The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-07 00:00:00

.STATESMAN. TO CORRESPONDENTS. fife Utter from Potturcs, •ddrrnied to the Rizht Ron. N. VAirst rr ULT. respecting the proposed 'fax npnn Capital, or an inn rase of the Income T.tx, is higily &serving of the pub lic atrrinion, and shaft appear to-inorrtm , if nothing onfore yen prevents it. Avo, 90. , It is said that Soya, testl, hy itnrvison in the lines I before this place, has eollectvd,the remainder of his forces from Andalusia, one Part of which ke has marched in the direction of ThlHera, an d t h e other ' of In Mancha. •• _ _ pets, on the suhj,•rt of new Military Arrangements about to take plsee, is come to hand ; ntid, althmigh one xstiments not esactly enrrespond with the writer thron,Thnut the whole a his remarks, we shall, with pinasare, insert his Letter the first opportunity. • - - - • - SCOLIPORVII ARTIPEZ, on the suliject of Milliner inventioes, is DOI tufkieotly intelligible. in it. , present shape, Itir invert inn ten if the Author will give some further explanation, his wishes shall be complied o ith. Pair shaft be (holy attesided to, although his last article seems rather marvel:ems. Arr. Mail.. lbte I 1 I I 1 1 U 1 piIICE or STOCKM Tiny Bank y per Cent. cons. fkiii per Cent. Red. I per Crow. I. pet rent. Navy Pl 6 2 Ann. ]-::: i DA AT ONI O'CLOCK. India Bun(s' Etelseigaier Bills Sid. par I p Ditto 30. Omnium 9r. riiiisitio kir Ac, u. bl 60} Lincery Tickris THE STATESMAN. LONDON: •(O!(1)AT• strrrmstn 7, 18141. • . According to letters' from Madrid, of the Ist of August, General MENDIZABEL 1111tered 13ilboa on ,the 1.3(1 July, and under date of the 6th, that more than 3000 Juramentados had deserted Joss's. (Concisu, Aug. 20.) French Papers were yesterday received, the con tents of which, we regret to state, confirm our for mer opinions respecting the progress and issue of the Russian campaign. There appears not the least reason to doubt that the French have obtained very consider able advantages. They have driven the Russians Ate. 19. By a dispatch from General Beeearrtnos, dated from Smolensko—they appear to be advancing with Xembres, Bth Aug. we know that the said General their victorious columns to the possession a ?dos had defeated all the plans of the enemy and caused (for, the ancient capital of that country. A report csterday prevailed in town, resting on the authority them much loss, and obliged them to retire to Me of private letters from the French coast, " that 80. dine, &c. •' The surprise," he says, " e x e c u t e d In Ocuna by the battalion of the Gene r al a n d the N tram, having greatly exposed his person in the section of the 3d division, commanded by Col. to, late errgagemente, had been dreadfully wounded, and ass either dead or not expected to survive."—This 1 ILIPE BDENQUER, was most complete. The first intelligence its Governor and Officers had, was the wort has obtained some credit, from the circum: being awakened by the bayonets of my gr e na di ers , owe of the Conservative Senate having had three extraordinary sittings, on three successive days, Au- directed by the brave Captain V ELATDE . Wh e t g i ves gust 31st, Soptember Ist and 2d, and it is thought greater eclat to this glorious day is, the taking of a convoy which had just arrived at the s a id pl ace: Mill more strongly to be supported by the silence of the .11onitcur, and the absence of official more than 600 mules, 300 horses, and a rich b oo ty gene from the Northern Army. These circumstances have been the fruits of this enterprize. The l oss o f the enemy was great ; its Governor killed, and 50 1 do not appear to us to afford any reasonable ground soldiers prisoners, exclusive of nine Officers the of hope that such an event has reallv taken place.— The extraordinary sittings of the Conservative Senate Governor's Secretary, &c. may be more naturally accounted for by the interest-4 It appears that the Regent O'DoNetee has sent in his resignation, when, after the expulsi o n o f thej iae events which hose recently taken place in the Tarqui m;s, lirty of ome was ianger, Peninsula ; and the Bulletins from the Grand Army Bau n did the be not send in his ß resignation. n d General leas., we fear, have been delayed, first in order Omit 0 9 DONN rct, who commanded at the disastrous action hey may present a more conti nue d, c om p ac t, and perfect series of Russian disaster and F ren ch triumph ; of Castalla, may be innocent or guilty ; b ra t , how.. end secondly, on account of the whole attenti on of ever that may be, the Regent O'DO NNELL is not Ge. Bovetesere and his Generals being engrossed by an neral O'DONNELL.