The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-07-27 00:00:00

LONDON:
TUESDAY, JULY 27, /Rl3.

By the Coronae Mail which arrived this morning,
there are various accounts of the proceedings of the
armies on the Peninsula, some of them not altoger
ther consistent with themselves, much less with pro:
bability. The intelligence of our troops, in company
with those of the. Allies, having actually enteral,
Bayonne, anialse of their lowing AntralHerriterf
the French to honour them with a visit, must at
least be received, as the sceptics say, cunt gran,
4011 r. For ourselves we shall wait for corrella.
tive, or corroborative facts, before we assure our
Readers that such is the state of the case. By
the parade and preparation in the port of Toe-.
Jon, as signified iti the French Papers which last ar-
rived, it would seem that something in the nature of
an expedition was fitting out there. ,That the Medi-
terranean will be the theatre and boundary of its
movement, should it take place, there can be no
doubt, and that Sicily would be its destination is
equally Co he Presumed ; but is the force Dude! Sir
Enwxso Pct Lew so reduced by the detachment
sent under Commodore ADAM to Alican!, as that the
French will venture to leave the harbour in which
the crews of their men of war have had little.mOre to
'du of late s ears, than have the few masters of the
British ship 3 of war, laid up In ordinary in our.owe
ports'? That Sicily is in a disorganised state, so as
to tempt the meddling hand of our busy etiemycie
can easily conceitie: but is his brother-in-law iie4
icing on the' ether side of the &slits or Messinth
Awn to aid him in any actual project
once Chaska' and maw erltical spot ?
something a little turartous in the man-
,:ctiAnies King- iir NiiLeS leaving 'thy'
Will 'afford a sufficient esplsnatlon 'of it
it Win 4tat the" disinitiified state Of

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mind of the politial Queen, has, through the Yr' Mt-
ROY, engaged the cupidity of his principal to cake
up the affairs, if not the intevest, of that complalOing.
Lady. This is a conjecture on no ,slight grotind,
and such nu ones ourPiitistets hate pro,bably
presehted:to their considerations. .
GAIrrIiACNNA, JCNII 22.—The Officers and Au-
thorities of Valencia have gone from Alicant to San
Filippe, in theinementery expectation of the enemy
leaving the capital.
MADRID,
.p.vr. 10.. L.-Valencia was evacuated in
great haste, it two o'clock in the morning of
the th.

I---inaarz; Al Li 7.—Fifteen thousand men remain'
. to carry on the siege of Pampeluna. Yesterday the
fire was opened igainst that fortress.
lIENANI, JULY 7.—The siege of St. Sebastian is
about to. commence; hitherto it has only been,A
blockade; at Pampeluna the works have been begun,-
and in Diva they are disembarking the Train of Ar=
finery. Those Iwo places will occupy et this month.
VALLADOLID, JOl .1I 7.—By a person belonging to
Palencia, who has just arrived here froM the army,
we know that oar troops have entered Bayonne,
where they were received with enthusiasm. . . • •
JULY B.—lt is reported that a deputation has Mt
Bayonne to compliment the field and 'Gen. Nitillfilig
and inform them that the inhabitants were cleefeintt#
ithe arrival of the Spaniards. This needs, contra*.
; tion ; but what may be considered as wain hi* that
our troops will enter France. , r. 'I 0 . li.
JULY 12.—0 f 60,000 foot and 7,000 hoese,.w.hich
the intrusive King had at Vittoria on the list, there
does not now remain more than 17,000 of the former
I and 3000 of the litter.
ALICANT, JULY s.—Field. larshal D. illippp
Roche, Commandant-General of the 4th dirisiont
under date of the 4th inst. informs me, &Wally, of
! the evacuation of the line of the Xucar, by the
t ; enemy, who has taken the road to Tortosa; no other
; ! injury has been sustained from the French, than their
' having burned the bridges on_ the Neuia Planta.
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road, mined that of St. Barnacle, at the entrance of
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the Villa de Alum; destroyed the batteries and war.
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like stores, and burning the bridge of San Aegistin
I , de Alura, all which I state to the public for its in-
;l formation.

