The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

II:0.11 THE PRESCII PAPERS. I 1141t1S, Seri. 11. c,- . 0:. Atm:it:Pt.—The Prince of Fistn before Alnic i da g t i 1 ,, , trmeelics tit he opened. : 1". ii,•:ht of the 15th of August; a false at. j ,„. ct ..,1 the North of the town bad `!,,«a , he atteotiott at the besieged to that quarter.' o - 1) th.to • :ti,! k men took advantage of that „ A 1e..., to di; the first parallel to • depth of i!img a line of more tlfan bOO toises, in 5 ,,,,. the .!iflit'utties arising from the rocky nature o f the gr.sWEI, and the necessity of every instant ct,f • „h ow .dres by Orions. . . . R . owce .l the I a•li and the 19th, though the fire of coo nv w.v.: very brisk, and the obstacles which lh ru.•ks r r skiing! to the enlargement of. the, s ile.ired insurmountable, the parallel was frt.! the rocks blown thy) by the Petard. the 20'h and 26th, elloren batteries were a l ijoi; the night of the 24th, the second opeool in the rock, at less thin 150 fr,.io thy place. The terrible fire of the for. trrs d i d ro t r emit as to maintain it during the ; but 0;' Vtt following night the minersfittished dav onng an:l enlarging the trenches• w i th the• pet lard. The mounting and supplying of thebatteries uere akiiinisheJ the win; night, as Us ,. l o t h, e l ovein the juorniag, eleven: bate' ' t ries, mauling! with 65 pierei of •eannon v opened their fire nn the fortress, which returned it with r igour ; but at four in the afternoon their fire t:ackened, at seven one of our bombs exploded the p „„d rr m ag..zine t= the place; the ex -0.4„t t t terrible. At the departure of the cou- NI , the lire of our batteries was redoubled with Witty. ESTRSADUSA.— A Spanish division, commanded by Eutiait , to , a lready driven hack several times sun the f ,,, filiers o f'Portoiral, thought it .bad found a I firoUrdbio o pportunity for throwing itself upon C,,r ~a,whil, the bib corps was teaniesatingie ih , c o ,oi.na. General Gerard reeeived orders to advance rapidly skeins, the , enemy, with his division, 6 „ „, 1 0 eat oti their retreat. Titis movement ,as c peuiell ; Bellesterus, at. the head . or 6000 See. I us. oiscked ou thy' 11th, Urfa 'lupe to the left o f Vida Garcia. Geueral Gerard routed hit. Gem. o ct oy, took all his artillery, and after hating great week:vs,. and made many prisoners, p u r.sisii him to Zafra, tq template his distraction. !Joachim oiCAntx.=-The evert% of the block ade are actively continued ; the liftman's and sup ply of the immense batteries Of the read are corn. plating ; boats and oihFr voids are • incessantly constructing for the flutill:s. The.debarkation made by the enemy to excite risings its the mountains of Roads have been driven back. The inhabitants of the kingdom of Grenada themselves make war upon the brigands, whom they drive far from their homes. General Sebastiani hai .placed the fort of kialaza in the best state of tidenee. Toerosa.— On the 3d of Anse, the python of Tortosa made a general sally. , It *dwelt* pn aN points at the same time, even trader our intrench meets: the first posts gave way - fur an *scant to the shock ; hut G..iierals total and gle v iski, at the head of the companies allite of the ddth regi. mew, and the 31 of the titre* themselves bn 'be enemy, who .taa driveo back WO the pleas, with the loss of 400 killed ; among whom were some Othcers of rank. The . Governor, Count D'Ul. as, received a dangerous wound; we made 3‘. 4 ;,rtsoners, among whoskare one Colonel end 14 Officers. Ihe cavalry' which sallied from, the bore lOU almost all their horses. Our loss his begs wily right killed, and 33 wititedid. Lira.., of 'he 441 h, and 114Alor SititafOnaity, dh. tiogutaaed *waives. TO Tilt PRINOt Of OfiIIiCIIATZL ANO WASKAM. s' SIR,— lo my last.dispatch, I had the honour to acquamit you, that on the nth the finites of At. milli returned our Ire till four in the afternoon; that then it cogged ; that at• seven a cousin derable espl,witio took plates in the fortress; and. that the NIA igratinn was kept up daring the night by our bombs and howilece. This stale of ii""is d. termiised me to summon the Governor to sateen. der ) est , r tl ty morniog. II& sent inc tome °thews to, ask a cessation of hostilities. I made known to them the mum of . caiiitulation which I should 0f,.. fem., hours of 'the slay were .esiplojed in