The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-06 00:00:00

p ) `t { ` a f .`. i l l , 1 i / 1 1 , • . . , l' s ' ; •1 , , I I f ‘ i , , .• •4 Y . i . THE STATESMAN. SUPPLESEST to the LONDON GdZEITE. WAR DI,PARTMENT. Downing-sir - eel, Oci. 5. A Dispatch, of %%hie% the fallowing is an extrict. has beets AV mord* receiver , at Earl BathitrA's Mice, address:a th his Lordship bv General the Marquis of WeMouton, K. B. Villa deroto, new gurgos, Sept. ?I, IRI2. I continued to fellow the enetiy with the troops . -ntier ro ta gieA till the 16th, when I wasjoitted Vmpiiega by three divisions of infantry, and a body of cavalry, of the army of Gallicia ; his .ner the Captain-General Casfatios having ar hind-quarters on the 14th. The enemy had 16th taken a strong pus.lion on the heights Celada del Camino, and arrangements were attack them on the morning of the 17th, tnemv retired in the night, and they were 1 the 17th to the heights close to Burgos. tired through the town in the night, leaving some clothing and other stores, and a ; of , wheat and barley ; and they have teed their retreat tovek.iviesca, where, it they have been joined by sewn thousand sonserlpts. It is likewise reported, teat the Prince of Failing has been ordered by the local Goveru meat of France to come and take the command of the army. The castle of Burgos commands the passages of um r i ver Manson iu the neighbourhood, and us ~.is orionnonicating with them, so completely, that ire could sot pates the river till the 19th, when we effected that operation in two columns, the sth divi doe and Brigadier-General Bradford'e brigade above, and the Ist division and Brigadier-General Pack's brigade, and Major-General Anson's cavalry, below' , the town. Burgos is situated in that division of Spain allotted to the Army of the North, and General Caffarelli, who had been here on the 17th, had placed in the castles garrison of the troops of that army, consist ing, as is reported, of two thousand five hundred men. The enemy had taken considerable pains to fortify the castle of Burgos, and had occupied with a homework the hill of St. Michael, which has a considerable command over some of the works of the castle, at the distance of three hundred yards. They had likewise occupied other parts of that hill with Neches and other works for the protection of their picquets and outposts. As soon as the Ist division crossed the Arlanzon on the 1911 the enemy's outposts were driven in by the light infantry battalion of Colonel Sterling's bri. gale, under the command of the Hon. Major Cocks, snpported by Brigadier-General Pack's brigade, and the enen”,'s outworks on the hill of St. Michael's, with the oxreption of the hornwork, were occupied by our troops, which were posted close to the horn work. As soon as it was dark, the same troops, with the addition of the 42d regiment, attacked and carried by assault the hornwork which the enemy had occu pied in strength. In this operation Brigadier-Gen. Pack; Lieutenant-Colonel Hill, of the Ist Portu uese regiment; Colonel Campbell, of the 16th; Major Winitups, of the 4th Cacadores; )4ajor Dick, of the 4td regiment; and the Hon. Major Cocks, of the 79th regiment, commanding the light infantry battalion, distinguished themselves ; the latter, in particular, led the attack of the enemy's posts in the Incoming, anti entered the hornwork by its gorge at night. We took three pieces of cannon, and one captain and sixty-two men prisoners; but I am sorry to add that our own loss was severe, as appears by the enclosed return. It was impossible to ascertain the exact state of the works of the castle of Burgos, till we had obtained possession of the hill of St. Michael's. Since the 19th, we have been employed in esta blishing ourselves on the hill of Saint Michael's, and in constructing those works which are best calculated to forward our future operations. The whole of the army have crossed the Arlanzon, with the exception of the 6th division, and one divi sion of Spanish infantry. I have accounts from Sir Rowland Hill of the 14th ; he was then at Truxille, and had received my orders, and was to be at Oropesa on the 18th. I have not heard that Marshal Soult has yet left Granada ; he was still there on the Bth. General Ballasteros had followed the enemy's movements from the Guadalete, and had been very successful ; he was at Loxa on the 6th. The enemy had aban doned Andujar and Jaen. The last accounts I have from Alicant are of the 10th instant. Joseph Bonaparte's army, and that of Suchet, were still in Valencia. 