—(Conciso, August W.) active and vigorous prosecution of their adva n tages. ' The Commission of Government of the kingdomof Valencia, from Alicant e under date of the 2 4 2 d Illen they sh a ll h ave f o ll owe d up th e i r bl ow w i t h the utmost possible effect, and derived from it all the of July, writes, that the second an d third armies, 111 number 11,000 men of all. descriptions, had been benefits which it can aff or d—it n ull th en b e ti me enough to fill the columns of the Afortiteur with a de- beaten and dispersed by a third ,or fourth part of tail of their operati o ns. 11'e say, therefore, that the the enemy's forces; that General Roma and his division of 3500 men had alone sustained the honour NIKONS assigned, do not app ear t o us satisfactory in of the Spanish arms, and arrived at that city with ispport of the truth of thi s r e port . • i n trut h, t h e lino the loss of 300 men, and that the Regiment of plc of this country have s o o f ten b een h mused ss ith tali accounts, and s uc h accounts h ave so often Cuenca had also acted well. Public opinion demands a prompt and exemplary punishment of the authors, been propagated by the Ministerial Journals, that see have acquired an habitual s ee pti i i sur upon all of all those losses—it demands immediate and large sash subjects ; and mus t a i ssays f ee l disposed supplies of provisions for that fortress, which is near ra eithhold our belief till we can rest it upon u siege, and the country open to the enemy.—(Con more secure foundation. It is said " that B0.`", A"Pia 18.) II The Regency Gazette contains a very long detailed ' sateen greatly exposed his person at the recent ; account from the General in Chief, of the t2d and 3d, '2egagements." This, we con f ess , appears to us to . of an unsuccessful attack made upon Sucurr's van be extremely improbable; si n c e th e a ff a i r o f t h e guard at Castalla, and other points of the Sernnia, !sedge of Lodi, we believe he has not so far forgot. tea the duty of a G enera l, as t o expose his life to ' 111 which he acknowledges to have been defeated with any de gree o f d anger ; an d if , as a G eneral, he has considerable loss, which was excessive, in proportion deemed it his d u ty t o a b s t a i n f rom suc h exposure, he' to that of the enemy. roust have felt th e d u t y t o b e st ill more i mperat i ve as ! The same Paper gives an account of an attempt LT, error—a dignity, in which, consequences, infi. made by Estes 'v MINA to surprise Vittoria, on !the 4th July, which failed, though not without a loss etteiy more impo r tant, d e p en d on hi s persona l sa f ety , ff the French Emperor be indeed dead, we thi n k it to the enemy of 300 men killed. CADIZ, Alio.- 13. tar more probable that he has met his fate by the By letters from Seville, of the 4th, sth, and 6th, bad of an assassin, than by the honourable efforts we know that a rigorous and general embargo con of legitimate warfare. tinued, and that on the last day the sick were sent I off towards Cordotia. The good Souvr dissimulates has this morning arrived, to admiration, sliest ing a serenity which does honour It. from which we insert t to his infamous heart. In Alcala de Guadaira the gill be seen by our Rem Vandals are carefully fortifying themselves, and that he siege of Cadiz had too without any expeuce or labour to themselves; 'punish force, to the they carry their oppression and vileness to such an 'he command of 0' height, as to oblige those to Construct their defences defeat at Castalla who, at some future day, well know how to take 'oh attack made up vengeance for such an affront-1000 Spanish pri tonsequence of tl seism and conutrymen are the unhappy men obliged have'been suttee to labour. by a Court Ma Aoars? 17. S event adds The English entered Madrid on The Ilth; Ima m , Se occurrence with hie frigid's Court, was at Cuenca. The came' teriority of Dined Espedition from the Meditirrintan has , i n se any eft( , number 14,000 men, effected its dr,eabbarkatio n jo . discipt /lie/mt. We are 'muted of our havin take in, lAmerican ship witlo 9 600 muskota. tor the c o ; CAr raccas.—,(Onscup, 16). • rastx.er , ae, eneeemesse rill fr " The fai . iitaarld , ono of. those movide *ma; • 'or ( I might aitPliallraffennald OP like place as it . coroadal k Arijiiro. the ?kW, 101101111111110; WWI aim .)cluiry.br mo , Isnates.) A Cadis Mail has this morning arrived, with Pa vers to the 21st ult. from which we insert the follow. ltracts. It will be seen by our Readers, that, 'o that time, the siege of Cadiz bad not been ‘cl, and that a Spanish force, to the number of )00 men, under the command of O'Dowmt., • sustained a severe defeat at Castella, in cause• nee of an unsuceenful attack made upon the van. td of Seem.. In consequence of this dkaster, )ortvezr. is stated to haye'been superseded, and t to Cadiz to he tried by a Court Martial.