The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-05 00:00:00

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and ,Lietitenant Silva,,oirthe test reztraent of Iso a aguege ar-
tillery. . ,
1 have likewise particularly to report 'to your Lordship the
conduct of Majorfiturgeon,,of the Royal Staff Cdrps. . He con-
structed and placed for us the bridge over the Agueda, without
which the enterprise could not have been attempted ; and he 'af-
terwards materially anisted Lieut.-General Graham and my-
-self, in our reconnoissance of the place, on which the plan of '
Meant was fouoded ; and, he finally condncted the 2d balts-.4,
lion, sth regiment, as well as the 2d Cacadores, to their points of
attack. The Adj.-Gen. and the Deputy-Qaarter-Master-Gener.
ral, and the officers of their several departments, gave me every
assistance throughout this service, as 'cites those of my person-
' al staff; and I hare greet pleasure in adding, that, notwith-
standing
the season of the year, and the increased difficulties of
procuring bßpplies for the troops, the whole army have been ',
well supplied, and every branch oldie service provided for dur-
ing the late operations, `by the indefatigable exertions of Mr.
Commissary-Genera Bisset, and the -Officers belonging to his
department. The Marshal del Campo, Dile 'Carlos d'Espana
and Don Julian Sanchez observed the. enemy's movements be-
yond
the Tonnes, during the operations of the siege; and I am
much obliged to them, and to the people of Castile in parrot
for the assistance I received from them. The latter have invari-
ably shown their detestation- of the French tyranny, and their
desire to contribute by every means In their power to remove it.
I Will hereafter transmit toyour Lordship a detailed accoant
of what we have found in the place; but I believe: here are 133
i pieces of ordnance, including the heavy train belongiug to the
IFrench army, and great quentides of ammunition and stores.
We have the (tetchier, Gee. Basler, about 18 officers, and 1700
men, prisoners.
1 I transmit this dispatch by my Aid-de-Camp, the lion. Mior
Gordon, who will give your Lordabip any further details you may
require; and I beg leave So recommeid him to your protection.
—I have the honour to be, &c. WELLINGTOII, .
I inclose a return of the prisoners and of the ordering ninon
has been taken on this occasion. I bare not yet been able to
collect the returns of the killed and wounded,' I therefore trans- j
' mit a list containing the mines of ems, who have fellea,-aecerd-
int to the best information I could obtain, and I will forward
IReturn of killed and wouoclee9
i the return' to your Lordship as soon as possible. .
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between 15th and 19th Sanitary..
British Less—l seue.oir, 25 rank to I 61e, killed ; 4 opiains,
5 lieuteicints, 9 serjelint., 1.13 rank and tile wounded.
. Porta:l...se loss—f •serleal.t, lb rank an:l,ole, killed ; 2 limner-
omits, 77 nook and ale, wounded. - , , .. -
Noma. o(Officers wounded between 15th and ),9th of Janet. I
1.51 h3ANUA RY.—Royal Enguiters—Cap. M pleurae r, 'lig yi
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Lieut. Skelton, severely, since dead: •
Portmeeese Artillery—Second Lieutenant Roberts, slightly.. .1
16th .1 Anusttv.—Royill Eugineers—Capt. M'Cullock, se-
verely; Lieut. Marshall, lightly.-24 Rai t. sth F. Ensign Ash-
ford, severely.-71th Lieut. Remake, sligldiv.—L4 Batt. 881h—
I Lieu,. Armstrong, slightly; Lieut. Flack dangerously..
1811 s 3 a tieealf.—Pot tuguese Artillery:--Lieut. A. De Corte
Silva, slightly
19th JA KU ART.--Royal Artillery—Capt. Dimly, siashily ;
Capt. Power, ditto.
Names of Otlicrs it :lied and wounded on the Stightsalf the 19th
of 3 andarv, acre. ding to the best Int inflation that eau beeb-
mined ; the Returns slot yet received. . .
K t cgs: n.—Jltuja r-Gen. ftl'K initial. —id Batt. In h , F. Capt.
Iti'Doggeall.-Ist Bin. 43th F. Capt. lierdynian.—lst Ban:
52d F. Capt. J. Dighb..-941h F. Capt. Williamson. .'
W on s ego. —*ajar-Gen. Craufnril, seveselv.—Major-Gen.
Vattdeleur, slightly.—Ronal Legioccrs—Lieui. Thomson se-
verely .-IJd F. Copt. Ferguson, slighity.-52.1 F. Lieut.-Col.