negocietion, which did not produce...he do' which I detlretl. I therefore Ordered our fire to recommence at eight in the evening, and three hours aft. r the Governor of the place signed • capitols.; thin, of which I have the hoototir to send yen a copy, together with that of my aninnions. Almeida is thus in the posiession of his Majesty the Emperor and King. We entered it . this morning at wide o'clock. The garrison ire prisoners of war, and shall be conducted to France. We have found os the batteries of the place, 9$ pieces of cannbn and /7 requiring repairs, 300,00 Q rations of biscuit, 11 00,0iXii rations of tilted meat, ant( ► great quan tity of oilier provisions. " I think it my duty to soy something to your. Mistiness of the disposaioo of the garrison. The Maryut. , d'Alorma, *General of Divisions a Pile tugmbe, and several other General or superior Of. beers of his nation, employed in the French army, approached 111; fortress while the negociatiou was Plog furnard. They were recognised from the nails by a great number of their country.vietn ) who tumidly Czpressed their satisfaction at being freed from the yoke of the English ; which was much in. Crewed, When they learned that the EAPerot hid i!lJelted to his service, and in thole several ranks, ii i . Portogoeso Ac r es who were in France; and tikt far hum having reduced them to the state of humiliation which the English make thew feel at he had admitted them to the honoPr of gOloittg at his side, in his great campaigns. " The horrors committed by the F i nglish arc deplorable; they cut down the corn, destroy mills, homes, sod mtke a down of that unfortunate country which they were incited to defend. They thus violate the lasi of iineiwass sad. of war. This tphtion is accustomed to pnpnet nothing ; its interest for the moment is its oasis Isw. 66 It is the devisio* of Loieww, of 1130 vier or tee Doke of Elehingeo, , which has carried on the sie ge of Ciudad .aod,igo and Almeida. The,.two a ilindivisions of tbst.norpa, ells theta divisionit, of 111 E S'I'ATESAI AN . - the 2il corps, and the three divhtions of the corps of tho Poke of A brentes, have nut yet fired a musket. The Duke of A !mantes is at Lesdesina ; General. itegnier t commanding th e 2d corps , i s at Zrza Mayor. TeOsulthers are in good health, the army is well provisioned, and burning with desire .to teach the English that which we have already taught the division- of Cratifurd. The Emperor may rely to the bravery and dispositions of the army, as Will ea Un• my zeal and respectful devo tion. . have the ho))))ur, Gtr. • . Plinett) " hIk:SF.NA, Martha!, " Port Caseratiaor Prince of E.sling, Commander in Leg. 11, let)." Chief of the Army of Pbrtugal. COOT OF SUMMONS TO TILE FNGLISII SIOVERN-011 OF ALBILIDA. " Camp beforeAlmeida, Aug. 21, 1810. • "M. G.writstwoa,—The town of Almeida is in flames; all my besieging artillery is battering it, and the English ariny cannot come to your relief. Sur. mfti, then, to the generosity of the armies of his Majesty the Emperor and King; I offer you ho. nourable terms. To induce you to accept then, consider what took place at Ciudad Rodrigo, the deplorable state in which that town now is, and the misfortunes which are reserved for Almeida, if you prolong a useless defence. " Receive, M. Governor, the assurances of my high consideration. (Signed) • " MASSENA." Capitulation granted in the Game of his Majesty the Emperor of the Freacit and King of Italy, Protector of the Confede ration of the. Rhine, &c. by the Marshal, Prince of EssLiNg...Conmutoder in Chief of the Army of P rotgal, to M. the English General Cu;, Governor of Almeida, for the surrender of that place to the troops of his Majesty. ART. I. The garrison shall be prisoners of war, with the honours of war ; that is to say, they sh•tll march out with their arms, which they shall deposit on the glaci of the place. The oilitiashall returu to their homes, atter havii g deposited their anus ; the garrison are not to serve during the pretest war spinet France or her allies. 11. Tllst Officers of ever• descripiion, and the soldiers, shall ►etain, the fur,aer their swords, and the latter their baggage ugly. 111. The 'alt.