1 have no late accounts from Cadiz. Stettin of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Army, ander the command of bis Excellency General the Marquis of Wel lington. K. B. In the Assault and Capture of Fort St. Hi chart, on the 19th of September, 1812. Killed—British—General Statf—l Major. Yd lLut. 2tth Foot—l rank and file. Ist Batt. Foot-2 Lieutenants, 1 serjeant, 32 rank and file. But. 5,4 th Foot-1 rank and file. sth Batt. 60th Foot-1 serjeant, 2yank and file. lit attt. 79th Foot-5 rank and file. lit Batt. Line, King's German Legion-1 serjeant. Killed—Portuguese-1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 Staff, 2 serjeants, 19 rank and die. ot;sr i ‘.ed—British—Coldstream Guards-1 serjeant, 2 rank and file. 3d Foot Guards-2 rank and 61e. 2d Batt. 24th Foot—l seujeant, 10 rank and file. Lr. Batt. -lid Foot-9 Captains, 9 Lieutenants, 1 volunteer, 10 serjoants, 1 drummer, 153 rant and file. 2d Batt. Stith Foot-1 Captain,' LietNenant,l serjeant,ll rank and file. Sib Batt. 60th Foot—/ Lieutenant, 1 rank saddle. ba..Bast. 790 t Foot-2 Ueseenasts, s seejeants, 19 rank and file. hounded—Portaguese-1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 3 FABigps, S seriesats„ 119 mak sad Me. Illtssing—British-sth Butt. 60th Foot-1 rank and file. Missing—Portugnese-15 rank and file. Total Less—Killed-1 Malor , 3 Lieuteaants, 1 Ensign, 1 Staff, 5 serjeauts, 60 ask and file. Winsaded-5 C.aptaias, Liestesants , 9 Ensign*, 91 serjeunts, 19} rank and 1111 e. IdissinB-16 sank sad Ile. Vases nuke British Officers Killed sad Weanded. Xilled--Ferreaaaat Star—Major nerrepoint, Assistant Quar ser.maiier-Geareld• Ist Ban 424 Foot—Lieutenants Gregorsos and Milne. Nottaded—lit Batt. 49d Font—emptals Williamson, slightly; Captain M , Keesie. severely; Captain Davidson, slightly Lieut. Framer, severely ; Lieeleasit James Stewart, slightly; Volunteer John Lew, severely. fl Batt. 56th Fooi—Csetain Dudgeon, slightly; Lieatenant Carter, severely. ash Batt. 60th Foot—Lieut. o•l4eber, severely. lst Batt, inth Foot—Lieut. Grant, severely ; Lanni. MaDonald, sanardy (limo dead). MR. WAITHMAN'S ELECTION. THE COMMITTEE for conducting the ELEC TION of 11.0R1 RT W AITHM AN. Esq. request the atteud.ince of the INDEPENDENT LIVERI in his INfr• rest, at the Guildhall, to secure to themselves, and to the City of Loudon, 41 THE PURITY OF ELECTION." It being the unqualified sense of n General Sleeting of Mr. Ventthinan's friends, held at the New London Tavern, Ist of October*" Thai in ennfisrmuty to the pure nod genuine prin ciples of the British Constittition, RcKrsentativey onght to be ro: At), Parliament free of etpence, Stittscriptions will be received by Futrell, Eq. Chairman, St. Mary A set Mr. Mercantile, Treasurer, St. Paul's Church. yaw ; Mr. Eamsteud. Ilishopsgate-street ; Mr. Debbie, Bread. street ; :110. Wright. Riug-atreet, Cheapside ; Mr. Reeve, Lad gate-hill; Mr. Carter, Minoriev t sod at the Committee Room. SAMUEL EA YELL, Chairman. Committee room, New Lnewints Tavern, Cheapside, Oct. 1811. Mr. Vfaithinnti's Committee attend every day, from iliac is the moraine to nine at night, at the above Tavern. AT a MEETING of the IA V EltY of the FREE . SHIPWRIGHTS, held at the Guildhall Cotner home, Oct. 5, 181!, 1. Resolved, That in consequence ..f the general routine. of Mr. Ald. Comte, in support of the pri•ilegrs of the Livery. especially c e mmmm s epirtaill the liberation of 'ennui° Illiarinte, *no was inept.. tried into his Majesty's Ser vice, it lithe oi of this Company, that he is a At person to represent the City, sore aught a, be supported. I. Resolved. That Mr. Alderman 'AlitiO4, in consequence of his stremento support of the Shipping Interest, I. compered an eligible Pcr.on to represent the City, nod entitled to support. 3. Resolved. That the above Resolutions he inserted in the following Papers : the Statesman, Morning Chronicle, Post, sad Courier. Signed, inabsence of the Master FRAN CIS WII ETSTON E. Arr. Mails. Ott: 1 O • 1 - Cadis guernsey I Jersey 1 O , 1 1 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank 3 per Cent. Con•. 581 71 3 per Cent. Red. 4 per Cents. 5 per Cent. Navy 8$ 741 Long. Ann: DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bonds 9 IV ail. Exchequer Bills 31d. 3 d Ditto 36d. p 1 Omnium 4 pr. Consols for Aect. 581 Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. LONDON: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1812. The following cery important intelligence, was brought to town this morning by Capt. CoonE : WAR DEPARTMENT, Orr. 6. " Capt. Coou has arrived at this Odice, with dis patches from Sir GEORGE PaLvosr, announcing the SURRENDER OF GENERAL HULL, AND HIS WHOLE ARMY,. amounting to 2500 men, as Prisoners of War, and ° the CAPTURE of FORT DETROIT, and thirty-three pieces of Cannon.