RrQUELM E.

CORUNNA, JULY 17.—Although the post has ar.
rived, we have no further particulars of the opera-
tions of the armies. We are only assured, that
Clausel was marching towards France, and that Wel-
lington
was pursuing him. According to letters,
Villacampa entered Valencia on the sth.
ERWANI, JULY 1.-Our divisions are in Iran, and
the French on this side on their own territory ; how-
ever, Pamplona and St. Sebastian have not yet sur-
rendered, and till this takes place (as they were
fortified plaees) we shall not advance. General
Giron's head-quarters are here, and those of Gene-
ral Castanos were daily expected.
There is no notice, no :any fear of French rein.
forcements. Our soldiers are anxious for the arrival
of the. moment when they shall tread on French-
ground.
CoauNNA., JULY 120.-On the 27th of June,
Sachet wail still in Valencia. A letter of the same
date, written its the neighbourhood of that city, says,
that General Elio had routed a division of 4000
French, which was iu Las Cabrillas, and that he
was marching with the force under his command
upon the enemy's flank,
lizastANY, June 30.—We arrived here three
days ago the. enemy is in the vicinity of Bayonne.
64 of our battalioni are besieging St.-Sebastian ;
'there are 1,700 French within the castle and i fur-,
tified convent ; whenever heavy artille'ry arririx
they, of necessity, must surrender,
cletierat Girou,, under date of the Ist of July,
from Irun, writes to Senor Castanos as follow's:-s.
44 EXCELLIIP S*,—The enemy in this part:is al-
ready beyond". Spaaish territory.
" Brigadier F. Castanos, this morning, with mat
forces, a_ ttached the enemy's rear-guard pieced
be-
fore the bridge of Vidasoa, and dislodged.#4l from
iris rrsitioefesielt ea Win!-bravery as -AWL

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46 The Constitatien Regiment; underlie Caine,
Don S. Loarte, and the Cacadore coMpani or the
2d Asturian Regiments, were then destined to make
the attack. These troops conducted themselves with
a valour which left nothing to be wished.

The enemy was 'in Possession of the head of the'
bridge, and harinetkonnoitred his position Ito*
a brisk cannonade indispensibly neeessary to tjti've
them from it. For this purpose r ordered the first
• company of the 4th squadron Of burst., artillery to
advance, and requested of the -English Commander•
of the troops in Oyarzum-to send me a company of
I the same arm, which was immediately done under
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the orders of Capt. Dubardieu.
" The batteries established, and the troops plated
• in a situation to threaten the passage or the iiverdte
first favourable moment, 1 ordered the bre of the er. ,
tillery, supported by that of the Tiradores, to open
the artillery of both nations, was managed with a I
brevery and skill which do much credit to them.
" Theettemy had four pieces of artillery and 3000
men, and kept up a verx NISI( fire of musketry from
the works at the head of the bridge and houses; not.
withstanding all this,: he suffered much, and tearing
the arrival of the moment when the bridge would be
attacked, he blew up the head and set fire to a. greet
• quantity of combestibles which were on the bridge,"
nec;igilowa tb qf (Meer, wko—distid,
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Tub 44$ TOlt,aattn, nava =cm, Tun
fot or
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• " I charged toi,,Longe, Commander of the 6th
division of the Aley, to take the forts of ?am's,
'which hotbed Barriainto effect after.an attack of two
:day.f!, .
"-The garrison, consisting of 145 men and its
,Commandant, have been made prisoneis of gar..a
In the fort has been fonlitilifihe .pieces of aefilimeYr
some provisions and warlike stores."
Amenica.7-The foll Owing Inflict"?' from the
Cloebee Gazettes afforda satisfactory kldd of episode
to the main histoey of the proceedings of the British
'forces in Canada;—We cannot but confess that we do
not dwell with complacency upon even the advantages
.gained by our army: over a people 'whom we have
AlWays eonsideredits our other selves. We deplore,
we condemn this, war; nor shall we recover our
political peace of mind, or the country its lost channel
of prosperity, till 'thii system of Government out of
which have arisen this; and an endless train of other
mischiefs, has lime pronounced upon peremptorily.
Then may Great 13din recover its character and con.
sequence abreadl I nosy itdiffuse its wonted wealth
'and comfort at hones ong its industrious inhabitants ;
who hoggish it * onnecellarydis3tay
it slaiaif which are !inadmissible to other maritime
ittales;, thistaisning war without end, and to ea-
conwitsmitiate our traders, as it Were,' from the pale
of commerce, obliging tbe :ingenious manufac-
turer (without sinning) to do penance in en over-
stocked warehouse, in indolence and poverty.
One of the ehief causes of the regret which we,
in common with every British Patriot, must feel at
,tie progress of the American war is, that every day,
and on none more than that which follows the de,
feat of their arms, they make a merit of renouncing
every article, whether of luxury or utility, that' le '
the produce of British Manufacture. The women,
too, who are not so absorbed in pleasurable pride asi
our own, voluntarily forego the admiration they at.
tracted by the attire which our unrivalled fabrics af-
! forded them. Three years ago, au American Lady
lof any distinction in society; could not visit another
of equal -rank, if not almost wholly clad from the
labours of our, loorn. How flattering to us Is
I a commercial, people. The case is sadly reversed
since the above period. The females of the new
world are assuming a quite new character—each
mother emulates the Roman matron Coancrat, and
;tells her daughters they are the more precious objects
in her sight, as they appear before , her without
I jewels; since those ornaments cannot be had without
strengthening the hands, of the English, who hold up
a sword to slay their father,aud brothers! A.B.eform
I in Parliament would put an end to this ungrateful
and hopeless war in six months—a war which :would
not have been entered into but for the Borough.
mongering system.-But money must be had, at any
rate,,to pay the wages of corruption !! . . .

