of war, of le guns, has bees taken by the American frigate Essex, of 41 guns, after a very severe action. Some letters were yesterday delivered, received by the ship which has arrived from Bilbao, and from their contests we conclude, that there is no founds. ties for the report that %ntone has fallen into the Mods of the Allies. It it, from its peninsular situa tion, almost impregnable, and nothing probably will occasion its surrender but the deficiency of provisions, sad the despair of relief. Yesterday ids Royal Highoese the Patsce own gave audiences to the Baron de Rau +uses, the Swbdish Minister, who delivered hic credentials; alto to the Earl of liacantoson, Viscounts SIOxOUTM sod Illitcriu.z. It is now confidently asserted, that the Dissolu tion has been determined upon; and that the first Act of the New Parliament will b, to establish the Demise of the Kiwg, _which will prevent the neces sity of a new Election. In conseqeence of a new regulatian, the Royal Waggon Train has obtained permission to receive Volunteers from the regiments of Militia in Great Britain. 00Wri - Elgellllll4lr, fluor. 29.—T0-day there are not "many fresh arrivals of Wheat, bat considerable supplies on hand, prio- 1 ripens of the new crop—tales In this. tilde are heavily efeeted, at rather less data at Monday's rednction ; very link doe at the fall tinotatiao. Rye is lower, as likewise Barley. Malt varies i bat little. Peas and Beans, of each description, support the late advance. The 'apply of new Oats is sossewhat consider able. and the trade nested as amen decline is price. lit Vigor no alteraties. Wheat. 7ss 96s 146 I Tick do. 94 99 Flardltte lid ISO : Do. (Rae Old) .. Rye ... •. • • I• 14 ;; ** • 54 10 ! Poled do. Md.. Le •• . 90 96 i Peewee do. : 67 da I Whlse . Pans (Milers) OD 91 1 Rape s..d .4.. sC6O .e 66 tiny de. .L. 79 99 IPlw Flyer ....,.. 11,55. I.M. , >MIOO Sactin ' !'7 ' : "- is . lle lii • MGM pnicE OF' BREAD. TO THE RUMOR OR T:IE 4TH l'am Sia,—Last year I had the merit of attacking that destructive monster, ntonwoly ; and you hatl. in your patriotic and meritorious Paper, the meri• of pnh. fishing the letters( wrote that s.:bject ;a.d I nil be bold to it.sert, hat our exertions in belie fof a half famished and ill-used public had their good ef fects in awake.iing the people to a sense of their in juries. I harc, Sir, this year been silent until the wheat harvest has been got safely in—and silent until silence has become criminal; I therefore, one* more, tti oogh them Aura of your Pawl., step forth to arltncate tile cause of our ingenious, labouring, and katf-sfarced population, whose faces are ground don s Ilh vsrty, monopoly, and misery. Toe first and most imperious business of the Goveriteseut of any, and every country is to feed its population, and to giro bread to the poor but sorry am Ito say, that this is the least and last thing that enters into the calcula tions of our hopeful rulers, who think that the peo. plecancarry on their conquests by visionary scht:Aes; and into the bargain, and, like the camelion, li.e on the air. Of what use is all the melancholy glo) y re sulting from their victories and triumph., while the very instruments that obtain those, and also air families, are starting for want of bread. London, the soul, centre, and heart's-blood of . speculation sod monopoly, -has tint, as yet, experienced a single ray of hope, or control t, from the abu t crops of all kinds, that have, through the blessi , g of Gun, been bestowed on the country. I will artik of what Dui are your Lords Mayor—your guzzling Court of Aidernou, with all their paraphanalia and pa geantry of office, if they do not protect the rights of the people ? If they are to be 1.11 by the noses by the meal-weighers, like so many asses, and coo. verted into the mere mouthpieces of those natty Gentry. There is a wonderful f Ise made about giving the title of a Baronet to the present LORD MAYOR, be fore he quits office—has his exertions in favour of the putlie deserved this, or is it a Court favour for his obsequiousness to the sycophants in office? How cat' a Lord Mayor, and Court of Alder men, be termed, with propriety, the Conservators of the rights of London, when the right of getting bread and meat, at such a rate as the seasons a ' crops warrant, are totally over-looked. to alt parte of the country wheat has fallen, and bread has fallen; but, in London, my Lotto MAYOR walk• in and walks out of his Conrt of Aldermen, without , a single individual to consult, and older* bread to remain at last price!