The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-23 00:00:00

IP t 1 , f • 1 1 1 i li i t 1 I 1 I I 1 1 1 • 1 i 1 11 1 , • * I , e f ' . I 1 t 1 1 I i ) ) I 1 1 1 1. 1 ~ r 1 • i 1 I j i . 1 f , 1 ' 1 i 1 l' ' 1 1 ; L 1 - , • It r 1 , I 1 1 i . lAit 1, 1 1 i 1 iii i I . 1 i ; 1 . r i r $ • I 1 1 r r i 1 . 1 i r i I ° , i s 'i 4 1 , ./ "r . . , ~ 1 • • . , • • • , i .._ Mil Nlftels. We. 1 UuGlin .......... . Wisierged ....... . A. I ed. 1 1 14,1cp.111: STUCK S DAY AT ON v. gf e rt,h 3 per Cent. Red. 63111 S Cent. Caw. annium 511 per . THE STA7'ESMAN. LONDON: TtrSILLY I OCTOIISII. 23, 1810. This morning we received German Papers to the 6th instant, front which we have made some et. tracts, although thi.ir contents arc not very impor tant. It is stated, that the Turkish Government has given orders to exclude English ships of war from the Black Sea.-1 young Arab Prophet has started - against the Chief of the SVechabites. lie is tome to teach a more pure morality to the world, than any one previously divulged. If the theoriis of morality arc to be estimated by the general practice, this youth has not come too soon, if he cm ameliorate our feeling and conduct. The world can scarcely be said to be less barbarous than it was immediately after the inundation of the Coths and Vandals into the Ru. wan Eniplre.—Naror.aos has published * Mow at Rome, declaring the Priests of that country, who hare refused to take the appointed wells to hire, ignorant of the duties prescribed by the Clara and our Lona Jesus Campy, and jams. ble of excenting the sacerdotal functions within his Empire. Thin ?Wow's, is as great a Preiendcr as either the WECIIANITeCiIIEf s or the . sew . young ARAIII PROPHET BER . NAVOTTE arrived ft Fritllgo,ft on the 4lb ku. stint, 'on his way to Sweden, attended by a train of Nubia and military Officers a -cank.• Ordcri ars issued in Sweden to receive lam every vriltirrk •vith every possiblo mark of slistiac.tion..-.Ail this is poor stuff, but these (;ermats Papers afford us nixtiting better., i We have just received 4ame Leyden Gazettes, but their contents do not call for any extracts from us. An article, dated Prcahurg, Sept. 20, states, that a corps of Turkish troops, consisting of 15,000 men, has midi is une4pccted irruption ju to Sera ;a, committed the greatest ravages, and forced the An ttstifilics to assumble under their colours all the men in the country capable of bearing arms. It is stated, on the other hand, that Field-Marshal K Asti N6l( If has received reinforcements of 2opte men from the Po. lisb prorinc q . Us is, however, compelled to employ a part of it to form a cordon of troops open the falsifiers of Moldavia and Wallachia, in whitib sops infectious disorders have made their appearance. 90fleriti2CCATO, who commands the army of observation in the Ukraine, has received orders to march fur Mingrelia, where the Persians ere in force. New York Papers to tho 15th ult. are received. From the Brazils we have a confused account of soma treasure sent from Chili, intended for Buenos Ayres, which was plundered in its progress by • tame under Listens, from Cordo,a. WE have gives some further interesting particu lars of the proceedings of the Goqes. This assem bly continues to act upon sound principles; but we aru compelled to rear wor Ituatiers to the Extracts we have made. • , ..mai!!!!1•.m•.• Letters have been received from Corenna, which contain the following Important intelligence:... " I learn this moment thlt • sainguinary action has been fought, near Granada, between 5ca43.11. ♦rr BLAKE, the former of whom lost bb arm and his fife. The field of battle !asinine(' in our possession. 