The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-04-26 00:00:00

Mule. Arrived. PRICE OF STOCKS MI S per Coo. Cons. 691 70 per cent, Kedosed, 691 4 per Cent. 84 5 per Ccot. N.ivy Consul. tor Acc, LONDON: • k 1 .~_•+ ,:, i. 1)42e. 0 Militia 1 1 Gottenburgh . 0 Lisboa 1 D A Y AT ON L•' O'CLOCK. Long. Ann. Indio Bond} Exch. I.lilli, Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. • THURSDAY, APRIL SG, IBlo.' In what we stated the day helve yasterBo, we took up the cause of an injured individual ; which is among the first duties of a newspaper. But iu the observations of The Merning Post, which we then meant in part to answer, there was something beyond that, which we 'did not mean to overlook. In The Courier, there is something of the same kind ; and as it is, in both cases, a mat. ter which nearly touches the interests of the coun try, we seize upon the earliest opportunity to de. vclope it, and (to speak more plain English) to expose its true nature and tendency to public view, .The drift.and design of The . ,11orning Post and C ourier _S I to counteract Sir FRANCIS ButtoeTT's efforts fur REFORM in the practices of Government, and in the principles naturally growing out o f those practices, or basely insinu ated and fostered through them, as an attempt of different quality, that is, an attempt to subvert the Constitution. It would occupy so much of the limits which is left by the other business of a newspaper, to the observations we may have occa sion to offer, that we cannot transcribe the rea. coning of The Morning Past and Courier, re. peatedly intruiled.upon the Public, on this impor. tant subject. They, who do not know, from the circumstance of their never seeing those Papers, whether we state the conduct of The Morn. ing Post and Courier correctly or not, will easily learn from any of their readers, and, in fact, from any of their friends, that we do not misrepresent them. They, themselves, Mill acknowledge the trxtli of ,our statement, and will plume themielves with %the fact, Oat they have done what we now ascribe to them.. We decidedly disclaim the practice of imputing any mercenary motive to any Paper we May have oc. elision to notice ; newspapers indeed, have beet, but t4O justly deemed venal ; but, until we have the proof that any one individual is venal, we shall ascribe to him fair and honourable motives, however Wide his viiw of the public interests may be from ours. Wo go a little out of tho way, perhaps, in stating this, because it is our intention to guard the public interests ; and in so dt4tig, we may often have occasion to oppose the doc trines of newspapers opposite in political opinions And feelings to ours. The Papers now in ques tion have the advantage of being read by a very great many persons ; and the danger of their opi. pions, when these arc false, is the greater, be cause their class of readers are the least informed, and most prejudiced, of the whole community—. The bulk of their readers arc persons dependant on the Government ; or, being themselves personally independent of tho Government, are habituated to the idea that GUVERNSIENT it every thing, and .She support of it, on every occasion, the sole duty of the 6gbject, Viten such men, and upon such means passions, it is easy to work ; and RE .yoam has been delayed •by such men till it is, at length, almost a question—whetheC REFORM can be obtained without Revoqtrox, or not. It is, therefore, high time Mat the po. hey which has tilos delayed REFORM should be detected; and the main spring of that machine is, to represent every person :deo eminently pro. I secutes REFORM, as one who means to subvert the Gpvernmcnt. Need we point out, to what degree this system of alarm has been practised ? Mr. Fox, who never dreamt of any thing but the -.l..cstoratiun-ul-abe..Cno-stittation to its true , .prinel pies, and of being himself a leading Member of •the Government under that Constitution, was sin. cerely deemed an enemy'S, Site Government, and bated and reviled as such. Mr, PITT, who once, and we believe honestly, prosecuted