The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-04-02 00:00:00

LISBON MAIL. LtssoN, Marten 22.—Ground was broke before I Badajos on the 17th Listant, under a very heavy, but not destructive fire from the garrison. It rained' incessantly on the 17th and 18th: this, however, did not prevent very great progreps being made in the trenches; the light, third, and fourth divisions, na da: Lord WaLumnou's personal superintetidance., carrying on the siege . with a pe considerable number of rortignase tritrips. neral Graham with the Ist, Otis, and ithdbrisions,-is in front. General MI is tit• Merida. The number of guns brought to the siege from the north.; is.ferty-four 24-pounder and ,fourteen howitzers, exclusive of those forwarded from these parts. We lust three or four men on the first corps passing the Agueda.; who were killed by the enemy; but this did not in the least' degree int 'pede our progress. Our heavy cavalry are M Oli venza. The general opinion here is, that Badajos • will fall in three weeks, if not succoured. 'We hear nothing of the enemy's movements, but it is not sup- . posed they will Suffer the place to fall without risk ing a battle; the result of which, we confidently • expect, will be the total ruin of their army, and their being obliged to evacuate the South of Spain. Lisson, Maacts 2.3.—0ur attack oil Badajos is • carried on, on the N. W. side only. The rapidity of the works is astonishing. Lord Wellington is always on the spot. The . enemy made a sortie with • 1200 infantry and 30 horse : they were repulsed with • the loss of 200 men. We - had 30 killed, General • llill is, it is reported, gone to destroy the bridge at • Allures , • MARCH 24.-ti-All goes on as could. be wished at T .Bedsjos. Sir Thomas G raham, with the Ist, 6th, * and 7th divisions, is advanced towards Zafra. Ge neml 11111 is at Almendralejo. Major-Gen. Slade, his brigade, at Villafranca, which place it . entered on the 26th, in high spirits, though the men marched thirty-one days, with only two days halt; yet all were well and in good condition. The enemy retired before them towards Usagre and Llerena.— The cavalry is brkaded as follows :-Ist Dragoons, Dragoon Guards, 4th ditto, under .Major-Gen. • tqade.--11th Light Dragoons, 14th ditto, and 16th ei to, under Major-Gen. Allen.-3d, 4th, and sth Dragoons,. under • Major-Gen. Le Marchant.-9th Light Dragoons, 13th ditto, and 2d Hussars, under ~ Major-Geo. Long ' • and 11th Light Dragoonsi and Ist Hussars, under General 'Alien. A six-gun battery is erected on Puluin's fort. During the lime the enemy made the sorti6, a heavy fire of grape-shot was kept up from the town. OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM MARSHAL opstaaat. THE EARL OF WELLINGTON, X 0 MIS EXCELLENCY NON - N. PEREIRA TOILIAZ. HEAD•QOAILTERS, ELTAS, MARCH 13.-1 removed any head,quarters from Frenada on the 6th, and ar rived here on the 11th. Marshal Marmont arrived at Salaanansa on the 6th. There is not now any of the enemy's troops in Estremadura, except that part of the fifth corps (which is not in garrison at Bade jos), whose head-quarters are at Villa Franca ; and a detachment, which consists nearly of a division, under the command of Gen. Danican, lobo has his head-quarters In Serena. Since I directed my ante rior dispatch to your Excellency, the enemy has made Ito movement, nor have I heard that he has executed' any operation or importance .Accord ing to my last accounts, Marshal Soult Was in the lines in front of Cadiz. BANKS OP THE GUADIANA , MAncu EX ; cellency Lotd Wellington Ines been to the camp be fore Badajos yesterday and to-day. Yesterday, Badajos was invested from the right bank of the Guadiana. In the night, between the 17th and 18th, the trenches were opened; at day-break, two great works were concluded within 300 toises of the place ; and when the enemy perceived them, they opened a fire of artillery and bombs from the forts Pardallecas and Picurenha, and from some bulwarks og the fortress. 'There is no attack made from the right o(the river. - FRONTINIA OF Tilt NORTH OF PORTUGAL, Mance 6.—A1l the letters received from those parts occupied by the enemy, announce that some of their - troops are destined for France ; they keep increasing in the vicinity of Burgos, and it is thought Bonnet will, within a month, march with his dividon for France: but as these reports are spread by the ene my, we are not able to ascertain the degree of credit due to them. NORTH OF PORTUGAL, MARCH B.—The enemy have made no movement of consideration. In Co more they are making a larg a ci n u n antity of biscuit, for the use of the remainder of ont's corps, which, it is said, will proceed to Estremadura. The army of Galicia remains in its former positions. They write from tlip banks of the Ebro, that on the latter end of February, the wnole of the Imperial Guard rent, by forced marchas,from Burgos to France. We have no informationarespecting the coming of fresh troops. — Bonnet has set out from Leon _for Valladolid, where Victor, with Many officers, and some troops, are vary shortly. expected.