The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-27 00:00:00

1 7 " "...TIN ,— —Now ._~ ~F POIt7'UGUES, ACCi , UAT OP THE BAT- i'LE Ole BUSACO. I.ETTER ert•)M THE C PHsIANIER, IN CPIEF OP THE P4)14 1 (,(;ESE ARMY TO I) iN MIGUEL PEREIRA YOUJ IZ. ned 'Host Exc , llent Senor, -1 brvi• the gnat sat'sf.o.timi annouoriog to your Excr leur• for the in , orniation of hi R. yal High •cs, tit the ahi.•.l army, ui. 'or th , c..minand of his Etre iltney 'Marshal General Lord Viscount W4llllOOO, has ./efented the enemy's army under tio• cu...iisi.d of olarshalMassena, in au. attempt Actlicii it P.ailea,:a ost our position on the heights of I•is Excellt•tiev he Marshal General Acill tr . you, in order it, !resubmitted to his itoysil II Jiness. all the details of th • movements awl disoosition, led to this brilliant victory, couline loyst•lf to what relates to the parti cular troops of his It l a' Highness, who covered ti.eliselv..s with glory, and shewed theuiselves worthy emu atirs of their compatiLms in arms of th Engli•ii army, and nor by inheritors of the glory of their ancestors. The enemy having, on the 25th, pulled forward ids advanced posts to the lower part of our position on the mountain, he estald:shed himself there, and *luring th.• 261 h concentrated the whole foice of the tlo , e corps of his army. At six o'clock in the orning of the 27th, he attacked our position with • rwig columns at two different points, and a lire maintained with great vigour for about two • . .rs and a half. The Portuguese troops who dis. riguis!aed themselves were all those who had the g.:• . fortune to be at the points of attack, and con bisted of the following corps : Th-• irigade of the 9th and 21st, under the orders of Col. Champalimatid; and after that officer was w inittlett, under Lieutenatit-Colonel Sutton. The 8111 , t7gh; cut, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas. The briaatle of the Ist and 16th of the 4to b ,ttaii in of Cacadores, tinder the cum. mead of B.h.:adii raG:neral Pack. The brigade of the 7th and 19th, and .:he Cacadures, No. 2, undta. Colman. The battalions of Cue dores. Nos. 1 a t dJ, with the English light division, acd Cie 6111 bataalion of that brigade, coalman led by Bria:td.er-Graeral Campaall. Two brigades of artWerj, triiiei the immediate command of Major A riauschild, and ; wo of the 3d division, which acre • pos.. d more to the lel t. Tht only dillerence in the conduct of these troops cainsistial it: the opportunities which afforded the ditrerent corps occasioas tor distinguishing them. 6. !yes. 'ries may be called a glorious day for the Portugi—se name, our troops having, by their be. haviour, obtained the :admiration and full caddidetice of tic irmy. The conduct of the Bth re. giment, uniter the command of Lieut.-Colonel Dou. glas, and in which Major Fl.rminghain distinguished hit sell, secured to it the glory, along with two Eng'isti regiments, of dislodging the enemy from the which he had gained, making him pay dearly for his momentary advantage. The 9th and 21st regimt u have merited the complete approba tion of lajor-Geileral Picton and Colonel Chain palimaud ; Licuteniiit-Colonel Sutton and Lieute. nant.Colonel Jose Maria de Aranjo Bacellar, who coitinianded the 21st regiment, deserve the highest praise. Aly thanks are due to Brigadier-General Pack, as well as to the corps which were under his orders, and a'so to the Commanders of those corps, Lieu. tenants-Colonel Hill and Lnyz do Rego, and Ma. jot Armstrong. The conduct of the battalion of Cacadures, N. 4, deserves to be particularly men tioned, both for its courage in the attack, and for the firmness with which it supported, during the whole day, the fire of the enemy. The battalion of Cacadures, No. 1, commanded by Licut.-Col. Jorge d'A %aka, conducted itself extremely well, and that Officer merits my highest commendations. The battalion No. 3, under the command of Lieut.- Col. Elder, particularly distinguished itself, and having to the reputation of discipline added that of valour, it is impossible that there can be any bet ter troOps than those' which compose this liana bon. brigade of Brigadier-General Colman, cousistieg of Le 17th and 19th, and the Cacadures, No. 2, merited also every eulogium ; and equal praise is du , to the Commanders of these corps, Culs. and J ise Cardoso de Menece, Statomair, and Lielit. Cobniel Nixon. Five companies of the 19 Ii regiment, under the iminciliat,i command of Delft-Colonel Macbean, made a charge with the bayonet on the corny which is particularly men. tivaed by ali the Officers of both armies who saw it, as an act of most perfect gallantry, both on ac. count of the t:iseiplitie and the courage which the troops display,..l. The battalion of Cacadures, No. 6, belonging to General Caa-phelPs brigade, and commanded by Lieut.