the same princip.le of Reform, would have been also scouted as a subvertar of 11w Constitution, if he had not turned wholly aside, from lust of power, to be the father' of alarm, and the Wish patron of all who 'preached the doc trine. Many othes distinguished persons, who never sought any thing, although the friends of Reform, incompatible with that ratolf of arisio. craey to which they belling, have been deemed I,Evsr.t.s:as. And all this has been successively reCeivcal as a creed, that they woolh have as won denial as their Saviour, by the descriptieq,of per. aims who arc the general readers of the Newspa. pers now in question. T° these persons, there fore, we rite; and the task is nut difficult, for the day of their blindness is nearly gone---tbats. is 4 0 say, we write to the disinterested among them ; 'wed !here .are many, ninny such. To such, -re sar i now that the grinding wheel of Go. . - t THE STATESMAN• wzr=se. -ir vernment has reduced them from the., full. add s , that Ike licatketanert a! General 'BLAIR'S IMO wen '*• I l a 4-1 M qtkatia, and etc division of his army is Lorca, to osecoor nese and wantonness of enjoyments !ci .° I Yalt a I n case o f Dee d.„...(t i g roor df oou c di ti s Gazelle, ' anxiety which accompanies comparaUlt wa nt'' I April 1.) look at the reasoning of The Morning Post ! Cc soca,lll .....4 ROA 15.—1 t appears by a report from Bri andgGeszral DoN PEDRo Vila. A 'ONTO to Majoraeneral Courier, before you adopt and act upon Bassocouav, that oar troops on the 9th and 10th lust. ob their doctrine. Sir FRANCIS BenvErr is a mall o f I tamped several advantages over the enemy. Oa the Ilth a high birth, condition, and fortune in the country. I party of, Freßoli trottps were attacked in Condi, and after ~.._ kW haftiemef profeltetV'any object but legitimate I two hours bard fit:Mktg tealeelled to R The enema's s. I luu omi t ted in 2 o ffi cers, and 164 ran gyreride t al ad gle taken prism:i -ll:dorm in the abuses in the State. But his pr' err, and 42 killed and wounded. Oar loss asauented to 30 fessiohs are not to be believed ; and why are- they wonndca and 8 slain. The Brigadier-Geomil baring left iu to be discredited ? Because he has said the Conn. Teruel a detachment of his corps to observe a French party which had taken refuge in the college or seminary, and try is not worth - fightipg fur, or : Wit:thing to that which from *ant of heavy ueduant* be was not able to dis affect—he has ' said so, in a moment when lodge, he marched with the remainder of his corps to Masa le had in his immediate ikw the oppressions nera, in order to attack a French detachment which occu !of the Peop le by the Ctivernment ; the Te - pied Alvswtasa. The attack was made on the 10theat eight o•rtork in the morning , with so much gallantry and spirit, i Rolity which defended that gross system ; and , that of a short conflict the enemy wai completely routed !above all, the apathy in the oeenesszo, which with considerable loss. Five officers and 163 rank and Me left little ilithrtifikettivin, and (save iu se ine true were, made prisoners, 3 pieces of cannon were also taken in the action of the 10th tuul ° in that of the Sth —f Govern- EttgliSll boiums) . no atiiiety : reVitecting it. Wuo aunt . ' 2' • Ga:eue, .Ipril 6.) will say, such a country is worth defending ? If i VALENCIA, APRIL 2.—On the sth of last month, the it had molt longer remained such, nu honour. enemy appeared before the walls of this capital, and on the able man would have said it was worth defending. 