The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-08-24 00:00:00

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a. ma King's Messenger leaves us tn-nlIU::::terOrto
Eliglindi i would not let the onpartunity pass, with. li
eciutattnetrm,
ewn,ittliratillisepanorhitsi,lecnonfsttph:,
out sending you .a letter, though since
you oil the 3d, nothing material has occurred. l coevoy for Portionoutti.—Came down froni thee
" Souvr, we hear, is busy raising fresh troops, in River the Ocean, Scott, (or Qieliec, and sailed inn.
'order to attempt a second. time the -relief; of- Panes ilnerliately for Portsmoth, under convoy of the
i pions. Troops he may get, but Ido not think he : Folkestone logger. . .
I will; be able to put that confidence in then: which !
! will be necessary for his success: all their hopes i ships Wonderer,. ter -Plymniah ; pad/ilial
mYs
seemed to have been fixed upon him, and of course 'Cruise ; Daneavork, Spnonr, amid a/ / '• ' I
e, uva, for olf
their disappointment has not been small. We are : Cherburgh ; AcLH atilt
now nearly in the same position as we were on the : New South Wales end the Brazils.
25th ult. The siege of St. Sebastian is to be resum- ; 1I A itw a c 11, Attu. 23.—Te. Earl of / • er
ed, it is said, with redoubled vigour. It h a very : packet, having a M lit for Gnsteliburiii, has ; returner[
strong place, and will, lam afraid, cost us dear. As into port to wait a w;iitl. She left the outward.
. el2.olll7—sleAtl:et ,iv.;(.l Fle(rTootfril:: ;NI lYaittel-ie,
for Pamplona, nothing but hunger %iitgasrurbdisounenitte: bound convoy i.i the Bay this morning, all wet .
all the fortified places which 1 have seen are nothing l
;French ejarlteAl
Laur:
to it. Reports as to the supplies of tht!
very different, but in my humble opinion they have i from Mullah, has brought over an Eligiisli G :,11,:,,
ienough for three months more. I
man, six Ladies, and thsee children ; Tailed fro-4
It is ouppoSed the Pntsce RESENT will leave I toI have read with astonishment in the papers, Morlaix the 18th hist. Thediifeat of ithetim, W.
Brighton to-day, amid come to London on Friday. i particularly the and --, the most absurd and ! lington wtaS generally knosin, and retorted to be
The official details of the capture of the American i monstrous lies that ever were printed ;--sometimes ' more disastrous than described in hi, Lord,ltiii.3
slOop Aries were received yesterday, and will op- ; Lord WELLINGTON is at Bayonne;—next only i official dispatches.
pear in the Gazette of this evening. i 17,000 men were left of the army of JOSEPH after the!
In consequence of the death of the gallant Colonel : defeat at Vittoria ;—then comes a story of Sucnet
CanoeAN, Sir NAT. PEACOCCE is ordered instantly i and his whole army being destroyed by the redoubt.
bathe Peninsula, to take the command of Abe 71st ;ed Sir Jonsr blvaa.ti. Pray were did they get
Regiment ; amid is now embarked with Lieutenant. !the number of men which,. the French lost at Vit.
Col. jacks(); of the 2il Foot Guards, and a num.: ltoria-20,000 according to one-15,000 another ?
bee of subordinate Officers, in the fleet with the 7th '
j do not think that the grand total of their loss on
Hussars. . ; the 21s1 of Jane exceeded 6000 af most ; I saw every
The new battalion of the 60th regiment Is intended prisoner that was made. You will be surprised to
for North America, and to be formed into a rifle , hear that the Blues and Life Guards never charged
corps for that service.
i the enemy once, instead of breaking through their
The recent appointment of a Waggon-MOster- line three times.
General to the forces, will probably occasion some i "We are very anxious to leave this place.—
Parliamentary questions and enquiries. i Imagine to yourself .being stuck (in the month of
The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD are in the August) in a very small town, surrounded on all
Isle of Wight, where they will remain a short time, , sides by mountains, which, of course, besides the
and from thence proceed to their Cottage in Devon- : heat, prevent you from riding or walking out for air
shire. ; i and exercise. The access to our place being so bad,
Parliament was yesterday prorogued in the usual ' of course the peasantry are not very fond of bringing
form by Commission, till Monday the Ist or No. any thing for sale ; though three leagues off they have
vember. Ifresh salmon, &c. and every luxury in abundance.—
On the late inspection made by the Hon. Commis- ; Yesterday (by starvation) 1 was tempted to travel up
shiner Bo ya and Dr. BAI tin, of the French prisoners a young Pyrenee, to dine with a friend, at the risk
at Fortes, Portchester, and on hoard the prison.; of my neck. After an hour's hard work, I got up,
ships in the Barbour, there were only 154 patients , and certainly was well paid for my trouble ; Bayonne
in the hospitals, out of 20,680 prisoners. These ! appeared most beautifully,—the sea opened to my
were all slight cases, not one of typhus fever, or of ' left,—the valleys of France looked like gold,--I
any acute disease, except such as had arisen from cold ' never saw so much corn in my life."
er indiscretion.