66 , At Tortasa there, hare been two &armpit. ac tions, in wineh the enemy lost 4000 men. " The desertion" from the enemy have been so 4reat in Catalonia, that it was necessary to have re etinlie to the merchants to pay them the promised Wu:Mids. The 4csar . y of the Left is advancing." l e ast night rap is Papers to the 12th, sod Dutch to the 14th were received. The only Ortictc they coo t.in, iii the !cast lotereetiog, a liutl euorteocY the operations of the Homian army; by this* appears, that nottyithftunsting their vatinted sue_ ecssps, the Russians have given up all introtioo of . aitackiag the GUANO Via►es 111 his posloo itt schutula. driees were reseir.od yesterky froze tliO.Dog; to the 3d lust. Tbis deemed Kin.*Switipt, stated, Ras aroactkat Potosett,on. the frontiortof Russia. Tito Emperor ALEICAN'ota, however, pit ou Mtic-fle-Cam, to infite him io httoesbot4h; lad ottleied that be sbluld be treated with great dOtinc tion in ill, jottpley. Accounts,reeeired yeatrrYl.iy from Lint, state, that sonsu persons is that colony had *tempted to folio• the example of the Caraccas, by endeavour ing to establish a Government on the principle of iiniceentlencc ; a Bishop was at the head of th• plan, which was discoverc:l in time, to frustrate all their,proccedities. Severs' of the; ringleaders were ' brought to trial, and upwards of 40 of then% 4ere, geo r c aeed to km I:.angcdy sod their issecuthou ham direty fOlusicd. y . THE STATESMAN. We hase the most anxious wish to give our I Readers every possible . information respecting the contending armies in Portugal, :.•111 as to their re. Ilative force', and their several positions. It is plain, however, that the accounts that are receivetmust WWI) to much error. It is scarcely possible fur those who are nearest the scene, to come at the real nouut of the enemy's numbers; and even the strength of the Allied Army is contradictorily stat. , ed, in successive accounts, and cannot be accts. rattily ascertained. The French Papers, when they Ant announced the design of scolding MAsssua Kahl* - Portugal, stated that ho had oforce of up. wank; of 100,000 men ; Masscua himself, in his Proclamation to the Portuguese, states his force at 110,000. Supposing there was a little intended exaggeration is both of these statements, we can hardly consider the numbers which Massesta had received at various times, including all his rein. ' force meats from France, to amount to less than 85,000 If it be taken for granted, that he had lost 15,000 in the battle of Busaco, and all the previous &Mors, still he would have 70,000 men after he passed the Mondego, and was fol. lowing up the Allied Army to the vicinity of Lisbon. This view of his strength will I be found to be sanctioned by what is known of the battle of Busaco. It is not at all questioned, that MASSENA had fell 70,000 men, under arms, that day. It is said, in all the news from Lisbon, that Gen. 11oaTi ER has joined the French, since their at. rival in that quarter, with 10,000 ace ; and this is highly probable. Taking this, however, to be the fact, MASSENVE force, ready to be brought late the field against the Allied Army, cannot be taken at much less than eighty thousand men. With regard to the forces under my Lord ‘VELLszseton't com.- oriand, it appears from the official returns, that to. ward's the middle of September the number of Bri. firelocks in Portugal, including the TO regi. aunt from Halifax, amounted to 27,000 men. Since that period Lord WELL' soTo n has been rein. forced by the 30th, 44th, 50th, 71st, 79th, 68th,92d, 94th, together with some Brunswickers; some drafts and some; artillery, with a squadron of the 13th dragoons, and throe rile companies from Cadiz, the whole of which may be taken at about 7000 men. His Lordship's force, in British, cannot be reckon ed at more than 34,000—huleed, it is evident this must be the very outside of that furce.—The Per. tuguese regulars are estimated at 35,000 men; of which 25,000 are with Lord WELLINGTON. The remainder are in garrison at Abrautes, Santarem, Peniche, Lisbon, St. Jalian's, and the farts in the vicinity. Upon a retrospect it will be seen, that Lord WELLINGTON'S force cannot be set down for more than 60,000, at thy utmost.