The Duke f O. , V ,ORS: transacted military business
with the Purace REGENT yesterday at Carlton-house. i
The expedition from the Downs, consisting of 32
cavalry transports, orre rocket-ship, and 25 ordnance
ships, arrived pt.Gettenbuigh on the 16th, and he-
gan to take in forage and water. As soon as this
'was completed, they were to proceed to Restock.
By private letters we learn, that the batterim of
Pampeluna began on the .sth instant. The Sines
have 16,000 men before the walls.
• Jaca, by which CLAUSES. is endeavouring to retire,
is the- capital of Upper Arregon,.,about fifty miles
east of Pampeluna,and about.the same distance north
of Saragossa, upon, one of the roads to France over
the Pyrennees. It is not a place of strength.
At the battle of Vittoria a regiment of French hus-
sars is said to have charged the 10th Regiment of
British cavalry, mistaking tliem 'for Portuguese,
when the French hussars were `all destroyed, With
(he exception of 150 men.
According to accounts from Edinburgh, Lord
WALPOLE would immediately embark from .Leith,
on a political mission to the north of Europe.
The last Mail from Lisbon has brought the intelli- ,
Bence, that Mr, A‘CovaT, our Envoy at Algiers,
has succeeded in negociating.a Treaty •of Peace and
Amity, on the most satisfactory terms, between the
Prince Regent of Priwitrd4lntil the, Dey of AL-
GIERS. We understand, that this Treaty was signed'
at Algiers on the 10th of last month.
A General Court-martial took place last week, at
the Government-house, Plymouth, on . Dr. Hutu,
Physician to the Forces in the Western District, on
charges preferred by Mr. Gosserla, Surgeon of the
Military Hospital.
The Merchants, Manufacturers, and other Inha-
bitants of Birmingham, hire agreed at a public meet-
ing to establish a' ComMercial Society, to be called
the Chamber of Manufactures'and Commerce of Mr-
*.nsingham.
: Thti Merchants of St. Petersbargh have presented
Count WIT-rammer with the sum .of 150,000 ru:
Meet which he, has declared his intention of laying out
in the purchase of an estate in the Government of St.
Petersburgh, •
Madame FANNY de 131,tonsamors died at Parison
the 3d instant, at a very advanced age. Her death is
said, in a foreign Journal, to have been as free from
Ott her life was frOM reproach.
rno ng the foreign Princes at the Grand Fete at
Votiahatloras noticed the itussra Orr. PrtiNce.
- Ma. flowan,—We have a 'melancholy pleasure in
Stating a circumstance highly honourable to the cite-
radtei of the late Mr. THOMSON BONAR.—As soon as
the dreadful news of the fite of this Gentleman
reached St. Petersburgb, the Eichattp was ordered to
be abut, end- no business was transacted among the
commercialbody 411 that'day.
Pprd Warsaw! liaa not become a purchaser of the
.P4sex fei bolas, Tatii, Col. Cno,a's: it is tbejiniei
.Mr. CON.YIIIII WWlhlas jaineii Mr. gOVIILON is this
sew estshlishatest.' ' • • '• " • ". ..•