6th they occupied the suburbs of Morviedro, she College of Pars V. the Royal Palace, and Zeldin, all situated withont And then s every honourable man retiring within the walls of this City, and on the other side of the river, and himself, anti d:sgusted and worn out with this ;in the sight of the 10th and 11th ult. they moved of in a scent: of Corruption, it would have been left to it. I very precipitate manner. During the time they were before 'Hu walls, they committed many robberies mid murders in self and Its fate—that is, to be swept away by a 1 the neighbauring places. but undertook nothing of moment foreign Power, after liugering out a little : longer time, i i aguitist tle city. The inhab itants of the ei:virons Joined by to the last the prey ditsuppresburs,end the con tem pt ithousands its flying parties, the large number of which pro bably iiii:uced the enemy to retreat. Iu Castellon de Ift pro of a!I generous nations. But it is nu longer such Plana and Villa Real, were 5110 of the enemy's foot, and a country. It now feels its oppressor's hand ; 2110 horse, hut only 80 of the Siemer, and 120 of the latter' and can distiuguish between legitimate duty, and came away; the eiciuy's loss in other places was equally the poor submission that permits the oppressor to considerable. lie •is most vigorously pursued. We, this day. expect 300 prisoners, and 200 snore, with an howitzer, ntoCtied train wrung to wrong, in safely. Anti, taken its V illa-Cumpo.—k Ilestinse Paper.) it is to the firm temper, and the eloquent feeling Steam', Alaimo B.—The last accounts from St. Cle of Sir Fltamoss &mover; and the natural Wile. simile state, that Dun JU A N 111 ARTIN, and Dols VENTURA ence of his rank and situation, that the country )(DIENES (two celebr . ated Spanish ',animus) lately idter cepted a French convoy going to Madrid; on which occasion is indebted for this incalculably beneficial change. they killed thee:Weil, and took a million uud a half of rents. But Sir FRANCIS BuRnETT's fAithful adherence It is added, that-the former also defeated a detachment of the to a friend—Tr: man of high rank and large pro. cavil's. wimps, which inurched.frota Madrid to pursue him, and killed about 200 of them.—(Same Paper.) perty 7 under cireunistances of misfortune, which CADIZ, APRILS. all good men would sympathize with, and carry. cone. DT A REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR OF CIUDAD ing himself with a fortitude which even enemies HoDniuo, TOTHE GENERAL IN Ciller OF TUE ARMY OF TUE LEFT. might admire—Sir F. BURDETT continuing faith. • ..Mu sr excett.ENT Sia—The night before last (between ful to on old friendship, in such an instance, is to the n ,k 19th n „ 20th March) the enemy, 1300 stray!, attacked be held out as the Abettor of Traitors. That is--. the position of the English in Baubli di Puerco, where w as the Abettor of a Traitor, made out to be such by alba a party of 40 foot and 16 horse, detached from this place. " At first the English advanced posts were driven in un all constructive treason ; and Sir FR A NCIS'Bu IiDETT's I point, and the French pushed en us tar us Affairs, but the private friendship, by a construction as forced main English body soon formed iu line, and compelled the and violent, made out to be a TREASONABLE CON. enemy to make a precipitate retreat. " The Ens Kish covered themselves with glory, and displayed NEXIoN !.....We appeal to the limit:Stand candid.— during the whole action a regularity of movements, intrepidity, Will ye listen to such doctrines ? And is such a ana valour, of which my Officers, who also shared in the UT.. man as Sir FRANCIS BURDETT ) who has so many tiun, speak in terms of the highest admiration and praise. Al. ' thou g h this force hardly amounted to one-fourth uf the French reasonable motives fur being what he makes pro. corps w:.ich farm ed the attack, the latter was completely fessioa of to you, is he to be deemed an abettor of routed, with considerable loss." traitors uu such reasoning as this? In fact, one is Alec:Nut:num, APRIL s.—To-day the first French regi almost ashamed to combat argument like this! rent of horse chasseurs, from Upper Austria, passed through ..-...........—, this city and its vicinity. It will he followed on its march hack to Fruce by the sth regiment of hussars, called the White Ifossam Firer regiments of icfantry, • which were hitherto st4/1011td on the dun, will return back to the Rhine, by lists tislool.—(Currsmondeat, April 13.) !tutts.usEitc., APRIL 3.