The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-07-16 00:00:00

~~--^: hivr ,„:,!e.t,lo emery ekertion to posh the c.unphigis' „, h vi;t.er, and make head 'at once against the ant Sereians. Resides- tlin-peneasallopi by 43 1 j, the Turks have equiPtoC4 : ooo?4f . ters of the line and threelelgasta, to recover . thcir superiority in the Bliek ties , , and attempt landiug in %Olin' place.— (,:ru ) ritual de,lLE4ndiv.Y . Ii.t3IBV RGII, JULY 6. .4 . 011'640g 'Ufa.' ligrnve lot, been received fiOnt 1 "under dikid - • o f the .27th of last month : • ,• 4 . On the 14th inst. arrived a codirier (Aim todni . K a asenski, Commander-its-chief of the Cmperbd . ILus,imi army, and brought the folloillig i iePhrt --After the Russian Licatenant.Geneldl Count: Liiiiensky and Morita, on the 20 arMay, had received orders from General Katnensky'ttildtack . She corps commanded by Peklivan PaelleVtliey found the same under the walls of Baaantsitak„ which plice they carried by assault, add ren dared themselves completely masters of it after a very obstinate conflict, Which cost the Turks at least two thousand men in • killed and wounded. Peklivan, the most valiant .of . the Turkish Commanders, surrendered' with about 1600 men, the remainder of his corps; 40 stands of colours, and several pieces of cannon, are the trophia gained by the Russian arms. Further intelligence has been received, that the important form*: of Silistra has also surrendered to the Russians by capitulation. EPIGRAM. CO CERTAIN PROCLEDINGS AT TII6 LATE INSTALLATXOX. No %I/00er that Oxford f•+r learning so great Should recently strive to he merry; As ALL-SOULS • agree each poetical pate, is heightened by wit where there's SHERR Y. f R. H. Gray's Ina f Alluding to Mr„Slterirlao. • Oue of the Colleges. CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 16.—There are short supplieVor Wheat coastialie to-clay, but considerable of 'lag week's arrivals of foreign—upwards of 24 4 0004 miters. Flu, keeps it, price ; somewhat cheaper- : sc.irze. any Barley or Grel-inas - ; price titans of the two kind are tower. There' are middling supplies of Oats, and'this trade is (pored hardly at last .priceif. • Elour withotiCal teration. CURRENT PRWE, vihrai, - - so,. 95.. i 12.. Tick. Aram, - - 465. M. Fitz dins - 1185.11`2,. ()ass, it ye - - 365. 39t.0d. 36.. 48.. Potatur ditso,rrs," - Od. )141t, - - £4B £6O W. rcas(Boilers) ads. IM. Fine Figur- - - 965. 100 s. tire. felts, •- - -50 s. 565. I secoyds leave, - - - 62%. The Duchess of !ileum omo . is returned to town kith her Grace's lovely daughters, the Ladies :M A R T and SARAU LENOX, from a visit to the 'Marchioness ConNwm.r.is, at Swipley. On Saturday the Right Hon. C. Tatiii, ac companied by his brothers, the Earl or, Truer, and Capt. Sir J. Yoast.a, paid ' a ... visit of inspection to the Royal Hospital at amenl44 . The entertainments at the Lyceum thealve were very attractive last week, and the following we - among the fashionable visitors at that Theatre :--- Her Royal Hi,,hnes, the Pringek, of .WAles. hotly t • Campbell, Marquis of Towitshend, Lady Rush, Lady.ceno, lee, Sir It. and Lady Phillips, laidylVillinvfood, Margisli of Ileadfort, Lord Lonrfitol, Cokiviet Webilk.l.loll, Polotief ;Intl Mrs. Mullet's, Mrs. eumbe, Niro . ..Clive; Mr. Monk, Mr. ]'el‘, 511, Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr... Striae, Jilt*,. and Mts.-Nicholson, Captain Cooper, &c. Mr. MANSFIELn, son of the' ItordClifef „Taiitie of the Court of Common Pleas *s lately %tit' . rind at Baltimore, to the daughterseilAaPoSstiut s os L.ll of that city, ' 01 !. A Gentleman whohatl lived a pro atc,lllP, the agonies of death called all his se' ants iitcun4 Lim, and told them to avoid the folly belted been led into. On the entrance of the coaclioseyie; dying Gentloman said, " Ah, DAVID, I am gtla ing a longer journey than you ever drove me"V - 44 Yes, Sir (said DAvin), you are.; but you have one consolation."—" Have I (cried his almost ex piring master eagerly,) what is it ?"--" Why, Sir, (said David) it's all down hill . 