The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-27 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

either We. We have not been able to aseertain the low of the.
Fiends on that day. An Officer, who came with a flag of truce,
told me it was 110, but we know that nearly this number was
left lilted and badly wounded. They were allowed to t'she all
thole not close to us. Some of their Officers brought in, stat 4
their loss, previous to the storming, to amount 0 /00 men, prin-
cipally from the shells. Seven or eight deserters have come so,
and described the clients of the rain ou the French troops, am-
munition, &e. to be dreadful: • Their battery guns cannot be
moved a yard from their present position for some time."

DEFEAT AND DISPERSION OF' BLAKE'S
ARMY, AT VALENCIA.

By accounts from Gibraltar of the 7th Instant,
we learn, that by an arrival from Alicant, of the 31st
of December, General lhatts's Army had been dis-
persed and defeated. SvcntT having received a re-
inforcement of 8000 men, attacked the Spanish
lines, and succeeded in dispersing and destroying the
whole of their army, with the exception of about
5000 men, with which BLAKE effected his escape,
and retired into Valencia. It was expected that the
small remains of his army, and that city, which
contains 15,000 inhabitants, would soon fall into
the hands of the enemy. MAILS'S army was lately
estimated at /5,000 men.

Two Anholt Mails have arrived in town since Sa-
turday, by which we have accounts from Stockholm
it:, the 14th iuit. and from Gottenburgh to the 18th.
It is positively asserted, that Peace has not been
concluded between the Russians sad the Turks.—
, Another desperate battle is also reported to have
been fought by the armies of these powers, and so
complete was the defeat of the latter, that they laid
down their nrms to the amount of 20,000 men. No
date is mentioned when this engagement took place ;
nor are we in possos6on of sufficient details to en-
able us to determine any thing with regard to the
authenticity of the report. The old King of Sirs-
ncx,wtrose late iodispcsition was represented, by the
Ministerial Journals, as a mere pretence to make
way for BERNADOTTE'S elevation to the throne, has
resumed the exercise of the Royal Authority. This
took place on the 7th instant, when the PRINCE
ttexAL addressed his MAJESTY in a long speech,
congratulating him upon his recovery; and pointing
out thc, situation of Sweden as it then was, both as
to its internal as well as external relations. The mi-
litary force *of that kingdom, it is said, could
easily be augmented to sixty thousand men be-
fore the month of April. But, even, if this
army was to be called for, it could only be
for the purpose of defence, as the Swedish Govern-
ment, says BERNADOTTE, has " no other ambition
than that of preserving her liberty and her laws."—
An article dated Berlin, the 2d instant, states, that',
an Officer in the l'russian army, who had proposed
levying an independent corps, in the event of a war,
had been condemned to one year's impr4c2mOnt.—
This surely will not be considered a syllipWm of war
es the part of Prussia.

Letters were received yesterday from Vera Cruz
to the 19th November, and from Mexico to the 14th
of the same month. Notwithstanding all the exer-
tions of the Government of Mexico to arrest 'the
progress of liberty in these extensive regions, we are
happy to find that the cause of the people goes on
prosperously. Some of the regular troops had at
first gained partial advantages over the Patriots, but
this only tended to stimulate them to greater exer-
tions; and it will be observed,'from the accounts in-
sertod in a preceding column, that it is not now so
easy a matter to defeat them as it was formerly. We
have no doubt therefore, that liberty will find a safe
asylum in the provinces of Mexico, as she has
lately ddue in the Caraccas, and at Buenos Ayres.

It appears from the Dublin Papers, received this
morning to the 24th instant, that the trials of Lord
FINGALL, the Honourable THOS. BARNLWALL, and
others, at the prosecution of the ATTORNIYGENE..
RAL, are postponed to the 6th of February next.