—Letters from Barentb state, that the cession of that proviace to his Majesty the King of BA v Ant A has been ollicially notified to the Intendant, Comte STEcttEs, by Isis govenmient, mad that Bavarian Cureatis sinners are expected there every day. To-day at mem the General of Division Fawn, ar rived here, with LTSOTAFF.—A part of the 33d regiment of the !lute is to be quartered here.—(Correspondent, April IS ) V ins N s,- Me emu A.—Since last week, wises the Irmo- dal French Ambassador, Count Orro, delivered to their Majesties the En ecaoa and Esteagss two letters from S; A roLEori the GROAT, written with his own hand, the greatest satisfaction has appeared to pervade the whole Court. The day after a Courier was sent of, who took the road to Italy, nod, as it is concluded from certain circum stances, is gone to Palermo. Sit general a joy has nut pre vailed en V ienna since the year 1792; PETERsuunoti, 51411csi 28.—The Envoy Estraerdinsiry and 31inisiter l' c le t a l i s tst ß en o t s i e nr u y ,_ do ur the , o K t o il y of fu W i. S K ST o :H igs a b L u l rg i at this Court , to icet his fautily.—(Same papar.) • Tuz Morning Post Mu mistaken what we said yesterday respecting ?tr. Rootat • O'CoN NOR being sent to Fort St. George. We have never denied that he was sent to that fortress., lint we did, and do deny, that he- Was sent there a self -. convicted conspirator-Ile never did convict himself, as 'the iIiSTdIRT li..s basely stated. lie Was- . sent to Fort St. Georg under an arbitrary system, whirh might have shot him with as little responsibility as it committed `the act of sending him to . that emrfinotneut, and many other ,wets of unmatched tyranny. The Morning Post has YET 10 PROVE ANT ONE OP OU It STATEMENTS ',MI:WSJ:I'ED:- IT is rdpoded oit 'Change, on the authority of private letters, that General O'DONNELL disco vered a conspiracy between the Junta and the French before Valencia,' and after securing the principal conspirators, he attacked the French and killed upwards of 4000. It is also reported, that General BLAKE is to be Commander in The report is revived that Lord MuLeaava is to leave the Admiralty, and to succeed hi s late pollea g ue, Lord ett.truitsi, as Master-General of the Ordnance. Mr. Yoi u having recently by. come must amiably popular, and being, on that account, likely to conciliate Ike affection of the country to his Mijesty's present Gottirtinsent l .is, it is said, to succeed Iprd MuLGeAVE at tke Ad miralty. Such au arrangement, if carried into ef. feet, of which we entertain doubts, would mt.. Willy be very highly calculated to quiet popular fernent, a; ►et. so ill allayed. .11cpclutlents of 414.jecond battalions of the 2 5 th anal Slit regiments, have. received orders to hold themselves in immediate readiness to march to Pkirtsamoith, it is supposed to strengthen the Grit 'battalions orrsurvice on the Mediterranean A vessel his arrived from Teneriffe, bringing letter:, a Well state that some commotions kad Idol place in that island, although not of , a eery serious nature. Two Frenchmen had been killed during these transactions; and it is conjectured that the irritation of the people had been eacitid bji the suipicion, that these men bad meditated hustffe del Aim WA have this morning received Spanish Papers to the 7th inclusive. The Colton ing are their prin. eipal contents, ishich a ill he found highly into. resting : Vai.e:ces.l % M4acn2.—The last accounts from Catalonia relate tots very sanguinary action, in which oar troops mmit rested" the vatting" tuicicirepittity — of thetr bras (Atilt Geueralb'Dosytvt.L. The enemy were claret cled in V ich, and received our troops with a brisk fire of artillery. Our . , troops advanred with great galintry, and the action became destructive and obstinate. We remained in our forme' pt)-i. tioai ; has been of stone coosidc;ation, but that of the enemy, far from being inferior, we believe greaily exceeds it, as'both oaf infantry and cavalry advanced boldly to the very mouths of the cannot). General O'Dos pursttin4 the true tactics which aught to be employed against the French, was preparing for Itell mind action, to dislodge them, and deprive them of all hope, not only of snaking any progress, hut even of obtain. in; any rent.