—This rtifying and discouraging mitt adds one to the .umerable proofs which the occurrences of tbe wale IP afforded us, that no superiority of numbest .o able the Spaniards to oppose any effectual m i ght: ee to the progress of French discipline, ectititY, 4 valour. CADIZ, Atm 13. It appears that Cowin and Moasm.a are in the nidado de Niebla, where they will form a corps Of go 10 to 12,000 aten.—(Redactor General,' ANIE• ;•) . • ; Marquis ble qui had adopted- the impolitic plan of w aling the remains of MAZMONT'S artily to the frog'• tiers of France, end thus have placed himself between that army, *hen it had been recruited by numerous reinforcements, and one headed by Sucticr, which he would have brought up through the kingdom of Arragon. In that case, the Marquis would have been in a similar situation to that which blAssexA was placed in at Santarlm, with this exception—he would not have had a strong hold e qua l t o t h at to b a l e pro - CADIZ, A lm a i tected him from the attacks of his adversary. He would The castle of Niehla has been blown up by t h e have been exposed to all the tr ou bl ys w hi c h b e f e lM M AR. sem A, without any of the advant ages p ossesse d by , that French, th e ar till er y spiked, and all the p ow d er an d brandy dest ro y e d ; the grain and straw we re l e f t renowned Marshal. The Marquis h as a d op t e d th e w i s e r MI. plan, of bearing upon, and compelling the enemy to touched. The 100 men, who composed the garrison, quit,the capital ; which will enable him to fix a rallying proceeded to Seville. General Cauz, with all his , forces, put hi mse lf in motion on the 13th, i n the point, in nearly the centre o f th e ki ng d om , f or a ll same direction, after having detached a battali on o f those Spaniards who may prefe r th e i r coun t ry ' s libe- Cacadnre s an d th e cava l r y, under Brigadi er N airn, ration from the enemy to that s y s t em of careless ease to pur s u e th e enem y. This determi n ati on o f t h e which has marked their c o nd uc t during the:whole of French t o a b an d on th e whole Condado, g i ves weight the arduous struggle ; whil e , a t th e "same, time he will to the repo r t o f S o uvr's intending to e n ti re l y quit be but 120 miles from the fronti ers o f Po r t u g a l, f rom Seville. very recent letters f rom that city speak which kingdom he alone can depend for supplies without fear of inte rru pti on f rom th e enemy ' s fl y i ng of the eage rness w ith which they carry off the effects from the Carteja, i n the directional Cord o b a , where parties. Besides, the p o s s e ss io n o f th e ca pit a l a l ways they have sent off great quantities of b a g gage of carries with it an air of sup er i or ity w hi c h i ns pi res th e every description.--(Conciro, Aug. 16.) timid with coura ge , f rom th e very soun d o f i ts Auc. % - name. It will soon be seen, however, whether It is reported that 'omit has marched for Valets. this Possession of the capital be considered by, the Icia by Cuenca, and that the Allies having . left 6000 i Spanish Government as safe; if they do, we mar men in Madrid, are closely pinsuing.—(Redacfor soon expect to hear of the Regency and Cortes ban: General, Aug. 20.) , , , ing removed to that place, to concentrate the power In Scrille, 3000 waggeschave been ordered to be of the kingdom ; if they do not, it will be a clear collected ; the indications which the French give of , proof, that they look upon its possession as people their intention of abandoning the Andalusias ate : look upon the possession of any other unfortified numerous. place, which is likely to be lost again on the first re- verse of fortune. Should the latter be the case, it will very much lessen the importance of the conquest. We began our observations by saying, " The fall of Madrid was one of those events which might nit. turally be expected to take place, as a consequence , of the victory of Salamanca." Yes, it was; hut not the only one of consequence we had a right to ex ,pect. The most important one *Os a simultane ous rising of the people in defence of the . country that gave them birth, and of their rights as citizens, which, to a man of infaut, are far more valuable than life. This was what we had a right to expect; }sit it is whet we hare not seen take place! f• With- 1 int the hearty concurrence of the Sputas* Mar quis Wwwworosi may gather laurel after laurel, slid in the end they will be withered by the corroding effect of Spanish apathy. If victory will not arouse them to action, defeat is net likely ; and since the battle of Salamanca we have not heard of one new regiment having been raised, or of one new 'exertion having been made by the Spaniards; which, unfortu nately for the final result of the contest, induces an opinion, that the Spaniards view such contest as a struggle between England and France, and not le tween France and Spain. The Guerillas are the only parties on which any confidence, in point of valour, seems to be placed ; and, there is too much reason to believe, that plunder, and not patriotism, form their stimulus to action.