-C.loncl Sebas , ian Pinto, b...have.l also very well, and deserve my thanks. The two bri..ades of artillery of the 9th and 6th, under the personal orders of Major Areuts. child, b reatly distinguished themselves ; tioy sup. r.rted, with much firmness, during the whole bat. tle, the tire of foe I teen pieces of artillery, killed a gr at ondiber of the enemy, dismounted three of his gum., and made two of his ammunition waggons blow up. Time other two brigades merit equal ap. prohatioo. All the officers and soldiers of these corps have acts d so as to render it my duty to con.' vcy to his Royal highness An account of their good and excellent conduct, which would have alone honour to the most veteran troops, for, by the avowal of all the English Officers, they displayed equal discipline and valour. With re. 6pect to the troops nut engaged, I observed in than the most anxious desire to 44. ta t. k the enemy, and, according to n 1 pe trances, they will soon have tint opportunity they wish for. With such gal. l a ittry as the Portuguese troops displayed in the battle of Bosaco, ailed by the kn o wn v a lour o f the Faijsli army, it is impossible not to anticipate a favourable result to orr present contest, and not to be convinced that the enemy will soon dearly pay I r the devastation and crux ties which lie has committed itt Portugal. I cannot refrain from scizina this opportunity to arlitioa ledge the impor.tnt services which 1 have r rrir d, vvery occasion, from the talents and v . . •ne Quarter.Nlaster-General of the Army, ly (Jr bait i j have every reason to be satis. THE STATESMAN. fled with Adjutant-General, Brito Muzinho, and nith my Milli:l.y Secretary, Brigadier Lemos, both of whom accompanied me. during the battle; and also ‘bith all my Stall. I sAbjcin a return of the loss of the army of his Royal Highness in the battle of the 47th. The loss of the enemy must have been immense, as appears from the statements of the prisoners, and the wounded, whom he almodotted, when he made his movement towards our left. 11c left on the field of battle more than 2000 killed, and several of his Generals have been wounded. Brigadier-General Simon was made prisoner, and time Officers whom we have taken say, that Generals Merle, Lacune, and Grandorge, are among the wounded. ;May God guard your Excellency. W. C. BERES1:0111), Marshal and Commander in Chief. Head-quarters, Coimbra, Selo. 30, 1810. Tel I) .11 M i,4ur I Peveira f'.njaz. Ai -ived. Alailb. Due. 1 0 0 0 1 0 it Ch 111. • i . . 11 I'IDS Y AT ONE (Et LOCh. per Cent. Red. 65yy 19 per Cent. Cow. 6Gilia Omnium 5 dis. THE STATESMAN. LONDON; •-••••...... SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 2 1810. We this morning received German Papers to the 14th inst. BERNADOTTE arrived at Hamburg), on the 11th, and was received with every possible ho nour. Great preparations are making in Denmark and Sweden to receive him. It is said, he is created Generalissimo of all the Swedish forces. An arti. cle, dated Geneva, 23d of September, states, that the Queen of llot.tAND had set out for Paris, and that Juscvnixt is to go to Neufchatel. Part of the French troops at Geneva have marched fur Spain. ...The Archduke CHARLES, it is said, is to re. slime the dignity of Generalissimo, on the Ist of 11 , 2zt month. --The late KING Of HOLLAND has left To i ilitz for Gratz, to pay a visit to the Emperor of AUSTRIA ; and, it is added, that he will afterwards go to France. The French EMPEROR is pursuing English commerce through every part of the Continent. The regulations, re specting colonial producc,that arc iii force in France, will be established throughout tilt:whole:confederation of the Rhine ; and an Imperial Decree, dated Fon. tainbleau, the 21 instant, ordains that all sorts of colonial produce, which shall henceforth enter the Duchy of Mecklenburgli, the province of Lauen. burgh, thellanseTowns, and all the countries situated between the sea and the line of the French customs, from the Rhine to the Baltic, are subjected to new and uncommon duties, whether such goods be imported with licences, or proceed from prizes, &c. Raw sugars pay 300 francs per quintal ; cocoa WOO francs ; Brazil, Cayenne, and Demerara cotton, 800 francs..