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

THE STATESMAN.

been also picked up brsome of our cruisers. The
401les, it it feared, has fallen into the hands of
the enemy, and7oftourse the fate of the crew Is un-
certain : Captain Horracs is determined to sell Ms
vessel dearly. During Sunday night and the whole
of Monday, a heavy filing was kept up, which is
supposed to be au attempt on the part, of our ships
-an the Boulogne station to destroy the "'cello.

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We have received accounts from Oporto to the
15th Arid!, from which it appears that a small corps
of French 'troops, under. General Dolman, threw
up some works in front of Almeida on the 34, with
the intention of taking that place ; but they were
driven back by the garrison on the sth, and next
day they began their retreat. The enemy also corn.
menced similar operations against Ciudad Rodrigo on
the. Bth, and summoned the fortress to surrender; but
this being refused,..they retired toviarcts Coria..MA R.:
slows is said to have. sent the greater part of his
forces to the 50nth.....• - . - • •-;.,!•
OPORTO, Arat'olt. •
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On the 3d inst. Gen. DURESMT, 'with a small force ,
.and 18 pieces of flying nitillery, appeared before AI7
meida; during tbe.night be cansed some works .to he
thrown up.' On thg- sth the :Militia, under Colonel
Ls Mtsvakcn, Governor of the place, made a sot*
1
and drove in the en/Imb 'who, ,on the Oth, 'retivett
beyond Val de Ia 31054..i,Nothint could autpaes,-sps.
can any language do justice.tOOlie gitlfint and' dew
termined condbct'iihicti .thef Piriatiel Regimen t of
Militia displayed in a sharp 'skirmish with the enemy:
SILVEIRA is at Itraginta—Titmer near Almeida. On
Monday last, WfLiikCrossed the Douro, and must
by this tune be near thiother &visions. I- Don CAA.;
Los D'EsrAXL is on the'Con, 'with 500 'men. kit!
not able to say Whitt Object the • French have iik I
view. We have just been informed that on this Sti;
Inst. the French appeared before Ciudad' Rodrigo)
threw up some works, and summoned the town to
surrender; but upon receiving a refusal they retireig i
and are now marching in the direction of Coria. 'We I
are in great spirits here on account of the fall of B%:
dajos, from which great advantages arc expected to
the allied cause. It is the general opinion here that ,
MARMONT has, in reality, sent off almost the whole)
of his force to the South, only keeping a small party 1
in the North, to engage the attention of•the Militia. I

By the arrival of the Mary Ann packet, which A-
announced yesterday, we have received New Yori
Gazettes to the 1 ldt of March. The American
pers previously in our possession were to the 19th I
consequently those brought by the Mary Ann cannot
be expected to convey any thing new. The following
are extracts :

NEW YORK GAZETTE. Miltrla 13.

JOHN HENRY.-Of this Gentleman our Readeri
will find something in Ont.' Congressional Depart-
ment, but much more of him will be seen in a few
days. It now appears, from the Post of last even:
ing (to which we would refer ode Readers), that hi
lately wentlo England to get, paid for services for
the British Government ; he did riot sticeeed. That
he returned to this country, and attanip.teld td
his secret to the-Frenth Minister—no, bargain-, id
made. That he applied to our GovernnVente month
since, and closed. Ile:returned toltii citr,soaid off his
debtstebought bills,. and departed in the Wasp, with!
dispatches for France, previously telling some of his
friends, that something would re disclosed at Wash-
ington
on the glh of this month. Thus far for the I
mysteries Of the Wasp expedition, &c. and the 100;001?
dollars secret service- money Toted lately by Con.,
gross. Our Readers-need not be apprehensive. thit
this Remy Plot will produce a war. It is not Isa-
tended for-any such thing. In' a few days we shall'
have something else to amuse us—something of a
more substantial cast. - Only wait for the Ilornei;
she must arrive in time for the Eastern Election, far
.the plot in question will not be sufficient.
We have have it from authority at Washington,
entirely satisfactory to uslibat a dispatch vessel wall
lipeedtly set out fOr England. The writer of the let.'
ter addst she is meant to go to*Franc*, and that Were
'm~tainly hiss beelPhhiiil-thisig dose with 31...Irisaagit.
Ile concludes by saying, " you May now look .to
I..see Congress mighty bold as soon'
as Mr. Foszpt
Lilies wiy, itud an arrangement is sent out for ratii-
cation, not to .be communicated to Congress until!
the dispatch vessel brings back the sanction of the
PRINGt REGENT ; you may then eipect to see a De-
claration of War laid on the Table; and, after the
artificial storm is over, the army bills revoked, taxes
repealed, and the treasury in the way to be reple-
nished, the Terrapins will swear they frightened
England into terms,"
Not many days ago we expressed the opinion that
if BmiLow had sent eat any favourable arrange-
ments with France, it would not 'be laid before
Congress, bat used in negociation with.Mr;Forrsta,
to bring about a revocation of the Ordersin
=The sbovOntelligenoe„ ifaccurata,'suNorts the
.opinOtsv, fhilsadelpisia gazette Feiparks, Oat'
there has *bunt, • report :of an embargo,for seisprotl
days afloat, bit does slot perceive that it is all*
Wilk of speculators, •
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rit9II(..TRA ,aujiptth., **Rai*
The following.cerious paragraph N frets, ~Aft+,

part a fever heat at Washington, which is felt no
wheriebe in the Mien."