-LW:tants shall enjoy their property, and shall not be distierbed fur their opinio's. IV. The sailiuiry stores and artillery shall remain at the disposal of the French army, and shall be given up to the Com laaniant of artillery. V. Tim magazines, chests, &e. shall be given up to French Commissaries appoioted fur that effect. VI. The pla.is and memorials of the fortress shall be given up to the Commandant of Engineers of the French army. VII. The sick of the English and Portuguese army shall• be taken care of and maintained at the expellee of the French army, and un their recovery shall follow the destination of the garrison. (Signed) M ASSEN A, Prince of Essling, &c. " WILLIAM COX, Governor of Almeida." " Camp before Almeida, Aug. 47," _ . List of Stores found In lA. Fol4ren of dilateidav-20 bushels of flour, 300,000 rations of biscuits, 600 funegas of corn, 700 of rye, 20J0 of Turkey corn, 500 quintals of rice, 400 arrobas Of salt provisions, 12 quintals of salt provisions In barrels, 31 tuns of wine, at 700 bottles each, 2Pipes of brandy, about 700 bottles, 20 pipes of vinegar, 50 &negro of beaus, 2000 fanegas of barley, *A fauegas of bran, 3000 quintals of straw,. 5000 quintals of wood, and about 4000 coverlias. VIENNA ) Aua. S2.—The 3d battalions of infantry are to be reduced, and the companies which remits are slot to consist of more than 100 men. The Aus. trian peace establishment of infantry will then• eon. slat of 108 battalions, amounting in the whole to nearly 60,000; which, with the cavalry, and other corps, will make a total of 90,000 men, in tims.of posse. Little alteration has been made in the artillery and cavalry ; sod the labours at the fortresses arc continued. Scuarruapstra, Apo. 22....Th0 Canton of Berne has published a new law respecting the cen. sorship . of books, which has occasioned a great sensation in Switzerland. 'lie,different branches of printing and beukselling are only to he carried on by licensed persons, whose licences are to be alm eenewed. No writing, hook, or periodical ,work, If to be soldl without the authority of the eonotnission of Censorship; and tio 'works are to be printed in the Canton waielrliire not bean first ap proved of by the same aithority. ' VILNNA,..AILIG.'I7.•••The SOW tnill, which have been announced fur some tern! ) Will shortly he ea- Aeteth all classes of society, with the exception of the iudigent, will. be subjected 'to 'them.; and. they will not only-extend to. veal propirtfi but to professional incomes. Our finances will receive g a,nsiderable benefit from the suppression of the 3d battalions of our German regiments. They will be disbanded, and replaced by the Land wehr, who, in time of peace, are to serve without pay, and only to by exercised on Sundays and holidays. SCALA, 'Ave. 25.—Our flotilla has this day supported *combat which does it the greatest ho. near. Slecethe 15th, the greater part of the boats whiek'sieriiin the anchorage of Scala, had repaired to Ake left of the Punta del Pens.' This movement detesadaed the enemy to reinforce his line in tho iutcrior 'of the Strait with frtgate t .'s . corvette, and a brig, which had been before anchored to the N. W. of the light-house of Messina. For three days ibaction prevailed on both sides. At life Neer of use this morning, 'his Majesty ordered TO armed boats to advance for the purpose of firing chain. shot into the enemy's camp, on the opposite shore. They approached so near that the firing commenced,• which caused an alarm; more than 200 " cannon. shots were fired without effect, and the boats re.' gained their anchorage without having sustained any loss. This morning the enemy, wishing to act on . the offensive in his turn, sent towards the Punta del Pieta 130 gun-boats, a frigate, a corvette, and a hag; we were prepared for the combat, and the King gave orders to let them advance within cannon. shut, which left our line exposed to all the enemy's, lire for two hours, without a shot being returned. Ills Majesty then perceiviug that the enemy's vessels were driven along by the ee.rrent, ordered the (Hsi, sauna Bourgourg And of Cosa; to put out and at tack them, while the division &semi was ordered to make fever to the camp of the enemy, which was deprived of its line of gunboats. At the first bullet which fell io the camp, all the soldiers threw themselves into their trenches, and our troops were already under arms, prepared for embarkation, when the enemy perceiving the'muvemcnt, plied all their oars and sails to gain their line of defence, and to oppose the threatened debarkation which , would certainly have been effected, if the current had been stronger. After this, _the , firing recom. 