The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-24 00:00:00

THE WATERMAN.

' FliP' LEMENT The loss of the enemy must have been very Olney
Tice LONDON CiAZE7'TE, September 22, 1812. We have taken several officers, and} I believe nearl
200 prisoners. • 1
WAR DEPARTMENT.
The conduct of every Officer and soldier has been
Downing-street, Sept. 23. above praise; where all have behaved well, it is dil-
-1 DiPlikk of w"leh i"e f""""14 "Pl.' II"
been
th. fiC it to daitinguisb itzust,.-ItoWnter , mention the
day teemed :it Earl Raosurser oddieraed to lorLorik. u
strip by M4Jor-Georeol Cooke, dated Cadiz, Aug. 9tl, 1812. detachment of the King's German Legion, com-
Cnilis Aut. SO mended by Cornet Wieboldt ; the artillery, by Capt.
MY Loan,--filnee my letter of yesterday's date,
Roberts; detachment of 95th, by Capt. Cadeux
reporting the entry into Seville of the allied cm's and the grenadiers of the first regiment of Guards,
under General La Cruz and Colonel Skerretf ; 1 by Capt. Thomas. To Colonel Maitland, let regi-
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have received 'disport), Prom the latter, of o hich 1 went of Guards (second in command), 1 am much
....nisi a ropy herewith, and a return of the killed Indebted ?red) the commencement of this service; and
and wounded of the British detachment. in the attack of Seville his military talents, intrepi-
I have the honour to be, &c. dity, and zeal, were particularly conspicuous. lam
tßignerl GEO. COOKE, Major-General.
Bari Settausi, lb% tr.
also much indebted to Lieut.. Colonel Colquitt, cam-
mending a detachment of the Ist regiment of Guards ;
to Lieut.-Colonel Prior, commanding a detachment
20th Portuguese regio..ent ; and to Major Maclain,
commanding a detachment 87th regiment.
The exertions of Captain Wynyard (Coldstream
Guards) Assistant Adjutant-General, and Lieute-
nant Reid, Royal Staff Corps, Staff Officers attached
to the detachment, have been indefatigable. Cap-
tain Bunbury, 20th Portuguese regiment, Brigade.
Major, and Lieutenant Smith, Royal -Engineers,
were at this time detached on other service.
During the whole of this attack, our allies, the
Spaniards, have rivalled the conduct of the British
and Portuguese troops; and Gen. Cruz Mourgeon,
by his military talents and bravery, has principally
contributed to the successful result of the day.
luclosed is a return of the killed and wounded.
During last night 4 division of 7 or 8000 Fretoh
troops passed by. Our attack has saved the ity
from the devastations and contributions with which
it was threatened.
Captain Wynyard is the bearer of this dispatch,
who will inform you of any further particulars you
may require. - I have the honour, &c.
(signed) J. B. bKIiRRETT.
To Mnjor-General Cooke. &r. Ste. &e.
P. S.—A return of the guns and military stores
taken, will be sent as soon as the quantity can be
ascertained. 'lwo of the Geld pieces which the ene.
my advanced against ti§. fell into our bands.

Seville, Asp. 48. 1812.

have the honour to report the movements
of the detachment under my orders since the date of
any last. The result of which, the capture of the
city of Seville by assault, defended by eight French
ba talions and two regiments of dragoons intrenched,
I trust, be considered as honourable to the
allied arms, and serviceable to the cause of Spain.
On the t ith instant, General Cruz Mourgeon corn.
tnanding the Spanish troops, and myself, judged it
advisable to make a forward movement on Seville, for
this purpose it ens advkalle to force the enemy's
corps of observation of three hundred and lifty ca.
valry and t.vo hundr..d infantry, at St. Lucar la
May or. I marched from Manzanillo with right
hundred troops, composed of the Ist regiment cf
Guaid., the 87th, and the Portuguese regiment, Bri-
gadier-t ;twel Downie, accompanied with six hun-
dred Spanish troops. The Spanish column attacked
on the right, and Cie British and Portuguese on the
left. .1 he F. eni.h were driver' through the streets
with pre, ipitation, leaving. some killed, wounded,
and prisoners. We took pest at San Lucar without
the los4 of a man.

O•t :he 26th instant, General Cruz and myself hav-
ing jude,ed t it it would be attended with the most
beuericial effects, both en the public opinion and in
sal+ g the eh) from being plundered, if the French
coLld be precipitated in their retreat from Seville;
the alli.d troops, in consequence, marched for this
purpose, end arrived at the heights of Castillejos de
la Guests, immediately above Seville, on the morning
of the 27th. at six o'clock.