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Extract of a letter from an Officer of rank in the
army, lately commanded by Sir Jouw MoenAy
. 4$ aliranr, July 9, iBl3.
a The army under Sir Jolts lilenesv, after land.
4tg near Tarragona, laid v:oge to the place, and ss:ts
to have stormed it; but Sir Jonsihon hearing that
Sncnxv was Advancing on the side from Tortosa,sed
be baring exaggerated his force to 16,0J0--though,
in fact, they could not have exceeded 9000-3,1
given out that DECAER, An the other side, ens con.
'with 6000, and LA MARQUE following from Gerotri
with other 3000, this intelligence prOduced a paili,..
And all attention, on the part of the General, 'tag
'turned to a rapid embarkation. The toe great ow:.
net4a to accomplish this induced him to nbandini nll hi
battering guns; the artillery and horses would har,
been sacrificed to this Sight, but for the manner in
width others emploYed, insisted on-their embarkation,
Alt entreaties to bring elf the ethers were of Fir)
;jail; V.leslopounders, and four howitzers, with their
iplatforms, were lost; and the French have since
carried those guns into Tarragon!) where they Nei,
tnuch wanted, and thejr are now' turned against
The Expedition then went to fialaguer to embark
the troops there, and thstavalry which had retreated
thereby,land: ow arriving, it was thought Sucticr
was in a favourable position to be attacked, his force
luting divided, and another landing was effected; hut
ageht the same difficulties prevented further opera.
tioaat find an. embarkation was resolved on: ';'hr;
fleet under Sir EDWARD PEr.r.tw at the time made
appearance. Lord WlLLian Otwfincx was
rnCoaj; the joy throughout all reeks was indescribable.
v.- •
a uncil being held, it wits found the army ;.as
too much disorganized to act in that quarter. They
j then returned to this place, but on their way fon,.
Itransporta were lost. Sir JOUR MURRAY Was tl
have gone home in the Thames, but he .clialiged L;1
mind, and is going to. Sicily to command. It is to
be hoped the Sicilians will not think of taking ad.
vantage of ---- in the 'manlier that Suctn.c
hie done, as, at this moment, it is highly impOrtaat
an experienced person should be on the spot during.
:the present' Parliament, in Lord WILLIAM BEN.
zurat's absence. Lord Mormonsal, who is act-
ing as Minister there, has but very precarious health,
and is likely to come home soon."
All the French shopkeepers and dealers have been
ordered, by a recent edict of the Police, to provide
themselves with measures and weights of the old
standard and denomination, to prevent in future, the
frauds which they have so long practised upon their
customers, by substituting the metre for an ell, the
decelitre for a bushel, the double hedogramme . for
half a pound, &c.

The proverb says, 44 Idleness covers a man aid,
rags." A schoolmaster thought the sentence might
be improved, and wrote for his pupil, " likeness
covers a man with nakedness.?