---(Lisbon G=etle,March2o.) - • 8A41141 OF 'REGINA-MAWR, MARCH tow- 4 SODITIS ' stow bailee Csdis, and, u is - said, 'Mends attack lug the Isle de Leon. However, some 4,000 troops from Gunada are coming by Cordova towardststre- 1 snadura, and the • otatest - zeal is used"in collectingl troops in this last province. - It is affirmed, that Ge. neral Dreuet, the General of Artillery, Busse', and • Dombrouiki, are going to France. Pt s ttet., Mattcn 19.—0 n the 19th passed through this place, on his road to Galicia, Senor Castanos. The Conqueror of Bayles will, without doubt, gh e energy to the army he is going to command. Upon -this . frontier there is- nothing dew. From another quarter, we know that his Excellency, Senor Trent, Governor of Oporto, with part of the troops ander his command, were on the 19th to be in Pizo de Ittgoa, and that on the 17th inst. Senor Castanos had arrived at Lamer, and was expected in Penaful ott the WO, from whence lie was to pre.ceed to Ga licia.-1-03ortuge,ese Telegraph, March Ltsaessr, Maacit 23.—As The Courier from the Alenteje has not yet arrived (seven o'clock, p. m.), it is impossible for us to give any further information respecting the (t 6 us so interesting) siege of Badajos. From information that has reached us from both tire North and South of Spain, we do not learn that any large French corps is - marching to succour Badajos • their marches and counter-marches in the North ol . I • , , 4 ~,, - ... 0 TITE-STX Spain, are to confused and various, that it is not possible to form a eonject are of their real object.---, The French usually make these manceuvres when they. wish to conceal from us the true.designa of their marching; but if they eventually march for Badajos, all this obscurity with which they cover themselves is useful to us, as they lose time whilst we are preceed log in the taking of Badajos.—(Same Paper.)' ELYAS, M ARC II • 18.—Our troops proceed rapidly in their works •; last night they finished the first pa- ; rallel,. and began the second, a great portion of j which they completed, with vari ous communications,l all within musket shot.—(Same Paper.) From Albuqeerque they write, under date of the 17th instant, there they had been talking of Suchet's coming for three Weeks. We now see disclosed, by the Great Lord, a plan most vast and well-com bined, from which results of the utmost consequence may be expected.—(Same Paper.) CAMPO MAIOR, MAace 12.—Yesterday entered this place the Portuguese brigade, composed of the •4th and 10th regiments. Some Spanish troops are ex pected here. In Badajos there is a garrison of 4000 men, 1000 of them are employed day and night upon • the fortifications.—(Saute Paper.) It is supposed in Madrid, that the intrusive King Joseph is getting every thing in readiness to proceed to France, end that the French have experienced a considerable loss in the neighbourhood of Alicant.— (Same Paper.) FRONTIERS OF LOWER BEIRA, MARCH 15.—0 n the 2d inst. a great convoy.from Andalusia, passed by the vicinity of Toledo, for Madrid. The enemy . labour with great diligence to form a military road in Porte de Pico, for the passage of the troops from the Tagus to Castile. .Marshal Victor is expected at Valladolid, who, it is affirmed, comes to take the command of thearmy in the north of Spain. We are assured that the troops of the Imperial Guard as sembled in Burgos have begun their march for ; France, but their place will be supplied by an equal' • number who are to arrive. On the 24th ult. an offi cer of Marmoat's Staff set out from Valladolid to Pa.', ris,torepresent to the Emperor the impossibility of pre- serving the army in its present position from want of the means of subsistence. Three officers have also set out for Salamanca, Leon, and Madrid, with what orders is slot known. They write from Madrid, of the 26th ult. that a great convoy is expected there, , and with it Marshal Victor. A large one will like vlse go from thence, as all the beasts and carriages have been pit in requisition for ten - leagues round Cartafa; the superintendent of the Palace has been dared to set off immediately for Old Castile, and it is to • be obsetved,that this,person always goes when prep. 'rations are to be made for the reception of Joseph. Preparations for some journey are likewise observ .ahle in the Palace.—(Freon the same Place; March 16.) AN. t least official intelligence regarding. the cause of the entrance of fate French troops into Pomerania. II CatsTAn, Mattel! 6.—Six Swedish seamen, taken by French privateers on board of Swedish merchant • c omb; had been carried to Calais, where some were pat in prison, and others forced, under a strong guard, to assist in the equipping ships. On the 10th of January last, they were fortunate enough to escape, in a small boat, and were picked up by an English ship, which pat them on shore at Toreko.