'menced with .11 tkr vivacity; and 13 of'unr''gun. boats, .protected .by a single hittery of 3 caution; supported the whole effect of -the broadsides of the frigate, corvette, and brig. This last vessel was struck with more than 10 balls,. and then abaft. doped the co;nbat. A boat, with the English Commandant on board, was pierced by a ball, and sunk before our ryes in the middle of the channel. Three or four of the enemy's gun. lboats were also swamped, and more were got off by towing. The enemy have suffered consider. .ably ; for during an hour, our divisOns raked their line in all directions ; almost all our gun-boats were struck, but- one only was swamped, which however will he fit for sea to-morrow. We had about ten men killed or wounded. This glorious . combat lasted six hours, during 'which more than 4006 shots were fired on both sides. The whole ar.oy, spectators of it, have done justice to the ma. rine; and such was the entbusi'tsm which the marines and soldiers reciprocally communicated, that when his Maksty passed along the line, on all sides were huird a thousand cries, 46 Fur Sicily for !" EissmAcu, SEPT. 3.---The day Wore yesterday a calamitous event tuck place here. About nine' in the eveuiiii4, a convoy of ammunition was passing through our town. The three first waggons, wh.in were mostly laden with cartridges fur cannon, took fire ; the explosi , .in was terrible ; the adjoining housed were blown into the air with &dreadful crash. The ire caught both, sides of the street called the Munnengasse, which was wholly destroyed. Thirty. eight persons have perished. Fortunately the rest of the convoy was moved back in time to prevent the • , • spreading of the explosion. • Pants, SEPT. 13. An Imperial DlPOren, dated from the Palace of S. Cloud ) Sept. 12, contains the following regulations:-- " Art. 1. The proprietors or consignees of colonial produce w hit h has been subjected hi Holland to a duty of 40 or 50 per cent. od valorem, according to the period of its declaration, must, bifore the Ist of October, pay these duties, either in money or in b.inds, ct ith soffit lent security. " 2. The said produce, on o hick the duties shall not have been made good by the time fixed in the preceding atticle,shall he co &seated. " S. Those o hmhave this produce in their warehouses by consignnicut only, shall, by the cleft of the confiscation, bi freed from all iespousibility to the proprietors. " 4. The colonial produce pointed out in the tarif annexed to our De , ree of the Est of July, 181 U, which, in execution of the 10th article of the said Det:ree, have not been declared be fore the lst of September, are confiscated. " 5. T e Officers of the Customs shall, without delav,_make the occes,ar y searched nod visits ter discovet Mg the said mer chandise, The). shall.have u fifth of shat is produced by the sale of what they shalt discover and Seize. " 6. Every imli vidual oho,sba 1 make known fp the Officers of the Customs the places where tar goods are concealed that have been withdrawn fr‘.m declaration. Atilt recover a fifth their produce on sale. to this case the Officers :ball here only a tenth. " 7. All civil and nsiltlary authorities are required to lend their aid to the Officers of the Codtonts. " 8. Otte Directors General of Coatin4's's/01 give the cores. sary orders that the searchesoind visits„be made with exactness, 'aud that the merch•indize discovered, as well as that contist at 0, in default of payment of the duties, be conveyed to An. twerp*, to be there sold, Our Minister of Finance is charged with the execution of the preseot Decree, kSigned) " NAPOLEON," Another Imperial Decree of the samedate, in re., gulatiun of the currency of France, orders, that from .the date of thd Decree, the gold coin of 41 livres rums/kit !shall be valued at 47 francs rents; the gold coin of 24 livres Tournois at 23 f. 55 c. ; the silver coin of 6 Hues Tonrnois at 15 francs 6t) cents.; and the safer coin of 3 litres Tour. nuis at 2 francs 75 cents. - - - Mr. LANC tiITER is travelling through the coon. try, pointing out every where the utility of his plan of education. • lie gave a lecture lately at Ports. mouth on this subject, in consequence of which, it was immediately resolved to establiih a school there on his plan, and IGO guineas were subscribed for that purp.)se. The good done by this individual is ; •his activity, benevolence, and Wein. Bence, must fill the advocates of ignorance with despair.. . Mutpancucity A cct orriT.