— The Marquis Rostssa, however, has juiced; or , is in s condition to join his Lordship with 10,00 Spaniards, augmenting the Allied Army to 70,000 melt. Having given these results, rela. life to the respective numbers of the contending Armies, we shall say a word or two of their respec. tsise posltioro. It is known that Lord WELLINGTON had taken up the strong goend, aided by all that art could perform, of Tome Vedras, in the neighbourhood of Lisbon. From Ovate accounts it appears, that some change had taken place in the position of the Allied Army, since the writing of his Lordship's dispatches received on Saturday. His head-quarters had been removed to Arede, one league from Bucellas ; the right at Ahusera, on the Tagus ; the left was at Torres Vedras ; the centre about Seb rule, occupying a line of 5 leagues in extent. The lines of his Lordship's position are said to be defended by no less than 300 pieces of artillery. The enemy presses close upon this grosod ; and al. ready he has made some attacks, for the purpose, it is presumed, of more nearly reconnoitring. As every thing is interesting on this subject, we give the names of the Officers by whom the divisions are re spectively commanded. The Cnvalry, 9000, • Sir S. CorroN, commanding. The Infantry was them divided into finsr divi.unts , indepen dently of the light troop, and the division f..rusing ui Thomnr, under General LCITti, whirls at ihat time w•as not designated by ton Genie or number. These divisions were etunineeded as follows :- 1,4 I)ivision, WO, Sir it. Setnecte. K. B. commending. 4d Divisions MIX). Lieutenant-Generid HELL, ditto. Sci Division, SOW, Major-General PICT4III. ditto. 4th Diviftion. 4000, Major-General the Hi.. Copit, dittn. Light Division, :1.)0J, lirigailier-General E. C ditto. Division at Thomar, and troops at Lisboa, 9500, Major. &litlig !Arra, ditto. • • VIIIOUS Private Utters from PORTUGAL ITC ht taw 1, from which we have selected tbc folLowiteg t as must intcrestiug OPORTO 6 Oeu Otir centinunication with Lisbon is CIO off: 5000 Fretieh cavalry are on the banks of the Vnuga ; Lord Wiaitdrierrom it at Fames; Gen. AI t Lt.i:n in the rear of the banditti. with 300:linen. The dasta►dly villains have ttea►'y humtull Vine. because they found it entirely deserted; and MN the towns on the Serra d'Eshella have ;shared the satire fate. The action of the 47th was a dreadful day for M As.tn A (more so than is generally known). Vial may he assured they hat at least 2500 kiHezl, sad illtoo wounded mid prisoners; two Brigadiers among the latter. Lossiost woundt•d in the side. Too Portuguese behaved most bravely." LITRACT OF A LPT,TFX FROK OPORTO ' RA';ILD OtTOSER 9. U Colonel TRANI', with 3.100 Portuguese troops, entered Cohnbrii, at five P.. M. lint Sunday. the Ith, and completely surprised the French (5,002), - Who; rifler windnw.twiug fur 60 minutes, Surrendered primmer! of ware IMO will be kere to elorrovi (Wedne.disy), the remainder, which are wounded meta from the action of the 'rth Mt,. will he brought on after war;, The Portuguese or.ly lost 30 killed and woundsd in 'ibis brilliant affair." ' • • ' ✓ • • ...MI " LISBON. Oct. 14. " As o'er army is now so very near, we base almost hourly eommunitation therefrom. Yoe cannot form to your elf any thing more like war than the general appearance of this tity. Soldiers and Officers at every step; proces , iions of carts of 40, stl, and 60, at ft time, with provisions. Commissariat wag gorniss dozens; mules loodcd with biscuits, be. in immense numbers; artillery moving along the streets towards the army; prisoners and deserters arviving, 3or .100 at a time. Fugitives (fans the wasted countries in mobitudes, amid police bore guards patron's; the streets ia every direction. " Last night we levant about 300 of the enemy were made prisoners, part of whom arrived this