—The British loss was extremely small, not exceeding three killed and 13 wouuded ; amongst the latter are Capt. Muia, of the Royal Artillery, and Lieut. SUNIERLAND, of the 41st Re giment." , The following Letter was this morning transmitted to the LORD MAYOR :- 1 "My Lonn,—l have the honour of acquainting your Lordship, that Captain CooKE arrived this morning with dispatches from Lieutenant-General Sir Czottut: Pni:vosT, announcing the agreeable intelligence that the invasion of Upper Canada had terminated in the defeat and surrender of General Ilut.t., as a prisoner of war, together with the whole of the North Western Army, the fort of Detroit, land 33 pieces of cannon. 1 "I am happy to be able to add, that the less 1 with which this success has been achieved is very trifling, net amounting en the whole to above 18 killed and wounded; among the latter are two 016- IcerS. I have the honour, &c. " To the Lord Mayor. " BATHURST.* In consequence of the above intelligence the Park and Tower guns were fired, and an Extraordinary Gazette, containing the details, will be published in the course of this evening. A Cadiz Mail, to the 18th ult. arrived this morn ing, from which we extract the following :- CADIZ, Sigrr. 17. We are assured that General HILL is marching upon Madrid. Senor GetwousT took possession of the Government of Seville on the 12th instant. Eery. 18. On the 30th JOSEPLI entered Valencia, whose es cort,joined to SUCTIET'S army, compose about 22,000 men. A Deputation from the Council of this city to-day went on board the ship of the Rear-Admiral of the British nation, in this bay, to return thanks, in the name of the People they represent, to the well-de serving allied seamen, for the indefatigable zeal with which they aided in the defence and security of this place during the long siege. SEVILLE, Sam I!. In Cordova the enemy sold the magazines of corn for two millions and a half, obliging the inhabitants to boy them. The enemy proceed in great disorder, abandoning sick, waggons, &c. Desertion continues. On the 6th, the greater part of the 2d regiment of Juramentados arrived here, and the number of Police and Dragoons who desert increases. SEPT. The Inquisition of Seville gave signs of life with the disappearance of the French, and were disposing in a body to celebrate a church ceremony ; but Senor CRUZ opposed it, stating that he had no orders to re-establish any corporation, and still less these s which far from being comprehended among As tribu nals expressed in the Constitution, wars openly op posed in its wise principles. OADIk. sun. 11. The Satrap Souve has halted in Granada, waiting, I according to appearances, for the joining .f Daourr, who ) up to the 6th,had not effected it, in consequnece of the long marches which were tequisite to accom plish it. We are assured, and it is very probable, that the combined Army was in Albaute and its vi cinity, to impede the junction of SOULT and Suourr ; in this case, the situation of the first is mobt critical ; reduced to his own forces, without communication, Land having to measure them with so experienced a General as the re-conqueror of Madrid, and troops so firm as the Allies. It will not be surprising that when he least expects it, that he should be encountered by double his number, if the combined expedition from the .:ast, reinforced by the troops which lately arrived at the Strait, form on the right ; the centre, com posed of the troops which the Lord has sent from Madrid, and the left by General Hzu.'s corps, with the disposable part of the Fifth Army ; the expedi tionary troops which were under Senor Cftuz ; and lastly, by the Fourth Army, with its worthy Gene ral, BALLS/MOS, at Its head. CADIZ, Sm. 19. It appears that Gen. Cows, Governor of Seville, has been appointed General of the Army of Reserve, ter fonuallou of which is carried on with acti►ity. VERA CRUZ, Just 17. The loss of Moastos iu Cuacella de AMilpas, was 3000 killed, many wounded, 18,000 prisoners, 37 cannon, 1000 muskets, and a great quantity of am munition. ALICANT, Sam S. On the 4.3 d ult. SUM? and Jowl! joined ; the latter arrived at S. Filipe on the 9.3t1, and at night in Valencia. There came with him 370 coaches, more than 800 waggons, and an innumerable number of baggage carts, in which came many families from Ma drid. In the journey through Mancha they suffered much fatigue, as the army was three days without bread, had no water to drink, and many died of fa tigue, heat, and privations ; the party of Cituoue, which hung upon their rear, daily took many of them. This army arrived at Albacete, hungry and fugitive ; there began