The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. • lia"‘ • • l'n ieus serjeants, 9 drummers, wo Taik .llolll ßE - the Russians were repulsed and obliged to recross trll2o-• " • -d-d; 7 raultand die, mis.ing. : the Aa, with the loss of five hundred prisoners.— p oi rrent'e.r Captain, 1 Lientrnant, 94 rank ani 011 the 30th the enemy were pursued on both banks 1 Major, 9 Captains, 1 serjesnt, 65 rank sad Ale, • • ,of the Aa. They *ere overtaken at Schlokhof, ya w e d ; 11 rank and tile, missing. • ; E rvin AND Peareavasz Loss.- 1 Majof , I Cap . wh ere battle was g iven them. The y were driven T O TAL L u l ea/ems nts, 1 Ensign, 1 Staff, I serjrants, lltitank and, from their position. The 3d regiment of Russian. • : ;i f ., Major, ittaP ra jfidiki", and ire, wounded; ":4s . i n n b k Hussars, and a battalion of the 25th, laid. down o ,4ants. 3 ----nuners , their arms before the 3d Prussian regiment of Hussars. , n d lie r3i*lng• On the Ist Oct. were still further repulsed, and all the regiments of Dragoons and Finland Cossacks were sabred. The Russians decamped during the night, and retired upon Peterhoff and Olae. On the 2d we began to pursue them, but they has tened to re-enter Riga. We have taken from them about twenty Cossacks and some stragglers. Al though these advantages have not been gained with out some loss on the Prussian side, nevertheless it is not in proportion to that of the enemy, whose loss may without exaggeration be calculated at from 4 to I 5,000 men. We have taken 2,600 men and a cannon. Such are the results of the battles which the Rus sian troops gave, from the, 27th September to the Id October ; by means of which they not only succeed ed in saving the park of artillery destined for the siege of Riga, but also to maintain and confirm all the left wing of the Allied Army in its importitut po sition. The Prussian troops have entered into the mkpital of Courland, and all the positions they ante 'arty 6ccbpied: One may judge of the importance of this victory, by the eagerness of the Governor of Riga to run from Riga to Mittau, to organise a pro vince he already considered as reconquered. Putts, OCT. 21.---According to commercial letters received from the Grand Army, his Majesty is organ izing a Provisionary Administration, regulating the employment of the great resources which the city of Moscow still offers, so that the wants of KILLED. Adjuunt Dobson, 2d Battalion, Stlth Font. Ann. C. Cocks, Ist Battalion, 79th ditto. Safe, Ist Line llattalioa, K. G. L. ut. ' Wiackler. Ath ditto ditto. • Ensign Buckeridge, Ist Battalion Coldstream Guard&. Captain H. Perry, sth Cacadorcs. WOUNDED. •Captain Stewart, Acting Engineer, Ist Royal Scots, slightly. •Captain Macpherson, ditto, "tth Fool, ditto, since dead. *Ensign lan more, ditto, :3:ith Foot, slightly. •t,itsign ifwige. ditto. 31ith Foot, ditto. Captain Clitherow, Ist Battalion, 3d Guards, severely. Cup•,aln Latagrehr, Tal Line Battalion, K.G. L. ditto. Lieutenant Cartien, sth ditto, ditto. Lieutenunt I.lgir, Royal Artillery, slightly. Captain rower. ditto, ditto. Lieutenant Buntaresq, Assistant-Engineer, Ist Battalion, 9t- Foot, severely. Lieutenant Wytwelte, Line Battalion, K. G. L. ditto. Captain I.nddrrs. sth ditto, ditto. Major Arnott, 12th Portuguese Regiment,l • 'fbrse Officers were wounded on the evening of the 4th and morning of tin sth, but the Return was received too late fur insertion. It will alsobe seeit by our Falmenth letter, which is suijoined, that these Dispatches were said to be of great importance, and that Masspsi had taken the command of the 'French army, which will, -fn all probability, be the fore-runner of active operations against the Allies ; and it is greatly to be feared that the protracted siege of Bingos will totally derange the plan of the campaign.