The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-07-15 00:00:00

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Tieri'vcy and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ail
motion wits withdrawn.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR, of the
EXCHEQUER, an Address was ordered to the Re-
gent,..praying that some dignity in the Church should_
be grantedAo the Rev. J. Webber, the Chaplain of
the Houser
On • the motion of ;the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, Addresses were ordered for the
usual annual grants to Messrs. Lushingtorr, Drell
Ley, Witham, and the other Officers of the House.
1 !MILESTONE ELECTIO24I BILL. '
Mr. SWAN, referring to the rejection of this
Bill in the House of Lords, which excited his sur-
p rise) as well, he believed, as that of the majority of
those he addressed, gave notice of his intention, at the
earliest period of the next Session, again to. bring
forward the same Bill. •
• Lord A. HAMILTON said, that es.a!Membet of
the Hellestone Committee, he felt peculiar solicitude
upon this subject, and from the scandaleati transac-
tions disclosed before that Committee, he was most
anxious that it any vacancy should occur in the course
of the recessrthe House should come to a resolution,
or take some proceeding, if consistent with Parlia-
mentary usage, to prevent the Speaker from issuing
hie-writ for a new election. Some measere of this
nature he really thought necessary, is seise to guard
the House from the disgrace of any Representative
who might be again returned by such practice* as had
taken place at the Hellestone election. .
Mr. TIERNEY observed, that no such proceed-
ing as the Noble Lord wished for was at all prac-
ticable, the Speaker being bound to preeeed as the
Act of Parliament prescribed.
The SPEAKER said, that he should certainly, in
such a case, feel himself bound by the Sdttute.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. WILBERFORCE rose, pursuant to notice,
to move an Address to the Regent for the production'
of such information as had been received with re-
spect to the conduct of the Portuguese Government,
in consequence of the treaty signed at Rio Janeiro,
in February, 1810, in which treaty the Prince of
Brazils had pledged himself to co-operate with his
Britannic Majesty, by adopting the most efficacious
means for the gradual abolition of the Slave Trade
throughout his dominions. The Hon. Member read
the words of the Treaty, containing a statement of
the grounds upon which this pledge was entered
into, and observing, that he need not remind the
House of the Resolutions in the same strain adopted
in 1806 and 1810, for promoting the abolition of
this edions traffic. He expressed his satisfaction that
our Government had evinced the utmost sincerity
and zeal in its endeavours to accomplish the object of
these Resolutions, not only in the Treaty alluded to,
but in its more recent communications with Sweden.
Therefore he . wished it to be distinctly understood,
that he did not mean to impute any disappointment
of the wishes of justice and humanity upon this inte- •
resting subject, to any want of zeal or exertion on'
the part of our own Government. But 'he was sere
1 the House would bear, with peculiar Concern, that
'accounts were received, of the correctness of which
there could be no doubt, that nbtwithltanding the
solemn pledge of the Prince Regent of Portugal, the
trade of the Portuguese in African slaves had, since
the abolition of that traffic, increased in a vet), con-
siderable degree, and accompanied too with fresh
circumstances of aggravation, with such circum-
stances, indeed, as were outrageous to common ha-
' Inanity. On our relinquishing this horrible trade, we
found that our views of promoting the acts of peace
among the unhappy natives of Africa, were defeated; '
for by keeping up old habits among that people, the
expectations we were encouraged to indulge, were
wholly thwarted • and 'disappointed. Under such
circumstances it Oecarne Our duty to enquire how
the obligations of the Portuguese Treaty had been
disposed of. It was knowe; that of all the nations
formerly engaged in thOlave Trade, the regulations
of the Portuguese merchants had been most humane,
at least in that portion of that trade carried on to the
south of Africa, which comprehended about
three-fourths. of their whole trade, for they had
very little trade to the . north, to which their.,
beneficent regulations did not extend. Bat it'
appeared that their trade had of late considerably ex-
tended in this direction, unaccompanied by any re-
gulations calculated to mitigate its evil, and in con-
sequence such numbers of slaves were:crowded into
small ships as to produce effects which it would be
impossible to describe, but of which sores idea might I
be formed from those descriptions of human wretch. TATILACT Or A LETTER, *noel ofne sAVE To rel salits. I
eduess under similar circumstances which bad been ..........