Colberse. severely; linjor George Sirapier, lost an arm; Lieut.
Garwood slightly.-77th F. Capt. M' bean, severely (lost a leg).
—BBth F. Lieut. Beretford, :lightly.-95th F. Capt. Uniacke,
severely.-Ist Portuguese Artillery--Capt. Qui•eric.
3d f); vistos..-14)nen-commiseroned officers and rank and file
'killed; 70 ditto wounded.
LIGHT DI I' Ision.• 14 7..7._
and tile killed ; 60 ditto wounded.
(AHURA L rACK'b BRIGAHL.-9 non-e..
nod rank and file wounded.
The capture capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, is unquestion-
ably as-great an achievement as has been performed
by Lord WELLINGTOM, since he was appointed to
the command of the armies in the Peninsula; and,
when we couple it with the late gallant affairs of
General HILL, it etches both admiration and regret
in our minds—atboiration of the undaunted courage
of our brave countrymen—,regret that their noble
exertions should promise- so little benefit to the

tined fim ,slate Crutpleirot Perbiat aze, told
in, this deiX•Morning Post, that.--," Lord WEL-
LINGTON has forty-two thousand effective fire-
.loicks ready to receive the enemy." But what
what is 42,000 fireloeks to an army of 100,000,
which the French Marshals can now bring against
him, in consequence of Secures troops being re-i
lieved by the capture of BLAKE, and the fall of Va-
lencla?—Goverrrment are said to have received in-
formation, that 11441010 NT was rapidly advancing
.towards Ciudad Rodrigo, and that when Lord WEL. -
LINGTON'S dispatches left the army, it was expected I
a general action would soon be fought. The Post
says " now that Rodrigo 'has fallen, MARMONT
may not have an object to justify him in risking a
battle. We wish he may think otherwise." Have
Me
la little patience rsin Post, and you will e
that if the mere conveyance of provisions into Ciu-
, dad Rodrigo, was an object sufficient to induce MA.II-
- to risk au engagement, the re-capture of that
place will he-considered by that General as a much
more powerful incentive. If Lord WELLINGTONI
I would not, or rather could not, atop last year to!
fight the French Marshals, we see no reason why
he should -stop to engage them this. We may be ac-
cused of Jacobinism, the best. argument which the I
! Ministerial writers have in reserve, for wishing, in
opposition to the Ant, that MAnxoNT may not
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attack Lerd WELLINGTON, and we hope his
Lordship has more prudence than to wait such
en attack. But when we express this wish, we
Ido it, not from any doubt of the valour of our troops,
, or the courage of their gallant leader ; but from a
conviction, that the force under 'Lord WELLINGTON'
is unequal to that which 111.4nmoArr can bring into the
„field; and, therefore, to wish that his Lordship 'should
run the risk of sacrificing his army when,from thefear-
ful odds against him, there is no hope of his eating off
victor,displays much more ofjacohinism, than the anx-
iety we have uniformly expressed for the fate ofour army
should they be unfortunately drawn into a general ,
engagement with the main body of the enemy's
troops. The object of the French Marshals has all
along been to bring Lord WELLINGTON to this. On
the other hand,
-it has been his Lordship's study
to avoid it.—We trust he will never be induced
to depart from this line of policy whatever the
hireling prints of IViinisters may say, or even though
Ministers themselves shoulti urge him ou to the fatal
combat.

Yesterday two Anholt Mails arrived, some of the
letters received by which concur with the statements
in the French Papers, in expressing an expectation
that hostilities will be renewed between the Turks
and Russians.
It is said that the causes•of difference which existed
between the British Ministry and the Spanish Govern-
ment have been adjusted, and the changes which it
was wished by this country might take place, are ex-
pected to be affected before the arrivhl of Mr. Vaug-
han at Cadiz. "
There was a heavy firing heard on Monday from the
French coast. The cause has not been ascertained.
The official account of the capture of the eorecyrs
French ship of war, by his Majesty's ship Eagle, is
given in the Gazette of last night.

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cause of Spain or of Portugal. It was evidently i__
Major Gordon who was the bearer of the last dis.
Lord WELLINGTON'S intention, by his march and , patches from Lord Wellington is the brother of the
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attack upon Ciudad Rodrigo, 'to afford a diversion Art of Aberdeen.
in favour of the Spanish army cooped up by Suctitz The Barham, 74, which was launched in June last
in Valencia. But has he accomplished this ? No— from l'eany'sdock, will be put into commission this
neither MARMONT nor Souur were induced to with- week, .and minned,by'the crews of two frigates.