The name of Captain J. N. TAYLER, of the Spar-
row sloop, appears to have lean accidentally omitted
in Sir T. CRArum's retain of the wounded before
St. Sebastiates. He had completed his buttery on
the Lighthouse-hill, mentioned in the Gault* of the
7th instant, with a detachment of seamen from the
ships, and which was firing with much success. An
18-inch shell fell and burst close to him, dreadfully
shattered his left leg, and otherwise considerably
burnt and wounded him in the face and body.
Captain PHILIP BEAVER, of the ArifllS, whose
death was lately announced since being employed in
1801, in landing the British forces hi Egypt, as Cap-
tain to the fleet under Lord KE,Tu, was frequently
engaged in similar important services. lie conducted
the landing at the conquest of Mat-Hideo, of the
Saints, and of the Isle of France. Ills health was
much impaired by the expedition to Java. Though
wily 47 years old, lie had seen 36 years active service
in all parts of the world. has left a widow and
six children to lament the loss of a man, whose vir-
tues in private life were fully equal to his auspicious
merits as an Officer.

CAUTION.—A young female, almut SO revs of
age, of genteel appearance, slender made,:end rather
lo‘i in stature, of a sallow co:We:jolt, b ou it hair
and large black eye-brows, c tiling her: .1( Miss
hum, took a lodging at 43, Skintier-strcet, :now.
: hill, on the 12th inst. under the pretence of being
Inear to her brother, whom she represented as having
'taken a shop in Skinner-street, for the purpo•e of
carrying on the wholesale grocery business. The said
female, in order to excite compassion, often feigned
herself very ill; and, at htterval., had strong symp.
1 toms of convulsive fits, which, she said, were
, occasioned by having had a cancer cut out of her
side, and not being thoroughly extracted, was grow.
big again, which, being very painful, caused the fit,.
I This account and appearances naturally excited cola.
passion from all around her, particularly from a
• lady, lodger in the same house, who paid every at.
tentinn to her as that of a ki.:d and tender mother,
' until Friday last, when tote voting female decamped
with several pounds of he lady 's "(her betteractor)
money, and also some of ti e lady's wearing-apparel,
and has not heen heard of si ire.
DUEL—Oa Wednesday morni,g a duel was
Ifought near Pendennis Castle, between Capt. Petty
and Lieut. Leader, bosh of the First S,imeraet M.
litia, now ht garrison at that place. 0.1 the first
five, Capt. Perry fell, and it was found that !he hall
, . .

