The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-24 00:00:00

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LONDON:
MU DA y, JANUARY 24, 1812.

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THE STATESMAN.

terday forenoon Government received official
its from Cadiz which confirm the statement in
viz Papers, that there is little ground to hope!
Tim of Tarifa will be able much longer to
to attacks of the enemy ; and last night dis-
were
received from Lord WRLLINGTON and
'nester, at Lisbon, giving an account of
r gallant affair of General HILL, at Merida.— !
sticulars received by Government have not !
red ; but by the Portuguese Papers, which we !
received to the 9th instant, we learn, that
ll HILL put his corps in motion on Christmas,
and proceeded towards Merida, which was oc-
by
1600 French infantry and 300 cavalry, who
'own up Geld works outside the place, and
icadoed the streets for their security. Before our !
• reached the town, they fell in with a party of
teensy near Los Navas, which they routed, hay-
lled 251 wounded 20, and taken 15 prisoners.
Our loss amounted to one officer and two privates
and 20 men wounded. On the approach of
General HILL, the enemy abandoned Merida, which
Gras taken possession of by our troops on the
30th of December. At this place the enemy had!
ostablisbed a depiit of arms and other warlike
implements, which fell into our hands.---An
peptide in the Portuguese Papers, dated the 4th
instant, states, that General limes corps, com-
posed of 16,000 men, and the troops of MotteLLA
and PENNA., were about to establish their head-quar-
ters in Mitten& ; a movement which, it was sup-
posed, would cause an alteration in the operations of
SOULT, MARMON; and SUCIIET. In the Corunnal
Diary of the S:h of January, it is Said, that the
Army of Lo rd WELL' GTON had moved towards Ciudad
Rodrigo, and established bridges on the Agueda,
preparatory to blockading that fortress. Lord WEL-.
LINOTON may have made a demonstration of again
laying siege to Ciudad Rodrigo ; but we doubt much
whether General Btu., with so small a force as
15,000 meu, will venture to penetrate so far into
Spain as Llarena, while the armies of SOULT and
MARMOII/ occupy positions almost in its vicinity.
The gallant General has shewn that he is neither desti-
tate of skill nor courage; but we do not think that he
would expose his army to be cut up in the manner
it would not fail to be, were he to take the step
which the Portuguese Papers attribute to him. It
appears that Valencia had not surrendered on the
27th December; and the report of the defeat ed,
SUC:IET, brought by the Cadiz mail of yesterday,
turns out to be a fabrication, as no such event is
poticed in the Portuguese Papers, which bring ac.
counts from that quarter seventeen days later than
}he Cadiz Journals.

B ylieligoland Papers which reached ns this fore-
noon, we find that the foolish rumour of an imme-
diate war with France and Russia, is again revived';
iLI that quarter. It is said, 46 that BONAPARTE had
Aetermined upon a war with Russia twelve months
pgo." If this had been the fact, will any person
who possesses his senses believe, that the Emperor of
Faswca would not have embraced the opportunity
phile the Russian arms were wholly employed with
the Turks, to strike the blow against ALtxAttoza,
rather than wait till that Sovereign was ambled, by
a peace with the Ottoman Porte, to turn his arms
against France ?—Bat what is still more absurd is,
pat the Drams are now said to be convinced
pf their folly in being so long inimical towards
this country, and are expected to join the
F,onfederacy against DissoLcom.—As well may
pe expect that OosiaaaTE will make Peace
pith this country on oer own terms, as believe
pat the people of will forget the cruel and
loprovoked aggression committed against them in the
itifar!aus Eivetlitipp of cornhafen: Putt se), the Fir