—Under these impressions (and these impressions must continue, until they are re moved by Spanish actions, and not words), we are constrained to view the possession of Madrid by the British, as a circumstance entirely dependent upon the exterior operations of the war, which may cause it to be given up with the same facility with which it was taken possession of, We well remember that Madrid was alternately - in the possession of CHARLES' and PHILIP, during the war of the Succession, and withonj ever operating material?, to the particular advantage of either. In . that sled ' the looked upon the conflict With ao eye of indifference, except as their lives or property were endangered by the respective parties. They saw the brave Earl of PETERBOROUGH leading British heroes from victory to victory, from slaughter to slaughter; they heard him declare that all this was done in defence of their rights and liberties ; and they heard him with an indifference befitting only cowards or stows. The Noble Earl, after displaying circumspection and pro digies of valour never surpassed by apy British Ge. floral, was obliged to leave Spain, with the fugitive Ring Omuta, to the quiet possession of PHILIP, under the influence and centred of the power of France. Whether Marquis WELLINe.rox - will be placed under similar circumaysnces depends more upon Spain than England ; for, without the hearty concur. rence of the former, the strength of the latter must give way to her more powerful opponent. Yesterday the following Bulletin was shewn at St. James's Palace : " Windsor Castle, Sept. 5,1916. " Missouri has continued nearly its the same state since the tined die last Monthly Report. . " H. HALFOR4, , " BAILLIR__, " HRBERDIMV • • " J, .W ILIAC " R. WILLIS:* ' Anew( was the Lord in Waitlftg, and Gen. . yirthrt the Gtoom: r` ''llr. Rosszr.r.; the late American Charge d'Affaires, u t town on Thurstlay, to embark for Anierica. I. `There Is* rumour that the Duke of Cusfasatorn has it contemplation to take a trip to Russia.—ls this a jaunt of pleaswrel The Retir /rt, JEOZ a jittloc (1! - pteantre Thelletito, mentioned in ;tile Gazette E.rtraordi- naiy,;*fts the ROyal Gotde,n adjoining eke our IfyriePark;' bat (4 MOre . clevatecfglinnd, and 4 w m e hieh the'Prench had to to city.. Thla Binding Coihmjtt a of thirpitKor London,. hive "latticed obt tbe ~gttning rot ihZtielic s Siutto, in- to be btilltlitpOttleida, .4114 itis 'irark,worgoi l it int eilitKintbibalidiatar4.ol- - ;$ •-. rim! -; 1, • .stoknits., a NAVAL INT..E4LiGI z4ca : . • DEAL, Sari. 6. Sailed the Folkstooe lugger, with a convey for Portsmouth. 811EgtNESS, Serf'. b. Sailed the Flamer gun-brig, with a convoy for the Baltic The next will sail about the 18th inst. P. S. The fleet has brought too a few miles IsekrW the Mere, with then ind strung from the Lag. PORTSMOUTH, SEPIA. Arrived the Niemen and Elgin, from the Downs r (Tarn Guernsey awl Jersey; and his Majesty's slip Hope, front Lisbon. Sailed the Vaatoor and Derwent. 00 a crahor. The (Meet Charlotte aired armed cotter lake convoy tot e Gaerasey. PLYMOUTH, San. 5. Arrived the Lauristious frigate, frost Partotofhilb ; and ON • Macedonian frigate, and Nimrod cotter, from , . LEITH, Serr. 3. Sailed t h e Clio sloop of war, wkh TT =ft of aterthaatabert, for Gottenbwrgb. • YARMOUTH, ger. 4r. B. • Bailed the Sbeldrake sloop of war for Ole Baltic, FALMOUTH, &err. 4. Arrived yesterday the Waisimehaen . pick. t, with• a Mai! front I Mon, in ten days. and to-day the Fox packet, from Cadiz, in 15 (1.3) 3 ; aad the Lord Hobart packet, from the lirazih, with a Mail, in seven weeks. Sailed the Marlborough packet, with a Mail for Lisbon; aid the Manchester packet, with a Mail for roman*. The Wakingbank packet from Lisbon, fell in with, on the She ult. 2l sail of vessels, under convoy af the Fermat gue-brig, from Lisboa. The Fos patket from Cadiz brings as nevem* that General O'Domiel had been defeated by the Frank ander Sachet, with inferior members, and was la consequesce sopmvaded