The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-29 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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ants of La Mancha, who have given great proofs
of their loyalty and attachment to his Majesty.
Another Decree also enacts, that the proprietors,
merchants, and the Chiefs of any establishment,
having a shop, and their sons living at home, shall
be organized into a town militia, in the diferent
Aces in the provinces of Toledo- and La Mancha,
which their military Commandants and Intendants
shall require. The enrolments in this militia shall
be voluntary, and those who form a part of it
shall alone bear arms.
SANTA CRUZ DE MUDELA, JULY I.—The fol-
lowing letter has been intercepted, dated Seville,
June 24 :
We are in pursuit of those wnttebes (the French), who
are precipitately flying, and make us au resi.tance; so that'
by toe month of Astro, we Natter ourselves there will nut
be one remaining in spun. Our army eormits of ti3OUU in-
tuttry, and MU cavalry, without counting a reinftircerseut
of .3tiOtt wen, which has been sent a., by Geaeral Omega."
This blind confidence was the result of intelli-
gence received from Andalusia, which spoke only
uf pretended victories in Germany, anew coali-
tion against France, a numerous army mistrev
lof Portugal, successes in Arragon, and the forced
-retreat of the French troops, whom they took
care to represent as much weakened.
It was from the influence of these false notions
which had been generally spread, that the troops
of General Venegas set themselves in motion ;
but when he heard of the arrival of the King iii
the province, and of the demonstrations of joy
with which he had been received, he retreated
with so much precipitation, that his whole army
had passed the Sierra Morena yesterday.
Such is the system in which the Junta of Se-
ville persists in a war against the population of its
own country. It is only by illusions that it can
force the few troops to'march which remain under
their authority ; but the promptitude of their
flight shims, at least, how easily they may be un-
deceived. This is what would happen to the
Junta, if they braved themselves the dangers into
which they precipitate, or try to precipitate, the
troops.
The inhabitants are so convinced of this truth,
that they receive with joy the only army which
can protect them, and openly manifest their desire
to see a resistance terminate which is as unjust as
it is fatal.
Damns, JULY 13.—This morning, fat two
o'clock, the drunk was beaten, and the garde's,
consisting of 400 men, set out on their way to
Leipsic, the enemy having made his appearance
yesterday evening in Dippoldswalde.
NAPLIIS, JOLT 3.—The Gercs is the object of
general interest and admiration. There is nut a
good Neapolitan who has nut been un board.—
The more closely we consider it, the more we ad.
mire its resistance, and acknowledge that we owe
every thing on that day to the tactics of the Coos.
manner, and the bravery uf the crew.
At the moment when the affairs at Ischia and
Prucida took place, some troops of rubbers at.
tempted to land on several parts of the coast. On
the night of the 25th, they approached a place
called Fiosa. On the morning of the 2Gth, other'
vessels attacked the tower of Cepriola. Every
where these attempts were fruitless ; they were
.Irisett back by the Proviucial Guards, and obli.
cell to retreat with precipitation.
Two hostile vessels, armed as corsairs, sp.
preached the roads of Saint Vito, but they were
driven away by a party of the country people
armed, headed by a respectable priest.
Milian, Jul.'s' 6.—A troop of robbers, from'
the mountains adjoining the kingdoms of Italy,
Naples, and the Boman States, dared to make their
appearance before Marcia, on the 28th ult. ; a
sletachment of the Civic Guardi of Speletto de-
faded the town till succours could arrive, when
mtook eight, after blowing up a powder-mill.
utts, Attic 20.—According to intelligence
hem Turkey, the Turkish troops which had ar-
rived at Nissa, Rudschnk, and Silistria, consist-
ing for the greater part of Asiatics, which in the
beginning of spring were collected in the neigh-
bourhood of Adrianople, and in the last mouth
prOceeded in this direction, bate suddenly united
with the troops under the Pachas and Agas of Bul-
garia. Their number is great, and they daily re-
ceive reinforcements. Accurding to a firman of
the Grand Signior, the Vizier of Travenich, in
Bosnia, is in like manner to bring forward a corps
of 20,000 men, and advance with the same to-
wards the Dries and Buzawa.
On the 14th instant a great Council was held
at Belgrade, when it was decreed, that all who
can bear arms, should be called into service for the
defence of Servia;as the Turks are in great force
in Bulgaria.
On the 17th and 18th, a cannonade was dis-
tinctly heard in the neighbourhood of the Drin ;
the issue is yet unknown. As far as we yet
know, the Turks have forced the passage of the
Drin.
In the Danube, at Karlowita and Salankament,
sit miles from hence, the fishermen have fished up
a great number of drowned emu.