—Testertlayafterneon, about six o'clock, a fine boy, eleven years of uge, named George Whitfield, fell from a float of titnbur moyred near the Qid Barge House into the Thames, The body remained under water near three quarters dart hour, whea• it was taken up, and conveyed to the Bear anditagited Slag public-house, Upper Ground-street. Mr. Brown, Surgeon, of Black. friars.ruad, immediately attended, and employed the means recommended by the Royal Humane S..eiety fur upwards of an hour, with the must un remitting ex, rtions, but unfortunately without the desired eklect. The ,greatest praise is due. to the landlord of the Bear and Ragged Stair fur his humane conduct on the occasion. The rot:owing shocking accident happened . In. Bristol Fair. on Tuesday stennight. A nursery.' maid, with a young child belonging to a family in Vark.street, ventured into one of chase mdst dan., • 1 . start:led• be. serous re c es. elhibited, called an up-and-down.' From. the raakilty. ie the laQttoll, the survitot and child acre both pretitiitated from the buz,-the infant killed upon the spot, end the aursery.maiii taken to the infirniary, in a must dreadful state, with lirtlehopes of, recovery. Walley night, Oast ten o'clock, a hackney. coach, heavili Waded' inside and out, started from . Fid menton }air, and bail nut gout far before it ' broke down, by which one young woman hail an . arm broken, and several other outside passengers were 'creamily hurt. it appeared, on examining ihe leathers of the coach, that they had heen previously cut nearly ;sunder by some evil.thiudcd persons, who have not been discovered. A ,shorking accident happened. yesterday morn. ing at Bell's Buildings, Cli,isva goad. 'A one boy, four years old, and the only child of Mr. Boswell', was playing in the wiptlow..weat of the first floor, when be fell out at the window, and ayas . killed on the spot. A female-urgent, of the name of Wil. Hams, in .attempting to stop the fall of the child, full out also, and is not expected to survive.; The •clitlit fell on the corner of the payment ) and wits :literally dashed in pieces. . 7. -•• VIOLATION OF PERSONAL RIGHTS. TO TEE EDITOR OF TIIF. STATESMAN. SlR,—Whatever allects the sectarit) of an dual is interesting to the community at large. A Gentleman, who is possess. d of considerable pro ), was taken from his lodgings a few days `since by a ruffian, whirl - it is'snp:wised, is the keeper of a private •mad.house. The number of the hackney 'oath in which they went was takers down. and application made at the Hackney Coach_ Office, in Essex-street; 'anti orthe proprietor of the coach, to kunst where the Gentleman was set down, but no satisfactory answer could be ob. tained. From the circumstance of this Gentleman having been confined, three years in a private mail. house by his unfeeling relations, it is supposed they have sent him a second time ti the same dungeon. Ills -account of hii ilMreatment, while confined, moved the compassion of all who heard him. Its said he was chained round his neck, traist, and legs, and beet unmercifully with a large stick, by a ruffian who was hired for the purpose; and that ho was half starved. fie states.also the cause of all this inhutean treatment to be the avarice of his re.. lotions, who do not Irish him to marry, but, to die, that they might inherit his property. This violent invasion of the liberty of the sub. ject requires immediate redress ; I therefore, Sir, respectfully propose the following regulations to Parliament immediately On its meeting Ist. That no person be confined or sent to a mad.. house on the pretext of his reason being atfected, before he is examined by three practising Physi: clans, who are to be on their oaths. 2(11y. That these houses shall, each of them, be visited by a PhysiCian every day in the week. Thal: the friends and acipiiintance of the unfortunate . persons confined shall have access to them f.,‘r a cer. tain number of hours every day ; and that the houses shall be situated near the metropolis, in II healthy and airy,sit nation. idly. That a Board of •Physicians be appointed every throe months, to hold a meeting in each of • those houses, for the purpose of examining and re. porting such patients as are sufficiently recovered, and in a state to be restored to liberty and society. 