The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-23 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

of the Bourbons ;but we do not hesitate to attribute it
their arms, and meeting the party at some distance, keep in check the allied force in that quarter. Gen. ley. This expression is attributed to the Commandant
to every good soldier, and by good we here understand
charged them unexpectedly, broke them, cut part to Hill now covers Madrid, from Guadalaxarato Assn.
pikes, took some prisoners, and dispersed the rest. juez, and the force lately under General,Baillasteros i
• , ' true it'd faithful 4efender of their country's welfare.
Ili said that Kutusow gave the Starosta the Order is advancing to join him, near Aranjuez. .
of St. George. i MADRID, OCT. 27.—0 n the 25th inst. Josepn,
~ We have heard that the
44 Lauriston was sent to Prince Kutusew to pro- with 8000 men, was in Cuenca; Souk aid his army . e divisions of Granada havemade
pose an armistice, and treat for pence. He was an.iin Fuentidueral Tarancon, stud other polstts, his ail a movement, GOD grant that the Fourth Army may
swered, that could not be till the French should re- rancid posts arriving near Aranidez ; their total fill into pod hands, and that its brave soldiers may
pass the Vistula. ' We must, then,' replied Lae. !forces are estimated at 42,000 men, incheding 6000 increase the fame which already distinguishes them,
32,000 English and *and which they acquired under rho command of their
riston, ' retire fighting every inch, or your armies , cavalry e those of the allies at
e's I valiant, patriotic, but unfortunately ill-advised, Gen.
are marching on all sides.' Prince Kutusow rejoined, Irortugeese, and 14,000 Spaniards.
Bereetsrattos.
that , e e had not invited them to come to Moscow;l on the 20th, Gen. Hill had his heed-varlets;
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and that they must get hark as they could, or that Casas de los Baca, his army occupying the .
some arrangement might be entered into, causing it ' the Tagus, with orders, as we are assured, to maintain Besides the satisfaction we have in seeing those
to be understood, that it could only be by capitol.- that position; they had collected all the bridges they fears removed, we have also the pleasure of comma_
tion ; for that our campaign, instead of being at an ' had thrown over thel'agus. Gen. Elio was, on the. Ideating to the public, that a vessel has
arrived from
end. was only beginning at Moscow. 124th, in Guadalaxara, wits his division of 7000 men.l
44 This confession of Lauriston proves in what a On the 22d, the division which was commanded by 1•
Letters from Vera Cruz, of the sth of August, an.. America with favourable advices.
situation the pretended hero finds himself. '.Gen. Ballasteros, consisting of 7000,.arrived at Masse I
44 Murat went to the advanced posts, and asked • zanares, and on the 24th, at Tomilliso, extending i nounce, that the communication with Mexico, from
to speak to M. Bennigsen. Hi requested an armis- itself to Alcara. The 2d division of Gen. Hill's which city we had received Gazelles, is re-establish.
tics, and peace for himself as King of Naples. Ben- army on the 23d marched from Aranjuez for Col- ed, that the num hers of the insurgents are consider-
nigme telly laughed at this silly pretension ; remark- menar. All our troops who were at Ipis and its ably diminished, and cannot inspire dread, though
leg to him, that lie could licit take upon himself even neighbourhood, on the left of the Tajo, retired over
they may produce inconvenience.
to mention it to the Prince." • the said river and occupied Aranjuez,Villa Manuque, ,
KASIIIN (150 strums mon Twee), OCT. 9.—A and Santa Cruz de la Zarza. On the 21st, the 1 Official notice has been dated Granada, Oct.
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few days ago passed upwards of 2000 French pH. 'troops who were in Madrid began to march out in 30, that the Regency of the kingdom had been pleased
!toners through this town, the greater part of whom ,the direction of Aranjuez
•; their total number was i to discharge from the Command in Chief of the 4th
had merely rags and mats to cover their naked bo. ' from 13 to 14,000. On the 23d, General Freere I army, and the Captain Generalship of Andalusia
dies, were without shoes, and instead of hats their was in Qeintanar de la Orden, where he had some'Don FRANCISCO B it.t. tszEans, and to appoint in his
heads were wrapped up in rags. Our citizens, from me- skirmishes with the enemy. It appears that the • '
ES.
tires of humanity, and fOrgetting that they were ene- French are drawing from Valencia to Catalonia ar.istentit ad interim, Don Jo wits VI ter I
mies, supplied them with linen, shoes, and clothing, tillery and other warlike stores. The dirisiou which
so that not one of them left our town without shoes came from Seville marched on the 21th from Toledo
or uncovered. " Love your enemies, and do good : for Aranjuez. On the 25th dispositions were made
to these who hate you." The Russians, by conquer- ;at Madrid for removing the sick to Salamanca. This
ing their enemies with humanity and magnanimity, , news caused some depression among the patriots of
will Most undoubtedly conquer them with their arms that city.
also. ' Le.nost, Nov. 6.—From the North of Spain we
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i have the following intelligence:—" On the 28th of
October, the French remained on the left bank* of
the Pisuerga, and we encamped on the opposite
' hank; they say in Salamanca that at the passage of
the river, an action took place, in which we made
1000 prisoners. Letters received from Madrid,
dated the 28th October, in Salamanca, confirm the
lintelligence of the French basing appeared in the
vicinity of Aranjuez, but they do not speak of the
retreat of General Hill. "Whatis certain is this—
that in Salamanca there were no indications which
could lead to the supposition that the great Lord in-
tended to retire from the positions he then occupied.
According to the Redactor-General de Cadiz,
Conde de Beslal O'Dounel was named as Commander
of the 4th Army, in place of Gen. Ballasteros, who
is said to have been accused of disobedience to the
Government. Private letters state, that Duke del
Marque is to succeed him, as General of the four
kingdoms of Andalusia.