EXTRACT OT A LETTER FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.

" Pere, April 23, It*.
" 1 informed you in my last of the firmness
displayed by the Porte in its positive refusal to
break with England, at the summons of the once
highly respected Alexander, though now beconse
the sorry tool of the Corsica° Bonaparte. The
first feat of the Ottoman arms has fortunately
responded with this appearance of energy in
their Councils. Three days had hardly elapsed
since the return of the Russian Messenger to
Bucharest, when General Milaradowital at the
head of 14 ur 15,000 men, made a sudden at.'
tack upon Geirgiva, on the Danube; he ant!.
ceeded in occupying no more than the town (which
you know is quite open), the ditch of the fort,
and a neighbouring tehifiik (village). The Turk-
ish garrison was not strong enough to withstand
so large a force, until being. reinforced by fresh
troops from Rustchuk, they sallied forth and
routed the Russians's) Completely as to force them
to decamp with the loss of two thousand soldiers.
This happened the bth of this month ; and
a few days since, two hundred heads and some
bags of ears, with thirteen presences, were brought
-tto Constautiuople. The heads belug n little far

gone, were not exposed as usual, but were thrown
away. As to the prisoners, I suppose they are
in the Bagniu. The spirit of the people has been
wonderfully roused by this dawn of success, and
not a little exasperated by the insolence and per-
fidy of the Russians. The fleet is equipping with
the greatest expedition, and already eight sail of
the line, as fine ships as ever swam, are ready fur
sea in every respect but one, mid that is, Suitors.
They are to act in the Black Sea, and I hope in
conjenction with some of oars. The Russians
hare twenty ships altogether, hut let them only
be informed that but two English ships are
with the Turks, and I'll suffer death if they dare
more."

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THE STATESMAN.

PI OPOSITI TENAZ.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, JULY 29.
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Tut Report of the unfortunate, and, as it is
termed by General !kw, disgraceful battle of
Be!elate, was received this morning in an Extra.
ordinary Gazette of the Spanish Government, of
the 3d 1 Jely.—After stating the dejected state
of his mind in consequence of the disastrous event
of the battle, and referring to his former hope,
that in case of being attacked by the enemy he
should be able to beat him, the General states,
" that Fortune might have been so adverse to
66 him as that he might have been defeated by the
" enemy, but that he never could have expected
" that the troops under his command should have
" taken to flight without fighting—and that, in
" consequence of a few cannon shot being fired,
" they would abandon a position, in which they
" had nothing to fear from the enemy's horse,
" nor from those advantages which, at times,
" strike armies with a panic terror, and induces
" them to fly without knowing why." —The
position takett up by the Spanish army (which
is expressly stated to have wanted neither ammuni.
tion nor provision) is then accurately described.
—One column of the French then advanced with
two pieces of cannon, from which four or five
shots were fired, and two or three grenades, whirl,
disabled four or five men. The Spanish artillery
returned the fire, " when one reginivnt was
66 thrown into confusion by one of the enemy's
" grenades, and fled, in the utmost disorder, with.
" out firing a shut. This was followed by another,
66 and a third—all dying without hiring dis.
" charged a gun—and in a few moments the
" whole position was abandoned." In plain Eng.
lish, the whole Spanish army, at the first discharge
'of the enemy's artillery, took to their heels.

The remainder of this Document (which we
shall insert at length on Monday) consists prin.
cipally of an Address by the Junta to the Spa-
nish nation.

It is now more than a year since the inhabit.
ants of Spain, roused to resistance against the
usurpation of France, have been in that state of
active hostility from which the establishment of a
well-organized military force, might reasonably
have been expected—yet we see, with mortifica-
tion and sorrow, that the Spaniards are ab.
solutely less efficient at this moment, than
they were at the very commencement of their
attempt to throw off the yoke of France--
If confidence in a Commander is the essential point
in directing the efforts of a new-raised army, in
what man could confidence hare been more justly
placed than in a General, whose invincible con.
stancy and inextinguishable activity must •have
convinced every man in Spain of his devotion to
the cause ?...What was the behaviour of the
newly-raised French troops in the war of the Re.
volution ?—Did they take to their heels ? So far
from it, t hey volunteered services of actual laughter.
That revolutionary or insurrectionary masses may
be beaten, slaughtered, and even annihilated by re-
gular armies, it is easy to conceive—but that any
thing like enthusiasm in the cause of their country,
can exist in the breasts of men who run away at
the first discharge of the enemy, is impossible.

