The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-20 00:00:00

. • •40t• vanced to the vicinity, when I was wounded by a musket ball in the right leg. Upon this, a body of one hundred infantry, and thirty-two cavalry ad. vanced from the side of Tonucla to assist those in Bisbal, but were attacked by the reserve under Brigadier Sanjuan, when the cavalry tied towards Gerona, abandoning the infantry, who were made prisoners without firing a shot. The same division took also a convoy with some cattle and other pro. ♦isions, making prisoners the small escort who conducted it. 44 Next day, again demanding a surrender, I acceded, in order to avoid the effusion of blood, to terms of capitulation, by which they should re. main prisoners of war, marching out with military bsonutirs, the soldiers retaining their knapsacks, and General St hwartz and his officers their swords and baggage. The surrender was carried into execution on the morning of the 11th, them being made pit boners of war 6.50 men ; be.ides General Schwartz, one Col:►uel, and •12 off►ctas, who, on the morning of the 15th, were marched out to be embarked 4( San Felix de Guixuls. " The account of the successful attacks on Pa. lamos and San Felio is contained in the letters which accompany this dispatch. 44 The molt of the total loss of the enemy in their different affairs is one General of Brigade, two Colonels, s(i Officers, and 1,183 Soldiers made pri. auners; 16 pieces of artillery of various calibres, among which aro one mortar and a howitzer ; a great number of muskets, sabres, cartonch boxes, and ammunition ; a great quantity of wheat and cattle, with other effects, without reckoning 200 killed and wounded." _ _ [The letter concludes with bestowing warm praises on the conduct of the troops and officers en gaged ; as well as on Captain Fane, Commander of the Cambrian frigate.] (Signed) " Tarragona, Sept. 19." " ENRIQUE O'DONNELL." COPY OF A LETTER TO THE GENERAL, IN •CLILEF, FROM COLONEL OE ' , Levers, WITH REGARD TO THE OPERATIONS ON THE COAST. 44 Mon EXCELLENT SENOR,—In fulfilment of the orders which your Excellency was pleased to give me, to surprise, at the same time, the garrisons of San Felio de Guixols and of Palamos, 1 march. cd - from San Grace at two o'clock in the morning of the 14th inst. having divided my force in the follossittg manner: 250 men of the regiment of America, under the command of Lieut.. Col. Don Jean Maria de Gasniz, and 20 horse, - to attack, with me, San Felio; 300 of the battalion of Tar. ragona, and 20 horse, with Colonel Don Tadeo Aldea, for the attack on Palamos, leaving 150 men ILS a body of reserve for both columns. 44 We began our march by San Bardillio, for the valley of Aio, where Aldea's column took the road to Palamos ; the reserve took post on the heights of the road to Zeoles, and the third division taking the coarse of the Talley, reached the vicinity of San Felio without being . observed by the enemy. We were within pistol.shot of the first French sen. tinel when he perceived us, but our proximity in. duced him to believe that we were his friends. " I made 40 of our men take post on the heights - of the mill which Is on the road to Gerona, to,serve as a point of retreat ; a guerilla of. 30 men ad vanced to the heights of Pachot, at the entrance of the town; another gverrilla of 20 men was to enter on the left by the road of Palamos ; with the rest of my force I was to enter the town, directing in% march itia straight line along the sea.heach. At the commencement of this operation the centittel, being undeceived, fired upon us, with all the guard, lend fled. The enemy attacked the position at Pa- Eliot, and began a very vigorous fire, which the troops of my division sustained without returning a shot, aud marched rapidly to the beach, whet^ it batted and formed into column at the foot of the wall of the fort on the left of the gate, which it immediately entered with the greatest boldness. Be. fore they precipitated themselves wish charged bayo nets on the defenders of the fort, I advanced and demanded their surrender, assuring them, in the name of General O'Donnell, that they should he treated with humauity, and with all the respect which brave men deserved. On