--Other articles, in these Ger man Papers, will be found interesting. Paris Papers were received yesterday, from which we have made extracts. The most remarkalde arti cle they contain, is a Decree of BONAPARTE re specting domestic servants. It, in fact, imposes upon that useful part of the community, the most hurthensome and odious slavery. What motive BONAPARTE can have in passing this Decree, it is not easy to devise. Success, and an uncontronled will seem, at length to have led him to actual insanity. It is said, there is a Moniteur in town, containing MassENA's official account of the battle of Busaco, in which he boasts of having driven the. British before him, and of having taken a gteat number of prisoners. He concludes with saying that he was in full and close pursuit of the British, with his sword nearly in Lord WELLINGTON'S back. We do not know, that there is any such document ; and if there is, such rhodomantadc is unworthy of notice. It has, however, been said here, that by the sue:.essful movement which MASSEIA directed to Sardao, and by the rapidity of his march to turn the left of the Allies, he succeeded in getting pos. session of Figueras before the whole of our maga zines had been removed from thence to Peniche. It is added, that a quantity of provisions fell into his hands, and we have no doubt the seizure will be augmented in his report of the battle and its consequences ) in thellionfteur, whenever that ap ap,peatii. Private accounts state that the object of the Em. peror of A USTRIA'S visit to nark is to concert some measures with BONAPARTE relative to Spain, the Sovereignty of which it is proposed to confer on the Archduke Cunt Les. We have this day given Marshal BERESTORD'S Dispatches to the Portuguese Government, giving an account of the battle of Busaco l to which we refer our Readers. A Report prevailed yesterday morning that Lord WELLINGTON had sustained a signal defeat. IVe could trace this to no authentic source, and there was no arrival from Portngal ; therefore we treated the report as a fabrication, and it turns out t o b e such, in order to dt.pre.s the Funds, which it effected. The double crime of 4 frand of this na ture scarcely needs any words of indignation to itecivnpany it ; but we could nisi; to guard the pub. lie mind (tom being played upon by Mercenary and worthless beings. GERMAN PAPERS. [taIIIVED THIS DAY.] HAmitntom, OCT. 12.—A discharge of the can non yesterday, at seven o'clock in the morning, an. nounced the arrival of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden within our walls. His Royal Highness alighted at the house of Senator Schulte, and received the, felicitations of the Authorities of this town. The Prince has in his suite the Chamber lain,Count Monier ; two French Colonels, his Aid_ decamps, and many other persons.--(Supplement to the .dbeilk du Nord, Oct. 13.) GcriEvA l SEPT. 23. —llcr Majesty the Queen of Holland set out to-day for Paris. The Empress Josephine is to go to Neufchatel. All the French troops at present here, were this morning reviewed; a part of these troops after. wards marched for Spain.—(Same Paper.) PETERSBURGH t SEPT. 4.—The Court Gazette of this day contains an article from Tarnapol, con. corning the solemnities and fetes, which have taken place on the occasion of the reunion of that part of Gallicia to the Russian Empire; at the end of this article it is said— " Already we actually feel the effects of the so. licitude of our new Sovereign ; the superfluous troops have set out from this. The Provisional Government has established order and safety, and deign to pay attention to our prayers and representa. firms ; in a word, we feel that we are in our own country, and effectively that we belong to the great family of Alexander the First."—(Same Paper.) VIENNA, SEPT. 22.—1 t is said that the ci.ilevant Elector of Hesse proposes to withdraw from the Banks of London and llamburgh, &c. the large sums which he has in them, and employ them in the purchase of ecclesiastical property.—(Scne Paper.) LIEBAU, SEPT. 30.—Count Gottorp has left this place for Riga, where, it is said, he means to cm. bark.--(Correspondent, Oct. 13.) VIENNA, OCT. 3.