—(Gazette de Conseiciu de Cadi:, April&) ExTßlci OF A LETTER FE.OIII CADIZ, OF Aram. 7,1810. gives me much sati.ifuctioo to inform you , .Illat we every day feel more caufident of success, and of completely repelling the enemy. On the 31st March a ship arrived 'here from Valencia and Villaxagora, the Master of which, 1: Go NzAt.r.s, stmt.:, 'that the 1' reach occupied Murviedro, i* stihurh of Vakiwia, with a considerable force, amount ing tt5.17,000 men, but that on the llthotif last moms they left It In a very. precipitate sundaes, marching hi the direction of Antigen, and were pursued by tti considerable body of our troops and Armed peasants, who ri took bt Blarviedro ajl thy booty made by tke French, nag indicted on llama very itqcTr lopes; be adds, that amend Ciao tout with Ipto 358 itlogiess, a4l either Mpolterti of the Juota or istipttsitants of ifikoria." The Waiter of a ship arrived from Alicant and Carthagena Chief. • Yesterday a.Poort of Directors was held at the East 111414410 M, when Captain J. B. Sax• sox, of the ship Earl St. Vincent, took leave of the (;curt, tirevioas to departing fair Bengal direct.—Tl o 'Court adjourned at six o'clock till :row. A. more larribk tyranny hag never been de. 'eloped than hi tliso preamble to the late Decree uf, IlovAeAwry MOTs! Jo State Prisoners, in tibia) We find it avowed that men, natives of conquered. or ceded countries, are kept in French prisons fur offences anterior to such conquest or cession, the offence s no doubt, o f ahmiing their allegiance to their lovfal Government, by fighting Its its dc. fence, dud cutleavoiring to pre rve its O&M& °lic e . • toner 1115 tte,ertre striemmt r!ik y f ord to ,f m d ,* 1 . 1 4, !%t•II•ir st ! .7,41%r P $../1 IP Pia ISA M it Mr. K• . t, ; 4 1 `- - - - The following is an eat:seta& letter front Paris received yesterday :-- " PARIs. A raiL ac Since the lut I wrote you, nothn ig at all a.;*, has transpired relative to any part of the c....h, citt. ed American property. and I can only repe.it tit it is in vain to hope. _ "• The Dews of the day here is, thet th e A elan Messenger, who is reported to be CZ . :METTERNICH, has received his instructions gat at 'Vienna, and is eon' On Isis way to this ci ty, I T make certain other arrangements respecting" ' 4 negociation of a Peace with Englund. lie will num probably visit Compeigne, where the stay of the Em pc to r prolonged. " This matter engages a great p ar t o f the *Ho ntention. Bet the upinioo of th e galendttr . prelims is, that the prospect of a reconciliati on • not only very distant, but alm os t out of There are some who are so sceptical as to Mie le that no such inteutian exists as that o f ', l adi ng 4 - inission to London; but, however, the fact may 6. , we know that several sets of dispatches have hike been sent to and from Vienna, as if som et ei n i importance was on foot." u ceding the et lett e r, pri nci pa l matter t h aUd4ilessteongienr it,,whihenacpihurels. arrived from France, is the bearer of import:stir di s p a t c hes containingelistinct propositions from th e Court of Paris, fur the restoration of tranquili ty with this country. The basis is asserted to h e t fe Vii Porrideiis, nith the contlifion or anew that the Peninsula is to be resigned to the en e m\ %Ve apprehend that nothing of the kisal ed in the dispatches referred ter, and that they COI ,: min only an official notice in tie earliest sieg e e t the mission of Messrs. M'KENzIE and Dicetasou, on the subjeot of the exchange of prisoners, The letters from Holland stale, that the 1' for the importation of the specifies 'ro t * In France, are to be extended to Rolland under g,, restrictions, that ao othet cotnenteliti es ar e feu introduced. The Captain and crew of every Ai l; are to be made responsible in very heavy 110144% on the discovery of any itlitit intercour se . a l ', Envoy from Paris was expected* Amsterdam, iu issue the necessary orders ander this arretige leti