'draw any part of their troops from the siege of that' Mrs. SCOTT WARISOI. whose melencholy fate we
Important fortress—an not even the dr-nee of losing' yesterday mentioned, was the - c
oat lebratedb Miss
herself who, though inheriting tiety, etew _
it with its immense artillery and warlike stores, could
,for some years to the stage in Ireland) of
induce them to march 'a single soldier to its relief, which country she was a native. •
until the faU of Valencia was certain. Now, 'what T
. RADE TO HATTI.—In the Court of King's Bench' 1
has the Allied Army gained by the conquest of yesterday, a question was argued, *hither a sub-
-Ciudad Rodrigo? Lord WELLINGTON cannot gar- ject could legally trade to Haytiv add port under
Aeon it. himself, without running the risk of being the dominion of CURISTOPILE ?—The 'Court held,
blockaded by the enemy, and probably compelled in that as the country was wrested from OW Freda,
and in possession of a nentiat poWer, artiy stibject of
the end to Surrender to a superior force. Ile cannot
Mt. Yoga
Britain might trade there without a licence.
maintain it by any of the troops under his command,-
Ws reported that n se, in speaking to se:
because this would reduce his arms', already too
veral persons on official business, within these few.
Weak in numbers to meet his opponents in the field days, has said,
- " As I may not be long, at this
Lighattle, Should, therefore, the enemy again ap- Board," &c. -an expression which has, of course,
preach the fortress is equal strength to what they been interpreted as a yotice of his intended resigna-
bid in the end of last year, his Lordship must either tion of the Admiralty.
I leave it in possession of the Perteguese et *hand*. Tax_snoy..v.r_The- sun requisition made'bys/the'
. ... sudden
s.it altogether ; andswho, that has had occasion of 1 Exchequer, let the payment of the termer% of taxes-
late to observe the conduct of that nation, will he. 1 due from a considerable number of the inhabitants of
Brighton, lieve that any reiiance is to be placed upon them for I has,
g in
i most instances, been duly met. A
sum amountin, it ssaid, to between and 3 and 40001.
the defence of the place ?-r--It- thus appears, Oat we
have lost upwardsof 200 men in killed and:Wound- was paid into the hands of the Collector of the pa-
rish, an account of the arrears above-mentioned. There
tql; without obtaining any reel adrimiage; fair no were, as might be expected in these hard and pressing
man can say, that killing and taking d Tea lindreds times, some few defaulters ; and some indignation wins
of the enemy, and capturiug one .of their tpwes, is, excited in consequence of the charge of :rests by the
Clerk to the Commissioners for the Attain of Taxes,
au advantages. if there is a probability of its being
aeon wrested from us withwhich, in a few instances, were less than 10s. and,
all its storm—Let us nOW lin many, upwards of 20s. The letters sent to the
lee what the enemy have been doing during the-inhabitants were printed, and amounted to above
operations against Cuidad Rodrie :—ln the first five. hundred, in all of which these charges were
place, they have defeated Captain-General BLINE, made; so that no little emolument was derived iit, a
,Ille Chief Commander of the SpanishArnsies, and very easy and; expeditious manner, the legality of
captured the greater part or the. last army awbhilec.h,, is, by some cousider4questiou-
moreover,
of any consequence which --Spain eau ever ex.s•
pert An oppose to their invaders.—The have No less than tlireeinfant children, the age of the
y
oldest not exceeding three nu:o6s, have been desert
moreover captured Vales Cies' the only remain- ed and left exposed by their inhuman patents in the
tug town, except Cadiz, capible of opposing resist; pari;lf,of St.-George; Remover-square, within the
mice to BONAPARTE'S troops. , out the subjugation. lUst fortnight ; one in Curzon-street,, May-fairt au-
of Spain is not the only adrintaga- whirl the enemy other in Wammond Mewls end hthird in a field near
the Kingfe Pt Rosa ' They' were conveyed to ,
must derive from 'these operatics*. The, defeat et Misent-s • 'T .