2 " The Bow-street horse patrole, like some ether ea;:alry regiments, arc ni , ire calculated for parade and shew, than real service, Where can be the necessity of sending people on horseback to gallop over Wimbledon Common and Hounslow Heath at inid.night, while gangs of well-known depreda. tors are sutfered, at soon-day, to rob and plunder in 'our most public streets with impunity. • A notorious ring -dropper, about 60 years of age, is out every morning, with two others, pick ing up countrymen. Cauuot the police manage to pick them up? At the time the Darling was before the House of Cannons, many Honourable Members were so delighted with her as to wish for a more intimate accpaiutance. Some of them indiscreetly com mitted their thoughts to -.:riting; alarmed at the late publication, they have been obliged to come, doz:n very handsomely,, to get safely back agquli their own dear amatory Epistles. • The forestallers of bacon wanted to gam most the Public by raising their bacon twopence a round, Init instead of succeeding, they have back. gammoned themselves. • ;Al Aq9i, 0 Complaisa nce i s no longer conlined i tii'lll'otOnght circles :--A Captain of a collitriXO letdly out of a chophouse, at Wapping,. hy wietta. man, with the following eddresa-7” 4 nt p your honour, the tide is watins: rot. .• • i` .. • . • ' Wednesday afternoon, aslkil Attor IleY, was returning home tktat * aliditiourt tN dinner, f rom W estm i nster Hill ; 'ht ilObpped down dead facing Northumberland - 41min, Charing. cross. The Duke's porter very, humanely mo dem' every assistance ) but all efforts, to mtge.: him were vain. „.. —kmt# t's :1 .I'oll TUG, UE.S.B, 1'411.P44 . • • • .• . • L l lil9N, JUNE 27.—Loril,llifitgton, Can now blrina into the field 36 1 000 gritish and 29,000 Yortug nese bayonets be his intercepted a French op-prier, whose dispatches state,, that one.telith of t ‘its French army is sick, end all of them in want .of money, clothes, and provisions ; they have crossed the Guards, but still li.eep Ciudad Kuilri sio blockaded. All the troops near Lisbon have marched to join Lord Wellington, except the 83d. This looks serious preparation. • 3q.—We hate this moment received let; Asrs.frinn o heao-cpaarters, dated the 27th instant. Oeneral Qraufurd has fallen back a little. Lord Wellington has advanced his head-quarters to ell_ Weida. All is perfectly quiet there. The French invest and bombard Ciudad Rodrigo; out of which Don Juan Care° marched on the 24th with his. Spaniards, and reached Lord Wellington's • head-quarters without the least molestation from the French. • OPORTO, JUNE 16.—Ballasteros has 4dvanced. with 4000 men towards Saville. We hear of no further arrival in Spain.of French troops. The French have thrown two bridges aoross the Ague_ da, which river has fallen considerably ; but the idea of any considerable force fording it is ridicu. ions, as it• is uncommonly deep._ At Braganp,' or near it, Colonel' Wilion beat a strong body of French cavalry with a regitaent of Portuguese militia. jUNR 19.—We ►ave not yet been able to get any thing like a correct account of the French ar mies. 1 believe they have about 30,000 round • Ciudad Rodrigo, and about the same number in, another part lower down. 'That active General, Ballasteros, is advancing towards Seville, and Malty is cluse in with Astoria, which it is thought. will not be long in, possessiou of the enemy, as a great number of the garrison have deserted, and . the Governor's dispatches, praying for reinforce. ments, were intercepted by Mahy, who immedi_ ately advanced. Massena is afraid of the Ger. mans, for he has put them all in his rear; l i ord Wellington has 32,000 British troops in this coun. try. I really think a general action will not take. place for some time. Roth parties are acting a wise and prudent part. _ Here we.have about 7000 troops, chiefly mili. tia, commanded by Col. Trent, who, in conse. qttence of his constant attention to the militia of this district, has made them equal to any of the regulir Portuguese troops. A Spanish frigate ar. rived at Curunna on the 1211, with 14,000 stand Of arms. &e. JUNE 20.