Return of the Killed and Wounded of the Troops ander the
Command oft olonel Skerrett, at the Capture of the City of
Seville by Assault, on the morning of the rith August, BBL
Royal Artillery—l subaltern, 1 horse, killed; 1 rank and file
wounded.
Yd Hamra, King's German Legion-1 serjeant, 1 rank and die,
1 horse, killed; 1 rank and file wounded.
lit Foot Guards, id Batt.-4 rank and file wounded,
95th Rifle Corps, Yd Batt.-1 subaltern, 6 rank and 4k, 1 hone,
wounded.
Total-1 subaltern, 1 serjeant, I rank and ale, I horses,
killed; 1 subal ens, 12 rank and file, 1 horse; wounded.
(Signed) W. CLINTON W Y N YARD,
A. A. General.

The Spanish troops formed our advance. The
French adminr wag driven in ; the cavalry retired,
leaving the hifantry in the plain, which last were
charged by the SpaniA cavalry, who made many pri-
6011Prti.

The Spanish troops attacked a redoubt on our left,
and lost a good many men. The columns advanced
Into the plain, by which movement this redoubt was
turned, and its eon mettiration cut otI; the Spanish
troops under General Cruz took the tight, and made
a detour to anise and attack on that flank of Triana,
(the &LI burbe of v illy). 1 ordered the redoubt to be
n►atked by a detachment of the '2oth Portuguese re-
giment, and advanced a field-piece with some troops,
to keep in check the enemy's tire at one of the gates
of the city opposite to us, and after giving sufficient
time for the Spanish column to arrive, the British and
Portuguese troops advanced to the attack in front;
the cavalry and artillery advanced at a gallop, sup.
ported by the grenadiers of the Guards, and the in-
fantry following.

Name pf Officer killed.
Royal Artillery—Finn Lieutenant Brett.
Name of ./fficer wounded.
95th Rile Corps—First Lieutenant Lierrelyn,

PAPER AGAINST GO U).

[FRO‘I CSIDBETT'S REGISTER.]
The rise in the price of bullion has created some
little alarm ; but, the time is not yet come. The
war in the Peninsula, and a few more subsidies;
these will settle the matter in due course. The Gold
is now sold at five pounds and floe shillings an
ounces and the Silver at six shillings and eight
pence an ounce. The real value of the former is
31.175. 101 d. and at the latter ss. 4d. And yet,
I dare say, that Mr. George Chalmers would under-
' take to set up an affected horse-laugh at any one who
should say, that the paper was depreciated! —llere
is a clear depreciation of more than 30 p r centum.
Nobody but 'Mr. Chalmers, or somebody in pay, will
deny this. And this is the grand object to keep
one's eye upon. At this rate about 65 or 66 LIGHT
guineas are worth a hundred pounds in Bank of Eng.
land paper. Nay, though there is a law against
selling full-weight guineas for Bank of England
paper, there is no law against selling them for cows-
try bank paper; so that people may, and they do,
sell them daily and hourly, and the last stragglers
are now going out of the country. I have 61 gui.
neas; I want to sell them; I sell them for 1001. in
country baiik notes. That done 1 go to the country I
bank and make them change their notes into London
Bank notes ; and thus is my operation as complete
. as if I had sold them at once for Bank of England
! Notes.—l know, that there are people who laugh at
this, and say that all will come about again. That
it certainly will; but, it must all undergo the pro.
' per process. Things are not restored without a pro-
cess. The paper is going down. It must go lower
: yet; and, afterwards, things will, in one shape or'
another, take a new turn.-1 know of a REMEDY.
I hare said so before. But, 1 will not tell the reme-
-1 dy. I have as much right to keep my secret to my.
self as any other possessor of valuable secrets. I
wpuld rather tell it to Mr. Vansittart than to such a
man as Perceval; but, 1 will not tell it yet. When
the pinch comes I will make it known. Suffice it,
for the present, to say, that I
have, never yet peen
my remedy so much as hinted et in print. My
remedy is a strong pne ; but, if ever applied, it will
be efficacious, warrant it. Whenever the pro-
per time comes, I will make a fair bargain with the
public : no cure, no pay. But, perhaps, it may be
thought " base lucre" in me to sell my remedy..
Very well, then, shall 1 say, I'll keep my remedy
to myself, and keep you your disease. You cannot
get my remedy out of me, if you were to rip me up.
—People may laugh at these pretensions of mine;
but they will, if we live but a little longer, see that i
these pretensions have some foundation. 1 pay I
could tell the Ministers how to cure the depreciation ;
say l could tell them how to set all to rights again.
1 say 1 will not tell them how to do it; and if they
laugh et me, I can laugh at them. Let them go on
with war and subsidies, sad they will soon come to
my shop, 1 warrant theet.—Others have written upon
this swop!, ird many have well written ; but the
first nun to say, je print, in England, that !tank
Notes were depreciated, was
4 Sulky 'Rik Serf Ihl2, • WM. GOBBET?.