e, A ship has arrived at Liverpool from Cadiz, which left that port on the 6th inst. A Nisei was yetaerday in circulation, said to be N o w t , on the authority of letters by this vessel, that 4 detachment of the army of the Marquis nc L t ItoMANA had had an engagement silk the rlvad l in Andalusia, in consequence of which list latter had retreated towards tae Northern limits of the Sierra Morena. The outstanding licences to import cornmeal, pulse, and burr stones from licence and Rollout, have been extended to the .111th of June. Mrs. PAUL I of the neW Theatre, late OM Kuces Ancient Concert another pond that native musical excellence is to be fogad, *Wept importing it from the Coetinent. ItitIGIITON, Arnie 24.—We are as gay at this place as in the height of the season. Yesterday we had a very golid horse race, by (gentlemen rid. lug their own biases, sod last night there Wes as Easter Ball at the Castle, which was nemeriettly attended. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the weather. A mail coach starts direct fist Briehtou in the Middle of next month, which will be s ocaullimodation s if it teliell regularly perform this journey in eight hours. it ie to cone; to the New Hotel, in North-street, where beds AN to be readj, so that as it es ill arrive at four o'clock in the lima. jog, Gentlemen may ran .down after all the besi. eels of the day in town—enjoy wool hum sleep--and yet have the day before them, It re. turns at ten o'clock at night so asao arrive ia igen at six o'clock. The Patine Are likely to profit euccerjingly hX the competition between the new Cumpaniet spa the old, fur supplying the towel with water. The New River Company are taking up an Omens. number of old pipes of small diameter, and se . slalom; others almost double the size, by which nieans.the supply of water will come mere gush in, case .of lire, and will cheek a number of fires ; as keys will be Jeft, At imitation of Med the hew offices, with the head dreams, that an abundant supply of water may instantly be had in case of necessity. The having the bores . of the ;dins large will render the water also more dm and consequently more wholesome. Cheltenham will, be highly :improved Iff the completion of the inns railway now inking tie!) Gloucester to that place, which, will heeteeeld 111 the course of the ileac summer, and enable the in. habitants of the former place to • procere• 40 . 4 coals at 17s. 61. for which they • now pay 491. ton. 'Died, on the .224 inst. at his lodgings in the Adelphi, Jona duets, EN. filagree to the R f irces, late of the Ist or Royal Magmas, eel le native: of Sligo re twined. - This endow, whose proresstutliti serviemt uteri:excellent enitie character, rendered him partieulerly dear to ha late commander, the Moe or KasT, bite fallen Victim to repeated attacks of the Wakhoml ague, sustained since his uteri's from the ill.fatcd Expedition. . r , .; A dashing dreenitsaker at the %Vaitseed of the town was lately plundered of two valiabk articles of ,jewellery, antler the following eircumstsetne: liavinga gtille iy of beautiful was dieelerAl r e Is Mi n . shed ''in the must fashiousble dram" t t e 'feeder 11 , ‘ elerer the e ff ect of the itearot latir4stlerf and appeared much struck -in !! a rich Grecian robe, thrown over a feels the Medicis. The fi gure was also ornamented w ith bracelets, and a hoad.dreos of feathers 11 " diamonds.. The latter, which belonged I° 4 lady of. distinction, had been sent to the d' il t A s ' maker, to silk a new Costa petticoats it was of considetable value. The adenine Grecian 'tone, riot tl 641'01141 visit. nUnirigt ut tan. ROM! of the diamonds and a foraerlet from a tae . left arm t !tito her own keeping, and having eft_ 1 . 0 , 0 the vigilance of the. dreas-amher, carried o . 6 bery in spoils of Veto's unsuspecte4. After Ilse r" sat discotered, integer, teas voila fee the tended woneass of riOriO 4 "*" the vf by which she w Altdratitatra ISM he* , r MOttne•Sittlire 1 bat irogiasitappoir dot ° N Y 1 1 NO and. 404 pswering herd eilefleMrfrit N • • ' -... PP' .