and met. to Cadiz, toe tried by a Court-Martial. Arrived Ms Majesty's ship Iplagenia, of 35' gins, Captain - Cords, with the homeward-bound Fact India fleet, cousialog of the following ships, which sailed from Bengal the lYth of March last—Lord Forbes, Edwards; David Scott, Williams son ; Lady Loshington, Hine; Pitt, Butler; Retreat ] Leach ; and the Toneoharn, Sothby. The fallowing whalers also came under convoy of the Iphige aia, Rebecca, Burrard ; Concord, —; Eliza, Clarke; Ranger, Parker; and the Providence, —. The above Beet brings an account of Holkar, the famous Indian Chief ; also that our troops is Batavia were very unhealthy ; and diet the natives of Batavia be 'e more so. The 10th Light Dragoons are to change their unite form previous to their coming into London to take ithe town duty. :Their new dress will be red, instead l of blue; and instead of blue furniture to their horses, scarlet trappings with rich gold lace. The whole will be much more splendid than their present equip. ment. The PRINCE REGENT has devoted much of his time and taste to the study of the new uniform,— The_loth Regirapnt is to be given to the Marquis WELLINGTON; as it is not considered right, now that the PRINCE exercises the functions of royalty, that he should continue to be the Colonel of a regiment. We could name many Princes whom nature seems to have intended for Tailors, and whose abilities, appear to extend no farther than the trimming of a coat, or the adjustment of a military cap ; but it is not often we can witness the spectacle of a Monarch actually wielding a goose, or handling the needle.— Such a one, however, was presented by JAMES of Scotland, who, having in his rage torn the charter of the Earl of Morrow, was forced by his Nobles to stitch it together again, which operation he actu. ally performed while seated on his Throne, and ar. rayed in all the pomp of his kingly robes ! It might he a useful employment to draw a parallel betwixt a certain Prince, - now living, and CHARLES 11. But, however close the likeness might he found in some respects, as in profusion, love of pleasure, 'meanness of spirit, that would betray his former friends, and accept of a bribe from Ms former ene mies : still then will be found one strong point of difference: CHARLES, with all, his faults, possessed one virtue:—lle respected kis trife—aad, though he had not the virtue to imitate her example, he had I the goodness to pity her mistortahee, sad -honour her character. 1 It k curious to trace back the origin of those situ. ' ations in the Royal Household, and to mark the pri mary insignificance of places, which now, it seems, I • p a pear of such vital importance to the preservation. 1 of the Constitution! The Chamberlain was the officer who was entrusted with the care of the lodging of his master's family. As this officer was entrusted with whatever required to be locked up in the house, for the future service of the household, he s , oms on this nccount to have become the keeper of th , ward robe; and, at a subsequent period, when the Crown rents were paid in money, the King's treasurer. In a similar way, these great Officers of the King's household rose to the high consideration we see they have attained in modern times, when, from the super intendence of the King's private concerns, their au thority was extended to the direction and manage• ment of the kingdom ! Sir R. Coancre has obtained an order from the Court of Chancery to try an issue, at the next Shrewsbury Assizes, to ascertain his claim to an estate of 100,0001. per annum ; he at present labours itt the East India warehouses for about a guinea pee week. Yesterday morning, about tw'elve o'clock, a fine boy, seven years of age, fell from a barge near Vaux hall-bridge, and was unfortunately drowned, though not more than ten yards from the shore. The body was not found at a late hour last night. -- is , , CORN-EXCHANGE, Suer. 7. The fresh arrivals of Wheat coastwbe to-day oldie a middling • supply—we have alga, ab o ut 13,000 quarten b the Baltic Oen. Samples of fine old in demand, and mai n . tan t he lest .notation s. but Kw of secood and inferior quality gave way in pike. Bar ley somewhat lower. In Malt sad White Pam bat little visas. ANL Bea= of the twp sons are dearer. The supply of Out is : ii Milacron klentble, and sales heavy . aewrly, last prices. lleur . A williostalteratiso. Wheat ......... Ws 1 4148 l Tick de 9O 90 "' 9; Fine dltta . ; I . . , 155 iDm (Fine Old) .. -.1. , • v ., Rve • ' ` i/76 I Oats .36 60 61 • 65 68 I R Battey... t. , . ,;••• 04 Poland do. Ma1t..,_•..... e ., 00 IS Potatoe do. 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