The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-05 00:00:00

THE STATFSMA N.

to crime within musket shot of the shore, aiid then
suddenly received it with so lively a fire of musketry,
as semi obliged it to retire to the anchorage place Of
the English shipping.

INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ARMIES.
ST. Picruttsattian, 15TH (26T11) AUGUST.—Tbe
enemy made a great blunder, in permitting the junc-1
tion of the two grand armies. We are indebted
principally for this to the vigorous attack made by I
(len. itaviesky, on the 11th (23d) July, which pro.
duced indecision in the movements of the enemy, and
enabled the former to gain two marches in advance I
towards the army of Prince Bagration. Since this .
time we have learned that the French have retired 80
wcrsts, and that our troops have advanced a similar
distance. The move of General Tormazoff's army
caused this event. The General has been reinforced
, by troops fromWallachia and Moldavia, amounting to
50,000 men, so that at present he is in a condition
to fall upon the rear and wings of the enemy, with ,
a force of more than 100,008 men. Count --
has made an incursion into the Grand Duchy of
Warsaw, which has been attended with the greatest I
• success, and General Meleradnmcht has arrived at
Keerlanga with 15,000 fresh regular troops; to
! which will be joined the militia which has been raised
in the Government of Moscow, Twee, &c. &c. &c.
which, together, will form an army of 80,000 men•

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE
REGENT OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Sre,—l take the libarty of respectfully presenting
to your Royal Highness, on your birth-day, the vows
which I perform, with all Eiglishmen, for your hap.
piness, which you deserve hr your desire to render
happy all the inhabitants of the British Empire.
Seduced by the promis^s of English agents, I have
been in England these '26 months, without having ob-
tained a decision suitable to my principles of honour,
conformably to the usages folle wed by all civilized
nations. Ministers refuse to treat me as an English-
man should be, who would have been named Lieut.-
Gen. on the Bth of October, 1798, the day of my
exchange for General Sir 11. Burrard. They have
sent me, it is true, some proposals, which, had I
been base enough to accept them, would have ren-
dered me the vilest of men, since they would have
assimilated me to an ox sold at Smithfield market.
I wish to obtain a passport to go to Sweden, to
join my old friend the Prince Royal of that king.
dom. I have declared myself a Swedish citizen from
the ath of April last, after having seen my petition
rejected by Parliament, and my lodging surrounded
by Bow-street officers. Till I receive permission to
quit England, I beg your Royal Highness will be
pleased to order that I may be allowed, as a Prisoner
of State, means of subsistence suitable to my rank,
and the services I have rendered to England. I am
reduced to the utmost misery, and obliged to be in
rags.—Ministers refusing to give me even a farthing,
unless 1 consent to acknowledge myself a freeman,
and satisfied with their proposals. As it has not
been in their power to induce me to violate truth to
i eulogize their political and military measures, they
appear to order that I must either live by falsehood
or die of hunger: in a word, they intend to dis-
honour me; but they are grossly mistakes; and I
shall prove to theni that a. brave and virtuous man
can preserve his honour till his last sigh.
I must repeat to your Royal Highness what I said
to Lord Cochrane in my letter of the 9.lst of March
last, the same day on which his Lordship was en-
trusted ,a ith the commission of making me proposals
from Government. I did offer by that Jotter to
write to the French Emperor, under the dictation of
a Minister, and in the presence of two Members of ;
Parliament, aft that they might think to be most ad.
vantageous to England: and besides, I consented to
be shut up in a dungeon till the accomplishment of
the proposed plans. I was Induced to make such an
offer, in order to confound my adversaries, who
sent me at that time an anonymous letter, in which
I was told that I was eiatelligence with Bonaparte.
Some persons have done all in their power to put me ,
in correspondence with France by means of my pub. ,
lications. What an absurdity, and at the same time
what a wickedness They thought to succeed in
avenging themselves of my firmness, by endeavour.
big to induce me to believe that Bonaparte was ,
changed in my belie; and after I should have been
the victim of my credulity, then they would have re-
presented me as a madman, or perhaps even as a
traitor. They did take me once by promises and
signals : they may rest assured that I shall not be
deceived by ciphers. I wish to have authentic writ-
ings. I wish to obtain a passport, I wish to quit
England honourable. Should, however, Govern-
ment continue to refuse me the moans of subsistencg,
which are granted to the greatest villains, sentenced to'
death, till the moment of their execution ; and should
the alms I intend to solicit in that case not be suffi-
cient for my sustenance, I do declare to your Royal
Highness that I shall avail myself of the first favour-'
Ole opportunity to depart for Sweden, being under
no obligation to obey the English Government, ex-
cept the law of the strongest, since they refuse to
treat me conformably to my rank, which is in the
English army after his Royal Highness the Duke of
Gloucester.
I renounced my pretension of being recognised as
an Englishman, on account of the restrictions put
upon foreigners by the English Constitution. What-
ever conduct may be adopted by the Ministers on
my account, I do protest against my detention, the
most arbitrary ever mentioned in the annals of na.
tions; and I do declare, that I shall receive any sue-
t cour in money which shall be granted to me On ace
count of the sum of *,5641. 10s. the yearly pension
allowed to the rank of General, the equivalent of
which I can obtain in any other cpusitry, if I am
allowed a passport. Besides no authority hoe the
right, of depriving me of that allowance, as bug as
am detaiued in England. I do declare, also, that
since Ministers have not settled any price about my
notes and plans, I insist upon the paymentoof
60,0001. already asked by my memorial,* which sum
is only, the loath part of their real value, referring
moreover to the decision of a Committee of
formed Generals.
j am, with the most profound respect, Sir,
Tow molt obedient and most humble servant,
promiAL SARR 4ZINs -
Swedish CEO", rrlioner of Slate in Cagliari.
hoodoo; Aag.l2, 11112.