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vocates for this new Northern war, BONAPAILTZ has
collected immense quantities of grain in Poland and
the neighbouring States, for which he can have no i
other use than that of making war with Russia. Poor
drivelling politicians ! Do you not perceive that what
you consider a demonstration of hostilities against the
Russian Empire, is a proof of the determination of
BONAPARTE to subdue the Peninsula? It has been
admitted by the Ministerial Journals, that he possess-
ed every other mewl of accomplishing it, but that
of provisions. Now that he has accumulated im-
mense granaries, which there can be no doubt, he
means speedily to transport to the Peninsula, we
expect that new obstacles to this will be conjured up
by the venal tribe; but they may rest assured, that
NAPOLEON is not to be diverted from his purpose by
their frivolous Arms ; and that he knows much
more of the secrets of the Courts of St. Petersburgh,
of Berlin, of Stockholm, and of Copenhagen, than
to listen to any idle stories about their hostile views,
which, we are persuaded, are invented in this coun-
try, and secretly transmitted to Heligoland and An-
holt, in order that they may be sent back as authen•
tic intelligence from the Continent.

We are sorry to learn from our Correspondent at
Deal, that a report prevails there of the Royal Oak,
of 74 guns, having been lost off Cherburgh. We
hope the rumour will prove unfounded.

By letters from Falmouth, we learn that the
Darlington packet, on her way from Lisbon,
was chaced on Wednesday the 15th instant by
two frigates and a brig, which could not answer
the signals made by Captain IlAnvEy. After twelve
hours they gave up the chase. On the 17th, Cap-
tain HARVEY spoke his Majesty's ship S'arveillante,
38 guns, Capt. Sir GEORGE COLLIER, who detained
the packet two hours to send dispatches. Captain
COLLIER informed Capt. HARVEY that he had been
chaced by a French squadron of three frigates and a
brig, from which he had fortunately escaped, and
that, falling in with his Majesty's ships Ssyfrille, 38,
and Spitfire, 18, cruizers on the Irisit station, he
(Sir GEORGE) had taken those shipsunder his orders,
and was proceeding in search of the enemy's squadron.
Captain HARVEY was also informed by Sir G: COL-
LIER', that the enemy's squadron had burnt a vessel in
sight of the Surveiltante. Captain HARVEY sup-
poses he had sailed about 350 miles from the time he
last saw the enemies ships, until he fell in with Sir
G. COLLIER'S sqaadron. It is supposed the French
squadron is cruizing for the purpose of intercepting the
supplies which have been lately sent out from this
country to our army in Portugal.

In the House of Commons last night, an interest-
ing debate took place on the powers and jurisdiction
of the Inferior Ecclesiastical Courts. The Motion
of Lord FOLKESTONE was withdrawn, in conse-
quence of Sir WILLIAM SCOTT pledging himself to
bring in a Bill relative to the subject. We trust,
therefore, that the obnoxious laws complained of,
which are a disgrace to a country that boasts so much
of its religious liberty, will soon be repealed.

The Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday, which we
received this morning, contains the proceedings of the
Kerry Catholic Meeting, held on Saturday last,
but our limits preclude them insertion to-day.
RespeCting the progress of the Protestant Pe-
tition, it is stated, that since Saturday it had
been signed by Lord VENTRY—by a number of
Country Gentlemen and Magistrates—by Merchants
and Traders, and by Freemen awl Freeholders of
the first respectability. It is thought that the Pro-
testant signatures will extend in length more than au
English mile.

The PRINCE REGENT will hold a Council at Carl-
. ton House this day, to prick the Sheriffs for the
present year. The RECORDER of LONDON will
attend and make his Report. Yesterday, at two
I teclock, a Cabinet Council was held et the Foreign
lOffice to arrange the business to be laid before the
Pamir
royal
Highnessemrthi
this
datk.e COMMANDER in CHIErj
has intimated his pleasure to be present at another
' trial of Captain MANDE'S experiments, for the im-
provement of the means of discharging cinnon.
experiments of Captain M4NaY's method of pre-
; serving the lives of shipwrecked mariners will be
tried at the same time. The place made choice of
for the trial is Hyde Park, where the water-experi-
meats can be made on the Serpentine River. The
day is not yet fixed.
Yesterday dispatches were received at the Admi-
ralty from Admiral LEGGE, at Cadiz, dated the 30th
ult. They contain an account of the loss of the
Ephcra brig of war, of 14 guns, on the 25th, in
Cadiz harbour, by striking on the Porpoise rf3ef.—
Crew all saved.
It is said that Lieutenant-General Lord Foams
(of Scotland) is to go on the Staff of Ireland, as se,
1 cond in cemmand to Sir Jowl Hors, who succeeds
1 the Earl of Haanikstoir as Commander of the
Forces in that country.