— The loss already gntemd as having been sus tained before this fortress, the whole garrison of which scarcely exceeds €2,000 m: n, is no less than 1609; and the Conqueror of all the French Mar yhals, with the flower of his army, had been detained at the date of leis dispatch, full three weeks from Ivor suing the career of victory. We hive been repeat edly disgu.;, , il with the impudent assertion that the British at my in pain was as strong as was necessary, Or as its General wished. Is it conceivable, that Lord WLLLINGTON can wish to he prevented from annihilaing Ccacsat.'s army by the Want of a force Sufficient at one.. to carry on this wasting siege, and to advance toward the Ebro ? Or. do we suppose, that he ;s nu , sing the war, and keeping a pletvaut little cam . mign against the southern army its pelt°, for next year ? Fm..vrivrn, Ocr. Whiffet Castle, Captain Strrrow, arrived here thi, nvirnior with moils, &v. from Corona, 3 days Avolata front Burgos nod brit received at Coruona t o the 11th inst. of Ahich time the Citadel Mill held out, al itiongh three mines bad been sprung under its walls, which hod can i lurably Inland them. At the mi nein the packet was caning tray, an express arrived at Coro nn , with dispatches Fran the !ilaralis of Wctusocont, said to be of emu iinaors—• wee t but whs.: news the Courier bmught is tot Lantro to any person en board the packet. M users hal and taken the command of the French %env ; hat had not braul.ht any reinforcements of consequence with him. We have this day inserted the farewel speeches of Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. CREETEY, to the Elmtors of Ctverpool„ which must excite feelings of sympathy a 94 Indignation, in the breast of every honest gng.. lishmaa. There is something so obnoxious to the Mi -1 nisterial mercenaries in the purity of Election, that they cannot hear it mentioned without betraying the most evident marks of unprincipled agitation.—. They view the champions who have come forward to oppose their avaricious and degenerated system , j with the instinctive horror, that puts in motion a I rat on viewing a terrier, and set all their engines at work to protect the nest of corruption, in which they find themselves reposing with impunity. To these Journalists, whose principles and talents have been purchased as weapons against the people, the most conspicuous of which are, the Courier and Morning Post, we may justly ascribe the cause of the extensive misery and lingering calamity, that is now spreading its corroding influence throughout this once flourishing country ; and we should have thought them very neglectful in their duty to their Patrons, if they had omitted heaping their consist ent abuse upon such popular Candidates as Messrs. I BROUGHAM and CREEr EY. We have given some extracts in a preceding co. lame from the Paris Papers received on Saturday, to the 21st instant ; and have this morning received a further supply of French Papers to the 23d, from which we have made the followi►►i, selection. It ap pmrs by those accounts, that ooncral Esszm had made a sortie from Riga, and had been def►'ated with great loss. It is also mentioned in a letter from Dresden, that the French had entered Twer, which is 120 miles distant from Moscow, o►► the road to St. Petersburgh. W.tr.s.s.w, Oct. 3.—According to private letters I from Moscow, the French troops are constructing barracks there, which will be finished in fifteen days. An age will scarcely repair the damage which the I fire has caused to Moscow and the Russian Empire. BERLIN, OCT. 10.—Major WRANCEL, Aid•de- Camp to his MAJISTY, arrived here laseuight. He brings intelligence of a brilliant victory which the Prussian troops hare gained in Courland. ' The garrison of Rip having been, since the 19th I of September, reinforced with from 20 to 30,000 ,1 men, Lieutenant-General Essex, Governor of that ' place, resolved to surprise the Prussian corps, label occupied, in three daiiions, separated tram each other by impenetrable marshes, a circuit of nine German miles. The ships spoke with on the 3d ult. by the Doris frigate, have arrived in the Downs, under convoy of his Majesty's ship La Loire :—Dorselshire and Scalesb,y Castic,from China • Lord Eldon and Ba tavia, from Bengal and China; and Cornwall (country ship),_ from Bengal. / • Saturday a Heligoland mall arrived. The follow ' lug is an extract of a letter of the 15th inst.