The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-20 00:00:00

. •••. V ,~, •~_. PATERNOSTER-ROW.Cornet. Fres6CLaiterrca, the products of NEW NOVELS eunLtsetto BY LO NGMAN, BURST, is to feitiSt.ilhe REES, ORME, Red BROWN, ler prejudices, ' Highness and Mrs. JORDAN Is a Post die. " I. O I I IIP. HEART and the FANCY; or , Valsi h. , a Tole. By re tted that this , urchased hitrenifirn `Ai, moat delightful descriptions of 1'2.1. bnar.l.. Miss Beitor. 2 Vols. 12mn. price g p united to give "nharealer- berm The Lonelon papers Imre 2. The CITRATE awl his 'DA WINTER. a Coistish Tale. and titlesost the expeoce of so tench British 'bleed trlli 114 1 )111010tar ' ili the eittereiinmene given by hit nv Mks Spew,. in 3 veil. llmo. price Op. boards. ..., 3. DEM g.TRIUS, a Rustiest Romance, is 9 'cols. limo. From t he b a ttle of Telater a we could discover that brother, thiCaskain, on quitting England, or peeper: pri 4 ce . s l i d i s i; 6l, ila te s btu►r for HERSELF, 3 vo l s . li ma . price be was bent upon dhitioctitse, canto mei route. His Ingle) do it. The Cornet, here is equally splendid. 16s. 6d. ho.ords. conduct upon that-owhat shall we . call it ? A battle His Mistress, horses, equipage, wines, and sereants,,' 3. SK F.TC II F.S of CHARACTER ; or, Sperimewof Real Life, Second F.dition, in 3 vols. 12m0... It was, and a bloody one too; bat if it he denotni. *re thiadmiratlon of the British, and the envy of l 6. 11, 4 ARIAN la 3 vols. 12ton. price 15s. booed., • . . of Youth. By Mrs. nated a victory, weir* led Of consider at what:riste the Portuguese , who are struck with awe, when 7. ROSE toId'EMILY ; oe, Sketches Rohm, in lean-owe ss. 6t. bii-mh-- was obtained; and.that thought irresistibly forces they contemplate these.natural scions of British my. 8. The LO YA 1.1915, on Ifi-torieol Novel. II) Mrs. West, it ally and nobility,. and feel fully our superiority and their won insignilicasce. in s ni.o. 19.0 n. -If It. bisords. a sigh from our . breasts. In ,his progress through 9. TEMPER s or, Domestic Scenes , a Tale. By Mrs. o p i e , i n 3 rots. ice. price ql., hoards. —. Spain, in what might be called his most fortunate ca- The 4th Dragoon Guards, commanded by Col. E r .n Ter 3 %l o l ii ' El IRISH oinL. By min Olsellns, a lam ' • reer, he reminded us more of the Eastern conqueror Stir.trtocN, march in this day dismounted, for ember. th an of the nary British Commander, who should be kation for England. That officer itsald to be m uc h chary, not lavish, of his followers' lives, since heis annoyed and mortified at what he considers a veryl the leader and the representative of *slow rather than of numbers: It is in the power of the least ex- degrading measure by the regiment being dismounted, I Initsg over their horses to the perienced Captain to whom a British . army is en- for.the purpos e o f tt t e trusted, to buy renown for himself, While he has a Germans; and in addition to that abides a German officer who perform e d the duty ofdinnou n ti ng them. siietle battalion to bring into the field ; but while be is ennobled with titles, perhaps his country i s . The 9th and 11th Dragoons follow successively, a l so exhausted of its- hest treasure and its only defence. dismounted, to embark from the same cause. The friends of this distinguished officer (for &fig.! "We have nothing to expect at present. is the i guished we must allow him to be, whether he sauteed , way of °Petting th4calsOalOll,.fee Lord %LUMP. or fait, uldmiteliy, Id the 'great object of 'the war); : TON , in the present scarcity of -firer, -Cannot pos. those friends have been perpetually urging our I liii misters to , augment his peens; while we, on the 'Present situation, from alt attacks of the French, ! other hand ; re gre t that so eery li t tl e h as been done who most be as badly off, for all their resources are ;by such mighty aid as' has been sent him from this drawn from France. This is not a very pleasant. j Island. The prospective is, however, still g i nembi contemplation for* those 'sanguine politicians, who as will be seen by an extract fronran allthentic.hltter