...Cl, Tereee, Jittle 11, 6. A. M.
so often laid before that House and the country. • iistbeit ua La UI( Cy•-• 1 infOrrned iouro
After expatiating with the most impressive eloquence Excellency of the embarkation of the Anglo:Sicilian
upon these descriptions, the Honourable Member army at, Alicant, of its departure from that place on
',expressed his hope that Portugal, which in fact owed the 31st May, and of its rapid arrival ou the, 24
Ito our navy the protection of the- very vessel* thus I June under Tarragona. The army landed during,
ignominiously occupied, would he yet brought to I the night, hastened to invest Fort St. Philippe etthe
act upon her treaty, and to respect the rights of 1 Col de Balaguer, and the inelosure. without a fosse,
justice and humanity. This hope he was induced to-I which at present constitutes the defence of Terra-
indulge, from a reliance not only upon thezeal ankiona, the forts and extensive *fortifications havieg
activity of our own Government, but upon the chap ! been rased. . .A fire from several batteries began on-
racter of the Prince of Brazils himself, of whose dis-ithe 3d, during five days Balaguer held out, made an,
position he had had a favourable report: Our Go. bOnotdable resistance, and killed or wounded of the
vernment had no doubt met with sonwefl those dia.'. enemy more than 300 men.
cultic., which were too ,generally inseparable froni! it On the rooreittifer ,the 7th, the explosion of a
the negociations of Courts; but he could..not allovel powder magazine' caused the. surrender Of Fort St.
himself to entertain a doubt that success would be t Philippe. The enemy, .by a. fire kept up from the
the result of its exertions, to remove an evil which, ' sea and land, attacked Tarragona. At the • depar-
from its nature and magnitude, was not in'hict to be tune of the Anglo-Sicilian Army, the Duke del
endured. .It would indeed be responsible in the Parque had arrived from Caroline to replace General
'eyes of cred.and man, if it permitted such an abomi.:i Murray itiveie caeop at Camelia. Elio, with
,the 2d
nable traffic •to be persisted in by 'a •nation 'which Spanish eproPSl:Vries• close upon our posts.
owed so much to the protection of oar army and 44 "As soon as 1 was informed that the enemy bad
navy. He valued the connection of Portugal as sailed from Alicant, I made dispositions upon the
much as any man, and he could not but admire its coast ef,,Yaleticii to , receive prompt information,
long tried fidelity to this country, but he would not ',Mat I charged General Decaen to collect troops to
consent to pay even for that connection each 'a price fall upon the English. lie eagerly executed that
as. the toleration of this traffic. Portegal was, it disposition, and en the`" first information detached
was notorious, at present theonly nation in the civi- •••frinn Gironne Beu,rmaUn's.brigade upon Barcelona,
lized world which dealt.in tide trade, Spain .alone ' where he arrived the leth of,,luise. On the 2d .of
excepted.' But. the •partioipation of Spain was very June I huh dispatched.frtit. before the Xucar Mug-
small indeed ; ail ii.reeettt appointment or a,tiVni- nen's division, and the brigades of Pannitur and'
mittee of the Corles to enquire into the subject, A,remont '•• they Ipreteeded by forced marches ton,
war, combined with the removal of the Ititrisition, : wards Tell .. I !earnest dot ten leagues from - Ve-- in
they
a favOurable 6inen of:tihrdisrsitions and jetentions cia that the &it'd talegner had capitulated ; i lost the
of the Spanish Goteesiesoui..,,Would it then be al- ohly. dinner,. road bylieldefv,l could act, but It was
lowed,, Vortuollito ' ,vin lconlinuethut'syutpm of of iMpitipttre to' top IlifYleaeMy's weep, 04 on
Ittlifiugi IPA rtifity, "iiiih.EnOand coeld„ptarent ? , the 1000 proceeded to,Tortosa. The head of my ,
A.The -1 Horton sablee SAW: cosuclUded WWI sub: ' celikffitt hie ith reAWE:I4IM &a gars oath PereUs •
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nutting his motion. on the 11th my troops arrived; I toughetefiiiiiiird'ou

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ing, " that this Ilouse , now adiourn " ;Which mo-
tion was agreediol and }fool Ascordingly ad-
journed till.Tueliclity "exi.

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ARMY'OF -ARRAOON.