morning. " The Marquis Row tv a, with 10 or 11,0J0 Spanish troops, is at Aldea Gallega, and but for the stormy weather would give heen ere now with our army. Our position Is formed of 'three lines of defence, the rear commanding the float ; so that even allowing the enemy were to carry our first lines, they could not turn their cannon against us with effect, whilst we could completely command them from the second. Besides this, we have nonsense reserves of troopi in the rear, and our right Muds is protected by the gun-boats sent from our men of war and transports. _ . . " After such precantiont, and the universally allowed streugth of our position, we inuq acknon ledge ourselves under no particular fears for the result of a contest, which is to de cide the fate of Portugal." "FRIDAY,Ocr. It "MASIIENA has reached our lines, and GU or 10,000 French men are now within 20 or 'l5 milrA of us ; but coalitience is at its height, and au load faces are sects. " The city artillery, militia, and sharp-shooters are rune to join the army, which is said to he 100,000 vtrnog. The de tepee will be most desperate ; the attack such as may be ex pected from 70,t109 Frenchmen. No ship can at this moment gel overshe bar; and should Massitsa, be aware of this, it will accelerate his attack." ANOTHER, SAME DATE. " The forte of the enemy is estimated at 100,DOJ men, hat we believe we have not less than un equal cumber of muskets within our own encampment. The whole British army, from the General to the drmniner, i, in the highest spirits, and in the fall conlidensv of victory. " The embargo port has, after NI consideroi other ►ide the ov4NAiiOS the Gallegos. '• We are North county be eadeavl period*, N, an parts of the appl)ing their thnte siece3sitout up to them, bat that that w; retired into small spark:seem, that these staked and homeless mendicants might not be unprovided." 4/1.... , •• ADOTDEE I SANE DATE. 64 We have bad our share of the equinoctial tales, vetting in from the Sooth-West with heavy rains. lam apprelicosive we shall not have a favourable change for some time, nod in that case we roust aU remain Iverrom the military operations require every mule that can be procured. "There never were greater exertions employed than oo lei occasloo to deserve 0 Weal, and the criterion of the wisdom and ' ability with which these measures are directed, is the order, re• gaiurity, awl coolness which pervades every department. Tee whole moves like clock-work. " Our military men of rank, who daily come in from the army un duty, are ununimous In their opinion that themes, must be repulsed with great lam" The KENT COUNTY ME}.TIN4, held yesterday at Maidstone, for the purpose of piepariug a Peti. lion to the House of Commons, praying fur a PatiLiAIgENTART KEIVEK, was very ounsereuily and respectUbly attended. The sentiments detifteett at this Meeting by the different gentlemen who spoke in favour of Havonst, are deserting of the most serious ,attention, and with the exception of Sir EIWARD KNATCHWILL and Mr. LVSSINfaTON, I the Petition was carried unanimously. A few more such Meetings as this could not fail to make deep impression upon the public mind and if it were possible to convey such sentiments to the foot of the Throne, there is no doubt but that our aged Monarch would redress the wrongs 3f his suffe:ing people. No Dispatches from my Lord Wtr.ctxceroN had arrived this day, at the time of our going to press. Patnetu A NEL! A..