hearing the respect. ed name of your Excellency, they surrendered their arms ; and the other detachments, afraid of being cot off, which defended the town, defiled suc cessively towards the fort, their point of union, at the foot of st Welt they surrendered their arms in succession. " We have taken from the enemy three pieces of cannon, a quzality of balls and gunpowder, eight officers, and 268 soldiers, which, with about 36 killed, raises the loss of the enemy to 301, at this point. On our side we have only one killed and funr wounded. (Signed) " IIONORATO DE FLEYRES." " Tarragona, Sept. 19." LETTER TO GENERAL o'noNINELL FROM DON TA DEO ALDL.% RELATING TO THE ATTACK ON ?ALAMOS. " Having the command of the troops destined to attack the enemy in the town of Palanios, I have now to communicate to your Excellency the accomplishment of that object, with 300 men of the battalion of Tarragona, and 20 Spanish hus sars, in the following manner 44 It being indispensable for the attainment of the object to attack the enemy by the heights of the ntill which command Palatnos, I made a circuit by' the village of Caton? ; but before arriving there, we were mat by an advanced guard of the enemy, which was attacked by our guerrilla, and dispersed with the loss of 9 prisoners and 2 killed. I Imme diately fillowed my route to Palathos, and took the.position of the mill, sending round detachments, by the sides and centre trf the town, which con. ducted themselves with bravery; but the enemy with all their fofce attacked them su furiously, that they were forced to retreat a little. I then descend ed from the heights with my smu:l force, and hay. log formed them in battalions, without firing a shot, we attacked them with the bayonet, and drove them to the Castle, from whence they kept up a brisk fire of cannon and musketry, which lasted 8 hours. Perceiving that our anitunnition was ex. pen ded, which if known to the enemy, he would take advantage of, I ordered an assault on the cas. tie ) which was instantly effected with so omit bravery and fortitude, that the enemy had not time to fire the cannon, though loaded, andwe made them all prisoners, not one escaping. " His Britannic Majesty's frigate the Cambrian, and the Spanish frigate the Diana, seconded this attack with the fire of their boats; one of the boats of the former was sunk by the enemy. " In this affair we have taken 5 pieces of cannon, 7 officers, and '255 prisoners, without including the killed and wounded, of whom there were more than 60. " Tarragona, Sept. 20. (Signed) "TADEO ALDEA." ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE SAME OTFICER. 44 1 u pursuance of the plan of operations which your Excellency traced out to me, I yesterday set out from ()alarm's with my division, to possess my self of the Castle of Calonje,r where the enemy had fortified themselves, and then to march to Bisbal. Before reaching the gates of the castle, I sent. a summons to tile Governor, informing him of the surrender of San leelio, Palamos, and Biibal.— The Governor surrendered at discretion, with 67 men and 2 officers: they have been conducted to Pa!moos by a detachment of the battalion of Tar r.igona. isishal, Sept. 16. (Signed) "DL FLEICRES." [Here follows a letter from General Doyle, dated on - board the Camkian ftigate, off Bagar, the llth Sept. giving an account of his landing and destroy ing a battery near Bagar ; on which occasinn 42 of the enemy were made prisoners, without the stual lest loss on our side. From another letter of General Doyle, dated Palamos, the 16th Sept. in which he congratulates General O'Donnell on the result of th , ..se diversions on tile coast, it appears that the prisoners were em. barked on board the frigates and feluccas, to be conveyed to Tarragona.] PORTUGUESE PAPERS. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LISBON, DATED OCT. 6. - - " Oer headquarters are at Leiria; the enemy are in F►guira, Coimbra, &c. and had pushed on 3,000 men four miles on this side of Coimbra ; their ravages arc horrible ; the Porto road is covered with dead horses, mules, and bullocks. The whole country is a scene of complete devastation. Such rapine, violations, and murders were never before heard of. Many villages, towns, and country vil. las have been burned to the ground. Every place is deserted; large tracts of Indian corn have been trodden down ; every thing is destroyed. Not. withstanding all this, the people universally Was the English and execrate the French. " The 30th and 44th British, and a Portuguese regiment landed here yesterday and to-aley ; they are tine troops, and very complete in numbers. " Oporto is still unoccupied by the enemy, and our communication open by sea. " In opposition to present appearances, the best informed here are of opinion, that no further battle will take place in this country this season." LISBON, OCT. s.—The enemy, warned by the reception which the combined array gave him on the memorable 27tl► of September, when he left more than 2,000 killed on the field of battle, and had an immense number wounded, which he barbarously abandoned, endeavoured to get round our positions, crossing by Murtagoa, in the direction of Santa°, and then turning to the South. The able move ments of Lord Wellington, however, frustrated this plan, and our army continued to concentrate itself, acquiring every moment greater superiority, not only by the large reinforcements it successively re. ceives, but because Massena continually finds him. self involved in new difficulties, haling his commu. uication with the province of Beira cut off,. and every day losing troops from fatigue, while he suf. firs the greatest distress from the *ant of the ex.. petted supplies of provisions. The tried valour of the allied tro=ops, and the bad conditiou of the enemy, which every day grows worst, give us every reason . to hope the most fortunate results. French temerity will pay dear.. ly for having penetrated into the territory of Por., tugal. - OCT. 6.—According to the last accounts from our army, the head-quarters of Lord Wellington were still at Leiria, and it was not certain that the enemy had yet advanced beyond Coimbra. The regularity with which the corps of the combined armies have performed movements so complicated in presence of the enemy, without the least confusion, and their completely removing all their stores and magazines, manifestly indicates the superiority of the talents of the General who commands, and it is not possible to describe the confidence which the whole army has in him. With regard to our army, we know for certain that' it is concentrating in the grand positions; which, in addition to their natural strength, art has rendered impenetrable by an immense ♦ariety of fortifications, constructed for the defence of this country. his Excellency Lord Viscount Welling. ton had ordered them to be prepared, being per fectly aware that they would be the scene of those greatevents, which are to decide the ultimate result of the glorious undertaking to which Providence called hint, to complete the glory of his own nation and of our's. Ilis Excellency.knew full well, that all the other positions which he occupied were merely subsidiary positions,, tending to shelter the country from petty incursions, but that the ques. tion of our liberty and independence could not be I there decided. The army is daily receiving rein. fore ements ; yesterday the 33d regiment arrived here ; and the large bodies of troops of the same nation which were here, put themselves on the same Iday in motion to join the army. Oa the 10th instant, as J. Cramp, engineer, was fastening a screw to some part of the engine in Bed. worth Colliery, the key slipt off the nut, and he was instantly thrown into the pit, which was 16 yards deep in water. The body was not found un til Tuesday. Thursday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, as a seafaring man was crossing the fields from Step. my to Blackwali, he was accosted by two stout f e ll o ws, wheu he was knocked dun n, and his pockets rifled of about 111 in Bank-notes and cash, being part of wages he had , received that day. The vaillaios made their escape with the booty. `:B' WAN. POLICE. t- MANSION-HOUSE. A charge of an extraordinary and rather alarm. ing nature to commercial" men came beford the Lord Mayor yesterday. Mr. Yarrow, a reputable cheesemonier, N0..81, Broad-street, was brought up for examination, on an accusation of receiving and