----We have been in expectation for these last 48 hours of bearing that an action had taken place. Ere this, Ciudad Rodrigo has, 4 fear, fallen, as by a letter (dated Celerico, June 23,) received here, it appears the French have . completely surrounded it, and that Loisson com. °sanded the division of the army on this side. Ju not arrived before Ciudad audrigo•on the 19th, with 10,000 men. LISBON, Jour .4.—The following intelligence has beets received from Almeida, under date of June 25 :—" Since nine o'clock last ..night until eleven o'clock this morning, a continual firing was heard in Ciudad Rodrigo, which becann: at length so violent,' that no less than six reports of hear) , ordnance were counted . in a minute. The French, ,it.appears, bombarded the - place with battering ordnance of 14 and 18-pounders. " At ten o'clock HO morning a heavy explosion IlEasdistinctly heard from the side of Ciudad Ito. .drigo, and a column of smoke was seen rising. This. morning 400 English horse passed within zigliA of this sown, on their march to GaHigos, ond from the latter place marched the day before yesterday a battery of horse artillery, and a corm ! 041 - of artillery, for the fort of Conception. • 1 , 1 44 His Excellency Lord Wellington has just ar esa We know that his Excellency Marshal Berestord has transferred his head quarters to If fmcisci. „ ? yVe have received, this moment, a let. ttfrem - anish Officer from Aldea del Obispo, ich is q the following tenor : The enemy 4 keeps up t 1 very heavy 4re on the ) place, from ,whruce' a womb was thrown, which happened to dinto a powder magazine- - it cannot but have done much mischief, because the magazine was ~(vrtned in the rear of the _battery, which imme. diately ceased firing, while that of the fort was 'constantly increasing. The POrteguese and Eng flisit are also liriug from Manilva and Carrera, more to the right."' GauLeqos, June 27,— , The fire was yesterday coutinuedrhe whole day from Ciudad Rodrigo, as well as from the enemies' batferies, but no mate. riql damage has s as yet been sustained. The place *as in the night on fire in two plaCes, but this morning it was got tinder. It would seem that the energy of the garrison has beep increased by the presence of the enemy, and the artillery of the place is extremely well served. The French advanced parties occupy the 'same positions as before; they have, however, pushed some piquets more to the left, and latch, with pe. culiar attention, the road of Agiseda. ALMEIDA, JUNE 29. — Yesterday the French did not fire on. Ciudad Rodrigo, because they had spent alt their ammunition ; to-day we see no, thing but French deserters, milting whom are some soldiers who served under the Marquis de Alma. 'they all agree in stating, they never witnessed a more destructive fire than that made by the garri, son of Ciudad Rodrigo. Our troops, es well as tktftoglish, are ready for action—they are all in high spirits, sqd perfecd/ satisfied there is nothing tiPfear. • - - ,1 • dalksitsosonieJutar I.—Ali Officer in the vas., sitcbofthertarroy of the left, under the command ed Senor InCarrera, in a 'letter dated the 27th ult.- ivtifiMits;follows:—" We arts here within sight of ,thisfereepm of Ciudad Rodrigo, which the enemy iwielbseiegiag, but they have. been answered by a iiefithoind well directed fire from the place, and 4pfeey,..tking appears to go on well." tysepoN, JUNE 27.—The following intelligence bean received front J3adajos, under date of the 25th inst. ; . • " A French fOrce of 1500 men, inclinting 200 cavalry ; which 464 broke up from - Serille on *heir -- :. March for Extremadura, entered Monasterio on. .4fse Otii inst. On the 2.3i1, a part of 'theiald - Or", ceitnisting of 300 infantry and WI ;eavalrA made their appearatie.. in Los Santa—they were thine attacked by 400 4paiiisti cavalry, of Nlendizatral's division, under the cnormajid of Col. D. Benito. The enemy were completely routed and dispersed, with the loss of 40. left dead on the field, and a great number of wounded. The . whole .of French cavalry that were in Merida, and !he places, adjacent, put themselves in motion fiir Azenchat, Fuente del Maestro, &c. and also four regiments of infantry, in order to protect the march of the re. inaltiitvg 1200, and to prevent their being cut off in **Whir manner." 