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

.STATESMAN.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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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, and the 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. •
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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, " executed
In Ocuna by the battalion of the General and 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 ILIPEBDENQUER, 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 grenadiers,
owe of the Conservative Senate having had three
extraordinary sittings, on three successive days, Au-
directed by the brave Captain VELATDE. Whet gives
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 said place:
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 booty
gene from the Northern Army. These circumstances have been the fruits of this enterprize. The loss of
the enemy was great ; its Governor killed, and 501
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 expulsion of 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
Baun didthe be
not send in hisß resignation.n d
General
leas., we fear, have been delayed, first in order Omit
09 DONN rct, who commanded at the disastrous action
hey may present a more continued, compact, and
perfect series of Russian disaster and French triumph; of Castalla, may be innocent or guilty ; brat, how..
end secondly, on account of the whole attention of ever that may be, the Regent O'DONNELL is not Ge.
Bovetesere and his Generals being engrossed by an neral O'DONNELL.—(Conciso, August W.)
active and vigorous prosecution of their advantages. ' The Commission of Government of the kingdomof Valencia, from Alicante under date of the 242 d
Illen they shall have followed up their blow with
the utmost possible effect, and derived from it all the of July, writes, that the second and third armies,
111 number 11,000 men of all. descriptions, had been
benefits which it can afford—it null then be time
enough to fill the columns of the Afortiteur with a de-
beaten and dispersed by a third ,or fourth part of
tail of their operations. 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 appear to us satisfactory in
of the Spanish arms, and arrived at that city with
ispport of the truth of this report. • in truth, the lino-
the loss of 300 men, and that the Regiment of
plc of this country have so often been h mused ss ith
tali accounts, and such accounts have 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 seeptiiisur upon all of all those losses—it demands immediate and large
sash subjects ; and must aissays feel 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 confess, appears to us to .
of an unsuccessful attack made upon Sucurr's van-
be extremely improbable; since the affair of the
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 General, as to expose his life to'111 which he acknowledges to have been defeated with
any degree of danger ; and if, as a General, he has considerable loss, which was excessive, in proportion
deemed it his duty to abstain from such exposure, he' to that of the enemy.
roust have felt the duty to be still more imperative as ! The same Paper gives an account of an attempt
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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 important, depend on his personal safety,
ff the French Emperor be indeed dead, we think 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; Imam,
Se occurrence with hie frigid's Court, was at Cuenca. The came'
teriority of Dined Espedition from the Meditirrintan has, in
se any eft( , number 14,000 men, effected its dr,eabbarkation jo.
discipt /lie/mt. We are 'muted of our havin take
in,
lAmerican ship witlo 9 600 muskota. tor the co;
CAr raccas.—,(Onscup, 16).
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rastx.er , ae, eneeemesse
rill fr " The fai . iitaarld , ono of. those movide *ma;
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'or ( I might aitPliallraffennald OP like place as it.coroadalk
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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 might:
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•
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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 equal to that to bale pro-
CADIZ, Alma
i tected him from the attacks of his adversary. He would
The castle of Niehla has been blown up by the
have been exposed to all the troublys which befelM MAR.
sem A, without any of the advantages possessed by, that
French, the artillery spiked, and all the powder and
brandy destroyed; the grain and straw were left
renowned Marshal. The Marquis has adopted the wiser
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 himself in motion on the 13th, in the point, in nearly the centre of the kingdom, for all
same direction, after having detached a battalion of
those Spaniards who may prefer their country's libe-
Cacadnres and the cavalry, under Brigadier Nairn,
ration from the enemy to that system of careless ease
to pursue the enemy. This determination of the
which has marked their conduct during the:whole of
French to abandon the whole Condado, gives weight the arduous struggle; while, at the "same, time he will
to the report of Souvr's intending to entirely quit be but 120 miles from the frontiers of Portugal, from
Seville. very
recent letters from that city speak which kingdom he alone can depend for supplies
without fear of interruption from the enemy's flying
of the eagerness with which they carry off the effects
from the Carteja, in the directional Cordoba, where parties. Besides, the possession of the capital al ways
they have sent off great quantities of baggage of carries with it an air of superiority which inspires the
every description.--(Conciro, Aug. 16.) timid with courage, from the very sound of its
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. thatsled '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
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" R. WILLIS:*
' Anew( was the Lord in Waitlftg, and Gen. .
yirthrt the Gtoom:
r`''llr. Rosszr.r.; the late American Charge d'Affaires,
uttown 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
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