MARGATE, J vuir 'O.—Yesterday a dreadful thun-
der storm was experienced here ; add, although it
passed over the town without injury, it was pro:
ductive of fatal effects in our immediate vicinity.--
A donkey party, common at watering-places, con.
silting of a gentleman, two young ladies, and two
little boys, had gone in the eveuteg to. Ramsgate ; on
their return they were overtaken by the thunder..
storm. They immediately sought for shelter under
the porch of a house on Chapel-hill, and the two
boys, who drove the donkeys along with them, tear-
ing the donkeys on the road.. The storm still cult.
tinning, the donkey.drivers, fearful lest the poor
animals, frightened by the storm, °sight run home,
went out to see if they were still, there. They had
scarcely reached the spot, when a tremendous flash of
lightning struck one of them dead, threw the other
to the ground, scorching his eyes and arms, and
killed three of the donkeys. The boy, who is ;dive
was carried home, and there is every reason to hope
that he is now in a convalescent state. There is a
large hole in the left arm of his jacket, where the
fluid appears to have entered; and his shirt is scorch.
ed almost to tinder.

This place is new filling very fast with company.
—Mr. Wl:mita had his musical promenade oa
Wednesday, in which Miss DNAKE sung, Tarry a
while with me, my love. This Lady's voice is very
melodious, clear, and powerful, and reminds us of
the sweet notes of Mrs. BLAND. She received that
applause which she so justly deserved. Miss BROAD..
uuan's song, The Echo. Song,. accompanied on the
violin by Mr. Baavtat received great applause;
also the duetto on the pedal harp am) piano forte, by
Mr. WEIPPERT and Mr. llciascAsTtr, Huntsman
rest; and the Field Marshal the Marquis of WEL.
LlNG•rox's grand battle march, or The glorious vic-
tory of Vittoria--" To arms, to elrins, ye soldkij
true," sung by Miss DRAILN, Miss BADADISURST,
Mr. HONNUAATLE, and Mr.. yotura, received uni.
Versa! applause.
• Moses Gomez.Cartralho, born in Portugal in 170 G,
and who emigrated from thence in 1729, on account
of the Jewish religion, which he professed, died lately
at Amsterdam, aged 107 yews.
The Townshend packet arrived on Friday at Fal-
mouth, with a Meil from Corunna, but was sent into
quarantine at Standgate Creek, is consequence of
having been at Malta the voyage before. The Mail
has not been forwarded to town for the same reason.
The Thames, Captain PISTON, arrived at Ports-
'Mouth, on Friday, from the Mediterranean. She
sailed previously to the Volontuire. She is under
strict quarantine. A few days before she left Bala-
guer she met a severe accident : a quantity of am-
munition which was under the half-deck ea:4a
fire, by which ten men were killed, and a gmater
number severely wounded.
JOHN BULL must have his joke :—A wag. froa
the Gallery of the Surrey Theatre, a few p‘e,ongs
since, threw upon the. Stage, just before th.• attack
of the dog upon the murderer, a very temp•ing piew
of meat; the dog passed it with the utmost lit!itle;•.-
ence, and proceeded with the bt-sittess •ef the ,cfne,
amidst the shouts .of the audience, who ha :I. observed
the attempt to distress hint.
The Lona MAYOR having inspected the meal-
weigher's returns, ordered the price of bread to cunt-
I tinue at Is. 61d. the quartern lOaf.

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TO TIM. EDITOR OF rill:. STATI{SMAN.