HELIGOLAND MAIL.

NOT.'l9.—All accounts from the
•pwis_ite coast agree in regard to the state of affairs
in Denmark. It appears that the reigning Prince has
dismrssed his Ministers from office, and conducts the
weighty.affairs of state solely by himself, and Aid_
de-(:,Amps. Under such auspices, the militia has
bees t embodied and augmented beyond all former
precedent, and composes a disposable force of 100,000
men. Families are every where removing to avoid
being:4:m n for or serving in the militia. From 1101.1
stein and Sleiwick the French troops are nearly all
withdrawn to assist their countrymen in the North, I
and lie duty is performed in their absence by the
I.),inisli militia. The King is sepposed to be firm in
his engagements towards Napoleon, and the cause of
reHug so large a body of men, is attributed to the
preparations lately made in Sweden.

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males and citizens, and if they agree to this
nomination, I will resign my employments, end re.
tire to my house, to convince, in this manner, an
the world, that only honour and the good °ream., leads me to this exposition, and no ambitious views
as to fortune, which malice may sometimes attribute
to me without respecting the notoriety of my Patriot.
ism, acquired by weight of constancy and signal
services.

" fiend-quarter:, Grenada, Tith" Ort." RALLAsTLP,m
To his Eacelleac) the Miuimerat War.