i were for driving the French, pelt melt, over the Py. ' ; received by the last mail from Lisb on , an d w hi c h f o l. ' "anent and following Ihein i with the wh o le B r itish 1 lows these reflections. The motions of ,the French, . army, aided by 200,000 Spaniards, 50,000 Porta -1 issepaiii, wear a-taee ofgreat uncertainty upon thorn. guese, and 300,000 Russians, with which Paris was BowaeanTs is puzzled, perhaps distracted, bow :at once to be occupied, and, in conformity to a Pro to provide for a proper resistance here, and yet mike deviation of Louis ,XVIII. (with copies of which a formidible appearance a t th e h ea d o f hi s sew : the whole Peninsula is inundated), at once seat him Grand Army of the North. It. were desirable that on the throne of ST. Lows, end send BONAPARTE we could avail ourselves of this perplexity 'in )Tur i and his family to the mines of South America ; enemy. But our own army is greatly weakened by rick. : and Lord WELLINGTON, who was to do all this, ness, having, is we are crediblyinformed, 10,000 men ! under 1 plan of the campaign transmitted to him in the hospitals oron the sick lists.- It is even affirmed :by Lord lovEtteooL, was to be created Duke that of the Guards, who were sent hence in October, to of the SEINE. At present this brilliant prospect is join the forces in Spain, upwards of 400 have died : rather clouded, and, In all probability, the gallant without ever being in action. The expences, too, of I Marquis, will not 'add the Seine to the Murat is the Allied Army is a very serious thing, for we have the heraldic honours which have been showered on now Spanish as well as Portuguese in our pay. It is i bins. The army is by no means recovered from the calculated that, including every contingency eon. : ill-humour occasioned by his celebrated order after fleeted with the Peninsular war, it does not cost us , the retreat from Burps, in which he states, that it less than 100,0001. per day ! ! The loss we sustained suffered tio privations ; rest assured, that forsaveral at Burgos is now more than ever .to be regretted: : days, the only food both men and officers could get, those 5000 men Would be a valuable addition to.our . ; was the flesh of the dead horses, numbers of which present means. While we mention Burgos, we can. ' every day expired from fatigue sod hunger, as the not but reflect on the great mistake our favourml ilallell_ltres of trees were the only subsistence the General committed before that place. lie hesiesen-. P•oesisitiiels bad, for a considerable length of march. censured by many very experienced Officers sioee.l If if is no privationto march for a month, without ing with him, for losing the opportunity of then cover, in the depth of winter, exposed to torrents striking a blow, which may never again occur. While' of rain, without baggage"(all of which was left to the we are on this dark side of the question, we must not i enemy), without clothes almost, and generally bare conceal from the public, that the ill-concerted ; foot (bath o ffi cers and mcn)—if these are-not prive circular letter to the Commandi n g O ffi cers o f cores , ! tions, I know not what are. - soon after the disastrous retreat from Madrid, when ! " Little can be done at present, the army is en our brave countrymen were driven to such extreme tirely in cantonments ; and instead of collecting, is hardshiptand privations, gave great °fence through. j dispersing all over the country; as soon as the out the whole army, and tended considerably to health of the men is a little restored, perhaps Lord lessen his previous popularity. Under all thesecir. " WELLINGTON will collect them; but at this time cumstances, theni how can we conscientiously joialthere is no possibility of it, for neither men nor with those who exult at the prospect of a speedy de- hones Call be supported, from absolute want of I livery of the Peninsula? means." —......- WITH A CLOCK PACK AND OTHER ENGRAVINGS. Jai published, Price ls.