Mr. OLorcioN, the young Officer, who is men-
tioned with so much honour in the last dispatches re-
specting t,Lie capture of Java, is a son. of Miss
Gco gGE, formerly of Druryrlane and the Haymar-
ket Theatres, who married Sir JoaN OLoastsox,
and has for many years been the chief vocal performer
on the American Stage.
The Assignees of the Baukruptcy of BoLnipte,
Lumpscrrom, and Bor.oceo, are—
Mr. IDVIL, creditor for 1C17,000
Mr. 'ft mow, ditto for • 7,100
Mr. Mum Lion, ditto foe 3,000
The statement of Gazaer having been apprehended
is without founda.tien. No trace of him has yet beel
OistrTrld:

On Tuesday last, at Plymouth, a man named
John Armstrong, who stands charged with the mur-
der of a marine, was apprehended on board the brig
Plato, Captain Remelts, lying at new Quay. It
appears that Armstrong, together with three other
men, deserted from the Goldfinch sloop of war, on
the night of the 16th of September last, and stole the
gig from the stern of that vessel, while she lay in
Stonehouse-pool, that they enticed the marine,
named Isaac Carter, then doing duty on the gang-
way, to desert his post and accompany them, and
that when they had got mtdway between the vessel
and the shore, they pinioned him, tied his legs, and
threw him overboard. The body was picked up on
the following day, and identified by the serjeant of
marines on board. Armstrong, on being taken, ,
turned to Mr. C. the young gentleman (midshipman
of the Goldfinch) who apprehended him, and thanked
him; to which Mr. C. very properly replied, " You
are exceedingly welcome ;" he was immediately put
on board the Salvador, where he met one of his ac-
complices in the horrid affair ; the other two, John •
Williams, an American, and Henry Dercuss, a
Dutchman, are still at large, and for whom a reward
of 301. each is ofiered by the Admiralty.
Sunday evening last, about nine o'clock, as Mr.
Lander,jun. was quitting the house of his uncle, trho
lives near the road leading to Alverstoke from Gos-
port, he was attacked by a man with a small crow
bar, 18 inches in length, who struck him over the
head. Ile had proceeded but a few yards from the
house, which was situated in a field, at a distance
from the road ; but supposing more were at hand to
assist the robber, be pulled the door to, and called
to his uncle to make it fast. A desperate
conflict ensued for a short time, during which the
`robber sustained several severe blows from a stick,
I which Mr. Lander had to defend himself. The fel-
I low finding himself pressed hard,stabbedat Mr. Lan-
; der with a bayonet, atul ran to the top of the field,
where another severe contest took place, until both
were exhausted with the loss of blood, and left each
otter for dead. Mr. Lander recovering first, went
down the field, and found, that on the elder Mr.
I Lander coming to the assistance of his nephew, he
unfortunately took the wrong side of the field, other-
woe the fellow must certainly have been taken. Mr.
Lander's wound, we are are informed, is only a flesh
wound, and of no material consequence. The rob-
ber left behind him a leather hat, with a piece of ,
I crape sewed inside, so as to let down over the face
and the crown bad ; the hat has the name of "
chael M'Coy, Dublin," written in it, and has been
ascertained to belong to a private in the Dublin Mi-
litia, who had been ill, and was at the time so un-
well as to keep his bed in the Hospital. Every man
belonging to the different regiments have undergone
examination by the surgeon, but no discovery has yet
been made. The villain appeared to be nearly six
feet high, and had crape over his face.
The Munich Gazette states, that Counsellor
Graser has, by order of his Majesty, made an ex-
periment with the greatest success on some young
recruits, of his method of teaching children er adults
to read and write, in the course of a month, what-
ever may be their natural aptitude to learning. Be-
fore the end month, these young scholars,
who before did n know a letter, learned to write
correctly, and read every thing presented to them.
This method appears to be founded on the manner of
writing. As soon as the pupils can write, they have
also learned to read. The instruction they receive
is not mechanical but methodical, and according to
fixed principles, so that they can themselves correct
any faults they may hive committed in reading or
writing ; they learn, at the same time, to under-
stand what they read and write.