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We have also received Jamaica Papers to the 17th
of March, from which we extract the following :

FROM THE KINGSTON CHRONICLE, Nrsac■ 4.
!;TRACT OW ♦ LETTER FROM sTlJActppi CODA,
DATED THE 2,411 i Fi s. 16.0.
_

66 Oar last intelligence from Havannah describes
that place In great consternation, owing to the ar.
rival of several vessels there, with nearly all the
Europeans that were at Vera Cru7i who precipi.
tataly fled from there in consequence of the itevolu-
s tionists having entered that city. Our Chiefs in this
Island and the Europeans, particularly at the Ha-
lvanuah, feel very uneasy, because they know that the
Isle -of Cuba will follow the fate of Mexico ; and
should the Patriots keep• •pcissession of Vera
Cruz, the city •of Mexico and the whole pro.
vince will speedily be in their power.—The VICE-
v, with all his 'army, were actually coin-
I polled to rest in the city of Mexico for two reasons—
' Ist, that he feared his whale force was insufficient to
attack the rebels ; and 2dly, he discovered that if ,
the arty went out of the city the inhabitants meant
to take possession of It, for account of the new or-
der of ,things.—Thus you see that the famous plan of
inediationton the part of England, between Spain and
refractory Colonies, "Oil go.,.into operation too
r •
tite, .because Mexico ,was -Ow part of America
fl
that was supposed would. be the last that would
separate from the Government, of Spain ; and the
English Ministers have been so grossly deceived
by the false statements published in the Regency
Gazelle, at Cadiz, that she considered the Vise.
roy, VENEOAS, more securely situated than any Go-
vernor in all America, The official accounts received
sere from the Ifavannah on this interesting subject,
Are, of coarse, kept profoundly secret ; but private
letters have developed sufficient to make certain tier-
tons wear long (aces ; aqd the circumstance of a
lipanish 74 gun-ship having thought proper to rim,
away, as well 'as the merchant vessels from Vera
Cruz, too plainly indicates, that the news we had
:Jodie time since of the overwhelming force of the Pa-1
triots, or insurgents, is founded on truth.
/ROM THE KINGSTON ROYAL GAZETTE, FEB. 22.

It is an undoubted fact that, since the surrender
if all the enemy's colonies ui the West Indies, to his
Majesty's arms, more of their privateers have annoy.
id British commerce, than at any previous period ;
the piracies of these picaroons ought not, however,
Ito be wholly placed to French account ; but they, in
fact, form a part of the war waged against us by our
honest friends, the Government and people of the U.S.
of America. These vessels not only arm; fit, refit;
and rebuild in
_American ports, but actually-return
to these ports to dispose of their plunder, while ships
bearing his Majesty's flag are denied even the com-
mon rights of hospitality. The Americans have been
suffered by far too tong-to panne, ivitfi impunity, a
Most insolent and decidedly hostile "conduct. It is
time they should be punished. 'lt would, perhaps,
be not. too great a stretch of authority on the part of
BMWs' Naval Commander to place, in a state of
blockade, every American-port in which privateers
have been fitted out against its ;;fitr they cannot but
be looked upon ash hostile ports;

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Dispatches arrived four days ago front Mr. BAR.
Lowe, the American Minister at Paris, to Mr. Rus..
SELL, the American Charge d'AlTaires here. In.the
ivsssel that brought the dispatches, Mr. PRTTERiON,
the son of the wealthy fsmily at Baltimore, add bro-
ther to JZSOSIE BON'APARort's wife, GEM direct from
I Paris. He wastanded at Sonthampton, fr• m which
Iplace he wrote to the Alien Office for a passport to
'euable him-to come to. London. He waited there.
, three days, and not receivin mgr he set off for Londoe,
I and arrived here yesterday ng, and proceeded
to the Alien Office to request a licence to reside In
London, when, in consequence of his having, tra-
!velled from Southampton to London without I pass-
,pert, be was detained and given into the custody of,
• LAvallomt sen. the Officer belonging t0.,4*...1101iee
I(flficei in Ctueen.squarer--4r. Rultasibt requested
to be taken to Mr.. ltiftticumi lb,ef:Ameifoku .Chafe
d'Affaires, which-o*(44:k cer cookeukci.ko,. avid took
.him to his house,in Ile nCk..itietli_i ',OA irkons..he
nit
'had' a -long interview,- i. lltstrtrairinillninVie In
,the custody of the Officer le44l4lht:::lt ili-UPec ted
he will be examined -before the ofitate this '
day.
Thp volunteering .from the Militia into jbe Line
was very successful on Monday, .at Dover :. 134 1
I turned out from the Derby into the 43d and 48th i
Regiments; and 128 from the Lancashire to the Ist i
Guards, and 14th and 29th Regiments.
; The PRINCE REGENT has declined the invitation of
the. LORD MAYOR to dine at the Mansion-house. :-

• A short time since, Bo'NArAarc being on a tour
France, arrived at Givet, Wherche had occasion to
cross a river, over which there was a britigicoMpoied
of. boats, but the violence of tfie-weather having se-
parated the boats, .he was prevented from getting
over; The French used etery exertion to unite them
again, but in vain, and it was supposed their Em-
peror would be ander the necessity of relinquishing
his intention of crossing the river; when it was sup.
geitid that some of the English sailors might probe-
bly accomplish the important business; a guard was
inetoodreent to theprison for 40 of them, who on
theisllo7llod, immediately set to werki.and in a short
' tjaie,-amde the bridge
,passable. .EONAP4RT
'"_. .41,6 k Plcaied at their .exertions, that he ordered
,;41e9419.1).0 released And tient.home in a airteit 18 of
tkeloOrierieetlat Spitbead, having been put-aboard
Abe rt~lthet taiiSover some seamen that capitulated
'l9 Ittoltertidt, at .Madagascar; Some sevven taken
pa.a packet by the French, who petitinned Onna-
,fraiteE ftqattit release have also arrived in the gano
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