•tir Is. lid. sritll'a stir parchment back, aa4 13 to the Dozen T "1 PARENTS' and ,'TUTORS' FioT CA TCHISH of the ,DAWNINOS of JUVENILE,' K NO WLETOGII. gratifying and stimulating the earnest symp. 1 toms of turinsiiY is Yollita 114.1de. and lending by the easiest, and.' simplest WPsm to an acqvaiatauce with uses' facts In coma is . Life, in Art, and la Moore. Illestritted with 'it Clock Face, with moveable bands, by, means otmblclepirmi•mawbe taught the Aft of tell , og, thq Hour; 'OA tbe uAthe Cantons.; with repeat titu I 0116 the Earth , and I Laurel with ear, eftittriotift Corm; al Plough, Chars . 111AM."&e.• • • 13% Author of " The London Primer," &c. Piiblisk4l, fob KICHARD PHILLIPS. bpJohst Soarer, No. 1, PalerUnatterbil s and be hada, all Bssaittellets. 1 . T 9 BE DISPOSED Ot r ' • rrEN DF.BEIVPREi of ONE HUNDRED A POUNDS P.A H. Wag SHARKS i q a LOAN for E ONE HUNDRED ' THOUSAND POUNDS STERLLNO, negociatiM mane Years Mace for his Roysl Highness the YOace of WALE S , arid their Royal Highaesses" the Uske RK and the Doke °fel:A II ENCE. The Band awl Agreement for the lama were by Mr. CHARLES BICKNELL, Solicitor to r, al , Higbareses t and the Consideration of aeltlo,ooo Is siditilbwiedirl to have beeq paid Ia the presence , ef that Getttlemea. -. e Vie Pattiegimme, apply la WINS Needham% and Co. No. 47,1 IleagaltAlli. f ' Mans. Doe 1 0 0 -, ant tenhargh .. . ' 0 • . ReNoland 2 Rana TOZIDAT.—IIoiId4 at lha Public Opus, Tiik STATESMAN. LONDON; TVISDAT, APRIL 10, ISI3. Dispatches were received yesterday by Govern ment from Lord WELLINGTON, after which the lel loa ing Bulletin was issued:— " WAR DEPARTMENT, Aran. 19, 1813. " Dispatches have been received from Lieutenant. Genera! Sir JOUN MURRAY. " By the first, dated Camelia, tad March, it ap pears that the Lieutenant:General reconnoitred the enemy's position at Alcoy upon the 3d nit. driving In their outposts with some loss. On the 4th, Sir JOHN Mvaaai attacked Alcoy in force, sending a column So cut off the enemy's retreat. The French were driven oot of the town, and pursued six or seven miles, but the trocps detached to intercept their re treat, did not arrive in time; the loss of the allied force wu Alcoy being occupied by a division of the Allies, Marshal Sucarr quitted-Valencia, and concentrated his army, Sir JOHN MURRAY had fixed his head quarters at Castalla, and General ELIO had marched to Yecla, in order to support the left of the Allies. Some partial affairs bad taken place to the advantage of the Allies. The most considerable bad been an attack made by the Spanish General, Warrrtsta- HAM, upon the enemy's posts at the Puente de Al bayda, from whence the French were drirka with much loss. • EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM usacw, APRIL 4. " Inclosed is the General Order of the 14th March. Lord WELLINGTON has ordered the carat GENERAL ORDERS. • •-• Read-quarters, Frenada, Starch 14, 1813. The various Orders which have been issued at different sham by the Commander of the Forces, to prevent the misconduct and .ry 1 °*na- - - ives committed by the soldiers of theormy, on their marches s' Sir Joni MuItRAY speaks highly of the beha- - • itend itself in ever of the whole army to e y possible : -,- • •occasioned, i • id' . through the country , have been generally lsm 1- flour of the Spanish troops." direction, all round the country; for such is the ately by some disaster that had occurred, and by the fall of one scarcity of forage, that it is utterly impossible for lor more soldiers, to contests Kit h t th be esw in l ha di bitants er w , for pro bethere ir'oeus There is very little information or consiqoence to i !subsistence for the horses to be found. The House- t ee ec p t it h ' v n iog a t i s hat o rP ert Y' derived from the above Bulletin ; but Ministers • hold Brigade, composed of the Life Guards and,the I The Commanteref the /Wets, therefore, trusted that his re must say or do something to keep their party on the bens obeyed, and . par ts vire, and to amuse the public : more especially Meets Is stationed at the villages on the hooka of tpented Orders on thissubJeetwfooldhave - I titularly as they contain direedoos for dm agoptio• of a line of the Tagus, from ten to twenty.miles from Lisbeiet : ~ as they had given it out, that the campaign is the duCt applicable to every diet ems occur, which, if forage is conveyed to them by water regularly. 