—A division of the Russian squalruti in the Black Sea compelled, on the 22d of July, the Turkish Fortress Suhumkale, on the coast of Abyssinia, to surrender, with the loss of 109 men; 64 pieces of ordnance were found in the furtress.--(Correspondent, Oct. 13.) lIAMBURGII, OCT. 12.—Mr. Eudel, Director of Customs, has communicated to our Senate an Im. perial French Decree, bearing date Foutainbleau, 3d October, 1810, enacting that all sorts of Co lonial produce, which shall henceforth enter the Duchy of Meeklenburgh, the province of Lauen. burgh, the Hanse.towits, and all the countries si. toated between the sea and the line of the French customs, from Rhus, on'the Rhine, to the Baltic, are subjected to uncommon duties, specified in the aunezed tariff, whether imported with licences, or proceed from prizes, confiscation, or seizure : " Raw sugars, pay 300 francs per quintal; cocoa, 2300 francs ; Brazil, Cayenne, Surinam, and De. merara cotton, 800 francs," &c. &c. &c. The same tariff has been introduced in the Duchy of Mccklenburgh, by an Edict of the reigning Duke, of the 6th of this mAnth.....(Correspondent, Ode. ber 13.) His imperial Highness, the Archduke Charles, is to resume the dignity of Generalissimo on the first of nett month.--(Correspondent, Oct. in FRONTIERS or BOHEMIA, OCT. B.—Count St. Leo hot Tuesday left Toplimz, with his retinue, for Gratz, to pay a visit to his Majesty the Emperor of Austria.—(The same Paper.) BERN, SEPT. 24.—Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia, returned the day before yebterday from the mountains. The same day arrived from Nurenburgh his Highness the Hereditary Prince of flolstein-Oldenburgh, with his suite, in order to go over the mountains, and the little Cantons, over the St. Godard. his Ex cellency, the Royal Saxon Minister and Chamber lain, V. loge, is likewise arrived in Berne. Re. port says that 15 rooms are kept in readiness at Nuvenburgh for the reception of her Majesty the Empress Josephine, who is still expected there. SALTZBURG, SEPT. 28.---Yesterday arrived here his Excellency the Royal Bavarian Commissary, Count Charles Prussin, Commissary of the circle of Passau, in order to take possession of our country, for the Crown of Bavaria. The Royal Bavarian Minister, Count Montegelas, arrived at Reichenhall on the 25th inst. and the day before arrived General Count Wrede, at Mondsu, in the district of the Inn, in order to receive the homage of the new subjects. MUNICH, SEPT. 30.—Extraordinary great pre parations are made for the nuptial festivities of our Crown Prince : they will begin the 12th, and last to the 15th October. There will be a grand arti ficial firework on the Mar, Joseph's.place, and the Castle of Nymphcnburg and its gardens will be su perbly FRANKFORT, OCT. 2.—lt is said that the regnla (ion, in which all kinds of colonial goods are load. ed with imposts in France, will be successively fol. lowed by all the states of the Confederation of the Rhine. Comm tor.v, OCT. G.—Pursuant to a Royal Order, the Chamberlain, Count Molke ; the Di vision-Adjutant, Von Gluan ; ■nd the Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber, Molke; are to receive his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden, _ ~"'_11 at Corsoer and the Adjutant.Ceneral hamber. lain Lindholm, will con d uct him over the Spraiii Belt ; Baron Von Orenstjern a , the Royal S wedisk Minister at our Court, w h o is gone to Hamburg to compliment the Prince ) is created Commander of the Order of the North Star. It is supposed th a t the Crown Prince of Sweden will make his Lutherso confession either here, or in the Cathedr a l 41 Rothschild. The Archbishop of Upsali is soon expected. STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 28.--The Knight Mersha!, Von Plafcn, goes lik ew i se to H elsingbourg to a.. ceive his Royal Highness the Crown Prince. DRESDEN, OCT. IS said (hat Count Si. Leg will go from Toplitz to France, at the end of Olt month. FROM THE DA RUBE, OCT. 4.-0 o the 7th i nit, persons of very high distinction are expected at tishon, and the 9th inst. at Landshut, ou lbw way to Munich....(Neuremberg Papers.) SCUONEN, OCT. 1....1t is reported that 04 Crown Prince is created Generaiissitno of the 4 0 4 Swedish forces. FRANIEPORT, SEPT. SO....Count Metternich, n e Austrian Imperial Minister fo r Foreign Affairs2o. rived on the 28:h instant at Carlerusche ) oa lit return from Paris to Vienna. SEPT. ?3..._According to some public rep", Count Gottorp has received the expected pTurli from St. Petersburgh l who immediately cutuisuul his journey for that capital. DANTZIC, OCT. I.