-- They were treated with the greatest kindness by the T English. Such is the wide difference of treatment experienced from our allies and enemies. Lowell ELBE, FEB. 29.—1 n consequence of the general feeling among the public, occasioned by the . ; fall of Valencia, the Emperor has determined to I unite the Spanish provinces lying on this side the Ebro, with the French empire, and which are to form four departments. s . I - It is said, that the King of Naples is to come to i I Paris to take the command of the cavalry. • DUMB or WARSAW.—According to the Posen i Newspaper, the Post-office at Marcanipol has given, information, that the post.carriage, which left Neon! on the 20th January, was attacked on the road, the j driver and guard murdered, and the whole of the i money in the carriage, amounting to 9106 guilders,J 14gc. stolen, and all the letters taken out. A re- ' ward . of 2000 guilders had been offered for the dis covery. An. Male. Doe. U • • ••• /Ore • •4.• tib3 1 U •C. 0 1• Lisboa . 0 PRICE OF STOCKS TILLS Bank 3 per ('ent. Cons. 60/ 3 per Cent. Red. 4 per Cents 5 per Cent. Navy 901 1 Long. Ann. DAY AT ONE, O'CLOCK. India Bonds par 1 pr. Exchequer Bills 1 dis. 1 p Ditto • Omnison ()who's for Acct. 60}1 loottery Ticket' £.21:18 THE. STA7IESIVIAN. 9 10 • t . • • • • , . • . .0 • , \ • ANIIOLT MAILS. Go/Tr...mem:o, MAncu 28.—Ml accounts lately received from Germany agree in stating, that the l King of Prussia has acceded to every measure the French have thought proper to dictate. There arel 30,000 French troops in Dantzic, the inhabitants of which place have been ordered to supply themselves 1 with 12 months provisions. General Von Suchtelen arrived at Stockholm, from I St. Petersburgh, on the 21st inst. on an impoitantl mission. Letters from St. Petersburgh, dated the lath inst. say, that great preparations are making there for war with France. Seventeen thousand of the Imperial Guards, infantry and cavalry, marched from St. Pe tersburgh, the beginning of this month, for the frontiers of Poland. The Danes have a naval force 1 at Christiansand, consisting of one frigate, and ten or more vessels of war ) of from 10 to 12 guns each. EXTRACT OF A LETTER. Wommt, MARCH B.—The Duke of Elchingen has arrived at Erfurt ) where 9 it is said, he will provi sionally remain. Three divisions, the passage of which has been announced,' wily go into cantonments in our neighbourhood, as also a corps of 5,000 men, in which are comprised 600 cavalry, and a traiu of I artillery. General Sebastiani is expected with his i staff, and a Portuguese regiment here. We frequent ly see pass here, waggons and mules laden with the 1_ attendants, &c. of the Emperor : we lately reckoned 150 of the latter. BANKS OF TILE MAINE, MARCH 10.—The 4th re- 1 giment of Chasseurs, and the Bth Ilussars, arrived from France on the 29th of February, at Frankfort upon the Maine. Several regiments of infantry and cavalry are to follow them. Letters received state, that a corps of troops are assembling in Upper Italy, and Illyria, of which there is reason for believing the Duke of Abrantes will take the command. NAPLES, FEB. 21.—We have here many fears re. specting the fate of Madame Blanchard. Four days have elapsed since her ascension, without any intelli genoe respecting her: Naples, surrounded on three sides by the sea, is not the most favourable place for these enterprizes. STomitotst, MARCII 17.—The Direetois 'Of the French Post-office at Ramburgh, having removed the obstacles which they bad laid in the way of the free course of the Swedish foreido posts, r,nd several ttnails having arrived here at once from thence, these I concerned are hereby informed, that the foreign post, by- the way of Ilamburgh, to the Continent, is to re. commence, and continue in the usual manner, on Tuesday the 17th inst. Correspondents are, never, theless, required not to write on any other than their, own private concerns.—Royal General Post-direr. itiou at Stockholm, March 16, 1812. MAncts intelligence received at Ystad, the Swedish troops in Pomerania were on the instant disarmed by the French. Those which were at Stralsund received orders to assemble in three divi sions at different places, when they were surrounded by a superior French force r and their arms taken from them. They were at the same time informed, - that they were no longer Swedish soldiers. Those among them who were born in the States orthe. Con federation of the Rhine, were separated from the rest, arid immediitely enrolled among the . French soldiery. - A number of the French troops have marched ont of Pomerania,so that at present there are only 113,000 men remaining in that province. ' His Royal Majesty has not hitherto received the LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL 2 , ISM British blood has been again spilt in the Penin- I sula. The commencement or the siege of Badajos has been officially announced, and during the first four days of our operations against that