1 ! Peninsula would commence very early, and , under i -." , adopted, must proven retisedy for theevil,aid must prevent the say oa mos t ; may conceive th e ex p ence a tt en din g t hi s metho d of ; outrages complained of, a i d their dessespiewt misfortunes. • peculiar auspices. We doubt what they occasions, for knowing, as we do, the inadequacy finding food, for the hay iud oats.are all brought in' for the General' En n sig l n Itosv oi of the o 924l,was ,an h d roo ft et wh. before a . Coort-ntartial, th roug h - transports from Estgland, -nothing' being to be of their talents to guide this great nation pr o-,J Conn -m artial , of which the. Hun.. Colima 01 0. 10 .40• A P, h its present unparalleled di ffi culties ; we -alseaya, eal. cured here . Otensaoel. The Hussar Brigade marches, pinideve, have sentenced that he should be raffilliamie4•lo4 l , pect them to have recourse to akfta setteeeption4thalteLforeanteakenta s _elfg sn_tbajankA tats be is, hereby reptaaifidaiw the Forcesacmadtagly The iiiiitt;heZer — , tiat - itieellierrs - that the real slate of things may not be lteown., pi L 'figu si salFh is the Only plan that can be arlopted of die arm y w ill c.,„ider the o bj ect o f the ° n i ers , the neglect the North it is seen of what little consequence they . for feeding them, The 18th, Hussars march fiett '- --.. of w!iieb is now antler coaaideratiom sat will lad motives for are, and how they have conducted themselves in that are followed by the 15th,. the 10th bringing up the attending to them, in their desire_ to save i the live d Lof i t n he i i he r mee t w i ll o b ta i n no : rear : 'they march in divisions of three troops each. seiwhaiuccil might be wanting the Tra mple before • Quarter. We are convinced they toe higher character for their labours in the West. But .It is astonishing to see the perfect boys of which the . —.... 0 up0..... , . .1 they are, poor mortals, themselves fighting against an • officers of these regiments are composed. They are Our Readers will notice, in'the slelesinan of this invisible but superior agency. They are struggling the terror of this place, for they are incpssattili day, another Proclatiatien, CPebriehed by Prince against opinion! against principles—principles. as Follerrping about the streets from morning to night—* RUTUSOFT S3hIOI.ZII3IC, it . Kars on the 25th of unchangeable as the seasons of the year. The qt. , a campaign will make an amazing difference in this 1 March, in the united nausea:et the Emperor of tern which these gentlemen follow up, was, the very ; respect—they.'will return qaite 'coo! and tranquil. A RUSSIA and King of PRUSSIA. Its tone and contents cause of RaNArARTE I 3 becoming great and, if pin - young Merquie, a Lieutenant in the lOth, has disiin. are of more importance' than :all the State Pipers sisted in (which it must and will be, till e reform , visaed ilmself much here, by an affair of gallantry... which have been issued during the whok war; . not takes . place), comsat fail to render him great damsel... li e gu ide an acquaintance with a Commissary, who,has, only for the silent indifference bestowed upou our out the piebe, : With a wise-C a bi ne t a t St. ientee's, .a pretty wife,, and the Lady, it appears, preferred, own country, hut also for the indication observed itt during the late few mood*, professing matrix ► omit the Marquis, in all the fine habiliments Of thefatece it, that we ore net thesght of an any part of -the. having credit given theater ib obtainment; the new • Rannst's Heaters,. to her beef and pork huSband, German Continent. except at Cexhaven and Reit.' Emperor of France-Allaror.zon the Gni/14 as he is left him for the . proteetloofof the whiskered.ilussim . goland, Great Britain tineTtlars to /tassels noSinore called,would have been beheld a very litt ie team ere this. Great,. indeed, is the !Iteration in her' circumstances respect shaOwoulti tielobabitantn