The delay in the publication of the official account had passed through one thigh, anti lodged near the
of the capture of the Argus arises from the circum- ! groin in the other ; —it oas ex! rnate4l almost immiele.
stance of its beings transmittted through Admiral t ately, but we are sorry to say, that sem serious ap.
TttoaNshoucat on the Cork station, to which thelprehensions are entertained re:pectiog h' •rv.
Pelican belongs, and to which site immediately re-' Lieut. Leader, and the secouds, Capt. N4***, and
turned after the engagement, while the Argus was Lieut. Stc•-'4l*, have absconded.
sent to Plymouth.. In the mean time the following • aottuettY AND MURDEIL—An 'est !a, hen
account of the action from the Plymouth Telegraph taken on a .view of the body of the Her. N;chelas
will be read with interest : %Vestcombe, uho was found muedered on the 13 it
" The Americans wanted another proof of British ;dust. in a path-way, at a short distance eon, Wee.
superiority on the oceah. The Pelican has afforded cheater, leading to the Andover-road. It apre.ti•ti
it, in the capture of the Argus. On the 14th I.Ohe deceased had been seen %%tilting on the fee d, at
instant, at a quarter past six a. m. the Pelican de.! nine o'clock in the morning: it was b teeen nine
'cried a vessel. on fire, between Milford Haven* and and ten when his biidy
.was di:covei ed. A eeeef
the Suttees, with a brig in company : on approach- prevailed that he had died I.y apopleav ; but en a
ing nearer, the brig stood away under easy saii from the more minute inspection of the b idy, a violent bruise
vessel on fire, when the Pelican crowded all sail in par-
was discovered under the jaw, which, it was ima-
suit of her. The brig continued her iourse for some • glued, produced instant death ; added to which,. a
time, until, being ready for action, she took in her S. Idier, of the 102 d regiment, of the name of Lifert
royals, and hove to the wind on the larboard tack. Glasse, on the death being mentioned in his hearing,
When close enough, the brig gave three cheers, and a immediately said he had seiet the deceased lying near
broadside. soon afterwards the Pelican, being alsoithe spot described, in the morning, but that he did
prepared for action, returned the solute of three cheers ; not attempt to disturb him, because he thought he
and a broadside with a similar compliment. The op. was asleep. The improbability Tartliiiiiory (it be.
;foments closed, and after a contest of forty minutessling early in the morning), with some other circten.
-in which the brig was raked live times, Captain • • stances, led to his brine apprehended. Upon his
Meeees gave directions for boarding on her star.: examination, he was called upon to account for how
board bow, and she was instantly carried, the Ame- he disposed of his time during the morning named ;
ricans making no resistance whatever, and running ; which he gave, hut it was afterwards falsified in many
below. In the act of boarding, the American en. points, and the suspicions of his being the perp teror
sign was lowered, and after the brig had struck, Mre !of the crime, partook of rather a cirromstantial
YOUNG, the master's-mate, received his death wound, ; form. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Mur.
by a ball from the fore-top. The Argus fought ; der against him, and he was c )mmitted to the County
well While the cannonading continued •, but her guns ' Gaol, to take his trial for the offence. Be is a man
were not levelled with precision, and many shots of more knowledge and abilities than are usually
passed through the Pelican's royals. The Argus's found in persons of li< station, but of reputed bad
hammocks were cut away fore and aft, and her sides character. Mr. Westcoinhe was rector of Barton
show evident tokens of the dexterity of her ante.: Stacey, near Winchester, Vicar of Collinelsoutne,
gonist. .The Pelican's sides are also full of grape- i and one of the Minor Canons of Winchester Cnthe.
shot ; but her rigging and sails are injured the drat. A watch and soma money welch he was
,
most. Two shots, however, found their way through known to have about him, had eeen taken from him.
the boatswain's and carpenter's cabins. The Bri- I On Thursday se'onight n mot daring robbery was
tish, though justly irritated with American brag. I committed on the Wdtshire Downs, between Setif.
gadocio, were cool and steady, -and their enthusiasm bury and Overly. John Foot, an exciseman, of Far.
was regulated by the most attentive discipline. A riegdone ha-Berkshire, was travelling into Dorsct-
spetit ball, after passing through the hammocks, shire, on a visit to some relations there ; he had dined
struck one of Captain MAPLES' buttons, and fell on on Thursday at Evenly; when he hadteacher) n part
the deck. Lieutenant Weesa, and Mr. Gstee. !of the Down, called the Nine Mite Water, lie felt
VILLE, Master, highly distinguished themselves : but weary, and laying himself under the hedge, endea-
it is, perhaps, invidious to select any names where voured to take some repose ; he had- net, however,
one and all performed their duty. The Ares car- been long iu this situation, when lie heard a rustling
ries eighteen '24-pounders and two long twelves, for- ' noise, end, immediately after, sew two men ha eilv
merly belonging to the Macedonian, and had 136: epproaching. They seized him, and demanded
men at the commencement of the action ; of whom money ; but Foot told them h.' Intl none ; one of
six men .were killed, and 16 wounded, besideS her the ruffians then drew forth a knife, and threatened
Captain. The Pelican mounts 16 thirty-two poun- to cut the poor fellow's throat. Ile entreated them
der carronades, and four long sixes, and began the 'riot to murder him ; and one of the two, feeling
battle with only 113 men (Mr. PEAUNE and five men some little compunction. desired his companion, oho
being absent with a prize), of whom two were killed : had the knife fully prepared for the bloody deed, to
and three wounded. Captain ALLEN, the Comman- stay his hand, and 44 not cut the man's throat." A
der of the Argus, lost his leg nt the second broad. j slight wound, however, had been previously inflicted
side: but did not leave the deck, until from his faint.; in his check. They then boued his heeds with some
ing away through the loss of blood it became abso: :woollen list, and ransacked his pockets, from which
lutely necessary to remove him below." ! they took all the money be possesses', amounting to
Sunday, as a gentlemnr, his wife, and two chit- 71. ss. and decemped %%Mt that and a shirt w'lich was
dren, were riding in a otil-horse chaise near the Toy, . unwed up in a red and a hite.chequered hatelker.
at Hampton-court, the hdrse took fright at some- chief, which they found by kic side on the ground.
thing which was in the road, and ran furiously for a Before they departed, he that lied saved the life of
*considerable distance ; it unfortunately came in con. Foot put hint in mind of the service he had rendered
tact with something in the way, upset •the vehicle, him, but threatened if he stirred from where he was
and the whole of the family were precipitated mast before a certain time, that he and his companion,
violently into the road. The lady was so much hurt, would certainly return, and cat his throat. Ho
as to render her recovery almost impossible; one Of watched the ruffians to a considerable distaticeewlion
the children was seriously hurt by a fracture in the he observed them stop and take off their smock
arm, and the other received some slight contusions; frocks, and otherwise arrange their dresses. They
the gentleman did not receive much injury; the had attempted to disguise their countennuces by
chaise was dashed to pieces. . • binding black handkerchiefs over their foreheads-
,