purchasing, know. lug them to be stolen, a number of ponderous ledgers and other books of accounts, which were taken from the counting-houses of a Mr. Eastlield and a Mr. Corney, situate in chambers nearly ad ljacent to Mr. Yarrow's house. The circumstances were as follow :—A boy, about 14, servant to Mr. Eastfielel, and who bad access to several other counting-houses in those chambers besides that of his master, had stolen those books, and sold them at 4d. per pound (the usual price of waste pa. per), to Mr. Yarrow, who, like all other cheese mongers, is in the habit of purchasing old account. books and waste paper, for the purpose of wrap ping up goods sold in his shop. The books having been missed, and the boy detected, he discovered, upon being questioned, where he had sold them. Mr. Eastfleld and Mr. Conley immediately repaired to Mr. Yarrow, and upon stating what they hail heard from the boy, he directly acknowledged that he had been in the habit of buying such books, and chewed them to the room where his waste paper was kept, to see if they could God any of the books they missed. Here they found a number of ledgers and other account-books ; some entire, others with only a part of the leaves torn out, and many co. vers of ledgers wholly atript of their former con. tents, and amongst the collection both of these Gen. tlemen found ledgers of the present and two pre ceding years, recently in use, and some of them almost blank, with only a few of the . leaves in. scribed. Their names were on every written page, and the books scarcely soiled on the outside. They therefore felt it their duty to bring Mr. Yarrow be. fore the Lord Mayor, to answer for his conduct in purchasing such books from a buy without even ex amining them, or considering the serious conse quences that might result therefrom to the owners. Mr. Yarrow, a respectable old man, who has kept his shop fur above 30 years, stated in his de. fence, that the boy, Gwinn, came to him a consi derable time since, and asked if he would purchase old account-books as waste-paper. He answered that he would, and if they were clean and in good order, give a good price for them. The boy then asked what that price would be, he answered four pence per pound if weighed with the covers, and five-pence if weighed without ; the boy went away, and in a short time afterwards brought him several old ledgers and other comiting-house books, for which he paid him at the rates above-mentioned. For a whole year, the boy continued to bring such books from time to time, and the Defendant bought them in like mauner, and amongst others, the books now in question. The Long MAYOR expressed his surprise that the Defendant should have purchased from such a boy bucks of this nature, the importance of which, as a man of business, he must have known, with the names of the owners, men close in his very neigh bourhood, written in every page, and some of them nearly blank, and others containingsuch recent ac counts as those of the present and last two years. The Defendant said, he could not read writing, and therefore could nut discover those particulars. it iudced never occurred to him to examine the books, as he was constantly in the habit of hying such, and as the buy tiad sold them to him in his master's name. lie acknowledged, however, that his wife could read and write, and usually kept his books. Both Mr. Eastfield and Mr. Corney said, they were • satisfied that Mr. Yarrow had pur. chased these books with no dishonest inters. tion, although with a ♦ery reprehensible degree of inadvMency. Many of the books they had lost contained unadjusted accounts, which could now only be restored with great diffi culty, trouble, and expeuce. Many of them con tained bankers' accounts, and had not these thefts been_discoxered and checked even thus late, the consequence might involve their concerns iu inous confusion. They should, however, feel great reluctance in prosecuting Mr. Yarrow ; but feeling that the boy would not have thought of such thefts, if he had not been encouraged to it by some experienced accomplice; and lie totally de nied having any other encouragement but the price he obtained from Mr. Yarrow. The Lotto MAYOR replit.ll, that however le niently those gentlemen felt disposed towards Mr. Yarrow, the matter was now publicly brought be. fore him, and was a subject of too much impottance to the commercial interests of the City of London, to be passid over lightly as a mere venial error.