- 66 Ge. neat SARRAZIN, who has peon some time here, has obtained permission from Government to visit Swe ' den, and has been endeavouring to procure a passage direct to Gottenburgh, but seems undetermined ' how to proceed. It is supposed he intends return. in. to Harwich, and thence pursuing his voyage to Gottenburgh."' Messrs. %Vo Lies and Donvitxx, largely concerned in the trade of Denmark and Norway, stopped pay ; ment on Saturday. Failures to an alarming extent among several mer. cantile firms in the City, will be announced in a few I days. On the 26th, the Ressians menaced Ike post of Timone, repulsed Colonel Howl's Camp Guards, and marched with considerable forces against Gen. D'Yoacz. The General Officer, who had made a reconnoissance upon - the high road from hlittau to Riga, determined to abandon the post of Olae, join Colonel Holes, and march upon Ekau. Scarcely had this junction been effected, when the enemy, on the 27th, appeared with suprior forces. It was evi dent that their inteution as to seize upon th e be " siegiog park of artillery, collected at Ruhenthal, and oblige us to abandon, at least for the present, the siege of Riga. (:oaeral n'Yottca fell back upon Eausle, and on the ..i.mth marched behind the Aa l to Ruhenthal, to defend the artillery. On the 29th, in the morning, Gen. lEtust's bri gade having arrived at Ituhenthal, General DE YORCK was on the point of assuming the defiTnisive, when he was informed that the Russians had passed the Aa, not far from Graventhal. He sent Gen. KLEIST'S left sing upon tho left bank of the river Aa, where the advanced guard, under tho orders of Colonel steam had Oren!) , successfully curimenced the at tack. From this moment a bloody at.tion commenced A Cabinet Council has assembled this day, for the discussion of various important topics, of an urgent nature. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the Oxford Blues; the transports in which they sailed were dispersed in the dreadful gales which occurred last week, and no account has yet been received of them. Hopes are, however, entertained, that they may have weathered the storm, and proceeded for Ireland. The Amelia packet, Capt. Mooasostc, engaged the Rossie privateer 50 minutes, during which him self, his mate, and a boy wete killed ; and unmask wounded, YARMOUTH, OCT. 25.—The Arab sloop is arrived at this port, to receive on board the Ambassador from the Regency of Spain to the Court of St. Pe tersburgh. bl. QUISBY TO LORD . BYit Who energising" Subjects, verie or prose, Wits nodertake, the Muse should never doze. Your verses, my good Lord, the truth to teU, Are, for a lord ling poet, pretty well; At Astley's, or the t:ircus, they might pan, Fit for no better place, or I'm an ass; But for Old Drury ! pardon me, my Lord— " my good Sir, should " * flame" in every word For lack of this-Ltut pray don't think me bold— Yuir verses ire, as Lapland Winter, cold. 'Twos "fire" and "flame" that burst old Drury down : Perhaps your Lordship was not then in Town ; You could not else have made so great a blunder. Read my Address, my Lord, recd, read, and wonder ! I Then, for my Son, George Fred, (ingenious youth I) He " spools" ai well as writes—indeed 'di truth— He shall (sweet boy 0 attend you at your leisure, And teach your Lordship how to rhyme, at pleasure. - Oh ! had you seen my Goorry on the stage, You would have seen a deep one of his age: When Mister lt.synotio came, with looks so if Well, Sir," quoth George, " for you, who cares a fig." Lord 1 how the How-street ollicers all star'd, To see the lad, for self-defence prepar'd ; And When those men of peace would force him of, How well the little manakin did scoff! There are vonte Sires, my Lord, who love to prate, And their ?silt children's talent overrate ; Thank Heaven, not like those—l'm George's dad, And he's my son—a dev'lish clever lad. Oh; dear! oh, dear !