—We feel sincere regret in In. feirtuing our Readers, that by the Messenger which arrived this day 'at half-pact One o'clock, that her Royal Ilightieu was worse than sits has been, bar ' ing experienced a very bad niteit. The following paragraph hod a New York pa. per, of the Ist ofScptember, is not unworthy of no. tice, particularly as both theparties are now under the protection of this country: ' e LUCIEN BONAPAILTIL and General SARRAZIN are both said to be un the point of etabirkieg fur the United States." A British Officer, as is stated, bad an interview with General JUNOT in *newer-to s French flag of truce; when the French General observed, " I give you credit for your ruse de guerre,. in cloth. lug the British troops in Portuguese uniforms, to induce es to believe that the Portuguese are eXcel. lent soldiers." The Decree of the Regency fer retaliating on the French their horrid practiced gisiog we quarter to the Spanish detached corps, has been acted upon by FRANCE'QUATI, and some other Commanders, and has had the effect it was intended to produce. Soy it has revoked his atrocious orders, and given notice that the Guerrillas aro its future' to be treated as 1 troops of the line, fighting under Spanish colours. Our Medical Stain Portugal is on a very large establishment, and is-held in high estimation. The sick and wounded of the British are mentioned at between 4 and 5000 men. If the statement be correct, that the whole of MASSEPIA4 Medical Sta has fallen into the hands of Colonel TIIANT I then must his situation be truly dreadful—in the evellt of a battle, he must depend solely on British benevolence fur the care of his wounded. From the character of MASSES A ) and atillimpre from the character of tis Mager, it is almost certain that he will prefer a battle, under every disedrantege, to retreat. MAssVta, after the battle of Bourn, refused an exchange of prisoners, which Lord WLL 4 INGTON humanely Wished to take place. Amungotbers who have seen JeevEnv_ l at Ports.. mouth, ire Lord HOLLAND, Lord VA LENTIA" Wansasiv bit. itIi t XDAL lACKsOtt, &c. sharp) which was pnsposed in this ration, been Geueral Rep he river, lied Akira Col e here fugitives from try ; bitbt Inhabitants are roues for the modution of th lot only the hours are given u rere occupied, the funiities ha►iug rei _ . eaipEitS. [Amman vais fay.] CoNITANTINthire, At:a. 10.—The Pacha of tt i Dardanelles has received peremptory .orde rs 14 search all English ships, and to sag n u E ncisi ship of war to pass into the Black Sea. E ng l ini will, at least, not be able toespend her sorer e i gnty over the Black Sea. Hussein Packa has arrived from Asia with 10,003 men, all very tine trooes. The haisa s k ui kv been superseded. The chief *of the Weehahites, Said, ha s b roke , otT all connection with the English. A. young A ra b h as a r i sen as In oppose r t o 14 chief of the Wechabites ; h e i s di st i nguished by Isis thatmissi on i s prow eloquence and strictness o f mora l s, and tiles bit. self out as seat from GOD to t eac h to erring man nm and rationalmiracles, and ral his itl. The people assert that he works by a writing in visible and Iv g ibl e c h aracters on bit right arm..-(Correspend e nt.) rac le us: VISNNA ) SEPT. 11.--The town of Csislorr h al surrendered to the Russians, by capitulation. Ths T ur ki s h ' mo p s hare permission to march out of the city, but must lease their artillery to th e it ns. sians. This surrender is in consequence of th e tory of the 7th of September. The Russia ns h alo also made themselves masters of the Turkish with all the provisions and atnumuitian...(csru. spondent.) ROME, SEPT. 12...-The folluwiug Imperial D i. tree has been published here ;-.. g 4 r•r.cox, I:nspertir of the French, lac, h decree. and decrees as follows ; " The Priests of the departments of Room and the Tin t . . ' Mho', who, from ignorance of the duties prescribed snip, k I the Church, and by our Lord..lestss Chast e shun revs,, rut r to take to us tbe au p aimed oath, skein be considered al of the secular power, and declared knowable of earn Werth/IA functions within our empise, tki I (Carrosponderte.) • ii NAPOLL4y." 1 COIiENIIROEN, Sr.O 29.