2:—The following intelligence, under date of dl 21st oh. has been received front Portia, the head quarters of Carrera, a • short distance from Ciudad Rodrigo " For several days past we have been limes.. santly ungageol in affairs of greater or less impor. tance, in the environs of Ciudad Rodrigo. The enemy are entrenched en the mou Main of St. Fran. Cisco, and are employed from morning till night in constructing parapets and other works.. On the 17th they endeavoured to effect a lodgment in the suburb at the bottom of the mountain. This occasioned a very brisk firing on both sides, and the,cannon of the foiiress played upon them with great precision. The enemy were repulsed with considerable loss, having had upwards of 4(X) killed and wounded. They have also made re. peated attempts to break down the stone bridge which that fortress has across the river, but have as frequently been repulsed. Their heavy arid. lery has already arrived, but no part of it is yet mounted. " From Serradilha, under date of the nil ult. we learn, that the 'enemy have 6000 sick at Si?.. . mance. They are lodged in two hospitals, in both of which prevails a greet mortality, which al. ready-gives them not a little alarm. 'More wound. ed were daily comins, in. They had sent rein, foreements to PuertOs de Banhos and Perales,.witb the intention, perhaps, of opening a communi cation with General Regnier's corps. That Ge neral had some troops in • Caceres and Moilllo, but had made no attempt to advance." N. B. Our readers will recollect that the 1000 men who were marching 'from Seville to reinforce Itegnier, having been routed, he would find himself under the necessity of detaching a force to the south of the'Guadiana. .JULY 3.—The French corps defeated at Santos consisted of 1000, and not of 300, as was at first stated. Immediately after that affair, which oc curred on the 23d, the'enemy moved from Merida and Lobon ; but the corps from the latter place, which chiefly consisted of cavalry, were routed by,tho Spanish troops on the 24th, and pursued as far as Azenchal, leaving on the field a number of killed and wounded ; among the former were two females. It appears that the enemy were also_ falling beck on the side of Montijo. JUNE 18.• By letters from Serradilha of the .sth we learn, that on the 26th ,ult. '3OOO French troops entered Madrid. Bassecourt has, accord. ing to the same adviccs, collected a force of 20.,00() men in Cuenca, consisting chiefly of per sons thit had fled from Madrid to escape Joseph's conscription. The army of Old Castile was, with great reluctance, and particularly on the part or• the foreigners, on its march to co-operate. hi' the, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. The deiertion from . the enemy's ranks was stilt considerable. A party of 20 infantry deserted from Banhos. They were pursued by some French cavalry, but they fired upon them, and compelled them 10 give over the pursuit. JUNE 21.—A letter' from Almeida of the 15th says:-°° .We have had no post from Ciudad Arigo for the last -four days, the communication being cut off by the French, who have crossed the river to the number of 4000 infantry, and 100 'cavalry. It is said that General Simon is with this corps, and it is. also affirmed that Ney was with them yesterday. Fourteen desertess came .in here yesterday ; three of them French. men, and the rest of other nations. This day nine more arrived herd, five of them Frenchmen. It is said that the heavy sirtillert has nofyet:ar-. rived in front of Rodrigo, but that the enemy are making approaches, and constructing batteries preparatory to the commencement of their attack the moment their artillery arrives. Their force is stated at 20,000 itifantri,nadlour . regiMents of cavalry. Crawford is in Plihegos,, and Carrera in Pnebta.” - Jufflt 241,e—We- have the following