—Otte would suppose that 1.4 Lordship has a feeling for those gentry, the (:ado tirwctilators, and that he wishes to prevent them frial hanging themselves, if the markets should fall too rapidiy on them. I throw out thes e . hints at present, but if they are not taken, I ?hall, Sir, with your vraiisAinti, ring in their ears until the publis W I at least, bread to their under. PUBLICOLA. LYCEUM THEATRE. A eery trifling production indeed, yclept "Spanis4 Patriots a Thousand Years ago," made its appear. *nos for the first time last night, at this Theatre. It should have been performed ou Monday night, but from some scruples of the licenser, as we understand, it was postponed till last night. The name of the nett piece was sufficiently promising to attract a tele-tittle auditory, because it announced something to which every British heart vibrates=the patriotism of ipain. B at, when we allude to its name, we have nothissa else to say about it on the score of its merits. It was like an excessively stupid book, with a we►l-chosen title-page. Tne story is founded on some itsr:riessts in the life of PELAOIO the famous Spaniard who ells mtinly instrumental in defendiss4 Leon a.id the Asturias against the Moors. Adagio, of de.•cls of cnivalrous valour, was supposed by the -psoinrcis to be a prisoner in the enemy's hands, while, in fact, his life had been attempted by a Spa. niard, one Dun Gutman, who left the killing of him to his friend Ramiro. . The latter, however, shares his life on his swearing not to discover himself. Pet,- gio, divested by the baseness of his subject Guzman, and feeling all the sacred obligation of his oath, ~pursues a life of retirement as a hermit on the 111.- ' dens of a lake. Things are so massaged, that Rrt•airu, his saviour, discharges him from his oath; and, after some persuasion, he is induced to re-assert hie kingly dignity, which he does in an assembly of the Cortet, in presence of the Saracessic Ambassador, who comes with a fabricated letter professing to be from Pelagio, resigning his crown and dignity t• the iri►aders. Every thing is strained to accommo date the whole story to the circumstances of Flws nano VIPs captivity: but it is a poor compliment to the patriotism, perseverance, and valour of our Peninsular Allies, to represent heir merits and suf. ferings in such a style of authorshißas thit piece ip written iss. To enter into criticisms art this Opera, would be to " break a butterfly upon a wheel." Th. Author, we learp, is an Irish t;enrleman, of the name of COD& Much was expected from the music, es Sir JOHN STEVENSON was the composer, who is said to be of no menu name in Dublin. The airs were very pretty ; but there is nothing in them plain. tive or bewitching—grand, striking, or novel. It it but justice to add, after all, that the Piece was very favourably received, and announced for a second re presontation this night. !Miss Luesesto, and two other girls, were introduced in a dance, in which they acquitted themselves excellently. An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon, at thei sign of the Crown public-house, in Vere-street, Clare-market, by ArvrilomY Ger.L, Esq. on the body of Mr. Joins ‘% unix°, who died suddenly yester. day morning at his apartments, Nov. 28, Duke. street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Mrs. MART HOWE, the landlady of the house, said, that the deceased had lodged in her house upwards of three years l and was a very respectable and regular living MM. Wi'. ness was, about half-past six o'clock yesterday morning, called by Mrs. Wutriwo, who said Ler husband was dying—her husband and his sou ran up stairs, aml found the deceased on the floor( They lifted him into bed, and Mr. Rows ran for medical assistance, which proved useless, as he expired in . a few second,. Verdict.—Died by the Visitation of God. Ifr \I ,i . '%~: 1( 4 I I , 1 It' j I, • 't l il