fortress, we lost in killed and wounded 150 men, among whom the country has to regret the death of Captain CUTHBERT. By dispatches received yesterday after noon from Earl WELLINGTON, it appears that Ba dajos was invested on the 16th of March. On the ;17th ground was broken,"and the first parallel formed `within 200 yards of the outworks. Meanwhile Generals.Gaaumis and HILL were ordered to take up new positions, the former at Santa Martha and Valverde, and the latter at Merida. This induced ithe French General DROLYET to abandon Villafranca, i and fall back upon Llerena, where General DANI cANT, with a division of the enemy, was stationed. On the 19th, 2000 men of the garrison of Badajos made a sortie, but they were driven back by the vision of our army, under the command of Major.. General Bow's, and private accounts state, that the' enemy lost 200 men in this affair. The substance of the dispatches from Earl WELLINGTON were given to the Public last night in the following BULLETIN. Dispatches have been received from the Earl of WELLINGTON, dated the 20th of Marsh. His Lordship invesUll lialijos on the 16th, and broke ground on the following day, forming his first pareUel within two hundred yards of the outwork called La Piero - rina. Lord WsuiPioToN conducts the siege in person, with the third, fourth, and light divisions, upon the left of the River.. Sir TROMAs GaAnssicrossed the Guadiana on the 16th, with three divisions of infantry, and two brigades. of cavalry; and marched upon Santa Martha and Valverde ; while Sir ROWLAND HILL, with two divisions, and a brigade of cavalry, I moved upon Merida, where be made some prisoner*. These movements induced General Deaver to retreat from Villafranea to Homasehoi, to preserve his communication with General Dastc.sm's division, stationed at Ller Nut. Upon the 19th, a sortie was attempted by the garrison of Badajos; 2000 men pushed out against the right flank of our work, but were balm diately driven ig with considerable los+, by Major-Gen. Rows'. In this affair General PICTON*3 Ai.-de -Camp, Captain CUTII. anti, was killed; and Lieut.-General heresea, slightly wounded. Since the commencement of the operations, the loss of the Allies has bees about 150. men killed and a minded.— 'There was no general movement of the enemy upon the side of Ciudad Rodrigo so late as the 17th of March ; but tweirint the three divisions of ManstosT's army, which had been upon the Tagus, had moved through the mountains in the direction of Valladolid. The rains had been very heavy fur the last three days. These dispatches were brought to Falmouth, ou Monday, by the Princess Elizabeth pack6t, in five days from Lisbon. By this conveyance we have re ceived Liabon Papers to the 261. h Marchofhich coup fain some further particulars as to the progress of the seige. We have given full extracts from these in obr preceding columns. OA private letters state, that the bombardpient•continued unabated till the 19th, 1I when the French made the sortie, and that it was ex pected the place would soon fall, as the enemy had made no movement to relieve it, and a breach had been wade in the walls, It is,sindeed, rather siugu lar.that ne demonstrations appear to have wen made, by any of the French Marshals to succour Badajos. In a dispatch of Earl WFLLINGTON to the Portuguese . Government, dated March 13, his Lordship states, that " Marshal Maastotir arrived at Salamanca on the 6th inst. There is not now' ony of the enemy's troops in Estremadura, except that part of the fifth corps (which is not in garrison at Badajos), whose head-quarters are in Villafranca, and a detachment ; which consists nearly ofd division, under the com mand or General DaNicart, who has hikhead-quar ters in Llerena. Since I diricted my anterior dis patch to your Excellency, the enemy has, made no movement, nal. have I heard that he has executed any operation of importance. According to my last accounts Marshal Souza was in the lines in front of Cadiz." . -. • ..A.:• •• • It is further stated, in the Lisbon Papers, that Ili the letters received from the frontiers of Portugal an. nounce, that a portion of the French troops a re 'destined for France, and that great numbers of them are collecting at Burgos, which are shortly expected te leave Spain. We are strongly persuaded that this ..apparent inactivity of theenemy, and the rumours sent abroad as to their design of evacuating Spain, are mere manceuvres to draw aside the attention of the Allied Army, and to induce Earl WrimatotroN to march his troops auto the interior, where he would be more ex. posed to the attacks of the enemy's cavalry, whirlt isgreatly superior, than in the mountains of Portugal We would hot indeed be surprised, if Badajos ; allowed to fall into our hand as Ciudad Rodri ' ~ has already done, without a single effort to relies., it. We do not, however, doubt that the enemy la te forces sufficient to compel us a second time to raise the siege. But as they seem to have changed their plans of .operation, and profited little last year by our retreat from llefOre the place, they may now have calcu. lazed, that to allow it to fall into our bands would induce us to penetrate' into the heart of Spain, where -could bring an overwhelming .forc e t o act against they us, and thus - decide the fate of countries - in one general engagement. When we turn our attention towards the Noit we discover greater reason than ever for believing that the French troops whkb are there assembr mg are ul. timately destined for the Peninsula. By the arrival last night of two Anholt Mails we have received Ger man, Swedish., and Danish Papers to a late date.