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VALENCIA, JUNE 9.-4/' hare- jest this.' moment;
(four P. M.) received a letter from the Governor GC
Torsos', •tiatbd June 3,-three quarters. past nine
o'cjpck, of. thelelloiving is a.popy,:•-•;;
" Escar.i.ver MoivetimsauurnThe eirtny`s fleet was
yesttifday in bight before Tarragona at .ove oil sek ; it consists
of 4 out 180 sail ; it appears to steer in the direction of Villa-
nova de Sirjis. in this state of things. I baire determined to
march with 600 infantry and 800 hor,e Into Lower Catalonia. M
order to rally the troops of Gen. red liecaen, 'rind if It is pond-
sible endeaVoitr to fight the English.-4 am. &c.
(Signed) " Marshal the Duke of ALB!tERA.
" To the Minister at War." _

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LonTeiEREAGH expressed an entire con- the 14th upon the Tarragona road ; and not bpi im
sit
turrence with the sentiments of hie flon. Friend, " able to act on the high road; I determined to seek :
andacknowledged his forbearance io not bringing bye-road across impracticable mountains in order to
forward his soden at an earlier period; in Comae- twopence my arrival to the brave garrison of Tar.
quence•of the disappointment alluded to. He la., ragotta, which refused all snmmenses, and Apfendpd
mented that disappointment, but as it would be im- I itself with high valour. In short, on the 12th 1
possible to lay any information upon this subject be. lighted fires on the tops of the mountains 'and ad.
on the
mthennl3ttihmebGeyeonnedrallheMvaiuliraigcee oNfalrthinellued
fore the House, withip the present Session, he sub-`l ranting
aln
toh
matted whether it would not answer his Wishes belles, my troops could see and be seen from Tarragona
ter to withdyaw his. motion at present, giving tuition
of his intention to bring it ,forward again if he saw , out from
eceßdiamrhciieaminanntaipvaraiecndeiingtapeivashop:fleyrdightrioaieserw;h_ear.tiiope:lenvrbo:.
occasion', 'at an early period of the next Session.. The resistance of the place, and the march of column)
Difficulties had no doubt occurredin the negodattihoant !
afrio:obßlaigr
alluded to, but still Mons not;wititait hoPit
Ithe Prince of Brazils would yet be brought to a la. ' re-embark the greater ppaieirteogforhiasrtiirrient.pys,it'ildith=::
: tisfactory conclusion before the nest Session. At ing under the place 27
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I all events) the whole of the information and corre- , mense number of bombs, bullets, &c. all of ithiel,
spondence explanatory of the views oLobouseth,Gsmovernthe- hiasoresabeielnlecfotntrheeypedthioristnmatoofsTksalrifrige,ossenaani.ds
patTrieentctooednilvirtyyfionoe:
meats might then be laid before the'
I delay he proposed, be thought doe in fairness to the under Balaguer ;
1 Portuguese Government, while. it must he, more ad- spectacle. . .
nntageous to the objects of the Hon. Mover. 4( On the 14tb, I edvanted my troops to reesa.
1 Messrs. W. SMITH and J. SMITH fully con- noitre the fort; some battalions defended the ap.
curred in and warmly applauded the sentiments of,: preaches to it, and the fleet fired a more hot than
I Mr. Wilberforce, whom they a=borted to persist in ' murderous fire upon us. Upon Valledellos the
I his motion. English Dragoons were roughly handled by the West-
!Mr. C. GRANT, jun. followed on the *OW side, phalien Light Horse, and the sth Light Infantry
and Mated, that it appeared the Slave Trade carried obliged five English battalions to fall back. under
lon by the Portuguese, exceeded the whole *meant Hospitalet and the fire of the English ships.
of our traffic, at any period previous to the Abaft: 66 On the 15th and 16th there were slight skir.
tion—they having carried away no len, Within the mishes, and the report of 25 deserters proved to me
last year, than from 70 to 80,000 of the unhappy that the enemy, either covered by the fort of Bala.
Africans. _gazer, or entbarked, were placed out of reach of any
Mr. WILBERFORCE congratulated the unani- attempt on the part of a land army.
mity which prevailed upon the material part of his " Whilst I was acting in Catalonia, I had left
motion.;_ which, howitzer, from the considerations General Harispe with the id and 3d division befog
stated by his Noble Friend, he thought piper to the Xucat; on leaving.bim I directed he should draw
withdraw.—The Motion was accordingly wi*&tara,' Its his advanced posts and establish himself in work;
with leave of the House. - • prepared for some time behind the river. The move.