—Orders bare k en given to the Citil and Military Authorities in its Danish States, to show, very stark of honour la 4 his Royal Ilighneets the rritice Royal of Sorrie r i on his journey. Our late Envoy in Holland, Cone 1 You Mulike, will receive his Royal Wow s , II i Car. nKr ( u C a o r rr; ep o r c 7d s e .fi l 1 is noyai iiiihnestie a h P e t ri n i n s tron ß , ostyldalatoligthtSed"dateta st the Hate! d ' o efl7ll2Yelit ikirig eti li T r ' 1 ; i accompanied by colonel count tr / Uslisser, ti a Lieutenant-Calm:lel de Vilatta, Lieetenset.Co/oncl r de Genie', Captain Baron Von Stiereentaa, and T Captain Von Ilierta. His 14yal ilighaeit will 01 ,•centinuelis journey to-morrow evening. w the everting with l3 l t h h o itsltllaedet,Aarrnfey4 w sy wr A itten lette ln r at la, hours later in date than the date of j,ind W tr. •LISICUION'S dispatches, says, that stone change had w h taken place• in the position of the Britieli.Army in the course of that and the preceding day; head. quarters being at Arguda, one league from 13ticel. t las ; the right at Abusers, on the Tagus ; the left at .t Torres Vedras, the centre about Sebrale, occupy. a ing a line of five leagues its 'attest, Affairs of t posts are hourly occurring, in which the Paths. s guesc, under General Cols, hare dittingnished themselves; as also the picoaets of the puke if . a BRUNSWICK'S corpse who are peculiarly adapted, I and partic , ,,arly expert in that sort of warfare. a In one of thesesffairs, Capt. Ilattv4 hail received a bad wound in the *tin ; it is feared that ampats. t tient must take Oise. • t, The Venus frigate, in which Mr. JacEsowesma home front America, sailed from New Yuri. en ir the 16th ult. at white' tittiethiyellow fever tau then P raging in the city of Elizabeth, North Carolina: W, % parsons had died of it within the space 0( h thirty hours. Mr. M oat re was about to act out al 'for Washington. Congress is to meet in Nusett. bet. Notwithstanding the precantiona taken by Captain Citaw roma, five men and a boat's crew deserted from the Venus whilst she was in ltle . c Chesapeake. The five men jui sped overboard in 1 the nig;it, and swam to the shore: the others took i away the boat and deserted in . the day.tirae, and a reached the shore before they could be overtaken! ALUMNA (Prince of ESSLING), now COMIIIO. iler.in-Chief of the French forces In the Peuin. 11 auto, is a Spaniaro by birth, and was at an early day a Subaltern iu the Sardinian service. At the commencement of the Revolution in France he to. lunteered his services as a Cadet lit the army there, !I and in the course of four years WAS rait,ed to the r, rank of Brigadier-General. From that he prorech , ed, by rapid and unexpected promotion to the rani: that he now holds, which, considering the object and the crisis, is the most important that his mild Can bestow at present upon any of his Generals. 0 Ise SIX weeks Coluinil Rueue has sent to C t ibral. 1 tar 3QOO German deserter enlisted into our ser.. vice. They are the admiration of that garrison, all being extremely fine yottas rata. Thedesertios fru* . the French army is immense. P The Captain of the French privateer Sots 1 Souci, the capture of which is . aanioniced its y tho last Gazette, was so resolutely beet on con. .0 quest or death,• that even after the schooner had ri struck her colours, and the ilriseis' people had ,e boarded, with a view to render every assistance i, to their vanquished opponent, he, while lying on . t the deck shot through the knee, ran his sa i r . o r through one of the best men belongins; to the 8 i to to . , ; e I immediately threw the French Captain 0 1 speeitsiit•ra and df killedit eLi b r i i t s n ris o , p i a , i i:se th r e vi s ts7l . bi t i r t a l t t e i h s r e s u c , Lt w i: r a d r ; He was, however, afterwardelo i ved by Lieut. liss o i l 111 Am, the humane Citatiander of the 4 iseis. it BKM wee AD. — At the Court of Altier 'o day, it wes ordered to continue at present prices. Lin, Ea &anat.—ln Tuesday's Paper , the 9 ° ve . 7:', 01 11 ,.„.. s 'lned T. N. 'I., read " Tile htuustcr he new b, of ~nr.