SIN—Your observations of yesterday, on the
E I fraordiorary Grcette account of the midnight suc-
cess of the British arms in Canada, manifest a nice
discrimination of what, no doubt, is fact, a sincere
regard for truth, and a disinterested lore for the
true glory and welfare of your country.
Gsnettes Extraordinary and Second Editionsmani
'tis true, delight the diseased ear, and administer to
the vitiated taste of an abused people, by narratives
of battles and banquets of blood ; but by garbled
;,111 partial statements, by diminutions of loss, and
'gyrations of victory ; in short, by the suppres-
.i,o of truth, they must, in every well-regulated
encrease the abhorrence of a war originating
in injuitice, prosecuted with cruelty, and chronillell
by deceit. . A
We have often heard of the poisonings, the mas-
sacres in cold blood, and the midnight murders of our
arch eitemy NAPOLEouond the natural effect must be
to curse a system which transforms man into a fury,
ho sacrifices at the shrine of his ambition all the
virtues of humanity. It is to be regretted that our
thr..etles have to record actions which excite similar
abhorrence, accompanied with deep sorrow for
the wounds inflicted upon our national honour aad
the shade thrown over our military glory. Thotigls
the writer has, " from caution or policy," as you
well observe, omitted the Indian and savage finale
of the drama, yet enough is related tostartle us with
horror and overwhelm us with shame. In thus con-
quering, we must have subdued every feeling of hu-
manity and every principle of sound policy. But in
allying ourselves with savages, the inference is too
obvious—that we become partners in all the
barbarities of Indian warfare.—We are told that
seven hundred bayonets surprized threetheasand five
hunched Americans in the night, a 1000 or leoo were
killed, and the rest put to flight. No doubt they
were asleep when thus surprised ; but still it is the
most surprising thing that there are men credulous
enough to believe, that every British soldier could
kill his man and half, and then put to flight three
tames their number, without the most active co-
operation of their Indian Ally, his tomahawk, and
scalping-knife !
Without referring to the opinions and decisions of
publicists, I believe that the practice. of what is called
honourable warfare is tacitly opposed to all midnight
astaAs upon a defenceless enemy in the arms of sleep.
r it he not cowardly, it is not heroic; if not heroic, it
not military; if not military, it is unworthy of a
Briton and a soldier. I trust there is bat one instance
which can be paralleled with the above, and which
will appear more upaccountable, inasmuch as we mod"
not the eUuse of Indian co-operation, and our in..
ability to restrain their furious passions.

It was in the former war with Ameiica, when
CIIAILLES GREY, on a midnight expedition to
surprise a party of Americans, asleep in a barn in
Pennsylvania, ordered his men to take the flints from
their firelocks. The centinels were bayoneted, ;tad
the greatest part of the Americans shared the same
fate, though they cried aloud for quarter. By suck
an action he obtained the expressive title of ". no flint
Gary," and his memory, has been handed dowu in
America, by that title, to the present hour. Gen.
IVA I'VE surprised Stoney Point on the North River
all his soldiers crying out furiously " remember the
barn." The British fell on their knees and implored
quarter. After terrifying them sufficiently, he showed
a merciful retaliation, for not a life was sacrificed!

An Irish rebel General was pressed to attack the
British army in the dead of the night. lie observed,.
he was a soldier and no murderer !"

1 had fain hoped that lessons like these would have
operated to prevent the repetition of such creel
scenes in all possible future wars between the mother
country and her offspring. The coeflagrations of
towns and villages; the massacres of men, women,
and children, by our Indian Allies in the above war
with the Americans, added cruelty to injustice, and
goaded them •on to desperation ; every succeeding
battle was fought with encreand valour and pro:
gres4ive succesc, till the Americans emancipated them-
selves from the toils of the British Lion, who, for
thus abusing the noblest part of his nature, deserved
t lose, and did for ever lose, the fairest portion of
i 5 Trans-Atlantic forest range.

The test of experience and the evidence of facts
•eem lost upon us—we are following the old and
(suet system of warfare—our impolicy and infatua-
•son will stare us in the face, when we see it unite
all parties against us in America, in prosecuting the
contest with that vigour and determination, which
aili eventually expel us from the Western hemi-
,:phere.

He is the true patriot who exposes the errors
of Government and its agents, and the delusions-of
oig countrymen—he, it is, who tells (16 theie is no
••:ca•iion to into history for an instance of princely
ronnOlsial fidelity and felicity in the reign of HARRY
VII[. or Parliamentary purity in that of CHART.I3 H.
and of judicial virtue in that of JAMLS H. We have a
Prince who has no domestic brawls with his wife ;
we have a Parliament which elects itself ; and you,
Sir, have had a Judge who, it is said, graces a din-
tier table as well as the Bench !

You, Sir, have stood forth manfully and boldy in
derelice of a violated Constitution, and in endekvour-
jog to reclaim a good but misguided..people to their
senses, their prosperity, and happiness, 14,y advocating
the CU use of liberOy, peace, and universal irldienthropy.