the desertion of the Surementados, win) deserted by entire companies. They write from Valen. cia, that JOSIPU will not remain there long, and that it is his intention to proceed to France. Since the arrival at Alicaot of the generous Englishman D. Penno TUPPER, he bas forwarded more than 300 load of stores into the interior, overcoming the dif ficulties which began at the very gates of Alicant ; and it is notorious, that to those aids are in part owing the brilliant operations of MINA, DURAN, Es. EMPECINADO, and other valiant patriots of the heigh t bouring provinces. It is very probable that at this time the Andalu. sias are free from the French eanaille. Who is to be the new Regent is the talk of the day. CADIZ, Szer. 17. The Condi° ' of this day contains the following:-- « Among the numerous communications which displays ail that enmity, hatred, anger, and thirst for revenge against the French, which we wish to inculcate into all the Spanish hearts against BONA-. rARTE and his followers, our Readers will judge for themselves, with respect to the propriety of the writer's suggestions. He observes, that time which destroys every thing, seems to have enfeebled the remembrance of the monstrous and intolerable op pression, which we have suffered from France. He is firmly pursuaded,that Providence always detested our friendship and alliance with France, and on that ac count brought them into the heart of our country, that knowing them practically we might abhor them per fectly, and to continue and perpetuate this hatred and abhorrence, he proposes :" . . [Then follows nine Resolutions, expressing, in the bitterest language, their detestation of the French Nation, which we have not room to insert.] Extract of a Letter from lialifax, Bth September, I 1812 :-- 44 On the 27th ult. Commodore Ronotns, with three frigates and two smaller vessels, was spoken with about 100 miles S. W. of this light. home. They were afterwards mum by-the -Stairs frigate, which they chased 70 miles. There are nine frigates on the look out for them ; and if he is nut gone into Boston, which we think very probable, there is a great chance of his being fallen in with. On viewing the state of the Poll yesterday at Guildhall, we congratulate the Inhabitants of the City of London ) u well as the Country at large, on the exertions which the Friends of Freedom are making to overthrow the agents of Ministers, who, in the true spirit of their intriguing policy, had en deavoured to steal a march upon the country, and Un dermine the Freedom of Election. For the honour of the City, we sincerely hope, that the three independent candidates, Messrs. Coxia, W 4ITHM AD, and WOOD. Men who have bravely stood forward in the defence of the rights and liberties of their country will be elected u their Representatives. The Livery of Loudon have now a glorious opportunity of setting a shining example to the country, by the independent exercise of their elective franchise, in sanding Meru hers to Parliament, who are honest, bold, and powerful advocates of the true interests of the City, and the prosperity of the Kingdom. The indecision of Ministers respecting a Dissolu tion of Parliament, shows how reluctant they were to place in the hands of the People, in the present state of the nation, the power of depriving them of their places. The espeshaeat they have however tried; but it is believed, that they would not have ventured upon it at the present time, had they not been buoyed up with tho hopes that our late victories iu Spain would enable them to carry their point, and the prospect of bringing in a Bill to secure them snug in their seats for :errs years, by preventing a Dissolution of Parliament in case of the KING'S death, which event, by a law of the Constitution, dissolves the House of Commons. They have always had an aversion to short Parliaments —they abhor the tribunal of the public—they cannot look them in the face, and would rather sacrifice the Constitutional regulations of Parliament, than app often before them, as it might tend to expose them to the resentment of an indignant nation, whom their destructive measures have already driven to the brink of ruin and starvation. Among the inconsistencies of Ministers, the pre sent attempt to render the impossibility of the K►xc's recovery a pretence for depriving the People of the right of Election, is only to be equalled by the artful policy which they practised at the commencement of the KING'S illness, in making the possibility of hi; recovery a pretence for restricting the PRINCE RE. GENT, by which means they were enabled to pre. serve themselves in their situations, and hold the Crown as security for their continuance in office.