Several of the Danish papers contain a statement,
that the English naval and military force now in the
Baltic meditate attacks upon the islatir!s of Wand
and Fatster, with a view to their permanent conquest
and occupation. It is remarked by the writers, that
" the possession of these island, would facilitate the
uninterrupted navigation of the Baltic by British
cruisers—give them the command of that sea, to the
exclusion of the shipping of Powers hostile to them,
and likewise afford a good roadstead to merchant yes-
sets during unfavourable weather. These are favourite
objects to a British Ministry ; but it is precisely on
that account that every Sovereign having ports in the
Baltic is interested in preventing the execution of
such a scheme. Nay, Sweden and Russia would be
particularly and injuriously affected by it; the ma,
ritime greatness of England would be felt on their
coasts, and asserted at their expense; and at the
dictum of these would-be Lords of the Ocean, the
trade carried on from one port to another on their
coasts might be suspended." In conclusion it is
hinted, that Sweden has designs upon the Island of
Femmern (or Moen), in 'which she is to be aliisted
as the purchase of her acquiescence.
On Saturday, the 14th inst. the prisoners in the
depot of Perth celebrated the birth-day of the Em-
peror of FRANCE, and a balloon having been pre-
pared by Mr. CUYPER, from Ghent, with much
skill and industry, a number of persons assembled
to witness its ascension.—While the Master of the
Ceremonies fastened a Lag to its top, the balloon
suddenly broke from its fastenings, and ascended
with amazing rapidity, to the mortification of all
who saw and all who were concerned in its prepara-
tion, and the air soon evaporating, it descended and
was torts against a tree. At night all the prisons
were brilliantly illuminated, and in some of the win-
dows were transparencies, which had a fine effect,
and were executed with much taste.
Drury Lane Theatre opens on tit!) 11th of Sep-
tember.

BREAD.—The LORD MAYOR having inspected the
mealweighers' returns, ordered the price of bread
to fall 6d. in the peck loaf, or lid. in the quarters,
which reduces it to Is. sd.
Friday se'nnight, in the Town Court of Galway,
Richard Martin, Esq. was found guilty before the
lion. Baron M'Clellatid, upon the information some
time since preferred against him in the Court of
King's Bench, Dublin, bx the Right Hon. Denis
Bowes Baly, for having endeavoured to provoke him
to fight a duel. Sentence remains to be pinged upon
Colonel Martin by the Kiug's Beuchrio the course
of ueltTertn: 'se q

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