—what a sad head I've got, To ovation my la:comes I've forgot ; I hope, my Lord, it is nut yet too late— (Though boasting, vain intruders, much I hate)— iach.volume, bound in calf—and gilt—so nice! For widat three guiaeas is the trifling price. To publish by subscription who's to blame?— Shall I be honotir'd with your Lordship's name ? It is a d—d tine work—no common stuff: 1 writ the whole myself—and that's enough ; You'll Sod in this translation nothing * risby— 'Tis mirte—your most obedient Doctor Qu &say. • !Mkt, my Lord, is derived from risiblenest, or risibility. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. • the inhabitants are insured the army finds every j O ra a night was revived Gen. BURGOYNE'S thing requisite to refresh the soldier after his fatigue, Opera of 7'he Lord of the Manor, in which were in troduced many new Songs ; they added, indeed, con and to complete the magazines with all kinds of pro: .; siderably to the length, but very little to the strength visions. The greater part of the army is cantoned o f the Opera. The original Music is by the late Mr. in the city. The soldiers are covered with good JACKSON, of Exeter, the preceptor of DAVY, who has pelisses. We can do every thing that my he composed the only original Song amongst the number useful or commodious for the future. now introduced—the rest are obtiously such phi- Whilst these cares occupy the Conqueror, the giarisms, that very little credit can be given to their slcp-falkert. INCLEDON sung the beautiful melodies enemy have taken refuge between Tulle and :of JAC KSON in that chaste and impressive sytle, which Kalouga, and there with difficulty assemble their is always calculated to please—n sytle touching our scattered bands, and appear to wait to see the direc- ' finer feelings by its simplicity, rather than exciting tion which the Conqueror shall think proper to take, our astonishment by rapid execution. The following to obey movements which they are no longer in a Song is the one alluded to above, and as the produc condition to command. The French advanced posts lion of DAVY, it is by far the best piece of Music in the Opera ; and was sung by Isctxuost in that soothing towards the south, extend along the fertile banks of . strain of melancholy, which lulls the auditor into a the Pakw a. state of tranquil delight, equally removed from torpid indifference and noisy applause : Can I forget the silent tears Which I have shed for thee; And at the pangs, the climb!' and feats, " tiyhirlt seatteed o'er my blown The blights of misery. 1 nev"r clMe my languid eye Unless to dream of thee ; My eery breath is but the sigh ; My eery sound the broken cry Of lasting misery. The Overture, by Brow'', was well received; and the Duct, ttith an accompanient for bells, was en cored. A beautiful little ballad, composed by DOYLE, the bass-singer, in imitation of SW margins (run Rio was sung by SINCLAIR, and deservedly en cored. A Glee by T. WE.LsH, and sung i.y Mrs. StraLtNo, Messrs. SINCLAik, and iscLiusom, was also encored. Miss liotcoN and Mri.-LT'.xost me rited the applause they received; and the comic parts, sustained as they wore by FAWCETT, JoNzs, and .4sTosi, were equally excellent. The Opel a was announced for repetition, with mineral applause. Bersos A.TRES.—Fresli adrices were received on Saturday from Buenos Ayres, by which welearn, t dint one European Spaniard more had been con t sided of being a principal in the conspiracy ; and bad paid the forfeit of his life. In all, twenty ' eight had been put to death. Upon the restoration lof tranquillity, many of the Spaniards who had been under arrest had been set at liberty, whilst others were sent out of the country. Through the interference of Lord STRANGPOAD, a perfect good understanding was maintained between the Portu guese Government and the Junta. Information had reached Buenos Ayres, that all the Peruvian mines, and the mint at Potosi, were ht the potter of the of of Lima. in consequence of the deficiency of specie, arising from this • cause, sales of goods were very