BLAKE, and the fall of Treleneia, has pot at the ails= reetiverk-house, and the Board of Parishi-
oners. have offeeed conliderable reel,* for the (pi:
posal or the Fresh Marsh* 4 new army of nearly covets% of theft ipatents. In the sale with, and
30,000 men, who, Soshod With victory, so 41 444 withiw iiit444r poritd, leo 0". hue Muted tiltth
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The Journals of Jollied are fall of details, in part contra..
dietary, relative to the shipwreck,' of the St. George and De.
fence. It is natural that these scenes, having wily
fur witnesses the sailors and fishermen, inhabitants of fha
toast, should be related in different ways. It is known, that
of the 56i sailors and.coo marinesy the crew of the Defence
was 400 men in the whole. Ten men from the St. (lean,.
and six from the Defence, are all that were saved; rely;
; willfuls perished in the waves. The Deft-ate, whirl' was SN-,
old, struck the ground the first, Sbe made signals with blur
; lights, that ahe was lost without resource, and in a moment
• afterwards she wrot to pieces; what remained of her, how.
i ever, coutinued still visible and lying bottom upwards, hut at
I • distance had the appearance of a church. Cept. Atlrius g. 4
alive to land with six sailors, hurexpired a few mainref.
I after. The St. George let go her anchor, but the fielder a,••
the wind drove her on shore, and the furious wares ro:led
ever her without being able to break her, as she was of a very
al real construction. This circumstance served only to ref,;,,„,,
the suffering of the unhappy crew. During the whole II fa of
the ateth, from four to so° sod weeded cliuging to tbff tufty
deck of the vessel. It was impossible to clime tit their „„„tat,,,,,,
on account of t he storm, and unexampled agitation of (newt
On *sudden these men disappeared, and it was thought they
had been carried Away by a wave ; but according to the amnia,
of one of the ten sailors, Admiral Reynolds, conceiving all sue.
cone impossible, had throwu himself, nt despair, into Ihe sea,
sod been followed by the greater part of the crew: those also
'remained eudravonred to tie one another to pi.-ces of wood,
masts, and yards;_ at length they threw thentselvos into the •
sea, and attempted to gain the shore, (Emma about :too Wises; •
Mit, wilt the eleeption of ten, they were all drowned, uf
crushed to death cy the heeling tatgineota of the wreck The .
secretary of Admiral Re; nulds got to land, but expired im-
mediately, flow fatigue and cold. There was found oa boa
the portrait of bis wife, vita her nldress hi Lamle" and a'
note reeneatiag those who might find his body to infirm by
of his mammy fate. A child, eight years old, got of, share I
safe, resided to s large piece la timber ; his Gale r a -.! mu.
thee were on beard the Defence ; they followed hire wit o thus
eyes, and when they saw him reach the land aliverthey thieve
themselves info the waves, and died baptiser. Ft u! guns
and forty-seven harsh of genpuirderl-base beep gut front the
Deenie ; and ills exported that a part of the St. Gro. et nil
he saved.---(Journal de 1 Empire Jar g J_
ries NA, JA N. le -.lt is ni w said, that the Grand Voter
is the first to demand that war should be renrved lie
wishes to repair his disasters. Ile has zealous friends if, the
Divan. Serail% appears very tranquil, 11,000 men only are
under arms, cod they scattered upon the &Irian front. rs—
(Joarnal de l'Empire, Jan. 30.) •
A • ?Les, J.aw. . is .—Ae. English vessel disembarked eighty
villains upon the coast 'of Bova, in DpperCelabris, to coma,/
their usual depredations, tint the proviuhal guards having in.
assembled, the English had scarcely tune to re-em-
I hat k..

JAN: 11.—To the intelligence we have already given upon
the late irruption at Vesuvius, we can now add that the dan-
gers which were (caved from this irruption have wifely va-
nished ; neireitheless, the center of the volcator is covered from
time to time with iulaminable matter—(Journal de rEmpitc,
Jens. 24.)
Ot PIOA, JAN. H.—According to letter, from Palermo,
Lord Bentinck, imoactlititely upon his return (ruin Eir.;lol,
took the command of the Sicilian land and sea fore. s. Two
Prochmiat ;ons, one issued by the King of 47eilly, end the other
by the English Minister, unnouneed this measure. No
changes have hitherto taken place in respect to the civil and
administrative powers; many partisans of the Queen have
Geen arrested and executed. We leariftliarseveral ships base
beeo wrecked un the coaet of the Roman State, bat have not
received the details.—(Journal de Umpire, .fax. 25.)
TRIESTE, JAN. lo.—Commerce still continues very active
in this town—zoo ships arrived here in the month of Decem-
ber, coming from Dalmatia, the kingdom of Naplesokr. Their
cargoes consist of oil of' olives, and other southern louder.
tams. These articles arc transported into the provinces of
Austria and Warsaw, and countries situate upon the Baltic
ses.-.-(Jonamol de i` Enspiee, Jan. id.)