— Mr. Yarrow, to say the b'est of his conduct, was guilty of a most criminal negligence in purchasing such books from such a boy, under every ground of suspicion; and eveis reputable as his character might have been through life, his conduct in this case hid every appearance of encouraging this ignorant boy to a species of theft that might ruin his mas. ter. Some example must therefore be made, in order to put a cheek to a species of traffic so pregnant with mischief to commercial men. And persons in the Defendant's, and every other line of busi ness, must be•taught the necessity of due circum spection, in purchases of this nature, which other. wise must open a door to the must serious injuries in the concerns of mereauti!e men, and every pub. lie effice. His Lordship therefore felt it his indis pensable duty to hold the Defendant to bail, to take hii; trial at the next Quarter Sessions, for the misdemeanour, on the evidence of G win ; and also to bind over Mr. Clancy and Mr. Eastfield to pro. secute; which was accordingly done. Lawrence ;rood and his wife were again brought lip for further examination, touching the burglary and rubbery in the count►ng-house of Alderman Atkins. Wood was committed fur trial, but the wife was discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Elizabeth Robins, the wife of a jeweller and watch-maker, was charged by about a d.izcu pawn. brokers, wilt' having defrauded them by pledging watch-chains and seals,. purporting them to be gold. This offence has been practised to a very eunsidera, ble extent about the town. The Prisoner was in • • ______________,______ - . iii;aisaair - " the habit of attending the pawn-broker' s 0, --- dusk in the evening, when si te p ro d uced a - ' s at chain, which she described as gold, and iit L 1:,, 1 1 1(j , r . is:talnimeuoifijsotelli she e r d e c i s n oo a u i l' n vd e e t i l o :obtainh n a t t h t e lol in : ffir•t:rtl; a ti l e3 ;;; : e -is-cli : I f for e d r t e a t - tised to a considerable extent !te:'rre it was d' s .'" , e ; an hour after the usual test Was a ir: l: mod? and t r iu - y . had all the appearance of gold. ' t, i I'ISOIICC Nits committed for trial. THE .I.I.IHKi AS. I -or-. Corn-i n spec tor 's e i: t ;te o .ri r . i ti s at ja n d t : r e t t N- z u r r l . i l . l l . .: - 1 :21 ! ) tr i r : .. 6 1 : 7 11 • sc . a tio, Y ) 995. -d. to Data Beaus • Yeas --40.--- SNIM11 : 11.:1.1)-Orr. 19. To siiik the Offal per stoic of Sib. • Beef ....•Is. 4d. In ss. 4.1. 1 lead or L.,itle thi at. , * Mutton ..4s. 44. to ss. 44. Beasts ........ sd '•':„ Veal ....ss. Od. to 7s. al. Sorel) and Land. . .... 4 i .j ), Pork ....bs.. UI. to is. U•i. Calves .. ......... •• ~r, Lamb ....Us. Ud. to Or. al. lEgs ........ 1 ....... 2 4 /I A Y •N 1 A It K ET. , Hay . !3l. Os. al. to 9% O. 0 4. Straw .... 9% 10s. Oil. to 31. :;, 0.1. Clover .... tit. U. Oct. to 1 0s. od. --..0....- NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL :MARKETS. • (By the Carcase.) Beef ....3s. 44. to 4s. 41. 1 Veal ....Is. 44. to 6., Mutton ...Is. Sd. to 4s. Sil ,1 Pork .. • .:),. 4d - . 04. • to ~, Lomb - - Os. Ga. to us. thi. PRICE OF OF HAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAMES'S. until:tunt.. Hay, 51. 10s. to 91. 10s. 04. I Hay, U. 0,. ~ A 14,, '44....1;577...112r.....411:.8 4 Straw, 21. 14s. to 31. 9s. 04. Clover, ta. Ss. 1,, / 01. ., - ,7 Straw, :21. IS. to sd, : --mum-- PRICL OF HOPS. • 111411 S. POCKETS. Kent, 41. 10s. to 61. 0 Kent, 51. 0.. 1 ,, fit. 04, Sussex, 41. 10s. to 51. Us Sussex, 41. los. to 51. 1..,. Essex, 41. 10s. to 61. Us Farttliain, 61. u s . co 141 k , New Hops, 51. Os. to 71. 19. s 1 New Ilops,til. O s . to yl, tit,, PRICE OF TALLOW, &c. St. James's Market ..4s 9•1 Town Tallow ifs!! Ow I Clare Market 4s 4 4 Yellow liussia 71t d 4 o.sod Whitechapel Market 4s 14 White ditto .. tit,,„l iikl , 44 . per st. of bib. 14s 5.1 Melting Stull' .. 53,0 d 00 , 0 1 Average Graves Good Dregs Yellow Soap, 90s-Mottled, lOUs-Pieces, Ms Od-Curd,m, Price of Candles, per dozen, 9s Od-Muulds, IS _........ l ik 1 PRICE OF LEATHER. •1 Butts, 50 to 561bs. each - 214 to 13d pet lb. Ditto, 56 to 66Ibs. each -2.5 d to 964 1 Merchants' Backs 2d4 to 214 Dressing Hides - lid to 19d i' Fine Coach Hides - 1:n1 to 411 Crop Hides 95 to 401hs for cutting 19d to VA Ditto 45 to bUlbs. - 174 to 194 • Calf Skins 30 to 401bs. -28 d to :Ad Ditto 5U to 741hs. - 384 .to 494 Ditto 70 to bulb'. •• 37.! to 41d Small Seals (Greenland) -3,. 14. to 3s. IL Large ditto tali to 15ds per dozen. • Goat Skins - &X to fa s., ~ Tanned Horse Hides 191 to clued -+ 1.. COAL Al AitKE'r-Ocr. 19. i.. Ships-at Market. amps sold. P r i ce . 6* Newcastle 1 Suuderlaud ...... 1 ..- Cell ' TLE. 1 : -...wei -. . Ma. EDITOR,-For the information of your ;. Agricultural readers, and those who are interested 7,, for improvement in the breed of Cattle, I furnish ,i you with the following particulars of Sale of the ' celebrated Stock of Cattle, sold the Ilth instant, the property of' and bred by Mr. CHARLES Cul, LANG, of Ketton, near Darlington. HULLS. COMET-Six years 014, sold for 1 101 guineas, purchased IT flour eminent Gentlemea Farmers and Breeden, °attic bait of the Tees*. Petrarch 9 yrold,soldfor 365r,5. I Alfred I yrold, sold for 113 r. Major 3 ditto . . 9.1.) do Duke !ditto . . . laid. May Duke 3 ditto . . 115 do And five others of inferior note, from 50 to 76gs. each. nu 1.1. CAM.% E! 4 . Cecil, sold for . . . 17,1g5. One 20zs.-One 60r. Young Favourite, ditto 110 do Ode 3045.-One 15gs. George, ditto . . . 12ddo cows. Lilly, 3 yrs old, sold for 410 gs. I Peeress,syrsold,soldforlide. C.ountess, 9 do. . 4th)do. Magdalene, tido. . 1::/do. Laura, 4 dn. . 910 do. Cathalene,S do. . 151 do. Lady, 14 do. . `.4ai do. I Dols), 6 an. . MAN .. Celion, 5 do. . 9iiti do:, 1 J ilha ' nita 4 do. . l'A rm. Beauty, 120 gs. and five others from IS to 89 gs. of iternor Ilia. I/ CI VERS. Yng. Countess, c-'yrs old, 206 gs. ' Y oung Latwa,9 yrs ()WOOL 15. Duchess, . IS3 do. Shocke, 3 do. . 103ds. Charlotte, 1 do. . 13ii do. Joh:Loan, I do. . lids. Lucy, 1 tin. . 13240. HEIFIR cvurcs. Oar sold for 106 gs. one for 7535. '2 for ZOgs. each, and 1 for alc. 'llie total produce of Mr. Cot.t.isu's sailed eat. tie and sheep is stated to me to be 81851. and if I iv collect right, Kelton farm is not 300 acres. lust insertion of the above will oblige A MENI HER OF 'rim SMITHFIELD CLUB. * Messrs. Weathorall, Trotter, Wright, and Charge. me A tit y o o f un ti g ie m t a ,o n r , ~• • . - fa a r Pr il;i a li t t e ia b'' n l4 ::W i q ii t g lar to te . lisle, having afew tr a ys . agii completed the rri'll of his service, ref &tied to the place of his nativit!, when he again coMseitted to en•rer. . the service, ai for the consideration of 101. per stone. The bst• substitute for a Gentleman in that neighbonthw d, gain was strictly complied with, and the math * 11 , 7 t r l: d e d i n e t c a c a l f. declared he would Sell his flesh as dear as he could, received 1101. ..--- .. . BIRTHS. On Monday, in Finsbury-street, the Lady of John tille d ' jun. Esq. 'of a son. as Gooid, of a son. bast week, lit her house in Cheltenham, Lady Cllarig . . ....... !M AR MED. Line, Lombard -street, iit Mks Gordon, daughter of CD, 3' ' On Thursdiv last, John Winter, jun. Esq. of St. Strilillit Gordon, Esq. of Gower-street, Bedfordssquare. . 11' ' Downie, Esq. Assistant Commissary -General to the 81!l in Or Monday, at Paisley, by the Rev. Dr. Findlay, .1 • Army in Portugoll, aril Colonel in the Spani,ll service, . of Paisley...::: _ Agnes Gilkoo, daughter of the late Mr. Gibson, 1 poll C 1 ' DIED. Minorics, aged 61 f a dropsy iy On the 17th ' instant, at Rear Port, Sussex, o f aOn Thursday list, Mr. Richard W•ilson, of Georg e-orce, ' the chest, the Lady ~t. sir .I,..mess , Ddi. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. , Bank Stock 25:!4 953 Minion 5 4 dis, I 3 per Cent. Red. 654 * 4 India Stock ,1.60 9;! 23 Pr• ~ I S per Cent. Co,..bti, 14 k India Bands . I 4 per Cent. 89 St 4 Sdi 81 4 Esc.' Rids 0 YY I . " i 5 per Lent. Navy ons. ' • 1i94 i 4 * • ( for Ace. bat. • i Lone Ann. 17 9-16 i ........2..T'rr .....,-- ---------- 81 ter I LONDON : Primed ants Pliblished by. O. 1. 0 X 1141 i Star ICSMI s OeiricE 57, tint -street. •