The enemy abandoned the gate: we entered these.
burl's, and advanced near to the bridge of ‘evillewith
as much rapidity as possible, in hopes of preventing
its destruction os hick would have rendered it est reme-
ly difficult for us to succeed. We were checked by the
fire of grape shot and musketry at the turning of the
street. The grenadiers of the Guards advanced to
our support, and drove every thing before them. At
this moment part of the Spanish column arrived; we
advanced to the bridge under a heavy fire; Captain
Cadnux, of the 95th, with great judgment made a
!lank movement on our left ; Captain Roberts, of
the artillery, brought up with rapidity two guns; a
heavy fire of cannon of musketry was soon brought
to bear on the enemy, who were driven from their
position on the other side of the river, and from the
bridge, which they had only in part destroyed. The
grenadiers of the Guards, and some Spanish troops,
led the columns that crossed the bridge. A general
rout ensued, and the enemy were driven through the
streets, n hich were strewed with their dead, and
pursued at all points, leaving behind them valuable
captures of horses, baggage, and money.
It is difficult for me to express the joy of the people
of Seville. The inhabitants, under the fire of the
French, brought planks to lay across the bridge;
and their acclamations and vociferous at .rks of joy,
added to the immense crowd, rendered it extremely
difficult for the oftcers to advance through the 6tree4
with their columns.

Tile vast extent of this city, the exhausted state of
the troops who had advanced in double cloick time
for three miles, and the want of cavalry, rendered it
Imp, rsible to continue the purtuit beyond the town.
Such was the rapidity of our attack, that this victory
over a French divi.ion, and the passage of a bridge
wl ich the enemy had materially destroyed, with his
Wiwi.) and artillery, formed oa the banks of the
vii v, wa% achieved with a loss that appears almost
I bate only to refret the loss of one pflicpr,
tenant Brett, royal artillery, who was killed, gal-
pigsty righting his goo at the bridge. The intrepi-
dity of this raluableplicer was observed by the whole
istealsmentt

COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council of the City
of London, was held at Guildhall.
The Loan MAYOR informed the Coert, -that the
C Corporation of the City of Loudon had waited upon
nis Royal Highness the Prince Regent with tie Ad-
dress voted at the last Meeting, on account of the late
glorious victory of Salamanca, and that his Royal
llighness had been pleased .to deliver a aioetlitemioas
'Mower, which was read, and ordered to be entered'
OQ the Jour*ls.
Several Bonds were sealed with the Common Seal,
under the Acts for buildings Prison, Jed fOr **im-
provement of Moorfields.
The Committee for Letting the city's Lands pre.
sented a Report, recommending the increase of the
salary of Mr. Pearke, Clerk of Smithfield Market, to
251. which was agreed to.
The Report of the Committee for General Par.
poses, on the subject of a late Letter from Richard
Wharton, Esq. Secretary to the Treasury, relative to
the remission of ttie fine of 5001. imposed on Captain
Porter, at the Admiralty Sessions, was read to the
Court. The Sub-Committee, to whom this matter
'was referred by the Committee reported, that
as the Court had thought proper to return the fine to
Capt. Porter, and as the right of the City of London,
by virtue of diverscharters, to all fines imposed within
their jurisdiction, had been always recognized and
acted upon by the Court of Exchequer, they did not
think it expedient to enter into any farther consider*.
Lion of the subject.
M►. JACKS was astonished how the Comnaittee could
pass by altogether the principal subject referred to
their consideration. 11 the privilege existed by
virtue of antient charters, why were these charters
not mentionedr?

Mr. g. D►xow said, the business referred to the
Committee did not regard the right of the City to
Captain Porter's fine, but their right to all fines, and
he was, therefore, surprized, that the Committee
should have confined their Report to that particular
case. As the Report was so very imperfect, he should
move that it be referred back to the Committee for
their re-consideration.

Mr. GR►rrans said, the Admiralty Sessions were
held within the jurisdiction of the City, and every
Freeholder of the City had a right to sit in the Court.
The fines imposed belonged of consequence to the
City,
Mr. Quilt asked if they would suffer their Char.
tered Privileges to remain in a doubtful state? The
fact of the Citj's right ought to be clearly ascertain.
ed. The emoluments arising from fines and for-
feitures were a great object in the eyes of those who
were to accept of the very expensive office of Sheriff.
The motion of Mr. Dixon was then putt and agreed
to unanimously.