4thly. That persons who are very much disor. dered should not be in the same house or hospital with those who are less so ; and that persons who are slightly disordered, be not received into those houses unless they partioularly requot it themselves, as confinement always makes such persons worse. Whip. That those dungeons of chains, sticks, whips, and starvation, called Private Mad Houses, be converted into Hospitals, with gardens and grounds attached to them, for the exercise and re. creation of their unfortunate inmates, who should be treated with humanity, and have every atteutioo paid to them. I am not induced to write this from any other cousidsiatim Visa those of humanity. I am, Sir, • Your humble servant, Londva, Sept, 16, 1110. A. 11. Mr. TUCItTIi, the Surveyor to the Prince of WALgs, as Duke of CouswaLL, has 'published a. Report, in which he maintains that Port St. Mary, in the isles of Scilly, can at all times, and under every eircunistancts 'of wind and weather, be *pi proached with more certainty, and far 4cai danger mt than either Falmouth or Plytuouthi; that tke steel offers a safer and better anchorage than Ply, . mouth Sound, with excellent holding ground; .that ships can put to sea room thuse.blands and weather, and that if saotea were bails,, tbj port will hold ten or twelve sail of the line, and 500 sail of transports or merchant vessels. Yesterday an unlucky mistakes occurred Is Covent.garden.. A man, who appear...il to be a vender of vegetables, having pulled up his car! near a Stall belonging to a stout market gardener, the latter was much offended, mid after a long speech, which coptained all the figures and logic peculiar to Corent.garden orators, threatened the, object of his displeasure with chastisement a la 4ekher,— The man in the cart h.ippelel to be no less a chit, • racter than Caleb Balilwin, the veteran bo;er, wbu • descended, and convinced tbc' gardener, with tits . greatest ease, that he had mistaken his man. After *. the challenger end his tongue battery had been. silenced, the man of science reti.ounted hit; du4 curt, and left his adversary to he I.inghed at 14y the' mob, who esiembled on the occasion ; On Friday setnnight, about eight in the evening, the coach which runs between Thortibui•y and Brig. tol, in descending Alvestune.hill (near the furniet. place), was, by the breaking of the polcoiveriurn., ail, and the whole of the passengers, six inside four out, in some degree hurt. Mr. DAstiet, WIRT e, a respectable.inhabitant'of SlakenCy, *ha was outside, was taken up nearly lifeleis, and ec„, Tired in a few hours 1 Mrs. WHIT* was• hiside, and a truly.sorrowful spectator of the awful scene s but was not herself materially injured. Mr, *Sum., of Thornbury, 'had his leg broken, .and hia analspiat est ofjoint; but the others have nearly *overeat their bruises, The coach Will nut gain ntasiolcut rate, but unluckily had no Wheel locked. Thomas Duff, James Gormey, and John Lrsra, rey, privates in the YUth Light Dr..gonna., !Ave been apprehended, the former for committing s rape, anti the two latter for aiding bitn, op this hotly of Mary Sulthorpe, the wife of 'n curparalot the Royal Artificers, in Cheryy.garden.fiehis,..•4ear Portsmouth, at half.past ten; o'olock on Sunder evening sennight. Thomas . Pull . is o nly ls iean of age. They; wen? *la ittat t s.pf intosiostitat at aids time. , • John StOod of thirgonth Hants stb4 lately deserted frosnithet regittwitt at *Nyman*, being suspected robbing A utaut a:,,b,,,.. l i ts den of . flunk of ttiglatic t inVis to 4 ectasideratito amount, &ai ros. whoso-ippalitiitztt a great* -ce s 4 has been .440 1 : has tfeet(As kid St Chtlet.clinrets of which plate be •il'it nativih aiktflenttleisiled Is Winchester gaol.. Irsis si lending-ma Key thole ia such Ito imprudent manner as gave site tssapiri.,u, and, on being apprehended, 'between tved end fliree hundred pounds were fintul e l icit' him. Vn the day he was taken, ite And purchased a brace of pistols aud a good horse,„„-' • • . - • r I i 1 , 1 • ' • . , 1. • • • . • i 1 i i• 1 . 1 11 i 1 • • 1 1 • ' .• 1 • . . 1 1 • • ... • , • ' 1 ( 1 i