heavy. Produce was not plentiful, nor likely to be so for a length of time •, as the ravages of the civil war on the eastern side of the River Plate, had ruined the Estancias, where hides and tallow of the first qualities were prepared. The punishment of the conspirators had revived the ani , mosity of the Government and inhabitants of Monte Video, against the Junta of Buenos Ayres ; ,and ac tive preparations were making for the re-commence ment of hostilities. • } A Mail from Corunna arrived- last night. The Pa -1 pers contain no later intelligence from Burgos than • the Marquis of WELI ?I OTO disisatc.hes. They To she iltEtilOlJ)4R, 114.111i5Mtill - .. fillObf C.O . Untrr'S Rt3ISTEI9 ~ tENtLEMEN,--I beg !cue to call your. attentiMS• to the point in dispute between SIR ORA.STIS BURDETT and the MARSHAL OF THE • KENO'S BENCH, with regard to certain Stuns of money received, or said to be received, by the Chie f E Judge of the king's Bench, LORD ELLE:6IOe ROUGH. In the course of my address to you, at Winchester, I took the liberty to refer to a letter, lately addressed to the Electors of Westminster by Sir Francis Burdett, and it must have stung our tutee 1 mies to the soul to hear tiie shciuts of applause with j which that name ) so dreadful to corruption ) was ree I ceived. In the letter, to which I referred you, theta is; ~ howeter, an assertion respecting the Chief Judge ! above-mentioned, which has been flatly and evou so.. tensely contradicted by a Mr. JONES (of whose rise, and progress more hereafiet ), who calls ltimss If, and who, doubtless, is, 4C Marshal of 1k; Prison of thd King's Bench." • . Gentlemen, this is a matter deeply interesting td you and to the whole nation. All men shoutdovhen they speak seriously, speak troth, and especially %viten they are preferring accusation ; and though I most confess, that it would be extremely mortify Mg to me to he obliged to show that Sir irrancis Bur: dent's zeal had, in such a case, curriel him beyond the limits of truth ; yet, I ara quite sure, that eyed • my respect for him would not induce tne• toeshritik from my duty. In his reputation stre are all deeply ' , interested ; and, therefore, we should neglect nothing that may tend to give as correct notions with regard to every part of his public conduct. There is, Gentlemen, an assertion by Sir Francis , Burdett, with regard to Lord Elldithorough ; and n • denial by Mr. Jones, its defence of that Judge. Bite t.the better to understand 'the whole matter, we will first take the entire paragraph of Sir Francis's letter, containing the assertion; and, after hating made thei necessary remarks, in the way of explanation. we will tale the entire letter of Mr. Jones, and then see, from authentic docurnents, which is true, the ctsser4 lion, or the denial. . i The paragraph, in Sir Francis's letter, is as fal -1 lows :—" Gentlemen, it is often affirmed that the • I saving s in our power to make frOM sinecures anti pensions would afford no relief to the • people ;let us take a few out of the numerous instances. The i House of Commons itself, ia sheer places and pen , sions, swallows as much as Would give fifty shillings a year to 71,221 families ; would this be nothing ? i would it not be felt by the pec;ple? Lord Arden, brother to the late Minister, with resersion to the ' late Minister himself, receives from his siitecuret 3.9.57 . 41. a year ; this is the exact sum stated ; but, it is said, that he has besides, immense sums' arising from interest. Here is support all the year round; at 12 shillings a weer, for more than a thousand fa milies. The same may he said for the rataily of Grenville. The Duke of Grafton's sinecure` a:nl pensions would maintain half as many ; 'and, iii short, it is in this way the nation .is iro;Joverishvd wad reduced tnintsety. - °Tttry.oltrrytt krb /us_ TICE ELLENBOROUGII, BESIDES' MS .SAs LARY, ILEUM es• IN gINECUit.F3 0631. A. Y EAR, BESIDES HAYING OPFICEi'TO 'i ELI., AND PARTICIPATING IN Tor o rApt.,l;- mENIS OF MS OWN JAILER. The siw'cares of the Chief Justice would keep three hOndri , ll fa. males. Mr. Gunier 4 tile Apothecary-Geeeral l hal i a clear 12,0001. a yearoccording to his own. ac. 1 knowledgemint. Besides the sums given to the * Princes I out of the DeOits of the Adtiliralty. The RN'S 1 private property hi the funds .esempted froM the In: come Tea; and Mr. Addingtow(the tinker tied the a breaker of the. Treaty of Amietts), in 1.