Tt,e late horrid murders in Ratcliffe-highway and
Gravel-lane, upon the unfortunate families of MAIM
and WILLIAMSON, having justly caused considerable
sensation and alarm throughout the Metropolis and
elsewhere, the Nobility, Gentry, and others, who
are taking the necessary precaution in protecting
their families and property from the outrages of suck
determined villains, are particularly recommended to
furnish themselves, or confidential servants, with wea-
pons suitable for their defence, from IlAnny GILL
and Co.'s, No. 6, Prince's-street, Leicester-square,
which are to be obtained of the exact Pattern as made
by them for, and most approved by, the Bow-street
Officers and other Police.
A PPRESIEVIRM or THE ABSCONDED BAwasa,'s CL6RE.-11te
Prisoner, whose name is George Ilannaot, and who was a
Clerk in the Banking-house of hlessrs. Birch and Chambers,
Bond-street, was taken into custody at Sandgate, near Hythe,
in Kent, at ten o'clock on Wednesday, and yesterday be under-
went an examination at Marlborough-street. The property
with n hich the Prisoner absconded was not stated fortber than
a 2001. note, and another of 501.; but it is understood to he
several thousand pounds.
Tinnier Kenna, a deserter from the Coldstream regiment of
guards, charged with the murder of a woman near Waterford,
in company with whom he had been previously seen, has been
arrested, and has confessed the crime. Ile said he had met the
woman on board a ship ou his passage from Bristol to Cork, on
his way to visit his friends on a furlough, and funned an Jan-
uary with "bar; that she inolacra him to desert, pronsising to
put him In possession of some property left to her by a relat on
in the north of Ireland ; that he had accompanied her so far mi
the way, when his mind being tormented by reflecting on his
desertion, he reproached the woman as being the canse! An
altercation ensiled, in which he gave her a blow with a stick,
that brought her to the ground, and then, as he ex preMen it, "he
was tempted to finish her," and elected that horrid purpose
with a stone.

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANOE, JAN. 34.
This day the Markets ism several fresh arrivals of Wheat, and
considerablesupplies on hand : not having much demand, sales
are raaserltlegtly heavy, at a further declension in price. Some
prime Danteic about til. per quarter. Barley in large supply
and cheaper. Malt, with White Peas, nearly at last prices.
Beans, or each sor.. likewise. There are large fresh arrivals
of Oats, with considerable quantities on hand, and this trade is
quoted cheaper. Flour in full stocks, expected lower, and sales
at less than the general named prices.
Wheat 54, 781 100 s 1 Tick do.
Fine ditto . 106 113 I Do. (Fine Old) .. 50 52
Rye ..... ..,., 50 oats 24 7 30
Barley 35 47 Poland do.
Malt 76 82 Pomtoe do.
White Peas (boilers) 76 83 Rape Seed
Grey do. ........ 56 62 Fine Floor
Beals . ....... , . 50 55 Seconds ......., 1104 90
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To sink the Offal, per none of in.
Beet' ....51. 01. to 6s. rid. Head of Cattle this dal :
Mutton ..sv. 2d. to 6s. %I. Beasts
Veal ....7s. ud. to its. 04. Sheep s 4,340
Pork ....to. 4d. to 7s. 4d. Calves . .
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