The Statesman.
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THE STATESMAN.

LONDONI. •

SATUROAT"AVOVIT 11 1810.
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THE following 'spot' bait letter froio Lisbon has
b.:cn received •
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" LISBON, Yiux Q 6.
" We have no n^ws from the army lider'than to the I3d of
this month, w '.a.u.notte of the. pokiest had heewallerett, but
we heard Eiji moriii4 4 ft1)01:1, that a retreat was a contain-
plalina irons. Alrerehe, the present bead-ostarter4. do not
tiela sc. the rumour nt,s4.lf, but there are many that do. and
bekratn think the country elto,•ether inst. The %stitch Seem
to be antatirovilak tit ger r.atotrthe English, bat they cannot
cross the bterra of mountains that • leads towards. this city
without sustaining a defeat, should Lord Wrai.dtmotoll. al.
Mishit:o4 r lie wi:l, thicket to oppose them in this attempt.
" As 4.4141, the skinnishing.is invariably successfak hut it
!,:ads to tanking of ransetpenee.. We have taken is this Way
niose than Lill° men. "Our light horse behave admirably. •ak-1
well as every part of the army that has been engaged. We
are afraid something nimuifol is• to he expected at no great
distance. The stomp iy outg gathering, hotly breatitia short 1
time, but the Iniver it remains in repose, the anure'terrible
the ex plosion. •
" Malty. peopie.thiakihat the French will befit possession of,
• Lisbon before a mmth has expired, but such persons are no-•
torionily of a desponding temper, though generally well-ki-
formed. :We are perfectly well satisfied with the Portuguese
trays, and on English courage we place implicit • reliance.
It is raeatimied. that General Hsu., with Marquis Ro-
a A Mk, lids been ordered forthwith so join the main body of
the allied army, at the French are is too great force near Ba-
dojos. Other news,we love nine to communicate. Provi•
biolVA in: every where plentiful, and the harvest is promising.
" t am informed that a Gentleman has just arrived from our
army, who states, that *deices bad Item obtained that Ai AS-
SUS A'S army is very sickly. and that a force of near 104/00
men is lying useless in the hospitals of Salamanca and other
places. We do not math much credit to thisstory, so early
lit the season.
- y. " .Two thousand French have come over from theenem" 1

If there he any truth in the report that my
Lord IVaLLINGTOX is about to retreat, whet we
said some time I.iiiee will turn out to have been a

.little prophetic of Lurd WLI.I.INGTON'S mistake,
and its consequences. If his Lordship was net
strong enough to meet the enemy, iustead of
Aiding in strong holds, Government should hive
reinforced hint up to the necessary strength, or
have long since ordered him to retreat to the coast.:
'The kind of medium course whit* Ministers
.taken, and the half measures of Isks boritshiP,
have' thrown the Englisk;'. Army in Pottagel
into very great bazardelt-Vie. abets Intel.
ligence be , trek.. Lord-., j, tow tai
lea opportsaiiiir et attack skist now either
remain in his position to be Arai.
Duke CliAntri did 'after the'battle of Aspern)
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^.11n4 to fight when and where Ake Enegly pleases ;
or he must retreat with 10u:trill and disadvatt_
tages,. and eminent danger.` We do not say that
Lord WELLtatiTON:;',9pgt4 is have fought,
to .raise the siege of ,Ciudad Rodrigo. That
City :Was of no real consequence to him, or
his, *pe• redoes. But he lOWd have fought
with the French sonembere, ond in time,
or he ought to have come !nay' long since. Did
ever expect to hold rortugalwilhoutAghtioEP
But, if he did ever m'can to fight agate, why did he
rerwrin in Ms strong position • till compelled to re-
treat from it with disadvantage, or be cooped up
in it to capitulate, porpaps,, withdut a blow ?
—When we augured* _wit of his Lordship's
militarrloperatioes welad no cOnception'of his
shutting 'himself tip' in a strong box, to repel an
lizeading enemy. We did look for his gallantly
attacking the enemy, in Plain, or hill, or some-
where, according 'to pod •military knowledge.
We thought that the Archduke Ceram* had
been. a useful example to him, tk.,good General,
but beaten by getting into a stroseg Add, out of
`which fie was compelled to come: to fight the
enemy to disadvantage. General; Mar* was a
poor Orionis's; and' therefore use say owthing of
or his strong city. -But Lord Weit.teti- '
mort had seen one of the best Generale of "tli*.t,.iige.
beaten, "by the Mistake gad talaturtattent gOtAng
into a strong `..hold
While we iVer o in the art of
we received Ifeituguese Papers, to the
They do,.net confirm the-canier 9f the ;triitees t sof.
Lord W er.tattaTON 'but ti de excites •seribus
apprehensions for the iessilt of?, the 101061
scheme he has chosen. General CeAcreen has
sustained* loss (which is acknoWledged tweets.
sitiereile) in consequenCe of the 'overior force of
ihe aitt.s.king enemy.. :Whys. this. is the very`
result of the n !teas qf strong holds! Yoe may'
ho as strongly 'posted
..as you --grease; .but
the enemy has the advantage, by youe wait.
ing for his, attack, which, of course, is made
at one point, or more, with. a force sum-
rior to 'that rut of' your position ..We have
great Nth it; the bravery of our' troop; but no
brairi-ry will or ran prevail &oink this ,species of
error, if niy Lord Wet.t.txtrios. hot Allen into
it, We hope he bas hot. We gave hint credit.
las military U welt as braver". 'lf

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.crield never, hate Aced,. sad stet die cue.
my, he should have come away. If he has got•
into any disaster or difficulty, he bas really chosen
it; no doubt, ignorantly, while seekingsomething
else: But he can be now in no difficulty fur
which ho has nut himself to answer.—We do nut
mean to augur ill of the result ; but there is quite
cause enough for serious alum!