AMONGST the various Reports, as absurd as in.
consistent, which hare been cirzulated respecting
the affairs of Austria--it has been assserted that 11
the Armistice was the mere consequence of the'
distraction in bulb Armies, which rendered a sus.
pension of arms absolutely necessary—end yes.
terday it was reported, that pestilence had ac.
tually made its appearance in Austria. it is how.
ever somewhat difficult to ctisjecture bow this ne.
cessity could apply to the surrender. of Brunn and
Graut—and th. EPNCINIIieft of the Tyrol.

•••

A GOTTEsinUttGII MAIL arrived in town this
morning.

By a declaration, dated Stockholm Castle, the
14th of this month, his ROTA L MAJESTY has pro-
'posed to the Diet, with and by the advice of the
tiecret Committee, Prince Cs; WTI 4 IN AUGIRTUS of
ShieStiC.- H olstein—tionderhurgh—A ogitntenburgh,
As PRINCE ROYAL of Sweden, and his Successor OR
the Swedish throne ; and the States of the Pea-
santry have already acceded to the King's proles.
sal, and elected the said Prince their future Suve.
reign.

A Report from General WREDE states, that the
position of the Russian army in the environs of
Uaia having been much weakened by an exten.
silo' of its line, in consequence of the appearance
of Some Swedish frigates, Garret WNEDI deter.
mined to resume offensive operations, and the
Swedish troops accordingly took up an advanced
position, but the Russians discovering that the
Swedish vessels drew too much water to approach
sufficiently near to annoy them in their original
position, made a movement which induced the
Swedish General to return to his f.,rmer position
in the environs of the Oere. The Swedish fri.
gates are stated to have been very active i:1 inter.
rupting the communication of the enei ty 1i i:h Fiti.
land, and have captured s::veral Roasian store.
ships, laden with provisions.
The ships Fortune, Captain Ti rst A ; Dicd-
rcy Gcbuider, Captain KUNST ; and Catherine'
Maria, Captain SenooNsccu, captured by French
privateers, have, together with their cargoes, beem
sold at Danttick.

Terrified as the enemy is stated to be at the ap.
proach of our formidable Expedition—what Kill
be the panic in Holland—who' it is made known,
that the redoubled and terrific Sir WILLIAM
CUaTIS has, to render " arsurance doubly sure,"
made a tender of his services. The importance
of this magnanimous offer the British Admiral
justly appreciating, has graciously accepted ; and
the pleasure yacht of the Civic Warrior has been
reinforced with a detachment of twenty seamen,
headed by a Lieutenant of his Majesty's Navy.—
That this daring Alderman may survive the Ea.
pedition will be the sincere wish of every corroirirs/
Citizen. Then may the Veteran alternately rose
out in jovial and warlike notes to his admiring
Customers—
.. How stands the glass around, my boys,"
and raise alike their wonder and their admiratior,
by the chaste and classical narrative of

" Moving accidents by Flood and Field ;"
while his applauding fellow-citizens will heave s
sigh of regret for the departure of the English
Aristoplennes, uho drew the inimitable picture of
a zrarrior, in the renowned Major Sturgeon.
The Wrangler sloop of war arrived at Dalsroe
about the Bth instant, with sin Russian prises,
laden with corn, brandy, &c.
D. PENNANT, Esq. of Downing, is appointed
Constable of Flint Castle, in the room of the late
W. %V (Ai am, Esq. of Pen bed Mf:

The nuke of Yonit's household is about to be
reduced, in consequence of his Royal highness
being put out of office.
In the district of Mergentheim the peasants, to.
wards the cnd of last month, rose, to the nu nber
of so.ne thousands, against the Wirtembcrg Go.
vernment, tore down the arms of Wirtemberg, and
placed those of the Teutonic Order, amidst the
cries of " Long live the Emperor Fa A nets !" They
were with difficulty quelled, and nut till a sangue_
nary conflict had taken place in the streets of
Mergentheim.
The two French sail of the line, from the West
Indies, which lately escaped into Cherbuurg. are
blockaded there by the Christian VII. of 71guns,
Capt. Sir J. YORKE, and the Warspite, co,' 74
guns, Capt. Bowtas.
Kew.—The Palace at Kew is fitting op for the
reception of the ROYAL FAMILY. The Qusen's
Botanical Gardens have been managed with the
greatest attention, and they are now in the highes t
.tats of perfection. Since the removal of the wa I
which separated Richmond from Kew Gardens ,
the rides and walks have been wile to communi-
cate, and they present a charming promennir.—
The improvements are under the direction of his
Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBLItLA ND.
MERINO SHEEP.—The 100 sheep (rams and
ewes) selected from the numerous flOcks pi-estated
to his MAJESTY by the Spanish Junta, which
were on Wednesday last Sold by Auction, in
Kew Gardens, produced, according to the state-
ment in the Newspapers, l'unEe THOUS ASD NINE
HUNDRED end ELEVEN PoeNns, MIME
yMIL-
LI.rOS, which upon an average Is upwards of 391.
fur each Sheep.
On Saterday evening last, in Dublin, in conse-
quence of a warrant i-stied by the Honourable
Judge OSBORNE, founded on an Affidavit of Pm-
LIP ADAMS, r., sq.
Savant., f;sq.
Guim Ea,' Esq.

ties in 100 i. cal

years toward, thl
rister.at-Law.