of Little il;iteit‘r ' no h and siteation—se w But it is vain' to point oectliese nib et Picel!ot. -- 7 'WON* it, a carriage, con- it they constituted tied 'pepuktiOn. of . the .114.1 e: The nation Must by MU la Asnrisi. by : tessee eyes ;tautly attended -by her Lord, most superbly clad United Kingdom. What I:aii• ;the -above Petett.e than now witness it, ariamithite , and better 01 1 116 f of and decoraied %ill!' the most espensive jewels which. titer mean, by saying, afterf . catiPlinientieff Freoce thligs Is adopted. We will then have the *Allem she shops of. Lisbon 'pliti!tl produce; to say nothitet for Its beauty, and ittreilgth, - that "no ftv,, and painful contemplation of eur - rulersit home,and. of the most • delicate white ,- veils, of the ' finest reign' powei intends distorblag it." • We are cute direct our view to what ' is passing with qsr Civet. French fabric, through which the beauties of her they hale not opt 1111alstet'S tiathori!y to say 40 !bander in the ,field. •Fitteltollitet genermi ism Off, face aes but partially disclosed. The Noble l A 4, meth: '. Week as •these &vela patties, intellect. Ott Reader., that we hoe* never enteetained tisatelevaled , it i s sle ds has "taines iiiMs Nit priXes by the tridlnit are not seek &pit* . thet weal . litaake *sou Uwe* opinion of the martial abilities of our. Generalissimo, 9040 of el2OO per .astaum; but-whether Ail is to I ~,,,,, itsmtion, Iholtaphot thee open ittittuotet . ( for , .. thotmeny others ltevedone. We know bow difficult It " b ind • er w‘fes or a joint conc ern, ji - not aern toi l by me *to .prbseipols by the Proclamation bi 0tArirteme..4....2.1...„ • tide et Ovular Come espeeially when art and , possre ire nwfal stighl them strength. We have over tierdilied char his General has purchased hicrenewn attended with ~:~ .. • • .11, Wv..:;~;1~.. -.- • . . seems to servo two mastors) e shit &gland d be swede to comply W ith t h e 000ditiona he offers shoulto France t , and as it were to all ? Bet t hi s cosies of th• drivelliog diplomady, for whiCh the credulo u s English pay so mach mom'''. When will all this illusion and mummery as end? This singular Proclamation is a preparative for eith er peace or war, but be it *no or the other, poor Old England appears to hue a very talat voice is the matter. rill HMG still continues under the infiaenca of a sVit 'Urea if occasional •eacitemefit, tho ug h bi g bodily health is "unirapaited.—Wh (a Exp ress .) Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Cimpea was held at the Foreign Office, which int till *Weep bow and fire. the Y p est ai e N r c d7 R EZTLZA t lr e Do esr ke gs o r t e c a u c x rea mian d aisaerst to Cabinet r Ministers, and as a e us lect that partA rge . it witus. LET has for some days pea been ionatied to his house by severe Brigadt.f Gu ar d s are Wt! art indisposition:sorryto hear the athsattheythe are ma so i m id u e ch r o reduced f atm are by o d rdenid eath a t nd o O d i ts o ea rt a i ::, . thea to en t " h e e s tot we ally osimia nnequal y t i o n a n c oe tu nc4 al da ttio.ami ty in th v e si fte c l 1 le Cit ster ';ii r enm om Be t Cahlapt'..l.lilnt th e G la il iedg liagal ehe fe ll a. : ll P spode to this Set ate, the e o s u pprehe nt of r a t o leas os ente tha ri nzr ed mi fo lt r io the n st sa er fet ling y . From ship, insurances were some time ago done upon her to the meant of Soper cent. Capt. Gauss states, that Admiral DiXoteaccompanied him in the Mon. fagut, as far as the line, where he leA him two months since, Totaling to Rio--Janeiro ;. and he has not, seen a venal of war of sty description since. Ile put into -St. Michael's as the .4th . instant. Lord AMELIUS BEAUCLZRIC'S squadron had left that port some time previously, on% cruise. • The outward-based fleet fair India is still detained at Portsmouth by contrary wieds. The Stirling Castle gees nirect to Madras, thence to Bengal, and then returns to England. It is expected . Lord MINTO will not leave the Government uittil -the ar. rival of Lord MOHLAy and that he will &ems homein the Stirling Castle. Sir Gummi BASILOW oleo comes home, leaving the Government of Madras, pro fess. pore, in the bands of General Agnates:mut- The indefatigable, which is going to out Ada; Dams, at Rio Janeiro, will accompany the Stirling Castle, the Cornioront store-ship, for the Cepa, and COUTO"' to a certain latitude. 