STATE OF THE CURRENCY. , meat was being executed with precision, when on
Sir HENRY PARNELL, after a fell prefatory the 11th, General Elio, with a numerous cavalry,
remarks upon the State of our Currency,. to which attempted to press upon our rear guard. General
he thought it peculiarly necessary to call the attention Miselop, who commanded, turned, and at the head
tion of the House, proposed the following Resole- of a squadron of the 4th hussars, vigorously charged
tions : , the enemy, killed or wounded 50 men, and brought
That it is declared by the indenture between his Majesty and back 60 horses and as many prisoners. The Irish
the Olken of the Mint, bearing date the 28th Nov. 1771.. that Colonel, Oroman was of the number. On the 13th,
the right standard of his Majesty's monies of Crown. Gold is, ta .
regard to the piece which is called a guinea, or2l shilling piece, In the morning, ; double attack was made on ths
; that there shall be 44 at these, and one tan shilling and sixpenny I points of Alberique and Alara, early in the morning,
,pieee in the pound weight troy, of the I"enes. of 22 mat, °I? ' General Harispe sustained in a great part of the nay
d
one gold, and 2 carats of Allay; and that every pound weight i
tro_y of monies of Gold shall be in value 461.145. 6d. the enemy's demonstrations ; a brisk cannonade toW:
That according to this standard the guinea, or 21 shilling piece, .. but the enemy refused to engage. T. .e
contains 5 dwts. 8 grs. of Gold. ,place,
Duke del Parque, with the divisions of the Prince
1 That prior to the restriction of cash payments by the Bank of
I England. is 1797, the paperof that Bank, of the nominal value D'Anglona and of the English Roche, attacked :Cg
of 21 shillings, was of the marketable value of 5 d vets. 8 gni. of two columns General Herbert, before Careaxente
, gold, because it was convertibieon demand, ioto a guinea. 1
1 That the value of a pound weight troy of gold coin, or of 1 who did not hesitate to march against the enemy at
gold bullion, of squid fineness, in Bank of England paper, of the head of a squadron of the 4th regiment of hut-
which the general currency now consists, has of late been sixty- sars, and the whole of the 14th and 16th of the line ;
six pounds.
That according to this value of Gold, the Piper of that Bank . he reached and broke the enemy in the streets and
of the nominal value of 21 shillings, is of the marketable value I gardens of Careaxente, more than 400 Spaniards were
' of S dwts. 19 grs. of Gold. killed or wounded , 700 soldiers and 30 officers made
That the difference between the value of his Majesty's Gold
Coln, and the value of the Paper Money of the Bank of Eng- prisoners, the colours of the Carmona regimeht
• land, ts equal' to the difference between 5 dwts. 8 cs. and taken, and the enemy put completely to route.-
3 dwts. 19 grs. of Gold. That is to my, the value rif. Bank
Paper Miry n teatime the value of bis Majesty's Money by From that time up to the 18th, the enemy had sin.
dertaken nothing serious against the troops ti
r2Bteheitellie ham will, art y la the next Sessioa of Parliament,
Valencia.
take this tirctimitaned hooks most serious consideration, with
a vie*' to tettdre the currency to that value, which is declared 66 The expeditionary fleet continues. at anchor off
by his Majesty's Indetiture to be the'right standard of. themoney. keeping some battalions near Hospitalet,
of England. • ....Balaguer,
1 and under the fort. My troops being acting in deserts,
The first Reidintion being read,
I decided upon bringing them towards Ampolla,
The 0141NCELLORi• of tbe -EXCHEQ,VER
said, lhait
,6,,t, 40 .02toneyki„ 4 neceisary tet wooti upo.n the Tarragona road,. to procure them water, of
which we bad beep deprived for two days. I have
the arguments upon which.the Hoare had, after ma- been . . - - -.. . informed ,
inforinea-that Lien. M. mattnien, of
tore deliberatien, come to, cpuclusions, which the
the, niiirig of the:pier: of Ta.rmsona, had advanced
Hon. Barenit',ii Resoluiiono .proposed.to overthrovy
that town
. and to etas.. .sv however, persisted in
and therefore he should content himself with mov-• 4°
t, do; 1 ~..1 ,prolonging my • in Cataltinia, in order to unravel

_ suty.