—. Accounts from the Lower Elbe state, that Bop. nun; had determined to unite the whole of '.;pain lying on this side the Ebro to France, " in con+ quence of the general feeling among the public, ocea. sinned by the fall of Valencia."—This intelligence . we are inclined to regard correct, and are persuaded that the immense army, which STAeor.rort is collect. iisg in the North, is intended to give eclat to-this new annexation of territory to his immense empire. -110 Spanish Provinces, as an integral part of France, will then be considered by the French Emperor an object more immediately deserving his attention than hitherto, and thus afford him a strong induce. ment to march a powerful army against the Alliec, who, he may consider it necessary, should be put at a greater distance than they are at present from the frontless of France. Wedo not mean to say that Bo r.utTE may not have cause to complain of some of the Northern Powers, for being disposed to encourage commerce with this country; but we are of opinion that this will not at present lead to the unsheathing of the sword in that quarter. Prussia, it is already known, is every thing that NAPOLEON could wish, and the hands of .A.LexArer.a is too full of the Turkish war to expect he can oppose any successful resistance io France. The rumour of a.second armistice having been concluded between the Russians and Turks, does not in the least weaken our.speculations, because, when Russia was unineumbered with the expenses of a te dious and destructive war, and assisted by all the other Northern Powers, she could' do nothing to affect the stability of her powerful rival ; but, on the contrary by an appeal to arms, she increased the strength and resources of France. Those who suppose that the entire subjugation of the Peninsula cannot be the ob. jeet of BoNAPARTE from the circumstance of his marching his armies so far to the north, have only to recollect how he acted when he last attacked the Esi . peior of AUSTRIA. Under the pretence of Invadin; Great Britain, he assembled his troops At the coast op. positetto , our shores, aqd when the moment had arrived • which he had fixed for carrying his secret and real views into execution; the entire of E uro p e were then, and nottill then, undeceived as to his purpose.. Weshall ne'tioubt soon have another development o f his pro in the'dark respecting them as all t he world besides. led", for at present we conf ess that we ate as muds Last night dispatches. were sent from the Secretary of state's Office to Portsmouth to be forwarded t o Gibraltar and Malta. -by the -Argo frigate, Captain WA R REN, on board of which Mr. LISTON proceeds to Constantinople. It is reported that the Tonnw it, of SO gulls, hay captured a French schooner, which is arrive(' at Milford; and,. it is farther said, that information t the cruising grciund of the L'Orient squadron hi , been thereby obtained. - A very . . spirited affair hitt lately takenalace in the Sehatterti Three French shipi of the line, coming down.were attacked by one of our frigates and tn.° sloops of war, and the Admiral's ship was driven ee shore. A tette,. from Dover mentions a report by seine fishermen whom time French have boarded lately, that most of the privateersmen have been sent to man the Flushing sleet, and that preparations are making to fit out a part of their fl otilla to bo seat away to the nhe eastward, to annoy our shipping in the Sleeve Belt, and defend the shores of the Cittegat from cur small cruisers. :When the American Captain of the o t I ;ur' IG 4 Baltimore, the Congress was discussing the Intim o6- tion Act, and likewis e the atiair of the Lillie 101. Ile also says, that Mr. FOSTER had delivered another Note, concerning the Little Belt, to Mr. MoOOE. Capt. ILA tivr.v, of the Rosario, has been made Post, for his gallatit.conduct in the late action will the French ; and Mi. Dy La, the Nliddlip• man, who was wounded, has had a I.leutelmat's Commission. Several vessels which had obtained Neapolitan t renew, have been seized, together with their car trios go'' , at Naples, in cooseq ueace of one of the Cap having betrayed the trust contitkd in him. Aaron Grtut stu W 3 3 arrested yesterday by o rtlor:f G ov ernment, and is at pro 4 eut a p risoner in 'Prin.. fields Brides ell. ■ ■ ~ t ..