re:.,:ved Letters frog,r
alsontyhmisoum:
thoncirotgrroi,
.{ling the above
Falmouth and e
as will be seen by the following extracts:—
FAL:swum, Nov. 20.—The Mary Ann
packet
art ived this day from Cadiz, 13 days passar,
Ac-
counts by her state, that General BALLASTERO; had
refused to obey the orders of Lord NITELLINGToN, in
which determination, it is reported, he is
supported
by some in the Spanish Government, who go so far 84
to say, that the French entered Spain, under the
mask of friendship, but had been its bitter enemies,
and the English may do the same. There is no other
news of consequence whatever by the Mary Ann,_
We are in hourly expectation of the arrival of tt.
Montrose packet from Corunna.
Ps.xmouxu, Nov. 41.—Arrived last evening the
Pomone frigate, of 36 guns, Captain F.ts, from
Lisbon, with Dispatches of importance, which we
immediately landed and forwarded to Town. Seee_
ral unfavourable reports were in circulation last
evening respecting the nature of the Dispatches
brought by the above vessels ; but are assured, from
the first sources of informa.ion, that she has not
brought any thing important from the British Arnie
subsequent to the date of the Marquis of Wrwso.
TON'S last Dispatches received by the Mackaret
schooner, and that the Dispatches now brought are
the originals of those that came by the Mackerel,
The Pomone left the Tagus on the Bth instant.
It is impossible for any one to view the present n.
Nation of affairs in Spain and Portugal, without
feeling the most anxious solicitude for the safety of
our army, which has already been so much reduced
by excessive fatigue, sioknesq, and service, as to rem.
der them wholly inefficient to oppose the accumulating
force-of the French army. Thus, after the princi.
pal resources of this country have been fruitlessly
expended to deliver Spain and Portugal from the
French yoke, the campaign will most probably ter.
urinate like the Walcheren Expedition, l; the mi•
serable return of a skeleton army.