Yesterday at
an Insurance CI

Lurd Mayor wi

which had been

,of paying for the
1 tic Deputy Cat
payment of the no,

for «hich it wa.
retitrnetl next (ta,•
know 1t.41201 h.t,

pleaded in his dr.l

'and had been rot:

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sired to prothce
where h, hrtl pui

trial.

IUIIIIIICII on an oi i 111..
Birris!er.tt-Law, kite tiCIIKt
%as held to ball before Iticumte.
. Waist.lf in 5001. and two sure.
'eh, to bc of the peace for three
le said PHILIP ADAM, Esq. Bar-
the Mansion-heitsc • megseitger to
:mummy was charged before the
embezzling the sum of 103 P.
intrusted to him for the purpose
:stamping of • number of policies.
'shier of the Company proved the
money to the prisoner, the purpose
is paid, mod that the policies were
ay ptistamped. The prisoner se-
ising received the mosey, mud
efeisce that he had got intosicafril,
bled of • part of it. lie had still,
his possession ; but on being de.
it, he said he could nut recollect
At it.... Hit. was fully committed fur

TUB EXPEDITION. •

Deft, JULY 28.... This morning the first and
Fecund divisions or the Expedition, consisting of
•feral sail of the line, frigates, transports, ts;c.
and the Amethyst. Admiral Sir K. Strachatt,
,ailed with a fine breeze at W.S.W. and it is ex-
pected the remainder will sail this evening or to.
morrow morning.

Admiral Otway, with the fleet from Portsmouth,
remain in the Downs, and at one P.M. the 2tl light
battalion of the King's German Legion cmharkt d
from the beach in the Deal boats, on hoard the
transports, which arrived here from Portsmouth
vesterday.
The well-known Mr. Thomas Johnson is going
out on the Expedition, in the Ilftwk Excise Colter,
to superintend the landing of troops.

Four P.M.---Wind at S. W. and cloudy wet.
they ; several transports are now going to Rams-
gate to take in horses.

HARWICIII JULY 28.—The frigate appointed
convoy to the part of the Expedition collecting
here, is now at anchor off this harbour; the
transports with the troops have dropped down
lower, and it is understood they will sail to.
morrow morning.

Of the projected operations of the formidable
armament which has, at last, quitted our shores,
the following demi-official statement has been
published:—
The first operations will take place at the West Put, at
the entrance of the Scheldt, or the Slays tioads.comprebend-
ing the coast of Cads.vid, as the weather may 'Asa. wbcre the
men of war are to anchor.
" The immediate intentine is to embark on board the
boats the troops destined for the main attack of the Island
of Walcherea, in the IVsst Put. The first attack, however,
will be made upon Cadsand ; and South &Ireland ail! home-
diately after be wailed. The possession of the former beiag
necessary to the future operations, it is to be attacked by
the whole of a strong brigade, and this brigade. if neres-
Miry, is to be joined by another, as nearly the a hole of the
brigades of the ri,;ist wing will, at this Juncture, be in the
Ilffieling Channel. Schnaen, Dayvelnnd, and North Bevy.
land will, at the same tia,e, be attacked. and in this enterprise
* brigade of Guards will beemployed. In the van simairon
Mill be embarked the brigade of Gen. !tope. which destined
ether for Dombargh or the Veer Gat, as circumstances may
them expe!ient : and this brigade will aba have a view to
the service of 'Yenisei, on South Reveland. One of the bri-
gades is to be held in readiness to laud below the None Wa-
tery, is the event of the enemy sending any treat force to
aoutland m repel our force, by which means his retreat to
?lashing may be cut off. The principal attack upon the
Island of IValtheren is to be made by the Portimouth
▪ emsmauded by General Coore, and a brigade is to be
allotted for a service of demo,stratioa. Ihe rowing-boats,
to *great number, are to precede the fiat boats, and when
they are within reach of grape front the shore, they are to
open upon the enemy, draping off in equal divisions to the
right and lett, making room fur he dat boats to pa h in. a d
covering them till the field artillery is r•ady to move forward.
The bombs n take meant stations, and to be ready to coat.
Mame a bombardment when directed."