-- Without the people now strike a constitutional blow while the power is in their hands, it is to be feared that Ministers will find the same security i►► the prefect luxurious habits of the PR►NcE RE CIENT, as that which they surreptitiously enjoyed un. der the mental derangement of the Sovereign ;—and should the new Parliament be composed of matt who will give their votes for the passing of an Act declaring that the death of the K►\G shall not dissolve the Mouse of Commons, we may then conclude that the fate of the country is de cided ; and that such a daring attack upon the Con. stitutional liberty of the people, will be a prologue to the tragedy of our future disasters. A very numerous Meeeting of the Electors for Westminster took place yesterday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, when Resolutions were passed to support their present worthy Representatives, Sir Fast:cis Butorrt and Lord Conflux*, and send them to Parliament free of expense, which there is no doubt of being accomplished. And it is gene. rally supposed, that Mr. Jowls BURDETT will be returned for the Borough of Southwark, upon the same independent principles. Such a shining example of the Purity of Election does honour to the people of Westminster ; and the present choice of their Representatives must be equal to their proudest wishes, while political virtue exists in the country to bear up against the bold front of Oppression. • New York Papers to the 29th of August came to hand last night, from which we have made some inte resting extracts, but we have no room for comments. The PreastnENT has refused to ratify the armistice is Canada, and ortlered hostilities to be recommenced. —There is some account of the Counter-Revolution which has taken place in South America, in Which the Revolutionists attach great blame to Mt RA MDA. Letters from our fleet off Brest, state, that on the 30th ult. a grand salute was fired by the ships in that harbour, which were all dressed, iu honour of the bat tle of Moskwa. BREAD.—There was no Court of Aldermen to. day. The Lotto MAYOR, after inspecting the Re. turns, ordered it to fall two assizes, or Id. in the Qaartern Loif.—Loaf 19id. MAIL COACH ROBBERY.—The Gal way Mall Coach, which left Dublin on Friday night, the 2d ult. was stopped -by a numerous band of robbers, near Kil. cock, and completely plundered. The robbers, before 1 they stopped the coach, tired a volley, by which the guard was killed, and one of the passengers wound, ed. They then plundered the coach, which carried, it Is said, property to a considerable amount for the Fair of Ballioasloe. The Mail, Coach coming from Galway fortunately stopped, for several hours, at Kilbeggan, on having heard the atrocious circum. stauce, and thus avoided a similar fate. SPIMILIOVI LETTER IV THE STATEEMIT.—We shall Woo-We out readers no further with this scandalous fabrication, than to state that Mr. Lorna. has transmitted the letter to our °thee. The signature is tolerably well imitated, but the body of the letter as a hand-writing with which we arc totally unacquainted. The whole is a mischievous hoax put upon us and Mr. Lotm.c by some enemy-in this toss's. Mr. Loy Eu. has received another letter, subscribed with the name of " Jame, Cake," and dated from the Mercury 0//ice. 11e know of no such person as JAus The despicable authors of such a WHO piece of for gery are certainly beneath notice : some explanation was never theless due to our Readers on account of the circulation which the tint letter obtained,—( Lioerpo3l Mercury.) The following was she state of the Poll for the City, this day, at one o'clock:— Combe - - 752 Atkins - - 462 Curtis 576 Walthasan tit 3139 fihaw- 510 Wood - • SOUTHWARK ELECTIOK.—The state of the Poll for the Borough of Southwark, at twelve o'clock this day, was as follows :- 1 Charles Calvert Jimmy Thornton J. B. Burdett .......... 81 RETURN OF COUNTRY MEMBERS. them 111 lotkr contiottet Is reported, th M em bers returned. Town or C oun ty. ; [pcwich, Borough of Gattua, Guildford, Tewkrabstry, Woaktock, Gloucester, liootingdon, Stockbridge, Ar. odd, Coventry, Nortbamp a, Alexander Crickett, Esq. John Round', is sir Mark Wood, 13art. Win. Congreve, Esq. The Hon. C. Onslow, Arthur Onslow, F,sq. John Edward Dowdeswell, Jelin Martin, lisq. Sir H. Watkins Dashwood, BSA. Lieut.. Gen• Wm. Thornton. H. Howard, Esq. Robert Morris, Esq. John Calvert, Est iq S am uel Farmer, • John Foster &reboot, Esq. George Porter, Esq. Geyer II ilder. Hei.ry Howari Hatless, Isi Peter Moore, Esq. J. Butterworth, Esq. Bart Compton, T. Banbury, I is • de• , r l~ ~~, E Date. Ott 5, 1812.