Jr is maw said, upon very respectable au.
thority, that the dispatches received from Mr.
JACINON't by Ministers, refer to a most important
event,. which has taken place on the Continent of
AMBRICA. We understand that these &dykes
from the British Minister, relate to the favourable.
reception at the City of Washington of the nape.
ties from the revolutionized Spanish Colonks
South America, subsequent to Which s negociatioss
nes entered into, terminating in &Treaty Offensive,
Defensive, and Commercial, thus uniting the two
grand divisions of the American Continent by the
only bond that can be permanent, that of reeipro:
cal interest..
Boston Papers,and Letters arrived yesterday to
the date of the 13th ult. and one of the Journals
says, that information had 'reached Massachusetts
from La Geis's, that in the• province'of Cumana
the establishment of a Congress had been proposed,
in lteltatlisu of the North Atnefican Govern.
ment. .

an event that must affect every warm, and
horiourable heart with unspeakable pleasure.
Those hoc regions of South America will be infi.
nitely benefited by it. Not so much in the way of
commerce ;• for South and North America have, iu
most things, too great affinity of produce to do
much for each other bty.teade.: and as to nsanufae.
timing fior each Other, for the present, at least,
that is out of the question. Nor can the. two
eountriCsstrengthen each other by any junction of
their respective powers, while toeither,onepor the
other has a n avy. It is not on the side or merely
political or commercial arrangements or ad,
vantages, that •this event 4,10 be considered.
of any very great magnitude, at the present
period of the world. But the moral chi.;
meter of. South America will gradually and inetti.i
tably be amended by the connection with the:
United States. She will gradually lose soau

ofawahke:ged
superstitions : she will feel' her newly
passion for independence rising ,Injto:
irresistible greatness; she will learn more en-
lightened principles of 'commerce ; and therefore,
Mill thitaw Wrap teltraints that keep her pour, in
the' midge. of the lavish gifts of nature and Pre.'.
vidence t In • word, she will make • progress,
she herself never dreamt of; and from that, will
go on to prosperity witieti..sei es; Europe can hardly
now 'entirely divine. In eaybig, this, we du nut
mean so cam tan cbaticteli:Orthe United States.
That, charactuy hes milisiftiultst yet the ton.
nretiuu between slaves notileocateit cannot ettiat
without inotont tindirrottqat tienetli tis the forever"!
The' Letters speak of the 'speedy convecaiiou
of the congress of the Veiled. States u improbi.
ble ; but intelligence froio-other quarters leadilis
to suppose that it would 'be assembled as soon as
could be admitted by the forms of the Con',
*deaden. '
From a Gentleman who left Buenos Ayres by
the last packet, we miderstnnti, that, prior to the
resent Revolution. on the shores of La Plats, a
proposal had been made by the Spaniards, no doubt
to attract the councils of the friends of indepen_
dente, tai offer the sovereignty of that territory
to the Princess of PORTUGAL; resident' at Rio
Janeiro, but the suggestion was rejected with in.
dignation. This Princess is heiress to the throne
of Spain, in the, event of the demise of her bro.
ther,Fosottr,Sse VII.
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Inv h• wl ill . very great pleasure we insert kr.
EYoilti.,Manly explanation, iespecling the blue.
der.(wo. should have said ene of the blunders) of
he Rentatiner'.• We recommend that to the
Attention. of. our Readies; fur it is or' more
import' linos may be at first imagined. A
pion ,of kystealatic• obese and scandal for the
poritose of _ snaking i Paper, by feeding the
malignant ,passions of mess, ought to be ex!
posit asid pest down ; and we shall throw in what,
'strength we have. not 'to limn Authors or
kettiri,,fr'orn candid criticism, whether wise..or On:
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wins, bitt from ill.natured, or selfish persecution.
-.minim-
Wa save this day Inserted the Letter of out
Correspondent, . G anionic CLEW ; and strongly'
recommend it te the perusal of those persons who

are' not so well informed as this writer is, upon
the subject of our coMmerelil embarrassments.—
Had any Crab proof been wanting to establish the.
truth of his reasoning, the meetings of Cieiliters
at Guildhall this day (48 in number) must have
some erect; in addition to the picture drawn by
the writer in The Argus, which softie of our co.
tonnitartiries,. however, atikct to treat with eon,.
temA• arising. from their own ignorance, as we
shall preen, On the first ofrst'opiiortanity.
Qn Monday. a grand Sham Fight will be on'
LC:hob:its, consisting of thellitSisreey, Lambeth,'
Christchurch, Wandsworth, Kitigetoos Oat 1111116
mil other Volooker Burlap. a