GENERAL BALLASTEROS TO TUE MINISTER AT WAR.
" EXCELLENT Stn,—From the time of the sur-
render of Barcelona, Figueras, Pamplona, and San
Sebastian, at which epoch I was at Madrid, I began
to omit no means to bring about the revolution,
maintaining a communication with various provinces
of Spain, and acting with an energy surpassed by
none, I flatter myself that no person contributed
more than I did to the success of the 2d May, from
which has resulted our present situation. The mo-
tives which animated me to act thus, was a know.
ledge that it was the general wish of the nation to be
informed for what purpose the surrender of these
fortresses was intended, notwithstanding the political
manner in which they were given up.
...t'From that epoch I have not quitted my arms,
but resisted, to the honour of my country, the at-
tempts is hich lave been made to injure her by a fo-
reigner. Always inflexible in remaining* Spauiard,
my country has found me ready to support her en-
der every circumstance, without consideraelon to my
fortune, which I have ever viewed, as your High-
ness must admit, with the greatest indifference.
" I was surprised at learning the English Gum-
ml, Lord WELLINGTON, was appointed Chief of the
Spanish armies, by a resolution of the General Cor-
tee; they who, to preserve the reputation of their
country, have buried in the grave thousands of We are again prompted to notice an article is
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thousands of our coin anions in arms are observing
Coaserr's last Political Register, from the admi•
p,
our proceedings ; and I should not consider myself ! rabic manner In which it is penned. The argnments
if ii : the writer has used aeon the subject of the burning
as having been born in the kingdom of Arragon,
I of Moscow, are so much io unison with our
did not submit to your Excellency, for the informs- own,
that we should cppy many of them in our Paper
tion of Government, that I mink condescend to a i
!of this day if we bad room. The doctrine of the
determination that tarnishes the honour of the Spa- ,
. ! hirelings of oar press is therein successfully exposed,
nish name, degrading their Chiefs, who are at their
, head, by supposing that they do not perceive the ter-
especially that In which they justify and applaud the
Russian Governor, RASTAPCMIN, for setting fire to
twin superiority to which this measure must leadd
particularly with a nation, with w beta
we have al. Moscow in fifty or a hundred places, even after the
m.
ways cultivated the best friendship, and of whose 'I French had taken possession of the city. By that fem.
I dons and unjustifiably revengeful measure, 300,000
bad faith and fair offers no person 'can give a more
satisfactory account, than the Duke DEL INPANTADO, I Russians, who inhabited that ancient metropolis, and
volo
President of the Regency.
who had a right to the paternal protects)l ri)Cl con-
, sideration o f the Cult, were driven notens, nt, " I have 'received an account of this event,
and I
out of their homes into the open fields and roads;
in consequence orders to move my army.
,An order
among these unhappy creatures were numerous blind,
1 which compromises the honour of all the. individuals
belonging to it, either in the capacity of citizens or 1 law., sick, bed-ridden, and women in child-birth.—
military men. I ctainot hide, without usurping the i Multitudes must have ultimately perished in this sud-
-1 den confirm ti awl no doubt expired with exp-
. rights which belong to them, on the osent of ac- , era cm,
1 knowiedgitig Lord WELLINGTON General in Chief of etations in their mouths against a Government and
I
the Spanish Armies ; and as this point in question 14 Governors in whom they had largely and burthen-
of the utmost importance to the general good of the comelyn paid taxes for protection against the foreign
as well as domestic foe; which contribution had pro.
country, I wait the resolution of your Highness for 1
my ulterior determinatieql
hably been expended in luxury and lavished on fa-
.
"
theln seer order yon Escellency inform
_ .....s t vourites. Bat the detestable sentiments of our venal
me, that Lon! WELLINGTON- return, thanks to tisi Jon t nali4ts,tend to make the Sovereign of any country
I Generals of the nation for the benefiti, political au ?
military, which they performed to obtain the present availing-
be he Emperor or King) every thing, and the people
11 such infamous opinions were confined to
results of the Allied arms. Then to whom is to
° be 9
ions or even two of such writers as it e havehad so muc't
occasion to complain of, we might ascribe the cause
confided 'the armed force of the nation ? Is Spain
to be considered as a little kingdom of Portugal ? Is
to an atoction, or perversion of intellect in them ;
not the origin of our revolution,. to our 'honour be but being common and uniform to those of the Cou-
; it spoken, different from that of the Portuguese ?
ricr, the Pod, &c. it is plain that they are the et'.
Have we not the 'honour 'at being connected 'feet of a studied system, the profit of which is made
with the greatest nation in the weild ? Have not
But these writers are preparing us for what they in-
the soother or emollient to the' guilty-struck mind.
our arms resounded in the four quarters of the
world ? Can we give the command of our army to a I tend to do, from madness and desperation, in the
`foreigner, without disgracing the nation ? No. 1 crisis which we have but too fearfully to expect is
ISpain has still resources. Her Generals,
f• chiefs,
officers, and soldiers, still fortunately preserve the
t fast approaching, unless a happy change be adopted
they whichinherited hem their forefath
Irs,
' iutben hole management of oar affairs.
honour w
and in. the, preseut war cocon tites.d 14e ,fligii4ll el&
' Frenc?l, alit In hattlii they .rheidoi.,eqUaLlaoloer and
discipline to themselves, andthikt they:lElo(i know
hoir to conduct them to victory.' The -fields of Bete: 1
leo, Albuers, Saragossa, and Oeroun, with many
Others, which I om;t to stay; het:rinse, 1 would not.
be thougke) Ito, 114,40 of
t., i • • nifk6lt' lip litdelible.` testi-
Jimmies of this truth ; and the,4ltliaraly which I cunt-
mend, may tell t 4 lotion, Oat ;allots° gtialVies
'they are not ion: any soldiers. im the world,
ad that, with "94,, ' (*dation, , they .ommot• de.q
stand to . submitteturnie the glories lbeirs, ba.vii, I
aired; and extraordinary servieel they'
c(i
10(4 perconne4; Wet, poghillgonit .40. lind 'Wm. -
mii.ceom, althirgli tNir fee leturap,.Arfot ' to act
.411 cow Wirt witklia: kokettyll Capeat yogic
.4kel/d4ro Plitikkg*Miltdind' —.IVO ' • .
. ,_41., • Patient

Vrrus has thought prole (as we see by this day's
to desist from any further manufacture of his
eloborate articles; but he is, it seems., favouring the
world with a collection of all those which have bees
the product of his too favoured hand, in the manner
of 66 a catalogue raison:K." «c said in one of our
former strictures on this partisan of the WmArsurs,
that he was " a student of the old school :" this class&
cgtion of the anther is now further justified by the
phraseology in his preface of A POLITICAL LEAPT!
being wanted, fop which high part he designates the
noble Marquis, as' happily gifted. No, no ; we hope
and trust that the-people of England will no longer
be kd by one, nor by ten men, however presutnptnoss
they may be but by the smear cestelene of a great many
oil.' The object of this wonderful production—of this
LaiNiftiblege of every thing great from the no', sod