particulars front Almeida, tinder-date- ef the 20th instant :— •' Ciudad Rodrigo continues to be invested; but so late as yesterday, the enemy's. battering train had not arrived. Claudio de . Barrett ) a private in, the light' corps ' commanded by JOSe Vera, has delivered to his Excellency, the Governor of that (unrest,. several letters and' a map. taken hum General Loison, as he was going from Zamora to Salamanca, about four leagues from the latter place. An advanced party of the corps killed the orderly . Adjutant, a servant, and a dragoon, who accompanied the Gwen!, and wounded bimfielf so severely in the left cheek; as ,o knock out some of his' teeth. It is not improbable that the wound will prove fatal. Re is under cure at Sa lamanca." . i• We hear from Bragan;a, under dile of the 17th, that Generals Kellerman end Bessiercs *era on their march from Benevente for Astorga , with the greater part of the French cavalry, and that a body of 1Q,00.0 infantry were expected-et Zamora from Salamanca and its vicinity. Tlieir destination was unknown. • • SUIPCRIPTION THLATIV.—Tho Subscribers to the plan fur establishing a third Winter Theatre in this Metropolis had a General Meeting, at the F reemasolis"ravern, queen -street, on Thu witty. Ely the detail of the account;,, it appeared • that, in proseouting the application for a charter, the Committee had expended 11501. iffid that they had near . 40601. in their banker's hands, applica ble to future legal ezpences. The Subscribers passed a Tote of apprtivel of all the Committee had done, and•requested them to continue tirciret- . crtions in such manna. as they 4huuhl thiult •. . 4:4W 'N7'14,1.401. Nut.. .. COURT OF KIN,GI,. U. LW* BIar.CY a. 34)W i rut. _.~ This was an action to recover Amapa' . for is malicious prosicititiOn. • - N ~ Mr. them'w stated the cam—This was info,.., of the ea• - es.whieli peculiarly illustr itel atte ei, • ,celleuce of British 11. aw, by spewin g ; that no (lit.; b ' fett:tice of I.ink, nereputteott or fortune, cultlti,4 o . exempt any man from being force d to respect the.. rights' of his, fellow . men, _ or, if he forgot that respect r iargetting i t at his peal. The Plaintpr 'and Defendant were in ranks. 4f soeioty . alatost , as distinct from each other as it would be p4ll4lllile . to conceive. The PlaitiAiff was a post-chaise-bey • • at Hampton Court ; tho Defindant &man of rank mid fqrtune—an Admiral-in the British service. • • Yet it was against . such a man, that t he Plain, . tiff came to dethand justice from an. Kaglish Jury. Mr. Ganitorr'then went into a hitirwroua detail of the ease: —" A i l viral 13,iwatee lived at Hampton Court, avid it unluckily happened that oe one of, .the 610; nights of last summer; .a few pco, ple returning from some c tuntry festivity, . and not Wing acquainted with the gallant veteran's antipathy to innsic, struck up a chorus as they were passing his house. . This wo u ld probably have been up very serious grievance3oaneontaih • who was not, altogether adverse to the 44 concord. of, sweet sounds." It might, Gentlemen, have been rather oppressive to . the nerves of a pregnant woman ; but I will not allow myself to imagine the g allant Admiral to have been tinder these air . cumstaners ; I believe it has nut been gig& in evi. denim . ; I am almoat poshivo thatit is not stated in my brief. Ye l / 4 GpntleMeiscif thestyle of limper formance was not of the trenitdialeet ardor, the sub. , ject might have been suppbseillo harmonize with the feelings of the gallant Admiral. ‘V hat do yon . suppose the songs to have been—something roar.