-301, Misape I plying upwards Of 50,0061. (voted for the Civil List), as a Loan to - the Duke of York, only a small *pert of which has been repaid, and that without interest. What noble warn/des - they set us' of makiies scri. fires: and for reconciling the pCopte to their suffef ings, from the weight of the taxes, and the dis -1 tresses of the times !" Now, Gentlemen, suffer not yourselves to he heat ed by this statement ; but.bring your minds cool cad impartial to the great point relative to the Chiet Judge, Etlenborougit. Upon This point I shall make no assertion of my oxn; nor will I offer any opinion touching it. I will simply lay before rot such . (nets as I happen to be in possession of; and I Will take no facts which I do not draw from authentic reenels. Sir Francis says,that the Chief Jodgeof the Kitrg's Bench, Ellenborongh, besides his salary, receive.'S in sinecures 8,9931. a. year. We %sill enquire into th:s ; before we proceed any further. The salary is s,hi)•)*. a year ; hut Sir Francis talks of sinecures; ae,,, Gentlemen, upon this point, Sir Francis is tio. quit; correct ; for he hat Oated‘the amount of these sine cures to be LESS than what it really is , that is ti, say, lithe official documents that 1 am abo,:t toquot.! are not errontpus I for, according to t: em, the pe fl. coeds of Lord Elleeborough's sinecures ate as fol lowsl : Ist. As Clll4 Clerk In his own Court, stated in a Orport to the litut , •e of Coonnomi, moved for by Lord Cochrane, and dated tMb of Jere, MS - X 7 Ikl 2d. As Clerk of the Errors, for filling which office a per son receives 1001. a yeiir - - ?.,10 This is stated in a Report printed by order of the Iluu-e of C, 18th door, D'il 3d. Out of th e !tea t , as stated for the year 1111? ) in the last-mentioned Report - - 24.1 - -. mention the entrance of Sir Rowzaits Illai'and hia . Total of Sinecures, as stated in the Parliamentiry army into Toledo. • ftel.pris - •.. - -9. i. ' , 75 • • • CORN-EXC./UMW., Orr 9.01- Total, as stated by Sit Francis Burdett - 1i.59.3 ......-__ Having bin a moderate supply . of Wheat this morning, and Understatement by Sir Francis Burdett - tIF,J many buyers, the sales were brisk at an advance of 10c per 1 -- quaker ou last Monday's prices. Barley is 49.6 d. pergeoner I B u t, Si t - Francis goes on, mutt says, • that the dedrer, having hittiigtle at marker. Mak is also lis. 6d. per Chef Justice has OFFICES to SELL! And, feta! quarter higher.. White Peas , brief searce c laave aikraticed COO- ' stderably t as 6ne Bellew obtained us high as 14s. per quarter. - then, that' ho participates" in the emolument's of iiiv. , Beans are 54. per gnawer de.irer. The supply of Oats being own Jailer! _. large, thatairiscle i. Ys. per quarter &taper. In Grey Ileum - there is uo alteration. Au% , as tourbing OFFICES To 'SELL, I dot Wheat (English) .... 113 140 Helps Ditto (I °reign) . .. 110 130 Tick do: ... ...... 74 74 flee - lordered to he printedon the 15th o f 105 Commons , at Barley i•New ditto Oh 04) rim ditto .. . ... -••• • 00 Ot ) borough, under his-own hand, acknowledges .. to b Mott 94 101 Poland do. following•c sale a ble by the Chief Justice, White Peas. 1 00 . 1 16 Feed ditto • • 4s Justice, the itice.-: 1 Ditto (b0i1er5)...... 40) 540 P0tat0rt10......... -• b 6 60 Ist,,the office of Chief Clerk ; Id, that of Cuitos New ditto .... . , ... •OD ill 1 Fine Mit ..,,,,. 105 111 Breeium : 3d, that of Filucer Exigcnter and Clerk ' Grey Peas .... ....... 74 78 I Seconds ••. • • ISO WI . New ditto oc, 00 i i It s ee d ,_ go zue of the Outlawries ; that these three offices are, in ..,. _ . _~,- ~*.` .:. • t N. .... 1 • v i 'll l - I 1 I t ' ^ I f ` I I I