'ne Stirling Castle takes out 50 tons of natal stores, Ste. to NOV . those lost in the Java. . From Wismar, Lubeck, and other ports in the Baltic, advice' are said to have reached Newcastle,. stating,.that, notwithatanding she large supplies *AI corn and provisions demanded for the armies-last year, in the north of Europe, their surplus stock of grain ii still so great, that wheat and oats have been offered in exchange for our coals and manufactures upon very advantageous-secure. '. The-6 neat wheat b a t been offered to be delivered in Newcastle at ris. a quarter ; and the best oats at 201. per quarter The launch of the Creole and Anacreon, at Ply:. mouth, •iedeferred until the Ist of 'May, owing to some necessary-articles not arriving in time. • A great number of very curious iron buoys, as substitutes for Nun-buoys, were received in Ply. mouth-yard during kat week. ' The rope-house at Plyntoeth„,destrofed by fi re in June last, is ordered to be.re-' beat in the course of the ensuing summer 4 iddititonakworkmen are to be employed for that purptie. Since the patent as a . Baronet so memorably granted to a Newspaper Editor, no applications have beets made to obtain the same honour. The - above never to-be-forgotten occurrence (considering how the_ title was earned) has raised the value of Newspaper Editorship as much as it has lowered the Baronetage. RELIGIOUS ELECTONEERING.-.-.on Tuesday last the election for the perpetual Curacy bt BiTston, void by the decease of the Rev. Mr. Bur, commenced, when not lets than fire candidates started : the strug gle is a very severe one, and has been attended with all the disgraceful scenes familiar to those conversant with electioneering. 'Open hooses—bcolooms—pro cessions—broken heads and limbs, have marked the course of s proceedings during Molt succeeding day; one 'of the parties having posifeeeed -itself , of the co , lours belonging to the former amps of volunteers, a very severe engagement ensued,'in which they were taken and retaken. Three of fire candidetes retired -early from the contest; the remaining two pursued it with unabuting ardour, until Thenday evening, when the followingenumeraticm of rotes waspublished 3.-•• - IiTATE OF TME - POLI4 ob- liaanor• 035 --iteattretnr - MtEl•-'-wttlerllllll - . PL1541011... 607 Carman t—ditto. Srltrtra 9--ditto. . Majority In Wolff of laton-249. The fermi rite candidate - On consequence published an address of thanks to his constituents, couched in the Usual form of Election addresses, full of gratitude and fair speeches.. Yesterday, being Good Friday, the rival parties agreed upon fl truce, and it is ex- • pected this singular spectacle will-terminate in favour of the ltea. Mr. LEIGH, in the coarser of this day."... ( Binainghitm .11i4land Chronicle). . ' • M. VILIAUME announced it P*iis 56 the 4tii, that it3s gentlemen and ladies, desirous of intering into the marriage state, had chirged hint with the nfcvs sary preliminary negociations. . • tie Theuew Church and Burying-ground at Receiver" . ' Kent ir. was i on Tuesday, consecrated by the MOW bishop Or CANTERBURY,. in the presence of a lair 40000uffie of spectators. . BRE:D.—The Loan MAYA, after inspecting die meal-weighers' retorns, ordered 10 Price t 6 , 43 ma ille the 'same. .' 'lt Inn steady Isom stated • that Mr. Una: ha succeeded in feseeinimerceri b/ investing the bath :nd esposi I.a mercuLi t al a th is er t motoote o to joirtt-tweloctit'e thin clad of he, l ot, eihaustion and 'of sulphuric acid. 'the congelation of mercury with great facility :oil ' Mr. %%lick nen, Slowly byJahslitating the evaporation of 'trier, WOW. of that .ef wateri le the preen in Viestioe. -.. .: •.. ad*. - d ' Midair Of 101,14ftialWil *Oems; U"nexe I. the alimi of Rodetirellffild•Vs . th* nivstat r if Weed. • k Is i h, `, +'. i~ ►. .1. ' I .