BARCELONA, 'Jan. so—The French bomb, Sainte Camine,
laden with warlike stores for the arsenal of Barcelona, west,-
ken on the SRI iast. by an enemy's privateer, and conducted
to Mataro. Gen. Mathews, Governor of Barcelona' informed
m boats,of this event, iniedialely dispatched two armed with
20 picked men, to Nlataro ; at the same titu he directed Soo
intirntry,.and a detachment of mounted chair/Imre, upon Moi-
ra, to protect, in ease of necessity, the operations by ass.
At midaight our two boats carried from her anvhorage the
bomb.:vessel, and sunk the only enemy's ship which was
in Stator°, notwithstanding the proxiinity of an English ship
of the line and three frigates enchored in Arenis de Mar. The
*mall French flotilla had, during the whole clay of the nth, to
surmount great difficulties, occasioned by the pretence of the
enemy, and the contrariety. of the winds and currents. The
same day Gen. Mathews sent in the morniug, before the flutil•
la two gnu-boats, whilst be ordered to march upon the shore,
towards Barlalono, fresh reinforcements of infantry, and Iwo
pieces of flying !eatery, to protect' the flotilla iu care of Or.
cessity. It returned on the sth inst. with its prat, into ibis
port, to the great astonishment of the rehabilitate, vbe
did not expect so much audacity before so superior in enemy.
-.Since the 7th December, the epoch when General Darien
left Barcelona, After cairducting a large et nvoy to it, there
have arrived trona France sits vessels lades with meal and rice'.
(Sante Paper). .
-TOULON, JAN. to.—Reete.Admiral Shpinaek, in hie Ira-
IttlitYva ship-Majesteux, got Under weigh yesterday, with twelve
ships of the line, four. frigates, and several corvettes, to pro.
tect a convoy, inemieted by an English ship. After foreiag it
•eo flight, our squadron stood out to sea, and remained ma
miming till tugliti—(Same Paper )
AODEBURO., J A R..
brnary, there will be a sale at Magdebitrg; there will be a
sale of the colonial Id. tae coursed the mouth of Fe.
produce belonging to has Majesty the Em.
perur of the French, King of Italy.--(Juarnal de rEmpire,
•Jan,
havel l I:vim:it:1AI: .telirGe.o—f
la
;a% cdatelu
announce that the preparations fur oar Are carried on through-
, out the' whole Ottoman empire with great activity. The
commercial
cal
Grand Seignior has addressed a new finnan to all the Psalms
.rstualne:iniosptlhe,iswire:
of Egypt and Asia, advising them in send, without the least
delay,their cunt ingesits to the banks of the Dauube. The troops,
even from Asia, to whom other destinations had been Given,
and were on their march for Egypt, to act against the %Verbs-
, biles, were desired to hasten to Europe. We do not know
how the Governor of Egypt will receive this intelligence; he
had draepided troops, which he impatiently Inspected, to rim.
Melanie to march to Arabia.—Nis plater are orpoemerily ad.
jonrocd.--(Jownal dr l'Empine; Jan. 29 )

The city of Ca:ania, which is not more than seven
leagues from the crater of ...Etna, has been strongly
menaced by the torrents of lava with whiCh the valley
of Nusara was filled. The stream of lava flowed not
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more than one league from tho walls of the city,
which the Inhabitants, in their
.first alarms, aim.
doped. A few days before the eruption of the vol-
cano, a.slight trembling was experienced at 111esin3,
which damaged many of the houses. During the
whole of the period of alarm, vessels were kept at
Catania, on 'board* Which the English troops in gar-
rison there might embark, in case the lava should
penetrate into the city. .Sorge of our officers caused
themselves lo 'be transported to the foot of Mount
lEtna, that they might examine more closely the
course of the lava vonilted from the crater.
• Fashionable Routs are commencing. A Wealth'
giving Dame, whose presents will amount to 80,00w1.
crowned with Twenty Thousand Pounders, has is-
sued only 8000 Tickets for the 18th instant.—Anl
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of the Lottery Offices Will give further information.
The town of 4Zargans, *consisting of about 40
houses, was 'Winced to a heap of salves on the night of
the Bth of December. There were a number otatore•
hotises Ailed withgrattnovhicl%vfete e7ise, cl.„t7troye._
.i40741X0N; PrinfeCiod publieird Lotiv.•
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