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
FRIDAY, lUT. 4.

Downing-street, Sept. 4, 1812.

Major Burgh, Aid-de-Camp to the Marquis of
Wellington, has this day arrived at Lord Bathurst's
Office with dispatches, addressed to his Lordship by
Lord Wellington, dated Madrid, the 13th and 15th
vit. of which the following are extracts :

AludriA, August 18.

Having found that the army under Marshal Mar-
moat continued their retreat upon Burgos, in a state
not likely to take the field again for some time, I de.
termiued to bring Joseph Bonaparte to a general ac-
tion, or force him to quit Madrid. Accordingly I
moved from Cuellar on the 6th inst. We arrived at
Segovia on the 7th, and at St. Ildefonsaen the Bth,
where I halted one day, to allow the right of the
army more time to come up.
No opposition was made to the passage of the
troops through the mountains ; and Brigadier-Ge-
: neral D'Urban, with the Portuguese cavalry, and
Ist light battalion of the King's German Legion,
and Captain Al'Donald's troop of horse artillery,
had been through the Guadarama pass since the 9th.
He moved forward on the morning of the llth from
the neighbourhood of Galapegas, and, supported by
the heavy cavalry of the King's German Legion from
Torrelodones, he drove in the French cavalry, about
two thousand in number, and placed himself at Ma-
jalahonda, with the Portuguese cavalry and Captain
M'Donald's troop, and the cavalry and light Winn.
try of the King's German Legion at Las Royas,
about three qoarters of n mile distant.
The enemy's cavalry, which had been driven off in
the morning, and had moved towards Naval Car,
nero, returned about five in the afternoon, and Bri.
gather-General d'Urban having formed the Porta-
, guese cavalry in front of Majalahonda, supported
' by the horse artillery, ordered the cavalry to charge
!the enemy's leading squadrons, which appeared too
I far advanced to bo supported by their main body.
The Portuguese cavalry advanced to the attack, but
unfortunately turned about before they reached the
enemy ; and they fled through the village of Maja-
!Rhonda, and back upon the German Dragoons;
leaving behind them, unprotected and unsupported,
those guns of Captain Macdonald's troop, which
had been moved forward to co-operate with the ca.
valry. By the activity of the officers and soldiers of
Captain Macdonald's troop, the guns were however
moved off; but owing to the unavonrable nature of
the ground ever which they were moved, the car•
j riage of one was broken, and two others were over.
turned ; and these three guns fell into the enemy's
! hands.

The Portuguese dragoons having led through Ma.
jalahonda, were rallied and re.formed upon the heavy
dragoons of the King's German Legion, which were
formed between that village and Las Royas. The
German cavalry charged the enemy, although under
many disadvantages, and stopped their further pro.
gress ; but I am sorry to say, that they suffered
considerable loss, and that Colonel Jonqueires, who
commanded the brigade, was taken prisoner. The
left of the army was about two miles and a half distant,
at the Ppente de Ratamnr, on the Guadarama River,
and Colonel Ponsonhy's brigade of cavalry and a
brigade of infantry of the 7th division hawing moved
forward to the support of the troops in advance, the
enemy retired upon Majcinhonda as soon as they ob-
served these troops, and night having come on. they
retired upon Alcorcon, leaving our guns at Majala-
-1 honda.

I ens happy to report that the officers of the Por-

tuguese cavalry behaved remarkably well, and *hewed
a good example to their men, particularly the Vis-
conde de Barbacena, who was taken prisoner. The
conduct of the brave German cavalry, was, I un-
derstand, excellent, as was that of Captain M4Do-
nald's troop of horse artillery, The light infantry
battalion was not engaged.

The army moved forward yesterday morning, and
its left took possession of the city of Madrid. Jo-
seph Bonaparte having retired with the Army of the
Centre by the roads of Toledo and Aranjars, leaving
a garrison in the Retiro,
It is impossible to describe the joy manifested by
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the inhabitants of Madrid upon our arrival ; and I
hope that the prevalence of the same sentiments of
detestation of the French yoke, and of a strong de.
sire to secure the independence of their country,
which first induced them to set thb example of re-
sistance to the Usurper, will induce them to make
exertions in the cause of their country, which will be
more efficacious than those formerly made.
I have not yet heard that Astorga has fallen ; but
the garrison which the enemy left in Tordesillas,
about two hundred and sixty in number, surrender-
ed to General Santopildes on the sth inst.
I have received 90 further reports of the situation
of General Ballasteros since the 21st of July. I
have letters from General Joseph O'Donnell and
General Roche of the 26th July ; and the army of
Marcia, cruder the command of the former, was de-
feated by General D'llarispe on the 21st of July.—
It appears that the Spanish troops moved forward to
amp* General D'Harispe's posts at Castella and at
Ybi; those which attacked the former were repulsed
with the loss of two thousand men and two pieces
•of ean9pn; those which attacked the latter,
under the command of General Roche, conducted
themselves remarkably well, and covered the retreat
of the troops under General O'Donnell, and after.