the enemy's projects,, nrflin yenterdik I learned that
the English had resolved•to' blow sip the fort of Ha.
laguer ; this reicilestiti?hich entiVely entered into
my projects, proves tome that the enemy. will not re-
new his attack upon Tarragona, tiorierlonsly act in
Catalonia, whithAtifficientlyinforms me of what re-
mains to be <Joni. •
Thus, bat, the first operations of the
English upon a tine of 20'leagues, has been confined
to the taking of a forfana ti,garrison of 83 soldiers,
commanded by a Lieutenant, whilst they have lost
in killed, wounded, prisoners, or deserters upon the
Xocar, or at Tarragona, above 1600 men and a
flag—whilst they have raised the siege, and aban-
doned 27 pieces of cannon before a dismantled place
without fosses, but defended by .a small but very
/Want garrison." • • •
Here follows recommendations of different al
Geri and corps who distinguished themselves.]

• .1 41, . i ~. , 11/40311 TNT SAME TO TUC &AMC
1 - " Valencia. June 9.5.
" M. Le Duc,—By my report of the Slst I Informed yore
Excellency of the precipitate raising the siege of Tarragnaa.hy
the English, and their re-embarkation; the necessity of follow-
jag the movemeots of the .&'et has forced me to sacrifice the
1 should have had.ioasegsoutiesiel *hit Governor Bar-
1117tilte,re and his brave garrisoo, epop his fine add vigorous de-
fence. By going to Tarragona [should have lost six days,
whilst, as suon as I received a report from General Mathieu.
1 front Rees's,' and two letters froth General Bartolette. 1 only
Ithought of returning to Valencia to prevent the English from
anticipating mi.
6, The 1011 Of the English at Tarragona has been immense ;
thirty pieceecif heavy calibre, mortars, fire-ships, bombs, mega-
sloe of runt, salt meat, &e. have been delivered to the flames;
:tett the enemy suffered still more considerable losses on the algid
between thl %eh and Slat signals, firing of cannon, annotinceJ
' that the immense convoy bad decided to quit ..he coast of Cat:,
_lonia. At day-break ten large vessels n err seen off the mouth
of the Ebro; eighteen brigs or large ships had grounded upen
'`the sands at the month of the river. Your Excellency will Cr
able to judge of it by the Reports of the Chef des Gardes.de it
Sante, which I have the Inmour to inclose.
" As soon as I was informed of it, I ordered assistance is ir
given to those vessels; bet the great difileulty in arriv;ug pr..
vented their reaching, them. 'Several chip. detached Item :Ic
grand convoy have returned' tiro yUsacckeded in saving the
lteeter part of the troops end utaas,soria I it *ppm,. thoefileY
ost but five ships, which in gate* seeseebilecloised. 1 ?
••i As soon as I was infonaut the:eeemy lad s ilrd fat t
coast of Valencia, 1 put Metheer's divisiou and Axrem 5
brigade io March. By op effort worthy a ;noise. Y
marched Moth teams. ado. ambitious. of anticipating ;ter
.enemy's fleet at eyery point. All the.tdeelarations of the titp-
tains whose emelt grenade*, stale. that the enemy was to We
disembarked at Castellani de in Plana. to have separated me
from the forge which I bad .left' open the Xuear ; the astoni,it.
lug rapidity of the roateli, of ear tamps and the ` intent' of
the with'', hale not allowed the reemv.ftwesecute his projec.t ;
he remained three bouts le sight of Castellon on the 23ti, wia ""
the same day I write* there with 4410) tame, 800 horse, and 0 t
.pieces of light,artillgry. Thisliget. beaten by contrary u str;..
allfleared,beforo theGjal de.V*mae, a frigate was detached to
%Ile PaligiOSO Ole Vaal pr dome the Determitwe i she ty " •
iplose la there, syttlgroupsied before Moralities's.. Gen. Bantilo,
proceeded Kithtwoeampanies of gresadieesand two piece; 0..
teiloati?rdintsketty tire took place. th'
6wiwoki ett afidutraor. they atteinvied
IPl6Virre so walL-reffeived, that they re-
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tatf".that the efforts of Cie
Catalonia hove fdi 441.-1
Duke of ALBLI:i. it.l."

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