—The English have attemptel a landing at the point of the Island of Bela, in or. der to surprize the Polish troops who occupied this important post, but as they were bravely re. pulsed, and with loss, they, to revenge themselves for the disgrace and disappointtnent they had sal. feral, connonaded for three days the little 'Maga of Hela, inhabited only by poor fishermen, and the small post occupied by our troops. It was not possible to shew more constancy and bravery that the Polish detachment, under Lieutenant Z.lecki, of the 11th regiment, manifested, to whom the et. fence of this post was committed. Fourteen hug. tired cannon balls have been already found in ta t sand, the houses, and the fort. The English win astonished to learn that on our side only two soya were wounded.—(Corresponde:d, Oct. 10.) The Diana has arrived with a mil from New. York and Halifax, having quitted the former on the '24th ult. and the latter as late as the 7th inst. The New York Papers contain no news, but men. tion a confident expectation that BONAPARTE would revoke the Berlin and Milan Decrees. The follow. log Letter announces the sailing of another rep. went from Halifax, to reinforce our army in Portu. gal l where it has doubtless by this time arrived :-- 6C 11ALirAX, NOVA-SCOTIA, OCT. C. " The Diadem, 64. and adCuldetdd, fleeivell here in the M inst. haring on board six companies of the Bth, or Kko i t's rep meat; these ships are to sail again on the 10th Instnnt, fete► bon, with the 23d, or Royal Welch Fuzileers, ander tour wand of Lieutenant-Colonel Policies opened in the City to receive heist. netts, for which one hundred were agreed to be returned, if MAiseNA was in Lisbon the 45th of next month. The premium was afterwards raised to ten guineas. The following extract is from The Shrjfiehilhy a paper greatly admired for its independence W sound judgment : 64 But on the most promising view of the situ, tion of Lord WSLLINGTON'S army, retreating like the sea, roaring and returning indeed at every ebb, yet still retreating, we cannot flatter our country that he will long have the opportunity of Wine her battles on foreign ground. Next season he may have to meet on the soil of Britain the fey Generals with whom be is now contending ea terms so unequal ; that victory itself is only re. prievo from destruction. Neither the talents nor the bravery of Lord WELLINGTON and the hero under his command can be questioned ar thit time. The enemy knows and dreads them, for he has repeatedly felt, and fled from them ; but in the present state of the Peninsula there is a steady ands fatal progress in the march of the invaders, sustain. ed by an overwhelming superiority of numbers, • which is merely ckecked step by step by all t hat genie; and valou yin the part of the British can pelf im led which we fear can only be stayed, in the last tro. mity, till our gallant countrymen embark for th eir native shore ; there to wage ere long a worthier or. fare with a foe to whom the Continent f Eur'l 4 seems to be given up as a prey, hut to whom tbm Island, we are confident, will never ha gine!, while there remains a drop of blood in the veto of the last Luglishman. Yet why should we se• ticipate this last struggle ? There 0 a helz' s forlorn hope indeed—that Lord Wel.r.reovosi by another victory ; may yet save Portugal for any thee campaign. But should MASSENA be 01 foiled and repelled ; BoNAr tRTE himself will retien into the Peninsula, and unless the hour of his hue liation overtake him more suddenly than can be expected, Spain and Portugal must sink before him, and twilight may as well contend with dart.. ness on a December evening, as a rCMllallt of B ri• tish soldiers ; in a country so halfahearted, stabs"'d the whole force of France ; led on by the most tot. ! rible being that ever wore a human form." An Inquisition was taken yesterday on the bellY , of th e young man who was found drowned 0.0 Thursday morning in the Paddington Canal. name is Southby, and he had hit his emplaynot as Clerk in a Counting•holise, in Osfurd-' freet ' a week ago. Ile wns tniaus in his 4'1%411' to the amount of about 0 501. which, however, his bail will cover. lie was at Uxbridge on 1.004 morning, where lie breakfasted, but as there 'at no evidence how he got in the river, the JOY' livered a verdict. —Found drowned. P. !gi! It . ''. I -