• ing and riotous, something' rebellious or /erotic.. tottery ? No, Gentlemen of the Jury,. the sere,. Multi; *hich distisrbed •the• gallanc Admiral,. will made up of ' ' Rule Britannia,' and s Gad Save the King.' The concert was at once interrupted by the throwing up of a window, and a lout-. voice uttering this alarming denunciation, ' Get tarns rascals, or I'll shoot you.! • The musieitns.wera ' perplexed for a, while; but at length conceiving ' that they had not earned sudden death in any satis factory manner, and at least determining to he goodi.liumoured as long as they were allowed to live, they began their concert again, with ' Cease rude. Boren, blustering railer.' •Now, Gentle. men, yin' have all htard something of the eftts .of music in the days of old. This - was ' the witching time u'the night,' the song was given in - a full chorus of rough music. I proceed ietho tale; the incantation produced its effect ; the gates of the chateau were suddenly t tiro we. open ; and there appeared before the astonished min3trels, a 'formidable shape,' a figure in a flowing ;Am, caparisoned front ' head to. foot' —the. Admit's* in his niglit.cap• and 'slippers I The c•inc,rt • was dissoked in an instant ; the spirit had beew called up, but it was,. unfoitunately for the en. eleantets, not to be so easily bad again. On the next morning, the gallant Admiral went to' Mrs Ifipperson„ the keeper of the King's /t r ials, and gave a summary order for the tl:4itarge of the on e fortunate minstrels. General measnres are StiP.! posed, WI be most effectual ; and the Atill'il ill's or. dee was, that the mil keeper should, at them in. ne t ' discharge every chaise.boy in his Service. IN )w % Gentlemen of the Jury, if a servant of mine had ' offended *gentleman, and the complaint was I dilly mat to me, I would discharge hint at once, wino" ever might be my value for him. Bait if any mati, t no matter what might be his rank its life, were to come, and without condescending to point out the offender, give a sweeping order for the dismissiors . of all my servants at once, I wolild certainly refuse • to give him the slightest satisfaction on the sebjeet t and tell him that if he forgot his duty, I did' no 4 forget mine, and that I would rrotect my ary l yards. The innkeeper plainly refused• to strip himself of all his servants at once, in spite of ' sume•threats of .having his' licence taken from him ; but offered to discharge any one whom the Albite* • could point out. Four boy, Were then Denied; as being, among the. meal clans ; of those, two were not in the inoks.opeita service ; and el the other two, the - presell•Plaies! tiff had pith to bed,• 1111 hour Mare the allete4 tumult. • The Plaititaff, and ano!lter..boy, WO. ii Plaintiff in a succeeding action, were neat worn, inn brought before Mr. Serjcant Marshall, , one of the' neighbouring Magistrates. They Icm:A . roi I. tnanded, and ordered to ap,w.ar on the following Saturday. In the mean time they were dismissed from Mr..ll,ipperautt's Service,- Out Sattittlay they were brought up, after haring been imprisoned the night I?efore by the headhortingh, and thq A 4. mica! then abandoned his charge against the Rain. tiff,' ass net having been among the rioteriti"jhia statement was substantiated by evidence. Mr. Patrx, in a very ingeninus speech, defbrid ed the eonduct•of the Admiral, ascribed whatever irregnlarity there might appear in tiiis proceeding, to the irritation of a 'series of insults which had been offered to the Admiral.and his family by thp servants of the King's Arms. Their .ccimmott nime•for him was " TwO •pounds ten," from soma ridiculous story which they had circulated through the,villige. . •• • .- , ~ i • . It (ref proved in evidence, that it post.inWe horn and a,double drum were among the mitre _ ments of the serenade, add ttfattheimprisonment was merely a cohur for swelling 'flie dainagett, the prisoners having been let out Immediately after their Confinement in the totted-house - I ad. journing to a good supper, to whish the h i nul 7 borough was itivited at the time; and aftier drinking and, Fleeping at their liberty, (Wing the night, going into the mod-holm for a few • minutes next morning, imparts' they went to -the Magistrates. . • Lord ELLEtraostouGtr, in charging 'Wary, ac t . (milted the Defendant of all malicious int lotion, 1, and adiised them, if they word indeted to . 4:id !pc the Plaintiff, to find a verdict for only nominal damages. The Jury without leaving the box, festal for . flie. Plaintiff --Damagesfive pounds. ~r . . .` R._ , - - • - - *0 I